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Red Swastika Society

hey Erudy -- nice work on Red Swastika Society. I saw it go through an AfD not long ago and was dismayed to see it go, but didn't have time to work on it. Glad to see it's back. By the way, I fixed the footnotes -- they didn't autonumber; I did them manually since it's the only way I know. best, Bikeable 02:30, 11 December 2005 (UTC).

Several Collaboration Articles

American University in Cairo. Thank you for not reverting entirely. Important info, especially of interest to US audience, are now lost. --Connection 23:21, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

• I wanted the reader to know the name of new locations, as New Cairo (it is a name, not qualification, like New York, yet it is a suburb of the Cairo Conglomerate).
• I wanted the US faculty to know it is not a tenure career to travel to teach at the AUC.
• The AUC has several accredited Engineering programs. Yet these are not the typical set a University would provide. Now the Article says it doesn’t have any Engineering program at all!
• I wanted to present the fact that Egypt's High Board of Universities is the accrediting body. Now this info is lost.
• Also that it has to comply to two separate governance systems, the US and Egypt.
• The movie in question is a simple entry. It should depict (in the director and producer POV) life inside the AUC campus and had created a significant reactions the time it was on. The AUC started to file a lawsuit. Howerver, in a PR move, the new AUC President, at the time, Pr Gerhart (not sure of spelling), has invited Heneidy (the title figure) in a public event on campus. In this context now, what needs to be clarified?

Finally, I create Sections within the article even at the moment there is not plenty of info. It invites other users to contribute. --Connection 23:21, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Re your additions (User_talk:Connection#AUC). Thanks. More satisfactory now. ----Connection 21:04, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

La Caixa. (One of your Articles). Do you know that it means cash-box or pay-desk in Catalan? I checked the Article in the Catalan section. It is deceivingly short. It doesn't reflect the presence of this institution in Catalan Spain, and also in other parts especially Balearic Islands. It also finances social projects. I wish I had the time to write all this in Catalan.  ;) --Connection 23:21, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

InterWiki Stuff. Have you an idea how to refer (ie, using tags) to an Article in a diffent language within the body of the main Article? Thanks. --Connection 23:21, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Lábaro

I answered on my Discussion page --Mevsfotw 09:50, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Ilemi triangle

Hi, Ive expanded the image description Image:Ilemi triangle map.PNG. Theres more information on it at [1] --Astrokey44 14:18, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Stubs

For your Chilean stub, I changed {stub} to {{Chile-bio-stub}} to be more specific. I like the articles that you're starting. Interlingua ^{talk email} 15:15, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Translation

Great translation on the Jose Antonio Monso article. — The Mac Davis] ⌇☢ ญƛ. 17:41, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Apis page

Hi. Thanks for adding that page - I've made necessary corrections to content and grammar, so it's in pretty good shape now. Thanks, Dyanega 16:50, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Request in translations

Hi Erudy - nice work on Spanish translations; a small request, when doing pages relevant to Spain (rather than Latin America), e.g. your recent translation of Euphorbia atropurpurea , please use British English spellings (metre, colour, etc), as that is the form of English used as a second language in Spain (see Wikipedia:Manual of Style#National varieties of English) - thanks, MPF 11:28, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

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Hawaii/Hawaiʻi

Hello. I fear there may be a backlash. Perhaps you would like to join me in supporting 'Hawaii' for the state & island group & 'Hawaiʻi' for the Big Island. It's an issue that has been going on for much longer than the month I've been following it, & this does seem the most sensible compromise. Rothorpe 17:02, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Reverting Vandalism

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1. 19:24, 4 October 2007 Erudy (Talk | contribs) (75,003 bytes) (Undid revision 162303045 by 70.226.93.83 (talk)) (undo)
2. 19:22, 4 October 2007 70.226.93.83 (Talk) (75,041 bytes) (undo) VANDALISM
3. 19:21, 4 October 2007 Pitbullz30 (Talk | contribs) (75,003 bytes) (undo) VANDALISM
4. 17:59, 4 October 2007 70.241.232.139 (Talk) (75,006 bytes) (→Location, topography, and geology) (undo) VANDALISM
5. 17:36, 4 October 2007 128.244.140.238 (Talk) (75,001 bytes) (→Demographics - New Mexico was first) (undo)
6. 13:34, 4 October 2007 207.190.243.62 (Talk) (74,903 bytes) (undo) VANDALISM
7. 13:33, 4 October 2007 207.190.243.62 (Talk) (74,892 bytes) (undo) VANDALISM
8. 00:43, 4 October 2007 Zzuuzz (Talk | contribs) m (74,890 bytes) (Reverted edits by 12.227.176.218 (talk) to last version by Gscshoyru) (undo)

Thanks...! WikiDon 19:56, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

WP:HIMOS

Please announce your proposal on the main talk page, with a link to your comments so that others can discuss the issue. —Viriditas | Talk 16:48, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Hello

Hello and thanks for voting on the Balti talk page. Just out of curiosity, how did you learn of this voting? I would like to participate in similar votings, but I guess there is no other way to know about them, unless someone informs you personally or there is a site or a robot that controls these votings somehow? Thanks for the answer. Moldopodo (talk) 17:44, 17 November 2007 (UTC)Moldopodo

Question

We have apparently decided to move the page. It seems to me there is a different debate now on whether we put Balti (with reference to the Balti (disambiguation) the top of the page, as the English Wikipedia standard requires (please see my arguments and examples on the Bălţi talk page) or Balti, Moldova (it is not clear to me why). Your feedback is more than welcome. Thanks for your time Moldopodo (talk) 01:51, 19 November 2007 (UTC)Moldopodo

Martín Caballero

Hey. Of course I noted your comment and evidence. English-language news sources often leave out accents in their coverage, which often differs from our practice especially in the more simple cases. What was important in this discussion was that the creator and only major editor of the article wanted it moved, and had already used "Martín" in the article itself. Thanks, Prolog (talk) 00:20, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

"ß" or "ss"

Hello. There is a discussion here pertaining to the change you made at SMS Friedrich der Grosse (1911). You may want to voice your opinions on the issue. Regards, Parsecboy (talk) 14:14, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

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--Steven J. Anderson (talk) 17:50, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Please don't template the regulars. If this is not a template, it reads like one. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 19:22, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Talk:Padan Plain

Thank you for your considerable efforts on naming policy; I would appreciate your opinion on the question of the best name for this article. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 19:11, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Franz Josef Strauß

Erudy, I am so, so sorry that my actions caused your proposal to fail. I swear that I did not know about the canvassing guideline. I hope that you or someone else will try again in the future. I salute you for bringing the matter up, and I will keep FJS on my watchlist so that I will know the next time it comes up. Don't give up. Not including the so-called "canvassed" votes, we were up 11-2; we can make this change, not today, but someday. Unschool (talk) 06:18, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

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Hi Erudy

I'm an original translator from Gaspar Yanga article in spanish, and I start it translating it from the English version, the one that you began almost two years ago, I notice time ago that you request to the webmaster of another site, for the rights of the picture, and it was given to you, but I tried to post it in the spanish version and it seems that doesn't work, I don't know how to put it in commons, do you?, because I think it needs to be there, so in that way other wikipedias can add it to them articles, I don't really sure, because I never have upload any picture at all in commons, if it does so, can you do it?, maybe I can Find it later, or it may need to be done anything else?, thanks.

Have an Ice day. --Teknomegisto (talk) 22:45, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Thumbs up from this Horse

Kudos for your boldness. I'll say no more than that. Horsesforcorses (talk) 18:31, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

move requests

I keep seeing your name at Wikipedia:Requested moves, and you always seem to have a sensible hat on. I just found out you can give awards to people on Wikipedia so you can get one from me.

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Hisako Matsubara

Hi there ! I found that you were the the original creator of Hisako Matsubara translating it from the Spanish version. Since I significantly expanded the article now using mainly the German version and some other resources as well, I just wanted to drop you a note, in case you are interested to carry over the new information into the Spanish article. Regards--Kmhkmh (talk) 18:02, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

OCR limitations

their existence shows that Google's character-reading software is capable of distinguishing the thorn (Þ) On a good day, yes, but it more usually gets it wrong. If you search for, say, "porvaldr ásvaldsson" or "orvaldr asvaldsson" you'll see what I mean. Just for future reference. Haukur (talk) 16:21, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Requested map of Absaroka

Hi, I made an outline map of the 1939 proposed US state Absaroka, partly covering Montana, South Dakota and Wyoming. Its my first map ever actually, I hope you can use it. IsFari (talk) 16:51, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

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I would like to thank you for voting and expressing your opinion on talk:Swaminarayan    Juthani1   ^tcs 00:50, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

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Bill Ayers photo

FYI, he never stated anywhere that he was willing to release it to the public domain. One simply cannot assume he does unless he explicitly states it. Although I'm handling the OTRS ticket, I'm going to have to temporarily tag the photo for deletion until I get an explicit statement from him. Sorry. howcheng {chat} 17:47, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Hi Erudy- I want to commend you for your effort on obtaining the photos of Bill Ayers. I think that you informed him of the photos release to the pubic domain in your email and he responded in the affirmative in his rely: "Hey--- I couldn't find the photo submission page, but these are both mine, one at the U, one with my grand daughter. Use them if you want to. Best, Bill". Please obtain an explicit statement if necessary. Thanks, IP75 (talk) 19:19, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

IP75, no that's not an explicit enough statement. I reject those kinds of statements at OTRS all the time. howcheng {chat} 19:45, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Hi Erudy- I just wanted to know if you have requested and received the required release statement from Bill Ayers. I asked Howcheng how it should be worded and he said somthing like "Yes, I agree to release these to the public domain." I would be happy to follow up on this if you would like me to. Please advise, IP75 (talk) 22:22, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

This is the email I sent to Mr Ayers the night of 14 October:

Dear Professor Ayers,

Thank you very much for your help! As you can see here, your photo has been posted to your article. Unfortunately, this is only temporary unless you explicitly affirm that you own the image and release it into the public domain. Wikipedia strives to use only free content, and in the case of images this means that they are only accepted when they have been clearly donated to the public domain. Basically, I've been told by administrators that our exchange (below) wasn't clear enough for legal purposes. To be absolutely in the clear, and to keep the current photo from being removed from the article, we need a affirmation that you

1) Are the owner of the work

2) Release it in to the public domain, where it can be used for any purpose, including commercial and derivative uses

Again I'd like to thank you for your contributions and assistance to our project, and apologize for having to bother you over this legal fine print. This sort of thing can be a bit frustrating to work through, but it does help maintain the integrity of the project.

Sincerely,

Wikipedia editor Erudy

As of this time, I have not yet received an email back.Erudy (talk) 01:31, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Erudy- Very nice email. I think the way you delt with this was just right. I hope we get a response. IP75 (talk) 03:42, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

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Hi, similar to the request made for Val Gardena, can you provide an opinion for this page request? I'm familiar and have visited this town a few times, and even the local inhabitants use "Ortisei" for basic promotion in English. Icsunonove (talk) 22:40, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

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Would you weigh in at Talk:Poliziano#requested move? Am I going too far in believing this another case like Raphael, where the Italian form is not unknown in English, but is a sign of pedantry? Septentrionalis PMAnderson 15:49, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Bearing in mind the comment you made there, could you please take a look at what has just happened at Great Mosque of Cordoba - the move back and subsequent editing of the redirect are at best far from collegiate editing. Knepflerle (talk) 23:00, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

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I've adjusted the appearance of the Killed/Wounded list that you came up with. I wanted to integrate the list more into the appearance of the article text, to try to make a little less bulky perhaps?, so removed the bolding and tweaked some of the font sizes. I also added "Casualties" as a title. If you or anyone wants to change it back, that's fine with me. Shearonink (talk) 07:12, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Heh, looks like I'm the only one who got warned for the 'Listing box'. I still think it's a great improvement over what was there before, I have no idea what is wanted in its place or whatever...you can probably make much more sense of Toddst1's post re:MOS:MARKUP on the article's talk page. But I'll go ahead and check on similar boxes, see what the markup looks like on them...heh, I might not be able to code worth a darn starting from nothing but I sure as heck know how to lift it from other articles. Cheers, Shearonink (talk) 00:53, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Hey

take a look at another Victims' list I came up with for Sandy Hook....trying to make the coding simpler and the list less obtrusive... User:Shearonink/List. Shearonink (talk) 02:14, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Take a look! Let me know what you think! Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 02:22, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

I don't completely grasp what User:Toddst1 issue was. That's a level of coding savy above mine. If you understand the problem and are fixing it, go for it! I have two concerns about your proposal: first, in the "live" list, the words are smaller (I believe they're set at 75%). I think that makes it look better, and addresses some of the concerns on the talk page. The other (minor) concern: are we getting rid of the ages on the list? Erudy (talk) 02:29, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

One more concern: the background color of the new list. I think the greyish background of the "live" list is preferable.Erudy (talk) 02:36, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

The concern seems to be the amount of coding that was in our/your/the version that Toddst1 restored back into the article, with the all the <divs>, <fontstyle>s, <divstyle>s and so on... I lifted a list from Bath School and worked off of that...the coding looks a lot simpler... Apparently, if there's too much coding and markup within a page, in its boxes and so on, older browsers and mobile devices can have issues processing the internal workings of that article. Shearonink (talk) 02:46, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Oh, sorry, to directly address your questions...

• The ages...I think stating that people were staff or that people were school children or the perpetrator/his mother, is enough detail. If the ages are included as italics (and believe me, I fooled around with different sizes etc) italicizing them almost makes them appear larger...because they are sitting on their sides a little bit.
• I'll toggle the sizes of the lettering on my /List (trying to keep in mind the twin considerations of coding and visibility/perceived obtrusiveness)
• I'll try to put that grey background in my /List and will post back here when I am done. Shearonink (talk) 02:51, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Still working on it...having trouble getting the background color to be a color....also, I *do *have it coded to make the letters smaller, but I'm working with the Wiki-markup for tables and I can't get it to work.... Auuuuuugh. Shearonink (talk) 03:16, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

DONE. If you're still up, take a look. Shearonink (talk) 04:34, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Just placed it within the article. Other than the ages being removed in this version, people probably won't notice...follows the version you had in the article but without as much of the code... Shearonink (talk) 06:01, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

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