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Former talk archived to User talk:AnonMoos/Archive1, by popular request. AnonMoos 21:06, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

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Hi! This is Icarus!, being non-Wiki (I'm not logged in...), saying thanx for the work on the Discordianism page! Keep it up!24.176.20.60 16:27, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

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Petrus Alfonsi

The Petrus article seems more comprehensive and includes everything from the Peter one, as far as I can tell. Suppose we just used that one, and copied the list of works from the Peter article to a new "works" section in the petrus one? If that makes sense... Briangotts (Talk) (Contrib) 23:55, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

CB Edits

I know, but you gotta admit that first sentence just ran on and on with 3 changes of subject. Now that sentence about pre-20th Century CBs sounds like a non-sequitur, which I think it is in the opening paragraph. --zabadoh 17:29, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Mona Baker

The Mona Baker case isn't as straightforward as some make it out to be. There are more details in this article: Academic boycotts of Israel. --70.51.230.180 06:31, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Tetragrammaton

Can you cite that? I've never heard that in my life and I doubt any of the multiple people who worked on the article have heard that either, and they understand Hebrew better than I do. One can argue "Elohim" might be plural, but "Adonai" is not. Remember, no original research. Kari Hazzard (T | C) 20:54, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

I said this before and I'll say it again: No original research. If every other Hebrew speaker in the world understands that "Adonai" is either singular or does not fit anywhere into the conjugation system at all, under Wikipedia policies, you are incorrect. Whether you are actually wrong or not is irrelevant--You're writing your own original research into the wiki which violates policy. Kari Hazzard (T | C) 22:09, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

In Reply....

Actually, I was upset with the phrase "Open Sesame," so I changed it to "Open Says Me" and left the Popeye-style parsing as you call it in parentheses for those who aren't intelligent enough to know the difference. But thanks again for your misguided assumption. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Lisabee729 (talk • contribs) 01:33, 12 February 2007 (UTC).

Regarding Ruth

I acknowledge that Ruth is not counted as a saint by the Catholic Church according to the listing I have just searched, which somewhat surprises me, as I am a Catholic and have noted how many other Old Testament personalities are. However, I do note that as included in the article now Ruth is included in at least one calendar of saints. I'm going through the calendars of saints one by one, so I don't yet know how many others she might be on. So, on that basis, I can't answer your question as to how often she is called a saint, because I haven't checked all the calendars yet. Also, like with all the other articles being put in the Saints project, Book of Ruth is going to be added to the project watchlist, so that the rest of the members of the project can also monitor it for changes, vandalism, and what not, as well as, at least potentially, help improve it. Based on the article's talk page, it's the only project so far that can say that. That actually surprises me, because I thought that the Bible project might have already marked it, but evidently they haven't. You are free to remove the banner if you see fit, however. John Carter 16:15, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

There isn't a single list that I know of to refer to, as the different churches all use their own liturgical calendars. I initially created the Category:Old Testament saints in what I now know was the mistaken idea that most or all of the individuals who are regarded as saints by the Christian churches from the so-called Old Testament would be basically fairly universally included in the calendars of all the Christian churches who keep calendars of saints. I was more than a little surprised to find that the Catholics don't regard Ruth as a saint. She is listed in the Calendar of Saints (Lutheran), which was my basis for including her in that category of individuals from the Old Testament considered saints by the Christian churches. As I don't yet know her status in any of the Orthodox or other churches, I think it might be more than reasonable to change the category, in this case, to Category:Lutheran saints, and maybe later change it to something else if and when I find that she is included in other lists as well. Please let me know what you think of the idea. Sorry for any unnecessary confusion and extra effort this has caused you. John Carter 17:08, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Test pages

You know if you want to create a test page all you need to do is create a sub-page on your user page, like this: User:AnonMoos/test_page. It may be easier than using your main user page as a test page. There are also sandboxes available. Bytebear 20:33, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Tangent on language

gd-0Bha Gàidhlig aig seaneairean agus seanmhairean agam.

Thanks for your note on date formats on the Regnans in Excelsis talk page. Seeing your interest in language, I thought you'd enjoy this userbox from my talk page. The translation: "My grandfathers and grandmothers could speak Gaelic." —OtherDave 15:08, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Female wartime crossdresser category

The transsexual and transgender people category is not only for transsexuals, but also for transgender people, who by definition subvert the rules of gender representation, which all these women did. It is essentially an umbrella category for people who were transexual OR transgendered. I personally think that the transgender people and behavior category is poorly named, but I have added it for the sake of inclusiveness. Asarelah 02:24, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Chai

Am Yisirael Chai has been a long time rallying cry as well as a Jewish song. I have edited the article to reflect this (removing the word "ancient"). As for the "Black Hebrews", I could not verify "kai" was their spelling for ??, so I removed it. And even if it was, it shouldn't be included. They are a tiny (hate filled) group with a non-standard transliteration. Epson291 03:36, 8 March 2007 (UTC) Oh, and your nonsense about the verb stuff makes no sense. The translation could also be "The people of Israel are still living" it is just a translation. And Israel refers to the Jewish people. (The word Jew just comes from Judea) Epson291 03:49, 8 March 2007 (UTC) And its not a slogan, thats not the correct term at all. Epson291 03:50, 8 March 2007 (UTC) I've seen you've made several edits to the page, I'm not (trying to) attack the work you've done on the page. Epson291 04:01, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

I have readded some of what I orinally wrote on your talk page, you removed it, please do not do it again. I have responded at talk:chai (symbol) as I feel it isn't going to be resolved here in addition to you editing my comments out. Epson291 22:05, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Zanj

I hear you and Hal are fighting over what the Zanj were. Here's a quote from another article that Hal says is ignorant but I want a second opinion:

According to J. Phillipe Rushton, Arab relations with blacks whom the Muslims had dealt as slave traders for over 1000 years could be summed up as follows:

“ Although the Koran stated that there were no superior and inferior races and therefore no bar to racial intermarriage, in practice this pious doctrine was disregarded. Arabs did not want their daughters to marry even hybridized blacks. The Ethiopians were the most respected, the "Zanj" (Bantu and other Negroid tribes from East and West Africa south of the Sahara) the least respected, with Nubians occupying an intermediate position ”

Judging from the above quote, Zanj seems to mean unhybridized black person or negroid. So the Nubians and Ethiopians were not considered zanj because they were very much hybridized with the Arabs and/or had much exposure to Arab culture.

According to Cavalli-Sforza:

The mixed genetic makeup and use of Afro-Asiatic languages reflect the history of the Ethiopians, who for a long time had close contacts with the Arabs. In and around the earliest Christian times, there was an empire that took in both regions. Its capital was first at Saba (Sheba) in Arabia and later at Axum, in Africa. According to Ethiopian tradition, Makeda, the Queen of Sheba, visited King Solomon and had by him a son, Menelek, founder of the Ethiopian dynasty, which has only recently been overthrown. The Bible tells of these events.

Christmasgirl

8.3

Indeed it is, but I do it with the idea that a person will either understand why I added it or ask me why, in most cases it's obvious the article needs it. In this case it a combination of the overly long intro (especially for the article size) and the odd bolding at the start of directory table. Vicarious 09:32, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

I have added your references where they belong

Pls look at the reference i have added, you can decide to continue adding your reference or start a war. end the war, and leave well be alone. do not delete other editors tags or references, do not add or. --Halqh حَلَقَة הלכהሐላቃህ 10:31, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Leave it alone please, i have shown u a jesture of good will and added your ref to the other article, end the war. Notice i have made an extensive contribution to ethnic groups in Africa, it is an area i know very well.--Halqh حَلَقَة הלכהሐላቃህ 11:53, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Unity Church

A denomination of 2 million is significant. Granted, I'm biased because I'm one of the 2 million, but it's also the only major Western Christian denomination to embrace mysticism. --Scottandrewhutchins 21:24, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

The real test is, is the Unity Church more important than the Nestorian churches in the global history of Christianity over the last 2,000 years (not just the English speaking world over the last 200 years)? AnonMoos 22:04, 21 March 2007 (UTC)"

I would say "yes". After all, Jehovah's Witnesses are listed, and they have 6 million. Is 6 million the cutoff? --Scottandrewhutchins 15:20, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

It has as much right to be there as JW, and it's not taking up additional space since it's on the same line. --Scottandrewhutchins 21:16, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Unity exists all over the world, and its radio, television, and priont publications increase its awareness. When you cite the time factor, it dates back to the nineteenth century, as do Chrisitan Science, Mormonism, and Jehovah's Witnesses. --Scottandrewhutchins 16:37, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Regarding edits to Trefoil knot

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Chai (symbol)

Just wanted to let you know that I had volunteered to mediate this case, but I wanted to find out first if there is still an issue that requires resolution, since the case is kind of old. Cheers - RJASE1 ^Talk 01:34, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Now that both parties have agreed to mediation, I've started the discussion here, at least for now. Cheers - RJASE1 ^Talk 16:33, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Mediation

Just wanted to let you know I haven't forgotten the Chai (symbol) case. Just have been a little busy. I will get the RfC drafted on Saturday or Sunday. RJASE1 ^Talk 03:17, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Piran Bay

Hi. Ok, I found some time to explain further why the image needs to be corrected. Please, don't refer to my argumentation as stupid since there are some good reasons and I am not sure if you are fully familiar with the situation. The thing is that the border is not defined, neither on the sea nor on the land. Prior to 1991, Slovenia exercised a full jurisdiction over the whole Bay and the official standpoint of the government is that the border is according to status in 1991. Croatian claim is according to traditional principles but that doesn't mean that it has a better background to claim the territory. Untill the border is not agreed by both sides, saying claimed by one of the countries is therefore POV. So, my suggestion would be (as I see that you are the author of the map):

• If the map illustrates Drnovšek-Račan agreement, the claimed by area should be marked as Slovenian, since this is what the agreement says. And the map can omit the central line.
• If the map just shows the Piran Bay, name the area as disputed territory and omit the corridor, since there is no corridor. So, Italian waters, Slovenian waters, Croatian waters, international waters and disputed area.
• Perhapes the best solution would be to have 3 maps in the article, one with Slovenian and one with Croatia view and one with a compromise solution (but corrected as mentioned in the first paragraph).

I hope you see my point now. Well, personally, this border dispute has been in our media far too long and I am really fed up with it since the only thing it does is it worsens the relations between the two countries. Best regards. --Tone 12:49, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

I agree that an image is badly needed. However, the present image does not correspond to the caption. By the Drnovšek-Račan agreement, the disputed area belongs to Slovenia and should be marked as such. So, as I said before already, possible changes are either to correct the map so it will correspond to the agreement or to put there a map without the corridor, as the corridor is something "invented" by the agreement. So, if the map shows just the geography, name the area as disputed territory and omit the corridor, since there is no corridor. So, Italian waters, Slovenian waters, Croatian waters, international waters and disputed area. I am trying to be objective but I realize it is sometimes hard. So, what do you think about modifying the map? --Tone 16:39, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Sure, there is no major problem, it's only my opinion that modifying the captions would be more appropriate. Perhapes we should leave it for a while or ask a third party. --Tone 10:03, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Ok, concrete suggestion. Put: Slovenian waters, according to the agreement (or a shorter formulation maybe...). Or, without the corridor and marked Disputed area (and the text below the image without mentioning the agreement.) What do you think? --Tone 10:35, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

the J in Jehoshaphat

Anon, you never did answer my question about where the J came from in other Hebrew names which contain Gods name, Names such as Jehoshaphat. If through the course of time the name meaning "YHWH is salvation" came to be pronounced as "Jehoshaphat" then that is enough evidence of how the tetragrammaton may be pronounced as "Jehovah". since it is a simple matter of pronunciation ie. Michael is Migel, Paul is Pablo, John is Juan (you follow?) then there can be no arguement against pronouncing the name as Jehovah. But to say one is wrong for doing so,is wrong.(I personally believe that opposition to pronouncing Gods name in any of it's various forms is opposition to people calling on the name of God, which is...we don't need to go there,right? I would not fight against pronouncing Gods name.) I don't dispute your knowledge of language. Please though,leave your personal opinions out of your editing and let the articles be edited objectively by others, then you will be better off. You tend to use words like "most" and "the Majority of" instead of "Many" which seems to be supporting your own view that your beliefs are correct,you yourself being in the majority. How many mondern linguists are there? where are the stats? the interviews? have all modern linguists taken a poll on this? where is the evidence that most of these educated people are saying this? if this information is not available then it is only your opinion saying that most of the modern scholars blah,blah,blah. And your points on my talk page about your anonymous name and such, you kinda lost me "dude" Kljenni 16:15, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

I told you how the name Jehovah came into being Kljenni 17:10, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Image:Indiana 8.gif listed for deletion

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Chai

Find a reference for you claim it is spelt kai by the "Black Hebrews", I cannot, or I will remove it. I have asked you before.Epson291 05:35, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

"Yeshu" vs. "Yeshua" [of Nazareth]

Greetings, AnonMoos! I've added a few more questions about your response to this query on the Humanities Reference Desk, April 20 (3.12). Would appreciate if you'd answer there. -- Thanks, Deborahjay 17:02, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
Further: I've amended my response there to clarify that it was based strictly on contemporary usage. Please note that it might have been instructive in yours, had you linked to the pages on Yeshua and Yeshu—the existence of which I only discovered afterwards. -- Deborahjay 23:45, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

okay, so,

Explain to me quickly why this is "obvious vandalism" and I should not block you for WP:3RR. Go ahead and reply here. ··coelacan 10:48, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

The article Rafida has been protected due to edit warring. However if you suspect the user was a sockpuppet and should be blocked please let me know, so that the article is not unnecessarily locked. – Riana _ऋ 10:58, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Tetragrammaton again

There's another proposal at Talk:Tetragrammaton to move all the content about Jehovah from that article and Yahweh to its own article. Given your past interest, you may want to comment. - Fayenatic london (talk) 13:05, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Piran Bay image

Hi! I'd just like to ask you to change the name of Capodistria on your map to Koper, to keep it in accordance with Wikipedia's naming. edolen1 19:26, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

3RR noticeboard

3RR case for you is closed as no violation, as reversion of sockpuppets vandalism is protected as an exemption from the 3RR. ⇒ SWATJester ^{Denny Crane.} 04:32, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Image:Shield-Trinity-Scutum-Fidei-English.png

Good point. I suppose it wouldn't be of much use to English-language projects like Wiktionary, Wikiversity, or WikiSource either. I suppose I was going through my edit history and sorting images into those that were empty descriptions pages for Commons images and those that were under the right license for Commons, but without paying enough attention. Sorry about the oversight. --Strangerer (Talk) 13:58, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Reply

Thanks for visiting my talk page. I replied there. Geometry guy 04:16, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Elohim

Please provide source(s) for that claim. Also, please sign your comments. Perspicacite 21:15, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Pluralis maiestatis would be Latin, not Biblical Hebrew and it's majestatis not maiestatis. It's great that you have ascertained the extent of my knowledge regarding other languages, but in order to back up your claim please provide sources. Perspicacite 00:23, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

From The Complete Idiot's Guide to World Religions by Brandon Toropov and Luke Buckles, page 369[1]:

"Despite the –im ending common to many plural nouns in Hebrew, the word Elohim, when referring to God, is grammatically singular, regularly taking singular predicate forms in the Hebrew Bible. The word elohim likely had an origin in a plural grammatical form, because, when the Hebrew Bible uses elohim not in reference to God, it takes plural forms (e.g. Exodus 20:3). Some scholars interpret the –im ending as an expression of majesty (pluralis majestatis) or excellence (pluralis excellentiae), expressing high dignity or greatness: compare with the similar use of plurals of ba’al (master) and adon (lord)."

Farther down that same page we have an extended explanation of what I added to the Islam section: "The singular, Eloah, is comparatively rare, occurring only in poetry and late prose (in Job, 41 times). The same divine name is found in Arabic (ilah) and Aramaic (elah)."

Funny how religious scholars agree with my "nonsense." Perspicacite 03:12, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Wingdings

If it did receive a great deal of media attention (which would need a verifiable source), then perhaps a brief mention in the introduction is worthwhile (maybe something along the lines of "The typeface gained considerable media attention following the September 11, 2001 attacks when numerous apocryphal stories arose alleging that certain combinations of characters would produce apparently portentous series of glyphs."). However, since the string "Q33" is not in any way related to the attacks, I feel that it is not worth including a full section on it. That said, if a verifiable source can be found for the claim that Microsoft altered the typeface (such that "NYC" can be read as "I love New York") then this may also be worth including. As it was, the section was not encyclopaedic. I hope my reasoning behind the removal is now clearer? Angus Lepper^{(T, C, D)} 21:39, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I did read it. At least one third of that which I deleted was related to 9/11. The rest was equally worthy of deletion. However, as I have already stated that I will not 'interfere' any more, and as you seem to have some particularly strong desire for that section to remain (meaning that my messages have been rather more pleasant than yours, IMO) I think this correspondence can be considered closed. I'd also note that I wouldn't support your claim that the majority of 'non-type-geeks' wouldn't have heard of it otherwise. It was reasonably well known for reasons other than that: primarily that it's a daft typeface. Angus Lepper^{(T, C, D)} 14:56, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Re: Masih edit

My apologies for that incorrect edit. I'll update the Typo list later today to ignore Masih. Thanks Rjwilmsi 16:20, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Gorean article links

My apologies for the intial short answer, twas late here and did think that directing you to the guidelines would be sufficient. However, as the guidelines can be TL;DR I'll reproduce two of the guidelines which I think warrant the removal of that link

from WP:EL

2 - Any site that misleads the reader by use of factually inaccurate material or unverifiable research. See Reliable sources for explanations of the terms "factually inaccurate material" or "unverifiable research". - note that last bit - "unverifiable research"

11 - Links to blogs and personal web pages, except those written by a recognized authority.

it may not be a blog (mind you, all these sorts of pages look the same to me!) but it is someones personal page.

Hope this helps! --The internet is serious business 10:24, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

p.s. so we can avoid a possible edit war why don't we both look for better links? after all, what is wikipedia if we don't help each other to contribute? Hit me up at my talk page (I promise a better answer this time!)The internet is serious business 10:29, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Edit Summary on Arab

Can you please clarify your statement on my talk page that "The term "Semitic peoples" is acceptable to be included in the article, but the term "Semite" itself is not acceptable when referring to a modern context (as opposed to ancient history)..." What is calling someone a "Semite" a problem? Thank you. --Lanternix 16:02, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

• So this whole article Semitic is wrong or what? --Lanternix 16:09, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Re

Yeah, sorry about that. There's quite a few instances of that and I usually pick up on them, my attention must have wandered. —Xezbeth 17:36, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Amazons

Please read the National Geographic's research carefully as it states clearly "Blonde Amazon Warrior Women"

User:Turquoiseeyes 19

36, July 4, 2007 (UTC)

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List of circle topics

Dude! Read the edit prior to my first edit of that page. Your statement is erroneous. I simply reworded the list introduction to reflect what was and is. The textual introduction was false. If you feel so inclined, it would be appropriate to extract all mathematical items and create a new list rather than delete wisdom and work won through diligence.

B9 hummingbird hovering ^{(talk • contribs)} 06:49, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Friendly advice from an outsider

I don't know what your dispute is about nor on which side of it I am, but I do notice it's got a bit too heated at points. Just hold your right arm over your left and say to yourself "Calm, calm, calm" (works for me). Sam Blacketer 00:00, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

PR on Community sanction noticeboard

considering this response (see edit summary) you've received from said user, you might be interested in presenting some information into this noticeboard case. Jaakobou^{Chalk Talk} 10:35, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Flag of the United States

Thanks for removing that anachronistic Malaysia reference. I'd removed it earlier, but decided not to get in an edit war with someone who insisted on keeping it there. Glad to see it gone!  :) Popkultur 18:20, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

PNG transparency Javascript "fix" option?

How do I turn off the PNG transparency Javascript code, which I strongly suspect is contributing to slower loading of pages with inline images, and significantly increasing the frequency of browser crashes on my system? I'm currently using "Classic" skin. I was told that you might know something about this. Thanks. AnonMoos 05:58, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Currently, the only way to solve the decreased speed issue (short of upgrading hardware) is to either upgrade to Internet Explorer version 7 or use a different browser such as Mozilla Firefox. Both of these are free downloads. If the new code is actually making your browser crash then I suspect there is something wrong with your computer because no one else has reported increased browser crashes as a direct result of the JavaScript workaround. However, on pages with a large number of PNG images, the workaround may cause your browser to temporarily freeze while the JavaScript code is working.

Please let me know if this answers your question. —Remember the dot ^(talk) 16:49, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

I really don't feel like downloading a 50 megabyte Microsoft monolithic update (which will probably end up causing more problems than it solves on my particular system), especially when the problem could be much more easily solved at your end. Your alleged "fix" is not C language code deeply integrated into the infrastructure of the underlying Wikimedia software -- it's superficial Javascript, which serves a purely cosmetic purpose (adding no real significant functionality). Since it's really mere cosmetic fluff (not essential to the basic functioning of Wikipedia), and since it degrades the Wikipedia browsing experience for many people, it's really incumbent on you to add an customization option that allows people to turn off this alleged "feature". Thank you for acting reasonably in this matter. AnonMoos 17:01, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

If we offered an option to turn off the workaround, then people would just turn it off and then complain that they couldn't view some of the transparent PNG and SVG images correctly. If you're adverse to downloading a 14.8 MB update from Microsoft (which will, incidentally, significantly improve the security and performance of your computer), then why not download Firefox? Firefox is only 5.7 MB and can be easily removed if you decide you hate it.

Now, while upgrading is really the best option here, I will take another look at the JavaScript code to see if I can improve its efficiency/performance. —Remember the dot ^(talk) 18:31, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

OK, looking at the JavaScript code again, I do see a couple of ways to improve performance. Please be patient; hopefully I'll have an optimized version of the code implemented within 24 hours. —Remember the dot ^(talk) 18:41, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

please go ahead and move "Israel's Nuclear Monopoly"

Your right. Israel's Nuclear Monopoly should be moved to Israel and Weapons of Mass Destruction. I don't know how to do that. Can you do it for me? I'm still a newbie:( —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.15.6.99 (talk) 20:19, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks a lot

Thanks for polishing up with your copy editing. It's great to have such help. Kind regards from the Alps. ;-) --Nemissimo 15:26, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Categories in Tarquin Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim-bus-stop-F'tang-F'tang-Olé-Biscuitbarrel

Just to let you know, I've begun a discussion on the right categories for this article on its talk page: Talk:Tarquin Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim-bus-stop-F'tang-F'tang-Olé-Biscuitbarrel. Your input would be appreciated. -- Lincolnite 02:21, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the help at the Humanities desk

... on the Max Shulman story, "Love Is A Fallacy". Unimaginative Username 21:21, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Mater lectionis

Don't call me "dude" firstly. Vav is the most prevalent way to call it in English today, and I and others are not trying to "impose modern Israeli names" [sic], I can see perhaps from your edits you think either A), Hebrew only exits 2000 years ago in the Bible, B), Hebrew only exists for a small subset of non-Jewish Academics or C), Hebrew isn't a modern thriving language today, with far more speakers then said people calling it my what are now archaic English names for Hebrew letters. Epson291 11:46, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Image:PIJ emblem.png

You are welcome. I'm always glad to find someone interested in the academic side of these things. I noticed that there is a dispute above with a user I know. Perhaps I could help? Tewfik^Talk 03:24, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Heart

Sorry about that. Technically, "HEAVY BLACK HEART" is more correct, but if there's a usability issue I'll leave it alone. Superm401 - Talk 01:28, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Chastity

Why would somebody who is serious about chastity not prefer an arranged marriage in favor of courtship? Jpritikin 23:45, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Guelphs

I just didn't revert far enough. Adam Bishop (talk) 06:33, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Hey!

Is this you from Usenet? (If it's not, you'll have no idea what I mean...)FlaviaR (talk) 06:02, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

New extended version of BDSM

Hi AnonMoos, the German featured article BDSM has been translated into Englisch and is now avaible on Wikipedia. It took a while, but finely it was done. ;-)

It would be great if you could be active in the discussion. Knowledge on UK/US specifics is desperately needed. Kind Regards.--Nemissimo (talk) 11:17, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

North-south divide image reply

Canary islands are dependencies of Spain, considered south. Kingj123 (talk) 15:08, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Permission to change license of images to "Multi-license GFDL, all CC-BY-SA"

Since you've edited these images, I need to ask your permission before changing the license. The images:

• Image:wikipedia isometric cube 3.jpg
• Image:wikipedia dimetric cube 3.jpg
• Image:Isometric perspective camera rotations.jpg

Thanks! SharkD (talk) 00:00, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Imaginitive userfication

User:AnonMoos/Imaginative Sex - have fun. Uncle G suggested some sources at DRV, I think. No need to go back to DRV once its sourced, obviously, just move it in, consensus is pretty clear. Happy new one, Guy (Help!) 00:44, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

zombietime

Thanks for pointing it out. It makes the writing more difficult, but I'll try to fix it. Jayjg ^(talk) 03:27, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

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My identity

I am not Wikinger, I am this former vandal warned by Extraordinary Machine, that tries to show my resignation from vandalism by constructive expanding of various Wikipedia ideas. 216.40.255.90 (talk) 16:29, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

I simply found these topics interesting for me. This is pure coincidence, because no one blocked my static IP when Wikinger tried to evade block with his dynamic IP, what I read on his talk page. You can check, that Wikinger never was warned by Extraordinary Machine for vandalisms, as I was, and Wikinger never edited these popculture discographies which I did here. I edited nearly the same points as Wikinger's ones, only because after talk archive repairs done by other anonymous user, I searched for all relevant obsolete links, and I fixed them. I treated all Greek letters as alphabetic, in accord to their alphabetic values provided in Greek alphabet article. Please remove Alpha and Omega section from Wikinger's talk, because simply assigning me to Wikinger by you is false, what is proofed in my recent edit history. Thanks. 216.40.255.90 (talk) 21:18, 5 January 2008 (UTC)