User talk:Mereda/Archive1 May 2006 - November 2006

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NHS organisations

Have moved your article to List of NHS institutions and organisations to comply with Wkipiedia standard titling formats.--Smerus 16:53, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Metayage & sharecropping

Thanks for bringing Metayage System to my attention. To be honest, I've never heard of it, but that doesn't mean anything :) By the way, is it actually spelled "métayage"? If so, the article should be renamed to the correct term. I think what you did is fine, but it's possible metayage and sharefarming should be merged. What do you think? Should we leave as is or propose a merge? (Just have a feeling if I had a French-English dictionary, métayage would directly translate to sharefarming -- actually just checked and Google translates metayage to "share-cropping" -- I guess that's because Google uses American English). — Donama 01:18, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Big Bone Cave

I just made a few, necessary corrections to the "Big Bone Cave" listing.

The ground sloth bones from Big Bone Cave are Megalonyx jeffersoni. There were at least 3, possibly 4 individuals. See by new book on Big Bone Cave for further details.

Also, the reference to a "large animal about the size of a bear" is from the H. C. Mercer papers in 1897, not from the 1971 excavation. I know, because I made the 1971 excavation.

If you think any of my changes are in error, please email me and we will discuss them. I leave for Alaska in the morning (June 22), but I will be back by July 4.

Larry E. Matthews Professional Geologist

Category renaming

You're probably missing this: WP:CFD/W (a list of incomplete moves/deletions) :) . Since the discussion is closed, everyone is encouraged to assist ;) Conscious 18:27, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Military meteorology

Hi. I do not thing that there is such a meteorology field as military meteorology. There are applications of meteorology which are used in military, there are dpeartmens of meteorology such as Navy Postgraduate School. The fleet numerical homepages doesn't have anything which is "military" in it. In fact the are using models developed by the Naval research laboratory - there are only civilians working there. I would strongly suggest that you remove your entry (db_author). 83.5.132.163 12:59, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		For diligently updating WP:DSI and WP:DSP -- Lost(talk) 13:38, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Re: Iftikhar Janjua

Hi Mereda, I agree this article looks quite POV, I will leave messages to the more knowledageable people regarding it. Thanks for pointing it out -- Lost^(talk) 07:01, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Kewal Krishan

Hi, when you get a minute, can you take a quick look at Kewal Krishan? It was hijacked (possibly an honest mistake) by User:Kewal Krishan on September 1. I've reinstated it to what looks like the last good version. -- Jim Douglas 15:46, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

It was hijacked again today from a different user id; I reverted it and sent a note to the hijacker. -- Jim Douglas ^(talk) _(contribs) 05:44, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Macau honours system

Thanks for proving existance and removing my prod. I genuinely couldn't find anything, but your diligence won through. Well done. --Richhoncho 10:06, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Elephants

Dasara elephants are different and i don;t think it should come under Kerala elephants may be Indian Elephants would be appropriate, about dasara, i think Mysore Dasara is different from dasara celebrated elsewhere and i suggest it remain seperate , cheers--Ganesha1 12:58, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Elephants of Kerala

• Elephants of Kerala - The article has its own relevence. It should not be merged. It is better to add a "see also" tag in the article to link with Indian elephants. Elephants are very much a part of Kerala culture. Elephants owners association and elephant lovers association is registered in Kerala. The description about how elephants are treated in Kerala is very much distinct from a generic narration. Hence, this article is to be retained.

The sub topics in this article is unique in all respect like Caring for elephants, Ornaments used for elephants , elephants and their treatment, Elephants in festivals etc, these things are not seen in rest of the part in India. Also Temple elephant is diffrent topic, Elephants of Kerala is not just seen in Hindu Temples.

Tip

Thanks for updating the deletion sorting page regularly. It is great help. In case you didn't know, I wanted to suggest that User:Dragons flight/AFD summary/Contested can be of use in updating. - Ganeshk (talk) 06:30, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Francis Henry Taylor

I saw that you were the last active editor for Francis Henry Taylor (an article with a very short lifespan). Unfortunately, it looks like this article's text was lifted directly from the Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th edition. Since you seem to be interested in this page, do you want to revise the text to make it non-copyright-infringing before someone lists it for deletion? Obviously, the subject of the page is notable ... it's just an issue of copyright. Thanks, -- Docether 13:39, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

For some reason, websources seem to have his name both as "Francis Henry Taylor" and "Henry Francis Taylor." Crikey. I'm pretty sure the former (and current page title) is correct, though. -- Docether 14:18, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Dasara...

Dasara is a hindu festival of godess shakti. As the kings / Maharajas of Mysore were Hindus they choose to celebrate Dasara as a major event. Off late Mysore Dasara is associated with culture. It has become a cultural symbol of Karnataka. Dasara / Vijayadashmi is celebrated throughout the world by Hindus. However Mysore Dasara is a cultural event sponsred by the government of Karanata during the 9 days of Navaratri to keep the tradition which was their in erstwhile Mysore State.

So apart from Dasara, Mysore Dasara has its own uniqueness and a tourist event. So please do not merge both the articles and let users expand it accordingly.

Thank you --IndianCow 18:11, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

WP:COI

Please use the term "Conflict of Interest" instead of Vanity, as per the guidelines of Wikipedia. Also If possible, avoid using the word "vanity" in a deletion discussion. Such wording may insult the author and ignite a flamewar. As explained below, an author's conflict of interest by itself is not a basis for deletion, but lack of assertion of notability is.  Doctor Bruno  02:45, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

ERI

Sounds like a good idea. I agree that the article is borderline... If references can be provided, it'll be worth keeping. --Elonka 08:18, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

NOTE THIS IMMEDIATELY

Hellow Mereda, I have noticed that the article Sree Pushpaka Seva Sangham and Pushpakadhwani were deleted. I am not an experienced user of wikipedia. So I was not able to do anything about the deletion. But it is sure that these articles were relevent. You can find link to this article in a number of articles which is under construction. These articles were about an organization in Kerala state and its magazine. If you can revert it please. Creating a new article like that is not at all easy. Thanking You Insvik 14:28, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

• Hellow Mereda.. Thanks for the information. But I hope you can make further steps in non-deletion of these articles. Can I retrieve those article in anyway?.. Suggest the most easiest way to retrieve and retain these articles. Please..

Jansanskrity AfD

Thanks for fixing the AfD header on Jansanskrity. I checked that you didn't make a mistake, but as you saw, it's not that hard. -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 03:02, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi, thanks for the "heads up' on the Earth Rights Institute article. I did a little editing on it and removed the template.--Fahrenheit451 22:35, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Honjaram

Hi there; fair enough, let it stay. It is clearly POV, but I grant you not offensively so. I actually thought that it probably qualified for {{speedy}}, but just prodded to give him time to improve it. But ok, he is a newby and there's no harm done.--Anthony.bradbury 19:57, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Nikhil Parekh

I have just placed this notice on the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nikhil Parekh page, and am bringing every voter's attention to it as promised.

Comment. Sigh. Despite the inevitable tirade that this will unleash, I am sorry to have to bring new information to the table. I have this morning received an email from Vijaya Ghose, editor of the Limca Book of Records. "Dear Mr (----), We have enlisted a couple of claims of Nikhil Parekh. Longest Poem is not one of them. He has formidable competition in John Milton's Paradise Lost and our own Mahabharata. However, he has written to many heads of state and has received replies but not from the head of state but the secretary or executive assistant. He is is the first from India to feature on Eppie. We checked with them. Regards Vijaya Ghose. So Parekh, though probably not notable as a poet, is indeed an Indian world record holder. I suspect that this changes the balance on his notability, though the article would still require a great deal of clear-up. I will notify everyone who took part in this vote and ask admins to extend debate a little. Sorry.

I don't know whether this changes your vote, but thought you should know. Vizjim 06:04, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Thought

Thanks for the suggestion/thought you gave me about the AfD thing about the political economy of drugs. It has helped me on my quest to becoming admin. Atlantis Hawk 11:03, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Dutta

Ach, you're right, I probably should have been a bit more considerate. That was at the fag-end of a day of NP patrol, and was getting rather tired and crotchety and cheesed off with all the nonsense/vanity that people post. I should have left her the welcome template, specially since the article actually bothered to assert notability, which is why it had to go to AfD and couldn't be speedied. Will do so in future. Still POV non-notable eulogistic probable-vanity, though. Moreschi 18:19, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Padma Bhushan

Thanks mate, edit corrected. IA (talk) 14:03, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ihsan Khan

There seems to be some rivalry between USer:Marwatt and User:A M. Khan. See Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/A M. Khan -- USer:A M. Khan and User:Begu Khel were declared as unrelated. Some voters have very few edits, so I've created a subsection for such votes -- to make it easier for the closer. Also, the page is on my watchlist. utcursch | talk 13:25, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

awardees

thanks - crz crztalk 18:00, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

I know. The gods of CFD will figure it out. Are you being sarcastic? - crz crztalk 12:27, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Re:All Female Units and formations

Thanks for asking for my input on the subject. This new category sounds like a good idea to me. By all means, go for it. Asarelah 00:21, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Editor's Barnstar
		For showing outstanding professionalism. Salad Days 22:28, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Automated survey edit

Hi Mereda, I just wanted to drop you a quick note saying I reverted one of your edits on Automated surveys and put an explanation on its talk page. Keep up the good work on WP! Calltech 14:31, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Clusters Africa and WTO

Dear Mereda

Hi my name is Will and I'm from Greece.I'm curerently running a paper on the result of clusters in the world trade and I cant find anything about it in the www. Your article was really helpfull but can u please try to find sth about the wto negotiations and clusters. willtrigas@yahoo.gr Thanks.

yours faithfully Will Trigas

• Wrong guy! I haven't edited any WTO articles and I'm puzzled how you came here. --Mereda 15:57, 28 November 2006 (UTC)