User talk:Severino

Jani Allan

The content you added to the lead of this article, in this edit[1], was inappropriate. All Wikipedia articles, and particularly articles about living people, must comply with the Neutral point of view policy, and this content was not neutral; it was excessively negative, particularly in the lead. I've removed the quote, so now it only contains basic factual information, not opinion. Robofish (talk) 12:59, 29 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

AfD of article you worked on

Please see: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Justus Weiner (2nd nomination). Jaque Hammer (talk) 04:40, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

thx--Severino (talk) 09:24, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

South African politics and racial discourse

Greetings. I saw you responded to me on the Negotiations to end apartheid in South Africa talk page. I got curious, and I am wondering if you are a South African? I am an American, and my understandings of South African culture, politics, and racial discourse, are limited to the small amount of mini docos I've seen and articles I've read on it, and to movies I've seen that dramatize certain things and may not be entirely accurate (such as Invictus, Endgame, etc.).

I'd be interested to get an insider's take on the transition from Apartheid and the current state of racial discourse. Often I get the impression that present-day South Africa is worlds better than apartheid South Africa, but I have also seen in some mini docos, interviews, and internet commentary, that some people feel that South Africa is somewhat in a state of reverse discrimination, rather than a state of balance. For example, I have heard some things about hiring quotas and white South Africans having a difficulty competing for jobs as public servants/government workers, and so on.

If you are indeed South African and would like to share your views, I'd be happy to hear them. You could respond here on your talk page or if you prefer to do so in private, you can send me an email here. I exchange emails with a few users I know on Wikipedia, so I have no problem respecting the privacy of your email address and so forth.

Cheers, John Shandy` • talk 18:01, 10 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Sarath Fonseka

In response to your question in the talk page of sarath fonseka asking why his name in portuguese, portuguese once occupied srilanka in the colonial era and therefor fonseka, perera, fernando and such portuguese names have turned out to be common sri lankan names. If your question has been answered i suggest you remove your question from the talk page Malithyapa (talk) 01:28, 1 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]