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October 2008

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Blanka

• Capoiera is not his fighting style. That's something Capcom of USA made up, and since renounced. JuJube (talk) 21:31, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
  • Don't add the image of Ryu to places where it doesn't belong, please. Further edits in this vein will be considered vandalism. JuJube (talk) 21:52, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Population figures

I have undone the changes you made to Aruba, Suriname, and Cape Verde. You seem to be randomly changing figures without regard to sources. The figures quoted in an article and the source quoted in an article must always agree. If you have a better source with different figures, you have to include the new source when you change figures.—Kww(talk) 23:20, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

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Protecting the Cape Verde article

Hi, Questchest. Why do you want Cape Verde to be protected? I watch the page and haven't seen any issues with it recently. I see no problems with Cape Verdean American either.. Please explain in more detail your reasons. Cheers, Waldir ^talk 16:05, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Don't worry, there are several people watching those pages and everytime an edit is done, if it is vandalism it is reverted very quickly. If we protect the page that means that we keep vandals away but also editors in good faith who want to fix or add information to the article. Protection is a measure that is justified only when there is serious vandalism problems with an article. By the way, make sure to sign your posts when you write a message to someone, by using four tildes (~~~~) after the message. Regards, Waldir ^talk 01:22, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Dutch Empire

Hi. I'm not sure why you were taking out the in-page link to the Dutch Empire article and the map of the Dutch Empire here, but I didn't think it helped the article to get rid of them, so I undid your edit. In the future, you way wish to discuss changes on the article's Talk page first. Please also leave edit summaries; it helps everyone figure out why you're doing what you're doing. Thanks. --Dynaflow babble 20:56, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

to me i already wrote on User talk:Tomeasy and told him that the dutch empire was old and suxx now i even checked the kingdom of italy italian page and seen nothing about empires italian empire so it evens with the kingdom of the netherlands —Preceding unsigned comment added by Questchest (talk • contribs) 21:16, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Things that are old are the whole point of History sections in articles. Also, the goal of the Netherlands article is to make it as complete and comprehensive as possible, given the format. That goal has nothing whatsoever to do with keeping even with the Italians. --Dynaflow babble 21:32, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

January 2009

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Netherlands. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. If necessary, pursue dispute resolution. --Dynaflow babble 21:39, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

CV Mountains

Sorry, I didn't get what you meant. Can you explain in more detail what exactly you need help with? --Waldir ^talk 22:04, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

It would help if you provided the links instead of just the filenames :) To link an image, use the code [[:File:Example.jpg]], and [[Link title]] for a regular page. Also, please don't remove the "unsigned" code from the messages you send. If you want that not to be added, sign your messages yourself, by adding four tildes (~~~~) in the end. --Waldir ^talk 10:42, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

re: prostitutes

Hi, Questchect, Michael, Mikai (how do you prefer being called afterall?) I am here, I just didn't know how to respond to "could you write in a story about this empty page hhahahahaaahaaha mikai againProstitution in Cape Verde better for the girlies of cape verde discussion". It seems to me you are joking around. If that's not the case, please explain what you meant by that. And please, stop erasing stuff from your previous messages! --Waldir ^talk 09:27, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

cape verde

Thanks for keeping an eye on the Cape Verde article. However, I don't think Slicky's edit has any issues. He just added some more info. Do you think otherwise? --Waldir ^talk 13:30, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

I read the addition again, and I don't think it needs any copyedit. It looks fine to me. You're free to make any improvements yourself though, if you wish. --Waldir ^talk 16:21, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

You can write the info with plain text at http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cape_Verdean_American&action=edit&section=1, without the "codes" :) I'll take care of that afterwards ;-) --Waldir ^talk 20:55, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Re: PWI wrestler of the year

Do you have a reliable source for that? It probably won't be added without one. Also, please sign your talk page comments. Thanks, ♥Nici♥Vampire♥Heart♥ 18:21, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Personal attacks

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re: 13 january 2009

...what are you talking about? :/ --Waldir ^talk 17:42, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Ok, First of all, you should refrain from using words such as "bullshit", as you did on my talk page. That is uncivil, especially if you're talking about other people's edits.

Secondly, what you called "faults" were merely red links. They are welcome and are one of the driving forces behind Wikipedia's growth. Please read WP:RED, it's all explained there.

Finally, you don't have to notify me (or any other editors, for the matter) of what is going on on the Cape Verde-related pages. You can just be bold and take matters on your own hand. Just make sure you don't insult anyone in the edit summaries by calling their edits "faults".

Cheers, Waldir ^talk 13:21, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Yes, that's a cool graphic (even though I couldn't zoom in enough to make the Cape Verde circle bigger than a dot :P) --Waldir ^talk 20:36, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I'll be kinda busy for the next few days and won't be able to keep an eye on the articles. I'm sure you and other editors will be able to take care of them meanwhile ;-) --Waldir ^talk 23:12, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I noticed that. Thanks for the note, but as I said before, you don't have to notify me of everything you find on the Cape Verde article and the other related ones! Cheers, Waldir ^talk 22:50, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

A population clock? I don't think so, I never saw one there. Also, the INE website is in Portuguese, not Cape Verdean :) --Waldir ^talk 23:42, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Hello Michael

Thank you for pointing out the external links issue on the CV main page. You were right that it was too much for that position. My original thinking after looking at the Brazil, Mozambique and lots of other main pages was to give the General public an initial overview of top-level external links - then go into detail on the specific pages (ie. Economy, Politics, Culture, etc). But you're right, a framework does exist to facilitate access to all these things and more! So thank you.

I've nearly finished the CV Portal (the workload was enormous!) and would greatly appreciate your opinion on your home country's Portal. The good news is that I've thoroughly read Wikipedia's guidelines on Portal creation and I've checked out the very best Wikipedia has to offer in Portals. I hope I've done a good job by you and your countrymen - after all, over time, millions of people will see it!

The Portal is a Wikipedia:WikiProject Cape Verde co-ordinated project. If you have any questions or issues re the Portal, please post them on the Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cape Verde#Cape Verde Portal Portal Section for discussion. I'm always open to ideas and advice, and if you'd like to just chat simply click ^Blah by my name.

Look forward to talking to you Michael and hope you have a good weekend. Marc. Wiki User 68 ^{Blah Stuff} 00:59, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Hello Michael, read your message and I'm not quite sure what you're saying...I take it what I said re the CV page "suxx" and that you want me to "go check out fill out" Cape Verdean American? Is there something to fix there? I notice the figures re population numbers differ from the articles I've drawn from, so I will check that out. Enjoy your Sunday Wiki User 68 ^{Blah Stuff} 13:00, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

List of administrator hopefuls

Hi - Regarding this edit, like it says on the page the content is automatically updated from the category Category:Wikipedia administrator hopefuls. If your user page is not in this category (and it doesn't seem to be), the next time the bot runs (typically Sundays and Wednesdays) it will delete your entry. -- Rick Block (talk) 02:12, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Stacey Dash

Hello, Questchest. We have to have a valid source staing that Stacey Dash is Cape Verdean in order to add that she is. Flyer22 (talk) 22:12, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

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April 2009

Regarding your comments on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling: Please see Wikipedia's no personal attacks policy. Comment on content, not on contributors. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Note that continued personal attacks will lead to blocks for disruption. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. GaryColemanFan (talk) 16:07, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Re:Pro Wrestling Illustrated

This is by no means meant to insult you but I could not understand half of the things you said. Now, the List of reigns section of the PWI article was removed because it was deemed redundant and trivial by WP:PW. The reason for this is because PWI now only recognizes one WWE Championship as a world title as of 2008. Therefore only 2 championships in professional wrestling are currently recognized by the magazine (1 from TNA and 1 from WWE). That is why the list was removed. Now as for the names used in the article for each championship, PWI names the WWE Championship as the WWE Heavyweight Championship, the World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) as the WWE World Championship, the ECW Championship as the ECW Heavyweight Championship, the TNA World Heavyweight Championship as the TNA World Championship, and the NWA World Heavyweight Championship as the NWA Heavyweight Championship. It is for this reason that these names are used in the article. I hope this clarified your concerns.^{--UnquestionableTruth--} 20:58, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

How to become an Administrator

{{helpme}} Your question. --Questchest (talk) 21:27, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Are you asking how to become an administrator? You have to be nominated or nominate yourself at WP:RFA and the community will discuss whether you should be one or not. Generally you have to have a lot of experience and a good reputation in order to become one. Killiondude (talk) 23:23, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

I honestly don't think you're ready to become an administrator. If you could show some structure in your language (namely, correct grammar) it would help determine the orderliness of your thoughts. That should be the first step, in my opinion. People won't take much effort into dialogging with you if you don't seem to put enough effort into making your ideas clear. Also, as Killiondude said, administrators should generally have lots of experience editing. You have only 142 edits (as of right now), and while there is no minimum limit, candidates with fewer than 2,000 edits rarely succeed. Look at what the instructions for self-nomination say:

1. Wait. We have 48,319,501 registered users, but only 851 administrators - this process is not taken lightly by the community. Take a moment for self-evaluation. Try to consider your contributions to Wikipedia the way that others will see them. Look at recent successful RfAs and unsuccessful RfAs. How do your contributions compare to those of candidates who passed but had notable opposition, or failed but had strong support? Check your edit count (line four of your my preferences tab). While there is no minimum requirement, self-nominated candidates with fewer than 2,000 edits and three months of active editing often see their RfAs closed per WP:SNOW or Wikipedia:Not Now shortly after adding them. More importantly, candidates should have contributed substantially to different areas of Wikipedia and should demonstrate a thorough understanding of Wikipedia policies (e.g., deletion policy, blocking policy, etc.).

Personally, I'd advise you to withdraw your candidacy. Cheers, Waldir ^talk 22:04, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

User talk:SarekOfVulcan

Please don't add a template like {{adminhelp}} when you ask another user for help. Those are only for use on your own talk page. Thanks, Genius101^Guestbook 22:02, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Military of Cape Verde

Hiya Micheal, your absolutetly right. The additions to the above page are, basically, unverified and it's a big problem. The project (I'd like you to be a member of) wants more info and members but needs qualified info on various subjects. Could you check on the Military info supplied by the other person for accuracy? Personaly, I would like more Islander contributions to the project for, well, obvious reasons really. For example: What Island do you come from? What language do you speak, and, really importantly, what's your family history on the Islands? Anyone, from the Islands that can tell us this info, is a major event for the REAL history of the Islands, and the rest, as you can imagine, is history! Wiki User 68 (talk) 22:56, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Having re-read my repy to your original message, I think it mignt seem ambiguous (no good). We really need authorititive info on the respective subject. If you have any chance of gathering info on this subject it would be great Michael. Regards Wiki User 68 (talk) 20:33, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Having re-read your question - Are you unsure as to the term Navy as opposed to Coast Guard? I was under the impression Cape Verde had a limited Navy and a Coast Guard. I'll check out the facts. Wiki User 68 (talk) 16:49, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

I'm so sorry Micheal. I should've have gone straight to the article to check exactly what you said. You were completely right. The section had been added by the editor incorrectly as Navy and not Coast Guard, as it should've been. I was completely in the wrong and you were perfectly correct in your advice to me. Again, many apologies. I have corrected it as you instructed. Wiki User 68 (talk) 22:35, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Hi Micheal, no problem and glad you liked it. If you see anything that you feel is important that should be fixed on Wikipedia - then by all means do the job. Just remember, it's very difficult to find the truth on the Internet, which is why I like Wikipedia - Info on Wiki is checked thoroughly! We're are all faced with the same problem - finding the truth. What makes you special is that you speak several languages (including Kriolu) and that enables you to ask direct questions to folks back home over the truth to put into Wikipedia. Happy hunting my friend :-) Wiki User 68 (talk) 00:08, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Re: Cape Verdean American

Sorry, I'm afraid I don't follow. Could you please provide a link to the article in question? Thanks, 17:15, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Question

Are you asking whether or not I know any Cape Verdeans at Umass Lowell? Kevin Rutherford (talk) 01:17, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Your RfA

Hi. I've moved the RfA page you created into your userspace here, as it appears to have been abandoned. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:35, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of infobox entries from Cape Verdean Dutch

Please do not delete content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Cape Verdean Dutch, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. Please make use of the sandbox if you'd like to experiment with test edits. Thank you. cab (talk) 06:12, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Cape verde military police

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Hi, with regard to the above article, and Law enforcement in Cape Verde, it's best to write the article before you create the page because if you just create pages with links and photos but no writing, they are likely to get deleted very quickly. You can always practice on your userpage, or in the sandbox. Regards, --BelovedFreak 16:04, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

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Cape Verde Law Enforcement/Miliary Police

Hey, thanks for getting in touch again :) The Cape Verde Military Police looks ok now, but yes, the Cape Verde Law Enforcement picture is too big, and also, Wikipedia needs the aritlce's on here to be in English, Law enforcement in Cape Verde contains portugese - you can put that in the Portugese Wikipedia, but remove it from this one :) Link to Portugese Wikipedia: http://pt.wikipedia.org/ Thanks, James Brian Ellis (talk) 19:06, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Hello

Hey, Questchest. I have a request. Your English is very hard to understand, especially since you barely use any punctuation. Could you write to me in Dutch from now on? I think I might be able to help you better that way. Thanks! :) --Waldir ^talk 20:51, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Bevolking van Rotterdam naar land van etniciteit

Bevolking van Rotterdam naar land van etniciteit check out rotterdam things (Questchest (talk) 15:11, 15 January 2010 (UTC))

cape verdean dutchnog iets belangrijks (Questchest (talk) 22:29, 28 June 2010 (UTC))

Cape Verdeans in the Netherlands

Perhaps you would care to explain why you keep deleting verifiable information from the Cape Verdeans in the Netherlands page? I have no idea how you think this contributes to making the page better. When such a large proportion of the population live in a certain place, this gets pointed out. cab (call) 07:42, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

I don't understand your rationale at all. It is perfectly standard practice to point out what areas of a country an immigrant gruop live in. You can see this done on Chinese American, Bolivians in the United Kingdom, Iranians in Japan, and dozens of other articles. cab (call) 08:08, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

please don't put more im trying to work on french people in the netherlands or spanish help me with that (Questchest (talk) 08:28, 13 August 2010 (UTC))

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Cape Verdeans in the Netherlands

Hey where do you see the new population figure for Cape Verdeans in the Netherlands? The CBS website looks like it only has years up to 2010 (see [1]; click the "Periods" tab). Thanks, cab (call) 01:17, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

I'm asking about the population number in the infobox, not the link you deleted. How did the population go from 20,961 (2010) to 39,405 (2011). That's almost double. It doesn't seem very likely. Where do you get the number 39,405? cab (call) 01:34, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

now im trying to delete the Cape Verdeans in the Netherlands Page and make the French in the Netherlands page france is much closer (Questchest (talk) 01:38, 14 January 2011 (UTC))

This makes no sense whatsoever. Stop vandalizing the population statistics. If you want to start a French people in the Netherlands article, then do so. Don't mess up the Cape Verdeans in the Netherlands article. cab (call) 01:44, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Cape Verdeans in the Netherlands, you may be blocked from editing. Stop randomly changing the population number. It doesn't matter what other articles you want to write about French people or Portuguese people. cab (call) 06:30, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

This is your last warning; the next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at User talk:CaliforniaAliBaba, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. cab (call) 00:28, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

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Nvidia

Frankly, I don't care about how much you want to see Nvidia graphics in fighting games. Please stop telling me about it. TheStickMan^[✆Talk] 22:29, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Call for Wikipedians in Residence in Africa

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I hope you are well and thriving!! WikiAfrica has just put out a call for two Wikipedians in Residence. One in Cape Town at WikiAfrica, at the Africa Centre; and the other for WikiAfrica Cameroon in Douala, at doual’art. If you are interested, please contact either Marilyn [marilyn.doualabelldoualart.org] for the WikiAfrica Cameroon call or Isla [islahfafricacentre.net] for the WikiAfrica position in Cape Town.

If you are not interested in applying, I would be very grateful if you could spread this call far and wide among your networks to ensure that both projects get excellent candidates. Here is the link for the information page: http://www.wikiafrica.net/two-wikipedians-in-residence-for-africa/

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Thanks Islahaddow ill look right into it (why is wikiafrica not an independent wikiproject)  (Questchest (talk) 23:32, 16 November 2012 (UTC))

ArbCom elections are now open!

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