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history of Malawi merge

Hi there. You've suggested that History of Malawi be merged into the Malawi article. Please see my comments Talk:Malawi#merge history? - I think they make sense. I'm not particularly sure why you suggested it in the first place? I think it's a fairly open and shut case so if you've no objections then I'll delete the merge template. Cheers. Iancaddy 19:29, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

hominid

Please don't disambig repair this link... it's a bit different than most disambig articles. - UtherSRG (talk) 14:28, 7 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Beacuse it is more than a disambig page. It has lots of information. If the link is "hominid" it should go to the disambig page.. If the link is "Hominidae" than it should go to Hominidae, no explanation needed. I'm reverting, again. - UtherSRG (talk) 00:12, 8 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you'd read the hominid article, you'd see that there is plenty of information that makes this more than just a typical disambiguation page. You wouldn't have wasted as much of time on this if you'd halted when I first asked you to instead of undoing my reverts and carrying on with your "repairs". Some of the edits you made were good, but others were not. The hominid article talks about the distinctions in terminology, the difference in the various terms used to describe various hominoids. The Hominidae article describes the family of apes. Let me repeat: one is an article about terminology, one is an article about animals. - UtherSRG (talk) 01:07, 8 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ancient Greece/Hellenic

You have been disambig repairing "Hellenic," but you have been replacing it with Ancient Greece. I believe Hellenistic civilization or Hellenistic Greece would be more accurate.--Andrew c 15:00, 9 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the suggestion. I was using the various alternatives on the disambiguation page, and I don't think those were there. Thanks for letting me know they exist--they do sound much better for the post-Alexander references. I will add them to the dab page too. --Iggle 06:07, 10 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Saga linking to Wiktionary

I have reverted Your changes in Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Novel categorization and Wikipedia:WikiProject Books/Worklist, please do not link across projects without asking. Thanks. feydey 08:18, 21 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I notice You removed the link to saga in Wikipedia:WikiProject Books/Worklist (and Novel cat.), as I said don't touch the link unless You ask and know what You are doing there. If You had read the two sentences at the beginning of the article You would have known what the page is about. That page deals with pages in Wikipedia, be they empty, disambig or featured. I understand that disambiguation needs to be done, but please be careful especially in Wikipedia: space. Thanks. feydey 08:40, 21 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Now You understand the point of the Worklist page, to have someone check the page and if needed "re-writing it as a non-dab page". If You disambiguate it to wiktionary then that is not going to happen. Also removing the link is not helping. This is why I said at the beginning: "please do not link across projects without asking". All pages are not so clear-cut as it would seem. Please be careful. feydey 09:01, 21 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Drammensfjord

Quite right. Corrected in text. Tusen takk - Williamborg 01:08, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please help on Ancient Egypt

Thank you for your support of the Article Improvement Drive.
This week Ancient Egypt was selected to be improved to featured article status.
Hope you can help…

Posted by Pruneau 18:43, 29 May 2006 (UTC) on behalf of the AID Maintenance Team[reply]

Ancient Near East warfare taskforce

I see you’re a member of Wikipedia:WikiProject Ancient Egypt. Might you be interested in Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Ancient Near East warfare task force, which will include wars of Ancient Egypt such as Battle of Megiddo? See the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history#Ancient Near East taskforce? Neddyseagoon 15:45, 18 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please be careful

Your edits clearly show good intentions, but fixing one link and throwing away several paragraphs of archived material is not a net benefit. - Jmabel | Talk 23:57, 25 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Also—and this is strictly a quibble—an edit summary like "Disambiguation link repair" effectively says to most of us "no need to check my edit", so it is a little disconcerting when one sees that edit summary used for the addition of a cleanup tag. - Jmabel | Talk 00:04, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

See reply at User talk:Jmabel#Reply_to_Please_be_careful

Thanks. The reason that further comment would be useful in the last case is that I (and, I imagine others) will routinely skip over edits by someone we know and trust if there is a comment like "Disambiguation link repair", and presumably the last thing you want is for someone to skip over your request for cleanup. I'd like to be able to say "Oh, when Igiffin says 'Disambiguation link repair' I don't need to check that edit." These two edits, each in a different way, make it harder to do that. - Jmabel | Talk 00:45, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

On a similar note, the same thing happened when you worked on the Verizon FiOS page. I've fixed it, but please be a little more careful (and if necessary, upgrade your browser or switch to a different one). Thanks in advance! --SpecOp Macavity 14:14, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for catching that one. My browser is as upgraded as they get, but unfortunately although I am extremely careful I am human. Thanks again for the alert. --Iggle 07:09, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Skandha article "Disambiguation link repair" of "enlightenment"

Howdy Igiffin - thanks for pointing out that the Skandha article's internal link for "enlightenment" went to a disambiguation page, which could certainly be unuseful and confusing. I was hoping you wouldn't mind if I built on your desire to disambiguate the reference by having it link to the article on "Nirvana" (as opposed to "Enlightenment (concept)") since the Skandha article's use of the word "enlightenment" (in a paragraph I typed in) really refers to Nirvana. So would this edit of your modification be acceptable to you? Thanks again for your help. LarryR 12:12, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

See reply here.

Excellent! Thanks so much! LarryR 21:21, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop "disambiguating" a link I entered to the unintended meaning!

I appreciate your efforts to contribute to Wikipedia by disambiguating links, but I wish you would (please) be more circumspect about it: On Talk:Soka Gakkai International, you have repeatedly "disambiguated" my link to the "enlightenment" disambiguation page despite my repeated protests that I want the link to take readers to that page and not the enlightenment (concept) page. Since this is material on a talk page, in which I am presenting an argument, I think it is unfair of you change its content in a manner that is incongruent with my intent. If the material were in an article, I would not protest (unless I thought the revised link would be incongruent with the article content); but you are making a change in the substance of a text—an opinion—that I have signed my name to. Please stop! --Jim_Lockhart 02:14, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

See reply here.

See my reply to your reply here. Tx. Jim_Lockhart 21:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Again I must ask you to please stop disambiguating to unintended meanings. I have already explained to you why I want the hyperlink to the disambiguation page and not to a specific entry; since this link is in a signed opinion on a talk page, I think you should respect its (the opinion's) author's wishes! Jim_Lockhart 13:47, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Jim, on the History page for your article I saw that you requested that the link be left as is or disambiguated to Bodhi. I did the latter. Since this is what you suggested, and since it solves the problem of having a link pointing to a dab page, I don't understand your objection. If for some reason you don't like "Bodhi" after all, what would you suggest as an alternative? There is no obvious reason for your comment to be linked to the Enlightenment dab page, since you are clearly talking about the idea of enlightenment in the spiritual sense and not about all the other meanings such as the European Age of Enlightenment or about desktop operating systems. --Iggle 01:24, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My wishes are described in detail here, and chronologically, this is the most recent description; logically, I think, most people would consider the chronologically most recent description to be the one that should prevail. Further—and as you concede above—I "requested that the link be left as is or disambiguated to Bodhi", the latter (disambiguation to Bodhi) being conditioned on the disambiguation being absolutely necessary—a point that I dispute, which should be obvious from the one, consistent wish I have expressed in every one of my comments: please leave it alone.
What I have difficulty comprehending is: Why are you so insistent on changing it? To someone who has no interest in the content of that particular discussion, I would think is would be trivial.
Best regards, Jim_Lockhart 17:07, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I thought we had found a mutually acceptable solution. --Iggle 22:45, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Enlightenment" disambiguated to "Bodhi"

Nice disambiguation of "Enlightenment" to "Bodhi" in the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta. Your change is wise, showing an appreciation for the subject and context. Way to go! Thanks again! LarryR 12:26, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

List of airports in Canada (T-Z)

Please don't be like me. Take a minute to check your edits. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 13:32, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for catching that. There's a problem with some browsers chopping off long articles in the edit box. I usually catch it but obviously missed that one. --Iggle 21:28, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Disambiguation Talk Request

This is a form message being sent to all WikiProject Disambiguation participants. I may have found your page based on your contributions or your link repair user box on your user page. If you are not a member, please consider including your name on the project page. I recently left a proposed banner idea on the WikiProject Disambiguation talk page and I would appreciate any input you could provide. Before it can be approved or denied, I would prefer a lot of feedback from multiple participants in the project. So if you have the time please join in the discussion to help improve the WikiProject. Keep up the good work in link repair and thanks for your time. Nehrams2020 22:58, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Taj Mahal RFC

I've filed an RFC relating to the Taj Mahal at Talk:Taj Mahal#Request for Comment: Inclusion of minority points of view. Your comments would be most welcome. Joopercoopers 18:24, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Biased editing of Technological Utopianism by Loremaster.

Due to your past contribution to Technological utopianism, you may currently want to help editing the Technological utopianism article because currently only one editor is contributing to the article. The Singularitarianism Article could also benefit from your help.

I feel Loremaster is editing Singularitarianism and Technological utopianism in a biased manner in accordance with his Save The Earth propaganda. Loremasters's ideology seems to verge towards Neo-Luddism. Here are the damming facts Loremaster has stated in discussion:

Loremaster says he is:

"...critical of techno-utopianism in all its forms."

Loremaster wants people to:

"...stop indulging in techno-utopian fantasies... ...so that we can all focus on energies on saving the planet."

Loremaster sees his editing as a 'fight' and he states:

"Although I am convinced that the world is in fact heading toward an ecological catastrophe, I think it can be averted and my optimism makes me want to fight to do do just that."

81.151.135.248 (talk) 12:08, 18 December 2010 (UTC)JB[reply]

LOL
Despite the fact that I openly admit to being a technorealist who is critical of techno-utopianism in all its forms, I have let never this point of view influence any of my edits or reverts of the Technological utopianism or Singularitarianism articles. On the contrary, I am the person most responsible for expanding the former article with content some would argue is “pro-techno-utopian” (i.e. passages from James Hughes' book Citizen Cyborg).
I find it disgusting that 81.151.135.248 would take comments I made out of context to falsely make it seem I see my editing of any article as part of my fight for the environment.
In light of this outrageous act of bad faith, I will do everything in my power to get this jerk banned from Wikipedia.

--Loremaster (talk) 00:46, 20 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Merge

I've suggested merging Farangi (which you worked on) into Franks. I think this is better by WP policy and more useful to the readers. Jaque Hammer (talk) 20:54, 6 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Would You like to Help?

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WikiProject Cleanup

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Proposed deletion of Character point

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Disambiguation link fixing one-day contest

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