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United States

I would like to get this article up to FA status, I have listed it for peer review, but do you know of any problems off hand that can be fixed, please respond on the article talk page so that all editors can see. Thanks --Iankap99 (talk) 01:03, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Countries in...

The removal of the wikilinks was part of a standardisation across all 7 templates. I removed those as these templates to try and clarify contentious (albeit erroneous) locations of countries, especially after footnotes were removed per a discussion elsewhere. I actually agree with the point of view you espouse, if I was going to name countries in Africa I'd name France, and correct others who leave it out (much to the chagrin of those around me), but I decided that removing the links were better after encountering the issue of including Chile in Oceania (as seen on Template:Countries of Oceania. At any rate, should the UK be wikilinked in the dependency section? The UK is actually not in Africa at all (as the dependency is not integral. Ta, Chipmunkdavis (talk) 14:56, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

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Now what?

Hi Golbez. Both discussions where you - an experienced wikipedian - are involved (Heyvali and Naming Conventions) are kind a paused. Particularly for Heyvali Tuscumbia insists on "legal" (his own term) aspect with numerous metaphors (very irrelevant in my opinion) and I am tired of explaining and arguing that de-jure name is misleading. Now what? Do you have any suggestion what should be done next? Thanks. -- Ashot  (talk) 22:25, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of current sovereign monarchs/archive1

Hi Golbez. I have restarted the above FLC because the consensus was unclear. Can you revisit it to ensure that all of your comments have been addressed, and if possible, declare whether you support, oppose, or are neutral towards the list's promotion to FL status? Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 22:51, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Please participate: On the way to consensus (Heyvali vs Drmbon)

Hi Golbez.

You have actively taken part in the move discussion of Heyvali. Now I would like to come up with a consensus, and would appreciate very much if you weigh con/pro arguments there. Thanks. -- Ashot  (talk) 08:10, 20 January 2011 (UTC)


Golbez, would like you be aware of [1] and [2]. Though I admit that restarting the discussion there was probably not the best solution. -- Ashot  (talk) 08:37, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Regarding your note on my talk page, neutrality is usually perceived as how others (including your opponents) judge your edits or opinion rather than how you (or your supporters) judge your position. There is no evidence that your opinion on Heyvali or any other A-A article is neutral or different from what it was three years ago. Atabəy (talk) 01:53, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

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List of Governors of Washington

Could you take a look at Washington's Governor list. Hopefully will get it off to FLC. Washington has the same copyright status as the federal government. So, all the photos of the governors have been added. I couldn't find any other dates on when the territorial Governors arrived/left. The state is digitizing more newspapers, but won't be done for a couple of years. I don't know what to do with the unknown dates. Bgwhite (talk) 00:21, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Just put the list up for FLC. Found a nice book...
McMullin, Thomas A.; Walker, David (1984). Biographical Directory of American Territorial Governors. Westport, Connecticut: Meckler Publishing. ISBN 9780930466114. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
I checked it out from the local University. If you don't have access to the book, I can send you scans of a state you wanted to look at.Bgwhite (talk) 07:32, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Mediation of Video games developed in Japan

The dispute about romanizations for katakana words of non-Japanese origin has now entered mediation and is currently being talked about in this discussion page section. If you still wish to participate, please join the discussion. Thank you. Prime Blue (talk) 14:09, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Premiers of the Soviet Union/archive2

Hi Golbez. You commented at the above FLC on its first go-round, which failed due to lack of consensus. If possible, can you take a quick look at the list again and ensure that your concerns have been resolved? Thanks for all that you have done for the FL process. Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 23:41, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Shenmue

Rather annoying, this pointless reverting. The new IP from a different range locates from the same area as the other IP, so I'm sure it's still just 1 person. I figure it's just a kid, since he seems to think "apps" originated with smartphones and couldn't possibly have been around in the pre-Iphone era. I hope he'll get tired of this soon.--Atlan (talk) 06:52, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

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Superbowl ITN

Perhaps you are unaware that bloody is an obscenity, and that "stupid bloody . . . yankee" is insulting whether or not it applies to Americans or just northerners? And "silly decision" is also an implied criticism of editors, not the game. I suggest you be more even handed in your threats and actions. I don't see any warning to you from Lihaas for his out of line comment. Were I an editor I would simply have removed his slander - an action which you could have taken, but didn't.μηδείς (talk) 19:55, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

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ANI notice

You were mentioned at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Mass_rollbacks.3F. -- Ϫ 17:44, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Governors of Washington/archive1

Could you take a look at the nomination. There were a couple of issues you said you were going to get to. Is there anything else I can do? Bgwhite (talk) 06:37, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

New section

In light of this threat and his usual trolling activities, should we not consider adding a blanket semi-protection for all these towns and cities which have been subjected to his vandalism for the past few days? I believe that suggestion has already been broached before but a period of six to eight weeks will probably be sufficient and perhaps he himself will go do something productive with his time instead of wasting all of ours. Best, --Marshal Bagramyan (talk) 01:32, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Jimmie Rivera

I was wondering why you deleted Jimmie Rivera article. He is a champion from the King of the Cage MMA promotion. Is there a way for the article to be recreated or restored? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Koten (talk • contribs) 00:41, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

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Another?

Since you're far more well-versed in these conflicts, can you check out something for me? I blocked 90.211.147.17 (talk · contribs) after seeing some removals of translations; that IP seems to be related to Melih Yavuz (talk · contribs) based on overlapping contributions (e.g., at Fethiye). There seems to be some POV-pushing but it's mixed in with edits like adding climate data. Thus, it's far more complex than the obvious vandalism I've helped with in recent days...what's your impression? — Scientizzle 15:56, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

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Proposal to add "statistics" section to List of states with limited recognition

It has been proposed that a "statistics" section is added to List of states with limited recognition. Please contribute to the discussion at Talk:List of states with limited recognition#Statistics RFC. Alinor (talk) 08:17, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

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Tsitsernavank Monastery

Hi Golbez,

Just wanted to draw your attention to Tsitsernavank Monastery. Could you please take measures, so that no edit warring happens there.

Thanks, -- Ashot  (talk) 08:46, 28 March 2011 (UTC)


Hi,

Just wanted to know. If it is just to show Azerbaijan territory in Wikipedia as region of unrecognized country, which in reality occupied by neighbour country. If you think that it is right to do so, then I will regret for you and will leave Wikipedia.

Thanks, --User:Verman1 (talk)

The problem is that you are supporting policy of occupation. If not, then why you think that Lachin is not in Azerbaijan? (You can find confirmation for this in every accepted map that you will find) As you see, you are encouraging other people to leave the project because of your prejudice against certain nation --Verman1 (talk) 17:27, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

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Religiously inflammatory remarks

Please do not make religiously inflammatory remarks in your edit summary again like "Climb down from your cross, it's cold down there". You don't know what beliefs I may or may not subscribe to, and I do not appreciate it, any more than I appreciate being reverted just for the sake of being reverted. Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 15:40, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

I don't know what your beliefs may or may not be either, but apparently it's one that's cool with psychoanalyzing other people in a very offensive way. Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 16:03, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

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Nationalist vandalism/miscunduct

Hi Golbez,
At the moment I really don't know who else I can ask to have a look at what User:Verman1 does. Editing while discussion is ongoing, putting his version of the text and then asking administrator to protect the page and things like those are becoming a common practice.
You have an experience of dealing with nationalist vandals of both Armenian and Azeri origin and hence I assume you can handle this situation easily.
Thanks in advance,
-- Ashot  (talk) 09:00, 6 April 2011 (UTC)


He, User:Verman1, is at it again. This time at the Lachin article. [3] As well as here 2010 Mardakert skirmishes. Please have a look.--Moosh88 (talk) 04:39, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Geographic names

Hi again, Just wanted to know, is publishing (or reverting to) internationally accepted geographical names in Wikipedia articles are regarded as vandalism? Thanks in advance, --Verman1 (talk) 16:26, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

Can you please have a glance to here? The user Moosh88 is clearly trying to revert pages without initial discussion. Regards, --Verman1 (talk) 03:37, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
So let me get this straight. You revert and edit with no prior discussion. You are told to discuss, you ignore it, and then you claim others are doing exactly what you are guilty of?--Moosh88 (talk) 04:42, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
I only put photo. It is ridiculous to require discussion for photos. You have edited original information without prior discussion. --Verman1 (talk) 08:35, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
I think I understand why you are intimidating me with blocking while you keep silence on actions of opposite side (it is not first time you did this). I will just hope that more fair administrator will come up to this issue and will remove falsified armenian names in all Azerbaijan-related articles. Regards, --Verman1 (talk) 12:39, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

edits

It is a well established fact that Nagorno Karabakh is a de facto independent state, the article fails to mention this. Mov25 (talk) 16:51, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

The de facto status should be mentioned when the de jure part is mentioned. This is important. Mov25 (talk) 16:57, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Reply

What if it the opposing member refuses to discuss?? Mov25 (talk) 19:29, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Malibeyli and Gushchular Massacre

The numerous reverts[4] without the use of talk page appear to be a "spill over" from a dispute between Armenian and Azeri users[]. I would suggest locking down the article until both sides start to use the talk page. However, I believe this is just one small part of a larger issue that started with Tsitsernavank Monastery[5]. I refuse to get involved in some edit war propagated by vendetta(edits that have occurred in other articles). Thanks. --Kansas Bear (talk) 19:08, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

I support locking the article until the recent edits are throughly discussed and we can reach some consensus.--Moosh88 (talk) 20:40, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

Request for advice

Hi Golbez, just wanted to know what your opinion is about this edit. Do you think one may revert it or at least claim that the source mentioned there is inappropriate/non-neutral and subject to be removed. Thanks. -- Ashot  (talk) 10:50, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks anyway, Though hardly I can imagine an admin so well aware of all that stuff related to Armenia-Azerbaijan. Regards. -- Ashot  (talk) 16:33, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

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Thanks for the laughs!

"That's what she said"?!? omg I was taken by surprise. But laughed so hard I dropped my phone! :D Outback the koala (talk) 02:39, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

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Title change for Iranian Azaris

Hi Golbez, there is a discussion to change the title of Iranian Azaris article. We require a 3rd party opinion. Since you have experience with regional countries, could you take a look?Neftchi (talk) 19:19, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Human Rights Watchdogs -Iranian Azaris-

Hello Golbez. We are currently having a discussion in the Iranian Azaris artcile concerning the addition of 3 human rights reports from human rights watchdogs some editors are against some are for. We had a discussion in the reliable sources noticeboard which led to a dead end also. Can we please recieve a 3rd party opinion from you seen as you are pretty expert in the area. Thank you. regards, Tugrul Irmak.Tugrulirmak (talk) 21:31, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

I thought you were....

I thought you were an "admin"? Can't you help out in the move? JHarrelson (talk) 13:50, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

Request for comment

Hi Globez,

Could you please have look at Talk:Stepanakert_Airport. I have proposed a replacement for a controversial "Disputes" section in the article Stepanakert Airport. I think we need a third party opinion there. Could you please comment on it. Thanks in advance. -- Ashot  (talk) 05:07, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

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Devsirme

Could you give an opinion on the talk page of this article concerning some references? Thanks. --Kansas Bear (talk) 22:04, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

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Check email

Hi I wanted to discuss something in private, but it touches upon a recent article you were involved in. So I sent it your email.. please let me know. Thanks--Khodabandeh14 (talk) 20:14, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

I didn't want your email, just sent it to your wikipedia email.. but thanks for the response.--Khodabandeh14 (talk) 20:33, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Caucasus Emirate

Could you check this article? It has recently been the victim of section blanking and reference removal. When I attempted to revert these unexplained changes, it said something about a blacklisted website and would not let me proceed. Thank you. --Kansas Bear (talk) 20:39, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Thank you sir. --Kansas Bear (talk) 21:24, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

I need an opinion

I have a book, "Caucasus and an unholy alliance", edited, partially written and published by Antero Leitzinger. What are the restrictions on a self-published book that contains chapters written by others? Specifically, can anything within this book be used on wikipedia? I would appreciate your insight into this and it will also assist in the discussion on Talk:Malibeyli and Gushchular Massacre. Thanks. --Kansas Bear (talk) 21:26, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

NKR page

Hi Golbez, you are referred as a person who recommended this edit. Could you please address it? Thanks. -- Ashot  (talk) 08:27, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Hello Golbez. While I agree with your action at WP:AN3#User:Rajk2011 reported by User:Intoronto1125 (Result: Rajk2011 and Intoronto1125 blocked 24hr by Golbez) I suggest that you should leave a message for the blocked user which explains how to use {{unblock}}. There is no such explanation at User talk:Rajk2011#May 2011 or in your message to Intoronto1125. Thank you, EdJohnston (talk) 18:06, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Levon Ter-Petrossian sentence in NK war

Hi Golbez, I want to ask your attention to this edit. While I can understand the placement of the information was incorrect, it is no reason for Ashot to fully remove it. He could have just as easily placed it in the right place. Could you please address this matter? Thanks. Neftchi (talk) 19:37, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

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Rathika Sitsabaiesan

Rathika Sitsabaiesan (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

You protected this, due to edit war, on 20 May - the prot expired 27 May, and I'm concerned the war may be just re-starting; can you please check it out? Ta.  Chzz  ►  05:20, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Hm, it's possible I've headed it off with this. Still be worth keeping an eye on, though. Cheers,  Chzz  ►  06:36, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

3RR

Thanks was not aware of that rule i wil keep that in mind. -The lost library (talk) 16:26, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

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AA discussion of sources

Hello Golbez. I see that you are a long-experienced admin who has some experience with the AA topic area. I also noticed your essay at User:Golbez/Nagorno-Karabakh. Recently a case was closed at WP:Arbitration enforcement that was really about quality of sourcing for some articles about massacres in 1992 in the Nagorno-Karabakh war. Now on the bright side :-) the user who brought the complaint has agreed to start an RfC about one of the massacres, in which sources will be discussed. (See User talk:Angel670#WP:AE#MarshallBagramyan and look at the bottom of the thread). The RfC has been opened with this diff and can be seen at Talk:Malibeyli and Gushchular Massacre#Request for Comment.

Do you think this RfC is a good idea? Perhaps you have some familiarity with the sources yourself. If you want to participate in the RfC, you would of course be welcome. EdJohnston (talk) 23:19, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Not sure if that's good

You blanked a post from an editor you were having an active disagreement with off your talk page. The only response you gave was in the edit summary. The particular point of contention you had with the lost library was using edit summaries instead of talk pages. I'd just like to point out the hypocricy involved there. i kan reed (talk) 16:39, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Double checking

You posted on User:Chaosname's talk page that they should come back after a couple days, but the ban expiration is indefinite. Was this a mistake, or is that time period how long you think they should wait before attempting to contest the ban? An indefinite ban was definietly called for, just wanting clarification on the procedure here. i kan reed (talk) 13:45, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Follow up, I must have misread your comments on his talk page. That's certainly not what it says now. Whoooops i kan reed (talk) 13:55, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

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Would like to obtain un-colored maps

Golbez, great work on the maps. I am interested in obtaining copies of some maps which have not been colored. The material would be colored with a different color scheme and utilized for a website. Is it possible to obtain some files from you which have not been colored? 200.119.132.194 (talk) 14:03, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

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Quality Image nomination

Hi, I just nominated one of your images as a quality image. Being a Cedar Rapidian myself, I found it to be a great image to show how much damage a flood can cause. Pilif12p :  Yo  03:53, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

Need your opinion

As a 3rd party, please take a look here on the template section: [6]--Khodabandeh14 (talk) 11:50, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

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US National Archives collaboration

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Would you like to help improve Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to the National Archives and its incredible collection? This summer, the National Archives—which houses some of America's most important historical documents—is hosting me as its Wikipedian in Residence, and I have created WP:NARA to launch these efforts.

There are all sorts of tasks available for any type of editor, whether you're a writer, organizer, gnome, coder, or image guru. The National Archives is making its resources available to Wikipedia, so help us forge this important relationship! Please sign up and introduce yourself. Dominic·t 15:22, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

keep up the good work

I noticed your involvement in the discussion at Talk:Espanola, New Mexico. I was pleased to note your levelheaded and intelligent discussion. Your presence served to moderate the tempers of the individuals quarreling, and your insight cut to the heart of the matter. It is editors and admin like you that hold this thing together and keep us somewhat sane. Well done, and thanks. Cliff (talk) 04:02, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Your opinion

As a frequent FLC participant, I thought you might feel like commenting on this discussion, which is in a bit of disarray about how best to sort the list in question. Nightw 09:23, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

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Need your help again

Hi Your American right? Can you take a look at here: [7] and the talkpage... It seems there is no clear definition.. However, I have proposed: "Azeri-Americans are those Americans who are from the republic of Azerbaijan irregardless of ethnic background. It may also include those with ethnic Azeri backgrounds who foremost or concurrently self-identify themselves as Azerbaijani-Americans regardless of the country of origin". The thing is does it include Armenians from Karabagh? Kurds from Western Azerbaijan in Iran? Or Iranian Azeris? It seems the is a dispute on definition. Thanks.--Khodabandeh14 (talk) 18:03, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, that a was a joke (unfortunately I cannot make facial expressions in wikipedia to convey it). I look forward to your decision. Best wishes. --Khodabandeh14 (talk) 20:20, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

"Hi, as I said I'll be happy to accept your definition. I am wondering for example in Iranian Americans can one include say Tajiks of Central Asia (cause they speak an Iranic language) and at the same time a person from Iran? X-American I always thought means a person from the said country who has ancestors there or held a citizenship there, and then migrated to the US. There is actually a good point though in the discussion that it seems most of the X-American articles are not consistent. Armenian-Americans for example does it include Yezidi Kurds from Armenia or Azeris that were born in Armenia? Please clarify and perhaps we need a consistant definition in all relavent wikipedia articles. --Khodabandeh14 (talk) 01:43, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

Golbez, since you're an admin, could you examine User:Saygi1's editing history? This is a WP:SPA who is most likely a sock-puppet given his expert-level familiarity with Wikipedia polices/editing codes etc. In light of the fact that the Azerbaijan topical area has been under sanctions, there is a high possibility that this user is a reincarnation of a banned user or sanctioned user trying to evade his 1RR. Kurdo777 (talk) 05:55, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

Any comments

Any comments.. I summarized my two points. Actually I do not care if such an article is inaccurate (it is not my responsibility to keep accuracy on every minor article which I have on my watchlist and I am going to remove it from my watchlist unless you comment). I rather enjoy my weekend with the sunny outdoors and have betters thing to do. But it would be good if 3rd person admins like yourself take up more responsibility and are involved in such articles. Thanks --Khodabandeh14 (talk) 16:27, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

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Notification

Check Talk:United States and the article's edit history. Your name keeps popping up. Nightw 23:41, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

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Suggestion

Hi Golbez, may I kindly make the suggestion of using {{citation needed}} in the place of reverts when it comes to edits done by users who have no history of vandalism / experienced editors. Thank you. Mkdwtalk 03:05, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

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civility

I have no desire to lecture anyone on WP:CIVILITY but "for all the crap" is not the language to be used in WP. It also seems that you I am sure unintentionally supported a major editwar attack on the NK page. Vandorenfm (talk) 04:07, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

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Move request

Can you move Kingdom Tower (Jeddah) to Kingdom Tower? There is no ambiguity. Thanks Daniel Christensen (talk) 14:10, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

Would you like to comment?

Hi, I saw that you'd recently edited the Anya Ayoung Chee Article. There's currently an RFC on it, and I was wondering if you would like to express any views? If you don't, please forgive me and feel free to remove this section. (I'm new around here and hoping to encourage a few more view points to be expressed by anyone who may be likely to take an interest.) Thanks in advance. 186.45.113.90 (talk) 04:58, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Possible sock

Hey mate. Can you take a look at this thread for me and tell me what you think? Nightw 09:57, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

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Creating an article previously deleted by you

Hi. I've written an article about the Gold Coast, Australia musician, Mark Boulle, but when I went to create the article I got the message, "A page with this title has previously been deleted", and the instruction to contact the person who deleted that article, you. You deleted the article on 18 June 2005 and I have no idea what was in it previously, and whether or not my content is at all similar. Can you advise me on whether or not I'm free to recreate the article? --Netocrat (talk) 02:20, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Golbez for your prompt and positive reply. --Netocrat (talk) 03:42, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

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Troll masta

Admin troll ಠ_ಠ jorgenev 19:54, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

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Weird, old case...

Can you check into the block at User talk:Vitalevent. Its from March, 2007. I know, long time ago, right? But I don't see what led to the block, the only edits seem to be good. Still, it was almost 5 years ago, so I'm not quite sure how to respond. Since it was your block, I thought I'd ping you. --Jayron32 05:01, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Maybe it was oversighted or something like that? Removed completely from the database. FTR, its all been made moot as checkuser jpgordon has confirmed this was a sockpuppet. Not sure of who, but there ya go... --Jayron32 05:13, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
Nm. It was Grawp. Probably why you can't read the stuff that you reverted; it was probably something that got permanently removed. --Jayron32 05:15, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

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9/11

So why exactly do you not think 15% is notable?LIbertyInSpace (talk) 19:34, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Vandalism

This user Bbb23 is vandalizing the wickipidia page of Adriana Ferreyr. He has taken off a number of reliable references one by one and then put the page up for deletion for a lack of referenceces. He has also deleted the talk page that an administrator have created for discussion of the page. Best, Jane. — by Jane77765 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jane77765 (talk • contribs) 23:06, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

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Incorrect revertion

Dear Golbez. I kindly ask you to pay attention. This user has made irrelevant deletion of edits that has been cited by third-party investigator. I am afraid that if I begin to go against this user this will end up in edit war. Can you please enforce user to respect Wikipedia rule that third-party neutral and verified source has a right to appear in the relevant articles? Regards, --Verman1 (talk) 19:08, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

I agree with the reversion. Apart from being very poorly written, I don't see why it's in this overview article on the region. Want it in the article on the war, or a battle? That might work. But focusing on two rapes, when there were people being killed? Unless you have a source saying those rapes were directly responsible for the war that began two days later - as responsible as the declaration of transfer to the Armenian SSR - then they might have a place, but as it is that seems to be completely out of place and adds nothing to the article. I strongly suggest you don't get into an edit war over this sentence, this is not the hill you want to die on. --Golbez (talk) 19:25, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
I think anyone, who is related to this region or knows this region very closely, will acknowledge that the reason for people's march towards Khankendi was to take revenge for raping. Apparently, the girls have been raped by the people of different ethnic group, and this raised anger and frustration among Azerbaijanis. You are in full knowledge that village people from Aghdam would not march towards Khankendi just to stand-off against NKAO parliament's intended declaration, just because those people were very far from those political confrontations between Yerevan, Baku, Khankendi and Moscow. The direct reason of the rally was to take revenge for the raped girls. Also, if you think that the sentence is poorly written, then you are more than welcome to edit that in order to raise the quality. As you mentioned, I think it is OK if I publish this fact in page Nagorno-Karabakh War. Thank you for your attention. --Verman1 (talk) 06:33, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
Dear Golbez. User:MarshallBagramyan again is reverting edits in Nagorno-Karabakh War without discussing it. [8] Can you please take any actions against him? I am really unwilling to take part in edit war. --Verman1 (talk) 06:50, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

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Arbcomm

You have been mentioned here as a party [9] --Khodabandeh14 (talk) 11:39, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

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Your feedback

As the admin has been involved the most in AA conflicts, can you give your feedback on the Russian mechanism:[10] . You clearly know that the current AA1/AA2 have not really solved the problem. Thanks you. --Khodabandeh14 (talk) 17:35, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Hurricane Jimena

Jimena's pressure was 930 mb. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TaraLoveYou (talk • contribs) 14:39, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

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CityNames

I'm not nationalist or fascist!! This is maybe your names. Example: Famagusta in Northern Cyprus. Northern Cypriots called Gazimağusa for Famagusta but you dont writing Gazimağusa. Who is real nationalist. Esc2003 (talk) 14:35, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

Look: fr:Chouchi (région), fr:Chouchi this is cool. They used Armenian version (Shushi).

Correct: Shushi (province), Shushi correct or Shusha (provinc), Shusha.

Incorrect: Shushi (province), Shusha or Shusha (province), Shushi.

Do you understand Western Democrat? Esc2003 (talk) 14:51, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

... You aren't making sense, so no, I don't understand. Also, we aren't talking about the city. We're talking about an NKR Province. You can't say their name is incorrect, they can name it whatever they want, as it's merely a political construct. --Golbez (talk) 14:59, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
Logically there's a false here. Two versions (Azerbaijani: Shusha and Armenian: Shushi) will not together. One of them is used. Esc2003 (talk) 15:12, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

Shusha (Azerbaijani: Şuşa), also known as Shushi (Armenian: Շուշի) is a town in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh in the South Caucasus. It has been under the control of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic since its capture in 1992 during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. However, it is a de-jure part of the Republic of Azerbaijan, with the status of an administrative division...

Maybe you can stop this incorrect in French language? Chouchi city is Choucha city :) You intervened on Turkish page. Esc2003 (talk) 15:42, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

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Just a heads-up; I replied to your concern at the FL. Thanks, HurricaneFan25 18:27, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

Replied

On my talk page. I hope I've done this correctly. CopperSquare 23:30, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

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WP:AE#Tuscumbia

Hello Golbez. You're an admin who knows something about the Armenia-Azerbaijan issues and I think you've had past discussions with Tuscumbia. if you have any insight to offer about the current complaint about Tuscumbia, you are welcome to add your own comment in the AE. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 06:30, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

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Hey, if you're not too busy, I need some advice on a featured list that you've previously helped with. The issue of listing Elizabeth sixteen times has officially been raised as an issue on the talk page, was wondering if you had any ideas about how to address it (it was meant to be at TFL today, but was postponed due to a move request). Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks, Nightw 03:18, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

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Willis Tower

I wanted to let you know the reason I changed the name of the World Trade Center listed in the Willis Tower article is because I didn't want people to confuse it with the current One World Trade Center that is currently being built because it did confuse me at first. Why not just leave it at the general World Trade Center instead? Cadiomals (talk) 21:37, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

First of all in an exchange I would appreciate it if you responded on the page I first messaged you on to keep our exchange in one place. Anyway, would using the word "original" in parentheses be good enough, to distinguish it from the new 1WTC? If not you could just put the year in parentheses, which ever you think is better.
Most people appreciate being notified on their talk page when the discussion has been updated. I'll add the year. --Golbez (talk) 21:43, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
Good enough. Also, if people want to be notified on their talk page they usually put the talkback template in. Thanks. Cadiomals (talk) 21:45, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

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I have a problem

and I have come up with a non-standard way of dealing with it. I am going to pitch my solution to half a dozen long term editors whom I respect and get some feedback. I am picking you of my watchlist, not why some of you are there. I am confused, sober and looking for answers and honesty. It all starts with the Ignore all rules postulate.

Over the years I have amassed a lot of documentary materials. My great-grandfather lived in China, my grandfather was born there. Both took pictures. My grandfather took pictures as a doctor in both WWI and WWII. I have become the family archivist and I call the collection the Carpchives. In an earlier wikipedia incarnation this collection was referred to as the eekives. It was involved in a quite heated discussion here [11] - Disputed Image section and eventually the picture was removed. By me, as I recall. The picture in question was of my father-in-law in the US Merchant Marines during WWII. Another picture taken during the Boxer rebellion has since been removed. It was a bit funky, for sure.

There are a number of signatures that I've added to articles, some from my family archives, some I've had signed, other turn up in used books. Some of this stuff that is already in wikipedia is here:

I'm pretty sure there is more.

I also have a great collection of Corrado Parducci stuff, his "Job Book" written by him, copies of hundreds of photographs of his works in the plaster stage in his studio, a copy of his scrap book and more. I once had a project going to try and identify 75 sculptors in a photograph that was published in LIFE Magazine in 1949, located several of the artists still alive and corresponded with many children and grandchildren. Unfortunately much of that was lost in one of several dramatic computer and other failures in my life, but much remains. Then there is what I call the "my father (or grandfather) was a famous sculptor and..." syndrome. Through that I've collected a great CD filled with Rene Paul Chambellan's scrap books, as well as letter, papers, photographs and all sorts of that sort of things from a variety of other folks.

I always share. Well, almost always. So, I'd like to set up, on wikipedia, a Charpchives article or perhaps, a subpage of my user page or something, where these things could be referenced to and anyone who wanted to check up on something could contact me there.

Or is this all just some mutation of perversion of original research? Or even hubris? The thing about this material is that little of it in mine, although some of that does appear too. this is not my blog. Or should I just put it all on my blog and forget using it on wikipedia?

Feel free to give me your quick think on this, if in fact you manage to make it all the way through this epistle. Thanks, in any case. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 06:21, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

CSA states evolution

I found the "File:CSA states evolution.gif" on Wikimedia Commons, loved it and added to Confederate States of America - Secession - States. Really brilliant and clear. Wow, a reminder that Kansas was admitted as a free state before the Texas referendum! No wonder it was a landslide. That changes everything for interpretation of the Texas rumors about abolitionist-based promotion of slave-labor troubles and plains Indian attacks from "Bleeding Kansas". etc., etc., all the wonderful things about graphic presentation of information giving more, immediate and better global comprehension with spacial recognition than can be gathered by the mind in lineal text ... with effects now magnified with timeline sequencing as found with this map. Some now show a proportionate timeline bar progressing left-to-right, giving scaled time durations on the map displayed, better and better.

Anyway, before I read through the 20-month old exchanges about gifs on cell phones or something (?), I linked the article in See Also sections in all thirteen states' articles ending with "in the American Civil War" to the CSA article section holding the animated map. As it functions on my browser, it takes two clicks to run the animation at about 3 second intervals, and I so noted the two clicks to reach animation in the map caption. Is there any chance of keeping the map? TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 15:32, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

I put together an introduction/apology/defense on Talk:Confederate States of America#CSA states evolution . gif. With any luck that will qualify the map for anyone taking exception to it, to tag it, not blank it, and room/time for discussion and collaboration. Thanks for reconsidering it for further refinement. TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 16:32, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

CSA .gif design considerations

I'm really interested in pursuing this with you, if you would permit a sort-of junior sub-assistant consult fella. While I'm an avid user of these marvelous animated maps, imbedded in slide shows cast on a "white board" allowing electronic pen interaction with the students ... I deeply regret no coding skills.
(1) on labeling state names. Would coding be saved by using the US postal service two letter abbreviations?
(a) In the legend a notice such as "States are designated with USPS abbreviations." linked to List of U.S. state abbreviations for reference.
(b) graphically the information of the state names is more clearly, uniformly and readily communicated with the two letters. The most important information is conveyed in the mapping, not the names, because of the political geography of the sectional "war between the states".
[I found that high school students in an "inclusive" classroom could fluently write using the abbreviations. No one with a disability (learning -hard to speed up, or emotional -hard to slow down, or motor -hard to close the loops) need hesitate or skip labeling a map or writing an essay, figuring out how to write "Massachusetts" when MA will do. And, also, for the rest of one's occupational life, only "MA" is really required, and MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS and MT really are.]
(2) color pallet might follow that used in the Electoral College mapping for presidential elections. Mostly pastels...
(3) timeline can be smaller scale, might show as a green bar expanding along a single axis white tube at the bottom of the map versus a hard to acquire black hairline progressing along a dark green, broken line bar.
(4) event titles might be relocated into the Gulf of Mexico. Even in smaller font, it will be more easily acquired in the 3-second window allowed. TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 22:36, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
Quick responses as I must be going, but:
1, I'm not a fan of because it requires people who may not know the abbreviations to have to go look them up while the animation's running. I don't mind the large version having as much information as it can get, maybe I'll switch down to abbreviations for the smaller version.
The color palette will definitely follow my Canada maps, no more baby poop brown, much more subdued colors.
I'm definitely up for improvements to the timeline, I can try this one.
I didn't put them in the gulf because ... ... good question. Didn't have as much room. Won't anymore either because I'll be including other countries. I'll do what I've done for the other maps and create a submap area for text. That will allow for more information. --Golbez (talk) 22:46, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
1. implication: edition A = clear, conventional labeling. perhaps thinner, narrower sans-serif fonts. edition B = complete labels in items changing, and in items just changed. Third past and older state labels go to two-letter international abbreviations. edition C = all two letter abbreviations. >> produce A, "C" minimalist edition, then B for educational use?
2. implication: go with what you got. That's best because you have a broader perspective that fits into a larger project. I was just thinking of helping out by cut-and-paste color selection, using 1860 Presidential Election map color off-the-shelf, in a different array for the limited purpose of a CSA map to conform with blue=Union convention (footnote: red is the universal color assigned the enemy units in military mapping convention): Douglas blue color = Union. Bell orange color = MO, KY. Lincoln peach color = WV. Breckinridge vibrant green = the Confederacy 11. Maybe for the "B" limited edition for U.S. article application >> last production >> rats . . . would you reconsider for an illogical reason, just for an interim, transitory and short-lived intermediate "beta-test" edition incorporating some of these redesigned items?
3. implication: thanks.
4.a implication: To ease 3-second acquisition of the title, can the timeline title box float adjacent the new activity? If they are widespread, as in wars in the Americas in the 1860s found in southern US, Mexico, and Peruvian islands, they might have box-background colored arrows => from the box to the disparate locations.
4.b acquisition of information: can there be a button/lozenge that reads pause on the map itself that allows a reader to hover the cursor over the button as the show progresses? The PAUSE mode would be platform for accessing popup county maps for WV envisioned in my CSA:talk proposal. In many animated maps there is a proprietary, non-standard, non-intuitive, key to pause the flow (space bar, ctrl-P, navigator bar). I find these schemes not-user-friendly for the multi-platform reader/presenter. Alternative #2: if the title box remains stationary, directions above it might read, "PAUSE by click on the title box". TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 11:54, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
I only have a response to #4 at this moment, but it's impossible to pause and restart a GIF. And we can't use Flash on Wikipedia. One thing I've pondered is a version of a map where it animates slower, but shows a zoomed-in version of smaller changes as they go on. Or a transition. Something a little more professional than what we have. --Golbez (talk) 16:02, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
In the section below I think I just ran-on past you, without absorbing what you just said just above. But I'll leave it up just in case there is something in there that you can use. Thanks for your patience. Sorry about that. TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 11:47, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

GIF limits - CSA

Given impossible to Wiki - pause and restart a .gif, then

(a) allow a toggle to extend delays in sequence from three to ___ seconds, for instance, DELAY three to seven seconds.
(b) provide for a link to a subsidiary GIF "West Virginia - counties evolution (date) to (date)", for instance, 1858-1868. see explication below
(c) it may be that the needs of the CSA article will be met with a place-holder WV county map in a linked GIF, with a general textual description of what is intended/required for complete scholarly accuracy. This would amount to a sort of specifications for collaborative "suggested guidelines" for anyone interested in pursuing this level of detail to (a) amass the data set and (b) write the WV GIF in a shell which you might provide.
Along with the distinctive colors for MO, KY and WV, a summary note could be posted in a box for the CSA map. One should not throw out the baby with the bath water, so to speak.

WV subsidiary map explication.

--The heartburn western Virginians felt towards the easterners was based in part on the county under-representation. So, trying to secure the loyalty of westerners, several counties were subdivided in 1860 to give greater voice in the state Assembly. The evolution through changing county lines.
--the mapped universe of counties included should extend with all data for two counties beyond the eventual WV state line, or on inspection, (b) however many more counties it takes to see uninterrupted Richmond-leaning voting. As I remember by a previous visual survey of a period map, this will follow the westerly penetration of Richmond-to-county rail connections.
--mapped transportation of navigable rivers, canals and railroads out two counties into adjacent states of MD, PA, OH and KY. Rails built into what will be WV 1861-1863.
--Elections/votes selection: (b) decline of Whig voting in Congress, (c) for president 1860 (d) secession convention vote #1 including fall-off from presidential vote [a virtual none-of-the-above percent, or Unionists reported intimidation at some polling places), (d) secession convention vote #2 or its boycott, as the anti-slavers in Bleeding Kansas did at the LeCompton Constitution (e) plebiscite in Union occupied counties allowing additional counties to join WV, (f) two counties awarded WV on court appeal 186--8? TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 18:57, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
In this section I think I ran-on past you, without absorbing what you said in the section just above. But I'll leave it up, just in case there is something in here that you can use. Thanks for your patience. Sorry about that. My bad. TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 6:47 am, Today (UTC−5)

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Occupy issues

Hey, thanks for reverting my mistakes that I did a week ago. I realized today when walking by Farragut that I confused it with another square which was located down the street, thus messing up. Thanks again! Kevin Rutherford (talk) 17:17, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview

Dear Golbez,


My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, were it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.


So a few things about the interviews:

  • Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
  • Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
  • All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
  • All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
  • The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.


Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 00:57, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Shusha

I saw your edits on the page, Shusha. I think adding that Shusha is a defacto republic is more neutral than its disputed region, as we have information after that gives some light on the issue. Let me know what you think. Thanks! Nocturnal781 (talk) 12:18, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

I'll leave it as is, I just think that disputed vs de facto, that de facto is more neutral since its a territory of its own that claimed independence, but internationally recognized as Azerbaijan of course. I know its a sensitive topic so I'll leave it alone, seems like the best option for now. I read that page you had btw about Azerbaijan-Armenian conflict on Wikipedia, quite interesting! Nocturnal781 (talk) 12:30, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

CSA.GIF International boundary POV

Per the Golbez and JimWae discussion concerning the International boundary. See the 6-color palette section
The International boundary might be replaced with another line font, say, solid (thinner than international) line on the Confederate side, dotted line on the Union side -_-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-__-_ , or something.The universal descriptor could be
"Boundary claimed by the Confederate States of America, [month] 1861 - April 1865."
the border changing with each new Admitted to Confederacy. That would put WV on the south of the line, but as of March 4, 1863, WV would stay #4 color (CSA-with-U.S. Representatives, same color as USA-with-C.S. Representatives) and the geopolitical change would show visually because #3 color would obtain to VA (CSA, no U.S. representatives). TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 15:46, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

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United States Article

I would like to get this article up to FA status, I see that you are listed as a source on the article, would you like to join me on this task?

--Iankap99 (talk) 02:08, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

I posted the peer review on the talk page --Iankap99 (talk) 04:08, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

I posted the peer review on the talk page

Let's address them 1 by 1. Sound like a plan? --Iankap99 (talk) 05:00, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Your post at Village Pump

Hi Golbez, a quick note regarding your recent post at Village Pump about the young editor: given the age of the individual involved, the fact that his full name and date of birth were present on his page was highly problematic. If you happen to run into a similar situation in future, please remove the info and consider contacting Oversight. Cheers, Nikkimaria (talk) 05:34, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

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Nagorno-Karabakh

Hi. What do you think of this: [12]? Another SPA brought in to push POV on this article. The article is pretty much a mess now. The section that the suspicious accounts try to push is a collection of personal interpretations of primary sources, which is against the rules. Grandmaster 22:15, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

That's sad. You were the only one who kept some sort of order in that article. Grandmaster 22:21, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

If you give up so easily, then what is the point in taking part in this project? I think you should hold on to what you believe in. Neutrality and accuracy of information. I think it is time to ask the wiki community for help. Grandmaster 22:38, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

I understand. I will raise the issue. Let the community decide. Grandmaster 22:52, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Please see this: [13] I hope I presented the situation accurately. You are welcome to correct or add your opinion. Grandmaster 23:23, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Btw, I checked your post at WP:AN, and one of your colleagues volunteered to help. [14] Maybe you can use some assistance? Grandmaster 10:41, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

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You Armenian Azeri! ;)

Now, go and get yourself to the more advanced stage of being accused of being an Israeli AND an Arab, a Communist AND a Fascist, a Republican AND a Democrat, a dog AND a cat, and you will know you are on the right lines towards getting to the truth. :) Meowy 23:39, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

The Original Barnstar
For putting up with this incredibly friendly and collegial environment of neutral, good-faith editors </sarcasm>. MBisanz talk 23:48, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

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List of Governors of Hawaii

It's good now, at least on my browser. Thanks for the quick action.Maile66 (talk) 18:38, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

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List of The Simpsons video games

I think I've figured out the perfect way to show the releases. Check out the article and see! I was making things WAY too complicated. — Status {talkcontribs 17:57, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

My golly, I think I've got it! Thanks for being so hard on the way the article looked before! It looks 100% better now, and it much more useful! — Status {talkcontribs 19:51, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

POV edits with disturbing implications if allowed to stand

Dear Golbez, could you give your opinion about some disturbing editing that has been going on at the Van cat article? I'm asking you because you have had some experience of the issues and the disruption that can result over place naming disputes regarding Armenia and Azerbaijan. An editor is trying to add the pov claim that present-day Van lies in "the region of Turkish Kurdistan" and (in the article's infobox) that Van is in "the Turkish Kurdistan region of Turkey". Of course Van is legally and administratively entirely part of Turkey, is thecapital of Van region, and is internationally recognised as such. Any use of the word "Kurdistan" comes loaded with POV implications because it means "land of the Kurds" – it is far more than just saying "Kurdish-populated areas" (though I don’t see why even mentioning the ethnicity of the human population is needed in an article on cats). The implications if her edit is allowed to stand could be extremely disruptive. It would justify Kurdish activists editing Wikipedia articles on towns and cities and regions in eastern Turkey to state that these places are located in "Turkish Kurdistan", or even just in "Kurdistan". You can easily imagine the level of edit warring that such actions could cause. Meowy 20:05, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

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Talkback

Hello, Golbez. You have new messages at Status's talk page.
Message added 17:20, 1 April 2012 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Not sure if you're watching my page or not. — Statυs (talk) 17:20, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

Template:RC

I think this is what you were looking for. — Statυs (talk) 22:36, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

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C.S.A. animated map beta.Mar.5

File:Page 1.gif
States represented in Congress
Confederate and United States
1860-1870
  U.S. Congress and admitted, 1860-1870
  Secession Proclamation, 1860-1861
  Confederate Congress, 1861-1865
  Confederate and U.S., 1861-1865
  Confederate state surrender, 1865
  U.S. Congress readmission, 1866-1870
  Confederate capital
The original animated map of the Confederacy has been deleted on Confederate States of America. Which reminds me,
Could you use the March 5 beta, add a legend and title, and upload it as-it-is for a publication to be revised? Using the existing colors.
With apologies for having absolutely no fluency in the color palettes, something like, well, blind thrashing around, the adjacent?
duly aligned with your color selection, proportioned as a legend, perhaps in the map ...
I'm not sure how to complete this project. But I do know that I want to see one of your animated versions at Confederate States of America.
I've not forgotten your request for more background. Hope to be resettled by August with full access to my library. TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 08:02, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

NK

Hi Golbez. I hope you are doing well. Are you back from your sabbatical from all things Caucasus related? :) If so, what is your opinion about recent large rewrites to the article about Nagorno-Karabakh? Those edits have no consensus (other than 7 recently created accounts, no one else supports them). My concern is that those edits are largely based on interpretation of the primary sources, which is not acceptable per WP:PRIMARY, and secondary sources used are mostly partisan, i.e. representing the Armenian point of view, despite WP rules requiring to use third party sources. I would appreciate your comment and further involvement with the article. Take care. Grandmaster 10:41, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Also, what do you think of the change to the lead? If memory serves me right, this edit was already discussed with the banned user, and was rejected. Grandmaster 11:44, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. But whenever you have time, could you please have a look at the changes to the lead? Grandmaster 20:30, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of The Simpsons video games/archive1

Any additional comments? — Statυs (talk) 16:41, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

The table isn't getting much love. Check out what NapHit has to say. — Statυs (talk) 19:53, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

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a poke and a ping - c.s.a

I tried to make an answer to your timeline poke with two links and some discussion, and to the ping with two additional links and three summaries ...

I tried to add to your earlier defense of the beta animated political c.s.a. map, particularly answering the business about "original research" since Dubyavee, you and I all use Martis as a scholarly "reliable source" of political geography. I added the draft legend as a proposal on the c.s.a. talk page, which I had hoped would answer the objections. Resounding silence.

There are still interested readers, when I tried to archive a discussion on the railroad map leading to the consensus USMA map adoption, it conflicted with the bot archiving, so an editor collaboratively showed me how to use {{collapse top}} and {{collapse bottom}} to achieve the same object, allowing readers of c.s.a. Talk easier navigation to the question at hand: adopting the animated map.

But formerly engaged editors are now off on other projects, all of which are equally interesting, but nothing further on c.s.a. --- Was it something I said? TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 08:36, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

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C.S.A. animated map beta.2.1

new legend, trying to accommodate all previous comments and exceptions.

[animated map of state political geography]
States entering the Confederate Congress
and vacated in the U.S. Congress
click x 2 to begin an animated map, 1860 -1870
  States represented in United States Congress, 1860 - 1870
  State secession proclamations recognized by the Confederacy
  Confederate Congress without U.S. representation during Civil War
  Confederate and U.S. representation concurrent during Civil War
  Former Confederacy administered by U.S. military, 1865 - 1870
  Former Confederate states seated in U.S. Congress, 1866 - 1870

thenks again. TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 17:45, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Be in at the start

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulipa_karabachensis These are Azerbaijani tulips and have been for thousands of years, numerous UN declarations assert this, and they are being cruelly crushed underfoot by the urecognised regime of an unrecognised country! Seriously though, the source states "Karabakh range" i.e. the mountains, which, like tulips, don't stop at artificial borders and extend into both Armenia and Azerbaijan. Will that stop an edit war over an article almost nobody will ever read? Probably not. Meowy 01:59, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

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Azerbaijani vs Azeri

Hi!
I basically undid these recent edits, which were quite anachronistic. I confess that I didn't check other parts of the article.
Sardur (talk) 21:40, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

"Anachronistic" was generic: the word is about nationality and should therefore not appear before 1918; that was the main reason of my revert. But "Azeri" is about the ethnicity, hence the "ethnic Azeri population" (which btw, AFAIK, is wrong, as the city was mainly populated by Meskhetians at that time). Sardur (talk) 22:58, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

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Help

The user is moving nationalist sentiment. "How many times do I need to say?... It's an Armenian instrument, in other countries there are different varities that are repeated throughout the text!" -- Esc2003 (talk) 17:05, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

User removed only Azerbaijani name (balaban) on template. Esc2003 (talk) 17:15, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
I also removed for this system. * Esc2003 (talk) 17:35, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Norte/archive1

Hi Golbez, I've responded to you're comments at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Norte/archive1. Best, Albacore (talk) 04:34, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

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List of space stations at WP:FLC

Hi Golbez, you helpfully left a bunch of comments at the above, it appears that they have been addressed. If you get a chance, it'd be brilliant if you could revisit your review. Hope you're well. Best, The Rambling Man (talk) 17:12, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

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Use italics for titles

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Credo Reference Update & Survey (your opinion requested)

Credo Reference, who generously donated 400 free Credo 250 research accounts to Wikipedia editors over the past two years, has offered to expand the program to include 100 additional reference resources. Credo wants Wikipedia editors to select which resources they want most. So, we put together a quick survey to do that:

It also asks some basic questions about what you like about the Credo program and what you might want to improve.

At this time only the initial 400 editors have accounts, but even if you do not have an account, you still might want to weigh in on which resources would be most valuable for the community (for example, through WikiProject Resource Exchange).

Also, if you have an account but no longer want to use it, please leave me a note so another editor can take your spot.

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Sears tower

Hello there Golbez. please look at this:

It is important that people know about khan a pioneer engineer of skyscrapers. khan is not like anyother engineer. he is called the "eisntein of structural engineering" his works are very important in design of skyscrapers. so whatever is said about khan in the article Willis Tower is no exaggeration. Thank you (Luthador (talk) 18:02, 15 July 2012 (UTC))

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argument up on US talk page (retrospector87)

Hi..my arguments are up for the introductionary paragraphs of the United States article..let's make something happen! I think it's fair to give this process a timeline...if there's no counterargument set up by you (and others) on the talk page, by 28 July, I'll institute my changes on the article --Retrospector87 (talk) 19:56, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of The Simpsons video games/archive2

I'm baacckk... Statυs (talk) 06:00, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

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Van cat

Hi, man, what's wrong with you, you don't know Armenian, nor Turkish. But you can revert an alternative name of cat? But also, Western Armenia, is related to cat origin, and if now Turkey starts call itself Ecuador, the cat is still from Western Armenia. So, come prove you're right about this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arantz (talk • contribs) 04:56, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Well, first go up to discussion, then do your tricks. I'm about this? Do you know deeply where is Turkey, about Van cat, time of origin, history, geographic regions, political borders. Arantz (talk) 21:50, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

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Moving Burma to Myanmar - ongoing poll

This is to let you know that an ongoing poll is taking place to move Burma to Myanmar. I know this happened just recently but no administrator would close these frequent rm's down, so here we go again. This note is going out to wikipedia members who have participated in Burma/Myanmar name changing polls in the past. It does not include banned members nor those with only ip addresses. Thank you. Fyunck(click) (talk) 20:53, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

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Steven Zhang's Fellowship Slideshow

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  • DR Noticeboard comparison: How the newest DR forum has progressed between May and August
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Thanks for the undo

for taking out that guy at United States - if it was you who blocked him. If it wasn't you, that's okay too. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 15:31, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

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France and French Republic

Looked for both in the WP and saw only one article: France. In the other case we have two articles, because we have a territory that is part of Azerbaijan and a "puppet" (yessir) political entity on it. This is why we have two articles and must respect the terminology; without being driven by our sympathies... All the best. --E4024 (talk) 18:52, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

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Your sentence of hatred towards Armenians and Azeries/Azerbaijanese

Gobez, you expressed hatred to 2 nations at the same time.

Quote: "..I have an attitude against both Armenians and Azeris because I have been editing these articles for seven years and have come to generally hate everyone involved."

This is a base of indefinitely blocking you but not in any way a show of "adult supervision", as you note in the discussion on Talk:Nagorno-Karabakh_Republic. I strongly recommend not to get involved in any articles involving either an Armenian or an Azeri elements. This is a friendly suggestion as the above shows absolutely no way you can be constructive. Aregakn (talk) 21:51, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Copy-pasting your move of the discussion on my talk-page to have it full on yours Aregakn (talk) 12:28, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

"Gobez, you expressed hatred to 2 nations at the same time." You can look at it that way, I choose not to. I have no irritation towards the citizens of Armenia or Azerbaijan, just their governments, and those who represent them who make Wikipedia a battleground. I'm still waiting for you to tell me whose side I'm on. --Golbez (talk) 21:57, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

?? You know your sides better but telling u hate armenians and azeries does not make u a saint but shows you should never get involved in the articles. I am here to contribute to knowledge and ur game of speaking of "sides" is strange for me. I am not asking of any clarifications from you of ur hatred but telling to in a friendly way to consider giving up the articles with subjects involving those nationalities and ethnicities you said you hate as it is most inconstructive. The rest is your choice, but I have done all in my powers to bring sense to you. Aregakn (talk) 01:23, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
I learned hate from dealing with the articles, not the other way around. Your request for me to leave the articles more than the extent I have already left them is denied. I point out that I have not directly accused you of a bias, but you have accused me ("This is 100% prove of you pushing points" What points am I pushing?), yet for some reason have decided to play coy with it and not say it out loud. Whatever. --Golbez (talk) 01:40, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
Golbez, I don't really care where u learnt hatred from but your Nazism has to be dealt with. I will find time to ask for a action due to your racist views. Aregakn (talk) 12:26, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

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Please continue the talk on your page. Aregakn (talk) 12:28, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

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the sandbox

Please let me know when you don't want me on a page. When you see an area as your personal sandbox, I'll leave.
I derive substantial benefit from using WP to drive my daily mental exercise. This 'hobby' is actually important for my health.
If you can yank your animated map off my User page because you don't like my legend, you got big-hat editor authority. I salute you.
I still think Wikipedia is great, so I'll just steer clear of anywhere you'd rather not see me, if you would but still allow me to pursue it.
Thanks in advance for any consideration you might see yourself able to extend in my direction. TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 18:59, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Reply to your reply on my Talk page.

Thanks. I'll take a short break. And thanks for clearing up my misunderstanding. It really is a cool map. Please let me know when you want to have a go at the map again. TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 11:55, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

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Gotta tell Golbez ...

- I saw | Charlie Rose: Robert Kaplan a while back, got on the public library waiting list and have a copy in my hands. Total antidote to NYTs Freidman, "The World is Flat".
- Riches -- RICHES. “The Revenge of Geography: what the maps tells us about coming conflicts and the battle against fate.” I’m only half into the first chapter and I told my wife, I’ve GOT to tell Golbez about this. Starts off kind of travelogue-y, but it gets better as it goes along.
- She just does not understand our relationship. -- Like two guys meeting in a park once a week to play chess. -– Isn’t that the guy who knocks your edits off of the ‘United States’ article? She is watching. I think she is jealous of you. If I disappear from Wikipedia for a while, you will know the real reason why. But I just had to tell you about “Revenge”. TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 14:47, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

Edit warring

IP hopping user introducing a map from an unreliable source -and of course without consensus- insistently to the Armenians in Azerbaijan article. Your help in blocking the edit warrior as well as removing and deleting the said map would be appreciated. Thanks and all the best. --E4024 (talk) 21:59, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

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United States RfCs

- I just added the note at Talk:u.s.,
- Editor-1 has a background in history and politics. Editor-2 shows an interest in history and geography. The two have collaborated on and off for over a year, so one RfC went to history-geography, one RfC went to government-politics. Any comments should begin through that framework of wider collaboration. TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 08:15, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

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Sky city

Hello,

I noticed that you were one of the prime contributers to the Burj Khalifa article, and I thought you could help me. I am trying to take Skycity to DYK, considering what an interesting hook it will make. For which, I intend to expand the article as much as I can (to meet DYK expansion standards). For this I request your help to expanding the article and making it a truly great hook.

I am trying to keep all edits at User:TheOriginalSoni/Sky city so that we have more than the traditional 7 days to finish this hook. Hope you shall help!!!

Thanks and cheers!! TheOriginalSoni (talk) 18:05, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

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indian state

Agree worded badly but the editor is right we should mention the Indian state - in fact its more important they calling it the second war of independents in my opinion (only old American historians say this). We have a map that shows the so called Indian area before the war File:NorthAmerica1762-83.png. What can we do to fix this?Moxy (talk) 22:09, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

I dont understand what your saying at all? Yes sources are fine for "second war of independents" (however we were mocked on CNN for using this term) - but I am talking about the Indian state problem - that is not in the article at all and is much more relevant then an obscure name for the conflict. I would guess Americans like the term "second war of independents" and thats fine.. but we should mention the problems about expectation into the reserves. Moxy (talk) 22:32, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
O I see what your saying - just as with "second war of independent" not mentioned or explained anywhere in the article. I will fix both of these problem. Also the statement sound like the USA came to Canada's rescue - over invaded it. I will fix all this in time Moxy (talk) 22:41, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

sorry, lost focus

- Sorry, I lost focus. Hard sometimes -- in the face of your charges that I might deliberately misrepresent you. As a fellow southroner, I am sure you understand.
- Is there a reference to support "numbers for Chinese and American areas overlap"?. It may be that we can look at them together whenever you want to return to it. TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 11:52, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

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Talkback

Hope this is Okay; couldn't see where else to leave a comment. I've been looking at your useful maps of Cyprus. For us visual types, wouldn't it make more sense to have the Green Line actually be green? I'm sure the Brits wouldn't mind being blue. Just a suggestion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.28.203.90 (talk) 20:41, 19 December 2012 (UTC)


hello golbez & congrats on your fine territorial evolution maps as well as apologies if i am inadvertently out of order but a possible correction on the sequence from april 1803 thru december 1817 inclusive would be to move the northwest extremity of the louisiana purchase south from the 49th parallel to the actual watershed divide at triple divide peak circa 48n34 best wishes Egull (talk) 23:53, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

Hello, Golbez. You have new messages at TheOriginalSoni's talk page.
Message added 18:27, 2 December 2012 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

TheOriginalSoni (talk) 18:27, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

OIA - maybe Golbez source?

I'm not sure whether this helps me or not, but check out |Office of Insular Affairs online. terms include unincorporated, insular, territory ... links to laws ... still checking it out myself ... TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 08:00, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

SVG

Hi, i noticed you wanted to know if an image can be converted into SVG format, yes it can be done through tracing (see on yotube; watch?v=rzmdqwFpxp8), however some images can't be traced properly thus using tools on Inkscape (See; watch?v=bSR_dI1gE4E).Kingroyos (talk) 21:35, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

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Bar-bar-os

Admin Golbez, could you possibly make some cleaning here also? Thanks in advance. --E4024 (talk) 18:34, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Taiwan

Hello DeCausa. Are you interested to share your two cents at Talk:Taiwan#Split? (Interestingly, contributors in both Talk:Taiwan#Split and Talk:Cyprus#Split the article made use of arguments such as "insignificant", "people won't understand", and "people who aren't familiar will be confused".) 14.0.208.97 (talk) 01:45, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Cyprus

Hi Golbez. Hope all is well. I have replied to your comments on the talk. I am not sure i understand why you are saying that geopolitical situation is amazingly complex on that little island and having an overview article will clear things out.. The overview article is the Island nation's article. It explains early on the geopolitical situation. Could you please elaborate so that we can have a discussion? Thank you 23x2 φ 11:04, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Hi again Golbez! Thank you for your message at my talk. I have replied there. Regards 23x2 φ 17:10, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Are you still at work? ;) I have replied at my talk page. Thanks 23x2 φ 18:42, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Hi again, please let me know if i have your consent to transfer our discussion to the talk page of the article, so that others may read and contribute etc. Thanks 23x2 φ 21:37, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
Thank you 23x2 φ 21:53, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

BLOODY CHRISTMAS ARTICLE

Hi, since you got involved with the complex Cyprus issue, please have a look at that (Bloody Christmas). I'm copying what I wrote on the talk page: his article is a clear WP:POVFORK. It just rephrases 2-3 lines currently in the Cypriot intercommunal violence article which covers the 10 day period of Bloody Christmas as well as the events in 1974.Besides that, its clearly writen to impose a POV.

  • Proof 1:
  • Source states: "133 Turkish Cypriot victims who were killed or went missing in Cyprus 47 years ago during a 10 day period dubbed ‘Bloody Christmas"
  • Article states: "Between 21–22 December 1963 up to 133 Turkish Cypriots were killed by Greek Cypriots"
  • Proof 2:
  • CIA world factbook was marked as a source but actually wasn't and was removed.
  • Proof 3:
  • source:"Apparently some 20000 of them chose to remain and were given appropriate grants of land" From the book The road to Bellapais: The Turkish Cypriot exodus to northern Cyprus, (Searched for "20000" through ebook)
  • article: 20,000 Turkish Cypriots abandoned their homes JCA100 (talk) 00:44, 29 December 2012 (UTC)


JCA100FYI I answered all of your proofs on the Talk page. I'm also trying to make this article more complete and better with new updates from my research. This is not a 1-day job specially for my restricted agenda. But you're always very welcome to help me as well to make Bloody Christmas (1963) better. Please check for the last updates on the page as well. Sbasturk (talk) 03:19, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

I got involved in the Nagorno Karabakh articles for over half a decade because I made a map. I have no interest in getting involved in the Cyprus articles just because I have a strong opinion on splitting. :) (... and because I made a map.) --Golbez (talk) 14:32, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Golbez, no need to make a Cyprus political map. One is available at the US State Department page. Happy New Year. --E4024 (talk) 16:44, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
Er, I already did. Seven years ago. :) File:Cyprus districts named.png (Someone edited the colors but the rest is mine) --Golbez (talk) 16:46, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
Then you already know better than anyone that the EU considers "Turkish Cypriot Community" as part of the Republic of Cyprus! :-( However, certainly the EU does not consider the Eastern Base Area as part of that Republic, but maybe only of the EU; this is why they refer to the "outer borders of the EU where the Eastern Sovereign Base meets the Turkish Cypriot Community". (Looks like this last one is another country. :-) Please look at this "Protocol Number 10" with the RoC. Now I am afraid to take it to the concerned split discussion as I am frequently accused by some to take part with the Turkish Cypriot POV and this document calls them "Turkish Cypriot Community" and claim this entity have "borders" with a Sovereign Base Area! (People will think I have conflicting views on the status of the TRNC... :-) Cheers. --E4024 (talk) 20:29, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
Looks like a litle english misunderstanding here.... By "Shall be treated as" they mean treated as borders although they are not. All UN resolutions consider TRNC as legally invalid and the North as territory of the Republic of Cyprus that its not under its effective control. By no means the EU considers that there is a border between the South and the North186.113.26.35 (talk) 20:44, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
Right. I do know my English is not so good. However, I understood something similar to you; that the EU does consider the Republic of Cyprus as the owner of "almost" all Cyprus. Not the Sovereign Base Areas though... --E4024 (talk) 20:55, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

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January 2013

Hello, I'm Estlandia. I noticed that you recently removed some content from Nagorno-Karabakh War without explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, I restored the removed content. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! Miacek and his crime-fighting dog (woof!) 15:23, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

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Palmyra not in Hawaii

I hope we can turn to Panama Canal soon, but in the mean time I found another good background source that might be of use to you for "Insular Areas."
_ See GAO Report, "U.S. Insular Areas, Application of the U.S. Constitution" November 1997. Besides populated areas under discussion at Talk:United States, Great maps for unpopulated areas and nugget histories. Apparently, Palmyra Atoll (p.42) was by tradition a part the Kingdom of Hawaii in the incorporated city of Honolulu. On statehood in 1959, Palmyra was excluded to prevent it from surpassing Los Angeles in square area.
_ Senator Jackson of Washington state said for the Record, “Palmyra . . . is technically today a part of the city limits of the city of Honolulu. . . . [We] excluded [Palmyra from the state] in deference to my friend from California who felt that Los Angeles might be discriminated against. That would have been the longest city limits in the world of any incorporated city, extending 1,500 miles to Palmyra.” (p.44) TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 15:02, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

OH 8

The space isn't significant. A user is just as likely to include it as omit it. I moved the page for consistency with other letter-letter-number disambiguation pages. That said, I understand your argument; I won't object if you want to move it back. Cheers,—Ketil Trout (<><!) 18:17, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

barnstar

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For your quick and sensible action today. Thank You. Beeblebrox (talk) 22:46, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

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Thank You

Your response here made my day Talk:United_States#This_article_should_be_split.2Fmoved_to_.22Federal_Corporate_America.22_because_of_the_thesis_statement_referring_only_to_the_same... Thanks for that PhantomTech (talk) 22:06, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

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AE

For your information: [15] Regards, Grandmaster 19:40, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

You are welcome. Grandmaster 20:42, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

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On the U.S. article

Okay, I'll grant you there's something going on over there. I'm willing to AGF re: VH considering he has attempted to solicit outside opinions... but I feel like there's a IDHT situation going on here. I mean, I found within five minutes searching two major sources (admittedly, legal encyclopedias) that should resolve this entire issue. But I don't get where all these other random sources are coming from or what they're accomplishing with respect to the base U.S. article. And it honestly feels like there's synthesis going on by bringing in all these sources, and then making value determinations with respect to them. I'm also kind of concerned following his burial of my comment that his source doesn't support his contention. I don't really like that... and it feels like this is more of a behavioral issue than a content issue. —/Mendaliv/2¢/Δ's/ 19:58, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Your comment at Wikipedia:VPP#Wikipedia_is_dying._Does_anyone_care.3F

I thought your comment was very smart, and spot on. I don't have anything to add to that discussion that wasn't already said, but I want you to know that I agree fully with your take on the "issue", which is mainly a non-issue. There are wikipedia issues, but they're not discernible simply from contribution rates. Your comment makes that nicely clear, and it's one of the most cogent ones in that thread. Shadowjams (talk) 11:52, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

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Possible compromise resolution
The Dispute Resolution Noticboard volunteer, Noleander has offered a compromise solution here. Please take a minute to add your response as to whether you agree or disagree with this solution. There are no "ground rule" limitations but please consider using brevity if commenting . Amadscientist (talk) 00:15, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

I really really want to be a writer-editor

Help, Golbez. I really really want just to be a contributing writer-editor. Still no sources for the congress-can-take-away-all-our-rights view, where does this cut-and-paste phraseology originate? It’s like a chain letter from the National Rifle Association on gun control -- wait, no that can't be right. -- Supreme Court says the constitution follows citizenship and citizenship is “irrevocable”. Neither U.S. citizenship nor rights can be “terminated at any time” in some sort of lawless meltdown. And, you are NOT being watched by secret army apache helicopters.
_ _ In organized territories, citizens have more rights that in the organic acts because the Court keeps expanding them faster than Congress has (since 1952). Wake Island is not organized, it is administered directly by an unelected executive department as are the other unpopulated possessions: interior, nasa or army. I think the State Dept. Manual says if born on Wake, status is "indeterminate" if not by blood citizen or by blood national status.
I’ve got a couple of posts at Talk:United States because I want to get back to being a writer-editor. And I think I found a cool source for our discussion on Panama Canal and citizenship as soon as we get time. TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 10:43, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

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Your note at the US article

If the article doesn't even mention the territories, should there be an effort to add that somewhere...or is that like asking to re-open Pandora's box?--Amadscientist (talk) 22:26, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

Cripes

Gotta respect your decision to back out of the hellhole Talk:USA has become. Just want it to be clear I don't think you were dead wrong at any point during the entire discussion, even if we disagreed at points. —/Mendaliv/2¢/Δ's/ 13:30, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

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United States

Hi Golbez,

I'm not sure why you undid my edit, considering your previous edits state that the version I brought it to is the consensus implementation. Furthermore, while the demonym is American, that doesn't always say something about the name of the locale. An example is The Netherlands (they're called the Dutch). I don't really have a stake in this so if the consensus is to remove that statement, I'm fine with it. Transcendence (talk) 18:52, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

You can find plenty of irregular demonyms at [[16]]. There's nothing inherent to a demonym that requires it to be a derivative of the name of the locale. I don't know if there is a consensus for the term "colloquially". Please do not accuse me of using a false consensus ("but do so without relying on a false consensus to do so"), I was referring to your edit summary at [[17]]. My edit brought the article to the same state as that diff and you wrote that is the consensus implementation. I never said there was a consensus for the term "colloquially" itself, merely that the state of the article, by your own words, was at a consensus state, nothing more, nothing less.
With regards to the statement at hand, I'm not sure that there is a right answer here since neither of us can bring citations to this. I'm arguing that official correspondence and documents such as the Constitution do not use the singular term "America" to refer to the country. However, in practice and informally, government officials and websites do refer to the country as "America". So how specific we do want to get here and what constitutes encyclopedic quality here? With regards to the acronyms, official correspondence does refer to the country as "U.S" and "U.S.A". Some examples are military insignia and emblems. Hence, it's not colloquial since it's used in formal settings. Transcendence (talk) 19:15, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
If you want to change it back, then do it. I don't care anymore. Transcendence (talk) 19:37, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

He, hopefully you know that 'Armenian' is not the same term as 'Turkish' ("readdition of the turkish identity to the intro"). 109.172.53.161 (talk) 16:52, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

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Hi, I noticed you're in the list of wikipedia administrators so I randomly chose you to possibly help with an article. I was editing and noticed the article Allipura was changed significantly and can't tell if the person who edited it is a vandal or not. Maybe you can help since you're an administrator? But I'm really sorry if I'm not doing the right procedure. I'm not sure where else to go. Thanks! - --Turn685 (talk) 20:49, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

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The tone of your last post on Talk:United States is quite confrontational, and I'm guessing intentionally so. I understand why you're saying what you're saying (although I have a slightly different take on their discussion), but I don't think what you wrote was productive on an article talk page. Maybe it would be better on a user talkpage. The last fragment after the end of the comma in the last sentence seems very unnecessary. Unlike the rest of your post, it doesn't really communicate more than what was said before, and it's especially personal. It seems to me as just something that would lead to more sniping, rather than generating anything productive. Imagine if something like that was said on an AA2 page. Anyway, this isn't a warning or anything like that, just my opinion as a third (fourth?) party observer. I'm sure everyone's tired o the entire thing by now, and if that the less the talkpage stirs emotions the more saner we'll all feel when we go to bed. Cheers, CMD (talk) 21:53, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

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3RR warning

It appears you have well and truly reached 3RR on United States. In well under 4 hours. Please be aware that this may be considered edit war. Cheers. Collect (talk) 19:29, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

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Hurricane Ramon listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Hurricane Ramon. Since you had some involvement with the Hurricane Ramon redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). iPhoneHurricane95 01:19, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

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note on Commons

Hi Golbez, could you please take a look at your Commons' talkpage, there's a note/question waiting for you. --Túrelio (talk) 08:33, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

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National Anthem

So that you know, Lfdder's edits at United States are not being reverted to remove the national anthem. You posted on their talk page that you agree with Lfdder on including it, but Lfdder was the one removing it. It was the reverting editors, such as myself, that were putting back what Lfdder was removing. --OuroborosCobra (talk) 16:19, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

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United States

Hello Sir,while reading article i am wondering it is not a featured article not even good where the article belong to the country of origin.Not an issue but strange one.---zeeyanwiki discutez 21:10, 27 June 2013 (UTC)

Looking from zeeyanwiki's point of view, I fear my enthusiasm has contributed to what meta-mega-editor-bots might view as disruption, and so contributed to the article's inability to get a higher rating. My bad, I regret it, still learning. TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 08:12, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

DC 'incorporation'

Generally in our disagreements, you maintain an admirable rigor and integrity. One exchange troubles. I posit that to be incorporated in a federal republic, a population must be represented in the national legislature by that nation’s constitutional practice.

Although USG directly administered DC by Congress and its appointees 1791 until “home rule”, there was no elected self-government and no delegate in Congress until 1972. Therefore, I said the population of DC was not incorporated into the federal republic until its territorial Member of Congress was authorized in 1972.

– The bumper stickers read, “DC--the last colony” before passage, because all US territories had self-government with delegates to congress prior to DC—a sequence which I was perhaps unclear about in the discussion. You then summarized my position, DC was not in US possession until 1972, a reductio ad absurdum – not your style over the course of over a year. What happened? TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 08:06, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of states and territories of the United States/archive1

First off, thank you for your comments on the article; I have fixed all of the issues you have noted. Toa Nidhiki05 23:39, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

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sup

sup m8 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.99.186.81 (talk) 00:16, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

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Thanks for the undo at AN/i

No idea what happened. I thought I hit edit, changed my own spelling error, and hit save. I'm dealing with a blown head gasket on my car so perhaps my mind was elsewhere today. Again thanks for reverting me. Fyunck(click) (talk) 21:39, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

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UNESCO note on PR

hey. thanks for the animated map at ACW. Footnote to ongoing reading program. Please note that UNESCO lists --- La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico --- since 1983, as within the United States of America “World Heritage List”, including the US National Park Service site there, as though Puerto Rico were a part of the US. TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 09:45, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

That is because the U.S. signed the World Heritage Convention, and therefore can nominate sites, while PR cannot. Similarly, the Town of St George, which is in Bermuda, and several natural sites in other British Overseas Territories are listed under the UK. TFD (talk) 19:45, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

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Canada provinces evolution 2.gif

I noticed you were the editor switching the Territorial evolution of Canada article to the new version of the animated gif (back in August '09). However, you did not switch over the instance over at Provinces and territories of Canada#Territorial evolution.

Since I see no reason why not use the version deemed superior everywhere, I am doing so. The reason for this message is that if you know of a good reason not to, you can revert my change and no harm done. Cheers, 90.229.34.175 (talk) 08:52, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

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Golbez, thank you for taking the time to review two of the lists I've nominated for Featured Article status: List of colleges and universities in Washington, D.C. and List of colleges and universities in West Virginia. I moved the key down in the West Virginia list, per your suggestion, and I've finished addressing each of your comments on the Washington, D.C. list. Please take a look at both lists, and let me know on the respective nomination pages if you have any outstanding comments or concerns. Thank you again for all your guidance and assistance in getting these lists up to FA status! -- Caponer (talk) 21:56, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

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Territorial Evolution maps

Hi, Golbez! Your territorial evolution maps are great and extremely informative. It would be cool if you could add the other territories to the slides as well - Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the other Caribbean and Pacific islands. I know it would be a lot of work, but it would properly complete the picture. Perhaps if you move the dates to the top-left, it would leave space along the bottom for these islands. Keep up the great work! BigSteve (talk) 11:50, 23 March 2014 (UTC)

p.s. You could also add the Jefferson Territory as a dashed-line red square between 1859-61.

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Based on your user page information...do you also comment on the CWG blog of The Post? "My master, Annatar the Great, bids thee welcome!" 03:05, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

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US article

As a very long-time editor of the United States article it would be helpful if you could add your input to the image dispute in Talk:United States#Mark Miller's image changes and one editor's (IMHO) extremely distorted interpretation of the image-use policy. Cadiomals (talk) 01:39, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

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