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Proposition about prepositioning
editYo! Thanks for the great work! However, on the Civil defense page, "prepositioning" was not a misspelling of proposition. It did in fact refer to the pre-positioning of materials in planning a civil defensive response. I corrected the page as "pre-positioning"... we'll see how long that lasts. --Parradoxx 14:57, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
- Argh! Thanks for catching that. I've seen quite a few prepositionings (usually of ships) in the past, and have prevented my bot from making a rather silly correction of it. I guess it was just a matter of time before one slipped through the net. I'll make a note of it anyway. Cheers, CmdrObot 02:03, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Topeka High Page
editWanted to thank for your work keeping the Topeka High page clean, even if it is part of your job. And, on a unrelated note, is Topeka/Shawnee Co. doing an CERT training this summer? Your page reminded me I was going to try and find a training. JavaPenguin 00:00, 3 April 2007 (UTC) THS Class of '06
- Yo! Thanks for the thanks. I don't know if its really my job, but it looks like I'm doing something when I'm otherwise bored! We're not teaching CERT this summer (we're doing CERT with the flooding in Topeka and destruction of Greensburg). However, we do have an info meeting on July 26? and will start a new class (Group 8) in August. Send to my handle at hotmail, subject CERT for more info. Parradoxx 04:02, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
Pre-Meiji Period: Use of Japanese era name in identifying disastrous events
editWould you consider making a contribution to an exchange of views at either of the following:
As you know, Wikipedia:WikiProject Disaster management came up with entirely reasonable guidelines for naming articles about earthquakes, fires, typhoons, etc. However, the <<year>><<place> <<event>> format leaves no opportunity for conventional nengō which have been used in Japan since the eighth century (701-1945) -- as in "the Great Fire of Meireki" (1657) or for "the Hōei eruption of Mount Fuji" (1707).
In a purely intellectual sense, I do look forward to discovering how this exchange of views will develop; but I also have an ulterior motive. I hope to learn something about how better to argue in favor of a non-standard exception to conventional, consensus-driven, and ordinarily helpful wiki-standards such as this one. In my view, there does need to be some modest variation in the conventional paradigms for historical terms which have evolved in non-Western cultures -- no less in Wikipedia than elsewhere. I'm persuaded that, at least in the context of Japanese history before the reign of Emperor Meiji (1868-1912), some non-standard variations seem essential; but I'm not sure how best to present my reasoning to those who don't already agree with me. I know these first steps are inevitably awkward; but there you have it.
The newly-created 1703 Genroku earthquake article pushed just the right buttons for me. Obviously, these are questions that I'd been pondering for some time; and this became a convenient opportunity to move forward in a process of building a new kind of evolving consensus. --Ooperhoofd (talk) 17:39, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
Invite to Topeka Wikipedia Day Event Jan 15 2013
editInvite to Topeka Wikipedia Day Event Jan 15 2013 Because you are editing wikipedia about Topeka, I would like to invite you to Wikipedia:Meetup/Topeka/Wikipedia_Day at the Library at 6:30 PM please can you also print the poster and distribute it?
thanks, mike