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Contents 1 Hottentot's Vandalism 2 History of Queensland 3 Thanks 4 BioCOTW Project 5 Joolz's RFA 6 Tmplate problem 7 Steinbeck 8 Thanks! 9 RfA 10 WikiProject Indiana 11 BCOTW, October 2005 12 BioCOTW Project 13 War or war 14 Sicilian Baroque 15 Summa Theologiae 16 FireFox RFA 17 Emergency department 18 Biography Collaboration of the Week 19 Russian martial arts: "Long history" 20 Latvia's flags 21 Hi 22 Wishes 23 House of Braganza 24 BioCOTW 25 Fakauʻa 26 Great call on Northern Wars 27 Léon-Bernard Giot 28 Final warning 29 Edit warring 30 RfA 31 Peacekeeping 32 People to People Student Ambassador Program

[edit] Hottentot's Vandalism

I think if someone is just blanket reverting all your edits, it would be called vandalism. He's upset because he holds the same view as mainland China, and he disagrees with a neutral BBC article. The article only states the facts, it doesn't take sides. Here is the article for YOUR review. What do YOU think? Honestly.

• The truth the mainland Chinese government doesn't want you to know...

If you review Hottentot's comments, he also threatened to just revert all my edits. That is pure vandalism.--FT in Leeds 02:27, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

It's a news article from the BBC, one of the most reputable news agencies on the entire planet. It's not run by the government, like mainland China's Xinhua. You can't get more credible and just plain truthful than this. Additionally, why does a link have to be totally NPOV? It's a link. The encylopedia should allow people to find the truth, not just something that pleases everyone all the time.--FT in Leeds 02:36, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] History of Queensland

The History of Queensland article has finally become the current Australian Collaboration. As you voted for it, you might like to visit and improve the article as you see fit. Thanks --Scott Davis ^Talk 14:52, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Hi Falphin:
Thanks for support and your confidence in me in my recent RFB nomination. I'm now WP's newest bureaucrat. :) Regards, User:Nichalp/sg 20:05, September 6, 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] BioCOTW Project

You voted for Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, this weeks' Biography Collaboration of the weeks. Please come and help them become a featured-standard article.--Falphin 21:15, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Joolz's RFA

Hey Falphin, thanks for your vote on my recent RFA, your support was appreciated :) -- Joolz 11:38, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Tmplate problem

The one you just put on my talk page caused no problem, and my Bug Report had no response after adecent interval. When i saw the tmplt rv'd, i assumed it had been quickly fixed, and i assume that at this point. Tnx for yr response, of course! --Jerzy•t 18:31, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Steinbeck

How would we go about making the John Steinbeck article the featured article? Bancroftian 22:58, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Thanks for your support in my recent RFA! All those extra buttons might not be a big deal, but getting all this positive feedback sure is, please let me know if you have any problems or comments regarding how I use all these shiny new levers and cranks! Rx StrangeLove 00:45, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] RfA

Thanks for contributing to the discussion on my recent RfA. Your comments are appreciated and I'll endeavour to use these new powers wisely and productively....dave souza 17:09, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Indiana

I responded to your comments on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Indiana.Kurt Weber 16:18, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] BCOTW, October 2005

Hi, I see you're still around (last edit 10/4/05) - do you have a minute to move the BCOTW along or shall I step in while you're busy? Kaisershatner 14:53, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Hi Kaisershatner 17:28, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Hey Falphin, thanks for your feedback about the BCOTW. I've enjoyed it too much to let it be idle while you're busy (and I appreciate for that reason all you've done with the BCOTW). I'm glad you liked my edits to the project page. Kaisershatner 23:54, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your note. Of course I don't mind you updating the page. I'll just fill in when/if you're too busy. However, I do think we should trim the nominees (with all due respect, Shirazis etc. have been hanging there too long) to keep the page fresh, especially now that there are a few new ones on the list. It may also help attract more collaborators. Kaisershatner 15:55, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] BioCOTW Project

You voted for Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, this weeks' Biography Collaboration of the weeks. Please come and help them become a featured-standard article.

[edit] War or war

No I was not aware of this. I was just following a more general policy. The only similar case I know is the Football war article as I am interested in Latin America rather than in wars. I don't have strong feelings on this subject, SqueakBox 01:21, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Sicilian Baroque

Thanks for your vote on Sicilian Baroque - it needed it (and so did my self confidence!). I've answered your query briefly on the FAC page. I agree lists are to be avoided, but I felt there in such a long article the defining features were so important they had to stand out clearly or they would be swallowed and lost in the text, and then people would find themselves looking at the pictures, and then not have a clue what they were supposed to be looking for. Personally I would have liked a longer caption to each picture explaining each feature directly, but I did that once before on a Featured article, and every one complained about that too, saying long captions were to be avoided. I think there's an English idiom somewhere "you can please some of the people all the time, and all the people none of the time" I've probably got that wrong too, but you know what I mean. The response to Sicilian Baroque, so far, has been a bit disappointing, as I thought it was the best thing I had done - but I suppose some you win some you loose. Thanks for the vote very much. Giano | talk 10:44, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Summa Theologiae

I know that people often make the mistake (I'd say that at least a quarter of the undergraduate essays that I mark make it), but I couldn't find a single printed example. It seems to be primarily an Internet phenomenon, though it may well have a more respectable source. One colleague suggested (purely speculativel, and with no real knowledge of the area) that Church Latin might have turned "Theologiae" into "Theologica", but I can't think why that should be. Does my compromise of "sometimes" work for you? --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 23:21, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] FireFox RFA

FireFox 18:54, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Emergency department

I wonder if you could consider supporting this article at Wikipedia:Article Improvement Drive. Its an important place, where we all go by ambulance if we are very ill, and, I think, worthy of a comprehensive article.--File Éireann 20:26, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Biography Collaboration of the Week

Hi there! I've noticed you've been busy and I decided to update myself the Collaboration page. Hope you don't mind. By the way, if you want come and help Henry the Navigator became a featured article. Thanks for the excellent job on the BCOTW and the hard work on John III of Portugal, Vasco da Gama and Fernão Mendes Pinto (sorry for the Portuguese insistence, I promise Henry the Navigator is the last one). Gameiro 01:14, 1 December 2005 (UTC)==New user box== Hello Falphin, It's SWD316. Im giving you the user box for your user page called Template:User Member. It's a user box that says your a member of the AWWDMBJ.... Hope you like it! SWD316 03:53, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Russian martial arts: "Long history"

I'm not sure what that has to do with Russia having martial arts. Falphin 15:19, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• You posted this "long history" note in Russian martial arts. What do you mean by that? -- Sy / ^(talk) 18:20, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

• Alright.. I've clarified some of the things which could help that topic. I agree with the flag, and there are some other related topics which need to be similarly cleaned up. I'll keep the discussion on those pages.. thanks for contributing. =) -- Sy / ^(talk) 22:51, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Latvia's flags

I have no idea. See, I dug out the law from a law database at Lithuanian parliament. I could not find such thing on Latvian parliament' site. I don't speak Latvian any case. There is a very good chance, that it is somewhere, and it has the copyright law that would allow such use (well, Lithuania & Poland has it). You should ask some Latvian-speaking person (through Babel). Or you could redraw the flag. It does not look too quality anyhow. And I am glad you've asked, just sorry I cannot help you much. Renata3 06:08, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Hi, I don't know if you are still interested, but look what I found on commons commons:Template:PD-LV. Hope it helps :) Renata 18:50, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hi

You have some replies to your question here [1]. In addition I am also trying to clarify and cleanup the Isa article which is the Islamic perspective of Jesus. I will try to see whether I can add material to the Islamic views on Jesus in the Jesus article too. Thanks. --a.n.o.n.y.m ^t 19:42, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wishes

I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. --Bhadani 15:19, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] House of Braganza

I got this message on my talk page due to my involvement in these articles - would you care to provide your opinion in this discussion, and perhaps invite some of the Portuguese editors, as well? Thanks, Kaisershatner 13:51, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

"Hi, you created this from a redirect back in January. Unfortunately there is an almost identical article at Bragança (royal house). Definitely only one of these should be kept with any extra content merged, the problem is, which one is the correct title?" Arniep 13:23, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] BioCOTW

Why did it go inactive? ILovEPlankton 20:09, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fakauʻa

I have noticed that in several entries you have changed the fakauʻa (glottal stop) in Tongan words from the straight apostrophe (') to the curly open quote (‘). I think you should not do that. Unicode convention is not to use the openquote (leave that with its brother closequote to quoting) but use the special 0x02BB symbol instead, which is dedicated for that. See the okina article and talk for more information. To allow for non-compliance by Microsoft driven systems for the moment the { {okina} } template can be sued. Just because there is confusion about the proper shape, and people not aware of it will tend to type in the apostrophe anyway, I have made the following rule for myself: all Tongan (and Polynesian) words with a glottal are entered with an apostrophe, but appear with the proper accent in printing, like this: ʻAhoʻeitu.

I hope that you can agree with this, unless you have a better suggestion of course. --Tauʻolunga 20:08, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Great call on Northern Wars

Hey I noticed the revert between you and Y on my watchlist. I see for some reason most of the articles include both wars, but the danish version for example, doesn't seem to mention the war in 1665. Another example is the Dutch. Besides that, most of the articles have very little mention of the 1665 war, and instead only include a bit of background info. Shouldn't these links be removed and left with only the articles on the 1665 war. Falphin 22:26, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

You and Yvwv are right! I stand corrected; read in haste—repent in leisure. Very well done indeed. I rereverted. Takk - Williamborg 02:08, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Léon-Bernard Giot

• Just for your information, off of the AfS page

there are several results in dutch on the web. I'm not really sure of the notability if this is the same person as Professor Léon-Bernard Giot. Falphin 00:48, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Someone on French Wikipedia has alerted someone on Dutch Wikipedia and hopefully, he will respond. I work in the music business in Europe and no one I know has heard of him. We'll see what the Dutch have to say about this. This is the same person as "Professor Léon-Bernard Giot", per a re-direct on the French site. Looking at the edit history of the Dutch article, I see that gidonb has made several edits on the Dutch version. Perhaps he might be able to comment? Musikfabrik 09:27, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi Musikfabrik, the Dutch Wikipedia is not equally strict with notability. From what I can understand LBG is a part-time musician who apparently also gives some lessons. Some of the information comes from a long-time participant at nl.wikipedia who knows him. LBG pointed out on the talk page that the title "professor" is not protected, i.e. anyone can carry it. He uses the name International whatever school to describe his lesson practice. Personally, I do not believe that this is the best way to promote art, but Wikipedia is not a promotional site anyway. He has had second thoughts as well, because in the past he asked to delete the talk page for his Dutch article. It has been archived, with which he is unhappy. The article here is a promotional text, full of exaggerations. It was created, not by himself, after he had placed a request to be included in en.wikipedia. At his website there are some clippings from the local press, mostly about his ideas on better breathing. He suggests that he should become minister of breathing of Belgium (or was it one of its "states"). This suggestion attracted mild interest from the local press. gidonb 10:20, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Best wishes, Musikfabrik 18:59, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Final warning

Accusing other editors of vandalism when they are not vandalizing is exremely unacceptable. Do not do it again. --Cyde↔Weys 02:30, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Edit warring

Please stop edit warring on Template:User christian. You may be blocked from editing if you continue. --Tony Sidaway 02:40, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA

I notcied that you've left messages for Zappa.jake on his talk page, so I thought you mihgt want to vote in his RfA at WP:RFA. ShortJason 15:13, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

I apologize for ShortJason's advertising. Normally most people consider it unacceptable to advertise RfAs (Requests for Adminship) on people's talk pages. I have asked him to stop here. Regardless, now that it's here, if you do wish to vote, do so here. Sorry, zappa.jake (talk) 19:15, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Peacekeeping

Falphin, I noticed that you contributed to the peacekeeping article in December. I have significantly overhauled the article (as a draft on a subpage) and would like to know what you think. You can find it at Talk:Peacekeeping/Sandbox. If you know anyone else who is concerned about the article, please let them know too. Thanks. --Tjss(Talk) 21:17, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] People to People Student Ambassador Program

I noticed that you had made a comment about a year ago on Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Miscellaneous/September 2005 regarding the People to People Student Ambassador Program.

What I'm asking is if you have obtained any additional information about this group beyond what you found out. It is heartbreaking to talk to my son who just got one of those letters, talk about going to exotic places (which is a dream of his), only to have his dreams dashed because it turns out this is a massive scam.

I tried to do a Google Search on this topic and I have been unable to find from their websites anything that talks about the costs involved with this experience, but I have found a notice from the Iowa Attorney General's Office that was complaining about a woman who got a letter of acceptance for a son that died when he was only seven months old. I'm sure there is more.

The main Wikipedia article seems to be very POV in terms of how glowingly useful the project is, and I strongly suspect some astroturfing going on there. This article is clearly on my radar now as a major Wikipedian, and I'm not going to let this one go. I do plan on a strong investigative review of this group, and perhaps even doing a Wikinews article about this if I'm not happy. Yeah, that is POV, but I also want to be merciless if this truly is a scam.

While I have no doubt that the students actually travel abroad, I strongly suspect this is just a way for a group of travel agents to make some extra money in a less than honorable fashion. I've also heard about nightmares from travel groups like this where kids show up in the "host country", only to find out the tour operator has skipped town and they don't have a return ticket to come home and none of the other accomodations have been taken care of or paid for.

Anything you found out about this group would be appreciated. --Robert Horning 20:51, 12 August 2006 (UTC)