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DYK

On 17 September, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

On 17 September, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Theodorus Janssonius van Almeloveen, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Request

I've done. --Brand спойт 16:40, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

DYK

On 24 September, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Aloara, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

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Image:RTL bug.png listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:RTL bug.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Fritz S. (Talk) 08:38, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Tsvi Nussbaum is the boy in the picture, no one but you is doubting that.

DYK

On 30 September, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article José Antonio de Alzate y Ramírez, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

On 30 September, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Alypius (music writer), which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Nussbaum

I am still working on learning the ways of Wiki and I have not yet completly learned the talk pages or how to use them to their fullest potential.

Image:Caribou from Wagon Trails.jpg

Did you take this picture? It seems like it from the FPC nomination but you're missing credit on the Commons image description page. howcheng {chat} 21:58, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Pi-unrolled

I recently cranked out a new and greatly improved version of Pi-unrolled.gif and (why not?) nominated it for FP. Since you commented on the nomination of the previous version of the same graphic, I'd like to invite you to comment on the new nomination. Thank you. John Reid 04:18, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Much obliged

Through the course of searching for a specific genus of spider, I somehow stumbled upon your user page once more via an Araneus marmoreus image (Image:Araneus marmoreus 1.jpg). It seemed rather coincidental considering you have granted me yet another generous service (the antecedent being the Richard D. James mp3s). Cheers. — Nalco 05:18, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

DYK

On 7 October, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article David Eldridge, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Good article but, if I may ask, when you say that "recently, while improvements were being made...", would it be possible to put a more specific date on that? Not necessarily an exact one, just more precise than "recently." Biruitorul 00:20, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Can I...

Can I use your fotografies of Alpacas in this page: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpaga

I'm a Belgian wikipedia user

Please let me a message there: http://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Discussion_Utilisateur:Gont&action=edit

thanks and apologies for my bad english

Invitation

I invite you to join the Pornography in the United States GA for copyediting as a native English speaker (particularly for punctuation and the usage of prepositions). Thanks. --Brand спойт 10:56, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for help

Thank you for your help on the Single-grain experiment article. It was DYK on October 12. I greatly appreciated it.Chris 01:53, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

==Lori Klausutis==

Is up for deletion again. I beleive you fought to have it removed for the front office at one point. --68.226.97.243 03:32, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank You

For offering your opinion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lori Klausutis (third nomination). The article was deleted. "The quality of mercy is not strain'd . . . It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy seasons justice." ~ Wm. Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act IV Scene 1. Morton devonshire 22:42, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Snowflake on digg

FYI the image you nominated for featured pic of a snowflake is on digg.com and is getting voted pretty high. [1] -Ravedave ^{(help name my baby)} 02:04, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

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Vandalism Help

Hi there mate, Im not really sure what to do because Im still learning the ropes, but I noticed you banned the member: 204.90.50.252 before. This member continues to vadalise the page: Bolt (website). Is there something that can be done? I am the watcher over this article :)

Adding "Contents" link to Main Page

Hi, Brian0918. A discussion at Talk:Main Page#Proposal: add one or more of these links to the main page seems to show consensus to add a link to Contents at the top of the Main Page. To keep 800X600 displays on one line, this can be accomplished by removing the link to Searching, then adding the Contents link just to the left of Categories. However, no admin has stepped forward to add the link. User:David Levy, suggested to me that you might be willing to talk a look and make the change. Thanks for your consideration. Rfrisbie^talk 13:05, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Please consider looking at my editor review

You were one of the first users to help me on WP, and now that I'm 2500 edits old, I'd be very proud if you were to participate in my ER. Even if you prefer not to participate, thanks. BusterD 01:59, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

David Eldridge

Sir, thirty-five days ago I sent you a message regarding this article, but you failed to reply. Let's try this again:

If I may ask, when you say that "recently, while improvements were being made...", would it be possible to put a more specific date on that? Not necessarily an exact one, just more precise than "recently." Biruitorul 04:28, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

I put "In the early 2000s" for now, if that's all right. Biruitorul 19:28, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

User:R

Take a look at User:R and what it links to, I do not see any reason for "User:R" to be used, as it is inactive (total). And, also, I want to have the username "R". Is there anyway for me to have this username?

Please reply on User_talk:Tsaiight.

Please and thank-you, 86.20.248.142 22:24, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

FAO Graph

Hi Brian, I found your graph under a 'green revolution' search for the FAO stats for 1961-2004 for grain production. I'm trying to create similar graphs to this. I'm wondering what software you used to create this or if you found it off the FAO site and where. I have only been able to find the numbers but no graphs. This one is great. Thanks, suzanne

Mediation Cabal

Please see: Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2006-11-17 Religious opposition to same-sex marriage in South Africa. Thank you. IZAK 12:17, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

MediaWiki:Standard.js

Note: this comment is part of a synchronised thread. You can reply by clicking the [edit] link next to the comment's heading, or following this link. To ensure that you can see any further responses I make, add this page to your watchlist. Once you have replied, feel free to remove this boilerplate.

Hello Brian,

Some time ago, you added a script to MediaWiki:Standard.js. Did you mean for this to be at MediaWiki:Monobook.js? The Standard.js file is not actually used within the MediaWiki system.

Anyway, I would like to add it, if I can, to Monobook.js. Are there any tweaks I would have to make to it to pull that off? Karl Dickman ^talk 16:55, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Peters the faker

Your addition to In Search of Excellence that Peters admitted to faking the data in this book is so desperately out of context that it's tantamount to libel. Did you read the actual admission in Fast Company provided at the end of the article? A vastly better version of this admission was removed by Wookiepedian in September. At best, Peters is not using the word "data" in a conventional sense, the sense that would, for example, lead a scientist who "faked data" directly to a board of inquiry: he is referred to having portrayed the selection of "excellent" companies as having been more objective and data-driven than it fact it was; that it had in fact been based just as much on talking to really smart people and trusting gut instincts. The word "fake" is being used to poke a sharp pin at business consulting in general and the delusional mystique that surrounds his own book.

Was our process fundamentally sound? Absolutely! If you want to go find smart people who are doing cool stuff from which you can learn the most useful, cutting-edge principles, then do what we did with Search: Start by using common sense, by trusting your instincts, and by soliciting the views of "strange" (that is, nonconventional) people. You can always worry about proving the facts later.

I'm not going to wade into this page right now. Perhaps if you feel the importance of including this admission, you can sort out with Wookiepedian why the superior inclusion of this fact-about-faking was previously reverted. MaxEnt 20:49, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Admin talk same-sex marriage

Hi Brian: I just noticed that you and a few admins had a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive147#User:IZAK criticizing same-sex marriage on talk page that took place 16-17 November 2006. I would have liked to respond to the comments there at the time, but the page has already been archived, even though the question of editing the article is not over. So I am copying the following response to you, that I had wanted to put in. Best wishes, IZAK 09:21, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Response from IZAK

Hi folks I just noticed your comments here and I wanted to respond in my own "defense" to set the record "straight" (good pun, no? ;-}) So here goes: IZAK 09:05, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

• If an article deals with same-sex marriage, then as long as the comment/s on a talk page (yet!) deals with that topic it is connected to it, even though it may be phrased in a way that may not always please everyone... because according to the Bible it is a shame on South Africa and any other place that makes same-sex marriage "legal" since the Bible condemns that kind of behavior. What if a law was passed "allowing" theft, or murder, or adultery? Would that make them "legal" too? This is not about WP:SOAP, this is about understanding why the majority of religious leaders and people are opposed to such things, and that can, must and will be part of articles like this. What can I do, I didn't write the Bible! Honest!
• At no point did I re-insert my comment 3 times into the talk pae within 24 hours, and to say that it violates the 3RR is false. I did it over a few days, so there could not have been any application of the 3RR in this case under any circumstance.
• תועבה can be translated in a few ways, I was using only one from the JPS version. Indeed, I actually prefer one translation given by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan who said that the word means "mistaken act" תוע-בהbut regardless of how it translated into other languages, the Hebrew Bible clearly condemns this act.
• The list of "abominations" in the Bible is long, and homosexuality is most definitely one of the abominations, so we can't argue it away with other comparisons that are not to the point.
• I subsequently expanded the implications of what I had written on the talk page, but it was not written in "religious" terms, but that addition to the article was deleted because an editor there said it was "all made up".
• At that point, after someone threatened to block me, instead of practicing what they preached and engaging me in a serious dialogue on the issues and not as a distraction about what I was doing, I took the entire matter to Mediation Cabal where it has remained this past week. See Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2006-11-17 Religious opposition to same-sex marriage in South Africa and Wikipedia talk:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2006-11-17 Religious opposition to same-sex marriage in South Africa, where you can read the series of events and when they took place. Please feel free to add your comments there as well, I'd love to hear from you.
• Finally, when the dust settles I will go back to work on the article and provide many more quotes and references, so that the article can reflect all parties views in South Africa, and not just those of the ANC-South African Communist Party-dominated government, parliament, and courts. There are always at least two sides to every story, right? That is the essence of NPOV. IZAK 09:06, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

addLoadEvent

Hi, one of your user scripts uses the addLoadEvent( func ) function (see [2]). This function will be removed from MediaWiki:Common.js soon. Please modify your scripts to use addOnloadHook( func ) instead. —Ruud 18:38, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

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Image:Queen Beatrix.PNG

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Arrested Development Move

Hello. I noticed on Talk:Arrested Development that you're the person to talk to about issues with the corresponding article. I've proposed that it be moved to Arrested Development (television), and would very much value your input. Skiasaurus 11:36, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

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Down Syndrome = Barnstar

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		For tireless, endless, and exceptionally annoying reverts on Down Syndrome when it was on the main page: OUR THANKS! Scoutersig 03:08, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Award

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Your efforts fighting vandals and reverting vandalism (especially tonight with the Down Syndrome article) is quite worthy of this Barnstar. Good job! Sharkface217 03:40, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Keep up the good work, man. Sharkface217 03:41, 5 December 2006 (UTC)