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Currency war

Thanks for your message. It would be great to work with others on the article. It might be a while before we should go for FA or even GA though, as I suspect we wont see a resolution this year, and it might not be until another few months till we have good academic sources which summarise the various views and put the current episode in historical context. You've made a lot of good additions to the article, but if we're going to be working together I hope you aren't too strongly in favour of tags? I consider them unsightly and ineffective. There are backlogs with thousands of articles and so IME they rarely attract helpful editors and possibly discourage readers who would otherwise make corrections, Ive had sometimes dozens of corrections in a month from IP editors on untagged articles. For the neutrality tag Ill reply on the talk page to see if we can clarify what changes you consider necessary to make the article NPOV. FeydHuxtable (talk) 08:14, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Okay, lets give it a shot. As long as you dont mind possibly doing more than half the work as Im not sure how much wiki time Im going to have over the next few months. Even if it fails at GA level at least we'll be improving an important and topical article. I was worried before that it would be hard to provide proper context without straying into borderline OR, but since then sources have started to come out comparing the current situation with the 1930s. I think we should keep our use of economists forums to a minimum to save arguments about whether they're compliant with policies , but there should be articles coming out in the journals soon. There are already some on Vox we could use. I dont know anything about DYK so Ill leave that side of things to you. My degree is in physical chemistry, I don't have formal training in economics but do have some practical experience both from the market and government perspective having worked at investment banks and at Whitehall. FeydHuxtable (talk) 11:46, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Just the fact that "According to Brazil's finance minister, Guido Mantega, an international Currency war has erupted" seems like it could be a key hook for DYK? FeydHuxtable (talk) 12:04, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Two good public think tanks for economic issues are CFR and CEPR Not strictly think tanks, but arguably better in terms of quality of analyses and success in influencing policy makers are the FT and Roubini's Global Economics. The latter two have loads on Currency War, especially the FT, though you have restricted access unless you become a paid subscriber. (FT is great value if your seriously interested in international finance) Wall Street Journal can be good especially for a more hawkish perspective, though I havent had a chance to check it out recently. For a cross between a think tank / accademic Journal / economists forum you cant really beat VoxEU which I already linked you to. FeydHuxtable (talk) 17:19, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Great additions with the maps. Sorry I havent had the chance to contribute recently, im still up for working with you to get this to at least GA level, but it might not be to mid November before I can do much. FeydHuxtable (talk) 12:01, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

Yep we should defo include some of those links you added. Re the G7, the source said "the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and G7 in Washington" Youre right there wasn't a formal G7 meeting this month, but historically G7 delegates like to have their own private meetings at the IMF get togethers and it looks like the source was referring to this. It may be misleading to some readers and wouldn't be worth spelling out in detail as the G7 is far less relevant these days now India and China are more significant to the global economy than most G7 members, so i think its best just not to mention it.FeydHuxtable (talk) 13:30, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

Just made a major edit to the article, think we're more than half way to GA class now. FeydHuxtable (talk) 20:26, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

An issue reducing the coherance of the article is that we have reactions spread out among Reactions , Global perspectives and the main Competetive devaluation after 2009 section. Im planning to move most of the reactions to the relevent sub section in global perspectives, adding text to indicate the month where the statements were made. Let me know if you have other preferences. FeydHuxtable (talk) 13:36, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Sorry to hear that, the article would be much less balanced and globalised without your excellent input. Let me know if you change your mind, I'll still improve it but probably wont get round to trying to promoting the article if its just me. Best of luck for whatever you're doing next. FeydHuxtable (talk) 19:45, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

Nice one! Re further splits, im thinking it will be good to have each of the subsections in Global perspectives having only neautral info about the country/region or opinion from the country itself. i.e. no anti China views in the China section, no anti US views in the US section. FeydHuxtable (talk) 09:08, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

I take your point, though in a way currency war' is a misnomer. It's the right title for the article as it's the one the sources usually use, but 'competitive devaluation' or even 'competitive non appreciation' would be more accurate. In the US administration and I would guess for China too theres a mixture of Doves and Hawks, the Doves hoping for a collaborative win – win solution, the Hawks who agree with Clausewitz that economic policy is the continuation of war by other means. But the Hawks cant useually get away with making inflammatory statements if they hold a prominent office, so notable statements that are overtly warlike will be hard to find. I also think we shouldnt over emphasise that sides of things as in as much as Misplaced Pages influence the media and the media influences events, its not really going to help anyone if the situation escalates. That said we can certainly add any juicy sources if we find any :-) . FeydHuxtable (talk) 19:12, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

2010 Copiapó mining accident barnstars

Hi again. I would like to award some barnstars to the main contributors, especially the indispensable Spanish translators. Do you think that {{subst:The Rosetta Barnstar|message ~~~~}} is appropriate for all the translation work? If so, do you have suggestions for doing so? Thanks again for your advice and cheers! Veriss (talk) 18:46, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

November copy edit drive

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive! The Misplaced Pages Guild of Copy-Editors invites you to participate in the November 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive, a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy-editing. The drive will begin on 1 November at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 30 November at 23:59 (UTC). The goal for this drive is to reduce the backlog by 10% (approximately 500 articles). We hope to focus our efforts on the oldest three months (January, February, and March 2009) and the newest three months (September, October, and November 2010) of articles in the queue. Sign-up has already begun at the November drive page, and will be open throughout the drive. If you have any questions or concerns, please leave a message on the drive's talk page. Before you begin copy-editing, please carefully read the instructions on the main drive page. Please make sure that you know how to copy-edit, and be familiar with the Misplaced Pages Manual of Style. Awards and barnstars A range of barnstars will be awarded to active participants, some of which are exclusive to GOCE drives. More information on awards can be found on the main drive page. Thank you; we look forward to meeting you on the drive! — The Utahraptor/Contributions, S Masters (talk), and Diannaa

Chechen parliament attack

I'd like to draw your attention to my comments here. This edit was misguided (even the headlines say it was "Islamists" ). I'd also be grateful if you would avoid using Kavkazcenter as a source in the article. Offliner (talk) 17:34, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Kavkazcenter

I have to ask: did you conduct any basic research before you started inserting material from the site and edit warring to keep it? . Honestly, I find your actions in the article disruptive. Please stop. Offliner (talk) 07:44, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

I have undone your revert. My edit is explained clearly on the talk page and is the direct action resulting from an WP:ANI report concerning your activities based on the consensus that appears to be in place over that particular website. If you disagree, take it to the ANI board or to the RS board to establish new consensus. Edit warring is disruptive and I don't want to see it happening on that page please. S.G. _ping! 08:43, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

DYK nom

"Late nomination" means just what you would expect it to mean. DYK deals with new articles. This is defined by the DYK rules as meaning articles either created or having experienced a 5x expansion during the previous 5 days. The article you submitted was 19 days old and had not seen any growth large enough to qualify as recently expanded. Additionally the nomination was made for a date that was in the process of being closed out, not a date where DYK is looking for new submissions. For further details on this I would recommend you consult the DYK rules here and here. --Allen3  11:52, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

DYK articles need to be either created in the last five days or have undergone a 5x expansion during the last 5 days. There are exceptions for dealing with copyright violations and DYK is more lenient during slow periods. DYK has had to recently enlarge update sizes to handle the high backlog however, so none of the exceptions appear to apply. If you know it will take more than five days to --Allen3  12:42, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages talk:Did you know would be the place to propose a change to the DYK rules. Based upon my experience however, it is unlikely you would gain much support for such a proposal. --Allen3  12:46, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

List of Israeli Assassinations

Hi Lihaas,

I responded to your reversion at Talk:List of Israeli assassinations

Best, GabrielF (talk) 01:40, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

WP:SYN

Are you aware of the guideline WP:SYN? If not, please familiarize yourself with our basic guidelines before continuing to edit. This edit is completely unacceptable. The incident did not happen anywhere near Grozny (are you familiar with basic geography of the region?) and there is no indication it has anything to do with the attack on the parliament. Offliner (talk) 13:04, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

2010 Copiapó mining accident copy edit slavery!

		The Copyeditor's Barnstar
		In sincere appreciation for your hard work and patience fixing things, correcting sentence construction, gramar grammer grammar and style on a sometimes bi-lingual, hugely popular breaking news article about teh the recent 2010 Copiapó mining accident‎. ¡Muchas gracias! Veriss (talk) 03:15, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Reply: It's quieted down a lot since it fell off the main page. I think it's looking really clean now after the mobs had fun with it - it was a bit wild there for a bit! Since it had slowed down I wanted to pass out the barnstars to those who had earned them. Seemed like the right time to do it. I think I'll request reassessment soon and that may generate some more tasks so I wanted to keep the hard workers interested. There will probably be some 'GA' or 'A' class awards or some thing along those lines to pass out once we get through that bit too. Stay tuned! Cheers, Veriss (talk) 06:16, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

Speedy deletion declined: Strong agnosticism

Hello Lihaas. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Strong agnosticism, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: These are not speedy deletion criteria. Please review WP:CSD, especially WP:CSD#Non-criteria. Thank you. JohnCD (talk) 11:21, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Bahraini election

I would strongly advise against it. The infobox is a pain in the arse - unless you have a country where there are only two parties, then the infobox is either too large (especially on smaller resolutions) or ends up being an NPOV violation, because not all parties are included in it. It is not used on all election articles, because I have not used it in any of the hundreds of election articles I have created for the reasons mentioned above. пﮟოьεԻ 57 14:42, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

But therein lies the point - how do you decide how many parties are "big winners"? A huge POV issue there. пﮟოьεԻ 57 14:52, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

Al Wefaq is definitely without any question an opposition party. Also, where did you read about the "National Islamic Forum"? Can you send me the link? Most likely it is an English translation of Al-Menbar Islamic Society ("Al Menbar" is sometimes translate as "Forum" or "Tribune"), but there are so many different translations and so many different parties with similar names its hard to be sure. Send me the source and I will clarify. --Arabbi (talk) 18:46, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

Okay I checked the AFP link and National Islamic Forum is indeed referring to Al-Menbar Islamic Society, as that is the local wing of the Muslim Brotherhood. --Arabbi (talk) 09:11, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

The official results are here: http://vote.bh/candidates_46/candidates.html but it is all in Arabic. i will try to translate over the next week --Arabbi (talk) 09:51, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

More speedies

Those were better, because you cited speedy criteria from WP:CSD, but I still declined them. The reason is that redirects are cheap - they take up little space on the servers, and if there is even a possibility that they might be useful a redirect from mis-capitalisation or common mis-spelling is usually kept - see WP:R, particularly WP:R#KEEP. For that reason the specification for WP:CSD#R3 is "Recently created redirects from implausible typos or misnomers", and that is the only speedy for a redirect, apart from WP:CSD#R2, redirect from the article namespace into another space (which happens, for instance, when an autobiographical article is userfied to the author's user page).

When you find an article more or less identical with another, often turning one into a redirect, as you quite rightly did on one of these, is a better option than {{db-a10}}.

If an article really fits one of the speedy criteria, you should need no extra words to explain - a simple {{db-person}} or {{db-vandalism}} should be enough. Conversely, if you find you need extra words, it may indicate that the article doesn't really fit the speedy. Note that although {{db-a7}} is OK, it is better to use the specific ones like {{db-band}}, {{db-corp}} etc, because they produce a rather more specific message in the deletion log. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 15:06, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

Is this a blatant bad faith edit?

It's hard for ne to afford you the benefit of the doubt and thus good faith seeing that in this edit you simultaneously removed three external links that appear to me to constitute reliable sources for the article while at the same time slapping the article with {{unreferenced}}, {{original research}}, {{advert}} and {{coi}}. Can you offer some explanation for all of this? __meco (talk) 19:02, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

Incremental indentation of paragraphs

In this edit you submit a post containing three paragraphs. For some reason you indent each paragraph incrementally. This is completely pointless and it makes for reduced readability. Please adhere to WP:INDENT when you post discussion entries and keep your pragraphs on the same level, of course with the usual exception for insertion of quotations. I encourage you to refactor the submission in question. __meco (talk) 10:47, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

List of designated terrorist organizations

Hello Lihaas! Indeed we really want to add more countries, but the problem is that we only know about the official lists of those 7. If you could find the lists of more countries that would be great. For instance China, Israel, Pakistan, etc. The lists are really difficult to find. Nicolas1981 (talk) 12:06, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Community restrictions

The article List of designated terrorist organizations, along with other articles relating to The Troubles, is currently subject to active arbitration remedies, as laid out during a previous Arbitration Enforcement case that closed in October 2007, and was amended by community consensus in October 2008. The current restrictions are: All editors on Troubles-related articles are directed to get the advice of neutral parties via means such as outside opinions. All articles related to The Troubles, defined as: any article that could be reasonably construed as being related to The Troubles, Irish nationalism, and British nationalism in relation to Ireland falls under WP:1RR (one revert per editor per article per day). When in doubt, assume it is related. Clear vandalism, or edits by anonymous IP editors, may be reverted without penalty Editors who violate this 1RR restriction may be blocked without warning by any uninvolved administrator, even on a first offense. If you are a new editor, or an editor unfamiliar with the situation, please follow the guidelines laid out in the above link. If you are unsure if your edit is appropriate, discuss it on this talk page first.

O Fenian (talk) 16:55, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

Wikiquette alerts notice

Hello, Lihaas. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Misplaced Pages:Wikiquette alerts regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. I admire your patience and practice of assuming good faith. Best regards, Kiefer.Wolfowitz (talk) 22:22, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Bishonen issued a new insult against the editors. Kiefer.Wolfowitz (talk) 22:39, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

2010 Copiapó mining accident

Hi, can you tell us more specifically what about our ELs concern you? I'd like to address them but am kind of spinning my wheels on it. Cheers! Veriss (talk) 20:01, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

2010 in LGBT rights

Apparently, you are blind. I restored only this information: "In response to a recent rash of suicides by teenagers who were bullied about being gay, advice columnist Dan Savage and his husband Terry launch the It Gets Better Project, a YouTube channel to allow people who survived being bullied to share their stories." Nothing more. See Ron 1987 12:37, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

The sentence "Apparently, you are blind" it's not a personal attack. Ron 1987 17:55, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

ITN for 2010 Istanbul bomb blast

On 1 November 2010, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article 2010 Istanbul bomb blast, which you substantially updated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page.

new Iran relations map

I have made 4 new maps:

• Iran_location_map.png
• Brazil_Iran_location_map.svg
• Marocco_Iran_location_map.svg
• SouthAfrica_Iran_location_map.svg

Wereldburger758 (talk) 11:50, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

ITN for October 2010 Baghdad church attack

On 2 November 2010, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article October 2010 Baghdad church attack, which you created and substantially updated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page.

--Spencer 23:49, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

2010 Baghdad church attack

Please, Lihaas, stop to revert of my edits without any discuss on the talkpage. I already said, that you should read WP:TITLE: "shorter titles are often preferred to longer ones". There is no other Baghdad church attack in 2010. No need to add a month in the title, making it more cumbersome for readers. Hope you can understand it as reader and editor, thanks. — Al3xil ✉ 07:44, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

I just read all your userboxes

Near as I can tell, the general drift of your politics is this: if an entity has yet to gain independence, you want it independent...but if two countries are already independent of each other, you want them reunified :D I think you like change, mate! No offense meant here; it's a jokey observation. 174.111.116.162 (talk) 10:04, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Kosovar/n

You may be interested in this. пﮟოьεԻ 57 12:54, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

2010 Syriac Catholic Cathedral of Baghdad massacre

Lihaas, you posted this message on my talk page: Umm, on the contrary, if you feel that way the onus is onyou to answer. Consensus cant wait forever, and if you dont want to dicuss then he has the right to insert on consensus.Lihaas (talk) 19:40, 7 November 2010 (UTC), but I don't know what it is in reference to. --Kenatipo (talk) 19:48, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Bihar legislative assembly election, 2010

Hello! Your submission of Bihar legislative assembly election, 2010 at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! cmadler (talk) 14:03, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

2010 eruptions of Mount Merapi

Thanks for doing the Honorifics edit on the 2010 eruptions of Mount Merapi article. That was my sloppy work. I forgot to gut out the rather weighty honorifics when I did a cur and paste of the UAE gov officials as the electric power supply where I live (in Indonesia) was going on and off like an amateur disco light show. Thanks. Felix (talk) 11:19, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

False accusations

Just to Let you know I (Stormchaser89) was the one who removed the comment on the Pakistan CID building attack and not the one who wrote it, I forgot to mention the removal in my edit, you might want to check who left the "including Osama Binladin's @##%*^!" statement. Sorry I don't know how to use the message system so this section will have to do. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stormchaser89 (talk • contribs) 23:55, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Talk: 2010 Baghdad church attack

I dont want to edit war about such simple crap. but we seem to have added all material to the page, my edits sicne then were onyl abotu placement.Lihaas (talk) 22:05, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

"simple crap" like whether the word is spelled "honor" or "honour"? Look, old man, if you're not very good at details, why don't you leave the article to those of us who are? --Kenatipo (talk) 05:34, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

Indo-US nuclear cooperation

I strongly disagree with your decision to rename this article. The deal involves far more than the Hyde Act, and naming it for the Hyde Act is misleading. You should have polled editors on the proposed change beforehand. Please revert. NPguy (talk) 01:33, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

2010 Iraqi Elections

Good to hear you nominated it for in the news, I would like to see it on the wiki front page. There were several things however during the government formation that were left out due to my slight inactivity, I added them today and all in all I got to say I'm quite happy with the results of this article to which we have both greatly contributed. Kermanshahi (talk) 11:57, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Malian Family Code

Hello! Your submission of Malian Family Code at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Allen3  13:18, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Hi, there's some further attention required with this article. Have a look at the DYK page. Schwede66 17:03, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

Please see new note on DYK talk page. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 21:10, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

Please look at my talk page ASAP

Bishonen's colleague threatens to block me.Kiefer.Wolfowitz (talk) 02:37, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

2010 Baghdad church attack, again

Lihaas, please look at the article again. After I reverted your change from six to five, I revised the sentence. --Kenatipo (talk) 03:06, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

Seriously, i left a good agf post and you dont seem to understand WP:NPA, well anyways. the article isnot your monopoly.Lihaas (talk) 02:35, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

Lihaas, with me you need to be very, very specific. Which good agf post are you talking about? I will admit that when people provoke me by not bothering to read what I've spent my time writing, I tend to become sarcastic. I think I've been giving very good reasons for my edits. And no, I don't think the article is my personal property. --Kenatipo (talk) 03:30, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

If the article were my personal property: 1) the name of the cathedral church would be correct throughout; 2) the Background section wouldn't insinuate that Iraqi Christian problems started with the American occupation; 3) the erroneous opinion of an American Lt. Col. would not be given undue weight; 4) the Iraq Stock Exchange would be removed from the infobox as a target; 5) the (sic) would be removed from Archbishop Dawood's statement; 6) a new Aftermath section would mention the demonstrations protesting the massacre. --Kenatipo (talk) 16:32, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

Inquiry (FDD)

The Wiki entry for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies would seem to be guided by the organization itself, from IP 209.48.246.82. A simple WHOIS search reveals: "network:Organization;I:FOUNDATION OF DEFENSE OF DEM. (276202-1)." This may be common, but isn't it .. irregular? Being a veteran editor, perhaps you could recommend the article to someone of balanced judgment for revision/improvement (or, if interested, possibly undertake the work yourself). Thanks. Shockoegrind (talk) 10:31, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

Malagasy constitutional referendum, 2010 at ITN

On 21 November 2010, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Malagasy constitutional referendum, 2010, which you substantially updated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page.

Kslotte (talk) 17:53, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Confederate States of America

Hi. Lihaas. If you remember, on 1 August 2010 you made a WikiProject proposal at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Confederate States of America. That proposal gained the required five support votes needed to start the project. There are instructions for starting new WikiProjects at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Council/Guide#Starting up. Don't forget to notify the proposal's signatories! Matthewedwards :  Chat  01:22, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Some suggested it be a taskforce of a larger project, or working closely with other taskforces, but there were no opposers. You could always check with the five who supported that they would still be interested in joining the Project before you start it. Matthewedwards :  Chat  01:42, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Re: WikiProject CSA

I do like WikiProject North America over Military History or Civil War, though I would like to propose a joint taskforce of WikiProject North America and WikiProject Former Countries. Tell me what you think. Canon Law Junkie §§§ Talk 12:41, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

In that case, I think we should have it be under WikiProject Former Countries, which already claim the CSA as one of thier own on one of their project pages. Canon Law Junkie §§§ Talk 02:01, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Bihar legislative assembly election, 2010 ‎

On 24 November 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bihar legislative assembly election, 2010 ‎, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the 2010 Bihar legislative assembly election takes place across six phases and over one month? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 06:02, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Brazil – Portugal relations

Hello! Your submission of Brazil – Portugal relations at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Wasted Time R (talk) 12:24, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

Confederate States of America

While I am interested in furthering the article about the Confederate States of America, I'm not familiar with a task force. How would that be better than a project?-- Avazina, (Talk to me) LIBs/PROGs are morons. 02:03, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

GOCE Drive – Final push

Greetings GOCE Backlog elimination drive participant, We are now coming up to the last few days of the drive, the last for 2010. Currently, it looks like we will achieve our target for reducing the backlog by 10%, however, we still have huge numbers for 2009. We have 55 participants in this drive. If everyone just clears 2 articles each, we will reduce the backlog by a further 110 articles. If everyone can just do 3 articles, we will hit 165. If you have yet to work on any articles and have rollover words, remember that you do need to copyedit at least a couple of articles in this drive for your previous rollover to be valid for the next drive. There are many very small articles that will take less than 5-10 minutes to copyedit. Use CatScan to find them. Let's all concentrate our firepower on the first three months of 2009 as we approach the end of this final drive for the year. Thank you once again for participating, and see you at the finish line! – SMasters (talk) 04:05, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Malian Family Code

On 29 November 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Malian Family Code, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that an amendment to the Malian Family Code seeking to increase women's rights was sent back to the parliament of Mali amidst a storm of protest? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 12:02, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Bihar legislative assembly election, 2010

On 24 November 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bihar legislative assembly election, 2010, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the 2010 Bihar legislative assembly election takes place across six phases and over one month? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

GOCE elections

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Elections are currently underway for our inaugural Guild coordinators. The voting period will run for 14 days: 00:01 UTC, Friday 1 December – 23:59 UTC, Tuesday 14 December. All GOCE members in good standing, as well as past participants of any of the Guild's Backlog elimination drives, are eligible to vote. There are six candidates vying for four positions. The candidate with the highest number of votes will become the Lead Coordinator, therefore, your vote really matters! Cast your vote today.

Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors via SMasters using AWB on 01:48, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

Clock

Something wrong with your clock settings: you seem to write us from teh past ;-P Ciaurlec (talk) 19:09, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

GOCE Barnstar

		The Modest Barnstar
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DYK for Brazil – Portugal relations

On 4 December 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Brazil – Portugal relations, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that when the Portuguese Royalty moved to Brazil to escape the French invasion of Portugal the Brazil–Portugal relationship was of a former colony ruling the Portuguese Empire? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. 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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RE: 2010 Egypt elections

Hey there. I hope your family is well now. The article is outdated and requires expansion. I just added Post-election issues section and i am gonna try to expand it in the next few days. I have also added few links to photos that I have found on flickr to the talk page; It would be awesome if you can add them to the article.-- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 16:19, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Pedophilia article

Hello, Lihaas. Remember to check the talk page for controversial topics such as Pedophilia before altering definitions of those topics. Most of the time, the leads (intros) of such articles have been extensively discussed and worked out on the talk page. This is the case for the lead of the Pedophilia article. "Child sexual abuse" is in the distinguish tag because that is the act, while pedophilia is about the mental (what goes on in the mind) in relation to the act. Child sexual abuse is a common aspect of pedophilia, and is largely what pedophilia is about, yes, but they are not the same thing. Some child sexual abusers are not even pedophiles, as the article makes clear.

Also, describing pedophilia as "child friendship" in the lead is highly controversial, as many pedophiles actually describe the relationship that way and believe it to only be about friendship and that they are not hurting the child. This is why I reverted you.

As for your OR and synthesis concerns, I did not mean to revert that, and it would be best that you bring that up (what you meant by that) on the talk page. Flyer22 (talk) 17:47, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

LOL, I agree with you about Kim's edit warring warnings. She's just trying to find a reason to snipe at me, and get me in trouble, as usual.

Let's just try to work together to resolve your concerns. You and I can work this out by ourselves if need be. Flyer22 (talk) 23:23, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Requested move 2010 -->? Talk:Sino-American relations?_Talk:Sino-American_relations-2010-12-13T00:14:00.000Z">

Sorry, but American refers to the US. The continent is North America. While I don't have any links to previous discussions available, this has been discussed several times in the past and American is the primary use. Vegaswikian (talk) 00:14, 13 December 2010 (UTC)?_Talk:Sino-American_relations"> ?_Talk:Sino-American_relations">

I know that you believe that using the adjectival American may be ambiguous, but in practice it is not. In the move discussion all of the comments made it rather clear that not only is this the correct common name, but it is also not ambiguous. Yes there is one response, where the editor still opposed the move, saying that this point might merit more discussion, but also mentioned WP:COMMONNAME and suggested leaving this alone. So after rereading this discussion again, I don't see any reason why the close was not proper. Clearly your concern here was address in most if not all of the comments. BTW, I believe that most of the discussions about the adjectival American not being ambiguous were at WP:CFD several years ago. Vegaswikian (talk) 19:06, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

GNS are an accepted source for WP.

I would like to point out that the GNS names are an accepted and longstanding source for WP. See the template template:GR eg Template:GR and Geonames. thanks, James Michael DuPont (talk) 16:57, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Kosovar

That link isn't particularly helpful or conclusive as it starts with "Kosovar/Kosovan". Also, remember that Misplaced Pages is not a reliable source. Number 57 09:23, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

Which page are you referring to - there is no link in your message! Number 57 11:17, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

It is a long page, but realisticall I don't see anything which could be cut. Number 57 11:53, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Baghdad church attack 2010

Lihaas, a new editor has been making changes to the article, most of which probably should be reverted. --Kenatipo (talk) 17:01, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

I'm taking a break for a while, so I won't be watching the article. But, regarding the new edits: since it was a terror attack, why aren't we calling it one in the lead? And, if we're taking Lt. Col Bloom's word that the stock exchange was a target, then we should also take the word of the defense minister (al-Qadir?) that the attackers were foreigners. --Kenatipo (talk) 18:30, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

2010 in LGBT rights

what ARE your issues with the entries? Disregarding the sockpuppetry, I have hardly seen you provide any argument that the actual content was a problem, and the result is that you have been regularly removing content and sources of higher quality. I have no idea what your issue is, but these at best poorly justified reverts are simply NOT improving the quality of Misplaced Pages content. Circéus (talk) 18:20, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

I am NOT going to slog through months of back-and-forth arguments steeped in sockpuppetry. I want to hear your reasoning for that specific revert and removal of three months of information, many more and often better sources etc. Your background of dispute with whoever it was that was evading a ban is entirely irrelevant to this revert, or should be. Circéus (talk) 21:24, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

My bad, your addition was unhelpfully placed, hence my confusion. I expected a new section at the bottom when glancing at the talk page, and did not notice that (I haven't looked at the talk since sometime about two weeks ago). Circéus (talk) 21:30, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Okay, having been watching this from afar before, I guess I better ask for some guidance. I started a thread at ANI. Circéus (talk) 21:52, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

WP:SOCK

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can someone issue a sockpuppet request on "Randhir234" at Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet_investigations. ive been tryign multiple times but my browser doesnt seem to work on that page (its odd, but ive also had problems on other pages and periodic content clearances with this brower on wiki[edia) and then copy and past this in the box: |sock1=Rohit675 |sock2=Ramesh345 |evidence= The dubious page ] was created by the original and then the other 2 editors pretty much only edited this article. The names are also too eeryily similar as theyre all indian names with 3 numerals following. Seems like theyre either the same person or his friends at school. can we checkuser? (Lihaas (talk) 18:31, 20 December 2010 (UTC)).

Sure, on it right now. -- DQ (t) _{and a Happy New Year!} 19:21, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

I will also take a look at the case as I am a clerk. -- DQ (t) _{and a Happy New Year!} 19:24, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

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Empire of Brazil map

Hi, Lihaas! Any chance you might take my request at Misplaced Pages:Graphic Lab/Map workshop#Empire of Brazil? It's very, very simple. Kind regards, --Lecen (talk) 19:00, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Ow, I'm sorry! Regards, --Lecen (talk) 20:11, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

I think you need one of these

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Plural of "fish"

Hi, I saw you modified the Fish article, replacing every plural "fishes" with "fish". However, I think that writing "fishes" is correct too.

Here I copy a sentence from the article English plural :

"And the word "fish" itself is also troublesome, being generally used as a plural when in the context of food, but forming a regular plural otherwise (thus "three lots of fish and chips", "the industry landed 5,200 tonnes of fish in 1998" but "the order of fishes", "the miracle of the loaves and fishes", the phrase "sleep with the fishes"); usage does vary, however, so that for example the phrase "five fish in an aquarium" might to another native user be "five fishes in an aquarium". Using the plural form fish could imply many individual fish(es) of the same species while fishes could imply many individual fish(es) of differing species."

Here, we were talking about several groups of "fish", so this writing is correct, no ? Besides, I'm not a native english, so feel free to contradict me.

PS : As a biologist, I'm in favor not to use the word "fish" at all, but I'm a little extreme in that way ;) N@ldo (talk) 19:53, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

Template:Bihar legislative assembly election, 2010

{{help}} Could someone help me create a gap above the "national democratic alliance" as there is below it? Im seeking to make something like Template:Swedish general election, 2010 where there is a gap between the "alliance"/"red-green" coalitions and the rest of the table both adn below the relevant section.(Lihaas (talk) 00:08, 28 December 2010 (UTC)).

Done. /ƒETCHCOMMS/ 00:27, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

Diplomatic Relationship Maps

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ITN

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Edit notice

You will find that editors tend to use your talk page roughly in proportion to the respect with which you treat them, their contributions to Misplaced Pages, and their messages to you. While the edit I made is not one I am particularly proud of, perhaps you should look to your part in the issue that made me consider it inappropriate for you to make a request for respect when you so blatantly fail to show it. Your usual practice would be to delete this message without reply: will you be any more courageous this time? Kevin McE (talk) 09:57, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

But I can't discuss if you repeatedly delete a request that you explain an uncivil attack instead of addressing the issue. Kevin McE (talk) 14:46, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

Bosnia and Herzegovina general election, 2010

Ofcourse I can... but I need some time to do it, New Year an' all.--Wustefuchs (talk) 00:55, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Would you introduce me with specific problems?

DYK

Hello! Your submission of France–Monaco relations at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! --Soman (talk) 17:28, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

List of state leaders in 2011

Presidents of Brazil are sworn in at noon on 1 January, the year after they win the election. Meaning that the old President is in office for the first 12 hours of the New Year. For an example see List of state leaders in 2003#South America, when Lula da Silva became President. --Philip Stevens (talk) 17:34, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

2011 Alexandria bombing

Can you please explain your recent massive removal of referenced material on 2011 Alexandria bombing? I find this to be completely unexplained and it jeopardizes the work that has been done by many users over the last few hours. --Khips (talk) 03:08, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

Please see Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring. You have been reported for edit warring and breaking the 3RR rule. --Khips (talk) 03:54, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

Please note that the same applies to your edit warring with the same user on Template:Modern persecution of Coptic Christians. --Khips (talk) 04:18, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

Edit warring at 2011 Alexandria bombing

During a dispute, you should first try to discuss controversial changes and seek consensus. If that proves unsuccessful you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection.

The complete report of this case is at WP:AN3#User:Lihaas reported by User:Khips (Result: 24h to Lihaas and JPosten). EdJohnston (talk) 06:14, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

Lihaas (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

The whole issue was already resolved between the editor and myself, furthermore the editor did NOT give a warning/dispute resolution (despite the 2nd comment whence i didnt edit and even acknowledged that i wont be doing so!) which you can see on the ANI page. We were continuing discussion where i also told the editor to in fact add the content (of which i was RESTORING previously removed CITED content. See the talk page of the article adnt he users talk page. reading the trail of discussion leading to his response would show the issue was moot. i had also already said onthe talk page that i would NOT be editing that page so the question of warring would not arise.

Furthermore, one can also note that the editor was new and unaware of policies that he resoirted to ANI. ive duly explained what i edited and reverted unexplained multiple edits thus contrued as vandalism which removed cited content without explanation.

Secondly, also see the last 2 "reverts" the editor filed and you will not it was in fact vandalism. read his edit summary and youll see the editors POV on a current event. () I mean the admin who blocked has clearly not even seen it as his responsementios no reason thereof. I dontknow how the other editor played a modeating role when he lodged a complaint at ANI without a warning. Furhter dont know on what basis an admin can even accept this.

youre goign to punish veteran editors cleaning the current event page on the whims of those who hae not even edited in months?

WP:GAB also states "that the block is no longer necessary because you understand what you are blocked for, you will not do it again, and you will make productive contributions instead. " in which case the dispute was resolved before blocking.

Also the block message says "discuss controversial changes and seek consensus. If that proves unsuccessful you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection." Which was beign discussed on the talk page at the point that the dispute had in fact come to agreement with the reporting editor. at the very least a soft block to edit talk pages and non-manespace.Lihaas (talk) 13:42, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

Accept reason:

Per the below agreement. And damn, three autoblocks?!?! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:10, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

Comment by blocking admin

I am sorry that this action was necessary. Since 2011 Alexandria bombing is a current event, full protection would not have been a reasonable way to close the 3RR case. It seemed to me that literal enforcement of the WP:3RR rule by blocks was the best plan. It is possible that more users may need to be blocked for the same reason, if warring starts up again. Even though Lihaas' intentions were good, he needs to be sure to stay within the exact limits of 3RR on such a contentious article. I am not as certain of JPosten's good intentions. Your unblock request will remain visible in the queue and it is possible that another admin may take action on it. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 19:06, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

Someone on IRC said to ask you because you were the blocking admin. I also already stated on the article that i would in fact stay away from the article for some time and told the reporting editor to add back his content.

A warning would have sufficed at that point, but at least a soft block to edit tal;k pages?(Lihaas (talk) 19:25, 2 January 2011 (UTC)).

Since the blocking admin accepts that you were acting in good faith, I'll make you an offer: I'll unblock you on the sole condition that you don't edit that article (except to revert blatant vandalism if necessary) for what would be the remainder of your block. You can still contribute to the talk page. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:47, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

I already promised, and im also going to stay away for longer than that ;)(Lihaas (talk) 21:28, 2 January 2011 (UTC)).

Matching

Dear Lihaas, you labeled the page on search and matching theory 'confusing', but I could not understand what confused you. Would you say more please? Rinconsoleao (talk) 13:13, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Farooq

Please stop adding that attack citation to the article - this one - http://pakistanthinktank.org/component/k2/item/749-imran-farooq-was-a-ruthless-operator - I never accepted it at all. Its is accusatory and opinionated and attacking. I fyou disagree ask at the Reliable source noticeboard, Misplaced Pages:RSN - please do not put it back without support there. Off2riorob (talk) 17:10, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Barnstar

Thanks! No hard feelings. And happy new year. Kaldari (talk) 17:55, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

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Imran Farooq

Hi, do you accept yet that cite is not a WP:RS as it is still in the article were you added it? Off2riorob (talk) 19:45, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

were obviously pending discussion on RSN on the credibility. i also said i have no problem with acceptign consensus there.(Lihaas (talk) 19:50, 5 January 2011 (UTC)).

Please just remove it, its clearly not reliable there is no need to wait for anything, ask any experienced editor if it is reliable its not. You can wait weeks if you like but its not reliable - please look at it objectively and remove it yourself.Off2riorob (talk) 19:54, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Alexandria bombing

Please next time before making nonsense edits like this one , make sure you have consensus from the other editors to change the structure of the whole article like you did. --Coptic101 (talk) 00:48, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Please see Talk:2011 Alexandria bombing. --Coptic101 (talk) 01:44, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Please see Misplaced Pages:Wikiquette_alerts#Coptic101_and_Lihaas Tim.thelion (talk) 02:51, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to insult you. You were doing fine up till now.  :( :( :( Tim.thelion (talk) 04:10, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

By the way, Coptic is now blocked FOREVER for sockpuppeting. I think you can come out or "retirement" now... Tim.thelion (talk) 06:04, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Case#O Fenian

As you have not yet been properly informed, this is a notification that you have been mentioned in the abovelinked case. NW (Talk) 03:58, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

NW thanks, I'm still a bit new here and was trying to get all the legwork done, I apologize if the mis-post caused confusion. In 5 years I've never had to bring an arbcom request, so mea culpa for any screwups in the process. Trelane (talk) 04:24, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

No problem. Feel free to contact me if you need more help. NW (Talk) 05:02, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Lihaas, while I do apologize for dragging you into this, O Fenian was out of control, and dictatorial to the point that it was no possible to deal with him. I hope that arbcom will assist in finding a good conclusion to this issue, and thank you for your participation. Trelane (talk) 05:57, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

tunisia protests

as someone who seems to be following: at what point would be safe to assume that the "uprising" has subsided? overthrow? or some sort of suppression? (even if jsut in the itnerim,. ie - kyrgzstan)(Lihaas (talk) 16:35, 5 January 2011 (UTC)).

Hey Lihaas - Sorry for the delay in replying and I apologise if this is not the correct way to go about a reply (this is the first time I've used discussion on Misplaced Pages). Well I've thought about this a fair amount and most days checked Twitter feeds to see the level of activity and what's being said and I actually don't think these are subsiding. I think that actually news is coming out of the country VERY slowly because the government is controlling information very well. But we see today a general strike by almost all lawyers, and apparently teachers have joined now. We hear rumours of protest every day in various towns and cities. I think the fact that people are primarily unemployed who are demonstrating is the key factor here. In Ukraine for example you might expect people to lose interest without significant developments because they had jobs to go to. These people don't. They sadly have all the time in the world to come out on to the streets to demonstrate and the fact that they continue to do so despite; the firing of bullets, the media censorship and the fact the world seems disinterested is telling. This is going to end somehow in a dramatic event of some kind I would imagine. I don't think it will peeter out. Clearly the 'regime' is staying united at the moment but there is a chance someone might see their 'chance' I suppose and we could see a palace coup like that which brought Ben Ali to power. The police seem quite loyal so it's hard to imagine an overthrow by 'the people' and these protests lack a 'leader'. Anyway I could chat endlessly about this but to conclude I think it's safe to say these are very much ongoing and if there is a lull of perhaps a week we could say they were over. All the best, Matty J 87 08/01/2010 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Matty J 87 (talk • contribs) 00:08, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

Hello again. If you look through the LA Times article you will find it briefly mentions the teachers situation. If there is a better article then please feel free to include it though. Getting back to the story I think with Kyrgyzstan there were a few 'bangs' so to speak - Bakiyev fleeing the capital, then finally leaving the country, Otunbayeva installing herself as President, and then the referendum that approved this measure. These Tunisian protests haven't actually changed anything significant yet. If they're ongoing even if it is for months or years then the article has to just keep on being updated (see the Thai Red Shirt protests). If Ben Ali were to resign, or the police cracked down massively (I don't think there is anyway to force the lawyers on strike back to work now - this presents a headache for Ben Ali, he will surely have to negotiate something with them e.g. TV air time, an investigation, his resignation, a new Prime Minister or Cabinet...who knows) then that would conclude this story. As for the Algeria protests...there could perhaps be a second article (see how the Colour Revolutions page sums up Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, Lebanon together) but keeping seperate articles too for the two seperate stories. I don't see these as linked other than Algerian resentment may have been encouraged by Tunisia's but I don't think the outcomes will be the same. Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Matty J 87 (talk • contribs) 00:36, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of France–Monaco relations

Hello! Your submission of France–Monaco relations at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Orlady (talk) 03:04, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

I've left you another comment. Meanwhile, I notice that your signatures on that page all give the same date and time -- from 1 January. To provide a proper time stamp on your signature, please use four tildes (~~~~) instead of cutting and pasting from another signature. --Orlady (talk) 00:19, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

Some possible sources for you (a few of these are in French): --Orlady (talk) 00:47, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

ITN

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Iraqi Election Collapsable tables

While I agreed that the Sadrist Referendum's table could be made collapsable, I disagree that the same should be done for the table of new parliamentary blocs, which IMO is atleast as important as some of the other tables included, since this was infact the eventual result of the election and most of the government formation was done with these new alliances (NA and KBC were created in May, CC in September). So I don't think this was given udue weight at all.Kermanshahi (talk) 17:46, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

ITN

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Lebanese government of November 2009 ‎

{{helpme}}

how do i recolour the "March 8 alliance" part in the table so that it is darker and a different colour than the rest signifying they were but are no longer part of government?(Lihaas (talk) 07:33, 15 January 2011 (UTC)).

You can add something like this

|colspan=3 align=center style=" background:#efefef;"|'''Opposition (])''' to that row line (don't include the "nowiki", just the contents) - don't know if that's what you were looking for, though. Skier Dude (talk) 07:43, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

ITN

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Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election, 2011

i am not trying to create the best article. i am just hoping it will eventually turn into a good article when the election is over, by that time, we could make a better decision as to what belongs here and what doesnt. --CarTick (talk) 01:36, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Mohamed Bouazizi

I think the article needs a lot of work. People have been talking about him as if he is the reason behind the revolution. We need to finish this page ASAP and then we can set it up for ITN, or alternatively DYK -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 14:05, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

The article needs to give the reader a background on Mohamed Bouazizi (where he grow up, where he went school, what he studied, his politics, his religious view...ect) then it needs to talk about his role in the protests and its impact and the reaction it got (national and international) and how he became a symbol in Tunisia and in the middle east. I want the the article to reflect the current news and for the article and the revolution to be the first wikivised. BTW, dont worry about the egyptian election. I also have been working on the 2011 Alexandria bombing and the 2011 Tucson shooting. The world is a bit crazy right now. -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 14:36, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

User:Lihaas/Tunisiaprotests and non-free content

Please do not restore non-free content to this page. WP:NFCC #9 strictly prohibits the use of non-free content outside of the main article namespace. File:Bouazizi.jpg is clearly marked as a copyrighted, non-free image. There's no ambiguity. If you have questions, ask. Thank you, --Hammersoft (talk) 03:04, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

• The image is NOT "clearly marked as a copyrighted, non-free image" its still up for dsiscussion adn there is not such clarity that it is a copyvio.(Lihaas (talk) 03:15, 19 January 2011 (UTC)).
  • (moving discussion here, to keep it in one place) Please look at the image description page of File:Bouazizi.jpg. Scroll down and you will see a large red "C". Within the box where that "C" exists, there is a requirement that the image meet WP:NFCC requirements. That box is {{Non-free historic image}}. Note that it says "Non-free". The deletion discussion is not about whether it is free or not. There's no question that we can not consider it to be free. Just because it appears on Facebook does not make it free, as Fut.Perf. explained to you. I have reverted your re-addition of this non-free image to that userbox yet again. WP:NFCC #9 strictly forbids the use of non-free content on userpages. There's no wiggle room on this. It is marked as non-free, and until such time as it is proven as free and marked as such with verifiable proof, it must...MUST...remain off of anything but actual encyclopedia articles. This means it can NOT be used on your userbox. If you persist in violating WP:NFCC policy, you can and will be blocked. I strongly urge you to reconsider your actions. It is quite apparent that you do not understand copyright. That's no crime of course; everyone has their own knowledge sets. But, continuing to intentionally violate policy when you now know the image use on that userbox is a direct violation of policy is not acceptable. I hope I am being clear. --Hammersoft (talk) 03:22, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for France–Monaco relations

On 19 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article France–Monaco relations, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the relationship between France and Monaco entails a Frenchman being chosen to oversee certain state affairs of Monaco? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 06:02, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

File:San Jose Mina - Mision cumplida - screen capture.jpg listed for deletion

A file that Veriss uploaded or altered, File:San Jose Mina - Mision cumplida - screen capture.jpg, has been listed at Misplaced Pages:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion 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. Damiens.rf 13:44, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

For Your Information. Veriss (talk) 04:11, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Hezbollah and the March 8 alliance

Notifying you of this case regarding your edit warring at Hezbollah. ← George 13:50, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Main Page articles

Please stop this drive-by tagging of articles on the Main Page. I've removed two today and neither of them were helpful. If you have specific concerns, please either fix it yourself or leave a note on the talk page rather than just leaving a generic template and moving on. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:22, 20 January 2011 (UTC)