User talk:Solar

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come play Sandbox on parapsychology as a science. Martin^phi _{(Talk Ψ Contribs)} 06:21, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Restructuring Parapsychology

The parapsychology needs some serious restructuring. Come on over to my sandbox and see how you can help.--Annalisa Ventola _{(Talk | Contribs)} 07:32, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category rename

So you know, a category you created has been proposed for renaming at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 March 8#Category:Psychics. --Milo H Minderbinder 13:48, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation

Can you please check the link to retreat. it is DAB. Please revise it. Thanks! -Catneven 14:45, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright problem: James Herbert Brennan

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Dreadstar RfA

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Solar,
Thank you for your participation in my RFA, which closed successfully with 55 supports, 15 oppose, and 1 neutral. No matter if you !voted support, oppose, neutral, I thank you for taking the time to vote in my nomination. I'm a new admin, so if you have any suggestions feel free to let me know. I would like to give a special shout out to Fang Aili, Phaedriel, and Anonymous Dissident, for their co-nominations. Thank you all!

Dreadstar

This RFA thanks was inspired by The Random Editor's modification of Phaedriel's RFA thanks.

Thanks for your support! I took the easy way out of thanking everyone by ~~stealing~~ borrowing someone else's card design...but know that I sincerely appreciate your support and confidence in me! Dreadstar † 07:46, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Dreadstar, it was really good to hear from you this morning. I've really missed many of the Wikipedia community like yourself, but I got to the point that the attitudes of some editors towards parapsychological topics was beginning to take up time that I needed to spend on more productive pursuits than defending myself against the endless skeptical polemics. Having said that, I do intend get more involved again some time in the future. I don't know when yet. Keep in touch in the mean time. - Solar 10:04, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've missed you too Solar! I'm glad to hear that you're back...please do keep in touch, you've always been one of my favorite editors...! And um, I'm the one who accidentally posted an old message meant for someone else to your talk page...the one asking about your wikibreak...I accidentally copied it over from the previous edit..<sigh>...glad you responded to it here, instead of elsewhere...I took the liberty of removing the results of my mistake...! Dreadstar † 17:00, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

London Meetup - January 12, 2008

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Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in ...

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TfD nomination of Template:Solarwelcome

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Invitation to Wikipedia meetup in London

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Date: 13:00 onwards, Sunday 10 August 2008

Venue: Penderel's Oak pub, Holborn WC1 map

More information: Wikipedia:Meetup/London 12

Hello,

I noticed that you have listed yourself as a Wikipedian in London, so I thought you might like to come to one of our monthly social meetups. The next one is going to be on Sunday 10 August, which might well be rather short notice, but if you can't come this time, we try to have one every second Sunday of the month.

If you haven't been before, these meetups are mainly casual social events for Wikipedia enthusiasts in which we chat about Wikipedia and any other topics we fancy. It's a great way to meet some very keen Wikipedians, but we'd also love for you to come along if you're interested in finding out more about Wikipedia, other Wikimedia projects, or other collaborative wiki projects too.

The location is a pub that is quite quiet and family friendly on a Sunday lunchtime, so hopefully younger Wikipedians will also feel welcome and safe. Alcohol consumption is certainly not required!

Although the meetups are popular, many UK-based editors still don't know about them. It would be great to welcome some fresh faces, so I hope you can come along.

Yours,

James F. (talk) 09:27, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please forgive the slightly impersonal mass-invite!

Invitation to CfD Category:Pseudoskeptic Target Discussion

I noticed that you have edited in related areas within WP, and so thought you might have an interest in this discussion.-- self-ref (nagasiva yronwode) (talk) 18:47, 4 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of London College of Spirituality

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Vegaswikian

I found on http://fastss.csg.uzh.ch/FastSimilaritySearch5.php?tid=86414721 that you seem to have had problems with user vegaswikian. I am currently having similiar problems. Has anything ever been done about them? How do i go about reporting his abuse. He gave me a vandal warning on my own article that i created because I reversed his vandalization of it by reformatting it for no reason. I have continued to have problems with him since. He systematically goes behing blanketing almost every sentence with a request for inline citation when the source has already been cited numerous times. Please if you can point me in the right direction then i would greatly appreciate it. --T Keen (talk) 00:30, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Damien Hirst

Thanks for having a look at a problematic insertion. I've cleaned it up further. I notice you didn't format the refs. If this is an arcane area, have a look at WP:REFB. Ty 02:00, 1 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Francis Lucille

Hi, I have found your username from the spirituality section. I need your help and suggestion. I am trying to add an article on one of the Living spiritual teacher. but,I am facing an problem.

The editors who have visited this page don't understand spirituality and they have tagged it for deletion. i need your help urgently. so they are trying to compare it with other biographies in the field of sports etc. As you know,the field the spirituality is not very commercial. so I am having a hard time convincing them. could you please help amd and take a look at article. http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Francis_Lucille http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Francis_Lucille.

Appreciate all your help.

Thanks Amarhindustani Amarhindustani (talk) 15:44, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of Joseph McMoneagle

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Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. DreamGuy (talk) 19:55, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yet another attempt at the censorship of an article that could show evidence for RV and other psi abilities. I wonder how long it will be until the next sceptic attempts to have this article deleted because the individual involved doesn't support their views. - Solar (talk) 09:03, 12 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Unreferenced BLPs

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Shaun Monson - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

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Goetia seal

Hello Solar!! could you please put this Seal in Wikicommons, to be able to use on other wikis?! Thanks in advanced!! Light Warrior ^{Conspiracy?!?} 21:52, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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London Wikimedia Fundraiser

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Hope we'll see you there, (and apologies for the talk page spam) - Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry (talk) 23:59, 12 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello pal, just a quick message about the S. N. Goenka page

I see that you are looking for penetrative insights into the blameworthy aspects of the teachings of S. N. Goenka

In regards to his teaching of Vipassana,Blameworthy aspects are,, the inclusion of any chanting, making formal requests,, ritualistic repetition of reverential words and phrases, and inclusion of additional techniques such as Mettā in regards to the proper exposure of the teaching as it was laid down by Sidhartha Gautama

Quite recently about a billion people in China have been denied access to his version of the teaching because of S. N. Goenkas rigid stance in regards to the inclusion of morning chanting as a necessary aspect of the teaching which has caused its banning due to the Chinese government regarding it as a religion--Taxonoy (talk) 14:57, 13 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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