User talk:Adam Bishop/archive10

Commons:File:Jackpine.jpeg

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As you are noted as the original uploader, or in the history for the file, it would be appreciated if you could help in reconstructing this information.

Thanks for you assistance and keep uploading 'free' media :) Sfan00 IMG (talk) 22:16, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Latin_Grammar#Ablative_absolute

I'm wondering why you think "vivo Caesar" means "with Caesar having been alive." The ablative absolute is almost always used with a participle, and 'vivo' is not a participle. Not to mention the translation being used there is the perfect passive, it can't possibly be 'vivo' then, so why would 'victo' not be correct? I might be missing something obvious, but it certainly seems wrong to me as is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Eldaran (talk • contribs) 03:59, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I never said it had to be a participle, but that's certainly the most common construction, and the article doesn't even mention non participial constructions. You're right, though, I wasn't even thinking of the transitive meaning being different. Still, I don't really see how one would translate 'vivo' into "having been alive" without some other context. Do you think it should be changed to some other sentence? Eldaran (talk) 04:46, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Richard I

I'm wondering why you consider James Reston Jr. an unreliable source as a reference point to Richard's possible sexuality?

See this review or here. The first one is by a professor of history, and should be considered pretty damning of the work. Ealdgyth - Talk 12:15, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Danke good sir. Would you happen to know of any good reading on Saladin as that was my original pursuit? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jabberwock1 (talk • contribs) 15:13, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Thank you for your help and my apologies for leaving unsigned messages. I will endeavor to learn--quickly--from the patterns I am seeing! Jabberwock1 (talk) 1201hrs, 21 July 2009 (EDT) —Preceding undated comment added 16:02, 21 July 2009 (UTC).[reply]

Re:File:Brennan Hall.JPG

I'm pretty sure there is only one place to get that shot: Bay-Charles Towers. I didn't live there though, I was just visiting friends. It was a few years ago so I forget exactly where the apartment was. I think it was on the twelfth floor. It was a pretty decent building, though I hear they are converting it to condos. - SimonP (talk) 04:16, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

William the Carpenter

I added a comment on the talk page of 172.191.234.25 (talk) and on the discussion page of William the Carpenter. Hopefully he will get the message. Jrcrin001 (talk) 06:27, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

First Crusade

I noticed your comment on the article's GA review, that the article was being rewritten and cited, but that this has now stopped due to a lack of interest. It might not be enough to coax you back into helping out, but I just wanted to let you know that I will be rewriting and citing the article as best I can over the next few weeks and months. If you feel up for it, help from an expert on ~~the~~ a subject (however obscure) would be appreciated! Plus I would like to actually work with someone on an article for once! MasterOfHisOwnDomain (talk) 18:23, 2 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Arabic

I will be transferring schools around January and hopefully be double-minoring in Chinese and Arabic. Do you have any advice regarding my future study of Arabic? --Ghostexorcist (talk) 01:00, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much. --Ghostexorcist (talk) 02:02, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

User:Ratel warring? vandalizing? bad faith?

User Ratel is trying to archive an active discussion in Aktion T4. This User Ratel is clearly involved in the discussion.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.25.101.144 (talk) 03:21, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

:)

Tomorrow. There will be a parade.

You made me laugh big time with that one! DRosenbach ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 04:08, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

bots on la.wikipedia

Hello Adam, la:Usor:MastiBot and la:Usor:BenzolBot seem to do good work, could you please grant them the bot flag on la.wikipedia? Thank you! --UV (talk) 22:53, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Adam, you have two pending rename requests at your user talk page on la. Greetings, --UV (talk) 23:01, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Adam, la:Usor:MastiBot now has the global bot flag. Could you please remove the local bot flag again? Thank you in advance! --UV (talk) 23:36, 1 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Adam, la:Usor:Thijs!bot now has the global bot flag, could you please remove the local one? And the following bots seem to be inactive on la.wikipedia for a year or more now, could you please remove the local bot flag as well (in order to be on the safe side): la:User:Gpvosbot, la:User:Ken123BOT, la:User:PipepBot, and la:User:タチコマ robot. Thank you in advance! --UV (talk) 23:31, 6 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Adam, la:Usor:KamikazeBot now has the global bot flag, could you please remove the local one? Thank you in advance! --UV (talk) 20:18, 3 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Adam, la:Usor:BenzolBot now has the global bot flag, could you please remove the local bot flag again?

And the following bots seem to be inactive on la.wikipedia for a year or more now (they each have just three edits or less in the last twelve months' time), could you please remove the local bot flag as well (in order to be on the safe side): la:Usor:BotSottile, la:Usor:FlaBot, la:Usor:MediaWiki default, la:Usor:Purbo T.

Thank you in advance! --UV (talk) 20:18, 3 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Adam, la:Usor:Mjbmrbot and la:Usor:WikitanvirBot seem to do good work, could you please grant them the bot flag on la.wikipedia? Thank you! --UV (talk) 23:06, 4 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Adam, sorry to bother you again. la:Usor:Mjbmrbot now has the global bot flag, could you please remove the local bot flag again? Thank you for your help! --UV (talk) 21:10, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

And again sorry to bother you ;-( Now la:Usor:WikitanvirBot has the global bot flag, could you please remove the local bot flag again? Thank you for your help! --UV (talk) 21:10, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nominations open for the Military history WikiProject coordinator election

The Military history WikiProject coordinator selection process has started; to elect the coordinators to serve for the next six months. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 (UTC) on 12 September!
Many thanks, Roger Davies ^talk 04:24, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Frederick Barbarossa

Hi Adam, I wonder if you might check in there and have a look at the discussion, which I see that you started by objecting to the discussion of universities. I have been having an argument with A E Francis about whether any of the "German culture" section belongs in the article. john k (talk) 15:25, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Second Crusade

I have nominated Second Crusade for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here.

London, Ontario

Out of curiosity, are you from London, Ontario? You've done a lot on the article. If so, nice to find another dedicated Londoner here --mjwilson (^Talk/_Contrib) 00:30, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Military history coordinator elections: voting has started!

Voting in the Military history WikiProject coordinator election has now started. The aim is to elect the coordinators to serve for the next six months from a pool of sixteen candidates. Please vote here by 23:59 (UTC) on 26 September!
For the coordinators, Roger Davies ^talk 22:09, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

RD/E comment

I must admit that I didn't get this comment. I'm just a semi-reg at the refdesks, after all. Would you mind explaining :) Regards, decltype (talk) 13:45, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hehe, I see. Well, it looked fine to me. A little short on punctuation, is all. Regards, decltype (talk) 15:30, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Philippopolis....

Ooops! Sorry about that... Ealdgyth - Talk 02:31, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ref name

Wow, that is incredibly ridiculous, but I'm not sure what is to be done about it. It's an online resource, so there's no page numbers. I think the basic issue is that a lengthy article about a fairly important historical figure probably oughtn't to be almost entirely based on a 10,000 word encyclopedia article. The thing seems to violate the basic idea of inline references - if the whole article is based on a single source, what's the point of them? But, as I said, I'm not sure what's to be done about it. john k (talk) 05:34, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

William Lyon Mackenzie

>Hi Adam, is it really necessary to include hundreds of different references for the same page, as on the William Lyon Mackenzie article? It seems kind of pointless, and a misuse of the footnote template. Why not just include a single reference at the end? Or better yet, reference some actual books? Adam Bishop (talk) 04:42, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

There's no pleasing Wikipedians, is there? You're just all a group of people who are out to criticize anything anybody does, aren't you?

Look, dude, if I didn't include the footnotes, someone's going to put up the template about the article not having In-Line Citations. I do include the footnotes, and you bitch me out about this.

If you want to add citations from "some actual books", be my guest. I'm sick and tired of you people. Adam_sk (talk) 05:53, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Articles for deletion nomination of Rsd

I have nominated Rsd, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rsd (2nd nomination). Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Afaprof01 (talk) 23:41, 25 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Rsd listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Rsd. Since you had some involvement with the Rsd redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). Thryduulf (talk) 00:24, 26 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Even if you are happy with the retargeting to RSD, if you be nice to know what the motivation for the original redirect was, and if an addition is needed to the RSD dab page. -- ToE^T 08:59, 29 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I failed to catch the move in its history and didn't realize that it was Andrew the Apostle at the time you created it. Sorry for troubling you. -- ToE^T 02:18, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Shobak

Hey, Adam, I was recently looking at the article for Shobak (well, "Shobak" is a redirect, the article has some other name) that you created many, many years ago. I noticed that the source is in Italian, so I'm just wondering if you had any other sources you used, cuz it is, well, a wealth of good information. If you could find those source(s) and get them to me, I'd be happy to add 'em to the reflist. If you don't remember, that's alright... -ل داد (Ldud) (talk) 02:17, 26 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

MILHIST admins

Hi. Since you're an admin and a member of the Military History WikiProject, feel free to list yourself here. Cheers, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 16:56, 26 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

From "Taberna", Vicipaedia

Vicipaedia Latina: Vorrei cambiare il mio nome utente, da Marcus XC a Markos90 (per avere l'account unificato). Come fare? --MarcusXC (talk) 17:14, 28 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar: If I knew how to give you one I would!

For your work on the William of Tyre article which has been extensive, fresh and self-critical taking it from 12k to 44k of quality detail.

Do not despair about the Hanna Montana etc entries (I hate all the minor league US sports men!) Wikipedia needs real expertise and you are a real expert. Cosnahang (talk) 16:34, 29 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Papal birthplaces

Thank you for your inquiry.

Stating that a person from, say, the 12th century was born in "Bologna, Italy" (or wherever) is misleading; it creates the impression that a state called "Italy" existed at the time. At least, one is left to presume that "Italy" as used with Paul III has the same sense as it does when used with Paul VI (where it clearly refers to the Italian state existing since 1860). In general, it seems wisest to reflect the political situation of the time of birth or death, rather than arbitrarily imposing the present-day map upon it.

The Papal States were not always a dependency of the Holy Roman Empire, but they certainly were at times (down to the later 13th century) and I have tried to reflect their changing relations, as well as their status as a "state within a state". Obviously, concepts of the nature of various polities have changed as well, but that doesn't alter the primary function of these geographical specifiers: namely, to allow one to place the toponym on the historical map. It also aids the secondary function of situating the Popes amid the political realities of their time; there is value in knowing that a Pope from Naples was born under an allegiance different from one from Venice or from Florence (and remembering that, although by modern standards all are "Italian", a Neapolitan or a Venetian was almost as foreign to a Roman as a Frenchman). RandomCritic (talk) 06:46, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mutatio nominis

Salve! Usoris nomen suum mutare volo: possibile estne? --MarcusXC (talk) 18:35, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Multas gratias tibi ago! --Markos90 (talk) 10:41, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hemming's Cartulary

Well, Urse passed FAC today, and now I'm casting about for a new option. Hemming's just passed GA, but since I'm by no means a manuscript nor intellectual history historian, are there things you think should be there that aren't? I've dropped a note to Cavila, Deacon and Mike as well. Ealdgyth - Talk 19:26, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

William Longchamp

Any suggestions on what to add or how to rearrange the Legacy section here? He's not exactly an easy man to figure out... and has definitely had very bad "press". Not much written about him either, which is really odd. Ealdgyth - Talk 21:36, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File:SempadLetter.JPG

Hi Adam. Here is all Mutafian says about the letter (the translation from French is mine):

Caption to the image (p.67):

"The letter of Sempad Constable (7 February 1248). This compilation ("Recueil"), composed at the end of the 13th century, had several folios added to it in the 14th century, including a copy in latin of a letter by Sempad (here called Rempach), which start from line 4 of folio 78. From Samarkand, named Saurequant (line 12), he sent this letter to Cyprus to king Henri I of Cyprus and to the count of Jaffa, Jean d'Ibelin, both husbands of two of his sisters, Stephanie (here Emeline) and Marie. At line 19 one reads: "If god hadn't brought against them (the Muslims) the Tartars who thus massacred the Heathens, those would have been able to conquer all the earth as far as the sea"

In the text (p.55):

"This letter was remitted to Saint Louis who arrived in Cyprus in September 1248 leading the 7th Crusades. The French king is thus aware of the Mongol situation when he received, in December, proposals for Franco-Mongol collaboration, and decided to send in turn an embassy to the Khan."

Location of the document (last page):

Apparently, Venise, Archivio di Stato.

This is all I know! PHG ^{Per Honor et Gloria} 18:41, 19 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Raynham Hall

I just noticed you removed the Valentine's day card mention on John Graves Simcoe. That was my first inclination as well, after viewing Raynham Hall, but I believe the reference was to a place in New York, per Raynham Hall Museum, where the same unsupported claim is made. Mind matrix 16:35, 21 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that that particular tidbit is trivial, which is why I didn't revert your change. Mind matrix 01:32, 22 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

William the Carpenter

Congrats on moving forward toward GA status on William the Carpenter. You have found many other things that a simple person like me does not have acess to. I have found this to be interesting!

Two minor items: No info box and no alt text for photos. I do know these are required for A-Class, so it could not hurt to add them when you get a chance.

I was able to get one article to GA status, but pushed to fast toward A-Class and failed the 28 day review. I am waiting for some more info, and later I will try again. See Louis H. Carpenter - yep! Carpenter related.

Good Luck! John R. Carpenter Jrcrin001 (talk) 06:00, 23 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Adam, FYI ... DAB found here. Check links or references looks good. But only shows 3 of 25 references. I don't think it will cause a problem. Jrcrin001 (talk) 06:20, 23 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As a "genealogist," I often work from the known to unknown. And as many who work on this hobby, I am limited into what I can find farther back in time. I also try to build upon or compile the work of previous genealogists, knowing that many items found or stated as a "fact" can be "interpreted" wrongly.

William the Carpenter having lived and died about 1,000 years ago needed a specialist or two to research those areas that most people do not go. You have found many references that only a dedicated individual who is familar and trained in such an area can find.

Your willingness to correct and bring forth new information on William the Carpenter and many other historical figures to Wikipedia is deeply appreciated by me and many others. Please keep doing what you are doing.

John R. Carpenter Jrcrin001 (talk) 22:10, 23 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of Warner of Grez

Hello! Your submission of Warner of Grez 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! Geraldk (talk) 02:23, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Warner of Grez

On November 5, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Warner of Grez, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page _{(here's how)} 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.

So Why 08:42, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Epirus vs. Epiros

Can we resort to some form of arbitration, by users not directly or indirectly involved? Guildenrich (talk) 18:48, 7 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

William of Tyre

You'll have to forgive me, I had been waiting for a book I'd recalled from the library before working on this. It's still not here. I see you've started the FA thing, so sorry for being too slow! Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 06:25, 8 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The work was William of Tyre : historian of the Latin East. I don't think I'm gonna get it soon, as another recaller still hasn't collected it from he hold shelf. FAC is heavy on language and other minor issues, primarily I suspect to make up for the fact that the reviewers are almost never capable of successfully identifying real content issues (Plus it helps if you are a regular and all the reviewers are your friends). User:Malleus Fatuorum is a good and patient copy-editor familiar with all the usual FA gripes, and has lots of experience now editing medieval articles ... it's never a loss to try asking him personally before initiating a review process. :) Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 23:01, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent FAC edit seemed to cut Ling.Nut's comments out? Fifelfoo (talk) 04:50, 10 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Rename request in la.wikipedia

Hello,I ask you to rename my account in la.wikipedia. I wrote my request in you user talk page in la.wikipedia.Visible Light (talk) 13:36, 11 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I see...

That you found Chancery (medieval office). I was hoping you would. I've mined my shelves dry of anything but English stuff, which I could overwhelm the article with, but I really don't want to do that, I think it'd be a good spot to do an overview of all the various medieval chanceries. Expand away! I've been tired of the lack of a good medieval chancery article, as scriptorium doesn't really mean a chancery, to my mind. Ealdgyth - Talk 00:59, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Savants...

I checked it today and the given page number was in the middle of an article dealing with something about Egypt (that's all I could figure out). I checked the list of articles in the back of the yearly volume, and saw nothing related to the supposed subject matter that I could pick out. Sorry! I hesitated to copy the "list of articles" from the back, as the volume is pretty fragile. Ealdgyth - Talk 23:34, 17 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hemming's Cartulary

I've put Hemming's Cartulary up for peer review, here: Wikipedia:Peer review/Hemming's Cartulary/archive1. Comments are appreciated. (I should be picking up two works on the Cotton Library tomorrow which will hopefully give me more background on how the manuscript came into the hands of Sir R. Cotton). Ealdgyth - Talk 19:32, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

siege of jerusalem

hi, check the talk page of siege of jerusalem, i have explained their my concerns which forced me to call it pathetic. sorry if the harsh word hurts u, i didnt mean it. I dont disagree with narratives in the article but it need to look like a military artcile. i am now preparing to re-write its seige and maneuvers related section i will make some siege maps for it as well. regards الله أكبرMohammad Adil 23:46, 28 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

early Congolese bishop

Thank you so much for the information! I thought maybe no one would know, but I underrated Wikipedia and Wikipedians. --Halcatalyst (talk) 18:18, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Archive search box

Here is an archive search box for your talk page. You can modify it and place it according to your preferences.

-- Wavelength (talk) 20:11, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Seasons Greetings and all that ...

		Happy Holidays
		Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:32, 24 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Unreferenced BLPs

Hello Adam Bishop! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 2 of the articles that you created are tagged as Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to insure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. if you were to bring these articles up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current 202 article backlog. Once the articles are adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the list:

Bill Davis - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
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Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 21:21, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Service awards proposal

Hello, Adam Bishop/archive10! I noticed you display a service award, and would like to invite you to join the discussion over a proposed revamping of the awards.

If you have any opinions on the proposal, please participate in the discussion. Thanks! — the Man in Question (in question) 01:08, 9 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Service award update

Hello, Adam Bishop! The requirements for the service awards have been updated, and you may no longer be eligible for the award you currently display. Don't worry! Since you have already earned your award, you are free to keep displaying it. However, you may also wish to update to the current system.

Sorry for any inconvenience. — the Man in Question (in question) 10:10, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright question; John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

Hi. :) I'm dropping by to speak to you about the copyright status of this article you created way back in the olden days of 2003. It was drawn to my attention in evaluating the contributions of one User:Tickled Pink Inc, but in evaluating I noted that prior to his or her contributions, the text seemed to follow very closely on [1] (under the section "The Earl of Aberdeen"). I see that it was so when you created it, with the tag "Adapted from http://www.gg.ca." Currently, the copyright policies of the Governor General of Canada don't permit our reuse of their text ([2]), and I wanted to drop by and see if they had given permission that's been logged somewhere or if the placement of the text here was a misunderstanding. I've blanked the article while clarifying. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 20:11, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

An understandable point of confusion. No reason they shouldn't be public domain. But, oh, well, that's the vagaries of copyright law for you. :/ I'm not familiar with the Governor Generals (not being Canadian :)), but ought to be able to track them down for tagging so they can be rewritten. Should be easy enough to figure out which ones might be problems here. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 22:53, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm reviewing some of the other articles, and I'm afraid that Jeanne Sauvé needs rewriting in some parts. Not sure yet how extensive the issues are. Since the article has been heavily rewritten, I think it may not be that extensive. But while I've not compared the full article, my mechanical detector (a fairly blunt instrument) picked up the following passage:

But, one of her favourite events that she hosted was the annual Christmas party for the Ottawa Boys & Girls Club, and its French-language counterpart, the Patro d'Ottawa. The children came to Rideau Hall to visit with Santa, and for lunch in the Tent Room, which Sauvé personally hosted and wore a paper party hat to celebrate the special occasion

This is still derivative of the source's:

One of her favourite events was the annual Christmas party for the Ottawa Boys and Girls Club and its French counterpart, the Patro d'Ottawa. The children came to Rideau Hall for lunch and a visit with Santa. Mme Sauvé personally hosted her young guests and wore a paper party hat to celebrate the special occasion.

Can you rewrite the passage and review the article to see if other content added here is still in use? I'm going to keep checking others of the Governors General. :) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 15:25, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think all is clear at Edward Schreyer now. I didn't get anything on a mechanical check, and I don't see anything remaining on a visual scan, either. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 15:32, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing seems to be left to worry about at Jules Léger, either. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 15:35, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I revised a couple of lingering passages in Roland Michener, but I think it is otherwise clear. (Georges Vanier & Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, too.) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 15:44, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Vincent Massey was addressed in November 2007, so should be all clear. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 16:10, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Whew. There's a lot more of these guys than I had realized. :P John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar remains pretty much a derivative of the source. I've tagged it at CP for rewriting. Hopefully one of the regular contributors will get to it; otherwise I or somebody else who works CP will at least give it a stub after the usual week. :) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 16:40, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone seems to have been rewritten sufficiently. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 14:45, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've repaired John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir. Interesting fellow, that. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 15:06, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Adam. Does your silence here mean you have no interest in helping clean up these issues? I've had the question about Jeanne Sauvé outstanding on your page since the 17th, and while you've edited every day subsequent, you've yet to respond. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 18:23, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Just checking. If you're not going to look into it, I'll have to, and I'd rather check the rest on the list...though I'm working one of our many CCIs right now. :) To answer your question, I prefer cleaning them up where possible. Some of them have no resemblance whatsoever to the copied text, and we should be okay with those. The iffy parts are where the material remains but has been warped, since we can be dealing then with unauthorized derivatives. In that case, it's best to either yank the text that can be clearly traced to the source or replace it with something completely rewritten. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 19:42, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

what's Tabriz Maragheh?

I've put a remark at Talk:Tabriz Maragheh which you might wish to comment on. SamuelTheGhost (talk) 22:02, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Paul Kammerer

As the user at the top of the very long list of German-English translators, might you be interested in translating Paul Kammerer's article, or might you know another Wikipedian who will be? If so, please respond at my talk page. —innotata (Talk • Contribs) 16:46, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

St. Louis Crusades Symposium

Heya, I was looking at the schedule for the upcoming symposium, and saw an "Adam Bishop" listed.[3] Is that you? If so, we'll definitely have to get together when you're in town! --El on ka 23:39, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(reply) Excellent, I'll be sure to attend! Is the paper online? And which article, so I can read up ahead of time? --El on ka 00:13, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(reply) So sorry to have missed you. I had a death in the family, and had to leave town suddenly. I was only able to attend the first day of the symposium, which was an incredible disappointment for me because I'd been looking forward to your talk so much. I did ask others there to say hello to you for me, but I guess they forgot. :/ In any case, will you be giving the talk anywhere else? Or if there's a hardcopy proceeding, please let me know! --El on ka 19:11, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Likewise here on the sorry to have missed it, although it was more just the press of life that got me. The six hours to drive down and back was the killer in the end, couldn't justify being gone from home for the weekend. Ealdgyth - Talk 19:17, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A cry for help

Two things. First, the Template:WPMA is protected from the meddling hands of wikipeons like me, so I was wondering if you too think the current image could be improved. The colourful detail at right might suit it, unless you can find a good, clear image of medieval people at work (which is the reason the old image has stuck around so long, I supposed).

Second, I'm working on an article about Ponce de Minerva and I can't seem to figure out how to translate the following, from the 13th-century De rebus Hispaniae:

Cum pater noster regnum nobis diuiserit, et uos uestris et ego meis et prouentus et terram tenemur magnatibus impartiri, quorum auxilio patres nostri et terram perditam habuerunt et Arabes repulerunt. Reddatis ergo pheuda sua comiti Poncio de Minerba et aliis magnatibus, quos priuastis, et non credatis susurronibus contra eos, et ego in continenti recedo.

If you have the time and the will, perhaps you could provide a translation. As is, I can understand the first clause and the last sentence, but I cannot figure out what "et uos uestris et ego meis et prouentus et terram tenemur magnatibus impartiri, quorum auxilio patres nostri et terram perditam habuerunt et Arabes repulerunt" is supposed to mean. Thanks in advance. —Srnec (talk) 04:46, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Now that I've created the article on Ponce de Minerva, you could check your translation in context and tweak it if you want. Can "continenti" mean something like borders, as in "I am returning behind my borders"?

As to the Frankish involvement in the siege of Tudela in 1087, I only know of two places (beside Reilly) where I've read of it: Erdmann brings it up in his book on the origins of crusading, and I just recently read about it in Margarita C. Torres Sevilla-Quiñones de León, "Cruzados y peregrinos leoneses y castellanos en Tierra Santa", Medievalismo 9 (1999), which is available online here. I did a little searching online, but I can find nothing that appears to amplify Reilly's account of which you are already aware. Riley-Smith, First Crusaders, lists participants and cites primary sources, but I assume these are what you were referring to. —Srnec (talk) 01:04, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Carucage FAC...

I've replied there, if you'd care to revisit. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:23, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mongol conquest of Jerusalem

Perhaps you can see if I'm missing something over at User talk:Elonka#Mongol conquest of Jerusalem, since I think you were more involved in the Franco-Mongol kerfuffle than I was, and you doubtless know the sources for the period and place better than I do. And I see that you changed the picture of the medieval WikiProject banner. Much improved. Srnec (talk) 03:38, 10 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps instead of user talkpages, this entire discussion should be moved to Talk:Mongol raids into Palestine? --El on ka 03:45, 10 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

3247 => Cfaerber @lawiki

Hi! Pleases have a look at my rename request on lawiki: la:Disputatio Usoris:Adam_Episcopus#3247_=>_cfaerber. Thanks. — 3247 ✐ 14:20, 12 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A question about rules of userboxes in Wiki

Hi dear adminstrator, I am a user in Persian Wiki and I have an on going discussion with a Persian adminstrator about the userboxes we can create or not in Wiki. The question is: Is making userboxes like: "This user supports independence of Tibet from China" or "This user supports independence of Azerbaijan from Iran" or "This user is against Hizbullah terorist group." illegal according to Wiki userbox rules or not? R these rules same in all Wikis or different from one Wiki to another? I'm waiting 4 ur answer a.s.a.p. Regards, Pournick (talk) 04:00, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ask for protection, how?

Dear adminstrator, one of users of Persian wiki has insult me in my English talk page (in Persian language). How can I ask for protection of my User page and talk page and all sub pages against that I.P address? I have some valuable photos in my pages I dont want let him/her to damage them. Regards, Pournick (talk) 00:47, 16 February 2010 (UTC) Pournick (talk) 00:47, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Emails

I am a member of several independent wikis, those wikis email every time an article I have on my watchlist is updated with a link to compare the older version to the newest version.

How do I get Wikipedia to do the same? --Revan's Exile (talk) 03:30, 23 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Request

We're trying to figure out where to merge Ruad expedition to... If you have time, I'd appreciate your opinion at Talk:Ruad expedition. --El on ka 03:58, 23 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nominations for the March 2010 Military history Project Coordinator elections now open!

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Thank you!

Hi Alan ,
Thanks indeed for this!
--Shirt58 (talk) 11:26, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the help, and a request for a quick double check on the way it's been used at "morituri te salutant"

Thanks for your and Akhilleus' help at the RefDesk.

On the basis that this is hopefully non-controversial routine classical Latin/Greek, I've drawn on these notes for the article, and attributed Akhilleus' detailed notes on the linguistics within the article history. Would you be okay casting an eye over my various edits in situ and checking they're technically sufficiently accurate?

If you happen to also have any other comments on the article generally, I'd like to hear them. I'm still working on it, and hope to submit it for GA review when I'm done drafting so anything you spot will be taken care of.

I've dropped a similar note at Akhilleus' talk page too.

FT2 ^{(Talk | email)} 20:51, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Update:

(Cross-posted to Akhilleus, Adam Bishop and Haploidavey (at AB's suggestion):

I have just finished my first attempt at a rewrite of Ave Caesar, morituri te salutant. I would not consider myself a classicist nor a linguist. Before I submit the article to peer review, would you be willing to review it carefully and let me know any views and comments on its talk page?

Thank you! FT2 ^{(Talk | email)} 23:45, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Richard I of England#Sexuality

I don't know if you've seen recent changes to the article, but your experience relating to previous discussions about Richard's sexuality would be a welcome addition to the discussion. Nev1 (talk) 13:10, 12 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Triple Crown Award

For your great work on Military articles in the WP:DYK, WP:GA, and WP:FC fields.

Arwad (Ruad)

Hello Adam. You're a major contributor to articles relating to the crusades and the middle ages in general, so I thought you might be able to help. I'm tring to put together an article about the Citadel of Arwad, but I'm finding it hard to look up any sources, have you passed by any through your research? Thanks, and Happy editing. Yazan (talk) 02:44, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, thanks anyway. Yazan (talk) 02:52, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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When you revert, please give your reasons

Thanks. Mancy Houghton-Freund (talk) 19:40, 23 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That's better, dear. Next time try to be more civilised and don't let your juvenile mind go astray. Mancy Houghton-Freund (talk) 20:27, 23 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for noticing vandalism on templar site. Mugginsx (talk) 07:53, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Gracias

Gracias por tu ayuda with the Prüfening dedicatory inscription. Btw, I read your user page, I am in a similiar situation like you and I feel similarly about WP. Definitely, this is a place of singles, nerds and students. Perhaps you should think of a separate webpage of yours where you first publish your research like you see things, and then, in a second step, you make it a text donation to WP where other may or may not object to your interpretation. That way WP is only a kind of bonus which you can see more relaxed. Happy Easter! Gun Powder Ma (talk) 10:51, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Medieval art

Obviously, Europe did not exist in a vacuum, I made an addition to that effect here. However, the section I removed refer to digresses a lot and, moreover, seemed to suffer from a superiority complex. Excerpt:

Calligraphy, ornament and the decorative arts generally were more important than in the West; for most of the period Islamic countries were generally wealthier than Christian ones. The earliest dated painted tiles are from 862-3 at the Great Mosque of Kairouan in modern Tunisia, though the finest works in the medium did not come until much later.

Tell me if you find that worthy of keeping. Gun Powder Ma (talk) 17:26, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete account

Can you delete or rename account Crusier because it prevent to create my global account. (Sorry for my English) Crusjer (talk) 13:22, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Persephone

Thanks for catching that mistake reversion in Persephone, my bad. --Pstanton (talk) 02:58, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Latin fifth declension

Keen, thanks! —Tamfang (talk) 00:37, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Moving Alice of Antioch

I saw you reverted my move on this article. I moved it because she was born Alice of Jerusalem before she married and became Princess of Antioch. Would we have Constance of France, Princess of Antioch at Constance of Antioch?--Queen Elizabeth II's Little Spy (talk) 18:58, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

She was not born just Alice. No nobility of the Middle Ages were born with just a name unless their ancestry were unknown. Why don't we move her to Alice of Rethels similiar to Alice of Champagne after their father's dynasty?--Queen Elizabeth II's Little Spy (talk) 19:15, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mossad

Hi! Thank you for correcting it, Adam :) WhisperToMe (talk) 17:36, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Help

Hi there, could you please click on my IP user name so that you can see my contributions? As you can see, I asked on Talk:Pope Leo XIII how the pope was involved with cocaine because the cocaine article suggests he was (in relation to Angelo Mariani and allegedly carrying cocaine himself), but the actual pope article doesn't mention the word cocaine once, so I wanted to know how much is true of the story on the cocaine article. Someone reverted it saying it was 'hallucination' of me. Because of that, I sent him a message on his talkpage showing that at cocaine#popularization it actually mentions Leo XIII. He removed that question from his talkpage not explaining anything and again removed my question from the pope talkpage. That is so annoying. Please see for yourself what I had really asked and judge for yourself, if you agree with me, warn the other user. If you agree with that user, let it be. I can't imagine you agreeing with the other user, though. Thanks 81.68.255.36 (talk) 11:25, 5 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, at least now he replied. I noticed you are a historian. I am starting a new history study after the summer, do you have any tips on what kind of professions I can choose later? It's okay if you cannot :) Thank you 81.68.255.36 (talk) 15:38, 5 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your honest answer :) I live in Europe, maybe the job openings are slightly better here (at least, I think you live in Canada), but I have a couple of years to go before that even applies to me. How about you? I suppose you tried to find work as a university professor. Did you find it eventually or are you doing something else now with the skills you received from the study? 81.68.255.36 (talk) 13:51, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Reference desk/Language#French translation

I have added a context to my question, which you previously answered. Perhaps it is easier to answer my question now. Thanks in advance, Bramble claw x 23:43, 5 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

AfD needs procedureal cleanup

Hi Admin! Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Hawkins (coach) needs some procedure cleanup--something didn't get posted quite right originally. Please investigate. No need to notify me when complate (it's just that I don't know what needs to be done).--Paul McDonald (talk) 03:23, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Page Deletion

Hi Adam, I was just looking over some pages I created and realized how pointless it is to have "Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball lower divisions records" when all the information is already listed on its main page "UW-Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball". So I feel that "Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball lower divisions records" should be deleted.-- John Schneider (talk) 08:59, 24 June 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.53.240.30 (talk) [reply]

I need some direction

Honest, I picked your name at random out of the list of active Administrators. I did some work on an Article, hoping that I removed some serious ambiguities, and I added some facts along the way. Tonight, someone re-introduced all the ambiguities and "moved" the Article. I posted in the Discussion page my reasons for reverting these changes. Now what? Assuming that no middle ground can be reached is there some appellate process that I can pursue; and, if there is, then where can I find it within the Wikipedia labyrinth? Thanks. Stwiso (talk) 04:58, 24 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

BNA

I was referencing the American wish to divide the spoils from 1763 and deny the enemy any peace settlement, like the Acadian Expulsion. They were mad to be denied their land and forced to pay taxes, while fighting to hold onto or recover their victories in the Great Lakes Basin was elusive, which certainly made the Americans feel ashamed, until the conclusion of the Northwest Indian War under Mad Anthony Wayne and William Henry Harrison and the naval engagement by Oliver Hazard Perry brought some respite. I don't know where the idea is from that this is unfamiliar topical discussion from that time period. As to the Anglo-French rivalry, it of course largely stemmed from the fall of Calais which was a real ego bruiser for the English and was heavily influential in English foreign policy when it overlapped with French objectives. To finally demolish the French, albeit in the New World, in a place called "New France", was certainly something to feel proud about -- especially since so much of the hard work was accomplished by the colonists, regardless of any redcoat participation. So, when Parliament gave in to the French and Indians, to pacify them and avoid making Paris even angrier, this was infuriating and considered treasonous to not only the warhawks, but also everyday people in America who had to deal with so many wars just beyond the Appalachian ridge (or even east of it, by Indian scalpings), even though the King had legally promised them sea-to-sea expansion like in Mexico. And wasn't it strange that the King and Parliament would permit Catholicism in Quebec for foreigners, but not allow it for the English, or especially the Irish? That kind of legislation led directly to the 1st Amendment. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.111.15.164 (talk) 21:59, 3 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And before you go around trying to discount the Westward movement, take into account the Louisiana Purchase which linked the entire land of the Eastern Seaboard, with Oregon Country. Read up on Lewis & Clark before making unfounded statements like that. It's maddening for you to not put two and two togther over this, because it also had to do with the War of 1812! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.111.15.164 (talk) 22:02, 3 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, great. But as you may have noticed, all anyone wanted to know was why you thought Canada was governed by America. Now you're just waffling. Adam Bishop (talk) 23:03, 3 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No, I was talking about an English American hegemony over French Canadian territory, to appropriate for their own exploitation, but this was denied them by the Royal Proclamation of 1763. Remember when Britain seized all of Louisiana but then had to console themselves with only half, that east of Mississippi? Then, the American purchase of Louisiana did not leave Louisiana intact, but carved it up for American disposal -- such was the threat to Canada. You know that there are historical instances of the New England Planters, the Eastern Townships and then, of course, the debated Great Lakes part of "Quebec", that became split between Ontatio/Upper Canada and Northwest Territory. In Nova Scotia, all the Yankees wanted to do was reclaim what was held even longer (William Alexander's grant, then the profits from Queen Anne's War) than the "Canadian" portion of both provinces. Who refuses to believe that the colonial English did not want the spoils of victory and that is what they intended to do, such as the Green Mountain Boys of Ethan Allen in Vermont? I don't understand how you are feigning disbelief toward a common Canadian citation that is supposed evidence of American abuse, claiming that the British government saved them (both French and Loyalists) from American aggression. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.111.15.164 (talk) 00:12, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, what I think you've been trying to say that is you want a reference to support the idea that there was English American hegemony over French Canada, and that the Americans thought British conquests elsewhere in North America should have been for their benefit. I think we are all confused because that is not actually what happened. But did some American colonists think that was what happened, or should have happened? I guess it's possible. I don't know where to find such a reference, to answer your initial Reference Desk question. Any opposition to the Quebec Act probably says something like that. (If this is not what you are asking, then I just don't know what the question is.) Adam Bishop (talk) 00:32, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well now, you have hit the nail on the head. How could there have been such a miscommunication, that somebody called me a deluded troll and shut down the discussion? I am glad that we are seeing eye to eye on this. I figured that you would have more insight to the issues, because of being Ontarian and the unique American-Canadian character of that province. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.111.15.164 (talk) 00:58, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, good. I think we are just so used to trolls on Wikipedia that anytime we don't immediately understand something, we think it is an attempt at disruption. Anyway, yes, I can certainly see how the American colonies might have thought this. I think that there would be many references to this in reactions to the Quebec Act and the other Intolerable Acts. For example, the Petition to the King in 1774 complains that:

"In the last sessions of the parliament, an act was passed...for extending the limits of Quebec, abolishing the English and restoring the French laws, whereby great numbers of British freemen are subjected to the latter, and establishing an absolute government and the Roman Catholick religion throughout those vast regions, that border on the westerly and northerly boundaries of the free protestant English settlements; and a fifth for the better providing suitable quarters for officers and soldiers in his majesty's service in North-America."

Likewise one of the grievances in the Declaration of Independence is:

"abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an arbitrary Government, and enlarging its Boundaries, so as to render it at once an Example and fit Instrument for introducing the same absolute Rule in these Colonies"

Clearly they expected Quebec to be more like America. Adam Bishop (talk) 02:19, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, yes and thank you for the tip of the iceberg! I am simply wondering if there is any "jingoistic" or forthright perspective on this in recent publication, rather than simply rereading the acts of government. That's why I was confused that you all were confused at what I was getting at. I explained that I sought a reference in a book, for something you have clearly quoted. Too often we hear about Canadian opinion on justification for there to be a Canada separate from America; this is an invitation for the exact type of discussion I broached in the first place. 68.111.15.164 (talk) 02:55, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately I don't know this scholarly field (assuming you are looking for an academic publication). But you might try asking at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Canadian military history task force. (I'm sure there is an American one as well.) Adam Bishop (talk) 05:51, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! One thing I noticed a few minutes ago: Not only is there a measure of French language recognition on the core remnants of New France, such as Canada and Arcadia, but the Franco-Scottish connection might have contributed to Nova Scotian anthipathy toward the English colonies, while reconciling them to the Crown which claimed to rule them all the same. Talk about irony! 68.111.15.164 (talk) 06:44, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

august 7 2010

Thanks man. 204.112.104.172 (talk) 17:50, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Username

Hey sorry if I'm bothering you I'm really new at this (I got your name off of the list of administrator page) but I read that usernames should not express favoritism, and my username is named after my favorite baseball player (showing that I am a NY Mets fan)...is this over the line? Thank you very much for your time, WrightisRight05 (talk) 02:52, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Deleting

Hey. I was wondering if you can help me in fixing a mess that I made. Can you delete the redirect page Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1912–1988) so I can move Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-EisenachEisenach (1912–1988) to this page?--Queen Elizabeth II's Little Spy (talk) 18:50, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks alot.--Queen Elizabeth II's Little Spy (talk) 19:21, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Science in the Middle Ages

You are invited to participate in the vote at Talk:Science in the Middle Ages#Ballot box as an attempt to establish a consensus. Regards Gun Powder Ma (talk) 20:31, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Survey on gender

Hi! I'm Liria Veronesi (User:Akoha77) and, together with Paolo Massa (User:Phauly), I'm starting an empirical research on "Gender and votes in requests for adminship". For this reason, we need to know the gender of Wikipedians who were candidated to become admins.

We tried looking for the templates User:UBX/male and User:UBX/female but only 4 admins use it. We also used the API for getting the gender field in the profile but, out of 1744 admins, only around 400 have filled this field. But we would benefit from a larger coverage, i.e. possibly knowing the gender of 100% of candidates.

So, after asking for advice to 3 admins and receiving 2 positive replies (1 and 2), we decided to try to ask directly to Wikipedians.

Thus, would you be so kind to write your gender [Male / Female / Other], together with a text comment if you want, on my talk page at User_talk:Akoha77? If you prefer to send me this information privately, you can send me an email, the information will be kept confidential and never shared.

Thanks! Akoha77 (talk) 12:50, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The year of your first edit on your user page

Hi Adam, I noticed that it says on your user page that you've been on Wikipedia since 2002. However, your only contributions from that year are page moves, and they are dated incorrectly because of the old bug described here. Therefore, unless you edited anonymously beforehand, your first edit was actually this one from January 2003. Graham87 09:22, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oh. Oh well. Thanks. Adam Bishop (talk) 18:11, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

List of mayors of London, Ontario

Hi there, I noticed a dead link in the sources for the article List of mayors of London, Ontario. I corrected it with a link to a valid page on London's website, but since it's listed as a source and I don't know what was on the original page, I may have made a terrible mistake. Since it looks like you did a lot of work on the article (albeit 7 years ago) I thought you may want to take a look.

Cheers! Ivanvector (talk) 22:15, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

I was most sure this was real, size was the most convincing factor. It was the comments of other posters that broke my conviction. The mistake I made was not looking at hands, and the body-shape. I hope you get me Jon Ascton (talk) 14:13, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Milhist election has started!

The Military history WikiProject coordinator election has started. You are cordially invited to help pick fourteen new coordinators from a pool of twenty candidates. This time round, the term has increased from six to twelve months so it is doubly important that you have your say! Please cast your vote here no later than 23:59 (UTC) on Tuesday, 28 September 2010.

With many thanks in advance for your participation from the coordinator team, Roger Davies ^talk 20:57, 16 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Translation help

Hi Adam Bishop! You are the first actually active editor on this list, so I am asking you for help. If you don't have time for this, please let me know.

I would like to ask that you help Wikimedia Israel by translating two things from English to French:

This page
This page, or at least the last section

If you are willing to do this, please send me the translations on EnWiki or e-mail because unfortunately the WMIsrael website is not open for free editing.

Thanks in advance, —Ynhockey ^(Talk) 23:12, 16 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

'Magic' thread

I was first with the answer and you deleted my comment. You probably didn't mean to, but there it is. --Viennese Waltz 14:11, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, thanks for reinstating it so speedily. --Viennese Waltz 14:24, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Problems with Crusade-related articles

There is a newly registered user named Santiago84 who is making edits to Crusade-related articles (mainly here and here) based on some personal bias against Islam. They started a discussion, but did not wait until other editors weighed in on the situation. They have yet to provide a source that the reference used by the author of the cited statement they keep altering is unreliable. I and another editor have reverted their edits a few times, but they have vowed to continue to make such changes. I pretty much consider you the lead editor on Crusade articles because of your academic background and great knowledge on the subject. I would appreciate it if you could voice your opinion on the matter. --Ghostexorcist (talk) 14:35, 15 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

biz kids and catherine thompson

Can someone please answer my biz kids question and my Catherine thompson question on the entertainment reference desk? I put the next airing of biz kid$ at the bottom of my catherine thompson question (my more recent question), as it is rellavent to my biz kid$ question, as i mention Catherine in it. I do need this question answered, or the project i am researching about great voice actors will be ruined, as this girl is tallented, yet there is nothing that says who it is that voices capitalist peg and the biz kids biz quiz voice. The lady also voices the 'biz witch' and other voices on the show. Please help, and encourage others to help too, thanks. By the way, like i said in the catherine thompson question, the next airing of biz kid$ is today at 12:30 pm eastern time, 9:30 paciffic on ksps (pbs spokane) 204.112.104.172 (talk) 10:07, 17 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

King Richard the Lionheart article

Would it be possible to lock King Richard the Lionheart's page to unregistered users or ban 203.45.21.183? This person has severely vandalized the page to the point where it will take more than a three point revert to restore the article to some semblance of a legitimate article. Thank you. 67.187.109.3 (talk) 05:29, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It wasn't that bad, the only problem was that someone undid the last of his edits and none of the previous ones. I've fixed it. Locking the page doesn't seem to be necessary, 203 is hardly a major threat. Adam Bishop (talk) 05:35, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Reverted your unexplained deletion in Saladin

Merely positing "I think not" is not an appropriate reason for deleting sourced information concerning Robert of St. Albans who married the granddaughter of Saladin. Scythian1 (talk) 16:36, 30 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Adam, I am baffled by your editing. On the Robert of St. Albans article, you concede that at least one source is reliable, then in the Saladin article, you remove sourced information, claiming that the sources are unreliable. Scythian1 (talk) 17:56, 30 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Adam, I got your message. I don't agree with removing the content concerning Robert of St. Albans from Saladin's article let alone removing the Robert of St. Albans article entirely. But I also don't want to quibble about this issue - I simply don't have time. Hence, if you want to remove the content from Saladin's article - go ahead - this is a compromise that I'm willing to go for. The article concerning Robert of St. Albans, a notable convert to Islam, should stay however. Thanks and be well. Scythian1 (talk) 02:57, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Adam, the Robert of St. Albans article should stay as is. I certainly don't agree with deleting the content from Saladin's article, but feel free to remove the contents from Saladin's article. Thanks. Scythian1 (talk) 03:19, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Adam, I can't speculate whether the article will have additional information added or not. Is the possibility of adding further information on a particular person a criteria for keeping or removing Wikipedia articles? Scythian1 (talk) 03:30, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That's fine. If you include him in the List of Knights Templar, don't forget to note that he converted to Islam - [one thing that is known about him]. Thanks and be well. Scythian1 (talk) 03:53, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Latinity

Thanks for the response on E M V at the Language desk - you were one of those Latinate colleagues! Haploidavey (talk) 14:00, 2 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

progressive house

go to www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4dZWPa1of0 beautiful progressive house there. 204.112.104.172 (talk) 14:44, 6 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

First Crusade A-Class review

Hello. As you are one of the major contributors to the First Crusade, I invite you to comment and help with suggestions at its A-Class review. Thanks. —MC10 (T•C•GB•L) 17:06, 15 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I have been meaning to take a look at it, but I am rather swamped in real life at the moment. I will get to it as soon as I can. Adam Bishop (talk) 03:48, 18 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, take your time. —mc10 (u|t|c) 04:00, 18 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A bit off topic for me...

So I'm going to ask you and Deacon... do you know of any standard English-language work on the lives of various medieval cardinals? I ask as I'm slowly working on papal legates to England, and Walter of Albano is sorta kinda on my list to work on soon. HOwever, while I don't have problems with Salvator Miranda's site as a stop-gap, it's not going to pass muster at GA/FA level - but I don't read Italian so can't access many of his bibliographical works. Ealdgyth - Talk 15:47, 18 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

N.I.M.

Thanks for your message. He seems to have the spelling skills of a preteen, but his vocabulary suggests someone older. But whether he's 8, 18, or 80, this behavior is unacceptable. At least there are several of us now who are keeping an eye on him. I've only been aware of him for a few days. If things get to the point that one of us takes him to WP:ANI, I think we all need to be notified so we can express our opinions. I filed a WP:AVI report for repeatedly restoring unsourced info and threatening to continue doing it despite warnings, but unfortunately some admins don't have the backbone (or the patience) to deal with someone like that, so they sweep it under the carpet, stating that it is "tendentious editing" rather than vandalism. But I think if we keep watching him we'll finally get an admin to take some action. If he gets one block, I think future admins will be less tolerant. I'll let you know if I escalate the matter. Thanks for you input. Best wishes. Cresix (talk) 01:50, 23 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, just noticed you're an admin. No personal offense with the above comments because I know nothing about you. I've seen some really stellar admins, but in this case, not. Cresix (talk) 01:52, 23 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

BTW, as to his claim to be blind, that's no excuse. And I know lots of blind people. If he wants to beg that excuse, I probably can figure out if he's lying about his screen reader. Cresix (talk) 02:02, 23 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Now you're my kind of admin!! Cresix (talk) 03:01, 23 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Cresix - about the spelling/vocab, check out this edit [4]. Totally inconsistent with most of his edits. --CutOffTies (talk) 03:13, 23 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

stop accusing me

You're a rational person right? I believe you are, so i tell you this calmly and in a civil manner. Please stop accusing me of the edits. I know my friend George did them, i described it all at Cutoff Ties's talk page, and i see no evidence to the contrary. I looked at my history after george left my place on the 14th, and found the user talk page in the history, which lead me to the fact that he's been doing the edits. And the name Annika that is mentioned in those edits comes from a novel that George and i read in a novel back in grade 9 english class. (cannot remember which one it is, must be sweedish). You need to except that i didn't do these edits, and for the good of wikipedia, stop this, or you will all be reported to Ani. Quit trying to get the comunity against me, that is unfair and unjust. These constent mentions of how bad my edits are are geting redundant. You see evidence in those edits that george made? you believe that I made them and George didn't, good for you! Let's all give a chear, come on everybody, clap! Yay Adam Bishop, for false accusations! Can i hear a whoop, woop? What i'm saying, is that you can't assume it is true by evidence that doesn't show exactly who did those edits. If you start a disgussion on my talk page, i will be happy to explain it all to you, as long as you are open-minded to possabilities. Just consider that it could happen, as i had no password back then, so anyone could access my computer. I do often let my friends use it, but i had no idea that George was making those disorderly edits. I created an account to make it impossible for anyone to do what he did, because i care about wikipedia, and i'm sure you do too. If you do, then i suggest you give me a formal sinceer appology about this. I better get one by the 24th, or i will write complaints about you, Cutoff Ties and Cresix. Please, do what's right, stop the accusations. N.I.M. (talk) 03:50, 23 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please

Please, close this. Thanks. Roberto de Lyra (talk) 05:12, 28 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

rename (la.wiki)

Hi, could you please rename my account on la.wiki from "Yuma" to "Larry Yuma?" I'll write in your talk there to confirm. Thanks! :) --Larry Yuma (talk) 00:51, 10 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!! :) --Larry Yuma (talk) 16:01, 14 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism in the Medieval University page

I don't know what is the official procedure in such cases, but there is a lot vandalism happening in the Medieval University page. The users "174.117.97.214", "Alpha332", "142.1.213.153" and "Matt levine 3rd" are probably all the same person. You were recently active in the article, so I thought it wouldn't hurt to alert you. --Leinad-Z (talk) 02:24, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

FWIW, I've had the same impression. Perhaps someone should ask for a Checkuser? --SteveMcCluskey (talk) 16:53, 17 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, I'm not really sure what to make of that...I tend to ignore content disputes on that page since they always seem to be nationalistic and I don't care to get involved. But this time, among other things, one of them keeps changing a date from AD to BC, which is kind of bizarre. It's protected now so maybe it will cool down. Adam Bishop (talk) 03:27, 18 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Alp Arslan

The identity of the Turkic warlord is recorded to have been Arp Aslan as of in the book War: From Ancient Egypt to Iraq by David Saul. If you want, I will be okay if you redirect it back because this name in the book might be a spelling error. American Idiot1 (talk) 20:06, 21 December 2010 (UTC) 20:05, 21 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tis the season...

		Happy Holidays
		Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. (The image, while not medieval or equine, is by one of my favorite poets and artists, William Blake.) Ealdgyth - Talk 01:36, 25 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Merry, merry

Bzuk (talk) 02:09, 25 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Agdaban massacre

Would you be interested in assessing the sources in this article? Thanks. --Kansas Bear (talk) 20:38, 26 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Why did you delete my answer?

See [5] and can you restore it please? --Jayron32 22:18, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's all good! Mooch ass grassy ass! --Jayron32 22:22, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

request

Hello Mr.Adam , I'm sorry about getting your time , please make my userpage to a semi-protected page. thank you (Faramarz IV (talk) 20:09, 16 January 2011 (UTC))[reply]

What a waste of time...

Hey, remember this character from the ref desk- 1, 2? It's difficult to figure out exactly what occurred, but something about his username and his ridiculous messages got him a hard block- 3. Shocker, right? --CutOffTies (talk) 03:13, 18 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ha! Awesome. Adam Bishop (talk) 03:48, 18 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Can you fix this:

[6]. Looks like you accidentally deleted stuff. Can you put this back? Thanks! --Jayron32 19:49, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The weird thing is, you couldn't even have edit conflicted with me; there are several intevening edits between mine and yours. Probably a glitch in the Matrix or something. --Jayron32 02:50, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Robert of Reims

The articles on Robert of Reims and the Council of Clermont both say he was writing around 20 years after the council. However, according to The Crusades:Idea and Reality 1095–1274 (1981) by Louise and Jonathan Riley-Smith, his account was written before 1107 (page 42). They don't go into any detail on the dating, but I'm wondering which is correct. Nev1 (talk) 00:23, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Bardot article finished?

Hello,

On the talk page of William the Carpenter, you mentioned an upcoming pending article by Michael Bardot on William the Carpenter.

"(By the way, apparently there will be a new academic article about William published in the near future, by historian Michael Bardot. I don't know what the content of his article is exactly, but hopefully it will help everyone understand William better. I will certainly let everyone know when and where it is published.) Adam Bishop (talk) 02:43, 27 July 2009 (UTC)"

Have you seen it? Please let me know. Due to life, I am not on Wikipedia very often these days. 20:52, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Main page appearance

Hello! This is a note to let the main editors of this article know that it will be appearing as the main page featured article on March 20, 2011. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/March 20, 2011. If you think it is necessary to change the main date, you can request it with the featured article director, Raul654 (talk · contribs). If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions of the suggested formatting. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :D Thanks! Tbhotch* ^{۩ ۞} 19:34, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

William of Tyre (c. 1130–1186) was a medieval prelate and chronicler. He grew up in Jerusalem at the height of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, which had been established in 1099 after the First Crusade, and he spent twenty years studying the liberal arts and canon law in the universities of Europe. Following William's return to Jerusalem in 1165, King Amalric I made him an ambassador to the Byzantine Empire. William became tutor to the king's son, the future King Baldwin IV, whom William discovered to be a leper. After Amalric's death William became chancellor and archbishop of Tyre, two of the highest offices in the kingdom, and in 1179 William led the eastern delegation to the Third Council of the Lateran. As he was involved in the dynastic struggle that developed during Baldwin IV's reign, his importance waned when a rival faction gained control of royal affairs. He was passed over for the prestigious Patriarchate of Jerusalem, and died in obscurity, probably in 1186. William wrote an account of the Lateran Council and a history of the Islamic states from the time of Muhammad. Neither work survives. He is famous today as the author of a history of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the only source for the history of twelfth-century Jerusalem written by a native. (more...)

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Service award level

There has been a major revision of the the Service Awards: the edit requirements for the higher levels have been greatly reduced, to make them reasonably attainable.

Because of this, your Service Award level has been changed, and you are now eligible for a higher level. I have taken the liberty of updating your award on your user page.

Herostratus (talk) 06:14, 21 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You actually jumped two levels, to Master Editor. Congratulations, and thanks for your many contributions! Herostratus (talk) 06:14, 21 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Family Compact

Hi there Adam Bishop I've been working on the Family Compact article. You appear to be the original author. I'd like to ask you to take a look at it and see if there is anything that I have replaced that you would like added back in. I didn't really want to change the substance of the article; only the coverage and a little more neutrality given the importance of the subject in the history of Upper Canada. Happy to make edits you recommend. Tks CJ_WeißSchäfer 00:52, 28 March 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by CJ3370 (talk • contribs)

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Subjunctive 1 on biblical Latin

Hi Adam Bishop,

I do not know Latin. But if i read your post, it confuses a bit along the sentence “It’s very common in ecclesiastical and medieval Latin though”. I thought of the ecclesiastical Latin as the classical and modern Latin as for its historical bipolar relationship between ecclesiastical historic-hermeneutical circle and the Christendom, though the archaic form of the formulaic and volitional speech in ecclesial prophetic dimension can more or less closely be translated to English subjunctive 1. --Mr.Bitpart (talk) 18:42, 20 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Vincelord

I would like to know why you removed my comment on Hume Cronyn, the fact that hw won an Emmy award is very important and i also included a reference, so i would to know why you felt the need to remove it.```` —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vincelord (talk • contribs) 16:35, 3 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

To Adam, if even minimally active

Commented on the Siege of Jerusalem article, before I looked at your User page. I am in the sciences, and understand fully the reasons you might withdraw from this venue, as a place to commit your time -- as I appear also to be doing.

Would like to say, though ... have a look at my discussion at the Siege page, so it can have whatever impact it might, and ...

Let's perhaps keep in touch, about alternative venues where balanced and informed scholarly insight can't immediately be replaced/confused by strongly motivated but otherwise un/ill-informed "opposing" contributors (where the 'ill' may be construed however you wish).

Meduban (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 17:13, 7 May 2011 (UTC).[reply]

Rename

Hi Adam, could you please rename my account on la.wiki? --95.223.206.151 (talk) 18:53, 11 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Enforce an article creation block

Could you enforce the consensus at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#User_Maheshkumaryadav_creating_a_slew_of_poor_articles that Maheshkumaryadav (talk · contribs) be blocked from creating new articles? See his contributions and the rediculous amount of crap we have been going through on User talk:Maheshkumaryadav. Thanks, Sadads (talk) 08:52, 12 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

NM, already fixed, Sadads (talk) 08:54, 12 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

History of law

Instead of baseless personal attacks and accusations, I suggest to you to read about these things. Google books is a wonderful thing :-)

Don't forget: the law-history is a special and very-very sizable part of History. And it is less understable/clear for a person who is not lawyer :-)--Voidlence (talk) 16:59, 17 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

bot

Hi Adam, could you please grant bot status to la:Usor:CocuBot? Thanks! --Aylin (talk) 07:53, 18 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! --Aylin ^(talk) 09:30, 18 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Adam, could you please grant the bot flag to la:Usor:Robert.Baruch.Bot? Thanks in advance! --Aylin ^(talk) 15:52, 27 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Adam, la:Usor:CocuBot is now a global bot, could you please remove the local bot flag again? And la:Usor:MauritsBot has been inactive for more than a year, could you please remove the local bot flag as well? Thank you in advance! --UV (talk) 22:42, 9 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

File:Louis role.jpg Nominated for speedy Deletion

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Encycopedia Pallas: A_Pallas_nagy_lexikona

Pallas was published by the Pallas Literary and Press Corporation between 1893 and 1897. Therefore the map is clearly old. The source of the picture states that the map originated in the Pallas encyclopedia, you can read it in this site:

The source is here: http://keptar.niif.hu/html/kepoldal/index.phtml?id=000590

A robot removed a 120years old map about Louis The Great's rule (Louis_role.jpg) The map is originally part of the Hungarian Encyclopedia Pallas, it was printed in 1890. It is clearly older than 70 years. There is source: The full map: http://keptar.oszk.hu/000500/000590/magyaro-nagyl-terkep_nagykep.jpg , here is the informative source: Kapcsolódó dokumentum: A Pallas nagy lexikona : Magyarok eredete, the last edition of Pallas Encyclopedia was printed in 1910. Can you upload this important historical map again, and insert it in its former wiki articles? Thank You very much!--Darkercastel (talk) 10:13, 9 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Vandal

Hey man, just to let you know, an IP user with the number 178.53.250.24 is vandalising articles about the crusades, reducing the number of muslim soldiers and absurdly increasing the number of christian soldiers (check the Battle of Jaffa, where he gave Richard 200.000 knights!!!!). You should block that guy. --186.48.98.98 (talk) 21:39, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]