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Wikipedia:Featured article review/United States Bill of Rights

I noticed the article on the Bill of Rights has an {{unreferencedsection}} template in it; possibly, the paragraph immediately following this template may need additional inline citations.

It may turn out that such citations are not necessary; on the other hand, detailed citations assist in guarding against copyright violations, so I think that discussion should be part of a formal featured article review, for which I have nominated the article.

Please post your views on this matter to Wikipedia:Featured article review/United States Bill of Rights. 69.140.152.55 (talk) 22:44, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Don't worry, I need a wikibreak too. Hopefully the WP:FAR process doesn't move too quickly. 69.140.152.55 (talk) 04:52, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Re: Rc Patrol

I use twinkle to revert the edits and issue the warnings and it kinda does it automatically but you can take a look at Wikipedia:Template_messages/User_talk_namespace#Single-level_templates which may help i am almost positive you will find the template with what you need.

Thanks Staffwaterboy ^Talk♂ 16:47, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Re Re: Rc Patrol

The template you are looking for is

{{subst:uw-vandalism4im}}

Thanks Staffwaterboy ^Talk♂ 16:51, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Philippe de Montebello

Thanks for your help with this article, it's been on my to-do list for some time as it was in such a state. TRAVELLINGCARI^{My story}_{Tell me yours} 18:36, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Per this which cited the oath of allegiance, they do need to renounce. When I first quickly read your comment I read it as 'notability' instead of 'nobility' and was thinking 's/he is working on the Met and it's curators and is questioning notability??' and then I learnt to read properly :) If you're interested in museums in general, I'll poke you lightly toward WP:MUSEUMS ;) TRAVELLINGCARI^{My story}_{Tell me yours} 18:44, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Steiner Redlich

hello. i trying to understand you actions with regard to Steiner Redlich (talk · contribs). you blanked his talk page [1] then removed him from the administrators notice board without addressing the block request [2]. please advise. --emerson7 19:57, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

oic...i didn't scroll down far enough. anyway, he's been blocked for 48 hours. hopefully that will keep him at bay for a while. cheers! --emerson7 21:36, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Bill Ayers

Ok, I see now. thanks, It is me i think (talk) 15:14, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

I posted on the Discussion page for the article. No, I don't think it's animus on your part.Flatterworld (talk) 09:08, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Glad this worked out. I now know who to talk to when I have questions about my political articles. :-) Unfortunately, I don't remember which articles were in that other format. If I run across them again, I'll update them.Flatterworld (talk) 21:31, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

And I've now changed my mind. Go knock yourself out with your POV garbage. Flatterworld (talk) 06:14, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Parashah

Hi, the parashah article is about spacing divisions in the masoretic text. The standard modern Weekly Torah portions are much later, but they nearly always coincide with a space division (as is noted in the article). The relationship between parashah divisions and public reading in the synagogue is discussed in the halakhah section (which largely deals with the period before such readings were fully standardized.

But I take your point that there could be more in the article about how parashot relate to or coincide with other divisions. Dovi (talk) 20:49, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: Hasmos

Hi Kaisershatner, thank you for the note. I usually have between 5 and 30 wiki-windows open at any given time, doing research related to my World History Maps. When reading any articles, if I see a way to improve it (even in minor ways), I do it as best as I can. (In this case, someone pointed out that my map of 100 BC was missing Judea, and they are right. So researching Judea I found out about the Hasmoneans. I'm almost finished updating the Image:East-Hem_100bc.jpg map and hope to have it's updated version uploaded to Wikipedia by tonight.) Respectfully, Thomas Lessman (talk) 17:57, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

user:24.176.36.149

Hi I think this user should be blocked for a lot longer. All his edits were in bad faith and the user kept vandalizing after numerous warnings.Bit Lordy (talk) 17:24, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

cleanup of Killian

Hey Firs, just a silly error, but your correction in Killian documents altered a direct quotation of a cited reference. I agree with you and AWB that the wording is better your way, but obviously we can't change how it was said in the original.  :) Cheers, Kaisershatner (talk) 13:29, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi Kaiser,

Thanks for your friendly note. Obviously, sourced direct quotes shouldn't be altered. Thanks for reverting the mistake. I was actually watching for direct quotes, but missed this. Thanks so much for fixing the blunder. Best wishes and happy editing, Firsfron of Ronchester 20:53, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Invitation

WikiProject Objectivism Salutations, Kaisershatner. I notice you were once a participant in the inactive WikiProject Objectivism and I am excited to inform you that I have resuscitated the project. I was not active in the original project, so your experience and ideas would be most valuable. If you're interested in taking part, please consider changing your inactive status in the list of participants and joining the discussion on the talkpage. Yours in enlightened self-interest, Skomorokh 00:52, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Notability of B'rith Sholom

A tag has been placed on B'rith Sholom requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be about a real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable. If this is the first page that you have created, then you should read the guide to writing your first article.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the article (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Phlegm Rooster (talk) 12:47, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Torah

Hi, I'm just hoping to continue some copyedits at Torah, and I'm a bit perplexed by this sentence, I imagine it's yours since I think your version of the intro is the one that stands (sorry if I am wrong). What does this mean? "The names Five Books of Moses or Pentateuch, used here as synonyms, not as two distinct options of application, are also applied, predominantly in Christianity." Used where as synonyms? In the article? And what is meant by "options of application?" I'm not being snarky, seriously, just trying to understand the meaning so I can translate it into, you know, English.  :) But since I might not have as deep a religious or academic grasp of the subject as some of the other editors, I don't want to foul it up. Can you clarify?

Sure thing -- I didn't write the sentence as it is now -- I had a parenthetical in there that someone deleted. The sentence initially read something like:

The Torah, also called the "The Five Books of Moses" or "The Pentateuch" (used here as synonyms...

to indicate that I was not intending to portray these two (FBoM and P) as options of referral, as though the Torah is either called the FBoM OR P (mutually exclusive) -- as in or opposed to and. Rather, I intended to make the sentence indicate that all 3 are synonyms with one another. However, someone else came along and removed my parenthesis to produce what is probably confusing you and everyone else. If you understand and can make it work, go for it. :) DRosenbach ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 19:59, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

I see it's already gone -- on another point, though, I see you removed all reference to Torah being translated as "Law", as well as the evidence against it. This is not contested -- the definition of "Torah" is not "Law." It's as clear as the definition of anything. The Torah is called the "Law" because it is the foundation of Jewish law and contains the bibilical laws. Due to I don't know what (poor translation skills, weak social standing of certain aspects of Jewish culture at the time, etc.) there are references to this "Law" translation -- most commonly occuring, as I see it, on the blessings placard upon the bimah upon which the Torah is read in the snagogue. It's such an archaic way of referring to the Torah, and people, perhaps uneducated, might have thought that it was proposed as a translation. But clearly, anyone can do little more than look up the root (shoresh) of the term Torah to see that it has absolutely nothing to do with law. However, it is a common placard, and many non-Jews may think it's a translatios because they are ignorant of the Hebrew language -- I think it should be returned and that it is not controversial at all. DRosenbach ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 20:10, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

I removed forever -- good job!. DRosenbach ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 20:17, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

I would say "oh please" -- but only if I knew you better :)...I wouldn't want you to misunderstand my 'wave of disaproval' as referring to you; it refers only to your sentiment. Birnbaum is in not insulting Christian intellect; what he is saying is that non-Jews, as non-Jews, will necessarily possess an described (rather than acquired) perspective of Torah. Because non-Jews are not Jews, they lack a fundamental understanding of what Torah is and means to a Jew -- not that they can't. I'd like to use an example from my field, dentistry: Even the smartest patients won't understand what I say to them with all of the nuances and particulars, because they didn't learn about teeth for 4 years and experience working on patients for X number of years. That doesn't mean that they can't understand -- as though they are inherently deficient -- it just means that they won't, because they are extrinsically deficient. They haven't put in the effort, time, energy, etc. necessary to comprehend what I tell them on a level like I understand it. I still talk to them, and I don't call them "deficient" to their face. The same is true here. Christians will never know the Torah from a Jewish perspective -- it's impossible. It's like being in someone else's shoes, nearly impossible. Now although a Christian can work and work and work at trying to understand just what a Jew means when he says Torah, most are satisfied by just reading this article on Torah. So as to provide them with some insight, Birnbaum merely stated that "the common misperception of Torah as Law limits the non-Jews perception of what Torah really means to a Jew. That's all -- hope this helps. :) DRosenbach ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 21:56, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

I don't remember much from 1906 -- that far back is kinda blurry. It's highly likely that socio-religious nuances that existed back then have changed dramatically. Whereas quoting religious doctrine, thought and tradition from Maimonidies or the Shulchan Aruch is valid because he's writing from a Torah perspective that either doesn't change or permits within its own framework the ability for modification due to changes in society, quoting from a Jewish Encyclopedia, which may very well have been spun by reformers of the tradition, and that was published at the turn of last century might, might not lend itself to providing insightful insight into Judaism, but then again it might. Do you not have access to anything more recent? DRosenbach ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 04:23, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

It's frustrating that the other contributors to the discussion not only don't share my views (which is expected) but don't share the rules by which one should come to an opinion. DRosenbach ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 15:29, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

From a Jewish perspective, Torah is just as "Jewish" as "tefillin" and "Rosh Chodesh," so for the Torah article to be presented in such a way that marginalizes the Jewish perspective in a diplomatic scheme to promote NPOV (which, granted, is one of the tenets of Wikipedia) undermines the validity of an article on Torah from the Jewish perspective because things will be censored and the article will remain undeveloped. If people question the Shulchan Aruch, The Guide for the Perplexed and Rashi as sound sources, what could be the hope of establishing a well authored, informed article on something that has to be objective from completely opposing positions? DRosenbach ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 16:03, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

We have similar views :) If you check out the article I am focusing on these days -- milk and meat -- you will see that it takes dedication, determination and serious research to get good article content. If one did this for the Torah article, those people would destroy it, so nobody (including me) bothers. They talk and talk and talk, but no one edits for increased content -- they edit for removing and modifying content. DRosenbach ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 02:12, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Interesting discussion. I would be interested in your comments regarding the idea that in the story of Exodus in the Penteteuch the Ten Commandments were an image of the law carved in stone housed in an ark and the ark placed in a sanctuary in the Egyptian manner.

Subsequently in Leviticus and Deuteronomy we have a number of laws and precedents listed in the manner of a lawbook. The original language of the Exodus was not semitic but rather afroasiatic. Many translations later we have discussion of judges or competent administrators of the law and the precedents they set in IE languages such as Persian and Greek.

Since the Egyptians regarded the carved image in the ark, in this case the Ten Commandments, to be representative of a god doesn't that suggest that here we have an example of the written law as sovereign over the spoken decrees of god kings being treated as carved in stone, and considered both secular and sacred? I would submit that from a NPOV perspective which might include non jewish bible scholars such as myself the Penteteuch is indeed a lawbook.Rktect (talk) 19:49, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your comments. I'm not yet sure what I think about that. Kaisershatner (talk) 19:54, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

WP:3RR

I think I have been extremely civil given the continued insinuations levelled at me. However, if you think I have no, please point out where--Meieimatai 21:23, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

I think that was an appropriate thing to say considering the content of the article :) Based on my academic experience "Abrahamic religions" is not used as a classification for grouping monotheistic faiths, although it is used as a literary term, and notably a political one, something easily shown by reviewing the works of the authors who use the term as an idiom; none define it. I think the creation of this article should have begun with defining the term, but that is lacking in any commonly available comparative religions or reference sources I have looked in so far, including specialist references on religion and theology. What this amounts to is building an article on what is essentially an idiom used as original research. The article should never have passed WP:OR in the first place, but some tendentious editors forced it through on Wikipedia procedural grounds rather than as a notable referenced article. So far I see a couple of editors badly wanting to preserve it despite mounting evidence that the term is not defined in comparative religions field of study, is not widely accepted, and does not purport to be what it is seemingly desired to be by some authors. In effect it seeks to strip the cultural ownership of the Jewish scriptures from the Jews and make it common property by glossing over the facts that other faiths borrowed it; a process that exists in linguistics, cultural studies, and history of technology. However, Wikipedia is a reference work, and reference works are about facts. These facts need to be backed up by reliable sources, and verified, meaning the sources need to be read to ensure they are in context to the article content--Meieimatai 21:49, 15 July 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Meieimatai (talk • contribs)

"the traces of annoyance" you detect are entirely with the wholly unsubstantiated manner of editing that is not based on published sources, of citing sources out of context to the author's intended message of the work--Meieimatai 23:06, 16 July 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Meieimatai (talk • contribs)

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Palin

Automatic archiving is generated once a day. The link is in the talkheader. You may create additional links, but they have to be exact what the bot i creating, or we may end up with double sets of archives. Thanks for your concern. --Hapsala (talk) 16:33, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Feel free to respond here, Kaisershatner. The lead should have an "emphasis given to material in the lead should roughly reflect its importance to the topic according to reliable, published sources." I don't think being a "runner-up in the Miss Alaska" contest or being a "sports reporter" are significant focusses of reliable source coverage of her. I'll rework the lead, please don't revert without first discussing on the article's talk page.   user:j    (aka justen)   17:30, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi J, I agree with your view of the beauty pageant, I suppose, although her previous employment is relevant IMO, but in any case my apologies for the revert. It was faster although coarser, and the article was/is getting 50 edits a minute. My note to you was intended to be courteous. Best, Kaisershatner (talk) 19:21, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

re: Sarah Palin

Hi Kaisershatner - You are right - thanks for pointing this out. It's actually been referenced by a number of news organizations, so if the current references had to be tweaked, I would say to remove the NY Times article which simply mentions it and to replace it with ABC News http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/02/2353379.htm

which also mentions it in passing. There is also this article from The Politico: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/13009.html

Take a look and see what you think and I can make a note on the talk page. I always appreciate feedback so thanks again for your comment. -Classicfilms (talk) 01:04, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi Kaisershatner - I have one question regarding the Sarah Palin page. Maybe I missed it in the history, but why was this removed:

High approval ratings In July 2007, Palin had an approval rating often in the 90s.[45]

A poll published by Hays Research on July 28, 2008 showed Palin's approval rating at 80%. [46] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 1platoonabe (talk • contribs) 17:47, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Replied at your talk page.Kaisershatner (talk) 18:35, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Palin

I replied at my talk page to keep the discussion in one place. Feel free to tidy this page by removing this notice once read. --Steven J. Anderson (talk) 22:14, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Is there a reason why you consider mentioning the reaction to Sarah Palins contraversial acceptance speech at the Republican national Convention, while applauded at the convention has been subject to fact checking in the media, to be inappropriate for the article? Rktect (talk) 19:54, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi, first of all "controversial" depends on your POV, and secondly I don't think any of that belongs in the lead section. Best, Kaisershatner (talk) 19:55, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Something is contraversial if its disputed. That pretty much sums Sarah Palin up so why wouldn't we want to point that out, that the contraversies surroundering her and her ideas, actions and statements are the essence of why people are interested in her? You can be entirely NPOV and recognize that Rktect (talk) 21:14, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the thread info and your hard work managing THE article.--Buster7 (talk) 17:36, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

HI:

I can see both sides of the Alaskan Republican PArty views being cited. I don't see it as a non-sequitor. The Alskan Party has a view on Creationism on their platform. She is a member and participant in that party and helped develop that platform, and ran on that platform in her last recent election as Governor, didn't she? As their (Alaskan Rerpublican Party) view on Creationism and hers are the same, I'm not sure why it is not applicable. If someone were to assume her "guilty by association", wouldn;t that be fair? Also, keep in mind that there is more than one view here. There are large numbers of people who agrre with her, and the Alsaskan Republican Party on that viewpoint, and would consider her having that view as a very good thing. Anyway, regardless of how people perceive it, I think remaining true to the facts and reliable citations is the right way to go. Atom (talk) 16:30, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

I am also for trying to remain on Palin's position. However, you have twice used the term "Non-sequitur". That means, One sentence/statement that in no way is related to another. These have not been that, they have all been related to the same topic. Atom (talk) 16:35, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Bridge to Nowhere

Hey Kais, I don't mind at all your rearranging the article. As I said on the talk page, the only thing that really gets me concerned is deletions. But please be very careful about sources. Last night I was up until 4 am carefully making sure that each statement is supported by each reference and Tpbradbury worked hard to make each reference beautifully presented down below. (All I do is Bridge to Nowhere now. I've decided to pick my battles, and it's easier for me to watch intensely one subection than worry about the rest.) Your most recent revision says Congress reversed itself in 2007. Untrue. The reversal was in 2005 (same year as earmark). Yes, I know it seems weird Palin ran for office on something that had already been reversed but heck, I guess she was talking about the no strings attached transportation funds. In any event, please make the factual correction and PLEASE compare the sources with the original as I had it. I really don't want to do refs again tonight. I'm very confident they were accurate before your changes, so if you just make sure right text goes with right source, you don't have to read all the sources yourself (unless you want to). Thanks!GreekParadise (talk) 19:48, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Stylistically, I should say, I see why you made the changes. Except for the problems above, good job! If you can fix the source problem and make the Congressional reversal in 2005 flow well, we can combine the first two paragraphs again. But I'll put that task on your shoulders.  :-)GreekParadise (talk) 19:50, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Please correct 2007 problem. It happened in 2005. I don't want to have to revert because I don't mind your changes but I fear for my sources, which are now inaccurate. I'll give you some more time. Thanks!GreekParadise (talk) 22:36, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Palin

Thanks for the advice.  :-)Ferrylodge (talk) 22:35, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Theosis4u

I see you offered some advice to the wp:single-purpose account, User:Theosis4u. If you read his user-page, you'll see that his purpose on Wikipedia seems to be some sort of psychological experiment, running test edits to see how Wikipedians react. I just thought you might want to be made aware of what's going on.--Appraiser (talk) 00:18, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

blamed Congress

Let me work on this in a NPOV way. Doing it now. What you wrote is not supported by her statement which says she's only doing it because Congress won't provide enough funding.GreekParadise (talk) 13:25, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

Please check my talk page and new version. Does this satisfy your concerns?GreekParadise (talk) 13:56, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

"health" cited in source

Karst, which source says Palin would allow abortions where woman's health was in danger? I saw life, not health. —Preceding unsigned comment added by [[User:GreekParadise|GreekParadise]GreekParadise (talk) 19:44, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

I've now found a dozen or so places Palin said "only when life" is threatened and none say health except the one by the spokesperson. Can you find one by Palin herself? If not, is it possible that the spokesperson (who is not quoted directly) got it wrong? If so, will you consider changing "health" to "life"?GreekParadise (talk) 19:44, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

What do we do about criticism of Palin for mentioning the bridge in the campaign?

Originally, in the Bridge to Nowhere section, I mentioned Palin's mention of the bridge in the campaign and the criticism of her for it. That paragraph was moved to the campaign section. I was against the move for reasons I said in the talk page. Many readers do not read the entire article but just sections. Moved to the campaign section, divorced from the actual facts on the bridge meant that: 1) readers of the bridge section had no idea it related to the campaign; and 2) readers of the campaign criticism had no idea whether criticism was justified. Therefore, I put a media section back in the bridge section to explain what the critiques were and pointed to the campaign section so that people who wanted detail could get it there. Hobartimus erased my changes because of his POV. He did so without consensus, without warning, and without mention that he would do so on the talk page. He replaced it with a sentence that said virtually nothing that you removed (and I don't blame you).

Do you understand why divorcing the bridge facts from the criticism on the bridge facts used in the campaigns necessitates at least a reference to the media criticism in the bridge section?GreekParadise (talk) 15:05, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Your opinion on NPOV Sarah Palin? TAKE TWO

Please visit the discussion page to cast your vote - is the article biased or neutral? LamaLoLeshLa (talk) 03:50, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Hasmonean Descendants

Hi Kaiser, how are you..

Do I need citation about my own life? If you need, I can show Ketubahs, ID, Passports, DNA Certificates, and everything else. The story that was published on the article is 100% true. Now, there is this writter who is working to publish the story of my family on a book. I will continue adding infos on the article! I will display citation of every phrase, and I will post copies of birth certificates, ketubahs with Hasmoenean symbols for 4 generation, also I will display pics of the places where the Hasmoenan has dwelt as PEREA (My last name) and also I will post info from the Jewish Enciclopedia, wich tell us that MACHABI (My mother surname) is the latin version of Machabee. Why are you fighting against such a important information for readers?

I will send a fax to the headquarters with all info about my family tradition and claim. Lets see if they will let me add the information on the main article or not.

I have plenty citations, of every single point that was explained on the text. Also, I have one letter from my rabbi in New York, who is recognized as chief rabi for NY Orthodox jewish community. He is recognized by the Israeli Rabbinate.

Take care

Cohen —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chriscohen (talk • contribs) 21:43, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Operation Varsity - Thanks!

Hey there! Just wanted to drop by and say thanks for all the help you gave, and are giving, when Operation Varsity was on the Front Page. Very kind of you. Skinny87 (talk) 18:49, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Crisis of the Third Century

Hi! I think that the removal of the refimprove template was not a good idea. Crisis of the Third Century is already highly problematic both because of its concept (it is debatable between modern historians whether there was indeed a unique crisis or just the culmination of the intrinsic instability of the roman political system) and, most importantly, because of the inadequate amount of citations. Perhaps one could say that the local "fact" warnings make the refimprove redundant but I don't think so; the rest of the article says things that, although they seem "ok" to the average reader (and they had been almost universally accepted by the old school historians), today they controversial. Your recent additions didn't improve that defficiency, therefore I think we should bring back the template.--Dipa1965 (talk) 20:50, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Atlas Shrugged Article

Hello! As a member of Wiki Project Objectivism would you please see my post on the excessive coverage of fictional technology, etc. in Atlas Shrugged and my proposal to replace it with more coverage of the meaning of the events in that novel. Thanks. —Blanchette (talk) 03:39, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Nicely done, Kaisershatner — not only did you trim the Fictional Technology section to a more reasonable length, your entire reorganization makes this a much better article. I would not have edited nearly as well, so many thanks.—Blanchette (talk) 08:40, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Objectivism

I am clearing the participant list at Wikipedia:WikiProject Objectivism due to inactivity. Please add yourself again if you want to participate. --Karbinski (talk) 22:13, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Oklahoma City bombing

Thanks for expanding the lead of the article. Leads are usually one of my weak points, and it's great that it was expanded. The article is currently in peer review if you notice any issues that you think should be addressed. I plan on taking it to FAC at some point and would appreciate any feedback or continued copyedits. Thanks again! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 19:09, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip. I'll appreciate any copyedits if you have the time, but if not, no worries. Keep up the good work. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 19:19, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Thank you again for copyediting the article. I'll be asking a few more editors to take a look before I take it to FAC. Your edits are much appreciated, especially for developing the lead. If you ever need help with an article, let me know and I'll be happy to help. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 07:07, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

I added a few sources to the sentence, hopefully it will clarify for readers who want to see more information on it. If you got more than your two cents, I'm always ready to hear it! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 19:26, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux

On May 26, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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A study on how to cover scientific uncertainties/controversies

Hi. I have emailed you to ask whether you would agree to participate in a short survey on how to cover scientific uncertainties/controversies in articles pertaining to global warming and climate change (survey described here). If interested, please email me Encyclopaedia21 (talk) 17:54, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for File:Loganlifeclock.jpg

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Astor Row and speculative townhouses

Yes, you got it exactly. Rather than the landowners building houses for themselves, or for clients, they raised money to build these houses in the hope of selling or leasing them to unknown parties at a later date. This was common practice elsewhere in New York, but not yet in Harlem when these homes were built.

Out of curiosity, how did you stumble across the astor row page? Uucp (talk) 16:15, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

civility?

What was not civil in my edit summary? remove list of attacks, ketp the only one with an article and just said the mfs attributed attacks to these groups (note: mfs should be mfa, typo and obviously ketp should be kept) and doesnt need to be a subsection are not civil how exactly? nableezy - 15:55, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Israeli MfA (Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Sorry bout the typo and happy editing. nableezy - 16:07, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Wasn't related...

To your expansion of space. I just find that section to be POV as its not balanced out by a mention of the attacks carried out by Israel against Palestinians over the same period. If we had a list like that one for those too, the article might be all background. Anyway, I'm not planning on deleting it right now. I'll add some stuff to try and balance it out and then open a discussion about whether and how to cut down the background section. Sound good? And thanks for the compliment on my work on the article. Much appreciated. Tiamut^talk 16:11, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Funny. I see Nableezy already removed the list. (Its like he can read my mind! or my edit summaries - either way ;) I think that was a good edit. Certainly saved me a lot of work trying to write up an equally detailed section for IDF incursions. I see you've two just met recently too (above). Nableezy's cool. I think you'll like each other (I have a good feeling that we all will get along just fine). Thanks again for your note, and happy editing. Tiamut^talk 16:29, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. Look forward to working with you too. Tiamut^talk 13:41, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

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Hi Kaisershatner! I noticed your edits on War of the Spanish Succession and hope that you might have some input about this question. Any ideas are welcome. bamse (talk) 15:27, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

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Battle of Jenin

How can you claim there was no massacre in the camp? Israel refused to let in journalists or even medics into for days after the end of fighting - the most that can be claimed is that it wasn't proven but everyone knew quite dreadful things happened. 86.158.184.158 (talk) 19:28, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for your note. You may have me confused with "the encyclopedia," as I am not claiming anything. The article states that evidence of a massacre was not found, which is objectively true, and that official Palestinian estimates matched those of the IDF and the UN very closely, which is also objectively true. And when a group has a history of making false claims to manipulate media coverage, well, let's just say it calls into question "what everyone knows." Best wishes. Kaisershatner (talk) 13:05, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

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per Nableezy has to be my favorite phrase here. And also the least convincing :) nableezy - 19:34, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Zohar

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Zealot Temple Siege

Hi! Its me again. Thanks for your work on Zealot Temple Siege. Your contributions really make it look good. Something I wanted to mention is that from my reading of The Jewish Wars by Josephus, it is not stated that Hanan ben Hanan knew that John of Gischala was going to lie about inviting Vespasian. This seems important, since that lie came back to haunt ben Hanan in a pretty big way (he got killed, the justification being that he shut out the Edomites but was prepared to welcome the Romans).

The way you've edited the article, it seems that ben Hanan sent John in to lie. Josephus never indicates that ben Hanan told John to say that, and it also seems like a stupid thing for ben Hanan to say given the political climate of the time (he wouldn't want people to think he invited the Romans, and according to Josephus, ben Hanan also really loved democracy and liberty).

Can we somehow indicate that John lied of his own accord, or that ben Hanan was never described as instructing John to lie? Thanks again for your work on the article. ɳoɍɑfʈ ^Talk! 17:53, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Noraft; I was going to ask you about that very issue since it wasn't clear to me if John was freelancing or what exactly. I can change the wording. Thanks for the ntoe. Kaisershatner (talk) 20:04, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

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Chabad movement evidence

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Chabad movement evidence

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Batista lead

Hello Kaisershatner, and nice to meet you. I wanted to contact you in reference to your large expansion of the lead at Fulgencio Batista to 6 paragraphs, by essentially copying parts alredy present in the article's body twice (to the lead as well). Per WP:Lead that is way to long, as ideal would be 2-3 paragraphs for an article of that current size. Moreover, you removed the phrase "U.S.-backed" which corroborated with the given source and the dozens of others listed previously on the archived TP. However, I wanted to contact you because I am happy to see another editor interested in improving the article and did not want you to think I am trying to WP:Own or discourage your future involvement. You seem like a very competent editor and it would be nice to corroborate on the article if you were interested. Let me know your thoughts, and if you vehemently disagree please say so and we can discuss.   Redthoreau -- (talk) 02:30, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Yom Kippur War

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