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Contents 1 Welcome 2 You called? 3 Help with moving a page 4 random thanks... 5 Theni district 6 Notice of deletion 7 About Osama bin Laden 8 About Links and Classification: Wikipedia Guidelines 9 Use of pop-up reversion 10 Why is it POV? 11 Grimsby 12 Welcome to VandalProof! 1.3 13 Episcopal High School 14 Chinese Taipei 15 New page Rugby League 16 My userpage 17 Welcome to VandalProof! 1.3 18 Talk page appropriate 19 Popups and reverting vandalism 20 Ignorant Canadians 21 RfA thanks 22 adding figures for animal-product consumption 23 How to Delete a Page 24 Interesting RfC strategy... 25 Christmas 26 War decorations on Valiants Memorial 27 White Canadians 28 Reverting using popups 29 Christmas article Further reading 30 User:EronMain Accusations of Incivility 31 Mediation Cabal / Herbert Hoover Middle School 32 Help 33 Islamic Bill of Rights for Women in the Mosque 34 Merry Christmas! 35 Quadriplegia 36 Proof of the Holocaust, Nizkor 37 RFC/discussion of article World War II

[edit] Welcome

Hello, EronMain, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the Wikipedia Boot Camp, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{helpme}} on your user page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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[edit] You called?

?Crampy20 15:07, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

lol, question answered below Crampy20 15:10, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Help with moving a page

Help:Moving a page has plenty of information. Bascially you just use the move button (to the right of the history button).--Commander Keane 15:09, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

That part, I get. My question is about what I do next. The Help tells me that after I move, the old page name will redirect to the new page name. What happens if I want to use the old page name with different content?

To be specific, I'm looking at the page Paralympic Alpine Skiing. This contains specific content about alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics, not general content about Paralympic Alpine Skiing. I'd like to move it (and other related pages about the 2006 Games) to "(Sport Name) at the 2006 Winter Paralympics" and then create general articles (well, stubs actually) under each sports name. But I don't want to break anything.

Maybe it's a question of insufficient boldness on my part... Eron 15:18, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

What you are saying makes sense. Move the page, and then go back and edit the redirect (changing the redirect into an article). Use 2006 Winter Olympics as a reference for naming. For example, note the the correct capitalisaion is Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics (only captitalise proper nouns).--Commander Keane 15:28, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! Eron 15:35, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[bot warning posted in error removed]

Hmmm, I'll take a look into it, thanks for bringing it to my attention -- Tawker 14:46, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] random thanks...

I think I just came behind you and another fellow who reverted dragonsrevenge's changes.

Thank you for laboring to help wikipedia. And please have a good day. Peace, --Gbinal 14:53, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Glad I could help. Eron 14:54, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Theni district

I see you redirected the page Theni district, which I had nominated for deletion; thanks for cleaning that up. (On reflection, I probably could have checked that out myself. Live and learn.) I have a question about the four related pages I nominated at the same time. I've checked them out; they are all copyvios as well, and two of them are actually duplicates of each other. Now the deletion debate has closed, what - if anything - should I do about these? Eron 15:20, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Right, sorry I forgot to clean those up aswell, thanks for reminding me. You need to follow the procedure at Wikipedia:Copyright problems. I've now done that for the four articles in question. --bainer (talk) 01:54, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Notice of deletion

Just so you know, Disney's Lost Isle Water Park an article you commented on has been confirmed as a hoax and deleted. The external page is a hoax located on a free web service site. Thanks. ¡Dustimagic! ^(T/C) 02:42, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] About Osama bin Laden

He is indeed left handed check FBI website and the reference is a good one for voice faking technology. Hence I have reverted back your change on OBL page. ---- Faisal 19:52, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

I'm going to reply to this on the Talk:Osama bin Laden page. Eron 20:55, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Hi once again. Do not you think the sentences you write are bit conflicting with each other. I am talking about A series of audio and videotapes released later appear to confirm that he is still alive. At this point, there is no confirmation that he is either alive or dead. Should we write that ... due to lack of independent verification audio in the tapes it is not confirmed that he is either alive or dead and he has not released any video since many years. ---- Faisal 14:22, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Another audiotape was just released today. [1]. There may be a more elegant way of putting it - it was late when I typed that. I'm not sure what would qualify as "independent verification" in this case. I'll take another stab at it. Eron 14:30, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Any verification done by parties involved i.e. terrorist or USA (and USA allied) is not acceptable. A video tape that is of good quality and shown in Arabic (without dubbing) is much more reliable because everyone can monitor it. However, there is no video tape is released since many years. Having no video tape in years, is a clue that make him much more dead than alive because we know that he loved to film videos. Pakistani president had said it that he is dead but later reverted back his stand, I guess because of USA pressure. ---- Faisal 14:39, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] About Links and Classification: Wikipedia Guidelines

"Removing unnecessary division of external links" All wikipedians wants to see information well organized. Please , do not be apolitical and have sensibility.

Thanks for your help anyway. Cheers and have a good weekend. Nelson Brito —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.196.132.156 (talk • contribs).

I don't really know what you mean by "do not be apolitical and have sensibility."

In any event, wikipedia:external links says "If an article has a large number of external links, it may be helpful to use subheaders to classify them." I guess we disagree on what is meant by "a large number;" I don't really think eleven external links need them.

But if it's important to you, I'll leave it. Eron 17:37, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Use of pop-up reversion

This edit seemed like a good faith edit. I completely agree with your reverting it, but since it was not vandalism, use of pop-ups seemed unwarranted and gives the anon no explanation for why the edit was reverted. JoshuaZ 19:20, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

I don't fully share your confidence that it was a good faith edit, but I take your point and I see that I might have been too quick on the draw there. Thanks. Eron 19:23, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why is it POV?

Hi, just wondering why you thought the statement "the Tibetan antelope was first nominated by Tibetans in China" in the 2008 Olympics page is POV. Granted, it lacks citation, but so do thousands of other sentences in Wikipedia. This statement, if verified, merely states a fact, not POV. Pseudotriton 04:40, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

The full sentence, with the edit I removed, read "Among its other complaints concerning China's policies in Tibet, Students for a Free Tibet is protesting the Chinese government's use of the Tibetan antelope (chiru) as one of its five Olympic mascots. SFT claims that this is propaganda to legitimize Chinese rule of Tibet, and that this goes against the Olympic spirit, despite the fact that the Tibetan antelope was first nominated by Tibetans in China." The addition - in italics - is unsourced. As you note, lots of Wikipedia statements are unreferenced, so I wouldn't have reverted just for that. But the effect on the sentence takes it from a statement of fact (that SFT protested this mascot) to a statement of opinion (they protested it, but that was silly as it was nominated by Tibetans in the first place.)

I guess it's the despite that gave me pause. I'm really not sure that the addition added anything substantive to the entry, and it appeared to me to be a not-so-subtle attempt to cast the SFT protest in a bad light - that is, POV. Eron 02:58, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

I disagree, not the least because the addition was not worded as you put it (that was silly as it...). "Despite" is as an objective term as one can get. I think the sentence actually makes the paragraph more NPOV by providing "the other side of the story". The section as it currently stands is lopsided. With all due respect but it seems to me that you are reading too much into that new sentence because you are clouded by POV. Then again, I suppose it is hard to stay neutral in a touch subject like this one.

As for the references, I checked the SFT site cited, it's merely a blog with the relevant material nowhere to be found. We basically have to take their words for it and to me that's extremely POV. Pseudotriton 17:16, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Grimsby

Where are you getting these Demographics from? Why don't you cite the source? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tracker2345 (talk • contribs) 10:59, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm not getting them from anywhere. I didn't put them on the page originally, and I have no source for them. I was simply reverting the unexplained removal of existing page content. If you are concerned about the validity of information, rather than removing it you can add a tag requesting a citation (see Wikipedia:Verifiability). I have added this to the Grimsby page.

I have also restored the two notable people who kept being deleted from the page along with the demographics content. If you have an issue with their inclusion, I suggest you bring it up for discussion on the article's talk page. If you just delete page content with no explanation or discussion, you are likely to see those changes reverted - again. Eron 02:48, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to VandalProof! 1.3

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[edit] Episcopal High School

Sorry about my addition. I recognize that the "drug use" section was unneeded, and I added that before I recieved your message. But the section

"Recently, the reign of Episcopal has begun a slight decline. The first sign of this was the new Episcopal code: "Episcopal students do not lie, cheat, steal, or chew gum on campus." This was taken to be a joke by many students, but alas, it was not. Additionally, several excellent teachers have left, and recently one of most notable faculty, Holocaust Historian John Iorii, has been asked not to renew his contract. These changes in the EHS experience began with the choice of former headmaster Charlie Zimmer to abdicate his title to Dale Regan. When asked about Ms. Regan, one student was quoted as saying, "She seems to me to be a Neo-Facist, and she talks entirely too slow."

is an actual event that is happening at the school. This something that is just as worthy as being on the page as the noose section is. If you do not think the line "When asked about Ms. Regan, one student was quoted as saying, "She seems to me to be a Neo-Facist, and she talks entirely too slow." is called for, that is fine, it can be removed if neccessary.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by X987654321x (talk • contribs) 13:40, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

I accept that you added the first section in good faith, but the two edits you made, viewed together, looked like vandalism so I reverted both of them. In any event, you need to be careful posting unsourced and anonymous quotes calling someone "neo-fascist." That, and the overall tone of your first edit, seemed to not be made with an appropriate neutral tone. That said, the whole article looks like it could use some clean-up for neutrality - and some references. Eron 17:50, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Chinese Taipei

Yes, if you could get some help against that user's edits, that would be appreciated. I can sympathize with the opinion of Taiwanese people, but the Olympic pages need to match reality, which is why we need to use "TPE" for 1984-present. We can continue to use "ROC" up until 1976 (as the IOC did). I think the introduction on pages such as Chinese Taipei at the 2004 Summer Olympics (including showing both flags) is a good way to present the Taiwanese perspective in a reasonably NPOV way. Andrwsc 16:10, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New page Rugby League

EronMain, if i put "Introduction" it is because just below you have: "Main article: History of rugby league" ; Like me you note that the 17 lignes only introduce the main article i.e. History of rugby league, these 17 lignes aren't the history.

Now please, can you create a page: "Rugby League Chronology (most important worldwide events)" from 1890 to now, by group of 10 years: before 1890, 1890, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010, 2020.
I have only added its tittle.
a source amongst many: http://www.napit.co.uk/viewus/infobank/rugby/superleague/history.php ... (in this list all aren't to be included example: 1926 - Castleford join the RFL),
I will complete with the main French RL events and other I know for UK, Australia, ...... . (and you perhaps will have to correct my English (not good at 59 years old))
Thanks from France, jp. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.216.21.218 (talk • contribs) 13:06, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

I agree that the lines under the title "History" are not a full history of rugby league, however they do serve to provide a capsule history of how the game began - they aren't a general introduction as they don't talk about any other aspects of the sport. The real introduction for the article is contained in the lead paragraphs above the table of contents.

As to a rugby league chronology, I'm not really the best person to create that page as I personally know very little of the history of that sport. I am also not sure that a specific historical chronology is required. The main History of rugby league article includes a narrative timeline from 1910 through 1995 which may cover much of the same ground. I would recommend you start by looking at that page and see if there is information missing. The talk page for that article would also be a good place to find editors knowledgable about and interested in the history to contribute to a chronology.

In the meantime, I am going to remove the link to rugby league chronology; if the page is created, it can be added back later. Eron 17:25, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

I don't know the manipulations to be made to create the page.
and, a chronology is a brief summarry.
jp

[edit] My userpage

Thank you for reverting the vandalism on my userpage! Kusma (討論) 17:43, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Glad to be of assistance. Eron 17:47, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Talk page appropriate

You reverted an edit of mine on Gas Chambers: Talk. I was following How to use talk pages, under the "Keep on topic" point -- Irrelevant discussions are subject to removal. If you feel I'm wrong on this point, that's ok, but NPA isn't the only reason to delete stuff from talk pages. The deleted comment is from an obvious troll whose cause seems to be Holocaust denial. His comment doesn't even touch on the issue in that paragraph (removal of a link), but rather asks questions about laws which are beyond the scope of the talk page. I have no interest in starting a rv war over this, so if you agree it should be removed, I'll let you do so. You have made many thoughtful contributions on the talk page of that article, so I wanted you to know there are some tools on Wikipedia for removal of fluff. Cantankrus 07:13, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

I understand the urge to remove some of what that user posts, and on further reflection I agree that an argument can certainly be made for it. I personally tend towards being conservative in editing talk pages. I probably should have discussed it with you before reverting your change; sorry about that.

I agree that the user in question is a Holocaust-denying troll, and I haven't seen any evidence of constructive edits from him. There are a few POV-pushing edits, but the majority of his work is all questions and comments - like his gas chamber ones - on talk pages related to Holocaust subjects. If I knew Wikipedia policy a little better, I'd try to have him blocked for being disruptive to the project. I'm still researching that.

I'm not going to remove his comments, as I've tangled with him a bit on that page and I don't think a removal from me would be seen as being done in good faith. But I'll not revert such a removal again. Eron 03:18, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Popups and reverting vandalism

Hey, thanks for pitching in on the ever-present defense from vandalism. Look out for popups though as it occassionally reverts to the wrong revision. On a side note, how's the weather in Ottawa this winter? I seem to be escaping a Canadian winter here in Japan. :) --Brad Beattie ^(talk) 17:29, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Whoops! Thanks for picking that up. I really need to stop reverting when I'm in a hurry. Winter in Ottawa hasn't been too bad so far - no snow yet, though it's just a matter of time. Eron 17:33, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Any time. :) Just be sure to pull out the scarf in time. Before you know it, it's going to look like this picture here. --Brad Beattie ^(talk) 17:37, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ignorant Canadians

Why you...ignorant Canadian! You got a chuckle out me with that line. Thanks for contributing at Christmas and talk:Christmas. This article is more contentous than I ever would have guessed; being able to approach things with humor is a big help : ) Doc Tropics 22:07, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

It looks like we'll need to play "Tag-team Vandal Stompers" at Christmas ; )

I'm looking forward to incorporating the peer review suggestions into the article. Doc Tropics 23:48, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks

Thank you for voting in my RfA, I passed. I appreciate your input. Please keep an eye on me(if you want) to see if a screw up. HighInBC ^{(Need help? Ask me)} 16:35, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] adding figures for animal-product consumption

cheers for that - you were pretty damn quick - amazing figures as well --Danlibbo 03:08, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Glad to help. - Eron ^Talk 19:23, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How to Delete a Page

Thanks for your help on getting attempting to get that page deleted. Inter16 19:23, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

No worries. For future reference, take a look at speedy deletion guidelines. - Eron ^Talk 19:24, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Interesting RfC strategy...

Keltik31 seems to be making the case against himself here, huh? I noted it on the RfC page and his talk page. Wow. -- weirdoactor ^t|c -- 21:16, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Sometimes, they jump right in the boat. -Eron ^Talk 21:32, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Christmas

Hello, I wanted to contact you here at your talk page before you saw my edits at Christmas. I made some revisions to the new opening that you had written, with explanation at Talk:Christmas. I want you to know that I certainly appreciate your contributions and invite you to discuss the matter in a civil manner at the talk page. The reasons I changed the intro are there, and I think there are some vital issues concerning the opening that we all need to discuss before going further. I've raised issues that are hard to decide upon but are vital for a smooth and verifiable opening at Christmas. Thank you.. — ^{`</sup>CRAZY`(lN)`SANE<sup>`} 10:41, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up. I think you've made some good, constructive changes. That first sentence is a bear; we've had a lot of back-and-forth on it trying to balance every aspect and please everyone. - Eron ^Talk 13:47, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

• Hi, you've been helping with this article so I wanted to drop you a note. User:Kauffner has recently made many (30) changes without prior discussion, including the deletion of well-sourced material that was added to the article by consensus. I have started a new section to discuss these changes here and I hope you will join in. Thanks. --Doc Tropics 17:12, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

There was some vandalism (profanity and sexual references) in the article (more specifically, in the title of a subsection) that seemed to have gone unnoticed, and in reverting those edits, I also undid some valid edits that were occuring at the same time as my revertion. My sincerest apologies to you and everyone working on the article; it was never my intention to make it out that your edits were vandalism. I will be more careful in the future. 199.212.18.131 15:57, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] War decorations on Valiants Memorial

Thanks for your edits to Valiants Memorial. I see that some people have decorations separated by a comma and a space, some by just a space. Is this intentional. I think they all need commas, but maybe I'm missing something. Canadiana 20:54, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

It's certainly not intentional, and I agree that they should all have commas. I think I was the one missing something! I'll fix that, thanks. - Eron ^Talk 21:12, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] White Canadians

Thanks for the kind words. This is not what I want to spend my time on, but I just can't bear the way this article would appear without a hard look at the data. It's just plain disturbing that some editors have a worldview so strong and so contrary, that they refuse to interpret things in any way that diverges from it. I'm very glad that there is a majority of level-headed participants such as you. —Michael Z. 2006-12-09 00:24 Z

[edit] Reverting using popups

Just another reminder that reversions that aren't OBVIOUS vandalism (like this one) should not be reverted using popups. There's no problem with reverting things that aren't obvious vandalism, if you have a reason, but it's important to explain why in the edit summary. Popups should only be used in cases of OBVIOUS vandalism. —P^urpleRA^IN 18:17, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

I was reverting a number of linkspam edits from a user, all of whose edits (many reverted by others) were inappropriate external links. That may not have been obvious vandalism, but they were clearly not constructive edits. I have had comments like this before, and I'm quite happy to take advice. That said, I'm not familiar with a policy that suggests I shouldn't use popups in this manner. I'd appreciate you pointing me in the right direction so I can take a look. Thanks. - Eron ^Talk 00:27, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

You may have me there. I was sure I'd seen that specific policy before, but I can't find it anywhere now. However, Help:Reverting does state that reverting should only be used for vandalism. I'll leave it to your judgement. The reason that I mention it is that an edit summary is very helpful if the reason for the reversion is not immediately obvious. Popups don't supply a reason, so they aren't very helpful in such a situation. —P^urpleRA^IN 07:05, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Christmas article Further reading

Hi EronMain. I had added to the article on Christmas a classic tome and collection of short stories by famous authors which revolve around Christmas and Christmas time because I thought it was germane to the topic and a unique classic collection of stories. Godfrey's anthology "Murder for Christmas" is a well-received work. You removed it from the article saying it wasn't really encyclopedic. Hmm. I see what you mean in some senses. In other senses, it's not unusal to cite an ancillary work on the theme. I also made a formatting change in the references which got lost I think. Thoughts? Best Wishes. --- (Bob) Wikiklrsc 15:19, 14 December 2006 (UTC) (talk)

I removed the book for the same reason that the list of external references was trimmed; there are so many works out there on Christmas themes that those lists could rapidly overwhelm the article. The manual of style (in Citing sources) states that "an 'External links' or 'Further reading' section is placed near the end of an article and offers books, articles, and links to websites related to the topic that might be of interest to the reader." I think that would be more helpful on a topic more obscure than Christmas.

Perhaps that collection could be provided in the Arts and Media section of the article itself as an example of how Christmas themes pervade popular culture? We don't have any examples of books from the 20th century there.

For the formatting change, I believe you changed the title above the list of inline citatition from "References" to "Notes", and then added the "References" title above two books that were listed below the cites. After reviewing the manual of style I changed that back, in accordance with this description of standard appendices: "'Notes' is only for footnotes (explanations or comments on any part of the main text). 'References' is only for referenced materials (books, websites etc. cited in the main text). Otherwise 'Notes and references' should be combined." In the case of Christmas, the citations are all references; I don't see any that are explanatory or commentary footnotes. Guidelines on citing sources are a little more muddy, but they also generally support this, noting "All citation techniques require detailed full citations to be shown in a 'References' section following the text."

That said, I'm not opposed to cleaning up the References section; the guidelines on citation also say that "It is helpful when non-citation footnotes are used that a "References" section also be maintained, in which the sources that were used are listed in alphabetical order. With articles that have lots of footnotes, it can become hard to see after a while exactly which sources have been used...a 'References' section, which contains only citations, helps readers to see at a glance the quality of the references used." We haven't got explanatory footnotes, but we do have a lot of references, and this might be helpful. However, I would want it discussed on the article talk page first, and I would recommend waiting until the current work on the page is done; there are two more sections that need a lot of referencing, and I think it would confuse things to change our reference style in the middle of that job.

I hope this explanation makes things clear. I'd be happy to discuss this more on the article talk page. - Eron ^Talk 15:49, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi Eron. Points taken. There are many styles of references/footnotes around WP. Best left for now as it is. Thanks and Best Wishes. --- (Bob) Wikiklrsc 18:06, 14 December 2006 (UTC) (talk)

[edit] User:EronMain Accusations of Incivility

Clearly just jealous that I'm right and he's wrong. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by NewStew (talk • contribs) 3:29, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

No, just not interested in seeing "You're all a bunch of pansies if you can't just get rid of the friggin' page and be done with it," inserted into an otherwise civil discussion. - Eron ^Talk 17:33, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mediation Cabal / Herbert Hoover Middle School

Hello, I am the mediator who will be handling the voluntary mediation for Hoover Middle School, please acknowledge if you would like to participate in this process and read the page linked. Thanks, Somitho 21:00, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm happy to participate, although I don't really see this as a case for mediation. There is no dispute; this case was raised by a new user who does not really seem to understand how Wikipedia works. I'd be pleased to explain my position; what it is the appropriate location for me to do that? - Eron ^Talk 23:53, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Mediation_Cabal/Cases/_2006-15-06_Hoover_Middle_School under discussion; I realize this is a new user and he seems to not understand much on the path of Wikipedia. However, I would hope you can both come to an understanding to include both of your ideas. Both current and past history maybe? Somitho 21:54, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Help

Each time I create an external link, the "|" shows on the page, or goes with the link. eg: www.wi.com becomes www.wi.com|, or it shows as Text| instead of Text. Can you tell me what is wrong?~BoboBonnie~ 03:43, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

External links don't need the "|" between the link and the link name; it's only used with internal links. So, you would use:

[http://en.wikipedia.com Wikipedia]

to make the external link:

Wikipedia

For the internal link, you'd use:

[[Main Page|Wikipedia]]

to get:

Wikipedia

I'll edit the external link on your user page to show you what I mean. :Hope this helps. - Eron ^Talk 04:01, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Islamic Bill of Rights for Women in the Mosque

Do stated on the talk page that this article was a copyvio... do you have a link or refrence I can use to verify that? ---J.S ^(T/C) 22:30, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

The article was mostly a copyvio at the time it was nominated for deletion: this version consisted mainly of a straight copy of the bill of rights itself. The article has since been edited to remove the copyvio portion. I'll note that on the article talk page. - Eron ^Talk 23:02, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Ok then. If it's been fixed I'll put away the copy-vio-bucket-of-doom. ---J.S ^(T/C) 23:25, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merry Christmas!

[edit] Quadriplegia

Hi, I just saw you re added the persons list on the Quadriplegia article. Are you perhaps planning on sourcing them? Since I put the verify tag on there a long time ago (and forgot it for the rest) no one sourced them in that time. Which is kind of important, especially with living persons, see WP:BLP. I am not that interested in this article to source them myself (and have too slow internet access currently to do it anyway). If they stay unsourced, they have to go. Garion96 (talk) 23:07, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Many of those names are blue-linked and the articles they link to make it clear that the person is a quadriplegic. I'm not sure that it is necessary to provide a citation for their disability in the quadriplegia article if it is well referenced in the individual's main article. For some of these individuals, their disability is the reason for their notability. - Eron ^Talk 23:44, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

According to WP:LIST#References_for_list_Items it is necessary. Especially for living persons. A list is not dependent on the actual article. See also List of HIV-positive people where every entry is sourced. Garion96 (talk) 00:05, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

How about this Talk:Quadriplegia#Famous_persons. This way if an editor wants to source those entries it's easy to find. Garion96 (talk) 02:23, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Proof of the Holocaust, Nizkor

To clarify, what I was trying to point out on the talk page was that we have sufficient proof simply with the Nazi's own confessions. Playing "proof" games is usually fruitless, as revisionists usually either evade specifying what adequate proof consists of, or place the burden so high that they cannot find another historical event that could meet such proof. I'm writing here as the section editing is cutting off the end of the discussion, and loading the whole page is crashing my browser. As an aside, do you feel the compromise edit offered by richwales is adequately neutral? I commented on it, but no one else has, and I'm not sure if silence should be construed as "consensus", even though Igor seemed to think so. Cantankrus 16:15, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

This is making my head ache. I personally don't think the deniers are going to be satisfied with anything short of an article that simply regurgitates the IHR/Zundel line with no critical commentary. Of course, I have no interest in satisfying them. I personally think "debunk" is a perfect word. No one objects to its use in the James Randi article. He debunks pseudo-psychics; in the same way, Nizkor debunks pseudo-historians.

Still, I think there's a way to avoid using that word while still making it clear that this is what Nizkor does. Richwales proposed "a third group, typified by the Nizkor Project, responds by confronting Holocaust denial head-on, countering the arguments and claims made by Holocaust denial groups." I'd like to see something a bit stronger. Nizkor doesn't just "confront" Holocaust deniers; they point out the factual errors, inaccuracies, and misrepresentations in the claims that deniers make. Still, I think it is something that I can live with. - Eron ^Talk 21:20, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RFC/discussion of article World War II

Hello, EronMain. As a prominent contributor to World War II, you may want to be aware that a request for comments has been filed about it. The RFC can be found by the article's name in this list, and the actual discussion can be found on Talk:World War II, in case you wish to participate. Thank you for your contributions. -- Krellis 01:20, 18 February 2007 (UTC)