User talk:Sim(ã)o(n)

On a date? I can dream of it! If you should find I don't reply quickly, then I shall probably be tired or asleep. Or doing something else. Perhaps playing chess. Or perhaps reading the Bible. Or perhaps checking emails. Or something. Whatever. Probably not school, though, because I'm on holidays now. Well, anyway, I think you guys have got the idea.

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Hi! First of all, thank you for the cookies!... Now, I wanna thank you for your welcoming. I will check for help when I need it. Thank you again! Oh! And by the way, sorry answering only now... I've seen your post but haven't had time yet... Sim(ã)o(n) (talk) 18:29, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

Português, Mirandês & etc

Olá Simão,

De facto, na Internet aparece a informação de que o mirandês e a língua gestual são línguas oficiais em Portugal. Mas é somente uma força de expressão, talvez com o significado de serem reconhecidas oficialmente. Língua oficial há só uma, aquela em são redigidos os documentos oficiais (há países onde são duas e mais). Tem graça, conheço bem uma pessoa que fez o texto de vários programas "Cuidado com a língua" e eu próprio colaborei em dois! Cumprimentos, Alvesgaspar (talk) 00:06, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

Obrigado pela comunicação. Eu não tenho a certeza. Eu nunca desconfiei do Cuidado Com a Língua; sempre achei que diziam a verdade e que era feito por pessoas que tinham bastantes conhecimentos de Português. Mas pode-se confirmar noutros sítios. Eu hei-de ir vendo isso, mas para já, sugiro que se indique que são línguas reconhecidas. Na Wikipédia Portuguesa, é dito que a língua oficial é o Português, mas há uma nota a dizer que o mirandês e a língua gestual são reconhecidas e protegidas, citando os artigos da Constituição referentes a isso. Se souber como (digo isto porque eu não sei), faça algo semelhante na English Wikipedia. Já agora, quero felicitá-lo pelas suas contribuições, tanto para a English Wikipedia, como para as outras, se já lá fez alguma coisa! (Já agora, não será que alguém da English Wikipedia nos vai chatear por estarmos a escrever em Português?) - Sim(ã)o(n) (talk) 16:38, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

As normas legais que regulam o assunto são a Constituição e a Lei 7/99, que já referi. No artigo também há uma nota a referir o Mirandês e a Língua gestual portuguesa, veja com atenção na caixa à direita. Não há qualquer problema em falarmos em português! O uso doutras línguas é muito comum quando se conversa nas talk pages. Os meus contributos são sobretudo em imagens (flora, fauna, edifícios, paisagem, etc.). Veja na Commons, que é o meu poiso habitual: [1]. Alvesgaspar (talk) 20:04, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

Pois é, mas não tem nada a indicar o artigo da Constituição que o diz, o que seria bom. Para já, parece-me ser só isso... - Sim(ã)o(n) (talk) 21:26, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

Aviation accidents and incidents

Hi- I have made edits on User:Sim(ã)o(n)/sandbox and left comments at User_talk:Sim(ã)o(n)/sandbox. Please let me know what you think. Please feel free to undo/revert anything you don't like. Best--Godot13 (talk) 01:31, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Hello! Thank you for your edits. Read my reply on my sandbox's talk page -- Sim(ã)o(n) * ^{Wanna talk?} _{See my} efforts? 18:45, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Aviation incidents

Your solution sounds fine to me. Hot Stop talk-contribs 15:02, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! Now you see why you should justify your changes, right? It would make absolutely no sense to go on fighting... I can see through your home page that you are an active and congratulated Wikipedian. I appreciate that. I suppose that, as you live in the US, you may prefer to see dates in the format "mdy", but if the whole article is written in the format "dmy", we should keep it like that, unless when the date format is part of the way how the situation is known (as it was in the title). I also thought this was a good solution, but now I feel good that you think the same way! :) -- Sim(ã)o(n) * ^{Wanna talk?} _{See my} efforts? 15:19, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

Death tape

Please take a moment to review that the audio recording from the Death tape article was moved into Jonestown#Deaths in Jonestown section of the parent article (Jonestown, Revision as of 13:27, August 24, 2013). Additionally, your reversion to the Death tape article reintroduced several statements that fall under WP:WEASEL and WP:OR, including "Some debate has been raised as to the authenticity of the tape", and "In the background of the tape, there is what sounds like organ music and/or a choir singing. After careful analysis, however, it appears the music actually consists of a number of soul tunes". There is no sourced information within the Death tape article that is not already contained within Jonestown#Deaths in Jonestown, and the lack of sources show that this article is not independently notable of Jonestown. AldezD (talk) 12:02, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

I see your point. I hadn't actually noticed yet the recording had been copied when I undid your edit. That was good. I've actually downloaded the recording, though I haven't yet heard it...

About weasel words, or whatever there is here, I suggest that we analyse the article carefully. Here is the text of the article. Any green or red bold text between brackets is my commentary.

The death tape or "Q042" is the final tape recorded by Jim Jones before the mass suicide of the residents of Jonestown in Guyana, in 1978. This recording includes Jones urging the members of the Jonestown community to come forward to receive the poison – first for their children, then for themselves – as Jones describes the horrors of what would await those who did not commit what he described as "revolutionary suicide". (Everything fine so far) Some debate has been raised as to the authenticity of the tape, owing largely to the number of audible edits (Here begins the fight. I personally find no problem with this statement. It shows the viewpoint of those who hardly believe this tape actually refers to those events, and defends that...); however, given that other tapes generated by Peoples Temple also contain numerous edits, and given that the tape refers to events quite specific to 18 November 1978 (... and it goes on to present the viewpoint of those who believe this tape refers to the event, defending it, and basically explaining why this is the most widely accepted version. I see no problem with this sentence. It refers to both viewpoints. It's neutral.), it seems likely that the tape is genuine and it was recorded on that date. (Now here I could begin to disagree. Although it presents an apparently pretty logical deduction, it may not be so logical. Here the sentence, doesn't seem so neutral to me. Perhaps we should change to something like: "it seems plausible, and is widely accepted, that the tape is genuine and it was recorded on that date." If you have any better ideas, tell me.)

In the background of the tape, there is what sounds like organ music and/or a choir singing. (All seems fine to me here. I assume this is easily hearable if you listen to the tape.) After careful analysis, however, it appears the music actually consists of a number of soul tunes (such as "I'm Sorry" by the Delfonics and "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" by Aretha Franklin) originally copied onto the tape, then taped over by Jones, resulting in a "ghost recording". (This is one of those sentences that has to be sourced. This one is. If it weren't, I think it should be removed. But it is, so I guess there's no problem.) In 1984, Temple Records released a vinyl LP of the tape under the title Thee Last Supper. (Now it does seem like this sentence is really out of context. I think this sentence should be removed. No one cares about Thee Last Supper. We care about the Death tape. This should be removed.)

Now, besides those two sentences, I see no problem. If you think I'm wrong somewhere, please point out those sentences to me, and explain exactly what is wrong with them. I have no problem about letting the article be redirected to "Jonestown" whilst we reach a consensus, but I still think it should be reset, even by changing or deleting those two sentences. Please tell me your opinion. -- Sim(ã)o(n) * ^{Wanna talk?} _{See my} efforts? 13:57, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your comments. Here are some of my own additional comments in response:

• Some debate has been raised as to the authenticity of the tape, owing largely to the number of audible edits—Debate among whom? Scholars? Archivists? Individuals creating webpages about the incident? This is not sourced and not attributable to a specific group.
• however, given that other tapes generated by Peoples Temple also contain numerous edits—Where are the other tapes referenced in this statement? How can one prove there are other tapes and those tapes contain edits similar to what is being claimed on the death tape?
• it seems likely that the tape is genuine and it was recorded on that date—I agree with you that this should be modified to something such as "it is widely accepted that the tape was recorded on 18 November 1978.
• After careful analysis, however, it appears the music actually consists of a number of soul tunes (such as "I'm Sorry" by the Delfonics and "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" by Aretha Franklin) originally copied onto the tape, then taped over by Jones, resulting in a "ghost recording".—Careful analysis by whom? Is this an editor adding his own WP:OR? Also, this statement assumes the tape had a previous recording on it that was later recorded-over. There is no source stating this information is factual—it's one editor's analysis of what he or she thinks is on the tape and what happened. Adding "ghost recording" is WP:PEA way of sensationalizing the artifact.
• LP release—You and I are in agreement about removing that statement.

I'm not sure what you mean about being "reset" even though the redirect will stay in-place. Can you explain? AldezD (talk) 17:17, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Hmm... Well, maybe you're right. This debate related to the tape's authenticity has really no source... However, I would have trouble believing that no one disagrees with the fact that the tape is genuine... After all, when you say something without irrefutable proof, there's usually always someone saying that's not true, even if you don't hear them! But perhaps this is really not needed, if there's no place where they actually criticise this authencity. We have no access either to these "numerous edits on other Peoples Temple's tapes". So I guess this information could be removed. But now about the careful analysis and the status of the tape before the events of November 18^th, 1978, I have to say I wouldn't remove them because of the source. I've just taken a look at it, though, and read the text "in diagonal", but, through what I've read, I got the feeling that this is based on a lot of supositions... The author seems to assume from the beginning that there was no music being played during the mass murder-suicide, and they don't seem to explain why they believe that. It looks like this source isn't really reliable... Perhaps this statement could also be removed.

However, now I find myself before a hypothetical 2-sentence-and-1-audio-file article: the second adjective I've used speaks for itself—there's no reason for the article to keep on existing!... Or... is there? How short can an article worthy of existence be? Well, whatever the answer, I'm now pretty convinced that there's no reason why the article shouldn't be redirected to "Jonestown". In that case, let's keep it this way. And let me also note that, if anyone ever finds any reliable source that would help to add good information about this "Death tape", perhaps we should add this new information to the article "Jonestown", instead of re-opening the article "Death tape", because, indeed, anything in the latter can be easily inserted into the former, unless it becomes too much information. Summing up, it looks like I failed to notice some original research. I have to say these "weasel words" are very subtle. I've never really seen their danger... I would never doubt them. I'm not one of those guys who hears "Some people say that (...)" and immediately asks "I'm sorry, who?". You are one of those. That's good! Congratulations! And thank you also very much for your patience and desire to explain this to me! May you always be a good, helpful, and contributing Wikipedian! -- Sim(ã)o(n) * ^{Wanna talk?} _{See my} efforts? 21:19, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Based on your last comments looks like we are in agreement with authenticity. I think it'd be fine to say "widely accepted" regarding the recording date without having a definite source. Regarding the separate article, I don't feel this specific recording meets WP:GNG nor is it independently notable from Jonestown. If you want to merge anything into Jonestown we discussed above and are in agreement about including, go for it. See you around! AldezD (talk) 12:17, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

OK, we are in agreement. May both articles be merged (if they aren't yet). But what do you exactly mean when you say this recording doesn't meet WP:GNG? -- Sim(ã)o(n) * ^{Wanna talk?} _{See my} efforts? 14:09, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

(Untitled comment incorrectly inserted on this talk page)

Note: The following comment was inserted with this edit by 98.239.146.254 incorrectly on the top of my talk page, rather than, as appropriately, in a new section. As such, I've moved that comment here, and responded below.

How dare you edit other people's post to reflect your own personal religious beliefs? Are you insane?? By inserting this text into your personal page I am showing you the same sort of disrespect you display with your religiously motivated censorship. Would it be acceptable to you if people who find your religion offensive went into your posts and removed or altered your references to it? I can only assume it would not, and rightly so. Hypocritically, you do not show others the same basic regard/respect.

Despite my familiarity with the penchant religious folk have for imposing their magical "belief systems" on others, it still shocks me to see people like yourself so shamelessly attacking the work of others. Your sanctimonious patronizing condescension notwithstanding ('You see, I'm a Christian...[therefore it's okay for me to attack your work and change it according to my own personal opinions]'), your actions are aggressive. They are overtly aggressive acts committed against other people, and they are by definition antithetical to Wikipedian ideals.

Shame on you!!

ps - Because I am a devoted AntiChoclatarian, I have decided your reference to chocolate is offensive to my personal religion. Obviously, if it is offensive to me personally, that means it's okay for me to vandalize your page and alter your reference to it.

See how that works?

Hello, and thank you for sharing with me your opinions about my acts! Now, let me tell you a few things. First of all, your edit was basically vandalism. You've criticised me for altering someone's comment, since that sort of act is "by definition antithetican to Wikipedian ideals". Well, let me tell you vandalising is even worse. (I don't really think what I did was wrong, but I'll get there.) If you think it's OK to vandalise, since you are right, please read WP:POINT.

Moving on, who are you and what are you talking about? These are two questions whose answers you should always make clear when criticising others. Looking to your contributions, I can see you've never done anything besides making this comment. So who are you? And what are you talking about? I assume you were referring to a comment I have recently made on Talk:Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Well, unlike you're saying, I did not "edit other people's post to reflect [my] own personal religious beliefs". I don't think I have ever edited anyone else's posts. What I did that time was merely censoring a swear word that someone used on their edit summary when I quoted them. It was not a change of a post, but merely an act of censorship in a quotation. I even added the comment: "(By the way, I just don't like to use of swear words; that's why I've censored that comment. I hope you're OK with it...)". I don't think I was attacking anyone. In fact, censorship is something very common in many places, like documentaries (for example, documentaries made by National Geographic Channel—you must have complained a lot to those guys at NGC is you think what I did was offensive!), news articles (it is quite rare you actually hear bad words in news pieces, isn't it?), other good TV shows (like Modern Family), amongst others. Basically, all those guys to the same thing I've just done. And not all of them are religious. Is there anything wrong with that?

This act of censorship constituted absolutely no attack whatsoever. If there's anyone attacking anyone else right now, it's you attacking me. And I think there is no reason for anyone to find my religion offensive, since there's nothing is it that could be potentially offensive to anyone else (if you think I'm wrong, show me something that proves it). This doesn't happen with the comment that I censored, since the word that was used is in fact potentially offensive. So, I think my acts simply could not be considered to constitute any kind of offence. Please be more careful with the judgements you make of other people's actions.

In fact, let me add that I do not intend to ever say (or write) a swear word just because someone else said it and I'm quoting them or because someone has placed me in charge of performing a task that would require that. Furthermore, I completely disagree with Wikipedia's policy of not being censored. Before I was aware of this rule, I did once censor a bad word I had seen written on an article, but then I was pointed that this kind of behaviour was not recommended in Wikipedia. I've never done it again. But do not ever count on me to write a swear word anywhere—even in Wikipedia. That's just what I do. I do not intend to change it, since changing it would in fact only be for worse.

Oh! And I've restored the picture of the cookies. That was bad of you, and it was obviously much worse than censoring a bad word, which is something every good TV programme does. Please be more sensitive the next time you decide to vandalise Wikipedia: don't do it at all! Thank you for your attention! -- Sim(ã)o(n) * ^{Talk to me!} _{See my} efforts! 16:34, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

Misuse of edit requests

Hello Sim(ã)o(n). I have declined the latest edit request at Template talk:Aviation accidents and incidents in 2014. These continued requests with no real discussion about what to do with the template are becoming disruptive, and if you reactivate it again without a consensus to make an edit I will block you from editing for a length of time at my discretion. So please actually discuss the issue, rather than simply reactivating the edit request template without waiting for input from other editors. — Mr. Stradivarius ^{♪ talk ♪} 23:34, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

OK. I shall. Actually, allow me to tell you that I was indeed willing to stop reactivating the edit resquest after this last denial of yours. I actually wrote a response that I meant to publish, saying I was going to give up on that and try to get to a consensus, but there was a problem with my Internet connection, and I lost what I had written. So I gave up on that and went to sleep. I'm sorry for any disruption I've caused. I just meant to keep insisting, but... it may really not have been the best idea. Thank you for your warning! I will try to control myself the next time! :) Let's get to a consensus, and then I'll reactivate it. Thnak you once again! -- Sim(ã)o(n) * ^{Talk to me!} _{See my} efforts! 14:16, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

Pan Am Flight 103

Agreed.--Jetstreamer ^Talk 23:04, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! You're a nice guy! Happy editing! -- Sim(ã)o(n) * ^{Talk to me!} _{See my} efforts! 23:18, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Question

Would you please translate the entry "pt:Críticas à Rede Globo" for the wiki-en? Thankfully. 177.182.54.27 (talk) 14:29, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

I could, yes. However, the page seems to be huge... It would take quite a long time. However, school holidays are approaching, so I would indeed have more time for that. Nevertheless, would it really be worth it? Does anyone else want it translated or just you? And should I translate into the title Rede Globo criticism? That page is now a redirect to Rede Globo#Controversy. The talk page says the content of that article had been removed in October 2012. Shall I still do it anyway? -- Sim(ã)o(n) * ^{Talk to me!} _{See my} efforts! 15:48, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

Caro Simão. Eu não perderia tempo com este pedido. Primeiro, o autor não apresenta nenhuma justificativa, mas pronto, não é o maior pecado. O pedido vem de um IP, geralmente este tipo de pedido vem de editores mais sérios. Mas também isto não é pecado. O que realmente me preocupa é que este pedido é a soma de tudo que editor algum dia contribuiu, como podem aqui. Para quem nunca nada fez por aqui, o que quer ele agora fazer com a tradução da página? Ou é algum espertinho que tem de fazer isso de trabalho de casa durante as férias e pensou que ia aqui encontrar um trouxa para fazer isso por ele? Deixou o pedido na página de 88 editores!!! E ainda por cima nem tem uma página de discussão para receber qualquer resposta. Na WP portuguesa também apareceu hoje do nada e fez isto Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 20:19, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

Caro Rui, foi também isso que eu pensei. Pareceu-me bastante esquisito receber um pedido deste tipo. Por isso, hesitei um pouco. Além disso, a página Rede Globo criticism é agora um redirect para Rede Globo#Controversy. Parece ter sido, no passado, um "artigo-fantasma", que foi eliminado por conteúdo desnecessário, segundo me pareceu. Como tal, expressei esta minha preocupação na talk page deste artigo (Talk:Rede Globo criticism — give it a look!). De facto, a única razão que vejo para nos interessarmos nesta tradução será porque se trata de um featured article na Wikipédia portuguesa. Fora isso, o pedido parece algo suspeito. Acha que deveríamos talvez consultar um administrador? (E como, já agora?) Parece que, pelo menos, dois utilizadores estão interessados (User talk:Land Moil e User talk:SamSkulls). Eu estaria, mas estou algo céptico acerca da utilidade da tradução. O que acha? -- Sim(ã)o(n) * ^{Talk to me!} _{See my} efforts! 15:48, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

Jonestown corrections

In my capacity as the manager of the largest website on Jonestown and Peoples Temple at jonestown.sdsu.edu, I have updated the URLs from the old addresses on this page to the new ones. Fielding M. McGehee III Remoore24 (talk) 01:21, 7 February 2015 (UTC)Remoore24

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