User talk:Flinders Petrie

Spa tag

Hey, I added the spa tag because you barely had any edits beside the Immortal Cities: Nile Online article. We're a bit wary of users that only come here after they've been notified of an AfD ([1]), since AfD's are not meant to be votes but discussions among regular Wikipedia editors, not just people who show up only to "vote" for their one favourite article to be kept. Don't worry about it too much, though. Just keep editing.--Sloane (talk) 20:33, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

They're doing good work in those forums linked; it is not just a go to Wikipedia and vote Keep call. They are looking for sources which comply with the policies/guidelines. The list of sources they have there should be used in the article, as long as they comply with the reliable sources policy. --Joshua Issac (talk) 21:23, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, my bad! You're right, there are no calls to vote keep in the original post. --Sloane (talk) 15:33, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

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Reformatted your comments

Hey there,

I reformatted one of your comments here. If you have an issue with what I did, please let me know and I'll revert it.

Thanks, NickCT (talk) 17:05, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Your recent edits

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Hush bot! I have been signing. Gb2skynet! ._. TheArchaeologist 18:57, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Your signature is wrong

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Re -File talk:The 2011 Libyan rebellion..png-

I modifyed the text on the map's key to make the diference clear.Wipsenade (talk) 19:55, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

File:The 2011 Libyan rebellion..png

The diplomatic and airlift situation so far during the 2011 Libyan rebellion.Wipsenade (talk) 15:31, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Bylorussia was added.Wipsenade (talk) 15:32, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

don't be angry

אל תהיה כועס. בסך הכל אמרתי שאם אתה לא יודע עברית אז אולי כדאי שתדבר באנגלית i love every jew in the world פארוק (talk) 13:36, 3 March 2011 (UTC) First: What is THAT crap? Second: What does his religion have to do with anything? SkrallAgoriSkrallAgori (talk) 11:41, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Oh, it's a bit of a long story, he is apologising to me in our ancestral tongue of Hebrew because he thought he offended me when he was commenting that he could not understand what I was saying in (admitedly bad) Hebrew on Talk:Ofra Haza. My girlfriend says the translation of the Hebrew is "Dont get angry. All I said was that if you dont know to speak heb, it is better that you speak english". A wee misunderstanding I am afraid, but I already told him I am not angry. The last bit should make sense now with the rest in context. =) She also says his name is that of a funny police character in an Israeli film called Alex Love Sick or something along those lines. (Helps to have an Israeli girlfriend fluent in English. =p) Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie Say Shalom! 21:23, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

2011 Libyan uprising

I'd leave the notice for now. The number of side/new discussion has been rather excessive and I'd agree that the RM notice is likely to get lost in the stack of info boxes. In the mean time, I'll continue to migrate new discussion into the main one.--Labattblueboy (talk) 04:39, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

• By notice, I meant the stop sign. While the move discussion is ongoing, I see no issue with it.--Labattblueboy (talk) 04:45, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

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Your signatue

Your signature needs to be changed. It takes up far too much space and makes no reference to your username. Please see this and this part of the signature policy. Thank you, Sven Manguard Wha? 06:45, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Well I guess I could cut it down to his initials. Is there any way to change your wikipedia username? I sort of wasn't thinking when I picked mine. =p Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie, AKA TheArchaeologist Say Herro 06:50, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

I moved your post here. It's best to keep conversations all in once place. In the future you could use the {{talkback}} template to tell me you responded on your page. In answer to your question, Wikipedia:Changing username is the page you want. Sven Manguard Wha? 06:54, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

No worries, emmm, do I put that on your page or my page? xD Ah, thanks! I'll put in a request then and hope it is gotten to as quick as they can. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie, AKA TheArchaeologist Say Herro 07:02, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. Sven Manguard Wha? 07:29, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Fixed. It's now Flinders Petrie. Think the custom nick is still too long? It's popular among archaeologists because of its sheer unnecessary length. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie Say שלום 07:57, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_response_to_the_Fukushima_I_nuclear_accidents

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_response_to_the_Fukushima_I_nuclear_accidents — Preceding unsigned comment added by Geofferybard (talk • contribs) 01:57, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

That will work beautifully, now we just need to tweak it (like getting rid of embassy relocations) and move stuff. =) Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie Say Shalom! 02:00, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

I will have to go offline in twenty minutes if you can save this from going down the drain let's not worry too much about importing schlocky content but try to shape the form...Geofferybard (talk) 02:03, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Alrighty, will do, I think I'll spruce it up with those wee flags next to the names. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie Say Shalom! 02:26, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

		The Teamwork Barnstar
		I went home at 2:00 AM last night when we had nought but a few redlinks and consensus and Voila! I return to the site 12 hours later to enjoy a tightly organized articulation of the International reaction to Fukushima. Nice work! Geofferybard (talk) 20:39, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Re: Cassidi

Thank you for the warm comments. If you are familiar with this company (I have heard of it, but don't know much about it), please state your opinion if the article is notable enough for Wikipedia. Businesses tend to create articles about themselves when they aren't notable in the first place. Cheers, Ynhockey ^(Talk) 20:22, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Edit conflicts

It sounds as if you don't know how to 'fix' an edit conflict, and it's pretty frustrating to redo a post. When you get that message, just go back a page in your browser and you'll see what you wrote. Copy it (highlight and alt/c), then go to the current page, click on edit and paste (cursor and alt/v) it in. Hope this helps. Flatterworld (talk) 23:08, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, I have been doing that more recently. (didn't want to leave a message on your talk page if you don't want one) =p Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie Say Shalom! 23:11, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome. :-) Flatterworld (talk) 20:18, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

To your and your commander, a well-deserved answer

Hey,

I really have no idea. I doubt he actually knows my real identity, if he does, good for him, I've never tried to hide it so I'm not sure why he would have had to spent money to uncover it. I know lots of people in Eastern Europe dislike me due to a series of events that mostly took place in 2006 - have a look here, where someone has proposed to delete the Wikipedia in Moldovan Cyrillic. These issues - including one as seemingly clear-cut as having a Wikipedia in a language and script used by real people every day - raise an incredible amount of anger and passion in Romania and Moldova. So he might remember me from those earlier problems, or he might just have been so upset by that single message that he decided to respond that way. --ಠ_ಠ node.ue ಠ_ಠ (talk) 22:01, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Try not being a d-bag, eh?

Your tone on the Mass Effect page, by the way, says a lot about why women aren't coming to Wikipedia to do much of anything. We aren't as excited by the talk page dick-comparing contest as you are (citation needed). It's pretty easy to say that you want more verification; the snide comment comes with a certain desperation for power over other people. Didn't work. :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 36Turtles (talk • contribs) 02:59, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Wut? Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie Say Shalom! 03:08, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

The Petey Problem

I meant Kaganovich. If you google his name, Jew Watch comes up second. the Historical Review Press comes up fifth (third excluding WP and mirrors). Fourth is a post from a Google group, praising William Luther Pierce with Jeff Rense rounding out the first page. David Duke only makes the second. Kaganovich fascinates people like those at Jew Watch because he was Jewish and a mass murderer. Invoking them makes them feel good about hating Jews.

I'm not calling Petey a Jew Watch type. Although I've been an editor long enough to guess what his edit history would look like if I checked. I'm just saying his interest in Kaganovich was the same as Jew Watch's: he's a prime example of the murderous Jew. His comment was a repulsive anti-semitic attack against you. You offended Gaddafi so he retaliated by invoking and insulting a Jewish mass murderer who had nothing at all to do with the topic. One of the most disgusting things I've seen in the five or six years I've been editing here. I thought your response was more good-natured than his deserved and I wanted it to be clear that it didn't slip through unnoticed. --JGGardiner (talk) 09:06, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Alot Brother, I highly appreciate your reply !!

Dear Brother,

Thanks, Alot for helping me, My honest apologies to reply to late, let me give you answer why they are being awful to me because I work for Youth Development in this country and my aim is to be the Youth Representative in the world and sit in World Economic Forum to represent youth one day therefore I have my own Youth Oriented Non Government Organization which I honestly launched to help the youth of world people surrounding me dislike it(in other words you can call it professional jealously, however what ever I wrote that its honestly truth), the place I work they dislike it as its my additional and voluntarily activity a part of my job honest and only to serve Young Generation of the Present World, What I believe that in present time ONLY YOUTH CAN SAVE THE WORLD what do you think? .I Know you are honest and nice person, I will more prouder if you join my organization which is build to serve Humanity and Youth.

Youth Truly, --Faizanalivarya (talk) 01:41, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

You're a Jew?

Damn, I even thought you were an Okay person for a small time; guess I was wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.180.125.253 (talk) 23:28, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

Sorry to disappoint, my Cajun friend. =p Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie Say Shalom! 23:40, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

Again, his religion has no importance, idiots. SkrallAgoriSkrallAgori (talk) 11:42, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

I'm afraid that telling the guy that will not do anything other make him laugh a bit. The thought is appreciated though. =) Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie Say Shalom! 21:26, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Though I'm sure OP is long gone, saying all ___ are bad is just as fallacious as saying all of anything else are bad. I don't like all the articles and viewpoints in Al Jazeera, just like I don't like all the articles and viewpoints here, on NYTimes or on Haaretz. Read them all, learn to accept and respect others' points of view and be a better person. Lenrodman (talk) 14:40, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

What about "all unsigned comments are bad"? I know it's not 100% true, and it's WP:BITEy sometimes, but it's much truer than the "all IPs are bad" cliché...^[cn] - ¡Ouch! (^{hurt me} / _{more pain}) 07:59, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Just my 1.5 cents...

Gentlemen, please. I think we should all agree on the point that all cats, no matter how furry and adorable they might be, are in fact very bad as they scratch your furtinure and then trick you into petting them, and rubbing their tummies, with their cuteness; thus they make you forget all about the villainous act they have just comitted. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | Say Shalom! 15:00, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

RM

See: Talk:2011 Libyan civil war/Requested move.

It's still in draft, and shouldn't be opened until the current RM is closed (which, it should be tomorrow, but I don't think that likely considering the dearth of admins working RM these days). Once it's "opened", it should probably get tagged for {{cent}} and as an {{rfc}} as well as being re-listed at RM's.

Anyway, I just wanted to let you know about it. Feel free to add or change anything you think is needed. Spread the word about the page to other as well, if you'd like. I'll be around to work on it some more tomorrow. Regards,
— V = IR (Talk • Contribs) 01:17, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

I'm afraid I must admit that I'm not entirely sure what it is exactly, though looking at the two linked things, it is basically a request for review by edits subscribed to the RfC if I am not mistaken, yes? That would probably be good as most of the people subbed to that are usually experienced and of course there should be quite a few people who will want to help out that have not already contributed to the current discussion and maybe even don't have strong opinions about the conflict (or if they do, leave it aside here). I am not sure what I could add except maybe putting in issues that the main issue is about conflict and civil war, etc and some citing news sources while others are using their own observations and then saying it is common sense etc. etc. (They could get that from the archived discussions ofc, but those are VERY tl;dr). Not sure who to spread it to though. =( I'll see what else I can do, although I do have a German test today and so I must study for that in all the various ways (reviewing culture, grammar, my chapter essay, etc). Thanks for requesting my input though. =) Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie Say Shalom! 05:44, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Hi Flinders. Saw this earlier. Busy night, tonight, just checking in. I'll get back to you.
— V = IR (Talk • Contribs) 01:52, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

No worries, just wanted to make sure you didn't think I'd ignored your post. =p Also, you gotta say his whole name (and title) or Flinders Petrie (rule of archaeology). =p Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie Say Shalom! 02:06, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

undue emphasis in the lead, Libyan Civil War

Well, you said "we determined", I wonder where the discussion had taken part? Userpd (talk) 01:11, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Right here, a short while back, but it got archived ofc, so you wouldn't find it unless you knew where and what to look for (42 in the archive search). Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie Say Shalom! 02:02, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

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ok.

be my guest. thanx for asking. --XKV8R (talk) 22:01, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Alemán en wordreference

podrías preguntar en los foros. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.51.166.206 (talk) 11:56, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

Perdón? Could you please put that in English, I'm afraid my Spanish is now incredibly poor. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie Say Shalom! 17:41, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

SuperblySpiffingPerson

Hey I just wanted to let you know that Superb may be back under User:DontHammerMuammarRepealJalil. The Main article is semi protected, so he may be trying to disrupt the timeline article. I'm not sure how to report users of sockpuppetry. TL565 (talk) 15:39, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know, I'll do some snooping and see how to do it (or if I can't, just ask Wipsenade), but if it is him, he'll probably be banned by the time you read this. (He ain't subtle, that's for sure) =p Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie Say Shalom! 16:04, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

I already reported them, but you can add more evidence. Whats worse is now they are trying to become administrator. TL565 (talk) 16:09, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Hmm, not sure what evidence I can add other than to compare the contribution. User_talk:DontHammerMuammarRepealJalil#Speedy_deletion_nomination_of_Nigger_baseball --- Seriously? Lol, an admin? Now that is funny. It is like a new-born baby running for the Senate. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie Say Shalom! 16:14, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Another sock down. How many more to go? TL565 (talk) 19:45, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Should be another one by tomorrow, two days at the most. I wonder if he will get tired and give up? Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie Say Shalom! 19:46, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

This one I caught entirely by myself, and to think that it was trying to become administrator. Also we should check other articles instead of the main one since it is semi-protected and spread the word about Superb so people know that he is a sockmaster. TL565 (talk) 19:52, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Well he doesn't appear to use logic even though he's a well-spoken and hard-working fellow (make new account-do same old stuff-ban-new account- do same old stuff-ban, etc). That would be a good idea as he is bound to be doing this sort of thing elsewhere on the encyclopedia. Check his socks' contributions maybe? Sounds good, I don't think it would count as NPA to do that, it's good faith behaviour to warn about a known disruptive serial ban-evader. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie Say Shalom! 20:03, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Ofra Haza

ישראל היא לא מדינה ערבית לידעתך . פארוק (talk) 18:44, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

ישראל היא אכן מדינה יהודית, אבל עדיין יש שתי שפות רשמיות. תזכור שאחינו הדרוזים הם גם ערבים. (Israel is a Jewish state yes, but there are two official languages. Remember as well that our Druze brothers are Arabs too.) Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie Say Shalom! 22:29, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

בסדר, אבל מה זה קשור אל עפרה חזה  ? ............ פארוק (talk) 06:05, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

Just wanted to say thank you for keeping an eye on the 2011 Kurdish protests in Turkey article. Unfortunately Wiki policy means that when there's only one page editor, edit warring tends to lead to the page remaining vandalized because the editor can't risk breaking 3RR (while the edit warrior doesn't care, at least in this case). So it's definitely good to have some "reinforcements" as you say, heh. -Kudzu1 (talk) 06:50, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

You're more than welcome. Like I said I am very pro-Kurd (as a Kurdish nation would most probably be an ally of Israel and would thus help protect her and my girlfriend (as well as the other Israelis ofc)), so the least I could do is try to help out in giving their protests a decent article. =) I think in some cases, 3RR can be overlooked, but only in clear-cut cases. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie Say Shalom! 07:18, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Mass Effect 3 Edit

Thanks for the warning. However it is "Paula Deen" and not "Paula Dean" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Dean. Her name is spelled wrong in the link but fixed on the page. Don't correct someone before finding out if your correct first. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Smileyz117 (talk • contribs) 16:52, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Well I daresay you're correct sir, and I guess the link is actually a redirect to the correctly spelled page given that most people would think it's spelled like a dean in education. Still, you shouldn't vandalise (especially not in such an obvious way), so the warning still stands. =p Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie Say Shalom! 18:02, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

I know that it still stands.. Also I'm a girl =) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Smileyz117 (talk • contribs) 19:14, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Ah, deepest apologies then, my good madame. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie Say Shalom! 19:17, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Edit summaries

Regarding your edit summary here, you can disable the need to click twice if entering no edit summary. Go to "My preferences", select the "Editing" tab, and under "Advanced options", uncheck the "Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary" box. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 19:19, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Ah right, now I remember enabling that. xD Thanks. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie Say Shalom! 21:39, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Your (unnecessary) "Godwin" comments on my page

Actually, that's NOT really what you saw. There's no real "Godwin's law" nonsense that you saw with me. I used the term "Nazi" loosely for simply overbearing or controlling type. People maybe acting a bit fascistic and tyrannical. (It was a misunderstanding with the person that got cleared up soon after, by the way.) NOT speaking to ideology or beliefs, in that sense. So if you thought I wrongly used the term "Nazi", you're WRONG, in WRONGLY using uh "Godwin's law" sloppily, as it does NOT really apply here. When people compare Obama's policies to Hitler THEN you can appeal to or quote or cite "Godwin's law". Not in this case. (And even so, it can be argued that Godwin himself was an uptight over-sensitive idiot in many regards.) In this case, you're just being uptight AGAINST the term "Nazi."

I mean, will you say that Seinfeld was doing "Godwin's law" by calling that rude obnoxious overly controlling soup jerk the "Soup Nazi"? Remember that? Was Seinfeld violating anything? (On or off "line"?) Did he mean it in the sense of Hitler or ideology per se? Methinks not. Case made. Bye.Art and Muscle (talk) 02:26, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

My my, someone is mighty angry, but Cerejota put that comment if you will actually read the whole thing, not me. I left my thoughts on this message of yours on your talk page though. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie Say Shalom! 02:30, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Do me a favor. Don't whine on my talk page again, and don't threaten me. "Banned"? For what exactly? What I said and did does not even COME CLOSE to anything worth "banning" for. And it's NOT like I say that as a habit. (sighs...) And also, I said it in half-jest. And no harm was meant. Do me a favor (seriously). Stay the hell away from me. For real. You're harassing me with your silliness, now. I merely responded to your whines and crows. I have that right. Your nonsense will be soon removed from my page. I don't need garbage on my talk. Again, stay away, and don't stalk me, and don't whine at me. Cuz THAT is a clear violation of WP policy. Not the petty stuff I did.Art and Muscle (talk) 02:36, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

I beg your pardon, but harassing? Stalking? I left two (sorta three, plus a P.S.) messages on your talk page (that first message was left by another user like I said). I am not harassing you. I am not threatening you either. I am advising you that if you go about calling people nazis, you will soon most likely be banned by another user, an admin, which I am not. I am also not stalking you... I first saw you make an uncivil summary, left a message on your page, you left one on mine, and then I left one on yours and you are on my page again, I do not see how that even comes close to stalking (also, this is our first interaction). I advise you to please read WP:NPA and WP:CIVIL and please calm down (use of multiple capitalised words is regarded as shouting). Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie Say Shalom! 03:05, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

I'd agree that Soup Nazi follows Godwin's law. Lenrodman (talk) 15:32, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Clarification of edit seniority on "bin Laden" article, since you brought it up

Hello. You made a factually incorrect statement, that needs to be corrected, for the record. Long before I showed up on it? You need to get your facts straight. I've been editing on this article SINCE THE STORY BROKE OUT FIVE DAYS AGO...uh, long before YOU showed up on it. In fact, if you go to the special toolserver website, and click this you'd see I'm (lol) on of the TOP TEN editors on this article. Ooops. Anyway, regardless, you're (albeit slyly) hounding me, and I told you to like stay away from me. Chiming in your two cents on stuff that directly involves me (when you don't really have to) is not really staying away from me.Art and Muscle (talk) 04:30, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

I made a mistake. I thought you meant the article itself. You were referring to the talk page of it. Yes, that's true. I did not show up on that until today. Fair enough. Even so, there's no need to be biased. I said the phrase thing can go either way. It's not that big a deal to me. By the way, if you check editor "Abrazame", and his comment, he's of the mind that clarification, spelling out, and making things plain for average readers is best. For me it's not a big matter though. Art and Muscle (talk) 05:14, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Yes, apologies, I should have made it more clear I was referring to the talk page rather than the article (as the discussion is merely a part of it, and normally when one says here you'll assume they're referring to the article unless they make it clear they mean the talk). I was not letting the dislike I had gained of you at the time influence my though on it, at least I don't think so. There was a similar sort of thing at Assassin's Creed: Revelations over whether to call the city Istanbul or Constantinople, which got a little out of hand. I agree with the idea of putting a clarifier for things like that, but it wrestles with the questions in my mind of "does the reader know this already?" and "why not just let them click the link?". Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie Say Shalom! 05:27, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, wasn't on yesterday. I need to correct myself again. I did on that talk, cuz Kevin brought it up and corrected it. I don't know what was up with my eyes...I read "Abrazame's" comment too quickly I guess. He did NOT side with my argument, as I initially thought. Problem was I did not see the word "not" he said. He said "NOT need to be spelled out." Ok.. Just for the record. Anyway, my only thing about the argument "click the link if you don't know" is yes, obviously I know that, but what if a person does not want to break the flow of what he's reading by clicking the wiki link at that moment to clarify a meaning of some foreign-language phrase? Because this specific case goes beyond simply FINDING OUT MORE about a given subject, but more specifically trying to find out the actual MEANING of the term in question (if a person is not really familiar with the term). True some people either know it, or may have some educated idea of what it means, off hand. But trust me (lol) NOT EVERYONE knows things. I know some Latin, Greek, French, Italian, Spanish, some German...(but I'm fully aware that many people simply don't...even people who've been to college...it's whatever.) Anyway, as I said, though I think there's a case for the parenthetical clarity, I know it could go either way...and I do understand WP:Consensus, so it's fine. As for the other matter, as I said, I do NOT use that term willy nilly all the time...and when I did, I meant it in the sense of being too controlling or dogmatic. And said in sort of half-jest too, with no big harm meant. I understand being sensitive to those things, but also to understand where a person is coming from, it depends. Anyway...cheers.Art and Muscle (talk) 18:59, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

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Thank you

I appreciate your support. Really wish there was a way of settling this South Caucasus dispute without either offending anyone or excluding verifiable information that warrants inclusion. -Kudzu1 (talk) 06:04, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

It's a very tricky business given the amount of nationalism (though at least it's not the Balkans). The best you can do is be very apologetic, but cite policy as reason for doing X and Y. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie Say Shalom! 15:49, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

יום העצמות שמח

וגם לך — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 05:21, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

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Re: Suggested reading

Hi Flinders Petrie! Thanks for the suggestion. If I have time, I will try to find those books. Cheers, Ynhockey ^(Talk) 12:48, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Message

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Just wanted to say

I just wanted to say that the userboxes you're using on your userpage show that you are an awesome person. While I may not be as userbox-philic as you are, I am in total agreement with pretty much all of your political view userboxes. Not quite all, but most. I'm actually surprised that you can be all of those things at once, but good on ya. ^_^ Silverseren^C 02:41, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Lol, why thank you. Yep, there's a lot of random stuff swimming around in my head, but I've managed to have an opinion on most things given the fact that I spent much of my childhood reading histories, reference books and other things that a boy that age had no business doing. =p I am not sure what to label myself, lol, though I do find myself quite cynical when it comes to US politics these days.

I thought this was going to be an angry reply of some sort to that comment about the Golan Druze guy calling his statement short-sighted and all. =p This is preferrable though. =p Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | Say Shalom! 02:50, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Wee colon

Hi Flinders. No, not at all. I should have put in myself. I'll do it directly if you haven't. FightingMac (talk) 03:05, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

Please change your signature

I find it somewhat obscene that your signature redirects to the article about Flinders Petrie instead of to your user page. ♆ CUSH ♆ 17:52, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Huh, obscene? Why? How? O_O Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | Say Shalom! 17:55, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

You are abusing a great name for your own ends. Of course you can use the nick, but you should have the decency to have your signature point to your user page, so people may see who you are. You are not the man who is the subject of the article, according to your user page and according to you not being dead since 1942. ♆ CUSH ♆ 10:50, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Hmmm, rather nice thing to log on to. I think you are really not assuming good faith here. I picked the name as I am getting my degree in the field of biblical archaeology and like most archaeologists, respect and revere Petrie for A, being the first decent archaeologist (not just a treasure hunter etc), and B, introducing the invaluable dating method of pottery seriation. The name itself also tickles many, including myself, given its unusual length. I actually didn't even realise that it pointed to his article page until mid-April, when I clicked it, as no one had raised any concerns about it (and I didn't figure out how to fix it until two weeks ago). No one raised any concern about it until last week really. I had decided to leave it there so that people could click and learn about Petrie, while they could reach my user page through my talk page. I think that most people would probably realise rather quickly that I am not in fact Petrie just from the name (nevermind the fact that his article says he is long-dead), and that it's unlikely anyone knighted would be going around on wiki anyway. =p Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | Say Shalom! 15:02, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Thank you...

... for clearing that bit of nastiness from my Talk page. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 19:53, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome, I just happened to check my watchlist at that time (I don't remove pages from my watchlist out of respect for the American laze ethic) and well... the word Nazi is bound to catch anyone's eye. That's the second time I've seen something like that on your page. Err... other than the net having a lot of weird and possibly disturbed people, why are you getting stuff like that if you don't mind my asking? Or is that more an email question? Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | Say Shalom! 20:12, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

It's related to some editing problems at List of indigenous peoples. The ability to edit anonymously brings out the "best" in some people. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 20:17, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Ah, looks like a fun article. What? Only three Palestinian-related topics on talk? Oh yes quite. The ability to say and do what you want to the point of dickishness without fear of retaliation always has lulzy.... I mean interesting results. Oh cool, I didn't know you could do smileys! Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | Say Shalom! 21:17, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Arabic

Thanks for the heads up! I'll use the advice if the discussion on the talk page reaches a dead end. —Ynhockey ^(Talk) 20:02, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome. I knew he spoke Arabic (from Arabic wiki) so I linked him. It's just a very lucky coincidence I then spotted that he also speaks Aramaic. My how the Aramaic script has evolved, lol. I still prefer עברית האלפבת though. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | Say Shalom! 20:05, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

I prefer Ashuri [square] script also. --Smart (talk) 23:26, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

I didn't realise it had that name or was called Assyrian script O_O You learn something new every day. Thanks for this interesting bit of knowledge. Why Assyrian though when it's apparently not Assyrian? Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | Say Shalom! 01:05, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

Upgrading Yemen to Civil War Status

Elevate_Yemen_to_Civil_War Please express your views when you have the time. Peace & blessings. --Smart (talk) 23:26, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

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Says who

Thank you for correcting my grammar and no offence taken. :) The tags you put:

• The says "says who" concern is supported by the citation.
• "who" is not relevant in the lead as summary style should be utilized. If you want to split this and go into more detail in the body of the article, they still may not be relevant enough to mention their names.
• And I'm not sure what you want me to clarify with the last statement. Marcus Qwertyus 03:29, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Ah, very good, just wanted to make sure. =p

Well I just thought the first should start off with saying so and so said ... rather than just having it start off with a statement about the strength of his army.

Yeah, but I thought it might still be nice to say that it was said by the Defence Minister or some generals, etc. Privacy of names I think only applies to private individuals (like the alleged victim in the DSK thing) and members of government are not private citizens of course. I am not entirely sure though. We could just give their positions and leave out the names (which, let's face it, no one will care about anyway).

The kind of heli (There wasn't a what type template I'm afraid xD). Does the source say the kind of helis? If it's more than two types you can leave it as is, but if it's like one type I thought they should be named as it's like that in the rest of the article. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | Say Shalom! 03:38, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

If I can find another source citing some other authoritative source then we don't have to mention the defectors for the first sentence. Three copters types are used: two French and one British types. This is summarized #June_helicopter_strikes. Marcus Qwertyus 03:49, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Ah, even better then! Meh then stuff saying the types of whirlies. =p As you said, they can just read it down there. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | Say Shalom! 04:00, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi

Hi --The Σ ^talk_contribs 19:26, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Three questions, how did you put those interesting templates there on the sidebar? How can a Communist also be a Christian? Why is that tank flying? Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | Say Shalom! 19:31, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

In order, you have to be more specific, I'm not Stalinist, and it has its own article. --The Σ ^talk_contribs 06:27, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Oh, emmm, the "Awesome" dude in the logo and the the icons that appear in the sidebar on the lower left that change with each page; ah, I must learn more about Communism to prevent future ignorant comments; Now that is badass. Ridiculous, but badass. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | Say Shalom! 06:31, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

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Thanks

Thanks for your comment on the AN/I. I'm sorry to have exposed you to the definition of that neologism. Its a crazy ugly word, and I hope Wikipedia makes a change soon in how we present it. Hope you're doing well. -- Avanu (talk) 08:02, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Lol, don't worry about it. When you have survived the "Offended" page at ED, you are ready for anything. =p Thanks for the concern though. =p Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | Say Shalom! 16:19, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Arab Spring

You might want to note I've imposed a WP:1RR restriction there, see the talk page, per an Arbitration Committee decision. Dougweller (talk) 09:01, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Saw it and commented, thanks. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | Say Shalom! 16:20, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Don't forget

I got called away and forgot about them. Someone else blocked them anyway. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 17:24, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Yep, saw that. A minute before I posted, lol. I don't think they realise just how fast vadalism on high-profile pages gets reverted, and that when you announce your intentions on an article, you're going to get the hammer. They were crummy trolls anyway. A good troll never believes the BS he says and is typically a nihilist. Not someone fighting for some false cause. The art of trolling certainly has taken a significant hit in recent years, and these guys are an example of that. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | Say Shalom! 17:28, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Tis true vandalism gets reverted a lot quicker these dyas. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 19:15, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Arab Spring reverts

Ah yes, those were accidental. Not sure how that happened exactly, since I didn't copy-and-paste my text when I was alerted about the edit conflict, but I think there's some shenanigans with the session data when a page gets as large and unwieldy as Arab Spring has. My apologies. -Kudzu1 (talk) 07:03, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

No worries, I was 100% certain it was, but wanted to go through with the formality of asking for politeness's sake. I think you are right, about the session data thing as I have been experiencing unexplained reverts as well during EC that even happen when making a new section. Speaking of shenanigans, I think I'll get back to dealing with that section in the morning. I'm wondering about the Saudi telegraph quoted thing from the president. I mean I don't think they'd exactly lie about what the Lebanese president said, but surely we can have a better source than a Saudi news site that is reprinting a story from Press TV. Oy vey. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | Say Shalom! 07:07, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

you are really into this Arab Spring thing, aren't ya

Why?

I just want to know it is quite interesting to me to see someone so determined in such a manner of thing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.180.125.253 (talk) 03:59, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Eh? =p What in particular in that article are you referring to? Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | Say Shalom! 04:07, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Well, on all the Libya pages and a lot of the other Arabic revolutionary articles you take a paramount role in the editing and managing thereof. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.180.125.253 (talk) 04:31, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Done out of boredom I guess. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | Say Shalom! 04:33, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

ANI time

Doing dog agility right now back in a few hours and going to ani, enough is enough. cant find tildes on wikiedit User:Dougweller

Re:Petey of course? I'll see what I can do on that front. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | Say Shalom! 15:38, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

yes car problems so wont be home for hours but see his talk page — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dougweller (talk • contribs) 16:46, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

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Re: Tel Aviv to Lohamei haGetaot on a Saturday

Hi Flinders Petrie!

I am not from Haifa. Not sure how you got that impression :) In any case, you should have direct trains from Tel Aviv to Nahariya after 21:00. I don't think you will find a better way to reach the area, certainly not on share taxis. However, if it must be a few hours earlier, you should find share taxis in the Arlozorov Station that will take you to Haifa (hopefully) or at least Hadera, and from there you can take a taxi (should be no more than NIS 300). But I'd wait for the train if I were you.

Cheers, Ynhockey ^(Talk) 17:12, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

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Mistake

Since 6.18.2011 here, I made a mistake, I typed to the wrong person, goodbye. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Since 6.18.2011 (talk • contribs) 21:21, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

Request

Hello. I'm gonna remove this (Section 2, message notification), okay? I also sincerely apologize for the comment here, as I made a mistake by clicking the wrong section. Please respond on my talk page. Thanks, A comment by a person who has been editing Wikipedia since October 28, 2010. (talk) 23:18, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

State of Palestine

!שלום מארה"ב I think the article you may be thinking of is State of Palestine. This article, like the other sources, is problematic because the "count" is based on what a Palestinian spokesman says, rather than an independent source such as a reporter or researcher. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 03:34, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

I checked there, but I thought it was in the Palestinian People article. Someone, either you or another frequent contributor, noted on the talk page that the source for the number of 130-something was from a shoddy source. That leads me to be concerned about something. What if that number does appear in a reliable source, but the source is using Wikipedia (without saying they did so)? Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | Say Shalom! 10:20, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

That's always a potential problem, the feedback loop. Lazy reporters who look up their facts on Wikipedia. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 02:38, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Could you take a look at Assassin's Creed chronology

Greetings. I saw that you have made a few edits in Assassin's Creed article and I'd like to ask you for some help. There is a template {{Assassin's Creed chronology}} (history) you possibly know of. It lists all the parts of the franchise in the chronological order, as in-universe events happened. Some IP user(-s) believe that Assassin's Creed: The Fall should be the first in the list, while I believe it should be the last. The events of The Fall take place both in 20th and 21st century, not earlier. I'm discouraged with this contradiction and I'd like to know your opinion. I've asked this question on WikiProject Video games in vain (see archived topic).

Certainly, if you don't want to bother with it, do not. Best regards, --Sergey WereWolf (talk) 22:40, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

Lohamei haGeta'ot's aqueduct

Hi Flinders and thanks for the message. Just going on the pdf that I linked to (the most detailed source I could find), it seems to me that: a) The Hellenistic aqueduct was built in tubes so that it could be concealed from the enemy and b) The description of the 1814 construction matches the pictures and doesn't seem to have been intended to be hidden from anyone. Perhaps the earlier aqueduct was found in an excavation elsewhere in the kibbutz? Maybe you can find out for certain - and find a reliable source - on your visit? Feel free to add any photos to the page - I don't have any special interest other than a general curiosity about antiquities. Alansplodge (talk) 17:35, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Ah well Lohame haGeta'ot is just where we sleep, chill and act ridiculous. Tel Kabri is our digsite. Nope, I would say not. We all thought it was Roman at first, but Cline said he has heard that it is indeed Ottoman, the structure we see, and it is very obvious (it's how you know when you're nearing the kibbutz ). The Hellenistic one being hidden makes sense given the nature of politics in the region up until the time of Roman rule. There have been no excavations afaik, and the kibbutznikim themselves appear to have cut three holes in the structure to put roads through. I don't know what sources I can find other than maybe some library on the kibbutz, but all the sources would be in Hebrew, which I am not fluent in at all. I think it should have some, it's rather nice. Did you see the article btw? Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | Say Shalom! 14:25, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

Looks good to me. Alansplodge (talk) 10:46, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

You typed that I am ignorant on the white south african page well try your ignorance to this.

thefreedictionary look up black and at the bottom of the page: noun 5 Black - a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa) AnthonyTheGamer (talk) 23:21, 2 August 2011 (UTC) AnthonyTheGame

Message: Superhero Movie

OH MY GOSH!!!!! You're stressing me out because you didn't answer my questions one by one.

Can you please answer my following questions separately? Yes or No.

Dragonfly meets Human Torch. Human Torch's power is fire.

Can you please write your answer for this question: When Human Torch uses fire, why does Human Torch yell?

Fire's not supposed to hurt Human Torch.

When Human Torch uses fire, does the fire hurt Human Torch? Yes or No

Did Human Torch forget that his power is called Fire? Yes or No.(Sean Archer123 (talk) 06:58, 19 September 2011 (UTC)).