User talk:Dominics Fire/archive1

Please be careful not to tease antimergists and "angry" people

Hello. Please don't forget to provide an edit summary, like with Barret Wallace. Putting the link to the merge discussion in the edit summary would be a good thing to prevent angry people from de-merging and reverting your edits. Thank you. Kariteh 21:37, 3 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

English/Scottish/etc.

You may be interested to know that Wikipedia:Manual of Style (United Kingdom-related articles) has now been created and there is a discussion taking place on the talk page. Readro 21:36, 5 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Name of the UK

Actually, 'United Kingdom' is the OFFICIAL short name of the nation. Unlike 'Great Britain', 'United Kingdom' is an officially acceptable name for the country. Cynical 12:13, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's got nothing to do with me being pro-independence (could you please explain why using 'United Kingdom' rather than 'Great Britain' is somehow a pro-independence bias?) - it is simply the fact that Gordon Brown was Chancellor of the whole UK, including Northern Ireland. 'Great Britain', by definition, excludes Northern Ireland and is therefore inaccurate in this case. 'Britain' is acceptably interchangeable with 'United Kingdom', but 'Great Britain' is not (because 'Great Britain' is the landmass). Cynical 14:16, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Illuminati

I responded on the talkpage. I can probably provide cites for much of what you tagged, but long story short I've become something of a lending library with Illuminati books and before I go calling on my tin-foil hat friends to get my books back I want to make sure that the sources are acceptable and won't just be the focal point of a reliable source fight. I've got some decent sources that if used narrowly just to source the < 1790 stuff. The "Cultural effect" section needs a rewrite as well; some of that is easy to source, but some if it is just weasel wording that needs to be adjusted.--Isotope23 ^talk 15:28, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Edits to Adam West

Thank you for you contributions. Would you be interested in joining the Family Guy WikiProject? It's still getting started, and needs a few more sensible editors. / edg ☺ ★ 17:16, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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"Roman Catholic" Church in England and Wales

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Thanks for your message. However, the signs on churches are issued by individual PARISH churches and NOT by the official Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales (note the absence of 'Roman' in front of Catholic in the official title). It would seem superfluous to add 'Roman' to the title of the article given that the Catholic Church in England and Wales OFFICIALLY addresses herself in this way (see their website, www.catholic-ew.org.uk).

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Immaculate Conception (Star Wars)

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MOSNUM

Actaully, checking again, it seems to now be less specific than it once was:

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it could be argued either way I suppose, but there wasn't really any need to chagne it from it's long-standing state in teh first place. David Underdown (talk) 06:59, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I was mistaken in believing that it was policy. Gavin Scott (talk) 10:41, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

You and I share many things in common; we are both Catholic conservatives, I have lived in the UK most of my life and agree that it is frightening that the law is so anti-Catholic (or approaching it) but above all anti-Christian in general. Like yourself, I do not support the farse known as the "Conservative party", because right now all they do is attempt to oppose and ridicule everything the Labor government do without any conservative base from which to support on. I also believe in a monarchy, for conservative reasons, because I believe that a British republic would lead to something horrendous like France, which is so confused with its regular rioting.

I myself am an Eastern Catholic, (maybe you have heard of Assyrians or Chaldeans?), but served in the Latin rite for many years before I found my Iraqi Christian bretheren in San Diego. Well, see you around. Tourskin (talk) 18:13, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your kind words and friendly response! I don't have much else to say, so until next time. Tourskin (talk) 19:15, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

tablet

Awesome news about that tablet, good posting. Whilst faith is supreme in understanding Christ, it is helpful to have reason and empiricism, which this tablet only helps to add.Tourskin (talk) 21:43, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, I fully understand what you mean. There were so many imposters at that time, it tarnishes Christ's image as the saviour. But I have a question for those skeptics - why is it that of all the people who claimed to be Messiahs and who were killed for it, why was it that Jesus Christ's story was spread far and wide and believed by all? It kind of puts a massive dent in the theory that it was "the same repeat story", as those skeptics put it, because only if the story was special in some way, such as being the truth, would it spread far. But yeah, we need to find out what its truly about. Tourskin (talk) 23:51, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

User:Carlaude/Sandbox

That User:Carlaude/Sandbox is a list of links some of which are templates. I guess the templates links are what have that effect-- an effect I would not expect. I will try and work thru that list soon. --Carlaude (talk) 15:02, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sainthood in the LDS tradition

Hello Gavin, thank you for your kind question on an LDS article on Joseph Smith. LDS view Joseph Smith as a prophet similar to Old Testament prophets or those mentioned in the New Testament. Also, LDS use the term saint as used in the New Testament meaning a disciple of Jesus Christ. LDS do not have a similar equivalent to the Catholic use of the term Saint, meaning a holy person like St. Francis, etc. LDS also do not have a veneration of Saints similar to Catholics. Does that help make the distinction for you? If not please let me know and I would be happy to respond to your questions. God bless, --Storm Rider ^(talk) 21:49, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes it does, I had a faint idea that the LDS-Church was led by a living saint- but after reading your message it came back to me that the office is Prophet not saint. Thanks for your answer. Gavin Scott (talk) 22:04, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dispute; or, Why I don't think anyone is scandalized by Pope Benedict's listening to Mozart

I replied on my own talkpage, but I just noticed you opened a section on the article's talk page, so I suppose it will be discussed there.theloavesandthevicious (talk) 23:10, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Discssion from above users talk page

"Gavin needs to learn how to read"

Exactly how did that comment help? Gavin Scott (talk) 22:54, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I'm not sure. And I'm not sure its worth figuring out, because I am not convinced that all edit summaries have to "help." If that were the case, it "helped" in at least a couple senses: (1) it expressed my strong disagreement with the edit I had undone, you had re-done, and then I had re-un-done; (2) it served as an indication that, following your edit summary, I read the article to which you directed me and found that it did not support the assertion; (3) it generally lets people know that I am not a nice guy.theloavesandthevicious (talk) 23:11, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, that being the case I will allow the collective editors of the Pope article discuss the change. Gavin Scott (talk) 23:14, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sertillanges

(I am re-writing this to be more polite.) Thanks for the picture you added. However, the footnote you deleted was a perfectly good way to forestall confusion over the identity (same) of AD Sertillanges and AG Sertillanges. I am going to undo your edit. theloavesandthevicious (talk) 23:48, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ah thats fine, I wasn't aware that was the intention of the footnote. (You do have it in < ref > code though.) Gavin Scott (talk) 00:00, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I use < ref > for all footnotes. If there is some other way to drop a footnote -- other than the absurd way of manually typing a number in text and then going to the bottom and typing in the contents of the footnote -- I'd be glad to be informed. theloavesandthevicious (talk) 00:04, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Jesus talk page

Reverting my edit has confused me - why have you allowed such nonsense on the talk page? You know the extent to which the article gets a lot of stuff that has no relevance to improving the article.Tourskin (talk) 19:22, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It seems that you have allowed it on just to answer against the idea that Jesus was married and died. Still, I personally would have just removed it. Tourskin (talk) 19:24, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I felt it was better to give a definitive statement on what he posted as to its relation within the article, otherwise it just keeps coming and coming. Gavin Scott (talk) 19:25, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough.Tourskin (talk) 19:34, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pope Urban I

I am just an "interested" editor who is inspired to edit off other people's (major) contributions! Thanks for your keeping up the article. If there's anything I can see, I will try to note it in comments or on the discussion page there. Student7 (talk) 11:41, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As I re-read the article, I think you've done a great job between trying to record legends but not giving them excessive credibility. A fine line. Also, hard to "pad out" a bio when you don't have a lot of solid material to draw on. Good job!Student7 (talk) 11:45, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of Michael (autobiography)

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Hello! I removed the speedy delete tag -- fortunately, I was familiar with the title. However, I strongly recommend that you add proper referencing and wikify the article ASAP. Thanks! Ecoleetage (talk) 02:21, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I noted, I am getting there...wow, its barely been in existence for a few moments. haha. thanks Gavin Scott (talk) 02:22, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I know, that stinks. In future, I might recommend getting the references and categories into the text before you put the article online -- it will save you the grief and stress of situations like this. You are doing a great job with this article -- keep up the fine work! Ecoleetage (talk) 02:30, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Ahh, thats a wise idea. I will get back to work on the article tomorrow morning, for now I must sleep! Hopefully I'll be able to find some other people who would like to contribute. I have some books which mention it myself so I shall use them- thanks for the advice and help...and the Wikismile! Gavin Scott (talk) 02:33, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

BE/CE

Gavin, this issue has been endlessly discussed on the talk page of the article. See the archives. The phrase "not both in the same article" was taken to refer to inconsistent shifting between conventions, not consistent use of a double convention. Take it up on the talk page. I assume you are not aware how important this issue is to some Jewish and Christian editors. Paul B (talk) 14:21, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't personally care a fig about this, but there have been major edit wars in the past. The current situation was a way to avoid them continuing. Hence the reversion. Paul B (talk) 14:24, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect you got no reply becasuse another editor added a comment to another section one minute after you had posted yours, so yours got lost in the "history" as was not readily visible. As I say, there is a lot of archived discussion. Paul B (talk) 14:28, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I am afraid you have opened up a discussion that we, those who favor the AD/BC system may not win. I would prefer AD/BC. However in the world due to secularization/political correctness/equality/anti-chrisianism (whatever fancy word one wishes to use) the BCE/CE system is gaining huge amounts of support everywhere. The current compromise allows us to see what we want in use at least. A more strict interpretation of the guidelines will see the AD/BC system lost in favor the ever more popular BCE/CE system. Therefore, if you insist on pursuing it, I shall throw my weight in behind you, though I suggest we do not antagonize a position that could be worse. Gabr-el 17:25, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thats funny and interesting. I think 1) Jesus would be happy to see that we were zealous in this account 2) He would rightfully criticize both of us for not using our zeal to help others in a more effective way 3) He would ask us to delete these pages from our history, in the same way he asked the disciples to remove the dust from their sandals when they leave an unrepentant town. Gabr-el 18:11, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps; blasphemy is a serious crime against God; better it not exist. However, even the righteous existed amongst multitudes of unrighteous people. Gabr-el 18:15, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deo, IN EXCELSIS!!!!!Gabr-el 18:16, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Like I said, if you were willing to go then go!!! Here, let me go there now and drop off my vote. Gabr-el 18:24, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Gabr-el 18:29, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Our Crusade has not been taken seriously; barely two responses. I was expecting a swarm of anti-Christian attackers lol Gabr-el 03:27, 4 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]