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list of beyond beliefe fact or fiction episodes[edit]

I dont believe I made any changes to this article, list of beyond beliefe fact or fiction episodes, in fact I havent altered any articles in quite some time now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Play10000 (talkcontribs) 09:35, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand - is there a problem or issue you'd like me to examine? Let me know if I can be of help. Vishnava talk 14:06, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi[edit]

I disagree that my recent edit to the article homophobia was not constructive. Please do not remove what I wrote. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.83.157.252 (talk) 03:12, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well the problem was that you removed a passage of information with references without an edit summary that explained why, that's all - how is anyone supposed to know what you were intending to do? If you use edit summaries that properly describe your rationale and edit, then there will be no issue. Anyway, I apologize if I caused offense. Regards, Vishnava talk 03:24, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Protection[edit]

Semi-protected :) If you ever want them unprotected just let me know. Happy editing, PeterSymonds (talk) 19:30, 12 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DYK thanks[edit]

Updated DYK query On 13 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Indo-Maldivian relations, 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.

--JayHenry (talk) 02:11, 13 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Another interesting one. I think I'm beginning to notice the theme of your recent dyk contributions.... Savidan 02:58, 13 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My RFB[edit]

Thank you for your comments in my RFB. Since it was only at 64%, it was a shoo-in to be unsuccessful, so I withdrew. I didn't want it to run until its scheduled close time because my intent in standing for RFB was to help the bureaucrats with their workload, not give them one more RfX to close. Through the course of my RFB, I received some very valuable feedback, some of it was contradictary, but other points were well agreed upon. I have ceased my admin coaching for now to give me time to revamp my method. I don't want to give up coaching completely, but I'm going to find a different angle from which to approach it. As for my RFA Standards, I am going to do some deep intraspection. I wrote those standards six months ago and I will slowly retool them. This will take some time for me to really dig down and express what I want in an admin candidate. If, after some serious time of deep thought, I don't find anything to change in them, I'll leave them the way they are. I'm not going to change them just because of some community disagreement as to what they should be. Will I stand for RFB again in the future? I don't know. Perhaps some time down the road, when my tenure as an administrator is greater than one year, if there is a pressing need for more active bureaucrats, maybe. If there no pressing need, then maybe not. Useight (talk) 03:13, 13 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]


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Re:Iran-Cuba relations[edit]

Whew, I knew something was up, since I noticed the article on the main page but I was not given one of those DYK temps. I guess he though it was you for all the work you did in the area. :) Ah well, happens to all of us. I'm an Editorofthewiki[citation needed] 03:21, 14 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

We have some people who are sloppy when putting things on the next update, and don't pay attention or follow the correct updating. I apologize for the error.--Bedford Pray 03:39, 14 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a barnstar[edit]

The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Wow, I'm impressed! I'm awarding you this barnstar for putting your best efforts into "huggling" those vandals, especially the vandal who kept replacing the Mike Modano article with 'the man'. Anyways, you deserve this. SchfiftyThree 03:47, 15 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re: thanks![edit]

No problem! :) Aremith tlk | eml 03:47, 15 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]


WikiProject India Newsletter Volume III, Issue no. 001 - June 2008[edit]

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DYK[edit]

Updated DYK query On 16 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sino-Israeli relations, 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.

--Gatoclass (talk) 17:55, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cambodian-Vietnamese relations[edit]

Updated DYK query On 17 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Cambodian-Vietnamese relations, 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.

--BorgQueen (talk) 06:38, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

HYBRID CARS AND FUEL[edit]

I saw a lot of information regarding the type of fules used by different hybrid vehicles, but no where can I really find a detailed information on how a hybrid actually works to better our gas consumption and help our environment

Susu510 (talk) 00:22, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DYK[edit]

Updated DYK query On 18 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti, 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.

--Gatoclass (talk) 06:52, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mesquite High School (Gilbert, Arizona)[edit]

Please see User_talk:208.81.184.4#Mesquite_High_School for new comments about message you left there. -- 208.81.184.4 (talk) 19:37, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DYK[edit]

Updated DYK query On 18 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord, 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.

joining the ranks of the admins[edit]

Thanks for your kind words in my successful RfA. Now I’m off to do some fixin'... Pinkville (talk) 00:40, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you[edit]

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which passed with a final count of 42 supporting, 2 opposing and 2 neutral. I would like to thank Keeper76 especially for the great nomination. I look forward to assist the project and its community as an administrator. Thanks again, Cenarium Talk 00:41, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rfa thanks[edit]

Thank you for participating in my RfA. The Rfa was successful with 64 Support and 1 Neutral. None of this would have happened without your support. I would also like to thank my nominator Wizardman and my sensei/co-nom bibliomaniac15--Lenticel (talk) 09:12, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

6/20 DYK[edit]

Updated DYK query On 20 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Indo-Tajik relations, 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.

--Bedford Pray 23:13, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re: review[edit]

Hi Vishnava. A (belated) reply to your request is on my User_talk:Olaf_Davis#review talkpage. Olaf Davis | Talk 10:35, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No problemo[edit]

We all make little mistakes like that on the suggestions page. It's more difficult than it looks! But the more of us working on the page, the easier it is to rectify these little errors. Cheers, Gatoclass (talk) 16:15, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Indo-Vietnamese relations[edit]

Updated DYK query On 21 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Indo-Vietnamese relations, 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.

--BorgQueen (talk) 17:41, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Terribly Sorry![edit]

I apologize for this edit in which I described your change as vandalism. I pulled the trigger too quickly. You were obviously trying to fix vandalism to the same page. What I saw was that there was vandalism still in the page even after your revert, and I immediately assumed you were the cause of the vandalism. Instead, the origin of the vandalism was well before you got there. Again, sorry for the mistake! CosineKitty (talk) 21:54, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I probably would not say this for a long time...[edit]

I think it's unfair for other vandal fighters to continuously revert vandalism and not give some users a chance. SchfiftyThree 22:01, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sino-Mongolian relations[edit]

Updated DYK query On 22 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sino-Mongolian relations, 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.

--BorgQueen (talk) 01:48, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DYK 6/22/08[edit]

Updated DYK query On 22 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Srinagar-Muzaffarabad Bus, 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.

--Keilana|Parlez ici 06:48, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mongolia-Russia relations[edit]

Updated DYK query On 22 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Mongolia-Russia relations , 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.

--BorgQueen (talk) 12:35, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DYK[edit]

Thank you for the DYK for Riverside County Library System! --Rosiestep (talk) 15:49, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Cordon Blue[edit]

Tried correcting a page that has an incorrect forward, you reverted my changes and accused me of vandalism. Could you explain why? Thanks.

Ronald van Voorthuizen —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.147.244.176 (talk) 21:54, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks[edit]

Thanks for the heads up re: my T:TDYK nom from June 17. I addressed the comment by Daniel Case (talk · contribs). Cirt (talk) 23:00, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hairspray[edit]

If you'll look closely, what I deleted was just a copy of what I left. The page is the same thing, twice. I realize I didn't consult the four elders on my decision, but I figured such a no-brainer edit wouldn't be challenged by anyone. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.94.85.132 (talk) 01:47, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sino-Nigerian relations[edit]

Just saw you created Sino-Nigerian relations and wanted to say good work! I had been meaning to create the article and you beat me to it. Top notch work.--Thomas.macmillan (talk) 02:50, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sino-Cambodian relations[edit]

Updated DYK query On 23 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sino-Cambodian relations, 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.

--BorgQueen (talk) 18:30, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Smiley[edit]

Thanks for the Smiley message you just posted. I am feeling quite happy right now, but still, thanks for the WikiLove thing on my talk page. -- SchfiftyThree 22:19, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Gluodin[edit]

I just got these messages. I do believe my edet is constructive though it's really small. I wanna know why it's considered as unconstructive.

Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent edit you made to Dog meat has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thanks. Vishnava talk 01:40, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

The recent edit you made to Dog meat constitutes vandalism, and has been reverted. Please do not continue to vandalize pages; use the sandbox for testing. Thanks. Blanchardb-Me•MyEars•MyMouth-timed 01:44, 24 June 2008 (UTC)


Well the warning was based on (1) you didn't explain your edit with an edit summary, which made the insertion of that sentence look suspicious and like a racial attack; (2) You inserted an un-referenced sentence that made a sweeping claim after sentences that were clearly referenced stated that the views of Koreans are changing - aggravating concerns about a possible insulting insinuation.
That said, I apologize if there was a misunderstanding - you clearly have good intentions. Please use edit summaries and use references for your work. Please continue to contribute, Vishnava talk 02:00, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Thanks for your answer Then I have one more question. I have reference about it. It's not english. And it's 2500 replies on one news. Can I put it on wiki as reference? http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=102&oid=001&aid=0001706756 on this page, News shows Korean demo against eating dog meat. And, It has 2500 replies against the demo. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.126.212.251 (talk) 02:33, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Another Indian foreign relations DYK[edit]

Updated DYK query On 24 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Indo-Singaporean relations, 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.

--Daniel Case (talk) 02:50, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The 50 DYK Medal[edit]

The 50 DYK Medal
For all of work creating and improving over 50 Did You Know articles, I herely award you the 50 DYK Medal. You did the 50 articles quite rapidly! Thank you for your willingness to help review other contributor's hooks for inclusion. Royalbroil 03:37, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DYK[edit]

Updated DYK query On 24 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Transport between India and Pakistan, 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.

--Gatoclass (talk) 09:55, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Club America[edit]

um yea its not vadalization , im not puting anything that shouldnt be in the article so please dont say anything stupid to me again thank you :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.252.219.5 (talk) 23:34, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Well I'd like to point out to you that this - [1] is not a fact - it reads like a derogatory opinion and attack on the fans of the club, which is not acceptable. Additionally, facts here need to be supported by reliable sources. You have been warned about this before, Vishnava talk 23:39, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Indo-South African relations[edit]

Updated DYK query On 25 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Indo-South African relations, 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.

--BorgQueen (talk) 04:30, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I did my best with the map, it is certainly a hard area to make a map for. If you'd like, you can save the file on your computer and edit it with paint. That is all I do. Again, great work with the bilateral relations articles!--Thomas.macmillan (talk) 00:54, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Indo-Nigerian relations[edit]

Updated DYK query On 25 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Indo-Nigerian relations, 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.

--BorgQueen (talk) 10:32, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Indian war of independence book[edit]

Hi, thanks for your message, this has now been corrected. rueben_lys (talk · contribs) 13:50, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Chittagong Hill Tracts Conflicts DYK[edit]

Updated DYK query On 26 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Chittagong Hill Tracts Conflict, 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.

--Daniel Case (talk) 17:10, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This article looks well written from the sources you used, you took the information, put it in a useful order, wrote the facts in an encyclopedic manner. I have lately been looking for plagiarism in DYK articles, and yours rings no warning bells. Maybe I'll look at your article closer, maybe not. Here's a link to a PDF that touches upon some broader issues that you allude to in your article, but don't develop fully.[2] It has some links also. --Blechnic (talk) 06:04, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sino-Nigerian relations[edit]

Updated DYK query On 27 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sino-Nigerian relations, 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.

--BorgQueen (talk) 12:17, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA[edit]

Hello Vishnava! I withdrew my nomination. Thank you for supporting my RfA. I really admire your support. Most editors who opposed my RfA expressed that I need to argue better in AfDs. I will take care about the concerns raised by them and apply again after sometime. If you have any suggestions for me, feel free to contact me. Regards, Masterpiece2000 (talk) 12:52, 29 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your kind message. Take care, Masterpiece2000 (talk) 02:35, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

SarekOfVulcan RFA[edit]

Thank you for !voting on my RfA. If you supported, I'll make sure your confidence is not misplaced; if you opposed, I'll take your criticism into account and try to adjust my behavior accordingly.

See you around the wiki!--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 00:12, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nice Name[edit]

Welcome to the English Wikipedia. Just wanted to compliment your Name. Perhaps you are new, you can always leave a msg on my talk page for support. Keep on contributing ... --RamHunpata? (talk) 00:30, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Can you help?[edit]

I see you were listed as a participant in the League of Copy-Editors so it seems likely you can ... The thing is the Military history wikiproject urgently needs prose pros to help with our best articles. Milhist covers a broad range of interesting and varied subjects from film to biography, battles to weaponry, and Roman emperors to twentieth-century dictators. In Milhist, A-Class has become the last port of call before FAC and we are looking for people to help identify prose and MoS issues at A-Class A-Class Reviews and help fix them prior to featured article candidacy. We also have a copy-editing section in our Logistics Dept and that can always use experienced copy-editors. For most of our articles, you don't need to be a specialist in the subject matter, just good with words.

If you think you can help, please do! Thanks for your time, --ROGER DAVIES talk 04:15, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]




First, thank you very much for responding to the call. I'm sorry it's taken a bit of time to get back to you but I've got the builders in at home (and they're causing chaos) and I've got very behind.
Second, we need help on a couple of levels. we are so short of good copy-editors, partly because of the large number of Milhist articles at PR and FAC, that we're trying to concentrate on A-Class reviews and featured article candidates. I've taken the liberty of transcluding our new tracker template, listing the applicable articles. To add this to your user pages independently of this message, simply cut and paste {{WPMILHIST Copy-editing alerts}} to the required location.
A-Class - copy-tasting / reviewing
We are currently trying to improve the depth and quality of the Milhist A-Class review. What will help here considerably is copy-tasting. That is, reviewing an article and commenting on the style and prose. Clarity, longwindedness (the bane of Milhist), grammar, mixing and matching WP:ENGVAR varieties, MoS stuff (especially dashes), date formatting etc. (Any subsequent copy-editing would be a very welcome and helpful bonus!) Input on any current A-Class candidate would be helpful.
Copy-editing pre-FA and FA candidates
Editors normally take articles go from ACR to FAC, usually via a request for a copy-edit. These requests are usually made here or by leaving messages on copy-editors talk pages. You can respond to requests there or list yourself as a copy-editor so that others may contact you. Either would be very much appreciated. Additionally, a frequent reason for opposition is prose and some hands-on copy-editing of FA candidates would be enormously helpful. (If you do subsequently support the article, please do remember to disclose the copy-edit: ie Support (as copy-editor) though you may prefer simply to Comment that a copy-edit has been done.)
I do hope you can help and that this grows into a longer-term commitment. We are working very hard to set the bar for quality with Milhist articles and quality copy-editing is an essential part of this. With apologies again for the tardy reply, --ROGER DAVIES talk 05:40, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The traditional rfa thank you message[edit]

Thank you for the support!
Vishnava, it is my honor to report that thanks in part to your support my third request for adminship passed (80/18/2). I appreciate the trust you and the WP community have in me, and I will endeovour to put my newly acquired mop and bucket to work for the community as a whole. Yours sincerly and respectfuly, TomStar81 (Talk) 03:23, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RfA thank you[edit]

Thank you!
Vishnava, it is with deep awareness of the responsibility conferred by your trust that I am honored to report that in part to your support, my request for adminship passed (87/14/6). I deeply value the trust you and the Wikipedia community have in me, and I will embark on a new segment of my Wikipedia career by putting my new tools to work to benefit the entire community. My best to you, Happyme22 (talk) 03:19, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Articles needing copy edit (tentative name)[edit]

Hello there!

I have begun laying the groundwork for a new WikiProject that has a very simple goal, to improve Wikipedia by dealing with the articles tagged for copy edit, and I am wondering if you are interested in helping me start it. This project is not a clone of WP:LOCE because we will not deal with requests for review (that is currently handled by our good friends over at Peer Review).

I expect that this will be a relaxed, happy and casual WikiProject, because participants will be able to take things at their own pace and use the project page to ask other participants for help. The project proposal is here, and I have created an almost-functional project page in my userspace here.

There are now over 4000 articles needing copy edit, and very, very few people working on them, so any help, however small, is appreciated. If you are interested, please sign up at the proposal page. Once we have enough people, I will shift the project page, along with its subpages from my userspace into the Wikipedia namespace. For now we can use this section of my talk page to discuss the direction and details of the project, and, of course, its name. *grin*

Cheers!-Samuel Tan 12:35, 21 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]


RfB Thank You spam[edit]

Thank you for participating in my RfB! I am very grateful for the confidence of the community shown at my RfB, which passed by a count of 154/7/2 (95.65%). I have read every word of the RfB and taken it all to heart. I truly appreciate everyone's input: supports, opposes, neutrals, and comments. Of course, I plan to conduct my cratship in service of the community. If you have any advice, questions, concerns, or need help, please let me know. Again, Thanks! RlevseTalk 08:48, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]