User talk:La goutte de pluie/archive 7

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THIS IS LEGION, PRAISE ALLAH

Greetings!!!! what are you upto!!! Also lodestar is greatness leave it alone please GREETINGS

Gone?

Hello, during your absence a lot of things have changed within the SGpedian community. Everything has changed on this project you know, I believe the O's have ended and its time to party. Hmmm, so where are you? Hope to see you on MSN or IRC soon. --Terence Ong 17:46, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

• As a precaution I page-move protected your talkpage. If you wish to undo the action, please feel free to do so anytime. :) - Best regards, Mailer Diablo 19:00, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

• I didn't forget you all! It was a little more than that, but I'm back now. Elle _{vécut heureuse} ^{à jamais} (Be eudaimonic!) 23:10, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

You're back, I see. How did you do in your O's? -- 我♥中國 03:14, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

She won't know yet mah, only in February is it? Or is it later this month? Terence Ong 15:41, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Don't you start JC in Jan??? Sorry lor, I never took O's. -- 我♥中國 22:45, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

• You missed a Wikipedia meetup a month ago, there's another one in March though. Terence Ong 03:22, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

In recognition

		The Purple Star
		Given in recognition for having one of the most vandalised user pages. Timrollpickering 03:32, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Funny thing is nearly all of it was Dman. -_- ~-ZBrisk 16:37, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

My word, sir, I take quite offense to that. Why would I vandalize this fine young lady's page? I dare say I'm quite over her, especially now that I have a fiancee, wot wot. I have money to count, guns to polish, 'umies to waaagh, etc etc, so I'll leave this rabble now. Take care, ladies and gents! *A tip of the top hat and a click of my shoes and I walk off* :3 ~-TehDman 01:00, 22nd November, 2007. —Preceding unsigned comment added by TehDman (talk • contribs) 06:01, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

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Terence Ong 15:07, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

AfD Islamic socialism

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Patrick Stanley Vaughan Heenan

Hi again Elle; knowing of your interest in the Malaya/Singapore campaigns of 1941-42, I thought I'd point out this article I've just written. Any comments/suggestions would be welcome. Regards, Grant | Talk 03:08, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

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Hi Natalinasmpf, you were originally invited to Singapore meetup 4. However, due to the lack of response, the date of the meetup has been changed to November. Please refer to this page for more information. -- ZhongHan (Email) 05:13, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

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'allo Spike

Still about above g0? Miss your edits Miss. --maxrspct ping me 20:44, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, miss your edits... The world has changed, Terence has left... sigh. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 01:22, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

It's been really tough getting back in the mood; in the past spending too much time was a problem. But now seems ripe though! It definitely has changed; 'twas a bit sad reading stuff about the Wikipedian community (as well as the Singaporean subcommunity) in both the local and world news but not being in it. Elle _{vécut heureuse} ^{à jamais} (Be eudaimonic!) 01:35, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Big Saltine

Thanks for your intervention in this matter. I'm very new at this, and you've been around a long time, and so I value both your judgment and your knowledge of the way things are/have been. I think there might be a little bit more of the vandal in this young man's character than you may have seen -- I'm extremely pessimistic about the possibility of getting anything useable from his contributions -- but I would like to think that one of the guiding principles of Wikipedia is that we try to include everyone, and I feel a little bad that I didn't try harder to include this individual. I wish you well in working with him, if you care to, and if there's something I can do to be of assistance, in this respect or in any other, you have but to ask. Accounting4Taste:talk 22:53, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Singapore girls school

The reason I removed the earring comment is because it has been changed back and forth several times over the past couple months. Rather than there being ongoing flip-flopping, I removed it; surely there is a dress code posted on the school's website that could be used to source this. As for the bra comment, I originally got involved with this page because someone was spreading their fetish across wikipedia like mustard across a delicious, delicious ham sandwich; ergo, I've taken a dim view of those whose exclusive actions on wikipedia are to focus on the color of sports bras in Singaporean girls' schools. The page gets an unduly amount of attention on those particular items. WLU (talk) 22:33, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Yes, but the bra colour issue was in the national news a while ago -- in some schools, if one wore one of a forbidden colour, the bra was confiscated (and the student is supplied with a replacement -- or in some cases, none at all). It's not so much as a fetish issue as one that has hit national attention. The entire revert war is rather trivial, anyhow. I've never attended NYGH, but I am sure it can be easily sourced, if it is worth the bother. Elle _{vécut heureuse} ^{à jamais} (Be eudaimonic!) 23:50, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

And if fetish boy had added said national news story, I would have wikified his work and let it be, but he (or she) just kept spamming redundant, unnecessary info about bras. The user in question had mostly edits to S&M pages and many other contributions were just adding spurious info about bras and sports bras to various pages related to Singaporean girls wearing uniforms. Anyway, the revert war over the earrings was what I was referring to above, I don't really care either way but the fact that people keep saying earrings are allowed/no they're not means (in my mind) the info should stay out until it's sourced. That whole bra thing would be actually a good addition were any news stories to mention NYGH specifically, so I might even google it. Huzzah! For once I'm adding content rather than just editing pre-existing! Thanks for the clarification of the issue, it actually explains things somewhat. WLU (talk) 00:02, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Stymied! No dress code appears to be on-line extant, which seems odd. Anyway, if you feel strongly that the earring or bra info should stay up, I don't feel so strongly as to argue about it. Thanks for the clarification though. WLU (talk) 00:11, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Oh interesting. I never checked the contribs of our anonymous contributor. The news story was while ago (a year I think), and as I recall, the schools involved weren't identified but there was strong suspicion one of them was NYGH. I need to google this again. Anyway, since I know some people from NYGH, I might go ask them. Elle _{vécut heureuse} ^{à jamais} (Be eudaimonic!) 00:19, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately, without a reliable source beyond off-line people from NYGH, the revert wars may linger like a dead woodchuck under the porch. Though you could probably cite any material sent home with said students... On-line sources are my preference, but paper still works. I don't care either way about earrings or bras, I just don't want fetish-boy mustarding all over wikipedia (blatant plug of my essay) and the reverting is just kinda silly. WLU (talk) 13:34, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Auschwitz (& in general) lengthily protection violates policy

The discussion came up in a few last comments to the contention, whether Wikipedia allows to present a controversy in a neutral manner, or - not. My point has been that NPOV allows it in the sentence "Debates within topics are described, represented and characterized...". Also, WP:LEAD explicitly advocates "briefly describing its [topic's] notable controversies", which "Holocaust revisionism" definitely is. Do you think that an opposition to unprotecting Auschwitz has been defeated successfully, so it can actually be implemented, or they just abandoned the discussion at Wp:an#Auschwitz (& in general) lengthily protection violates policy, please? Sincerely, -70.18.5.219 (talk) 20:57, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

As the protecting admin, I will comment: The article Auschwitz concentration camp and some other articles, mainly but not exclusively related to the holocaust, have in the past been the targets of persistent, ongoing and offensive vandalism by unregistered users. The object of the protection is to prevent this. Any registered editor who has been a wikipedia member for a few days can edit this article. I see no reason to allow vandals to do so. The policy to indefinitely protect this and related articles was agreed by community consensus after extensive discussion, and I see no reason why this decision should be questioned at this time. --Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 21:06, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Meetup/Singapore 4

Singapore Meetup
Meetup 14
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Hi La goutte de pluie/archive 7, you have been invited to attend the SGpedians' meetup on 29 December 2007. We are planning to make this a full day event, but you may join/leave at anytime you wish. If you can or cannot make it, please leave your name here. It will be good to have you at the meetup. Terence (talk) 08:33, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

verification etc.

many thanks for your help. Trying to put things right!Lynn Huggins - Cooper (talk) 19:42, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

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What on earth are you up to?

Last I heard (from Arachnid), you were doing your A Levels? Aren't you about to go to uni now? I would bug you via email, except that I feel fairly confident you check your talk page more often/as often as you do your email (considering you get notified of new messages any time you open a Wikipedia page). Johnleemk | Talk 06:58, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

BISMUN Deletion

First of all I will say that it is not my school. Secondly, I don't see how you can say that it is not warranted since it does not fit on the Model UN page. It is a description of a current MUN conference, not a description of what MUN actually is. There is a page consisting of the Harvard MUN conference, why not the Bath one considering it is the largest conference in the UK. Please reply to me as I think you are wrong with your deletion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mattbudd54 (talk • contribs) 10:19, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

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Image permission problem with Image:Safnationalstadium.jpg

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AN/I

Just FYI, I've brought you up on AN/I regarding this. krimpet✽ 05:03, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Please respond to the thread as soon as you are able. Durova^Charge! 05:12, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

File:Kinabalu-silhouette-cloud.jpg listed for deletion

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Pinochet

Wonder if you would care to express an opinion on the issue of using dictaor in the lede?--Die4Dixie (talk) 00:23, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Invitation

You're invited to my chess game! See User:Protactinium-231/Chess. ²³¹₉₁Pa (chat me, but mind the alphas!) 04:17, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Chess_position

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FP delist nom

Just so you know, I've nominated File:Han Civilisation.png for delist. Feel free to leave a comment. upstateNYer 22:06, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

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Orphaned non-free image File:PAPcandidates 1959.jpg

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File permission problem with File:Trapped underground.jpg

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Speedy deletion nomination of File:Weiqi-alcb.PNG

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Speedy deletion nomination of File:Weiqi-alsl.PNG

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File:Weiqi-alst.PNG listed for deletion

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Drmvfd1

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Revision to Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire and Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri articles

I noticed that you have revised either Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri or Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire.

I intend to revise those articles following the Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Article guidelines. There are more details on the discussion pages of those articles. I'd be interested in any comments you have. It would be best if your comments were on the discussion pages of the two articles.

Thank you.

Vyeh (talk) 02:00, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Same or sharing

This edit is confusing - you're using the same computer I guess ?? diff Sf5xeplus (talk) 11:12, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

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File:Trapped underground.jpg listed for deletion

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The Bugle: Volume LVIX, January 2011

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China Medical University (Taiwan)

Please stop reverting the flags are against wp:MOS - take this as a warning note, thanks. Off2riorob (talk) 20:14, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Note, - I mentioned your reverts to this article at the administrators noticeboard here. Off2riorob (talk) 20:21, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

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