User talk:Hadseys

Oxford Wikimania 2010 and Wikimedia UK v2.0 Notice

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Polyglot WTG

Greetings, Andrew! I just saw your Ref Desk query, and while I'm going to let others have a go at it for now, it did lead me to your User page, which I enjoyed reading. I might even be the sort of person you'd like to meet...? For now, I'll highly recommend: if and when you have the time and inclination, translating from foreign language Wikipedia pages into one's native English is an excellent activity: an intellectual challenge and learning process that benefits you and others in the bargain. Besides topics of personal interest, it's a great way to pay tribute to your culture heroes. (I've sometimes been appalled to find that a "newly discovered" author or musician has no page in any language—and once you create even a "stub" article, it takes off!) Also, you might want to add Babel boxes to indicate your languages and level of proficiency in each. Check out my User page for ideas. -- Cheers, Deborahjay (talk) 21:52, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

List of restrictions imposed on Jews by Nazis

Hello (again!), A.H.! While we're waiting for more responses to your query, I have a book to recommend that's giving me a lot of insights about what life was like under those restrictions (though in a slightly different time/place: occupied Prague): Life with a Star (English translation of Život s Hvězdou), an autobiographical novel by Jiří Weil. I've been studying this field for nearly a decade, almost full-time, and this book has put a lot of the pieces together. You're welcome to contact me if there's anything particular upon which I might be of help. -- Deborahjay (talk) 21:50, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File:Poser.jpg listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, File:Poser.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Nv8200p talk 00:26, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Qs

Hey, if you don't mind me asking, isn't homosexuality wrong according to Judaism? --Muhammad(talk) 12:41, 23 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

- I class myself as a jew based on my ethnic heritage and my belief in its core principles; I have no intention though of letting ancient texts rule my life as it doesn't change that I'm a good person --Thanks, Hadseys 21:01, 23 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well said. - ALLST✰R▼^echo _{wuz here @} 00:07, 24 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting that you stay kosher in your diet but not in morals. Forgive my intrusion and thank you for accommodating my nosy question. --Muhammad(talk) 07:14, 24 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Whats immoral abot homosexuality. It isn't something that I can control. And if god didn't like it he wouldnt have made me that way --Thanks, Hadseys 09:26, 24 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

May I please ask you to clarify your vote

here? Thank you.--Mbz1 (talk) 16:13, 1 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Capture of Abdul Ghani Baradar

Hello. I've speedy deleted Capture of Abdul Ghani Baradar as a clear copyright violation of the article published by The Times[1]. See Wikipedia:Copyrights for more information. Thanks. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 13:00, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Review of closure process 2

Because you've contributed to FPC either recently or in the past, I'm letting you know about the above poll on the basis of which we may develop proposals to change our procedures and criteria. Regards, Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 09:24, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Free Will

If your interested in actually discussing this issue rather than generating lots of silly responses on the ref desk, I'm game. Post to my wall or, better yet, send me an email. DRosenbach ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 19:46, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oh hi yeh, I just don't really get what advantage we would get by having free will. It doesn't really work out for anybody because we cause chaos, we destroy things, kill each other and animals, and damage the planet. So why would god give us the tools to destroy everything he worked so hard to build --Thanks, Hadseys 20:53, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your question apparently stems from a misguided approach to the reasons why God does certain things, such as create the world. God needs nothing because he is complete and utterly perfect, and no one can know why he does things unless he is explicit in his 'thought process,' so to speak. We attach the term miracle to things that are apparent violations of nature, such as a splitting of a sea or of water turning to blood -- we are thus very impressed when God changes nature. In turn, God's perception of a miracle is when man changes his nature. So there's no sense in creating biological equivalents of robots when, as God as informed man, his desire is for man to better himself. How does man better himself? He engages in behavior modification on a profound level such that it's not just the behavior that changes superficially but a superior, more accomplished change that allows man to truly become a better person. So persevering over anger, jealousy, haughtiness, miserliness, etc. are all miracles in the eyes of God -- man changing his nature. Additionally, there are a number of obligations that man has, and depending on his affiliation with one nation or another, these obligations are distinct. For man to accomplish his goal -- to better himself -- there has to be an option for non-goal oriented activity -- free will does just this. DRosenbach ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 03:08, 23 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer rights

Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, will be commencing a a two-month trial at approximately 23:00, 2010 June 15 (UTC).

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If you do not want this userright, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. Karanacs (talk) 15:32, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unreferenced BLPsHello Hadseys! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot notifying you on behalf of the the unreferenced biographies team that 1 of the articles that you created is currently tagged as an Unreferenced Biography of a Living Person. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. If you were to bring this article up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current 628 article backlog. Once the article is adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the article:Roja Dove - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWLThanks!--DASHBot (talk) 20:47, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]Titanic breakupI try not to edit that article, but I thought you might consider another change. The ship almost surely did not break into exactly two pieces. That's not how things break unless they're perforated. No? --Ring Cinema (talk) 02:17, 18 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]ReligionYou have left a very good question on the Humanities Desk. At the end I've left my comments. Indigenous religions and Revealed Religions differ. There may be article pages here on these topics. Indigenous religions have shown that they could not reach Christian Truths naturally. (My major sudy is this). MacOfJesus (talk) 18:19, 14 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]MfD nomination of User:Hadseys/Job interview questionsUser:Hadseys/Job interview questions, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Hadseys/Job interview questions and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User:Hadseys/Job interview questions during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Chzz ► 04:11, 31 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]November 2011Your addition to Basket of Wild Flowers (Fabergé egg) has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other websites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of article content such as sentences or images. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Dpmuk (talk) 16:25, 2 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]Disambiguation link notificationHi. In Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom, you recently added links to the disambiguation pages B.C., Crown and Epiphany (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 10:51, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]Help desk questionIn response to your question here, I'm not sure whether this is a question of whether it can technically be done, in which case you would ask here, or a question of whether it is permitted, which means you would likely ask here. I would recommend going to one of those two places and maybe they can direct you to the right place.Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 19:14, 30 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]File:AndrewMay08.jpg listed for deletionA file that you uploaded or altered, File:AndrewMay08.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Cloudbound (talk) 21:24, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]File copyright problem with File:Signature Elizabeth II.jpgThank you for uploading File:Signature Elizabeth II.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright and licensing status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can verify that it has an acceptable license status and a verifiable source. Please add this information by editing the image description page. 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It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 14:09, 28 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]History of the WorldHello, Hadseys! :D Thanks for your epic contribution to History of the World. I can't imagine the effort you have put in to develop what you wrote. I noticed that you merged your version into the main article space, but I felt that I needed to revert the article back to its previous edit. First of all, I want to make it clear that I am definitely not criticising the hard work you've done. I quickly scrolled through what you wrote and it appears to be an incredibly comprehensive summary of the history of the world. I'm very glad you wrote it. Reverting the edit does not mean that the content you wrote is anything less than awesome. The main reason why I reverted your edit was because the article was too long. As a rough guideline, an article should take about 30 to 40 minutes to read at an average pace, so it should be around 6,000 to 10,000 words of prose. This keeps the article at a comfortable length that someone could read it in one sitting. While your contribution is certainly encyclopedic, it should be summarised or split into several articles to allow for better readability. I am an inclusionist by nature, so I want to make sure that your contribution is properly saved, cultivated, and added to the Wikipedia mainspace. That's where it belongs. :D But before your hard work can be inserted into the History of the world, we should collaborate with other editors to make sure that we can fit it in to the mainspace properly. I noticed that you have a copy of the contribution in your userspace, and I have made a copy too (with attribution, of course). I hope you don't take my revert personally. I want to be clear that your hard work is certainly appreciated and I will give you my full support getting it into the article. Kind regards, Matt (talk) 01:01, 19 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]Do you have any references for your article? It would be a shame if it couldn't be included into the mainspace article because it wasn't verifiable. Matt (talk) 02:02, 19 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]