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Valencian pilota articles

Thx a lot for your nice comments and suggestions!

• It might be very difficult to cite proper sources, since books about this sport are in Catalan or Spanish, as well as the webpages, and external links.
• There are some pics in Commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Pilota_valenciana?uselang=en, as it's stated on the main page, Valencian pilota.
• And yep, I wrote all those articles. In my info I chose to say my English is basical because I know it sounds stiffy. But if you could proofread and look for ambigous or non properly meant sentences I'd be very grateful.
• Another subject: The page you watched, Valencian frontó, uses a non-English sign, ó, since it appears in the Catalan name. Should I replace it by a simple o?

Thx a lot again!--Casaforra (parlem-ne) 11:11, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Hey! Very nice of you! Thank you very much!

Here you have the English articles I wrote, all of them about Valencian pilota sport and direct translations from the Catalan articles (I provide you in an order you might understand better what you are reading):

• Valencian pilota
  • Valencian trinquet
  • Escala i corda
    • Circuit Bancaixa
    • Trofeu Individual Bancaixa
  • Raspall
    • Campionat per Equips de Raspall
    • Campionat Individual de Raspall
  • Llargues
  • International game
    • Handball International Championships

Don't hesitate to make whatever changes are needed, please.

Thx a lot, gràcies!--Casaforra (parlem-ne) 18:20, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

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Ambigram Door

Thanks for pointing out my dead links! I put back the images [1] [2] that you pointed out were missing on Talk:Ambigram. In real life they're coloured, smoothly grading from warm red a on the "F"/"E" through to a cool blue on the "W"/"LL" :) --AlexChurchill 14:05, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Wiki-cartoon

The wikipedia cartoon is a big thing I wish to introduce wikipedia and I wish to hold matters on it very seriously. It is a fantastic idea and I'm hoping the idea of it be approved. Could you give your opinion on it? Retiono Virginian 13:59, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Absinthe

Ye gods, man—please don't advise our readers to do flagrantly illegal things like smuggle contraband goods into the United States. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 14:54, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

RE Jimbo

See Competent man. WAS 4.250 07:13, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Block Request

Ok, per your request on my talk page[3], I will be blocking this account shortly. Be aware that any other admin may reverse the block - I have no idea what the objection might be. I think 23 days will take you out near the 20th. Good luck on your tests! Kuru ^talk 04:54, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

I will also drop you an e-mail address so you can contact me to reverse this - I don't think you can use the 'e-mail this user' function while logged out. Kuru ^talk 04:56, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

thanks. -- feb^talk 04:57, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Student background

This information is carried on NPR, so it's relevant. Running a dry cleaning business means parents spend little time with the children, it is also typical for koreans. There is no POV issue. Sending a girl to an ivy league schools is also a typical aspiration for asian american parents. This information may all be relevant to what caused this boy to crack. Why is fact that parents have not yet been identified POV? I ask you permission to restore this. --Bachcell 18:27, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

According to NPR, Cho's parents were devout Christians, but it was a point of friction. They ran a dry cleaning business together, a common niche for Korean Americans which typically requires long hours. Cho's mother had asked his roommate to assist him, but he would refuse any offers. As of time of writing, the parents had not made any statements to the press or had even been identified. Cho was an undergraduate majoring in English, although he had told others he was a business major.[4] His sister attends an Ivy League college.

Will you permit these sourced facts? There is no POV here.

BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6564653.stm In the US, his parents set up a dry-cleaning business.

Asian Week: http://www.asianweek.com/2001_06_15/news1_drycleaners_fairfax.html Korean American Dry Cleaners in Fairfax Unite Against Competition By Ethen Lieser The dry-cleaning business has been a fundamental way of life for many Korean Americans in the Washington, D.C. area, enabling them to educate their children, put bread on the table, and give them a sense of pride. It has allowed them to achieve the “American Dream.” But in Fairfax, Va., the appearance of DryClean Depots, the dry-cleaning counterpart of Wal-Mart and other large discount stores, has ignited fear and resentment within the Korean American community.

Dry Cleaning Business Good Management, In short, to operate a dry cleaning business successfully, you need (1) a wide variety of talents, practical knowledge, and skills; (2) willingness to work hard over long hours ... www.ambacom.com/dry_cleaning_business.htm · Cached page

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/18/cho.profile/

Cho's parents worked at a dry cleaners, according to Jeff Ahn, president of the League of Korean-Americans Virginia Inc. Ahn, who does not know the family personally but has talked to others who know them, described the parents as "very shaken" and "hurt" by what their son did. Ahn described them as "hard-working" people whose long hours helped send their daughter to Princeton University and their son to Virginia Tech.

Any further questions?? --Bachcell 22:10, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

re:AGF

My comment was unnecessary, and I'm sorry if it offended you. I certainly did not mean you, I didn't really mean any one user personally. I can only blame my lame remark on fatigue (and bad coffee). If you really wish to know which fatigue I'm talking about, have tons of idle time, and boredom is killing you, you can scan Archive 13 through Archive 28. This wont excuse me, but it might show where my post was coming from. ---Sluzzelin talk 15:13, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

You OK ?

Heard what happened to you on the news. Been in a tornado myself. Damn thing was 1/16 th of a mile from me, but got the microbursts, that sort of thing. 205.240.146.147 19:48, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Go to FOX News, and to the other news outlets. It looks like someone nuked the place. 205.240.146.147 23:12, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

E-Mail

Dump it or you'll get spammed by "etightstrings.com" or/and by other known spammers. 205.240.146.147 00:12, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

The Get Chu/SHE no Jijitsu article

Hi, I'm kind of new around Wikipedia when it comes to writing articles, and I forgot to add the stub tag, which is why I figure it got flagged for deletion. Is there anything else I should do with the page to keep it from being deleted? Thanks! -- squippo

Urgh, I feel like an idiot. I see what I need to fix, but I'm not sure how I go about changing the characters into English. For me, the title of the article is just up at the top and bolded and I can't edit it. Is there an override I should use? Thank you so much again. --- squippo

The romanization for the first one is Get CHUU, and basically, the title is a play on words. In Japanese, "chuu" is the sound effect for a kiss, and then "get chu" sounds like "get you" in English. The second one, She no Jijitsu, means "her reality", I think! I know "jijitsu" means "truth/reality/fact", so it makes sense. Who can figure out song titles anyways. Hope that helps! --- squippo

Meaning of life (religion)

I am trying to tidy up the article on the meaning of life by splitting it into four categories, including Meaning of life (religion). The original meaning of life page is/was a mess, and is/was frequently vandalised, and sometimes recommended for deletion, partly I think because it tried/tries to do to many diffewrent things. I am, for the record, an atheist, but it is a fact that various religions hold various positions on the meaning of life, and a decent encyclopedia might cover these positions. I do not think this violates NPOV and all the material on the new page I created was taken from the original page. Am I messing up here? Anarchia 23:31, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Re:Did you really underestimate the internet that badly?

I knew I'd hit some eventually. You dig long enough and you're bound to hit porn on the net but this was in the first few results. It wasn't like it was on even the second page of results. It was pretty high up. Dismas|^(talk) 08:37, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

I can see finding porn while looking for OSX. The X probably brings the rating for porn up. OS-Tan is a bit more tenuous. I think the search terms I used were something like "B2000 pick" or something along those lines. I looked at what I had searched and thought, "How does this relate?" Dismas|^(talk) 08:56, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

your comment on Talk:Veganism

(Regarding appropriate talk page material -- isn't that what I told him? Perhaps I didn't say it simply enough.)

I was curious about your claim "And in general, no, most vegans disagree with eating meat because it's unnatural, not because it's inhumane."

Is that a fact, or is that your personal perception? The talk page isn't the place for this discussion, since this claim isn't on the article itself, but I wanted to let you know that I try to be vegan for animal rights reasons -- and I think this is fairly common. Peter Singer has created a lot of vegans. Your statement bothers me because dismissing humane-concerned vegans as a negligible minority opinion is damaging to my concerns. I do not want people assuming vegans are doing it because meat/dairy/eggs is "unnatural" or "unhealthy", this unfortunate stereotype creates a total failure of people to appreciate my personal reason for doing it. I am doing this because I want animals to be treated better. Even if you don't agree with that sentiment, I think it would cost you nothing to avoid gratuitously dismissing our viewpoints.

You are, of course, welcome to your own vegan reasons and opinions. I just wish you had something more like this: "Many vegans disagree with eating meat because it's unnatural, not because it's inhumane." Madeleine 03:43, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

The Importance of Punctuation

Hi Feba -- I think the letter TotoBaggins is talking about on the misc reference desk is this one. — Matt Eason ^{(Talk • Contribs)} 19:04, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

WP:AGF

Hello Feba. I was slightly concerned on reading this comment on the Ref Desk. You may well be right in your assumption, but the querent may also be absolutely genuine - there is no way you can know for sure. Please note that our guidelines specifically reminds us that we should always assume good faith and "in all cases strive to exceed the minimum standard of civility". Thanks. Rockpocket 06:25, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

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Thanks for the info

Viper2k6 06:05, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

'... but don't make an ass of yourself'

oh boy... ^_^ ITAQALLAH 02:55, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism?

What are you referring to? I see you removed my question, calling it "trolling," but it is clear to me that in reality, you removed the question because you are intolerant of differing opinions, and you do not respect my right to raise my children how I see fit. I will replace my question, and I hope you do not become a vandal yourself by removing it again. Thank you.--71.185.142.181 20:24, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

It is not trolling at all! Please do not continue with your behavior!--71.185.142.181 20:36, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Ref Desk

User:71.185.143.145 has re-added the trolling.

Speaking of "Trolling"

I was only asking a question that someone else asked ME, and asked one of my own. I was NOT "trolling" at all. 205.240.144.168 23:25, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Why can't you just let me find ther freaking info?

If you would just give me a second. Angry Sun 02:11, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

In regard to Democractic songs dedicate to China

Hello there. In regard to the english article for 民主歌聲獻中華, I think it is a significant political-themed concert, especially in regard to tiananmen square, at least in Hong Kong. If you disagree with me, please reply. I will have to edit it.George Leung 09:56, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Xenu

Hi Phoeba. I am concerned that the purpose of the Xenu article seems to be mainly to "bash" Scientologists. In fact most of the more than 300 Scientology articles seem to be run by a small cliche for that purpose. I would hate it if the anti-Scientologyism that seems to be kind of a fad now in our society were to lead to violence against them. I would also hate it if I had done nothing to speak out against it while I had the chance. Anyway, wishing you well here on WP. Steve Dufour 10:58, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Please use edit summaries

When editing an article on Wikipedia there is a small field labeled "Edit summary" under the main edit-box. It looks like this:

The text written here will appear on the Recent changes page, in the page revision history, on the diff page, and in the watchlists of users who are watching that article. See m:Help:Edit summary for full information on this feature.

Filling in the edit summary field greatly helps your fellow contributors in understanding what you changed, so please always fill in the edit summary field, especially for big edits or when you are making subtle but important changes, like changing dates or numbers. Thank you. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 06:23, 28 June 2007 (UTC)