User talk:Joseph20202021/Archive 5

My RfA[edit]

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which closed unsuccessfully with 25 support, 18 oppose, and 6 neutral. Thanks for the support and I'll look forward working with you. --BritandBeyonce (talk) 06:55, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Fair use rationale for Image:Jerry_lucas_350.jpg[edit]

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Image:John_kundla.jpg[edit]

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Replaceable fair use Image:JoWHiteBos.jpg[edit]

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Date changes in Kerry Sibraa[edit]

Hi! With regards to this edit to Kerry Sibraa, the dates you changed both appear to have been correct previously. According to his ParlInfo biography, his first term as a Senator was "deemed to have begun 1.7.75", not June 30, and his second term began when he was "Appointed by the Governor-in-Council of New South Wales on 9.8.78", not 1987. I have changed those two dates back. --Stormie (talk) 22:15, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

USS Ronald Reagan edits[edit]

Mr. Solis, regarding your edits to USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), they appear to be moot. As Wikipedia:Dates#Autoformatting and linking points out, when dates are linked as those were, they will appear however the user has deemed when they set their preferences. For readers who are not users and thus don't have the benefit of setting a preferred way to view dates, the previous format was perfectly acceptable. I have not reverted your edits, but wanted to make you aware of this feature. Regards, Daysleeper47 (talk) 15:36, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Replaceable fair use Image:LhudsonSTL2.jpg[edit]

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Dates[edit]

Noticed you changed at date at Mwai Kibaki from [[15 November]] to [[November 15]]. Dates in wikilinks are automatically adjusted to display according to your own Wikipedia preferences on the Date and Time tab, so such changes don't need to be made to wikilinked dates in articles. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Autoformatting and linking--Jeffro77 (talk) 11:26, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry. I did some checking, and mm/dd/yyyy is indeed the typical date format employed in Kenya, so your edit was better for those users who have not set their own date preference, as it will default to teh preferred local Kenyan setting of having the month first.--Jeffro77 (talk) 10:06, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Replaceable fair use Image:Cmaxwellbos.jpg[edit]

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Image:MarinWas.jpg[edit]

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NBA WikiProject Newsletter[edit]


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collectivisation > collectivization[edit]

Was there a discussion about these moves somewhere? To my understanding, you're supposed to keep articles in the same spelling form they started in (in this case British English). - TheMightyQuill (talk) 13:59, 13 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RfD nomination of Ʒuˈɐ̃w̃ dɨ ˈbaʁuʃ[edit]

Wikilinking years[edit]

Re this edit. Stand-alone years are usually not linked per Wikipedia:CONTEXT#Dates unless there is a very good reason for it. I thought you should know. Renata (talk) 16:34, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RfD nomination of ʤɔɹʤ ˈwɔːkəɹ bʊʃ[edit]

2007 census[edit]

While you're changing some of the data on the provinces, how about incorporating the existing 2000 data to give more encyclopedic information. For example:

"Based on the August 2007 census, Mandaue City has a total population of 318,575 people. This figure is up by 58,847 from 259,728 persons recorded in the May 2000 census, giving an annual growth rate of 2.96% during the 7-year period--significantly higher than the national average of 2.04%. If this growth rate were maintained, Mandaue would double its population in 24 years."

--seav (talk) 10:04, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks[edit]

Thanks for adding the reference of "Spanish variants" back to the Castilian Spanish page at the bottom. It was my first time adding a citation to a page, so I didn't realize that I had deleted something that was already there. Appreciate it. Kman543210 (talk) 10:06, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Asturias[edit]

Two topics:

Origin of the name Asturias, and the related "Principado de Asturias".
It can be useful to have access to the economic aid program of Asturias, it`s easy to note that my village is used to give hundreds of thousands euros in aid in America. This small townhall in Cebu can find this information quite useful.

Asturias, Cebu, Philippines
Principado de Asturias

--85.181.106.91 (talk) 16:00, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

New Project[edit]

Myself and several other editors have been compiling a list of very active editors who would likely be available to help new editors in the event they have questions or concerns. As the list grew and the table became more detailed, it was determined that the best way to complete the table was to ask each potential candidate to fill in their own information, if they so desire. This list is sorted geographically in order to provide a better estimate as to whether the listed editor is likely to be active.

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NBA WikiProject May Newsletter[edit]


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Image:NixonLA.jpg[edit]

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Rəʊˈzeɪʃə[edit]

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Please participate on Wikimedia Philippines discussions[edit]

Call for participation to Wikimedia Philippines

As one of the participants of Wikipedia Philippines, we are inviting you to participate in the discussion about the revised Articles of Incorporation. Feel free to comment and scrutinize the document. Some of the topics to be resolve include:

a) start-up capital;

b) bank account of choice;

c) and nomination of a treasurer.

For your information, last May 5, 2008, Mr. Vincent Isles reserved the company name “WIKIMEDIA PHILIPPINES, INC.” from the Securities and Exchange Commission. The reservation will expire on August 3, 2008. The next steps will be the approval of the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws. We are fast-tracking the process that is why your inputs are vital and very much appreciated.

Please visit the following links for your reference:

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Josh Lim’s (Sky Harbor) pseudo-manifesto: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/philwiki/message/168

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UP Sigma Rho[edit]

Question: Why did you remove the reference section? You did so 4 minutes after the latest revert by a soon-to-be-blocked editor. The references will be added back once an admin blocks User:Duck You for violating 3RR. You should undo your edit. Thanks. APK ^{yada yada} 07:05, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for correcting that. Cheers. APK ^{yada yada} 07:14, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Poor Joseph[edit]

Putting the Related Section is biased, too, since the editor who had wrote the section don't have concrete evidence to the claim (other than newspaper articles, which is obviously very opinionated). having this as a reason, I think, it is just appropriate to delete it.

Question: of all fraternities who has rumble histories, why Sigma Rho? Bitterness is a fatal sickness. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Duck You (talk • contribs) 07:24, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Response to User:Duck You[edit]

This corrupt User:Duck You is very biased to his fraternity. His accusation that I am poor editor is not true and it is a deception and the true poor editor is User:Duck You.--Joseph Solis in Australia (talk) 07:41, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WP:HAU/OC[edit]

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WP:HAU[edit]

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Copyvio[edit]

Copyright problems[edit]

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Font size[edit]

Hello. Would you please not go around changing the font size of references, as there are people who don't like them smaller.[1] Gimmetrow 07:28, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If four notes is "too long", then what in your opinion would not need changing? There is no need to use reflist for short lists of notes. Gimmetrow 07:57, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

[2] That's the crux of the matter then. Please read the documentation of {{reflist}}, which says "Note that there is no consensus that small font size should always be used for all references". Gimmetrow 08:06, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That's nice that you have a preference. Do you have to *vandalize* articles based on it? If you change every instance to reflist, you are acting as if it is policy, which it is not. Please do not change short lists of references to small font. The guideline used to say somewhere between 10-15 references was OK for small font. Gimmetrow 08:17, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I must say you have guts, making edits like [3] and [4] after this discussion. If you think all articles without exception should use smaller font for notes, then start a discussion to make that the policy. Until then, such edits make the font smaller for readers, which inhibits accessibility without a good reason, and are also "trivial" edits. Consider this a formal warning. Gimmetrow 01:45, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

[5] [6] Again, if you want all articles without exception to use small font for references, please start a discussion to make that policy. Otherwise, please stop arbitrarily changing the font size of notes on articles with few notes, or you may be blocked from editing. Gimmetrow 03:55, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As a person with less than perfect eyesight, I object to unnecessary changes to font sizes; reflist can be used when there is a long list of references, making it necessary. Otherwise, these changes are not necessary; please find a more productive way to spend your time on Wiki, and cease the personal attacks. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:45, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again. Wiki editing tends to involve give and take. If it were up to me, all text would be the same size, since unlike a paper document, variable fonts gain us nothing. But others disagree, so we make compromises. I don't have a problem with [7] since it has quite a few notes. Could you consider leaving the notes be if the article already has a <references/> tag and 10 or fewer references? Gimmetrow 23:46, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WP:NPA[edit]

I noticed the personal attack you lodged at Gimmtrow's talk page: I hate you. [8]

See Wikipedia's no personal attacks policy and comment on content, not on contributors. Continued personal attacks will lead to blocks for disruption. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:45, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Ph_pres_arroyo.jpg listed for deletion[edit]

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Fair use rationale for Image:Fitchcavs.jpg[edit]

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Your RfA was unsuccessful[edit]

Good Morning Joseph Solis in Australia. Unfortunately, I closed your recent request for adminship per the generally accepted snowball clause for RfAs that are not likely to succeed. I believe you do have the potential to become a user who could be promoted to administratorship in the forseeable future, especially in consideration of the clear dedication you put in. Try to ensure that you take all the criticism in the oppose section constructively, and most importantly, communicate with those that voiced their opinion in your RfA, and, by discussion, you will eventually find a better ideal of what is needed in an administrative candidate and even try to look for improvements in yourself. I would also like to suggest that you seek community feedback on your standing, possibly at an editor review. This will eventually assist you in your development and give you general tips on the community on Wikipedia. Rudget (logs) 10:33, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Pettitstl.jpg[edit]

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WP:HAU, Status, and you![edit]

As you may know, the StatusBot responsible for maintaining the status of the Highly Active Users was taken offline. We now have a replacement in the Qui status system. This semi-automatic system will allow you to easily update your status page found at Special:Mypage/Status which the HAU page code is now designed to read from. If you are already using Qui (or a compatible system) - great! - no action is needed (other than remembering to update your status as necessary). If not, consider installing Qui. You can also manually update this status by changing the page text to online, offline, or busy. While it is not mandatory, the nature of HAU is that people are often seeking a quick answer from someone who is online and keeping our statuses up-to-date will assist with this. Note if you were previously using your /Status page as something other than a one-word status indicator, your HAU entry may have been set to "status=n" to correct display issues. Please clear this parameter if you change things to be "HAU compatible". Further questions can be raised at WT:HAU. This message was delivered by xenobot 23:13, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Years usually not wikilinked when alone[edit]

Hello Joseph Solis. Guidelines recommend not wikilinking to years when they are alone, without specific context and rationale for linking to them. Hence it's "born 1913", not "born 1913". On the other hand, full dates should always be wikilinked so as to ensure the date will be rendered as formatted according to the reader's date preferences; hence, it's "born July 9, 1913)", not "born July 9, 1913". Regards, Masterpiece2000 (talk) 12:47, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Podolof_180x250.jpg[edit]

I have tagged Image:Podolof_180x250.jpg as {{no rationale}}, because it does not provide a fair use rationale. If you believe the image to be acceptable for fair use according to Wikipedia policy, please provide a rationale explaining as much, in accordance with the fair use rationale guideline, on the image description page. Some examples can be found at Wikipedia:Use rationale examples. Please also consider using {{non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags/Non-free. Thank you. Rettetast (talk) 16:46, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello[edit]

My fellow australian wikipedian, can you please undo the most recent edit to the australia (disambig.) page here An editor is adding highly POVish edits and i dont want to be blocked for 3RR. I have left a note his page to no avail. Hopefully you can help. Thanks Monster Under Your Bed ^(talk) 09:19, 18 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Status template[edit]

Hello, just to let you know, I've recently updated the status template you use to make it look better for users with longer usernames like yourself. I made a quick edit to your userpage just now to implement this; hope you don't mind. Please let me know if you have any trouble with it. Happy editing! Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 04:55, 19 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Why do you edit Chinese in Indonesia?[edit]

I am a native Javanese. What possible sliver of qualification could you possibly have to alter the edit- esepcially when such "inconvenient truths" are very well-documented. As they say, the truth indeed hurts- but why must you censor truth it if you trendily claim to be anti-racist- absolute freedom of speech is the cornerstone f the post-modernist anti-racist dogma- correct? I suggest you stick with what you know bestStarstylers (talk) 18:13, 23 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

History[edit]

According to the history of the article- it would appear as if numerous controversial wording within the original document were removed coincidental with your edits. I'm not sure whether Wikipedia has stuffed up and not shown deliberate vandalism by others- but this is why I contacted you.Starstylers (talk) 06:45, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:WikiProject National Basketball Association/Los Angeles Lakers task force invite[edit]

Please accept this invitation to join the Lakers task force, a WikiProject dedicated to improving all articles associated with the Los Angeles Lakers. Simply click here to accept!

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