User talk:Indif

Your HighBeam account is ready!

Good news! You now have access to 80 million articles in 6500 publications through HighBeam Research. Here's what you need to know:

Your account activation code has been emailed to your Wikipedia email address.
- Only 407 of 444 codes were successfully delivered; most failed because email was simply not set up (You can set it in Special:Preferences).
- If you did not receive a code but were on the approved list, add your name to this section and we'll try again.
The 1-year, free period begins when you enter the code.
To activate your account: 1) Go to http://www.highbeam.com/prof1; 2) You’ll see the first page of a two-page registration. 3) Put in an email address and set up a password. (Use a different email address if you signed up for a free trial previously); 4) Click “Continue” to reach the second page of registration; 5) Input your basic information; 6) Input the activation code; 7) Click “Finish”. Note that the activation codes are one-time use only and are case-sensitive.
If you need assistance, email "help at highbeam dot com", and include "HighBeam/Wikipedia" in the subject line. Or go to WP:HighBeam/Support, or ask User:Ocaasi. Please, per HighBeam's request, do not call the toll-free number for assistance with registration.
A quick reminder about using the account: 1) try it out; 2) provide original citation information, in addition to linking to a HighBeam article; 3) avoid bare links to non-free HighBeam pages; 4) note "(subscription required)" in the citation, where appropriate
HighBeam would love to hear feedback at WP:HighBeam/Experiences
Show off your HighBeam access by placing {{User:Ocaasi/highbeam_userbox}} on your userpage
When the 1-year period is up, check applications page to see if renewal is possible. We hope it will be.

Thanks for helping make Wikipedia better. Enjoy your research! Cheers, Ocaasi^{t | c} 20:46, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Books and Bytes: The Wikipedia Library Newsletter

Books and Bytes

Volume 1, Issue 1, October 2013

by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs)

Greetings Wikipedia Library members! Welcome to the inaugural edition of Books and Bytes, TWL’s monthly newsletter. We're sending you the first edition of this opt-in newsletter, because you signed up, or applied for a free research account: HighBeam, Credo, Questia, JSTOR, or Cochrane. To receive future updates of Books and Bytes, please add your name to the subscriber's list. There's lots of news this month for the Wikipedia Library, including new accounts, upcoming events, and new ways to get involved...

New positions: Sign up to be a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar, or a Volunteer Wikipedia Librarian

Wikipedia Loves Libraries: Off to a roaring start this fall in the United States: 29 events are planned or have been hosted.

New subscription donations: Cochrane round 2; HighBeam round 8; Questia round 4... Can we partner with NY Times and Lexis-Nexis??

New ideas: OCLC innovations in the works; VisualEditor Reference Dialog Workshop; a photo contest idea emerges

News from the library world: Wikipedian joins the National Archives full time; the Getty Museum releases 4,500 images; CERN goes CC-BY

Announcing WikiProject Open: WikiProject Open kicked off in October, with several brainstorming and co-working sessions

New ways to get involved: Visiting scholar requirements; subject guides; room for library expansion and exploration

Read the full newsletter

Thanks for reading! All future newsletters will be opt-in only. Have an item for the next issue? Leave a note for the editor on the Suggestions page. --The Interior 19:59, 27 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Wikipedia Library Survey

As a subscriber to one of The Wikipedia Library's programs, we'd like to hear your thoughts about future donations and project activities in this brief survey. Thanks and cheers, Ocaasi^{t | c} 14:50, 9 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Mustapha Zitouni

Technically there was no country called 'Algeria' at that time - it was called French Algeria. We should therefore use that for the sake of historical accuracy. Giant Snowman 10:00, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Well as far as Wikipedia was concerned, that particular region was, between 1830 and 1962 called "French Algeria". Before that it was "Ottoman Algeria" (1517–1830) and after that it was "Algeria" (1962 to present). At the time of Zitouni's birth, the location he was born in as known as "French Algeria" and so the article should reflect that. Giant Snowman 12:26, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If the Wikipedia article is about "French Algeria" then that is the term we use, it is as simple as that - not your original research. If you feel the name is icorrect, you should suggest a name change. Giant Snowman 13:10, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sigh, like I've said, as far as Wikipedia is concerned, he was born in "French Algeria" and that is what his article should reflect. I cannot see why that is so hard to understand? Giant Snowman 18:33, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

MOS - "Many place names have a historical context that should be preserved." Giant Snowman 19:30, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

NO! Look at the article on French Algeria, what period does it cover in the infobox? Giant Snowman 21:27, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

My word, this is very, very basic stuff. Zitouni was born in French Algeria, a colony which existed under that name from 1830 to 1962. That's why we have an article on it, and named as it is named. What is so hard to understand about that? If you disagree with the name of the article, suggest a change at the article talk page - but do not introduce bogus piping. Giant Snowman 22:28, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Your example simply proves my point. Would you say that Caesar was born in Italy? Giant Snowman 09:48, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

For the final time, I will try and explain this as simply as I can. The article we have is called "French Algeria", that is where he was born and that is what his article should reflect. Why can't you understand that? Giant Snowman 10:43, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No, she wasn't. The article on Vichy France confirms that that was "France during the regime of Marshal Philippe Pétain, during World War II, from the German victory in the Battle of France (July 1940) to the Allied liberation in August 1944." Anyone born there between those dates was born in Vichy France. If you cannot see simple facts like that, you might want to stop editing here and go back to fr.wiki where your views are no doubt acceptable. Giant Snowman 12:46, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not continue to revert against consensus. It is very clear from the discussion on the football WikiProject page that there is no consensus to use "Algeria", so until you gain a consensus, then the original version remains. If you fail to respect this, then an edit warring report will eventually be filed. Thanks, Number 5 7 11:26, 1 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

September 2014

Hello, I'm BracketBot. I have automatically detected that your edit to Algerian War may have broken the syntax by modifying 2 "[]"s. If you have, don't worry: just edit the page again to fix it. If I misunderstood what happened, or if you have any questions, you can leave a message on my operator's talk page.

List of unpaired brackets remaining on the page:

Pro-French]]

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, BracketBot (talk) 18:12, 6 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]