User talk:Middayexpress/Archive 22

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Re: Cydebot

I've removed the category from Cydebot's list of current tasks, since the CSD task is already complete. See [1]. Now it's just a matter of undoing/reverting the bot's (most recent) edits to the Somali-related categories. Hope this helps, -- Gyrofrog (talk) 16:50, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Much obliged! Middayexpress (talk) 16:52, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Re: Advice

You can report the incident(s) at WP:SPI. About a year (or so) ago, Wikipedia combined "Suspected Sockpuppet Investigations" and "Requests for Checkuser" on one page. Which part(s) did you have questions about? -- Gyrofrog (talk) 22:02, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Italian East Africa

Firstly, you keep on saying that "it was not an italian colony", but I don't see what this has to do with what I did, we are talking about what was italian somalialand's successor entity, not the predecessor. Secondly, ok, the trust territory begun some years later, and in the middle there was a british protectorate, but you're clearly paying attention on flaws, because there is not a related page and the more useful thing to do would be to link the trust territory page, but since I understood that you will correct it till the end of times so i'll change it to meet your abiding rigour! Feel better? --82.131.92.134 (talk) 18:53, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

As already clearly explained, Italian East Africa -- the actual topic of the article -- ended years after the start of the U.N. trusteeship of the former Italian Somaliland; Italy was just assigned by the UN to administer the territory as a Trustee, not as a colony. The trusteeship period, in turn, began after Britain (not Italy) maintained the former Italian Somaliland. That means the flag of Somalia (which was created in 1954 by Mohammed Awale Liban, likewise well after the end of Italian East Africa) unfortunately has no place in the article. Middayexpress (talk) 19:04, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

as I already clearly explained as well, I knew this, but I wanted to address the reader to that page (read the previous answer), but the question now is: why did you removed also the British flag that I've put?

--Conte di Cavour (talk) 18:57, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

I did not remove any British flag; another user did when he reverted the IP that added it ([2]). Which begs the question, why did you feel the need to edit as an IP rather than using your real account?. At any rate, the British military administration of Italian Somaliland from 1941-1950 marked the effective end of Italian rule, not a continuation of it [3]. This is why the infobox explains that the territory lasted until 1941. Middayexpress (talk) 20:20, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

But the space on the left is dedicated at that objective: indicating the successor entity of what existed before...what does it mean "jt marked the effective end of Italian rule"...it's exactly the point! To answer you: not always, like now, I feel to log in because is annoyng but it is clear that this is me.

--82.131.70.17 (talk) 20:59, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Well then, I stand corrected. I have just consulted the relevant policy page, and those parameters are indeed reserved for succeeding entries. Also, I actually don't mind whether or not you log in as long as you don't do it to pretend to be someone else (which you don't appear to have done here, and that's to be commended). Cheers, Middayexpress (talk) 21:35, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Black people in France

sorry for making the list too long,I won't add anymore to the list,i added a few more before i saw your comment about not to add more to the list. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lastemperor8899 (talk • contribs) 05:21, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

No prob. It was just getting a little long for a non-standalone list. Cheers, Middayexpress (talk) 20:10, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

Holden et al. (2005)

Hi Middayexpress,

This is just a quick question, but do you have/know how to get access to this paper in full? I think it could greatly improve the Somali maternal section if we know the exact frequencies. Also, I would like to add that I hope in the future that we will get into less edit conflicts. I am sincerely not a troll nor afrocentric. Wish you happy holidays.

Wadaad (talk) 08:43, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

I presently do not have full access to the paper. Whether or not more edit conflicts are in store inherently depends on the quality of those edits, Afrocentric or otherwise. Happy holidays all the same. Middayexpress (talk) 17:32, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

Quick Question

Any reason as to why your deleting the images I've placed on Wikipedia?

For example the Rageh Omaar image? Which is used publicly all around google images and you can find plenty of copies of it.

Secondly, why did you remove the Khat image from the British Somali page? I got that from the Khat wikipedia page. Surely that was alright? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bazancourt (talk • contribs) 05:35, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

I don't think Midday did delete the images of Omaar, etc. They were removed from Wikimedia Commons because they did not have sufficient information on their copyright status or were being used in violation of copyright. Please see Commons:User_talk:Bazancourt. Cordless Larry (talk) 10:38, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

The khat pic was a bit excessive, as that is only really an issue for some. As for the other images, I did not delete them. Commons administrators did because no information on their copyright status was provided and/or they were copyright violations. Middayexpress (talk) 17:33, 1 January 2011 (UTC)