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Could you be specific about what you consider objectionably "pedantic" in infinite monkey theorem, and in particular why you object to the "pedantic usage note"? The latter seems useful to anyone who might edit math articles on Wikipedia. Michael Hardy 23:27, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Contents 1 Admin nomination 2 Monopoly 3 Falklands War 4 Goddams Ches 5 Akrotiri and Dhekelia vote 6 ==Biografía y Vidas == 7 mate categorization 8 Borges's ancestry 9 Marjorie Pay Hinckley 10 Categories 11 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/European Union member states at the 2004 Summer Olympics 12 Subjectless 13 Where from? 14 Malvinas 15 My RfA 16 List of Argentine Jews 17 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of victims of the American Civil War 18 Malvinas/Falklands 19 Wikipedia:Babel 20 Linguistic history of Spanish 21 Galicia 22 Rosa Chacel 23 Zulma Aguiar 24 Mensaje de un wikipedista norteamericano 25 CheDonald 26 Arthur Ernest Percival 27 United_Nations_list_of_Non-Self-Governing_Territories 28 Re: Lemas en latín y esas cosas

[edit] Admin nomination

Hi. While I appreciate your vote, even though it's a negative one, I think you overestimate me when you claim that I'm "hungry for power." This is a volunteer site on which I greatly enjoy contributing. I have lots of other hobbies and activities that keep me busy, not to mention a job which I enjoy. Next, I did not nominate myself. I accepted a nomination from another user. Finally, my harsh comments were all directed at anonymous repeat vandals. While I regret leaving the statements, they were made out of the frustration of being unable to immediately delete the listings and ban the vandal's IP. I would greatly appreciate it if you withdrew your unfounded personal attack. Please feel free to keep the negative vote if you wish, but I strongly feel that the "power" comment was uncalled for. Thank you for your consideration. - Lucky 6.9 20:35, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)

• Thank you very much. I genuinely appreciate your action in this matter. Best, Lucky 6.9 22:36, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Monopoly

No problems. I thought it looked accidental :) -- Chuq 00:18, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Falklands War

I didn't say the sovereignty issue was settled, "Argentina still claims" explains that the issue is still disputed. Kappa 21:28, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I'm sorry you didn't like my change, but "unsettled" seems to be Argentinian POV. How about "while the sovereignty issues remain contested"? Kappa 22:25, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Goddams Ches

Do you really think that "Che" is the proper (and only) place in Wikipedia to refer to a French mediaeval slur directed to Englishmen?

Best, Ejrrjs 09:27, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)

No, I just think it's better than Che Guevara, which is where I moved it from. Frankly, I could care less where it ends up, I just wanted it out of an obviously inappropriate place but it seemed a bit too good a morsel to delete outright. If you have a better suggestion, go for it. -- Jmabel | Talk 19:16, Nov 23, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Akrotiri and Dhekelia vote

I urge you to reconsider your vote on the inclusion of Akrotiri and Dhekelia as dependencies in Europe at Template talk:Europe. The CIA World Factbook now lists them [1] as dependencies of the UK and has separate entries for the two ([2] & [3].) They also have this note posted on the main page [4]:

Recent confirmation that the United Kingdom Government administers the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia on Cyprus as dependencies (and not as lease areas like the US Guantanamo Bay Naval Station in Cuba) has required a changing of their status and their addition to the Factbook as new entities.

Thanks. —Cantus…☎ 06:12, Jan 14, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] ==Biografía y Vidas ==

Hi, my thought on ByV re: Guillermo Cabrera Infante was: either it is a reliable source (and we keep it) or it is not (and we trash it). As far as I could see in this case, every detail given by ByV seemed ok, and there was another source supporting it.

Best, Ejrrjs | What? 01:49, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I guess ByV is not actively wrong on anything, but it's very confusing and incomplete. One could make a lot of wrong guesses from it. And, in general, I take that site with a grain of salt. -- Jmabel | Talk 01:57, Mar 14, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] mate categorization

ejrrjs- Maté contains caffeine; furthermore, it is used as a stimulant like coffee, tea, coca tea, and so on. That clearly puts it into the Herbal & fungal drugs/medicines category. People don't just drink it for the taste, (although it is delicious!); they drink it for its other properties as well. my assumption is that you are reacting the negative connotation of "drug", which is understandable, but the category is "herbal and fungal drugs/medicines", which range from chamomile tea to coffee to ayahuasca/jage. the category is pretty heavy right now on the "drugs" with less of the "medicines", but this is temporary; healing poultices, psychoactives, and mild stimulants all have places there. I've put maté back into the category, for all of the above reasons; this will also be posted on the maté talk page.Heah 17:56, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

thanks, There are extremely unreliable anecdotal reports that maté may induce very light hallucinogenic effects (on the order of nutmeg) in some especially sensitive individuals is definitely not at all what i was thinking of when categorizing it!Heah 18:31, 18 apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Borges's ancestry

Borges embraced the diversity of his ancestry (he was, after all, something of a multiculturalist). I can't offhand cite a specific allusion to the Catalan part of his background in his writings, but I'd bet dollars to donuts that it is there, and probably quite a few times. (I've more noticed the allusions to Portuguese and Danish ancestry.) I think he alludes to it in "Yo Judío", but I am at work and don't have access to my book collection at this moment; I'll look it up when I get a chance. I think it honors his spirit (and certainly the spirit of that particular essay) to indicate as much diversity as possible in his background.

As for the notion that Catalunya is Spain: well, legally, yes, but culturally, in a country so diverse, region is relevant, especially a region with that distinct a culture. If an American had both New Englander and Southern ancestry, I'd be liable to mention that, on the same grounds.

Question: would you make the same argument about not mentioning Basque ancestry if he had that? -- Jmabel | Talk 01:03, Apr 20, 2005 (UTC)

Nope, no mention in "Yo Judío". This actually has me intrigued, I'll try to get to this. Feel free to remove pending investigation. -- Jmabel | Talk 04:00, Apr 20, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Marjorie Pay Hinckley

I saw no consensus there. Even RickK's nomination suggested perhaps a merge was the best option. I saw two keeps and four deletes, and one non-vote, all valid, which I don't consider consensus, and second opinions from more seasoned admins than I concurred. "When in doubt, don't delete." So for lack of consensus I would have kept; this was not a clear delete. However, as an editor who believes in not leaving messes around for others to clean up, I merged it myself, as seems to be what frequently happens to such articles. If you're strongly opposed to my action, someone else's judgment may well be different. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 20:32, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

• I don't know about you, but I have never before seen an admin call a 2/3 majority in favor of deletion a lack of consensus. I think you and I need to get this decision changed. I have never seen an admin disregard consensus in this fashion before, so I am not sure what to do next. I have sent Mindspillage another message asking if there is a procedure. Any help you can give me in correcting this gross disregard of the VfD process would be appreciated. Indrian 20:54, Apr 28, 2005 (UTC)
  • I have posted on this subject on the Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard. Indrian 21:16, Apr 28, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Categories

Hi there! I just wanted to ask you to add the corresponding Categories to your articles, since it makes it otherwise impossible to know what articles exist in that area. (eg: José Marrone). Thanks a lot, and keep up the good work! -Mariano 08:21, 2005 Jun 10 (UTC)

I see you still don't pay much attention to Categories. At least try using this 3: {{Argentina-stub}}, {{Argentina-bio-stub}}, {{Argentina-geo-stub}} for Argentine related articles, otherwise it's almost impossible to find new articles (Serodino, Juan José Saer, Manuel Sadosky, etc...).

Something more: When adding "|lastname, name" to a category for sorting porpouses, don't use accents (as they are not correctly sorted). Thanks, -Mariano June 29, 2005 12:04 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/European Union member states at the 2004 Summer Olympics

You might be interested to have a look. Regards. --Pgreenfinch 16:06, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Subjectless

Please can we have a source for your claim that these Argentinian places have been named the Malvinas after the Falkland Islkands, and to reflect Argentina's sovereignty claims. Cheers, SqueakBox 15:35, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Where from?

Are you Argentine? If you are, this link might be useful: Wikipedia:WikiProject Argentina

Also, you can add yourself to [[Category: Wikipedians of Argentina]]

--Sebastian Kessel ^Talk 18:37, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Awesome!! :)

--Sebastian Kessel ^Talk 18:43, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Malvinas

Totally, if you look, somebody took the [[Category: Argentina]] out and I plan to fight that as much as I can... One thing is to be NPOV and another to be blind. :)

--Sebastian Kessel ^Talk 18:54, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thanks for your vote in my RfA. I'll do my best to live up to the wiki standards and be a good admin! Gracias! :)

--Sebastian Kessel ^Talk 15:57, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] List of Argentine Jews

Quick question: are you sure Gregorio and León Klimovsky are Jewish? I couldn't find anything online in either English or Spanish. Many thanks, Udzu 21:33, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

Wow, that was quick! I was in fact just to about to link to a FACCMA article on the book "Herencias de la inmigración judía en Argentina", which lists Gregorio Klimovsky as well as 49 other figures. It may be worth scouring the list for other names to add... Thanks again, Udzu 23:02, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of victims of the American Civil War

Could you please revisit the discussion, read my comments there and consider changing your vote?

I think two reasons used to delete this are faulty:

1. This list includes information which would be lost if categorized. Categories cannot list the date and manner of death in a organized manner as lists do. Categorizing would lose the info.
2. Wikipedia is not a memorial doesn't apply as that rule is for people who do not deserve an article. These people played major roles in the American Civil War and therefore do not fall under the memorial clause of WP:NOT. They already have articles, and lists listing closely related people should not be deleted because they happen to be dead.

Thanks for your attention. - Mgm|^(talk) 10:09, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Malvinas/Falklands

I note some of your comments on these islands and wish to understand something that is not clear to me. While the Argentine and UK governments may wish to put a territorial claim on these islands, I don't understand why any "person in the street" in either country would care, other than on reason to support the population's wishes there (irrespective of history) I realise many Argentines have expressed a wish to have the Malvinas back, but I genuinely don't understand why, given the fact there are no Argentines living there now. I can only think from my own perspective that if something was 1. once part of my own country over 170 years ago, 2. is now separate or part of another, and 3. that there is no signifcant wish in their population to return, then I would have no wish to say that it should be part of my country. I would therefore like to geunine know what the reasons for the oridnary Argentine's wish to see the islands as part of their territory? Dainamo 23:53, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

Sorry did you answer this? I would be very interested to hear your views Nickhk 12:19, 9 January 2006 (UTC)nickhk

Sorry for my late reply - I appreciate your response (And BTW am very pleased that you are contributing to the English Wikipedia helping it be more than an American/British/Australian view of the world). The article you suggest would be excellent too, let me know if I can help.

But enough plaudits. I do think it is deeply interesting that although we both appear to be reasonably self-aware, educated etc it seems to be deeply instinctive in us to revert to a view that, whilst avoiding a dogmatic "my country right or wrong" puts our nationality first. Patriotism has a lot to answer for. For me one of the nice things about living in Hong Kong is the relative absence of country (although the Chinese government are trying to change this with videos of Chinese achievements before the news). For now I love the fact that the most bellicose picture on a HK bank note is a picture of a bridge Nickhk 14:59, 1 February 2006 (UTC)Nickhk

[edit] Wikipedia:Babel

Could you consider adding this template to your userpage? It is very helpful in case translators are needed and such.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 15:00, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank you. Out of the various user categorization scheme, I think this one is quite useful.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 20:50, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Linguistic history of Spanish

Thanks for the help with that page...I hope we didn't get off on the wrong foot with the chat on English/Spanish etymology talk page. If you have any special knowledge about the spread of Spanish in the colonozition/conquistadore era, (or any post-1492 era really) I think that section in History of Spanish really needs to be expanded...it's really scant. I appreciate any feedback about any of those Spanish etymology pages. My forte is etymological research/ reading dictionaries constantly and sometimes my Spanish translations can be... er... clumsy.--Hraefen 22:11, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

• Cool...any help is appreciated. What is the Argentine board?--Hraefen 22:50, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Galicia

Recently WikiProject Galicia has been created. Perhaps you are interested in joining us to help improving Galicia articles in English Wikipedia. --Stoni^(talk) 14:18, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Rosa Chacel

Hi Ejrrjs: Thanks for letting me know you are plannig to make changes to Rosa Chacel. I made the article out of love for my Spaniard brothers and sisters. I myself am Puerto Rican, just wanted to let you know I did it with the utmost respect.

Are you Argentine? I have worked many articles about my Argentine brothers and sisters as well, such as Susana Gimenez, Jorge Castro and the entire cast of "Chiquititas", an article I created myself too. I'm trying to see if all Hispanic writers here can unite with one purpose; to write about our race and it's peoples so that everyone can see how great a race we are, even readers from, say, Ghana!.

Well, Ejrrjs, saludos y Dios bless you!

Your wiki-friend, Antonio RBD Martin

[edit] Zulma Aguiar

Hey Ejrrjs: Whats up? I need you to do me a favor, check out the above sent page and vote on it based on what you think.

Other than that, Happy New Year!!! God bless you!!

Sincerely yours, Your friend always, Antonio AutogoalMartin

[edit] Mensaje de un wikipedista norteamericano

¡Saludos, compañero de Wikipedia! I'm coming to Argentina soon and wanted to see if any of my fellow Wikipedians were interested in meeting up, etc...I'm flying into BsAs on Jan. 25th and I don't know many people there, so if you'd be into talking/getting together, let me know. Feel free to leave a message on my user page...seeya around - Paul 22:53, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] CheDonald

Thanks for that poem :) I agree - his image does seem to be everywhere. I saw a Che Guevara calendar a couple of days ago with (in small print) the words "officially authorised" - presumably by the photographer, not by Guevara's family. The man himself would probably have objected strongly (and violently) to the marketing of his image, given how strongly against both capitalism and the cult of personality he was... Grutness...wha? 22:10, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Arthur Ernest Percival

If you can face reading another British military related article would you mind casting your eye over this article which I've just self-nominated the article for WP:FAC. I promise I have tried to avoid imperial bombast Nickhk

[edit] United_Nations_list_of_Non-Self-Governing_Territories

In response to your request for external links to support the "controversy" mentioned in the article, I've dug up a few newspaper articles on the subject. Most of those describe more of a "we want to UN to butt out of our business" approach than people complaining that non-self-governing places aren't being included. They are also mostly aimed directly at the UN Decolonisation Committee than the list itself (though it is occassionally mentioned). And, of course, they aren't universally-held opinions.

In that case, it stands as original research as defined in Wikipedia and should be removed. User:Ejrrjs says What? 00:42, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

How is it original research?

From the Original Research guidelines:

Original research that creates primary sources is not allowed. However, research that consists of collecting and organizing information from existing primary and/or secondary sources is strongly encouraged. In fact, all articles on Wikipedia should be based on information collected from primary and secondary sources. This is not "original research", it is "source-based research", and it is fundamental to writing an encyclopedia. Nitjanirasu 01:04, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Lemas en latín y esas cosas

Está bien, no te hagas problema =) --ShiningEyes 02:58, 28 March 2006 (UTC)