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Martin Postle

Thanks for your message on my talk page. I think the article is coming along nicely. If you have more biographical details, such as date and place of birth, family details, early schooling etc, that would help round out the article. – ukexpat (talk) 19:38, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

city and state

I won't revert if you want to expand the Early life and career section, but the lead doesn't need to get into that level of detail. I have no idea if there's been discussion about city and state info on the talk page.
Also, please note that See Also sections are generally for tangentially related articles that haven't already been linked to from the article. Re-linking all of the sub-articles on the main article isn't needed, and neither is linking to the main article from one of the sub-articles. --Onorem♠Dil 03:11, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

I really haven't been following along closely enough to know if it's been discussed yet, but I wouldn't think that it would be controversial. If you think it might be, it's never a bad idea to start a discussion on the talk page before making a potentially controversial edit. --Onorem♠Dil 03:18, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Blist14

It looks like you were on the right track. Here is a page that lists most of the warning templates that are most often used. Personal messages are generally better than templated messages, but they work. Start at level 1, work up to level 4...report to WP:AIV if the user refuses to stop and/or explain their edits. --Onorem♠Dil 15:53, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Hello, It is me i think. You have new messages at DeadlyAssassin's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Do what Onorem says, its the offical way to deal with vandalism. Asarelah (talk) 20:53, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: Your question at WP:AIV

Just so you know, you can request Page Protection on a page that is receiving a lot of vandalism. Just go to Requests for page protection and it has all the instructions there. —Moo ^{[T • C]} 22:53, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi

Thanks for the message you left me, i dont know how you came across my page but im not that special in regard to reverting vandalism, in fact im still learning a lot like you. Whenever a user continues to vandalise just report them here after they have received sufficient warnings which you can find here. You may find it more useful next time if i hadn't helped to send a message to this user here - User:Thehelpfulone The user has helped me a lot and thats what they do, helpful one! Happy Wikipeding Roadrunnerz45 (talk) 05:48, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned articles

Thanks for your message on my talk page. The appropriate number of incoming links varies from one article to another, but I only consider one 'orphaned' if it has 2 or less; 3-5 incoming links is fine for most articles. The basic rule is, only add links from other articles where they're relevant to the context. I hope that helps; if you have any more questions, feel free to ask. Terraxos (talk) 00:03, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Martin Postle 2

Hi. No problem. I would love to be able to give it a Start rating, but there just isn't enough info on him at the moment, never mind if it is sourced or not. Best wishes. Ref ^(chew)(do) 14:55, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of List of hillary clinton presidential campaign endorsements

I have nominated List of hillary clinton presidential campaign endorsements, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of hillary clinton presidential campaign endorsements. 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. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? asenine ^t/_c 22:10, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Ayres

Hi, please see the talk page - the whole point was to expand the introduction per WP:LEAD. Thanks, Kaisershatner (talk) 14:21, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Deletion

No problem. It takes time to get the hang of things. Ty 02:06, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: Barack Obama Endorsements article

I put a suggestion on the talk page. They all should be included, but if Obama's campaign rejected them then that should be noted with an asterisk that says he repudiated them. What do you think about that? Check the talk page for my edit there on it. Arnabdas (talk) 18:09, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

I think in the source that I had put up Obama chastized Carter for meeting with Hamas saying terrorist groups are not heads of state. Therefore, it's a repudiation of the group. Technically, he is wrong on that point since Hamas was elected, but that's OR on our part. Arnabdas (talk) 14:54, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

reply to question about flags

Hillary Clinton has expressed multiply times her love of America (I can find credible sources and quotes if you need them) and I can't find any credible source/her her opponents which disputes this. Also, Clinton is a former first lady of America. This is more than appropriate. Do you disagree? It is me i think (talk) 15:41, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

That's precisely why we shouldn't include flags - we're not supposed to be planting suggestions of a person's patriotism or lack of it in their biography, and the flag doesn't add any more real information than saying her nationality is American. The nationality line in the infobox is not a political statement - her nationality just indicates what her citizenship is, and the flag doesn't tell us more than we already know. Please take a look at WP:FLAG if you haven't - it explains this guideline pretty well. Tvoz |talk 16:32, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

I did read through this WP:FLAG and this is where I got my idea. So is your suggestion no flag icons should be added to any politician. In full disclosure, I did add flags to an Austrian politician and a Nigerian. It is me i think (talk) 16:47, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Yes, that's pretty much what I'd say - best to leave the flags off of people's pages. Not to worry - you didn't do any harm. Tvoz |talk 17:55, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

When in doubt, don't add flags. That's my policy :) Kaldari (talk) 20:25, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

If all flags should be kept of all people, why does a flag icon exist? My apologies for sounding negative, but this sounds like your POV and not wikipolicy. Do you have a place for better clarification or may a recent dispute over flag icons which I could reference to see how users view the usage of the flag icon. Thanks, and my apologies again for being negative. It is me i think (talk) 19:47, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

I can't tell you why the flag icon exists, all I can do is refer you to the guideline that speaks against using them in biographies to illustrate what we already say in words - WP:FLAG. That is an official Wikipedia guideline - not a regulation, but something editors generally agree on and follow. I don't know what else to tell you, but I agree with Kaldari. Tvoz |talk 02:49, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of 2008 United States presidential election controversies and attacks

An article that you have been involved in editing, 2008 United States presidential election controversies and attacks, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2008 United States presidential election controversies and attacks. Thank you. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? Wasted Time R (talk) 19:34, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Hannity

I left a message on the Hannity talk page that I have no problem with the removal of the children's names. By the way, if you want your signature to turn blue just make a small edit on your user page. --PTR (talk) 20:30, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Click on your userpage tab and click "create this page" then put some text (just a dot is fine) and save. Your user name should turn blue after that. --PTR (talk) 12:18, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

You are very welcome. --PTR (talk) 16:29, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Hillary nomination

I see you support this article being nominated as a featured article. Just go to the Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Hillary Rodham Clinton page and say Support and why you're supporting the article for nomination. QuirkyAndSuch (talk) 09:18, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Bill Ayers

Please temporarily protect the Bill Ayers page, I'm worried about all the vandalism that has been done. You'd likely only have to protect it until the general election. QuirkyAndSuch (talk) 16:20, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

86.165.34.125

Please do not add messages to the talk page for user 86.165.34.125. There is a clear request to this effect in very large print on the talk page. The IP is shared with almost 150 users. 86.165.34.125 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 22:28, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

response

Here is how to create that WikiProject. I should tell you that I have never created a WikiProject before, and have not participated much in them even though I have been here for nearly 5 years! However, you can start the project by creating the page Wikipedia:WikiProject Philanthropists. Follow as much as possible the formatting in another wikiproject such as Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history. Start out with a mission statement, and an article that you would like people to work on. Finally, go through the histories of some articles about philanthropists, and write messages to some of the contributors who are still active, to get some advice from them and see if they would be interested in joining.

I hope this helps. Good luck. Academic Challenger (talk) 03:53, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

RfC on Weathermen, Ayers, Dohrm, Obama, and "terrorism"

Please note that I have created an RfC to discuss the matter of whether, how, and where we should use and cover the designation "terrorist" describe the Weathermen and their former leaders. It is located here: Talk:Weatherman (organization)/Terrorism RfC. The intent is to decide as a content matter (and not as a behavioral issue regarding the editors involved) how to deal with this question. I am notifying you because you appear to have participated in or commented about this issue before. Feel free to participate. Thank you. Wikidemon (talk) 20:14, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Please take another look at Weatherman/Terrorism RfC

This is a message sent to a number of editors, and following WP:CANVASS requirements: Please take another look at Talk:Weatherman (organization)/Terrorism RfC and consider new information added near the top of the article and several new proposals at the bottom. If you haven't looked at the RfC in some time, you may find reason in the new information and new proposals to rethink the matter. -- Noroton (talk) 02:25, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Editing survey

Hi It is me I think. My name is Mike Lyons and I am a doctoral student at Indiana University. I am conducting research on the writing and editing of high traffic “current events” articles on Wikipedia. I have noticed in the talk page archives at Barack Obama that you have contributed to the editing or maintenance of the article. I was hoping you would agree to fill out a brief survey about your experience. This study aims to help expand our thinking about collaborative knowledge production. Believe me I share your likely disdain for surveys but your participation would be immensely helpful in making the study a success. A link to the survey is included below.

Link to the survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=P6r2MmP9rbFMuDigYielAQ_3d_3d

Thanks and best regards, Mike Lyons lyonspen | (talk) 13:38, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

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