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Same-sex marriage

Thanks for your contributions to the article on same-sex marriage. It looks much better. Peyna 02:48, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

References

Please don't remove the references and sources that are linked from List of U.S. state laws on same-sex unions. References are what make Wikipedia credible. Thanks. --Hyphen5 21:31, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

I agree with the previous comment. Looking, for instance, at the Maryland entry, I have no objection to your removal of the details, but I cannot understand why you would have removed the references that support the facts in the first and second paragraphs (they were from the Baltimore Sun). I am going to be writing a Maryland-specific article, hopefully today, but I wonder if citations have been removed from other entries as well. kdogg36 15:21, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

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Image:SSM NorthAm 2006.PNG listed for deletion

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Image:World homosexuality laws.png

An anon editor has pointed out that the ACT in Australia no longer recognizes civil unions (as of June 2006[1]); the ACT is the small darker blue dot on the lower right-hand corner of Australia. I have no idea how to edit images (or even if I'd want to). Since you were the last to work on this image - can you help out changing this small detail? Can we even change it on this image, or is that not permissible for some reason (copyright? license?)? I really, really don't deal in images so I'm not sure how all this works. Any help you can provide would be highly appreciated. Thanks, ZueJay^talk 01:40, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

I already mentioned this on discussion of the image, but I'll put it here as well since I don't know if you'd check it or not. If the map recognizes unregistered cohabitation as a same sex union then it should color Austria and the rest of Australia blue, but if it does not then Croatia, Hungary, and Colombia should be colored light blue. Persoanlly I'd say change Austria and Australia, but its your decision as I don't know how to edit images. Thank you very much. Kidoragon 19:37, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

I have got one question about your map: why you didn't match the Faroe Islands? There are other homosexuality laws than in Denmark. Please check it. Viltharis 18:42, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

invitation

I've seen your many helpful edits to LGBT-related articles, and I'd like to invite you to join Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies. If you're interested, drop by Wikipedia talk:WikiProject LGBT studies and say hi. — coelacan talk — 20:33, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Image Issue

I have added a comment on the talk page of an image you recently created that attempted to encompass every aspect of same sex marriage and civil unions. I oppose its usage for the same reason that I opposed the previous usage of the 2006 SSM North Am image. Cheers.--Burzum 21:33, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Font used in Image:World homosexuality laws.png

I would like to translate your file Image:World homosexuality laws.png to other languages, but I want the translated versions to look as close as possible to the original image. Would you please tell me which font/s was/were used in the text? Thanks, --Fibonacci 06:18, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Nice new picture: Image:World homosexuality laws

• But still i think you made one little mistake to the country Austria. In Austria are still today no civil unions or domestic partnerships. There is a discussion in parliament but no law until now. 85.8.124.205 00:49, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

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