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February 2008 collaboration

Again, we need more votes for our February collaboration. As of January 14, only 2 members have voted. Please do exercise your right to vote! White2020 (talk) 03:10, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Seal of Kuantan.jpg

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WikiProject Malaysia announcement

Hi there. I just want to announce that this month's collaboration will be ΦЏ Orang Asli ЏΦ. You are encouraged to participate in improving the quality of this article by however means you wish. I would suggest that our target by the end of the month would be for this article to achieve a Good Article status. Happy editing! kawaputra^torque 13:10, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

March 2008 collaboration

Hi there. We need more votes again for our March 2008 collaboration. As of February 11, only 5 members have voted. Please do exercise your right to vote! Thanks! :-) White2020 (talk) 13:20, 11 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pramuka Garuda

Hi, can you please translate the phrase "Siaga tata" as it relates to boy scouts? I think it is some kind of cub, but the definitions in Wiktionary for "tata" seemed wrong. Leave me a message on my talk page, and I'll insert the translation where it's needed. Thanks. Cbdorsett (talk) 05:13, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fortune Global 500

Hi, I'm not sure who to contact for this, but I thought you'd interested since you're a member of the Economics WikiProject. There is an article called Fortune Global 500. This article is a copy and paste of the list of the 500 largest companies in the world by revenues published by Fortune magazine every year. Fortune magazine lists these companies by countries and cities. They list Shell as being a company from the Netherlands and not a dual company from Britain and the Netherlands (contrary to Unilever). One British Wikipedian doesn't like that and has changed the article, writting that Shell is a dual British/Dutch company, contrary to the source from Fortune magazine. I tried to explain that the article being simply a copy and paste of the Fortune Global 500 list, we have to respect their editorial choices, otherwise it's not the Global Fortune 500 list anymore, it becomes something else. Unfortunately I feel like I'm preaching in the desert, so to speak. If we start changing things from the list based on what we think is right or wrong, then why not also change EADS which Fortune magazine lists as a Dutch company (because it is legally incorporated in the Netherlands for tax reasons), whereas in fact EADS is a Franco-German company with top management in Paris and Munich? As you can see, this could lead to endless changes to the article. I thought on Wikipedia we had to write information that matches with the sources we use. It would be nice to hear from you on this point. Keizuko (talk) 17:11, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:NstLogo2005.gif

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Free use photos of elections

Say, would you happen to have anything we could use for folks like Sim Tze Tzin, Nurul Izzah Anwar, et al? I know we've got a good one for Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad already. What about Tony Pua? Johnleemk | Talk 13:43, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image copyright problem with Image:20080302NikNazmi.jpg

Image Copyright problem

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If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. Nilf anion (talk) 21:44, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

April 2008 collaboration

Hi there. We need more votes again for our April 2008 collaboration. As of March 27, only 6 members have voted. Please do exercise your right to vote! Thanks! :-) White2020 (talk) 04:20, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ninth Malaysia Plan

Hi there. I don't know the reason you discard my entry on Ninth Malaysia Plan. Engkamalzack (talk) 05:40, 5 April 2008 (UTC) For your information high oil price and asian financial crisis were mentioned in PM's speech on 31 March 2006. I am also a regular contributor for ms.wikipedia.org. You are welcome to contribute if you can write in Malay. Engkamalzack (talk) 07:09, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Excuse me it is not a suspect but a fact mentioned in PM's speech when tabling the RMK9. You better put in discussion before removing it, it will piss other people. And you don't need to do extensive research to know that oil prices had been on the up trend since US invaded the Iraq in 2003, nor do you need for extensive research to find out that Malaysia indeed was on the path to recover after the Asian Financial Crisis. For heaven's sake, these two factors were singled out in PM's speech on 31 March 2006. And the blueprint was not announced on 1 April, which is one mistake the original contributor did.Engkamalzack (talk) 02:51, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Chola Empire

I don't know why claim that you reverted vandalism (rv edit summary) when to me they appeared to be good faith edits. What exactly was the vandalism? LittleOldMe (talk) 15:36, 8 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your replies answering my concerns. I have just logged in again. Lots of traffic on the article and I don't know enough on the subject to get involved. I trust that consensus will prevail and that a good article will result. Still not sure that I agree with your edit summary though since I don't perceive any malice in the preceding edits and all seem to be good faith. Regards LittleOldMe (talk) 10:06, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Akademi basong

Hey, I just wanted to give you a heads up that I fixed the display on this page. Let me know if it's still not displaying properly. Cheers. TN‑X-Man 14:47, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. If there's anything else I can do, let me know. TN‑X-Man 03:13, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting your input at Wikipedia:WikiProject Economics/Featured Article drive

Since you are a member of WikiProject Economics, I would like to direct your attention to Wikipedia:WikiProject Economics/Featured Article drive. We are currently deciding on an economics-related article to bring to Featured Article status and we would like your input. Thanks! Gary King (talk) 15:18, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Adam Smith has been chosen as the first article in WikiProject Economics' first Featured Article drive

I am contacting you because you Supported the decision to choose Adam Smith as the first Featured Article that WikiProject Economics would work on. If you can, please help out and make this goal a reality! A discussion on this has begun at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Economics#The Featured Article drive is now closed. Thanks for your time! Gary King (talk) 16:47, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RE:India

Hi. Thanks for notifying me. Had no idea there was a problem and don't really know how it happened. Have corrected the image now. Mangwanani (talk) 16:44, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Srivijaya

I have noticed you have created a category for srivijaya, and placed various categories on the front of the category page - it also needs those projects on the talk/discission page - are you going to do it - or am I? With a category like that it is very important to make sure the projects are adequately placed thereSatu Suro 09:47, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You created a category - the talk page needs at least three if not five project templates - do you want to do it or shall I? Cheers Satu Suro 09:55, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Balaputra

On 3 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Balaputra, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 18:28, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

On 6 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Pulau Merambong, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Daniel Case (talk) 04:07, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Malaysia

Hi :) I don't understand why the edit on Malaysia was reverted. Honestly, the article are too wordy with overlapping information. South Korea has a fantastic page of its country & reading Malaysia is a little embarassing. Sorry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.54.43.81 (talk) 18:59, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your edit contains factual inaccuracies. For instance, the British did not establish British Malaya. British Malaya was just a name to refer to separate entities on the Peninsula. __earth ^(Talk) 07:30, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Then why is the current article: "Previously, a set of colonies were established by the United Kingdom from the late eighteenth century, and the western half of modern Malaysia was composed of several separate kingdoms. This group of colonies was known as British Malaya until its dissolution in 1946" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.54.43.81 (talk) 03:25, 9 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry to butt in .. but not all the territories were colonies. Most were actually protectorates. Perhaps a cleanup is necessary. - Bob K 04:41, 9 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Would you consider recieving the Malaysian Newsletter? If you do please ad your name here. Thanks! ĤéĺĺвοЎ (talk) 13:13, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Reasoning

For your reversion at Srivijaya - if you are not going to put a fuller edit summary -( perhaps you would like to explain at the talk page (not here or my talk page) would be appreciated - preferable with WP:RS - cheers Satu Suro 13:36, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Zoo Negara

I think this article needs a major cleanup. I can find the references and citations but I cannot rewrite the article. Thanks, [H2H] (talk) 13:49, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]