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Contents 1 Nikah Misyar 2 Thanks... 3 Hello 4 List of Spanish political parties 5 Ferrill 6 Request to reconsider 7 License tagging for Image:PetalsontheWind.jpg 8 Welcome to Novels WikiProject 9 William Burges 10 Burges again 11 And again 12 And It's Arsenal Afd 13 Burges - broken promise 14 Novels newsletter : Issue IX - February 2007 15 Welcome to WikiProject:Biography 16 From Acorn's ... 17 Helping out with the Unassessed Wikipedia Biographies 18 Healing temples move 19 Article origins 20 Ellen Hanley 21 The Novels WikiProject Newsletter: Issue X - March 2007 22 Louisa May Alcott 23 Pre-Raphaelites 24 Thanks for the tip

[edit] Nikah Misyar

Hi, I think Striver can help you with it.--Sa.vakilian 14:25, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks...

...for the heads-up on Tales of Legendia NPCs and Locations. I've proposed it be changed to list rather than an article, similar to List of Warcraft characters. Seems more appropriate. --Bookgrrl ^holler/looksee 16:27, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hello

Hi Madmedea. Nice to know I'm not the only newbie around! Thanks for your suggestion. I actually wanted to include an image, as one is available on their website and Template:Infobox_School does provide for an image to be included, but got a bit lost while reading about copyright/license tags, public domain, fair use, rationales and whatnot. I'll give it another shot though at a later stage—preferably after getting some sleep :-)

See you around! —Xhantar^Talk 14:45, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Great, thanks. I borrowed your rationale from the examples you gave (hopefully it wasn't copyrighted), and uploaded Nsds_logo.png. I now feel less likely of being sued. —Xhantar^Talk 03:35, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of Spanish political parties

Hi Madmedea. I was just wondering what your thinking was behind removing the italics from the Spanish party names (non-English words are usually italicised) and "un-wikifying" the dates. Without the links to dates everyone has to put up with the same date format. With them, we all see dates as we wish. Am I missing something? Avalon Avalon 18:55, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for getting back to me.

1. Absolutely no offence taken. I would have thought that a foreign name is still rendered in italics until it becomes a word incorporated into English, like samurai or matador WP:ITALICS.
2. There are those who prefer the ISO format (about 1% of the world's population?) and if the links are used, they can set their preferences and that's what they get. I prefer day, month, year and that's what I get. I entirely understand about not getting back to this article, I was trying to "clean-up" the August 2006 wikification list and I kept leaving this hoping someone else would do it. It's a pretty dry list.
3. I'm not trimming the list down. I hoped/assumed whoever was doing that knew something about Spanish politics. I don't.
4. Well, time to start getting ready for (paid) work.

[edit] Ferrill

Of course no objection in the slightest. Especially since I had only an indirect reference to his career at U Wash., AfD is the way to go. You can look, and I can look, but the various people who have already posted on the AfD have found a great deal more than either of us. I'll de-prodd sometimes if it seems uncertain, not because I am sure. I like AfD, within limits. DGG 20:20, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Request to reconsider

Hi Madmedea,

Since you voted early to delete List of bow tie wearers, I've made extensive changes to the article which meet the objections to it. Please take another look and see what you think. Best, Noroton 16:50, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] License tagging for Image:PetalsontheWind.jpg

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[edit] Welcome to Novels WikiProject

[edit] William Burges

Thanks for your comments. Happy to add citations but will take a little time as I have been adding Burges pieces like crazy since coming across Wikipedia in January. What is wanted? Page references to the books I reference when I include quotations? Should these appear at the end of each paragraph? Excuse my ignorance but whilst knowing a bit about Burges, I know very little about how to edit Wikipedia. KJP1.

[edit] Burges again

Please wikify at will. I don't know how to do it properly and would be delighted if you were willing to have a go. If you had a moment, perhaps you would be kind enough to look at the piece on Mordaunt Crook. It says it needs wikifying but I don't know what is wanted. It hardly qualifies as an article, as I know little of the personal/professional life of JMC, and is really just a list of posts and works. But as he is the main, almost the only, authority on Burges, he certainly merits an article and I would be sad to see it deleted because I don't understand what is wanted. Thanks again for your help. KJP1

[edit] And again

Love the Burges page. Thanks so much. Will not clog up your messages again, this evening. KJP1

[edit] And It's Arsenal Afd

You recently !voted in this Afd. I've just seen one of the other prods was contested, for We all follow the Arsenal and have included it in the Afd and would welcome further comment. Thanks. One Night In Hackney 21:02, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Burges - broken promise

I know I said I wouldn't bother you again tonight but you wikified Mordaunt Crook, for which I am very grateful. A small return - do you know Burges' estate cottages at Forthampton? Nos. 46-47, Bishop's Walk. Not well known, and some debate over the attribution but see them and, if you know Burges, you'll know they are his. Your county, I believe, so maybe a pleasant afternoon. Many thanks.KJP1 21:08, 4 February 2007 (UTC) (did I get this right?)

[edit] Novels newsletter : Issue IX - February 2007

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[edit] Welcome to WikiProject:Biography

[edit] From Acorn's ...

You might want to be more cautious with that link suggestion tool. It changed "hard labor" to work by convicts.

Acorns appear only on adult trees, and thus are often a symbol of patience and the fruition of long, hard labor.

Not quite the original meaning. BTW: What tool is that? Shenme 20:03, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Helping out with the Unassessed Wikipedia Biographies

Seeing that you are an active member of the WikiBiography Project, I was wondering if you would help lend a hand in helping us clear out the amount of [unassessed articles] tagged with {{WPBiography}}. Many of them are of stub and start class, but a few are of B or A caliber. Getting a simple assessment rating can help us start moving many of these biographies to a higher quality article. Thank you! --Ozgod 21:27, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Healing temples move

The move seems sensible enough, but there's two other names possible: Dream temples and Egyptian sleep temples. Are you sure sleep temple is best? Just wanted to check before the move. Adam Cuerden ^talk 09:04, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Right. I've made the move. Just wanted to check first, as it'd need an administrator to move it on again. (there's already redirects) Adam Cuerden ^talk 12:18, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article origins

Hi there. Me again of the image alignment. I was just googling to see what sources there were available on Lycosura as it was a site I hadn't heard of. I came across this page [1]. I'm assuming that you haven't lifted your text from this page - I'm sure you too smart for that breach of copyright. So I guess (hope) you are the author of the website, and therefore able to freely recycle the material. If you are the author of the website it might be an idea for you to put a post on the talk page of any articles you've copied into wikipedia otherwise it does look like a potential copyright breach. If you're not the author of the other web page.... we have a problem. Madmedea 22:26, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

That webpage has a "retrieved from Wikipedia" tag at the bottom. There are many sites that get their content from W. You may not be aware, but in the academic community even the insinuation of plagerism is a serious personal attack. I would appreciate more caution in future.--Nefasdicere 00:16, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I didn't realise that was a wikipedia mirror site as it wasn't one I had come across before. I do understand how serious an accusation of plagiarism is - I'm an academic too - and that is why I was very careful in what I said and didn't just stick a copyvio banner on the page! I'm very keen that everything in wikipedia is properly cited as it would be in an academic publication - which at present that article isn't, although I know you've said you'd address that. I've come across many an article that is a copyright violation so it is something I always look at for, particularly with new users. No offence intended and please remember the Wikipedia:Assume good faith principle. Madmedea 10:23, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ellen Hanley

Could you please see my question at Talk:Fiorello!#Ellen Hanley? - Jmabel | Talk 17:49, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Novels WikiProject Newsletter: Issue X - March 2007

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A tag has been placed on April Love (Hughes painting), requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. If you plan to expand the article, you can request that administrators wait a while for you to add contextual material. To do this, affix the template {{hangon}} to the page and state your intention on the article's talk page. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. John254 19:54, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Louisa May Alcott

Saw your message about my edit and would be happy to include the notes, but alas -- I don't know how. If I give you in the info, perhaps you can notate properly?

The NY Times reference is from her 1888 obit: "The parents of the authoress removed to Boston when their daughter was 2 years old, and in Boston and its immediate vicinity she made her home ever after." The obit is dated March 7, 1888. Current link: http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1129.html

The Census records from 1850 show Louisa's sister Elizabeth as being 15 years old and born in Massachusetts. (1850 US Census, A. B. Alcott, Boston, Suffolk, MA, 12 Aug 1850). Even NY Times Obits have had errors (as have Census Records) but in this case they seem to agree that the Alcotts were in Massachusetts by 1835 at the latest.

[edit] Pre-Raphaelites

Yes, your list is a very good idea. I am intending to create articles on all of the Millais and Hunt paintings listed, and maybe Brown's too! Paul B 15:46, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

I see that someone wants to delete April Love. I'll add some more stuff. Paul B 15:47, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the tip

about using the "Edit Summary". I think you're right; even a little summary is better than none, although sometimes when I've made 10 different itty edits, it's hard to come up with anything better than "changed buncha stuff." I've now read the Help:Edit Summary section. Hope your neck is better! Peter Delmonte 01:53, 30 March 2007 (UTC)