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Earlier postings are available at User talk:Madman2001/Achive 1 (yes, it's a typo).
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On 5 March, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Remojadas, 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. |
--ALoan (Talk) 17:37, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks for your recent run of Meso-American DYKs - it nice to see a bit of cultural and regional diversity in an effort to beat the inevitable systemic bias in our coverage. -- ALoan (Talk) 17:41, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Thank you for the comment on my talk page. You goal may not be to counter the systemic bias, but you are achieving that :) Keep up the good work! -- ALoan (Talk) 17:34, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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On 14 March, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Las Limas Monument 1, 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. |
--BigHaz - Schreit mich an 22:03, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Crikey, Madman- yet another quality addition to the fold, you're making the rest of us look like laggards ;-) Dunno if it's poor form to dish these out more than once to a colleague, but nor do I care...where acknowledgement is due, it's due. Most impressive, as usual. Saludos, --cjllw ʘ TALK 03:01, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
An article which you started, or significantly expanded, pelota mixteca, was selected for DYK![edit]
Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 (talk) 01:32, 29 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I really like the ballcourt article. Victuallers (talk) 18:41, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I've put forward a suggestion at User talk:IrishLass0128#Compromise discussion, since people objected to continuing to clutter up the Village Pump. AnteaterZot (talk) 00:57, 12 December 2007 (UTC)[reply] Snite Museum][edit]I am still at ND, so i will take the pictures. Can you give me specifics on what to photograph? I could just photo the entire exhibit. User:Pavtron Hi. Thanks for your comments on the extension of the Venus figurines article. Yes, I do use the preview feature, but invariably, the occasional blunder slips through and is only noticed somewhat later. The seven takes it took me are not too bad, I think (especially compared to the over 40 it took me for the much longer Greek temple article in November). As regards references, of course I am aware of that (I am a publishing academic), but as I indicate on the talk page, I did not so much write the new version, but rather simply translated most of the French version, which, up to now, was far more detailed than ours (which was also entirely unreferenced). In the long run, I hope that all these articles will end up referenced (apart, maybe, from the very shortest ones), but it's not always practical to do so immediately. After all, if I see an article on a different wikiepdia that I think is worth including or adding here, I can't necessarily expect it to be perfect... athinaios (talk) 02:46, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Madman. You seemed to disagree with my reversion of Mr. Winters' latest block of OR which he has now inserted into the article three times. If you continue to think that his edit has merit I would like you to reformulate his edit into something acceptable. It does not seem that he is capable of grasping why it is not suitable for wikipedia in the formulation that he has written himself, and he keeps inserting the exact same version, signed by himself in mid article and badly written. If you do this I would like you to remember that we are not supposed to provide arguments for fringe theories (and certainly not new arguments) - but only note what the theory is about and that it exists and has no general following. To begin discussing the supposed ancience of the vai script and bringing together 3 independent and quite questionable sources that can only vaguely and tendentiously be used to support the conclusion that the vai script is old is not the purpose of the article - that discussion could go on the page of the vai script (if it had been published in a reliable source). It is also not the place for mr. Winters to publish dubious word comparisons between Mande and Maya. I could use your help on the article, I know you have done a great deal of battling against pseudo-science in the Olmec area - While we are both in agreement that existing theories should be given mention I simply cannot accept Mr. Winters turning wikipedia into a vehicle for his personal OR. ·Maunus· ·ƛ· 16:56, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Madman2001: Not off topic, I would argue. I have now added more about the site itself. Chocola can only be understood in context. The entire research has been motivated by questions about the Preclassic Southern Maya area as a putatively seminal time and place precedent to the rise of Maya civilization. Furthermore, it is precisely the longstanding debate about Lowland Maya (Northern Peten) vs Southern Maya area that gives Chocola its importance. Other themes in prehistory and ancient complex government are engaged, as well, such as hydraulics, but the more cogent and pertinent import is with respect to Maya origins. Hence, the relatively brief discussion of "origins" as a concept in archaeology.Jonathan (talk) 12:06, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply] More Chocola[edit]I am trying to insert some images of the site and can't figure out how to do it. I did upload a photo (my own) of some stone drains but when I try to insert it nothing happens. The file is Stone_Drain_Chocola.jpg. I wonder if the size of the file is too big. Can you advise?Jonathan (talk) 16:38, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply] yet more Chocola[edit]A few things. "Peacock terms" - I took out "vigorous". "Exquisite" I would argue is not just acceptable but necessary given that Maya "art" is inevitably listed as one of the "high traits" of Maya culture. If you have another term or word that conveys the idea, fine. Later in the entry I use "masterful." Do you have the same problem with this word?...About condensing the entry, I do see your point. I will try to condense, but I do strongly feel that the topics of "Maya Civilization," "Unity of..." and, especially, "Southern Maya Area" are very germane and appropriate. For example, an entry on Tikal should include some brief discussion of "Classic Maya Cities," with info about settlement pattern (urban layout), the debate about whether Maya cities were "sacred ceremonial centers" or "urban communities," possibly, as well, with some brief mention of theories of "the ancient city" itself. Furthermore, a discussion of Tikal should mention the theory, and theory it is, that Tikal (and Calakmul) may have been capitals of "superstates." In other words, as bare as an entry in an encyclopedia should be, the entry becomes meaningless unless some context of explanation about how and why the entry deserves to be IN the encyclopedia is provided.Jonathan (talk) 19:24, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply] update[edit]Madman, I appreciate your concerns. I did look at the Palenque entry, and do see how stripped down it is. Out of curiosity I then went to the entry on John Lloyd Stephens and was dismayed that there is no discussion of Stephens' importance to Maya scholarship. I have a copy of the 11th edition of the Encyclopedia Brittanica, famous for its entries - authored by many of the leading figures of the day (for example, Edmund Husserl wrote the entry on phenomenology) - and would call your attention again to the fact that subjects of entries in encyclopedias should supply some context as to why the subject appears in the encyclopedia, that is, why and how it is that it has its significance. I could completely take out the sections on "Maya Civilization" and "The Unity of..." and leave the section on the "Southern Maya Area," although if I completely removed the first two the IMPORT of Chocola to Maya scholarship would be blurred. This is because it is precisely due to the location and development emphasis of Chocola that we look to some clues to answers about the rise of Maya civilization, and it is, therefore, also that we look for some clues as to what was going on behind and before Maya civilization developed into a grand unity of culture and city-states extending from Yucatan through Southern Mexico and throughout Guatemala.Jonathan (talk) 19:38, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply] Chocola changes[edit]Please take a look. I have added images, inserted the missing cit, and cut out the two sections. I am sure the images could be resized and/or made to fit the text better, but I confess I do not know how to do this. I could add maps of the site but I am very hesitant to do since the site is in the process of being investigated, little protections are in place against looting, and I would not want to give treasure-hunters clues where to illegally dig.Jonathan (talk) 22:11, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply] Stephens[edit]May I add some stuff - removed from the Chocola entry - to the entry on Stephens?Jonathan (talk) 22:12, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
chocola biblio add?[edit]You seem to have added the Coe, et al Atlas volume. A good book, by my old prof, Coe, but is it meant to be in "further reading"?Jonathan (talk) 22:39, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply] Thanks for uploading Image:The Great Plan, Vol II.PNG. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page. If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 07:18, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply] Thanks for uploading Image:The Great Plan, Vol. I.PNG. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page. If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 07:19, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply] I see you are looking at what I am doing, which is fine. You are the arbiter for the format; I am working on greatly cutting down the theoretical stuff so the entry does not seem like an essay. Any ideas you have I would welcome.Jonathan (talk) 05:12, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply] I can ask Mike. He is notoriously unresponsive to notions of himself as the topic. He is computer-literate; I did send him a link to the Chocola entry, as I did to Bob Sharer. Mike has not replied yet, Bob replied to me from Copan, saying he will review it when he is back in the States...About the SMA, we should capitalize the "area" to "Area." I don't know how to do this and lose the link set up already. Images: yes, what is most needed, obviously, is a map as I see on other Wikipedia entries - in color, simple, with sites indicated. Also a linguistic map might be useful. For me to create these would cost funds I cannot spare at the moment....Thanks for the format help with the Chocola entry!...If I understand you I don't need to do this any longer?:Jonathan (talk) 04:48, 24 January 2008 (UTC)[reply] I would be glad to send you a map I am using for an article of mine on Kaminaljuyu that appears in a volume in press at the U of Colorado. It shows the important Southern Preclassic sites. I do not want to post this as it belongs to the article in the volume, but you could use this as a source to create a map. I guess I would need your email to do this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonathan Kaplan1938 (talk • contribs) 16:09, 24 January 2008 (UTC)[reply] Hi there. There's a deletion review of this article at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2008 January 25. As you participated in the original AfD (2 years ago - the article has been recreated since) you might like to take a look there. Regards Iain99Balderdash and piffle 14:22, 25 January 2008 (UTC)[reply] Yes, Monument 65 is impressive, isn't it? The KJ ceramic sequence - a very important one in Mesoamerica for corrolating events elsewhere in Maya land and beyond - unfortunately is NOT based on 14C; I have run someone else's carbon samples (Valdes and Popenoe de Hatch) and found no correlation with the Shook-Kidder-Popenoe de Hatch sequence. This does not mean the sequence is wrong, since it is corroborated - in general - by 14C and other absolute-dated ceramic sequences elsewhere. It just means the samples were not taken to avoid contamination, or the context was mixed to begin with. One of the great ironies about KJ is that only a handful of 14C dates have been obtained despite the importance of the site and the many projects undertaken there. Bottom line: the sequence in the table I sent you (I hope you were able to open it) IS reliable with the caveat that Popenoe de Hatch has pushed things back by 200 years, that is, she dates things earlier than they should be. On the other hand, some data supports her. Needless to say, what I sent you is accepted consensually by many Mayanists, so I hope it can somehow be inserted into the entry.Jonathan (talk) 00:41, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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Thanks, Madman, for the kudos. By the way, the photo (my own) of Monument 65 which I uploaded and place in the KJ entry has disappeared! Can you advise?Jonathan (talk) 05:15, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply] Hi, a couple of years ago you asked some questions on the talk page of the Waldo Peirce article. I got tired about a year of trying to navigate through the imbecile-cretin-vandal-third-grader-strewn shoals of WP and moved over to Citizendium. If you want to see the answers to your questions, and what a *real* article should look like without the intervention of all the above-mentioned subhumans, check out: http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Waldo_Peirce Cheers! Hayford Peirce (talk) 03:12, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for uploading Image:Fatal Vision movie.PNG. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page. If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 20:08, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply] Nice map!! Obviously if possible it would be good to add a few more sites, at the least: Copan, Takalik Abaj, El Baul, Chalchuapa, Chocola, El Sitio, and El Jobo, in order to emphasize the multiplicity of large and important early polities in the SMA, tho I realize this may be difficult given the scale of the map and the size of the font. The point is, if visitors see the map with only a few sites the import of the SMA may not register. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonathan K1938 (talk • contribs) 22:59, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply] Wow I am impressed. By the way I am thinking about comments from Maunus and others about what made me draw the lines, as it were, to delimit the SMA. It is really based on the SITES, that is on the data. The SMA itself is a theory we are still trying to test. But the sites included all display earlier-than-elsewhere "high traits." Archaeology ideally works with a continuous dialectic between data and theory - gathering data, making a hypothesis to explain it, gathering more data to test the hypothesis, finding new data that doesn't fit the theory, making a new theory, gathering more data to test it, and so on and so on. I thought I had made this clear in what I had written but will try to make it clearer.Jonathan K1938 (talk) 01:42, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply] I think the map is great. One thing to do now might be to check if your green area extended beyond the sites of Chama and Nebaj, in the Alta Verapaz. These sites, in Classic Maya times, are known for distinctly Lowland ceramic styles. The Alta Verapaz descends into the Maya Lowlands. In the Alta Verapaz are many limestone pools and rivers flowing into caves; the ancient Maya thought this was where Xibalba, the Maya underworld, could be entered. So the northernmost green edge should not include Chama and Nebaj.Jonathan K1938 (talk) 04:28, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply] About your "we don't need to discuss whether Solomon was perhaps a tribal chieftain", I think it is relevant as to show the degree of crazyness of the claim presented in the article... --Damifb (talk) 09:34, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Madman. I have commenced work on the article on Mesoamerican calendars. Here you stated that you might be interested in making some graphics illustrating how day names, numbers and the two cycles interlocked. If you still feel like it it would be excellent additions to the article. I also want to draw up comparisons of day, veintena and trecena names in mayan, aztec and other calendars. ·Maunus· ·ƛ· 14:13, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Maunus thinks this might be a project for you, whenever a meaningful opening appears in your schedule... Cheers! Ling.Nut (talk) 08:43, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply] Can you add a source to Image:Potter Palmer.jpg. Current standards require PD images to contain a source.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 20:44, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
hey, wow, thanks for your help! Ling.Nut (talk) 05:58, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply] for the info on my talk pg and for ur amazing editing on especially Mesoamerican articles. Very informative and helpful 189.164.148.48 (talk) 20:39, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply] Hi. I've nominated Western Mexico shaft tomb tradition, an article you worked on, for consideration to appear on the Main Page as part of Wikipedia:Did you know. You can see the hook for the article at Template talk:Did you know#Articles created/expanded on April 18, where you can improve it if you see fit. Black Falcon (Talk) 02:10, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hey there Madman- thanks for updating the wp:meso guidelines page. One day, should look to really give them a good overhaul and when in reasonable shape copy them out of project space and into a wikipedia MOS/guideline subpg. Cheers, --cjllw ʘ TALK 05:39, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
New Thought[edit]Hi can you take a look at some of the articles that been deleted from the New Thought. Yes I know these article were not well sourced but they were tagged then deleted in a weeks time. (Whole articles) - One Mind, Affirmative Prayer, Divine Science, Affirmations are just a few. I know Hrafn means well but. Thanks69.22.232.176 (talk) 03:21, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Divine Science[edit]Hey I was looking to see if Malinda Cramer and the Brook sisters were sister.LOL I was under the impression they were not.66.108.106.248 (talk) 05:07, 16 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The article on The International New Thought Alliance was also redirected or deleted.66.108.106.248 (talk) 00:50, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Unity Founders[edit]I restored text for Charles Fillmore and Myrtle Fillmore can you take a look.66.108.106.248 (talk) 03:54, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Madman, thanks for your encouragement though Hrafn's got a fistful of guidelines, tightly selected, so I'm not sure if I'm up to banging my head against a brick wall with all those ropes and pulleys, esp with someone who has no sense of humour. I wandered into Flo Shinn to upgrade the article in good faith ages ago, but seem to have trod on toes (you've probably seen the talk page) and the boning knife's been out ever since. It's a pity that skeptics believe they're being objective. Is there anything to be done about editors who are disruptive, attacking and commandeering and just have to have the last word? Or do we just go on to something else? I guess nothing's final – would appreciate your thoughts on this, you've had experience. Please post them here, cheers Julia Rossi (talk) 03:53, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply] PS the threatened revert on my talk page-->Talk:Flo Shinn hasn't happened. JR
You might like to visit here[2] where a discussion is going on. Cheers, Julia Rossi (talk) 23:07, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I was looking for Joel S Goldsmith founder of the Infinite Way which is part of NT it was redirected or deleted by Hrafn. 66.108.106.248 (talk) 12:46, 22 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hey there, I saw a few of your edits and thought I'd drop you a line to ask you what you think about my problem concerning OR. If you have some time on your hands, why not drop in on the following notice and give us your opinion: Turkey mountain. Trigaranus (talk) 08:43, 22 May 2008 (UTC)[reply] Oops - sorry about that --GazMan7 (talk) 14:01, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply] Thanks. He works hard, but he is creating a large number of what I think are bad articles because he doesn't use sources enough. He tells me on my talk page " I will try to make references as much as possible, but this would be hard since most of my knowledge comes from documentaries and travel (learned much about Egypt, China, Rome and other civilizations by visiting the place where they flourished).Egyptzo (talk) 20:32, 22 May 2008 (UTC) By the way, I have read many, many books but there were so many that I do not know were to start and search because much time had passed and you come to think that some facts you just happen to have read somewhere in some book but you can find wich one." He also adds in personal opinion - this is interesting, this is unfortunate, etc. You may have seen on Inarus where he actually changed a quote I had found to include something in the quote. He certainly is keeping me busy. I don't guess there is anything we can do but damage repair. I have discovered that different translations of Thucydides say 'impaled' and 'crucified' for Inaros/Inarus, but he should have discovered that himself (with Ctesias he's relying on an article saying Ctesias was crucified, but the same website has Ctesias who clearly says impaled.) I'm off for the day to a dog agility show, I wonder what I'll find when I come back? --Doug Weller (talk) 05:38, 24 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The greatest problem ocures when someone just does nt know and has a lack of knowledge on some subjects but he keeps involving himself.Egyptzo (talk) 12:24, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
In historical books it is called Siege of Gezer, however. And Azimilik was a Phoenician form of his name as was Qart-Hadašt for Carthage.Egyptzo (talk) 13:06, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I did not remove references, in fact it was you who removed the whole paragraph.Egyptzo (talk) 13:13, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply] No, I removed a paragraph of original research you took from Siamun.--Doug Weller (talk) 13:19, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Madman, I wanted to thank you for your participation in my recent RFA. While it may seem on face that I am "speedy happy" the truth is quite the opposite, I tend to lean towards the inclusionist side. Nonetheless, there were some mistaken tags that I applied, and I've attempted to address those concerns here. Your further comments would be welcome. also, I've left some templated RFA spam below. thanks again, xenocidic (talk) 03:36, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply] templated rfa thank-spam
![]() I would like to thank the community for placing their trust in me during my recent request for adminship, which passed 72 To my fellow admins - please let me know right away if I ever take any mis-steps with my new tools. Should I make a mistake, and you reverse the action, I will not consider it to be wheel-warring (but please tell me so I can understand what I did wrong). To everyone - please feel free to slap me around a bit if I ever lose sight of the core philosophy of Wikipedia as I understand it - the advancement of knowledge through the processes of mutual understanding and respect. As always, feel free to drop by my talk page if I can be of any assistance. =)
GA was smooth as I assume (I know never assume makes an ass out of u and me) you read the GA criteria and answered most the the points before a reviewer arrived. It was lovely to see an article that was referenced in the right place, images placed correctly etc etc. The biggest test a GA has to go through is two new eyes and one mind reading an article and expecting to get information from it, easily and in an understandable learning path. Have a look at a GA article that needs a review, it can be soul destroying but it can be fun.Edmund Patrick – confer 17:58, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply] I noticed your recent post to Hrafn's user talk; you might be interested in this. Before Hrafn called Dzonatas's post incomprehensible, it really was incomprehensible. Dzonatas altered his initial post at the same time he accused Hrafn of incivility for not having understood it.[4] This was not an isolated incident on Dzonatas's part. See Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Astrotheology, which has closed with an indefinite block on Dzonatas for disruptive editing. DurovaCharge! 20:26, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there. I see you've been reviewing Indiana in the American Civil War now for nearly two weeks, which is past the 7-10 days allowed for an article under the GA process. I'm trying to get the GA backlog of MILHIST articles down, and was wondering if you might be able to pass/fail the article? If you are busy, then please say so and I can take over the review as a Second Opinion reviewer. Cheers! Skinny87 (talk) 22:01, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, i'm not sure if I understood it correctly, but if I understand it right, you are the creator of the Teotihuacan and other classical sites map on the teotihuacan page. If this is the case, then congratulations! Your map is used in the official United States Academic Decathlon resource guide for social science. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.82.251.155 (talk) 06:51, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hey Agent 66 here a user on LMP article keeps removing a sourced statement about Michael Jackson and does not wish to discuss. They have a bias and I would like to see if you can help.66.108.106.248 (talk) 21:10, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I like the way you handled the disambiguation of Floyd Collins (person) and Floyd Collins (musical). I don't think that Floyd Collins needs to be disambiguated from the musical by the same name and about the same man. To complete the change, I have requested that Floyd Collins (person) be moved back on top of Floyd Collins the way it was about a month ago. The discussion is on Talk:Floyd Collins (person). I just thought I would give you a heads up about this in case you wanted to support or oppose the move. Thanks. WTucker (talk) 02:11, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
HrafnTalkStalk 05:37, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi! You started this page and I was wondering if you plan to review the article, or if this for someone else? Regards, Craigy (talk) 18:37, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The 'vast majority of the (sourced) material is sourced to primary sources, as can be seen from the following (primary-sourced material stricken, unsourced material italicised):
(Incidentally, I point this out on article talk before I reverted your last illegitimate removal of this template.) HrafnTalkStalk 15:03, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Madman, Yes, if rongorongo is a full script and Chinese is an independent invention, rongorongo would be fourth. But if Chinese is not independent, RR would be third. It's not up to the RR article to make that call. kwami (talk) 06:17, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry for having contributed to the hostile tone at Wallace Wattles, rather than aleviated it. I was quite surprised at how Mrs. Yronwode reacted to the criticism, which of course wasn't directed at her. Of course you are right that the article is not at all amongst wikipedias worst or least sourced. My opinion as I made clear is just that it is problematic to describe a persons life from such a small amount of data, and that some persons who are notable for just a single contribution are best described together with the contribution their famous for. I hope there is no bad mojo between us after this.·Maunus·ƛ· 05:29, 29 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Meh, passing good pages is easy, the hardest part in your case was just reading the article. Failing particularly bad ones is also relatively easy, though you still have to give them pointers for improvement. The ones that are difficult are the non-summary failures and the holds, where you have to give a detailed review of what's wrong, and try and talk the editors through improving it. But you're welcome, and thank you for volunteering your time to do reviews. We're at over 200 backlogged pages right now, so we REALLY need the help. --erachima talk 23:08, 29 August 2008 (UTC)[reply] Hey Madman- congrats on yet another fine and deserved GA success, with Mesoamerican ballgame. Top stuff! cheers, --cjllw ʘ TALK 03:35, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, Madman, Regarding wholesale deletions (noted here here here here and here), i thought you might enjoy engaging in discussion going on here. It is Quixotic at best, but does have relevance. I am also wondering if we should make a concerted effort to identify pages that have been effaced, merged, deleted, tagged, and otherwise targeted -- and seek sanctions against the editor thus engaged so that the pages can be restored (at their largest byte-count level) and assessed. Cordially, cat yronwode a.k.a. "64" 64.142.90.33 (talk) 18:08, 4 September 2008 (UTC)[reply] Michael Dowd page now under attack[edit]Madman, i hate to interfere with your Meso-American work (which is excellent!), but our old friend has now attacked the Michael Dowd page with an efface-and-delete campaign identical to the ones he previously mounted againt Wallace Wattles, Charles F. Haanel, Malinda Cremer, Unity, Charles Fillmore, etc. etc. etc.. He apparently started the anti-Dowd campaign in August, but i only noticed it today, as i rarely work on BLP pages. I made an experimental addition, fully sourced. He reverted it out of existence as "unsourced" although it contained two sources. He also re-deleted two paragraphs he had previously cut which i had reinserted (unsourced.) Like you, i thought we were simply dealing with a "verifiability cop," but it is obvious we have a problem editor on our hands. Dowd teaches the "marriage of evolution and science" and a look at the editor's edit history indicates that Dowd thus touches his hot-boutton topic, namely evolution. I think we need to accumulate evidence and then get administrative help. This problem is not going to go away. cat 64.142.90.33 (talk) 19:37, 4 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Please take a look[edit]Comments, corrections, updates, and additons requested. Catherineyronwode (talk) 21:45, 4 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Please go here to participate in a mediation discussion. cat 64.142.90.33 (talk) 04:21, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there, thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia! Some people like to read the wiki in PDAs or netbooks that have a low resolution, and in order to keep the wiki usable for these people I suggest in Talk:Spanish_conquest_of_the_Aztec_Empire#Map_size that it is a good idea to keep map thumbnail sizes low or better to let them at the default width. Your views are appreciated and much sought, so please don't disregard to tell us what you think on the talk page I linked. Your help in deciding what the best map size is will be much appreciated. NerdyNSK (talk) 10:49, 8 September 2008 (UTC)[reply] Hey SaneGuy, Excellent article as per usual. :-) Two thoughts: I don't think the lead comes close to being a stand-alone summary of the article (see WP:LEAD). Also.. I've never seen links that go to images. I dunno whether or not this is acceptable to wiki-purists. If it is, at least the link text should be more relevant, and in one case at least, much shorter. ;-) I'll keep looking off and on over the next few days. later! Ling.Nut (talk—WP:3IAR) 05:47, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I agree that his editing behaviour is highly disruptive, aggressive and confrontational. However I don't think CatherineY is the right person to file such a report since she seems just as likely as Hrafn to receive some sort of reprobation for her own equally confrontational behaviour. I think you with you knowledge about wikiprocedure and generally pacific nature would be a better and more credible plaintiff.·Maunus·ƛ· 16:04, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Madman I have worked with you in the past -- you called me Agent 66 I think. The article on the New Thought concept of Universal mind has been taken over by a user who keeps putting an advertisement for a product call Universal Mind. They won't talk on the talk page he or she keeps reverting their text. Can you take a look. Thanks 69.86.63.13 (talk) 19:15, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Referenced Holmes being ordained Divine Science Minister New Thought, Ancient Wisdom by Glenn R. Mosley pg. 47 Thanks Madman I think i'm getting the hang of this. Agent 66 I think I'll register as that. lol66.108.92.43 (talk) 04:28, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply] Thanks for uploading Image:Jupiter Ex.PNG. You've indicated that the image is being used under a claim of fair use, but you have not provided an adequate explanation for why it meets Wikipedia's requirements for such images. In particular, for each page the image is used on, the image must have an explanation linking to that page which explains why it needs to be used on that page. Can you please check
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and thought you might be interested in any discussion that results. Malcolm Schosha (talk) 11:40, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hopefully there is no rush for GA status as I will be in the real world for a week or so shortly. If you urgently need to continue the process invite another reviewer at Wikipedia:Good article nominations, I will not be hurt / offended or sulk! Edmund Patrick – confer 19:35, 20 September 2008 (UTC)[reply] Your edit summary says "please discuss". I would ask you to look at the talk page where there is an attempt at discussion, and then self revert or provide a reason for your revert that is rooted in policy (via a dummy edit and on the talk page). Thanks Verbal chat 12:31, 22 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
What is the Wiki guidelines on external links. One editor claimed the Catholic Church page has six so New Thought should have less? I figure there is so much more information is out there on the Catholics they would not need many external links NT on the other hand is less known. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.108.92.43 (talk) 21:40, 22 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
A tag has been placed on Llano del Jicaro, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a redirect to a nonexistent page. If you can fix this redirect to point to an existing Wikipedia page, please do so and remove the speedy deletion tag. However, please do not remove the speedy deletion tag unless you also fix the redirect. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Jordan Timmins (talk) 18:05, 22 September 2008 (UTC)[reply] [7]. I'm sorry but that's really a knock-out comment for me. In my reality, anecdote as used is something quite dreadful. So in the future, it will be very difficult for me trust your judgement. Not sure how we came into contact, but unless something actually brings us into further contact, I would rather not have your comments on my talk page. --Firefly322 (talk) 00:33, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I suppose that when you call yourself "Madman", "insane" really isn't that much of an attack. :) Guettarda (talk) 03:04, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply] It is not appropriate to remove tags when they are being discussed on the talk page. Do NOT do that again. ScienceApologist (talk) 14:51, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hey what is going on with NT related articles Original Blessing up for deletion edit wars on NT. Is this just a coincidence? NT adherents believe in medicine not a Christian type of faith healing. 74.73.176.161 (talk) 23:31, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well done Madman, Thank you74.73.176.161 (talk) 03:36, 26 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Madman!: I see you are editing the New Thought article. Many ideas of New Thought were copied and pasted by Mary Baker Eddy into Christian Science. And lo and behold: in the past, before I turned into a skeptic, I was deeply involved in a sect that copied & pasted much of the Eddy stuff, as you can see in this article which I started. Oh, yes: have you seen this? —Cesar Tort 06:25, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for correcting the problem cannot sleep should not edit when i have not had enough sleep.74.73.176.161 (talk) 15:44, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply] I know you are not invested in NT from a personal perspective but from a Wiki worldview. Thanks! I believe I am becoming a better editor for it. Just for your 411 Christian Science did not come form NT nor NT from Christian Science they developed at the same time. Ideas' do overlap through out the various metaphysical groups which were not NT.74.73.176.161 (talk) 16:07, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply] I'm GA reviewing Olmec. After working through the article for the first time there are lots of {{fact}} tags often with additional comments that are only visible if you open the article/section with the edit function (read them). Please use {{cref}}/{{hcref}} and {{cnote}} for comments (and reference them) and don't provide them in the references(<ref>...</ref>). Lots of such comments are required. That's possibly a result of me being an archaeology student and thus being very critical of theories. After you worked through these issues, I will write the GA review. I hope you are fine with that. If you have any problems with the texts I can take a look myself, however, this will significantly slow down the process. Wandalstouring (talk) 20:13, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
GA review[edit]I'm sorry that the review appeared to hard for you, but the article needs lots of work. I've been talking over some of the issues I critized with other archaeologists on the excavation where I'm currently working and they share my opinion, so it isn't just me being a jerk. Wandalstouring (talk) 05:31, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Sad to see the withdrawal, but understandable. I was going to ask anyway but why the LDS project, I went back in the history but no obvious reason was given, and my knowledge of this religion is woeful. With Thanks Edmund Patrick – confer 17:11, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
![]() You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Hey there amigo. Does this chart look familiar to you? I suppose you can regard its reuse by that ext site as a (deserved) compliment, though would be nicer if there was some acknowledgement of where they got it, and at least token compliance with the GFDL license. Still, at least it's a reminder that sometimes our diligent work can spread beyond the boundaries... cheers, --cjllw ʘ TALK 23:34, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Madman. I've put your image of a Dainzú ballplayer on the new Dainzú page and credited you in the caption. Simon Burchell (talk) 13:06, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I put the info back in, as on talk page here[[8]]. As it is, the information is not controversial as on the talk page in that article, but let me know if you disagree, and I will do more work. But let me know on that talk page. Thanks. Tautologist (talk) 19:41, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I removed religious with philosophical since there really is no dogma. God Almighty is not how we think of IT. "God" "Spirit" "Tao" in us through us as us. We do not believe a man up in the heavens.69.86.63.44 (talk) 04:53, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply] There is no middle man or dogma. Ministers guide you to your own wisdom to what is right for you. They can know your spiritual perfection during prayer . The whole movement would consider itself spiritual .74.73.176.161 (talk) 04:03, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
hey I'm on the run so just a quick note.. can you look at the respective threads on my talk and User talk:Ceoil (and maybe even johnbod's talk now.. we're a virus taking over very talk page in Wikipedia ;-) )for the Funerary art threads, and weigh in? Thanks? Ling.Nut (talk—WP:3IAR) 01:17, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply] Do you still have problems with the article Indiana in the American Civil War?--Gen. Bedford his Forest 22:49, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply] Hi Madman, I was just checking my photo of Stela 5 against the pre-existing line drawing in the Takalik Abaj article (using the link you helpfully inserted), to make sure I had designated the stela correctly. I noticed that although the photo is of Stela 5, the drawing of Stela 5 shows a mirror-image of the stela, not the stela "as seen". Best regards, Simon Burchell (talk) 08:13, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Remember some years ago when you asked for photos of Chalcatzingo and Xochicalco, and I answered I had some but my harddisk died? Now I found a CD with the photos on and I've uploaded some of the best. They're at my gallery User:Maunus/mesoamericaphotos.·Maunus·ƛ· 19:37, 15 January 2009 (UTC)[reply] Hi Madman, I've now finished uploading my photos of Takalik Abaj, available here. I haven't been able to identify all the monuments and structures that a photographed, so if you see any you can ID, please do. Best regards, Simon Burchell (talk) 12:04, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Madman. I think I've more or less finished with Takalik Abaj. If you have time to cast a quick eye over it for any obvious mistakes or have any other suggestions I'd be most grateful. Best regards, Simon Burchell (talk) 16:02, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply] Hi, I couldn't help but notice your numerous excellent articles pertaining to Mesoamerican art, and wondered if you would like to help put together an overview of Native American art. I've started working on something at User:Lithoderm/Native American art. Do you have any sources regarding the art of the "intermediate area" (Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua et al)? That's one of the areas where the existing coverage is the weakest. Thanks, Lithoderm 01:46, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hey madman. Good to see your name popping up again on the watchlists, hope you had a decent and refreshing break! Welcome back to the fray...cheers, --cjllw ʘ TALK 09:03, 15 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
For a userbox you can add to your userbox page, see User:Rlevse/Today/Happy Me Day! and my own userpage for a sample of how to use it. — Rlevse • Talk • 00:06, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply] I have locked Jim Inhofe (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) for one week, as discussion seems to have devolved into edit warring. I would like to unprotect the article as soon as possible if discussion can be restarted. I am asking each of the participants to please affirm that until one week from today they will refrain from editing any material at that article that is related to climate change. The idea is to mimic the effects of the lock without the software enforcement. Unless there is a firm consensus at Talk:Jim Inhofe, please do not make any potentially controversial changes. I expect to block any editor who continues to edit disruptively despite assurances to the contrary. I am posting this message to all relevant talkpages; please do not take this as laying blame on any particular editor. - 2/0 (cont.) 07:02, 6 December 2009 (UTC)[reply] Hi! You had complained about Cathar11's deletions. I believe he is removing citations in quite a lot of articles.Alb28 (talk) 13:13, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
In regards to your edit summary here, it would be more appropriate for you to address the substance of the issue on the talk page instead of making snarky remarks in the edit summary attacking me. You seem like a reasonable person and I think we can come to an agreement on this so it is disappointing that you have chosen not to do the former. Gamaliel (talk) 18:27, 30 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Just a friendly FYI that he prefers "Dr." Thank you for your collaborative work at Talk:Jim Inhofe and elsewhere. - 2/0 (cont.) 19:08, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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