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Removal of Sisi from authoritarian regimes supported by us

Hey Vanamonde93, I saw you removed Sisi from the list and I understand why, but I don't think the elections were considered fair so to speak. https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2015/egypt#.VZViYRtViko and http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/fisk/why-dictators-hold-elections-abdel-fattah-alsisi-bashar-alassad-and-the-faade-of-legitimacy-9347585.html I understand that it can be a tad misleading though, as his regime at least as the facade of democracy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.49.95.186 (talk) 16:11, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

Greetings. Let me be clear, I have no interest in defending Sisi. Including him in that list requires two things; first, a reliable source stating that he is an authoritarian ruler (or some synonym thereof); and second, a reliable source showing that the US provided significant support to him. If sources for both these are found, then he can be listed there. Vanamonde93 (talk) 16:26, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

No worries, I understand where you are coming from. Didn't realize that it needed to have both to qualify on the list, although I am sure I can find some information on it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.49.95.186 (talk) 16:48, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

Don't worry, everybody was once a newbie here. verifiability is one our core policies, which is where the sourcing requirement comes from. If you have further questions, feel free to contact me. Also, it is good practice to sign your posts on any talk page. Regards, Vanamonde93 (talk) 16:54, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

Hey, I used a generic IP address account earlier to mention Sisi on the us support for authoritarian regimes page. Below are some articles and information verifying US support for Sisi, and his authoritarian rule.

1. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Commentary/2014/Nov-14/277567-egypts-1984-sisi-enacting-unprecedented-authoritarian-measures.ashx 2. https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2015/egypt#.VZVrzxtViko 3. http://www.wsj.com/articles/john-kerry-arrives-in-egypt-on-unannounced-visit-1403426551 There are a few others that could be included perhaps, as Iraq and Afghanistan are not considered to be democratic yet are supported by the US. Perhaps the problem with including these is that on paper they are democracies, yet they function as something in-between authoritarianism and kleptocracies. https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2015/iraq#.VZVwfxtViko https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2015/afghanistan#.VZVwlxtViko17:18, 2 July 2015 (UTC)Nakida1 (talk)

Thanks for registering an account. I would not be averse to your adding Sisi back to the list; just be sure to appropriate cite your sources. Wikipedia syntax can be complicated the first few times you try it, so feel free to contact me if you have difficulties with it. Regards, Vanamonde93 (talk) 17:51, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

Can you hyperlink to the wikapedia article for Sisi under the aforementioned page? Cannot seem to figure it out. Nakida1 (talk) 18:41, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

this link might be useful to you. In brief, you can link within Wikipedia by placing your link between double squate brackets, like this: [[Abdel Fattah el-Sisi]], which renders as Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Vanamonde93 (talk) 18:45, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

Got it, thanks for your help! Would you like me to add Afghanistan and Iraq, seeing as how they are both non-democratic (in practice, theoretically they both are), and they are backed by the US? I believe I left some links on this page earlier about this. Nakida1 (talk) 19:43, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

No problem. Those latter two cases seem less clear cut to me, so I would suggest discussing them on the talk page of the article first, and seeing what other editors think. Vanamonde93 (talk) 19:54, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

Organized Tag Team working in India-Pakistan related discussions and Edit War

@Pakistan Karate Kid: You appear to have made the same post at requests for arbitration, therefore I am removing this monstrously long post from my talk. Your account has made exactly three edits to Wikipedia, therefore you are clearly somebody's sock; give me a good reason why I should not just ignore this post. Moreover, as I was not a major party to any of those disputes, I don't see why you posted here. Vanamonde93 (talk) 19:29, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

Bombay Riots

Check the last edit. It was something else before .--X Swordsman Xcalibur 12:44, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Special barnstar for Bharatiya Janata Party

		The Special Barnstar
		For your work on promoting Bharatiya Janata Party to GA status, you deserve this. A very important and demanding article to work on. Cowlibob (talk) 13:39, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Many thanks, Cowlibob! Yes, it was quite the grind. Vanamonde93 (talk) 16:17, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Still got there in the end. I should point out that there are a few HARV errors on the page. I would encourage you to install this script if you haven't already. User:Ucucha/HarvErrors

Cowlibob (talk) 18:42, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Fixed. Thanks, friend. During one of the GA reviews, Coemgenus checked all of the in-text citations, to see that they linked to something; but I never thought to do the reverse check, to see if all citations were in fact being used. Since there are 121 unique references, I guess it's not surprising that some redundancies crept in. Regards, Vanamonde93 (talk) 21:11, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Nellie Massacre

If your wondering, this discussion ended a long time ago. I forgot to reply though to his last statement. Nonetheless, the user was a sock himself so it truly did end. AcidSnow (talk) 19:59, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

AcidSnow yes indeed AmritasyaPutra turned out to be a sock-master/puppet depending on how you see it, although personally I'm convinced that some meat-puppetry was also going on. Vanamonde93 (talk) 21:14, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

I agree, there's a possibility that there are even more. He had several accounts active on the same for many years 0_0. That's some made skills (although they were bad)! AcidSnow (talk)

DYK nomination of Bharatiya Janata Party

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copyedit Ankylosaurus

Hello, we recently did some expansions on the article and would like you do another look (in particular make sure its all in American English) before we send this to FAC. Thank you. LittleJerry (talk) 20:59, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

LittleJerry, sure, I'd be happy to give it another look. Little busy today, give me a couple of days. Vanamonde93 (talk) 22:04, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

Hi. Are you gonna get to it soon? We're really itching to nominate it. Thanks again. LittleJerry (talk) 22:06, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

LittleJerry, I've been busier than expected, and also working on bringing an article up to GA myself. I will get to it by tomorrow evening. Regards, Vanamonde93 (talk) 22:09, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

Okay, thank you. LittleJerry (talk) 22:16, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

LittleJerry, I've made a couple of edits. It looks good to me, although I have no experience at FAC. Good luck! Vanamonde93 (talk) 17:41, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

Thank you. LittleJerry (talk) 20:53, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Lycodon chrysoprateros

Gatoclass (talk) 00:02, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Conflict with GAN reviewer

Hi, could you please weigh-in on this discussion I started? It concerns an immediate fail of a good-article nomination. Dan56 (talk) 23:24, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Hindu nationalism and revivalism

Hi Van, As we both know, the Hindu nationalism page is terrible. If we agree on the alternative phrase "Hindu revivalism," this page could be retitled as that. Vivekananda, Aurobindo, as well as Gandhi easily fall under the revivalism label (I think I can produce sources). "Hindu nationalism" can then be equated with Hindutva, and become a part of Hindu revivalism (as done by Andersen and Damle). Even though "Hindu revivalism" is not widely used, there is plenty of theoretical analysis of revivalism. See, e.g., Jaffrelot's For a theory of nationalism [1]. Cheers, Kautilya3 (talk) 11:43, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Renaming to "Hindu revivalism" seems to make sense. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 12:27, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Frankly, I'm a little hesitant. To start with, yes, the page is in terrible shape. I also do agree that with respect to organizations which believe in Hindutva, ie the Sangh Parivar, the terms "Hindutva" and "Hindu nationalism" are used interchangeably among scholars. What I'm not sure about, though, is the sections of the Hindu Nationalism page which would not fit under "Hindu revivalism." The Arya Samaj and whatnot would; but the sections on Subhas Chandra Bose and Gandhi, definitely would not. Where would these fit in your scheme of things? Vanamonde93 (talk) 13:40, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Gandhi is a revivalist of course and political scientists recognize him as such, though cautiously. See, for example, Paul R. Brass (2005). Language, Religion and Politics in North India. iUniverse. p. 127. ISBN 978-0-595-34394-2.. Gandhi's revivalism caused deep fissures between Hindus and Muslims in the nationalist movement (and Jinnah quit with "disgust" according to M. J. Akbar). I don't know about Subhas Chandra Bose's views, but I think he is there on that page merely because the Hindu nationalists like to think of him as a hero. But we will need to check further. - Kautilya3 (talk) 15:48, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

This is a bit of OR, but it is worth thinking about it. It seems to me that, after the Vedic times, India had always been a land of multiple beliefs. Hence, the ruling classes always had to rule on secular principles, relegating religion to the private sphere. Even when religious ideas was brought in, they had to be "secularized" by arguing for them on universalist principles. Ashoka is a prime example. (Incidentally, the Muslim script writer of the Mahabharat (1988 TV series) translated dharma as kanoon, which I found quite curious.) But even raj dharma of the Vedic times was replaced by raj neeti in later times, a clear trend of secularisation. This secular foundation of India was broken, probably for the first time, during the freedom movement. Trying to rebel against a racist foreign rule, Indians were forced, it seems, to go back to their religious and civilisational roots and imagine themselves as a suppressed civilisation. All kinds of revivalist ideas became acceptable and almost all nationalist leaders succumbed to the temptation of religion. By the time Gandhi entered the scene, this Hindu revival was already complete. Gandhi had to channel it. So, he did the same thing that Ashoka did, i.e., disguise religion as universalism. Hindus bought it, but Muslims and Sikhs didn't. Imagine that Jawaharlal Nehru didn't exist. Then you would have had an India ruled by Patel, Munshi, Rajaji, Rajendra Prasad and GB Pant. India would have been a powerhouse of Hindu revivalism! - Kautilya3 (talk) 08:02, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

Actully, abetter term may be "Vedic revivalism":

"Hindu Tantrism remained popular during all the medieval period, but it seems to have lost most of its popular and intellectual support during the nineteenth century, largely as a result of the efforts of Indian reformers, both liberals and conservatives, to “purify” Hindu tradition." (Lorenzen (2002), Early Evidence for Tantric Religion, in: The Roots of Tantrism)

Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 18:45, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

Russia Article

Hello,

A quick question to see if you're interested. While on the Russia page there is a link to a huffington post page that is cited to reference Russia having the most college graduates. This puzzled me though, as I have always seen studies to show that Canada has the highest percentage of degree holders. A quick google and the first link confirms my inquiry http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/09/27/and-the-worlds-most-educated-country-is/

Perhaps there's some confusion or something between "college graduate" vs. "degree holder", I'm not sure. If you're up to do some research I, along with all the other readers of the Russia wikipedia page, would love to see what you come up with.

Thanks, all the best — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.235.242.75 (talk) 17:11, 16 July 2015 (UTC)

Greetings. To be entirely honest, I have no expertise on either Russia or higher education; therefore, I don't think I'm the right person for this. Besides, I am rather busy at the moment. Best of luck, Vanamonde93 (talk) 17:22, 16 July 2015 (UTC)

My RfA

Pavlov's RfA reward Thank for !voting at my recent RfA. You voted Neutral so you get a reasonable two cookies, just cooling off. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 19:30, 16 July 2015 (UTC).

Thank you for your copy-editing

Thank you for your effort to copy-edit the war article! However, I've carefully reviewed your edits and found some minor and some serious issues that should be corrected. Here is the list of issues and suggestions. Can you please fix these? There's no need to post replies on that page. If you don't understand what the issues are, then I'll correct myself. --UA Victory (talk) 15:12, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

UA Victory, greetings. I somehow missed the British English template; that is my mistake, and I will correct it. The rest of your suggestions, though, are not so straightforward. My "clarify" tags are added not because the material is inaccurate, but because it is unclear, and I did not know the source material enough to correct it myself. If you wish the article to reach GA status, it is up to you (or somebody who has access to the sources) to make those changes; they are not simply fixed by my removing the tags. Please make those fixes, and go ahead and remove the tags yourself. Finally, you seem to be a little confused about what constitutes a factual inaccuracy. Introducing commas instead of parentheses and fixing bad english are not examples of factual errors (and let me add, the sentence structure was rather poor in a lot of places). If you wish to discuss specific examples, let is do it elsewhere; perhaps on the talk page of your sandbox? Vanamonde93 (talk) 15:34, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for your cooperation. However, there was no need to explicitly mention my name in your edit summaries. --UA Victory (talk) 04:36, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

UA Victory, I rather think there was; the information came from you. I have not read the sources, and the discussion did not happen on the talk page of the article. Also, you haven't responded to many of the points I raised. I was not bothered with them in the first place, so I have no stake in it, but it you really wish to go through the issues you raised, you should reply there. Vanamonde93 (talk) 04:59, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

I've already tried fixing some of them. I think the article is ready for GA review. Thank you anyway for you help. --UA Victory (talk) 14:19, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Half Barnstar
	You've deserved this! UA Victory (talk) 14:20, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

Thank you! It's always nice to find my effort appreciated. Vanamonde93 (talk) 23:30, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Bharatiya Janata Party

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Please comment on Talk:Transhumanist politics

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Your GA nomination of 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état

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Ant barnstar for Myrmecia

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Many thanks, Burklemore1! Vanamonde93 (talk) 13:10, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

No worries! I look forward to more discussions with you on improving articles in the future. Burklemore1 (talk) 16:22, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

Kkm010

I take your point constructively about Kkm010 (talk · contribs) and appreciate it. That being said, since you have implicitly given him/her permission to continue making a massive numbers of edits with significant changes and no edit summaries, I will no longer watch his/her edits for two reasons: to avoid any conflict with you, and because it is now pointless to try to encourage Kkm010 to leave helpful edit summaries. Again without any intent to antagonize you, let me make a couple more points that I'm sure you may already be aware of. Number of edits is not equivalent to quality of edits; that in no way is intended to suggest that my edits have any level of quality; I don't have the time to edit much, so I try to focus on minor changes. The other point is to never assume you know an editor's background. I edited anonymously for eight years before registering in 2014, and I read Wikipedia (including talk pages) a lot before my first edit. In those eight years I have never been blocked or taken to ANI or other admin board. Anon editing is encouraged for those who don't want to register, but I finally got tired of the few editors who treat anons quite shabbily, so I registered. I won't bother counting my edits, and I don't expect you to have known about my anon editing (even though it's on my user page). I would suggest, though, that you stop counting number of edits as an indicator of what type of editor someone is. Finally, you might want to occasionally check Kkm010's talk page and edit history; you might be surprised. I don't care to get into a debate with you about any of this, and I appreciate both your constructive comments to me and your efforts to contribute to the project. Thanks. Sundayclose (talk) 21:31, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

Sundayclose, I have not in any way implied that Kkm should continue to edit in their chosen fashion. I merely objected to the templated warning. WP:DTR refers to style, not substance; it says don't template them even if the substance of the warning is on the mark. It is courtesy, nothing more, and it is also the only reason where your edit count is relevant. I have no comment to make on Kkm's editing, and certainly do not intend to get into a dispute above those. I noticed, but left untouched, your mass reverts of their edits. All I am saying is; try to get their attention using their talk page, without the templates; and if that fails, take them to the appropriate forum, by all means. Vanamonde93 (talk) 21:38, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. All of my comments above still stand. This is my last comment on this issue. Happy editing! Sundayclose (talk) 22:06, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

GOCE July drive

		Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Long Articles, 2nd Place
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Your GA nomination of 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état

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Please comment on Talk:List of kings of Persia

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August 2015, Breast-feeding

Well yes, I've been in Argentina and it's actually bad looked in some parts, the annoying come from part of the most white and economic prosperous people. I will find any source to talk with academic back source. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tadeoska (talk • contribs) 02:06, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

Tadeoska, yes, please do find a reliable source before re-adding that. Understand that I'm not necessarily saying that you are wrong; it's just that Wikipedia requires verifiability, not truth. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Regards, Vanamonde93 (talk) 04:21, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

I've found a BBC article about it, and it say -In his opinion, prejudice in Latin America are associated with the upper classes. "In the popular classes, breastfeeding is the most natural thing in the world. I think there is a lot of racism and classism associated with it. If you are poor or Indian you do, but if you're an educated, well-dressed no woman, because that's not smart "stresses.- the text is in Spanish: http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/2014/10/140926_tabu_amamantar_en_publico_en — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tadeoska (talk • contribs) 22:47, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

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María Vilanova

There was only one woman as mentioned in the article, was the first wife of a president of Guatemala, who first used the position of First Lady, and was in office. His treatment was, Your Excellency. --ElisonSeg (talk) 23:19, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

His treatment, yes, not hers. The prefix should only be applied to the person it was used for. Vanamonde93 (talk) 01:09, 22 August 2015 (UTC)

Triturus peer review

Hi, thanks for your comments at peer review! As the review was closed, I have nominated the article for FA in the meantime. Would you mind moving your latest comments to the FA review page, just so that everything is in one place and the peer review is really closed, as required for FA? Thanks! Tylototriton (talk) 07:11, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Tylototriton Given that I essentially completed a peer review that was interrupted by an emergency close (which had nothing to do with the specific review, there were just too many in the queue, which is why I WP:IAR and edited a "closed" review), I don't think that would be very appropriate. I glanced at the FA nomination page, and since nobody has responded there yet, it seems to me that there is no problem with leaving things as is. I am done with the review now, so people can simply proceed with the FA review in the normal way. I could still move my comments if you think it's important, but I'm fairly certain that it's not. Vanamonde93 (talk) 18:55, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

OK, I agree, best leave it as it is. I'll respond to your comments on the archived page then. Thanks again! Tylototriton (talk) 08:58, 22 August 2015 (UTC)

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your signature appears inadvertently jumbled via Kautilya 's edit. thanks!

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3A2002_Gujarat_riots&type=revision&diff=677749479&oldid=677711114

Sorry I do not yet know how to message - so put a note on your talk - please feel free to remove it! --Sdmarathe (talk) 16:54, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

Okay. Vanamonde93 (talk) 16:55, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

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A friendly welcome to gender topics!

The marketplace of ideas award

Thanks for venturing in to the Gender Gap Task Force talk page with a constructive suggestion! I see you've done some good work on Latin American topics, so I'm giving you this WikiLove award as a sign of encouragement. Put a bunch of links in my response to you to help you find your way around a bit on the site. Looking forward to more constructive collaborations! Djembayz (talk) 15:53, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

Djembayz, thanks very much! It's always nice to be recognized. The proposal seems to have gone nowhere, but I will certainly make use of the lists that you linked in the future. Regards, Vanamonde93 (talk) 21:09, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

a discussion on Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard

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Godhra Train

No stress, yet also. Wasn't sure how to link this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kar_seva 122.176.148.194 (talk) 16:58, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

I have added a link from Kar Sevak to Kar seva. The idea is that Kar Sevak will eventually contain all the information about the VHP Kar Sevaks. - Kautilya3 (talk) 17:34, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

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DYK for 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état

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A barnstar for you!

		The Million Award
		For your contributions to bring Bharatiya Janata Party (estimated annual readership: 422,889) to Good Article status, I hereby present you the Quarter Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers! Frankie talk 16:23, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

I just saw your request at WT:Million Award. I am sorry that it went unnoticed. I have also requested there. Hopefully someone notices that. Anyway, great job! -- Frankie _talk 16:23, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

Wow, congratulations Vanamonde! Well-deserved. - Kautilya3 (talk) 18:41, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

Thank you! To both of you. Vanamonde93 (talk) 20:37, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

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Is that what you really meant?

Hi Vanamonde93.  In your contribution to the RfC on "Is the detailed methods of manufacturing charas relevant?", you wrote:

• "Naturally, we should provide a manual, but some description would not go amiss."

I'm have trouble following that. Did you possibly mean to write:

• "Naturally, we should not [emphasis added] provide a manual, but some description would not go amiss."?
  Richard27182 (talk) 09:38, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

Richard27182; yes indeed, I made a typo. Thanks for catching it. I have corrected it now. Vanamonde93 (talk) 16:03, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

Hi Vanamonde93.  You're quite welcome.
Richard27182 (talk) 05:01, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

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The Half-million Award for Bharatiya Janata Party !

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Really cool! - Vanamonde93 contributing that article to GA-status, and this award! Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 18:52, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

Couldn't agree more. Congratulations indeed! ‑Ugog Nizdast (talk) 08:01, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, all! Your support means a lot. Vanamonde93 (talk) 21:36, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

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