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Indian Buddhist Movement

User Thegreyanomaly the article "Indian Buddhist Movement" is about Religious movement which is growing in India slowly since last 50 years. If you are anti-Buddhist we certainly don't have any objection about your religion. You can be a Brahmin-Hindu if you are a priest by profession in any temple otherwise you are a Shudra-Hindu because all non-priest i.e. non-Brahmins are SHUDRA in Hindu Religion. In Kali Yuga Hindus have only two Varna as per the religious philosophy of Hindus. If you are from India then you might be knowing that Buddhism in India was totally killed. Some blame Brahmins Or some blame Muslims for that, it is a vast topic of study. I don't want to blame anybody. Hindu Castiesm and Hindu Untouchability became very strong after fall of Buddhism in Indian sub-continent and before British came to India. Education to all non-Brahmins was banned and the rigid Hindu Religious laws made by Brahmins like Manusmriti, VishnuSmriti and other DharmaShastras became the laws to govern the non-Muslim society.

British gave education for all and broke the anti-Human Hindu Laws. After Independence Dr. Ambedkar revived Buddhism in India. He also established "Buddhist Society of India" certainly NOT Navayana Society! So there is no meaning branding the movement as Navayana. Because the founder of India's Buddhist Revival Movement which is certainly against Hindu Casteism and injustice that Hindus are doing since hundreds of years called his movement as Buddhist Movement. Also Dr. Ambedkar said that 'He will convert whole India back to Buddhism' but he was killed just within 6 weeks after his conversion to Buddhism. Some people blamed Brahmins for his death. It is not sure how he died. I dont want to blame anybody. So you can discuss current Buddhist Developments in the article "Indian Buddhist Movement". About Hindu Caste and related things you better write to Hindu Articles Or Caste Related to Articles. If Navayana is a anto-caste publication then you should put that link in Caste Related article.

In India legal system we have Hindus, Muslims, Christens and BUDDHIST as different religion. Expecially our 2001 cencus gives more details about different religions population. We dont have any 'Navayana Buddhist' in whole India neither it is recognized legally anywhere. Officially we have around 1% Buddhists in India. This population unofficially can be 4% also because thousands of people are converting to Buddhism. But lets take official figures.

Caste is a problem of Hindus certainly not the problem of Buddhists. Be a contributor to wikipedia but don't just try to vandalise different articles. Dhammafriend 09:55, 18 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Some blame people who think the caste system is Hindu s opposed to Indian. Sadly Muslim castes (Sayyad - high, Bhangi, etc - low) cannot even be in the same graveyard. At least Hindus ashes all flow in the Ganges.Bakaman _Bakatalk 23:15, 22 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

dispute resolution

Hi man. I'd like to help you in any dispute resolution process by participating in it. If you'd like to initiate a mediation cabal or an RfC/RfA I'm fully game. Please inform me if you do. This is regarding Bodhidhamma and Truthlover's borderline racist POV pushing on Indian Buddhist Movement. Thanks and have a nice day.Hkelkar 01:33, 28 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Could you please verify the latest anon edits to the Indian Buddhist Movement as of now? They seem to be unsourced and I'd like your verification if that's ok.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Indian_Buddhist_Movement&diff=78614384&oldid=78613985

I mean the bit about Taiwanese collaboration (I may have heard something about this so am inclined to believe it, but could you check plz).Hkelkar 01:49, 30 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hkelkar you reverted the Indian Buddhist Movement article even though I gave links and proofs for the contents. One more thing BodhiDhamma is my brother in USA so we are not like you people because we are bold and truth speaking people. Don't vandalise the article without proper understanding. Study the present status. Dhammafriend 11:28, 6 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Indian Buddhist Movement again

Might want to look at it. User:Yeditor has removed the navayana stuff. I have had trouble with his tendentious edits before.Hkelkar 13:04, 2 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hkelkar This shows you both are more interested in Vandalising the Indian Buddhist Movement article again and again. Be positive. Come forward for open debate. I have told you people many times that if you want to debate face to face we can arrange our Buddhist friends meeting with you. So be open minded and know the truth about Indian Buddhist Movement Dhammafriend 11:25, 6 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Thegreyanomaly your edits are very helpful and informative. Please look more in the so-called Indian Buddhist Movement. Thanks. Holybrahmin 15:27, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Indian Buddhist Movement poratl

How can we expand the portal? Holybrahmin 13:15, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Indian Buddhist Movement

Hi,

I'm writing to you because I noticed that you contributed to the article and talk section of "Indian Buddhist Movement". I saw the article on the RFC page, then read the article and the talk page. I posted a lengthy analysis of the article on it's talk page and have watched it since.

I would like to invite you to read my analysis and post your opinion. This is a noteworthy topic, but it's currently incomplete and needs reorganization. The effort to improve this article has boiled down to two editors, dhammafriend and hkelkar, who are both engaging in edit wars and attacks on one another. There has been no substantial progress on this article since I first came upon it, so I'm hoping that you and other folks can come back an engage in a refocusing.

I greatly appreciate in advance anything you have to offer.

Sincerely, NinzEliza 03:05, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Gears of War Criticism

Regarding Gears of War Criticism, please see my comments in Talk:Gears of War#Criticism. --Rodzilla 06:55, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

South Asia

Stop pushing CRAPPY IndoPOV. It is you who refuse to discuss on the Talk Page. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 218.102.23.91 (talk) 06:35, 27 January 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Kindly note that since 1914, when India still had not gained independence, the Tibetans has accepted its subordination to China:

"It is understood by the High Contracting Parties that Tibet forms part of Chinese territory."[Point 1, Appendix, Simla Convention, signed by ROC, DL and UK/India]

For wikipedia, pls stop making factually-inaccurate statement.--218.102.23.90 06:41, 27 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

3RR on South Asia

Hello, I've blocked you for breaking the three revert rule on the article South Asia. In addition, edit summaries such as this [3] unnecessarily escalate tensions, and I ask you to refrain from edit warring and making comments like that after your block is up. dvd rw 08:11, 27 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

When does my block end Thegreyanomaly 18:55, 27 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nvm to my request I realized 3RR blocks are 24-hours Thegreyanomaly 07:02, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It has been 24 hours since my last revert, but I cannot edit. The only edits I made were continual edits on this talk page, so I could view UTC time and see how much longer my block would last Thegreyanomaly 08:24, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your request to be unblocked has been granted for the following reason(s):

Autoblock of 71.9.38.100 lifted or expired.

Request handled by: —Ryūlóng (竜龍) 08:39, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Regarding your edit to The Lost Tomb of Jesus‎

Just wanted to remember to you that when contributing to a controversial page such as this one you must always remember to be entirely sure and have a proper source for your edit, because in this cases an unsourced edit has a chance of ending in a whole edit war, just a friendly reminder -happy editing-Dark Dragon Flame 04:13, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

3RR

You're more in danger of violating 3RR than I am. I reverted the POV tag once, and your statement twice. 3RR requires reverting the same info more than three times. You have now made three reverts on the same info. One more and you violate 3RR. I don't say this out of animosity; I just want to be fair, to you and me. Ward3001 02:11, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion over the expert comment

Thanks for the invitation to discuss, but actually, like you, I'm in agreement with Cfortunato's latest edit. If it stays that way I see no need for discussion of that paragraph at this point. Ward3001 02:33, 14 March 2007 (UTC) Ok then. No discussion necessary Thegreyanomaly 02:34, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A couple of comments. Since the disagreement is resolved I think you should request that the page be unprotected. (And I have no plans to change the article as it is now.) Secondly, your request for protection states that "Christians have been continually citing non-statistical authorities..." How do you know if someone is a Christian? I reverted some of your edits. Do you know whether I am or am not a Christian? Please explain. I understand your request for protection, and even your disagreements with other editors. But don't make statements about other editors' religious affiliation if you don't know anything about it. It violates Wikipedia policy. And THAT is something that I will take to an administrator if necessary. Thank you. Ward3001 17:19, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It is irrelevant to me whom specifically you targeted in your statement about "Christians." My point is that you made statements on Wikipedia about any editor's religious affiliation without knowledge of it. In effect, you were assuming that editor(s) were adding, deleting, reverting, or making other changes because they are Christian. I think that is the basis for some (but not all) of your misunderstanding editors' intentions in their edits. I make no assumptions about an editor's religious beliefs unless the editor makes those beliefs known to me. I do not change an article based on an editor's religous beliefs. I would have no knowledge of your religious beliefs except that it was stated in your comment on Cfortunato's talk page. I reverted some of your edits because I disagreed with what you were saying, not because of your religious beliefs. I completely respect your right to disagree with any editor. But I think we could make more progress in coming to agreement on some of our differences if you did not assume that those who disagree with you are Christians and are making their edits because they are Christians. Ward3001 00:04, 15 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I never looked at your userboxes and never felt the need to do so, because your religious affiliation is irrelevant to whether I agree or disagree with you edits. I suspect that's the case with most editors, whether they agree or disagree with you or me. I begin by assuming good faith that an editor makes changes to the article because they believe it improves the accuracy of the article, not because they are waging a religious war. Most of the edits in the article are not a battle of Christians against atheists (or any other religious viewpoint). Apparently you feel a need to find out if an editor is Christian, and then you seem to assume that the religion of your "opponent" is what motivates their edits. And, in my opinion, THAT is the crux of much of your conflict with other editors. Please make your edits as you feel the need, but don't frame the conflicts as the Christians versus you. Thanks. Ward3001 14:56, 15 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Two points. First, I did not say or even imply that you are anti-Christian. I simply said that you seem to be assuming (based on your sweeping generalization that Christians are making some of the edits, and your description of finding out that your "opponents" are Christians) that those who disagree with you are doing so because they are Christian. Secondly, if it's fair to say that you keep your "atheistic and Buddhist beliefs out of" your edits, it's only fair to say that Christians or a person of any religion can keep his/her religious beliefs out of their edits. I quite disagree with your statement that "being Christian ... will influence an individual to being, at some level, against this documentary." I have no difficulty accepting that Christians, Jews, Muslims, atheists, Buddhists, Hindus, Taoist, Druids or anyone is capable of making edits for or against the documentary without regard to their personal religious convictions. Do you think you are the only person who can make unbiased edits without being influenced by personal religious beliefs? Ward3001 23:33, 15 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm perfectly entitled to respond to your statements on my talk page; you have no obligation to read or respond to what I write. If you don't want me to respond, then don't write anything on my talk page. Your logic is flawed: I did not imply that you make bad faith edits; I said that I assume others edit with good faith. Ward3001 00:25, 16 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

diamond bar high dubious tag

regarding link to college board if you read the pdf, diamond bar high is listed there as an example of a large high performing school

regarding diamond bar high wiki page

the pdf linked to college board does include dbhs read through the pdf, don't skim —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Igeoffi (talk • contribs) 06:12, 18 March 2007 (UTC). Igeoffi 06:12, 18 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

update: go to page 24 of the 2007 ap report to the nation from the college board link it clearly mentions diamond bar high as an exemplary ap calc ab program did you read the pdf before making claims that there was no mention of dbhs? Igeoffi 06:24, 18 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

How r u? --Nirajrm Δ | [sign plz] 03:42, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

hi

hello, cozu know gujarati and you are the first person to use userbox created by me!!!! So, thanks again...--Nirajrm Δ | [sign plz] 23:27, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Walking with Cavemen

Those edits apear to be OR unless they're sourced. Corvus cornix 23:06, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Deliverying User talk:207.181.15.218 final warning?

Does this [4] allow me to give him/her a last vandalism warning? Thegreyanomaly 23:23, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You can give a final warning at any point, dependent upon the severity of the vandalism encountered. The diff linked to AIV doesn't help me very much. If you have a diff that demonstrates vandalism after several warnings on the editors' Talk page then you can use that as evidence for a final warning tag. AIV is, I believe, for the reporting of vandals who continue on their reckless course past a final warning. Regards, (aeropagitica) 23:27, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Atheism

Please don't take this the wrong way, but I have a question. Your userboxes state that you are both a Buddist and an atheist. Just wondering, how this is possible? Thanks for answering (I hope), C0N6R355^talk_contribs 23:52, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Notability of Fall Program for Freshmen

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For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Jauerback 20:25, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RE: Kabul is not South Asia

I will provide more sources. However, lets keep in mind that I am from Kabul and you are an Indian with Pan-Indianism or Pan-South Asian ideology. -- Behnam 17:30, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No offense, but Indosphere is pretty cheesy

The "Indosphere" is a poorly cited concept, unused in academia or popular culture. You'd have to really beef up the main article before papering WP with it. Also, your change has been deleted from Indonesia before, so please use the talk page before adding it again. Cheers, --Smilo Don 19:24, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Further, if we allowed every template created from a geographical permutation, we'd have 40 templates on the Indonesia and other country articles. It really doesn't provide that much value - just more clutter - "death by templates". sorry. --Merbabu 22:28, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Alleged Indosphere of Afghanistan

Please stop making abrupt and unwarranted changes to the article without getting a reasonable consensus in the discussion. Moreover, when the matter is still questioned by various Wikipedia users like myself, you for some odd reason, decided to remove the POV tag.Scythian1 04:14, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Gandhara instead of Afghanistan

Please see the template. Gandhara, which is the historically viewed name of Eastern Afghanistan, has been inserted in lieu of Afghanistan. Best Regards Scythian1 01:30, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I reverted your change to Gandhara. I, in good faith, put Gandhara to make this matter settled. However you abruptly changed it back to Afghanistan without even discussing the matter in the talk section of the template. Scythian1 02:04, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I did see that Behnam did erroneously changed it. I will leave him a message as I am assuredly under the view that he may have not understood the matter fully. Though I highly appreciate your open-mindedness. Best regards Scythian1 02:41, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikiproject Digimon

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Edits to Asian Capitals

Your edits to the template "Asian Capitals" consists of a double listing of Afghanistan's capital, Kabul. That seems rather rhetorical in nature, and instead should involve only a single listing under one geographic region, with a notation stating that it is sometimes considered a part of another geographic region. In the case of Afghanistan, the consensus on Wikipedia seems to be that it belongs within the realm of Central Asia, and is only sometimes referred to as geographically South Asian in passing by various English language news services. Inclusion of Afghanistan within the realm of South Asia goes against academic views on the subject, and in fact in many cases reflects a tenancy towards irredentism. As a result of this clear dispute, I am going to request an RFC on this matter. Atari400 00:37, 31 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Afghanistan

On the fourth one I provided the source for Afghani. Please see talk page. Thanks. -- Behnam 05:48, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Neither The American Heritage® Dictionary nor Princeton's wordnet lists them as synonyms. It is dictionary.com that lists them as synonyms. And even if they had the exact meaning, they are still different words and are used and need be mentioned even if Afghan is more common. -- Behnam 01:17, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Byzantine religion

The Byzantines were all zealous Christians by c late 6th century and much of the Empire was Christian already before Rome fell in c 480 AD. Polytheism was struck a severe blow by Theodosius I Tourskin (talk) 04:03, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but the Byzantine Empire did not consist of the western proportions for very long. In any case its the official religion that is stated. The Empire allowed Jews, Muslims and others to worship, but these were not the Empire's official religion. Catholics worshipped at Constantinople but Roman Catholicism was not the official religion. Pagans may have worshipped in the countryside in secret. Again, not an official religion. The Head of State determines the religion and the Byzantine Emperor, being the Head of state, determined it to be Orthodox Christianity. Tourskin (talk) 18:37, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Indosphere

I accept only cited facts. As of yet, you have given no sources to show that Afghanistan or Baluchistan belong to your notion of an "Indosphere", or a "Greater India". I am sorry, but you seem to espouse an Indian nationalistic viewpoint that as of yet, is not backed up with sources. After all, what makes Baluchistan or Afghanistan part of an Indosphere/Greater India, exactly. That has not even been addressed. More importantly, why do you even feel the need for such an inclusion? Atari400 09:16, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I would also point out that Balochistan (region) is neither a country nor a territory. Each of the other countries and territories in that template is a recognised political entity but you will have a hard time proving Balochistan region is even a territory. Green Giant (talk) 03:02, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Afghani

The discussion you pointed to is only for the infobox. Nothing else. Also, this is a disambiguation page. You should look into what the purpose of a disambiguation page is (link]). CanadianAnthropologist (talk) 06:33, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

South Asia

It is ridiculous.

Go and take a look at Talk:Tibet/Archive_5#South_Asia, it is YOU who failed to convince all other editors on accepting Tibet forming part of S. Asia. And all those useless sources are hardly GEOPOLITICAL.

On Talk:South Asia I see that another editor has warned you half a year ago he/she would remove those crappy and offtopic citations unless you show us some genuines GEOPOLITICAL sources, and you FAILED.

It's a GEOPOLITICAL topic, those "language center/cultural centers"...blarblarblar are not authoritative on this matter and thus OFF-TOPIC. (Even if it's worth mentioning, please do it only as "Reference")

I have monitored this pages and your POV-pushing for years, so don't childishly think that we dont know it. You are the one who must be warned.

Hands off!

--210.0.212.59 (talk) 01:36, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ha! There is no use sending me this. John Hill and I have proved that you push lies on the article. And I will unquestionably present this case to (other) administrator--210.0.212.59 (talk) 04:18, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Is it the first time you edit in Wikipedia??? Every editor knows that all disputed edits/citations cannot be added on the main article unless consensus has been reached with other editors. Can't you read simple english? --210.0.212.59 (talk) 04:28, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RE:AIV

I removed your report to AIV because AIV is only for simple vandalism. Edit wars should ideally be settled by communicating on talk pages; I know that the user hasn't exactly been civil, and will leave a note on their talk page about that. If a 3RR conflict does arise from this, please use Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RR instead. Thanks! Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 04:45, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Looking through the editor's contributions, it seems they're bent on having their way; I'll have one more word with them, and if they continue to edit war, then yes, you may report them to the 3RR noticeboard. Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 05:04, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

References Test (Everyone ignore)

Tibet^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

Ref

^ Center for South Asia Studies: University of California, Berkeley [1]
^ Center for South Asia Outreach UW-Madison [2]
^ http://www.ii.umich.edu/csas/aboutus/contactus
^ http://www.brandeis.edu/registrar/catalog/one-subject.php?subject_id=6550 this sources admits in certain contexts that Tibet and Afghanistan are South Asian
^ http://www.britac.ac.uk/institutes/SSAS/about.htm Tibetan and Afghan flag shown
^ http://oscar.virginia.edu/asp/orgView.asp?txtId=26
^ http://www.hawaii.edu/asiaref/sasia/sawebsites.htm
^ http://southasia.rutgers.edu/
^ http://www.asianstudies.emory.edu/sa/languages.htm

Julian the Apostate article renaming

I have recently filed a request to have the page moved so that 'the Apostate' will be removed. If you support (or oppose) the removal of this descriptor, please voice your opinion at Talk:Julian the Apostate Thegreyanomaly (talk) 06:37, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, I have not been checking in to Wikipedia so much lately and apparently the poll is closed. Although I don't have a strong opinion on this I do think you are right. I'm frequently disappointed at how much bias and prejudice gets preserved in Wikipedia (this is not the most egregious example but still ...). --Mcorazao (talk) 04:26, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Echo the above comment in all regards. Left a comment as requested. Unimaginative Username (talk) 09:32, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

TfD nomination of Template:Countries of the Indosphere

Template:Countries of the Indosphere has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. Victor12 (talk) 04:07, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nice to meet you!

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Add this article to your watchlist

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I think you may be interested in this. Please add this article to your watchlist as soon as possible.

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Hiiiiii

Hi, How are you? --Nirajrm Δ | [sign plz] 01:51, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

anomaly

so im not the only anomly on wikipedia well besides my little brother but thats not the point .. nice to meet ya.--ANOMALY-117 (talk) 18:13, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Invasion of Tibet

Someone has proposed a move back to the original title of this article. It would be great to have your input. Please chime in. Thanks. Yunfeng (talk) 21:16, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Barking at people for no reason is rude. --Littlebutterfly (talk) 22:08, 13 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Littlebutterfly

Hola. Please see User talk:Longchenpa#User:Littlebutterfly. User:Longchenpa and I are going to start dispute resolution proceedings against User:Littlebutterfly and we thought you might want to join us. Yunfeng (talk) 17:55, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough! Good luck on your test. Yunfeng (talk) 19:38, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

LB doesn't seem to understand the distinction between a different perspective and deliberate obscuring and distortion of the facts. And he/she uses the same strategy I used to use against my little brother when I was 9: I'd bug him until I knew he'd hit me, and then I'd run to mom and say, "He hit me!" Longchenpa (talk) 04:41, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Heads up. Gimme danger has enlisted Littlebutterfly's help in improving the History of Tibet article to Good Article status. I raised my concerns about this with Gimme danger, who immediately erased them from his talk page. Longchenpa (talk) 00:52, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by The Houesse (talk • contribs) 05:05, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Gimme Danger's Wiki Project on Tibet

I did some checking up on Gimme danger's Wiki Project on Tibet. As far as I've found he has invited:

So far. Although I haven't looked earlier that April 14. I've informed Gimme danger that I would feel more comfortable if he had included any of the Tibet editors in his invitations. I'm going through the edit histories to see what's going on here. Longchenpa (talk) 17:19, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

April 2008

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. If necessary, pursue dispute resolution. You're at 4RR

OrangeMarlin ^{Talk• Contributions} 07:43, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Indian_American and language

Hello,

   I noticed that you removed the dubious tag from Indian American's language infobox.

I read the citation See page 4, and nowhere does it say that Hindi, Urdu, and Gujarati, are the three most common languages spoken by Indian American's in that order, which is what the Wikipedia article had said.

It merely says that amongst the [[Official languages of India] that aren't English, Hindi, Urdu, and Gujarati have the most number of native speakers resident in the United States of America.

Urdu, and to a lesser extent Gujarati, are not exclusively spoken by Indian American's, Urdu being the official language of Pakistan. As such, many Urdu speakers are not likely to identify as Indian American, and would identify as Pakistani American instead.

Thus it is incorrect to refer to those three as the 3 most commonly spoken languages by Indian Americans.

Arun (talk) 03:06, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Propaganda

I think they should both be listed as Propaganda. --Palming (talk) 23:25, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, TGA. Propaganda, apart from its technical dictionary definition, has a very negative connotation, and as such, whether a given work is propaganda is a matter of opinion. As such, articles should not describe such works as propaganda as a matter of fact, but only as an opinion that is properly attributed to a reliable source, as in the Criticism sections of such films. Describing or categorizing such films as propaganda is a clear violation of WP: NPOV. Please do not place that category in the films again. Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 00:35, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Expelled

3RR warning you are close to breaking/have broken, the rule watch out. Thegreyanomaly (talk) 03:51, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Thegreyanomaly - Hello. I don't think you are following very closely. We are debating on the Talk page. I am also providing permutations of the edits I'm offering to improve the article and bring it into consensus territory. It's not 3RR. This is despite the fact that the discussion on the Talk page is providing no supporting facts or substance and can frankly be summed up by pointing to POV film critiques. I welcome your input in the debate. Regards, --Davidp (talk) 03:59, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Anomaly. Please use more descriptive, less charged edit summaries than this. Thank you. Nick Graves (talk) 01:48, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Probably not sock puppetry

Thank you for your message. A user is allowed to retire and return with a new account, or as an IP, so long as they are not doing so to violate policy. In this case, we should try to protect their privacy. I looked quickly, and did not see any abuse. Best regards, Jehochman ^Talk 01:11, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

South Asia

Nice to see someone taking an interest in the article. Even nicer to see that it's someone exactly my age. Cheers - Amog | ^{Talk • contribs} 06:09, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Atari400

If you continue this attack on that former editor's talk page, I will simply request that the page be protected. At this point, your behavior does appear to be out of line, and not in good faith. 71.107.70.47 (talk) 07:14, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Thegreyanomaly's move to restore the content. The user was banned, not retired, and his content restore was not vandalism as you claim. His edits were certainly in line, and in accordance with Wp's policy against banned users. - Amog | ^{Talk • contribs} 07:48, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Canvassing

Please read WP:CANVASS; it is utterly improper to solicit !votes on a poll, and this is one reason votes aren't counted. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 20:55, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism-like on South Asia

Don't be childish, Goldstein's description on Sino-Tibetan relation has been cited for long time on wikipedia (See Tibet). If you can read simple English, for your POV accusation please kindly read the exact quotes from Goldstein which I just added:

"While the ancient relationships between Tibet and China are complex and beyond the scope of this study, there can be no question regarding the subordination of Tibet to Manchu-ruled China following the chaotic era of the 6th and 7th Dalai Lamas in the first decades of the eighteenth century."[Goldstein, 1989]

and more...

"From 1751 onwards Chinese control over Tibet became permanent and remained so more or less ever after, in spite of British efforts to seize possession of this Chinese protectorate at the beginning of the twentieth century."[Gernet, Foster & Hartman, 1982]

"In 1751 the organization of the protectorate took its final shape, which it maintained, except for some modifications in 1792, till its end in 1912. The ambans were given rights of control and supervision and since 1792 also a direct participation in the Tibetan government."[Petech, 1972]

And please also note that TAR's status as part of PRC is worldwide accepted.(the term TAR itself is invented by PRC). Since 2007, the Dalai Lama and the TGIE prime minister have clearly state that they let the Himalayan region stay within the Chinese boundary/constitution. Do you want me to show you the quote?

Please also don't make me laugh and look down on you by saying something senseless like "I am UC students b-b-blah". Even if you claim youself as "Yale phd", "Harvard professor", it still means nothing to me as (WARNING) everyone must follow the golden ruleof WP:CITE.

By the way, the 898-page Goldstein account is right on my desk, I have full access to every page of the book, so let me know if you need help.

CAL student? Bah! 219.73.86.234 (talk) 06:47, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The page numbers have been provided on the South Asia article at the very beginning, it is YOU who vandalized and removed all the three sources(MSN Encarta, Gernet J. and Goldstein).

Asking (not "doubting") anyone if he can read simple english is a sign of providing help but not the opposite.

Have a nice day. 219.73.86.234 (talk) 08:14, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I raise no quesion on your latest edits on South Asia. 219.73.86.234 (talk) 13:57, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please show me any example. Nevertheless, two wrongs do not make one right. BTW, on:

"I only mentioned I am a Berkeley student to make it clear that I have access to one of the books in question at the moment"

I would like to correct the misconception telling you that being a CAL student, yes student, would not make one have privilage access to book published by University of Cal Press. University departments and University Press are two diferent legal entities. Oxon students would not have special access to OUP-published dictionary. Please make appropriate edit summary or your behaviour would be regarded as POV-pushing or even vandalism. 219.73.86.234 (talk) 01:14, 18 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You have access to the largest library system, and then? Make you a more authoritative on editing South Asia?

I think we Editors should be more mature/professional on editing and should not speak like a spoild kids with those senseless bunchy "reverts" Can't you see how messy the article was 219.73.86.234 (talk) 03:07, 18 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

So enlight me, what has the largest library system got to do with Goldstein's book and your reverts?219.73.86.234 (talk) 03:12, 18 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Do you know there is such a place named Talk page?219.73.86.234 (talk) 03:19, 18 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I still haven't finished my editing!219.73.86.234 (talk) 03:20, 18 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

is it official Wikipedia editing method? BTW, which citation I have accidentally removed? Tell me.219.73.86.234 (talk) 03:23, 18 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked

You have been blocked for a period of 31 hours for edit warring on South Asia. You have been blocked for this before on the same article and as such you should know better. To contest this block please place {{unblock|your reason here}} below. Tiptoety ^talk 03:27, 18 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Thegreyanomaly (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

regarding South Asia. An uncivil IP vandal 219.73.86.234 was drastically editing the page, removing much cited content. This user was also wikistalking, following my every move. I was trying to get this guy off my back. He/she was not acting in line with good faith (see mine and his/her talk page). For example, I was trying to make a point that because I am a Berkeley student I have access to the books s/he was citing. These were his/her responses

“

"I only mentioned I am a Berkeley student to make it clear that I have access to one of the books in question at the moment"

I would like to correct the misconception telling you that being a CAL student, yes student, would not make one have privilage access to book published by University of Cal Press. University departments and University Press are two diferent legal entities. Oxon students would not have special access to OUP-published dictionary. Please make appropriate edit summary or your behaviour would be regarded as POV-pushing or even vandalism. 219.73.86.234 (talk) 01:14, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

You have access to the largest library system, and then? Make you a more authoritative on editing South Asia?

I think we Editors should be more mature/professional on editing and should not speak like a spoild kids with those senseless bunchy "reverts" Can't you see how messy the article was 219.73.86.234 (talk) 03:07, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

So enlight me, what has the largest library system got to do with Goldstein's book and your reverts?219.73.86.234 (talk) 03:12, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Do you know there is such a place named Talk page?219.73.86.234 (talk) 03:19, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

I still haven't finished my editing!219.73.86.234 (talk) 03:20, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

is it official Wikipedia editing method? BTW, which citation I have accidentally removed? Tell me.219.73.86.234 (talk) 03:23, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

”

and here were mine

“

I will fully respond to your comments at a later time within the next week, I am rather busy with summer school and work at the moment. Two things I am going to mention

If you can read simple English, for your POV accusation please kindly read the exact quotes from Goldstein which I just added: comments that criticize or question an individual's linguistic abilities go against WP:CIV. Just a friendly reminder.
I only mentioned I am a Berkeley student to make it clear that I have access to one of the books in question at the moment.

Thegreyanomaly (talk) 08:04, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

also please, when you put quotes on my talk page, or on any page for that matter, please give page numbers so that I and others can read the contextual material around the quote.

Thegreyanomaly (talk) 08:07, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Asking (not "doubting") anyone if he can read simple english is a sign of providing help but not the opposite.

I have seen other IPs on Tibet-related pages say more or less the exact same thing and they were told that they were in violation of WP:CIV.

I will respond to your other comments after my midterm on Monday.

Thegreyanomaly (talk) 20:36, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Being a Cal student gives me access to one of the world's largest library systems meaning I have access to lots of books regardless who they are published by, that was the point I was trying to make. My point was independent to the fact that the book was published the UC. I meant no insult or condescension in my statement. Thegreyanomaly (talk) 03:04, 18 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

as for WP:CIV, here is the evidence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:210.0.212.59 . Admin User:Master of Puppets said it himself Thegreyanomaly (talk) 03:04, 18 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I never said that made be a better scholar at South Asia. You are trying to imply false things and are not acting in line with WP:AFG

”

This user's behavior was despicable and provoking (see our talk pages and above), especially with the large scale wikistalking. I was trying to protect the page from this ip address's vandalism. Initially, when the IP edited the page, they were putting in new sources, but it was very clear to me that for at least one of the sources they were adding, they were adding what they saw as the pro-PRC/anti-Tibetan point of view ignoring the pro-Tibetan text that was on the exact same. I admit I hastily reverted the first time, but they afterwards I edited their reference and added the Tibetan view also depicted in the source in question. After that, this IP started doing away with large amounts of the page with absolutely no consensus for such drastic edits. It now appears that User:Becky Sayles stands on my side that this IP's edits were overly drastic and improper. I have on and off seen IP vandals within this user's range that were also from Hong Kong (219.73.86.234 is from Hong Kong), that have committed such vandal edits to South Asia. This IP was just another one of those and the number of them has been increasing because the 2008 Olympics and Tibet.

Yes I was blocked on South Asia a long time ago, when I was a relatively new user. I had only been on Wikipedia for a bit over six months and I had a distasteful introduction to Wikipedia on Dalit Buddhist movement‎ having to deal with uncivil sockpuppets. It gave me a bad mindset while editing Wikipedia. After my 3RR, I have learned a lot more of how Wikipedia works and how it should be treated since then. I don't that 3RR should count against me right now. Also note, my other block from South Asia was caused by another Hong Kong IP 218.102.23.126 with similar motives. (if you look at their contrib records, they never were banned or blocked and they disappeared right after I was 3RR'd).

I was trying to undo large amount of vandalism committed by this IP (removing large chunks of references should be considered vandalism).

Note: the other party also demanded to see what references they were removing. They easily could have done that had they looked their edit diffs. Their refusal to look at the diffs should not be used to punish me as they are implying on their talk page

Decline reason:

Your request is too long and was not read. See WP:GAB. — Sandstein 11:32, 18 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

From looking at the edits the IP was making, I agree they were darastic (and as such they are blocked too), but I would not call them vandalism and as such making revert after revert is really a disruptive way to handle this situation. Tiptoety ^talk 03:34, 18 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

autoblock...

((unblock-auto|1=169.229.83.145|2=Autoblocked because your IP address was recently used by "Thegreyanomaly". The reason given for Thegreyanomaly's block is: "Edit warring: on South Asia".|3=Tiptoety|4=990454))

My block was scheduled to end approx. minute ago. It was 3:24 PST (10:24 UTC) and I got this autoblock... I didn't violate any block rules that I know of. I did not attempt to evade the block. I did not edit Wikipedia articles (other than this talk page) in the last 31 hours Thegreyanomaly (talk) 10:29, 19 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

BTW this a dorm internet connection that I am using. Thegreyanomaly (talk) 10:29, 19 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Prior block expired, so removed a lingering autoblock (unfortunately, they don't always end at the same time -- it's complicated). Try again? – Luna Santin (talk) 10:32, 19 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Clone Wars

Please refrain from adding those games. As a disambiguation page, it should be limited only to things known as "Clone Wars". The games are generally referred to by their subtitles, "Lightsaber Duels" and "Jedi Alliance", so do not belong on the disambiguation page. Thanks. Rhindle The Red (talk) 14:34, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Google hits are irrelevant. Those two titles are more than clearly disambiguated by their subtitles, they do not need to be linked from the disambiguation page Clone Wars. People looking for them are not likely to be simply typing in "Clone Wars", which is the point of a disambiguation page. They may type in "Clone Wars video game" and the fact that there are three games that could fall under that might justify a disambiguation page there, but the two new games do not belong on Clone Wars, just as all Star Wars video games do not belong on Star Wars (disambiguation). And please do not simply revert me again, if you have any further arguments, keep them here. Thanks. Rhindle The Red (talk) 16:46, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What you have been saying is OR. The two new games are known equally by the title Clone Wars. I am reverting your edits once again and filing an RfC on the page. Google hits are relevant. They show what people mean when they search Clone wars videogame. All three video games show up. Thegreyanomaly (talk) 20:03, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Even Wookiepedia, a SW wiki, depicts the new games on its Clone Wars disambig. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Clone_Wars_(disambiguation)Thegreyanomaly (talk) 20:04, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Expelled

"… does not even acknowledge the NCSE as a neutral source."

I'm afraid this is true of a few people lobbying Expelled. I don't understand a willingness to accept deceit to bolster one's belief. I have serious doubts that people who argue against propaganda have read the resources. (sigh)

--UnicornTapestry (talk) 02:53, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Latin

I found your fields of study combination interesting. I attended the last of the Latin schools and had a couple of years, but about all that remains is being able to pick out words here and there.

Jean-François Groff (who worked with Tim Berners-Lee to develop the www) has suggested Latin as an internet lingua franca rather than Esperanto. He argues that it's relatively compact, underpins most Western languages, and is better known than Esperanto.

--UnicornTapestry (talk) 03:00, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

New debate

>Another debate has arose. Your return has been requested. Thegreyanomaly (talk) 01:55, 1 September 2008 (UTC

Thank you for notifying me. Could you point me to the page? Thank you.

--UnicornTapestry (talk) 04:05, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Got it. Thanks. --UnicornTapestry (talk) 19:25, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pakistani Americans

Hello. Could you please explain your revert to the article Pakistani Americans, as you left no reasoning. Scythian77 (talk) 16:12, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Almost two weeks have passed, and I am still waiting for your response to this question. You continue to revert without any discussion. If you continue with this behavior, it may be construed as vandalism. Scythian77 (talk) 06:14, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Daimler AG

How about putting a describtion to your changes. AND, why split the article?--Tomtom9041 (talk) 03:53, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Daimler

The User:THEunique talk page musta rolled over to you somehow...? Sorry--Tomtom9041 (talk) 14:14, 24 September 2008 (UTC) AND, why have you been monitoring him?--Tomtom9041 (talk) 14:15, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Hi there. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. If you can't type the tilde character, you should click on the signature button located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your name and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you! The Scythian 07:43, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

POK term

as long as you vandalize azad kashmir with indian propagandist terms such as "Pakistan occupied Kashmir" i will also put this IOK label on all indian kashmir articles kapish dont start nothing there wont be nothing 86.151.125.184 (talk) 07:55, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

am the one keeping things as they were. You are the one entering the POV. Also if you wish to be a serious editor, please register and make an account Thegreyanomaly (talk) 08:06, 22 October 2008 (UTC) REPLY: Are you serious you just removed the long standing indian occupied kashmir sentence from Jammu and kashmir and you started adding it to azad kashmir get a grip 86.151.125.184 (talk) 08:13, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Edit summaries

Whatever subcontinental proxy war you are involved in, please help the rest of us WP readers by trying to confine Edit Summaries to their intended use, not to engage in edit fights. The more of what you do you do then the less some people will value anything you write. WP says if you cannot accept changes to your edits (even if spiteful or false or whatever) then do not edit.--SilasW (talk) 08:40, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

User notice: temporary 3RR block

Regarding reversions[6] made on October 22 2008 to Where hasn't it happened?

You have been blocked from editing for a short time in accordance with Wikipedia's blocking policy for violating the three-revert rule. Please be more careful to discuss controversial changes or seek dispute resolution rather than engaging in an edit war. If you believe this block is unjustified, you may contest the block by adding the text {{unblock|your reason here}} below.

The duration of the block is 24 hours.

Sorry old fruit, but rules is rules and its more than my jobs worth. Etc etc.

Hints for next time: look at The history of the Wakhan Corridor whatever that is. Presumably some plush carpeted hallway somewhere. its a giant pile of reverts. No-one has even bothered with edit summaries. Now look at the talk page [7]. Nothing. Not a word. It won't work guv William M. Connolley (talk) 22:58, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

More tedious advice available upon request.

William M. Connolley (talk) 22:58, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

test —Preceding unsigned comment added by 169.229.100.189 (talk) 21:02, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Propaganda

I'm not sure how citing a few newspaper/magazine articles factually justifies "Expelled" as propaganda. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.77.26.76 (talk) 05:48, 29 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Middle East

You might want to engage in discussion before reverting my edit, as to avoid an edit war. At no point did I claim Pakistan was "Middle Eastern", but only that a portion lies on the Iranian Plateau, and thus is included partly within the geographic defintions section. This is common geographic usage. The Scythian 07:49, 2 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

South Asia communalism

Please stop removing the persecution of muslims section on the see also of the article your islamophobic nationalist hindu views from the BJP must end 86.158.234.2 (talk) 14:24, 15 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Biased Indian editor

please stop adding the disputed tags to articles relating to pakistani kashmir and removing them from indian administered kashmir articles e.g NUN KUN and desoi national park your bias is so evident you remove the disputed tags from indian administered territory and add it to pakistani territory thats beginning to annoy me now please stop your pro indian pathetic edits. 86.162.68.36 (talk) 21:26, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

re: Image:Samesex marriage in USA.svg

I had responded on commons to take the stripes out of the map. I haven't gotten a response back. But I can look at changing California when I wake up tomorrow. As far as I know, anyone can save an .svg file? If not, I'll save it as a .png and someone can change it if they want. Also, if you link to an image, put a colon after the double bracket and before the image name. For example [[:Image:Samesex marriage in USA.svg]]. That way it links to the image, but that image doesn't show up on the talk page. :) CTJF83Talk 08:44, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, Image:Samesex marriage in USA.svg is updated! I don't think we should put the legality of the ban is in question...just yet. Let's see what the California Supreme Court does first. CTJF83Talk 05:34, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I reverted your edit to Image:Samesex marriage in USA.svg as yellow stripes are unneeded and redundant. There have been two discussion on that (I can find them if you want me to). If you have any concerns with this, please let me know, and we can discuss it. CTJF83Talk 07:04, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I posted to you here CTJF83Talk 21:37, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Why did u make it purple only? Why no stripes? CTJF83Talk 06:54, 13 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Kal Penn's Ethnicity

The manual of style is specific regarding this point. There is nothing in the intro paragraph, indeed the entire article, that warrants identification as Indian American. The 'early life' section mentions his heritage. Please review and see similar examples on other people's biographies.

Your point, that it is relevant to Kal Penn, unfortunately does not make it relevant for Wikipedia. TunaSushi (talk) 21:16, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Saser Kangri and Nanga Parbat

I am concerned about your contradictory edits to these two mountains. You insist that Nanga Parbat is in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir and that Saser Kangri is in India. Infact, both are in the Kashmir region, all of which is disputed. Viewfinder (talk) 20:37, 19 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Award

		The India Star
		For protecting India articles from POV pushers. KnowledgeHegemony ^talk 17:58, 21 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Nangparbat

Sockpuppet reports and the checkuser request pages have been merged into one operation now; located at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations. Try filing the report there. Note that I have withdrawn from any involvement in this matter as of a few months ago. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 07:59, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Probably not; start a new one following the procedure listed in the new page. I've not had time to take a look at how the new process works, but it looks substantially different from either process previously. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 08:06, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re: WP:SSP filed for Nangparbat

Hehe sorry! In fact, SSP has been discontinued and I moved all the existing cases to the new process (SPI. Your case is indeed located at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Nangparbat now. -- lucasbfr ^talk 09:10, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Thegreyanomaly. You have new messages at Shovon76's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Shovon (talk) 09:33, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Thegreyanomaly. It seems that the participants in the SPI discussion would support doing a bunch of semiprotections. Do you think you could make a list of articles you would recommend protecting? Which ones did Lucasbfr protect? EdJohnston (talk) 18:39, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nangparbat

Ah, thanks for clarifying that! I figured Algebraic123 and the IPs were socks, but I couldn't find anything in my CU. Nishkid64 _{(Make articles, not wikidrama)} 00:39, 12 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Do you...

Do you really believe that gibberish of a list was a better option, and the prose couldn't be improved by use of a little copyedit? Can you, please, explain the reason? Aditya^{(talk • contribs)} 11:43, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re: your request

Aditya is simply arguing strongly for his point of view in regards to a content dispute. I see absolutely no incivility that requires a warning or corrective action. Steven Walling (talk) 08:18, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please, you didn't create that list. It was already there before you started to revert. None of those comments were aimed at you, rather it was aimed at the content. Nothing to take it so personally. Anyways, since your feelings are hurt, I apologize for coming on too strong. But, you seeking all kinds of action to be taken against me personally was probably done by intention. Can I feel hurt now? Aditya^{(talk • contribs)} 14:00, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Came up with an interesting way to display CA in the SSM template.

I just tested it out. Let me know what you think, and if you don't like it, I can revert it back to the previous. I think the new display version helps differentiate between states that currently allow marriage and the ones (really one) that are [in flux] or recognizing thousands of previous SSM marriages, but not performing new ones. Vickiloves08 (talk) 19:08, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Came up with an interesting way to display CA in the SSM template.

I just tested it out. Let me know what you think, and if you don't like it, I can revert it back to the previous. I think the new display version helps differentiate between states that currently allow marriage and the ones (really one) that are [in flux] or recognizing thousands of previous SSM marriages, but not performing new ones. Let me know you're input. Thanks :-) Vickiloves08 (talk) 19:09, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Vermont

I tried and messed it up. LOL, fortunately, I asked User:Reedy on IRC to change it, and he did CTJF83Talk 19:40, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes it is a very good month for LGBT rights! Hopefully it will stay like this! I'm still looking for someone to update the map for me :) CTJF83Talk 19:12, 12 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Eh, can't find anyone that can update it. CTJF83Talk 03:05, 13 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes!! 2009, the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots is turning out to be an outstanding year for gay rights! The New York governor has unveiled legislation to legalize marriage in New York too! [8] CTJF83Talk 17:45, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wii games that use the Gamecube controller

I don't have anything to add here, but thanks for thinking of me. Keep up the good work! --Stepheng3 (talk) 16:54, 4 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Vesak

A meaningful Vesak to you my friend. YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) 05:57, 8 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nangparbat

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banned Freind of Nangparbat

Strider11 (talk · contribs) - Easy to spot, eg Teckgeek (talk · contribs) likes creating cats and lots of articles, check User:AlexNewArtBot/PakistanSearchResult a lot of his new accounts show up there. Same POV YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) 01:54, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Map assistance

Hi there, I follow the same-sex marriage map file closely, and noticed you had some experience with editing maps. I was wondering if you might be able to assist me. Essentially, I am trying to update the file Map-of-US-state-cannabis-laws.svg. As you can see on my talk page, someone recommended a program for coloring a US map, but I cannot get it to work properly. If you are able to help, feel free to let me know so I can go into more detail. Otherwise, I would appreciate any other recommendations as far as programs goes or other tools that can be used. Thanks! --Another Believer _(Talk) 19:02, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much for your assistance! I will look into your comments soon. Much appreciated! --Another Believer _(Talk) 05:30, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, thanks to your assistance and the help from another user (see my talk page if you wish), I have update the map on my computer. One more quick question. How would I upload the updated map? Clicking on the 'Edit' tab here or here doesn't seem to do the trick. --Another Believer _(Talk) 21:45, 1 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see the hyperlinked text to upload a new file, though it might be because one has to be logged in/registered with Wikimedia Commons. I will do so and figure it out. Thanks again! --Another Believer _(Talk) 21:56, 1 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm afraid I still do not see the link you are referring to, even after registering at Commons and logging in. Does one need to be an admin or something? --Another Believer _(Talk) 22:02, 1 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the image upload. I see where you are referring to, but I currently don't have access to that link. I will wait several days to see if it appears. --Another Believer _(Talk) 03:37, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

cities

Why did u remove cities I added in the South Asian cities list ??? Deleting what others created is your idea of creation at UC Berkeley ??? J J Parikh 18:08, 27 May 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Parikhjigish (talk • contribs)

Thank you

Thank you for responding quick. I was a bit surprised to hear from your page that Brahmins were responsible for wiping buddhism from India. That is completely false theory. I don't understand how such theories come into existence. In India every religion has always been welcomed throughout the ages. I can recommend you some reading that will clear your thinking. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Parikhjigish (talk • contribs) 21:02, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked

24h for edit warring on Burma. Would have been 12h since not quite a technical 3RR vio, but for your form William M. Connolley (talk) 21:59, 8 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Request reason:

I did not violate 3RR though. It was well over 24 hours since my last 3RR. My fourth revert was well after my first 24h from my first. That is why I waited until morning (pacific time) before making my revert. Thegreyanomaly (talk) 22:04, 8 June 2009 (UTC) You guys are miscounting my edits 04:07, 7 June 2009 I ADDED content 05:59, 7 June 2009 I reverted for the FIRST time 22:53, 7 June 2009 I reverted for the SECOND time 00:16, 8 June 2009 I reverted for the THIRD time 02:29, 8 June 2009 HYBERNATOR reverted for the FOURTH time and I initiated the 3RR violation notice After this I, Thegreyanomaly, stayed off Burma, went to sleep at 1 AM Pacific time, woke up around 11:20 AM Pacific time 18:31, 8 June 2009 I reverted for the FOURTH time I did not violate the 3RR. My fourth revert was 1 day, 14h, and 24min after my first edit. This is not a 3RR violation Thegreyanomaly (talk) 22:17, 8 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Decline reason:

Nobody said it was a 3RR violation; in fact William acknowledged that it isn't technically one. Regardless, you were edit warring, and haven't provided any reason why you should be unblocked. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 22:19, 8 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Request reason:

I was putting back in cited content, that was continually being removed by a user who didn't like it. After the edits were made, I did post on the talk pages (on South Asia and on Burma) like EdJohnston recommended on Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Edit_warring#User:Hybernator_reported_by_User:Thegreyanomaly_.28Result:_24h_all_round.29 I promise to stay off the page, as long as Hybernator agrees to talk instead of continually reverting.

Decline reason:

That conditional promise doesn't make me comfortable with an early unblock (you will be unblocked automatically in 24 hours anyway). What you should do is learn not to repeatedly revert another user, no matter what the edit is that you are making. Instead, engage in discussion first, and if that fails, attempt dispute resolution. This is your 4th block for edit warring, it is time you adjusted your approach. Mango juice^talk 23:06, 8 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment

Hello Thegreyanomaly. Thanks for the email about your block. Please make any arguments here, since email is best reserved for matters that require confidentiality. EdJohnston (talk) 17:14, 9 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I emailed you because it was the only way to get your attention, as I cannot post on you talk page for another six or so hours. Thegreyanomaly (talk) 17:32, 9 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of List of Wii games that use the Nintendo GameCube controller

An editor has nominated List of Wii games that use the Nintendo GameCube controller, an article which you have created or worked on, for deletion. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not").

Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Wii games that use the Nintendo GameCube controller and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~).

You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Thank you. Greg Tyler ^{(t • c)} 15:36, 15 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Settle down

I was told that you are thinking about doing a RFC on me. From what I can see in that AFD list you made, all I've done is nominate things for deletion and posted my opinion in AFDs. This is NOT a crime. Articles for deletion is a place to share opinions on articles. People don't agree on things and it's not the end of the world. I suggest you stop assuming bad faith, just because I don't agree with your editing views. I have every right to have a different opinion than you. Also, saying things are trivial isn't bad behavior at all. RobJ1981 (talk) 05:51, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

[9] From looking back at your record much of what this IP says seems relatively accurate. You go around putting AfDs on anything and everything, calling it cruft without citing any policy whatsoever. Once in while other people end up showing some policy and it goes your way, but it appears you are rampantly nominating anything and everything for an AfD, which is blatant violation of WP:IDONTLIKEIT (aka WP:ITSCRUFT). Thegreyanomaly (talk) 06:19, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Your obsession with my AFD comments isn't helpful to Wikipedia. I suggest you read Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_battleground, as I feel you are just doing this RFC nonsense because I disagreed with you. I suggest you move on, and leave me alone. RobJ1981 (talk) 06:50, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In response to what you deleted: it's called cleanup. Not every article has the right categories, so I remove them. If an article has problems, I add a tag and so on. It's not that hard to figure out. I have every right to do article cleanup and not get lectured about how "bad" it apparently is. Next time, know what you are talking about. Don't go around assuming bad faith, when you hardly know anything about my editing here. I don't need this kind of harassment, due to you holding a grudge over an AFD. RobJ1981 (talk) 07:20, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re: RJ

An impressive list. Not sure what I could add to that, but yes, it seems obvious that he has a copy-paste approach to AfD nominations. Always beginning with an ITSCRUFT, to boot. Don't rely on me, but I think you can rely on that list. Anarchangel (talk) 12:58, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I posted my own thoughts underneath your post on my talkpage. Long story short here: I don't feel I know enough about the long-term situation, nor have enough wikipedia experience yet to go for an RfC. Try resolve the issue after taking a few days to cooldown with him on his talk page. (If you have done this in the past, I apologise, but as I said I know little about the situation.) --Taelus (talk) 16:59, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Strike that, seems he has filed a complaint about you now. Seems this is going to go to a dispute resolution area. --Taelus (talk) 17:05, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Concerning a possible RfC on RobJ1981

Yeah, I didn't really find what that editor posted false as such, just that it was potentially offensive (especially with that fart analogy) and largely irrelevant to the already messy discussion. I'm not really familiar with Rob or his editing habits, but thanks for telling me. I'll see if there's anything I can comment on should an RfC be made. Haipa Doragon (talk • contributions) 16:53, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikiquette alert on you

I've made the alert here: Wikipedia:Wikiquette_alerts#User:Thegreyanomaly. RobJ1981 (talk) 16:54, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Relevant to the Wikiquette alert. --Taelus (talk) 19:05, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Also, you may want to note on the Wikiquette alert that you have agreed to avoid contact with him for sometime as a resolution. --Taelus (talk) 19:08, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

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You might want to get some popcorn, because my response is a tad lengthy :) MuZemike 17:08, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re: VGChartz

Ah, yes, yesterday I removed a few items with VGChartz as sales, and managed to remove one where it was not being used, but was too tired to revert and decided to leave it out until finishing, then restoring it (I open several tabs and then work one after the other in the browser). By the time I finished I had forgotten about restoring it. I left several VGChartz references where it was being used as news source or rating reception and not as sales source, too. I still think there are better sites, but since I don't really have time to do the research, I leave it there. Cheers! -- ReyBrujo (talk) 03:44, 12 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

user in question

I've reported them for vandalism now. it's very similar to another IP that was blocked recently for changing every India reference to Republic to India. LibStar (talk) 04:11, 24 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Where is Armenia?

I your note on Libstar's page, and thought you might be able to help. I have been working through "Foreign relations of X" articles trying to do some basic clean-up. These articles typically include lists of countries with which country X has relations, and it seems reasonable to break the larger lists up by region, starting with the neighbors and then expanding out. But I can't find a good definition of "region".

Guyana and Suriname are obviously in South America, but seem to me much close to the Caribbean, culturally and historically.
- I don't know too much about South America and the Caribbean, sorry Thegreyanomaly (talk) 00:33, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Similarly, Belize seems to belong in the Caribbean region rather than Central America
- ditto
Cuba and Dominica fit in "Latin America", but are closer to "Central America" than the Caribbean. Cuba was the administrative center of Spanish America, and is still in many ways seen as the center by Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela etc.
- ditto
Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad and Sudan are in the group of countries around the Saharan desert sea that includes the North African countries like Morocco, Algeria and Libya. They seem culturally much closer to North Africa than the countries to the south, although geographically I suppose they are in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- I don't know too much about Subsaharan Africa, sorry Thegreyanomaly (talk) 00:33, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
There is a swathe of countries in Asia that have strong historical links, very similar languages and cultural background that includes Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan. Pakistan, Northern India and Bangladesh. But they are split between the Middle East, Central Asia and South Asia in conventional classifications.
- Definitions of South Asia tend to vary. It is very common for Afghanistan to be placed into South Asia, by both academic and geopolitical organizations. Iran and Tajikistan are generally considered Southwest and Central Asia, respectively. Iran is the only country from that list that is part of the general definition of the Middle East. There is a "Greater Middle East" that includes Pakistan and Afghanistan, but this GME doesn't have much academic clout Thegreyanomaly (talk) 00:33, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The Azerbaijanis speak a Turkic language, closely related to both Turkish and Central Asian languages of the Kazakhs, Kyrgyz etc., but have strong presence in Iran. I always place Turkey in Europe, as the former power in the Balkans and an aspirant to the EU. Is Azerbaijan in the Middle East or Central Asia?
But what about Armenia? The language is Indo-European, religion is mainly Christian, historically they have close ties to Greece, Iran, Turkey, more recently Russia. but I think a geographer would place Armenia in Asia. What part of Asia?
- I don't know too much about Azerbaijan and Armenia, sorry Thegreyanomaly (talk) 00:33, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Is there some definitive Wikipedia source of regional definitions? Aymatth2 (talk) 00:20, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Not really, the closest thing is the UN subregions, but those aren't very definitive. Thegreyanomaly (talk) 00:33, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I suppose I will just keep using whatever groupings seem most appropriate in the circumstances. Some mix of geography, history, culture etc. Mediterranean, Francophone, Andean, whatever. We are lucky to live in such a multi-dimensional world. Aymatth2 (talk) 00:47, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ok genius

All right genius—Preceding unsigned comment added by THEunique (talk • contribs) 03:53, 28 July 2009 (UTC) [reply]

Census definition of "Asian American"

Hi. This regards the back & forth edits you and I have recently been making to the Asian American article. Your last edit summary says, "... BTW this has nothing to do with Census data (i.e. the numbers) this has to do with the definition (i.e. the census defines Asian as ...". AFAIKS, the US census provides no definition of the term "Asian American". I may have just failed to locate the definition, though. If you know of such a definition by a US Census Bureau source, a citation pointing to that definition would be a useful addition to the article. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 23:32, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mistaken AfD notice

Hi Grey, you mistakenly placed an AfD nomination notice for Northeast Asia on my talk page. I thought I'd let you know so the correct person will receive notice. Shinerunner (talk) 00:44, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Afd for Northeast Asia

you tagged it and then withdrew. Why? I'd support deletion... never even heard of the term... Seb az86556 (talk) 00:45, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

nono, you didn't tag me or anything. the deletion-nom disappeared from the article. I put it back on. Absolutely support deletion. Good call! :) Seb az86556 (talk) 00:53, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

South Asia

Thanks for the headsup, I have added comments to the talk page, hopefully the matter will get resolved. Khokhar (talk) 15:57, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

latest numbers from UNICEF

I have added the latest numbers from UNICEF 2008 with references.

could you please explain why this is a problem. thanksFkfjdf (talk) 00:31, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

California Proposition 8 (2008)

Hi there, you have been one of a number of regular editors at the above article. I was its Good Article reviewer a few months back. In response to a recent proposal to split the article, I suggested it be edited down to a more manageable size and better readability rather than focussing on the split. I suggested the article was not particularly readable in its current form, and suffered from recentism amongst other things. I have just undertaken an edit attempting to implement my suggestion, in the hope that others might have a look and decide it is now in better shape. I hope you will agree. I am happy to discuss on the talk page obviously. hamiltonstone (talk) 12:58, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sikhism on Asian American Article

I have started a new discussion regarding a recent reversion you conducted without an edit summary, other than it was a revision. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 22:02, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Tim D. White

I notice on your user page that you work as an assistant in a research center led by Tim D. White, which is pretty neat. Is there any way you could get a photograph of him for CC-BY_SA/GFDL use on Wikipedia? Emw (talk) 07:18, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion for Senate/House seats graphics

Hey. Could I make a suggestion about your edits to the Senate and House seats graphics? With the design having the dias of both houses in the center foreground, shouldn't the seat colors be reversed?

For example, if I'm standing at the Vice President's chair of the US Senate, Democrats are seated to the right, Republicans to the left. The same goes in the US House of Representatives.

If you have time to play around with it, maybe they should be switched to more accurately represent how one would see the parties from the dias.

Thanks WVnativeson 22:37, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

cool, thanks WVnativeson 20:13, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

South Asia

Thanks for your message. As I am not good at polemics, may not be of much help in case of South Asia edits regarding Iran. Wiki dr mahmad (talk) 21:21, 3 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

South Asia

This edit looks perfectly okay. I'll try to maintain some vigil over the matter. At the moment there's nothing more to be done as it seems. Thanks for bringing me in. Aditya^{(talk • contribs)} 01:27, 4 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Email

Thats fine thanks for responding - cheers Satu Suro 00:10, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Julian the Apostate again

You may be interested in the latest discussion. -- spin^control 01:44, 3 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Help w/ U.S. marijuana maps

Hi there! I notice you frequently contribute to and discuss the same-sex marriage map of the United States. I am continually impressed with how up-to-date that map remains, and how much activity the talk page receives. I am finding it difficult to keep the three U.S. maps relating to marijuana found here up to date, so I was wondering if you might take a look and perhaps even add the images to your watchlist. I tried updating this one over at Commons, but the image has not updated yet (see NJ here). I am not sure if you have an interest in the legal status of cannabis or not, but I could sure use some help with keep the maps current. If interested, take a look! Thanks! --Another Believer _(Talk) 18:50, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If possible, would you be willing to update the marijuana map once again? If not, I will try to take another stab at it. According to this NORML map and entry, marijuana has been decriminalized in Nevada. Because the state has both decriminalized cannabis AND has a medical marijuana program, the state should be colored the darkest shade of green. Also, Washington DC has medical marijuana. Thanks! --Another Believer _(Talk) 03:32, 19 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

NO

Tibet is NOT part of South Asia. Please stop POV pushing ! Toutvientapoint (talk) 08:47, 11 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Map

Hi, can you please update File:Samesex marriage in USA.svg, sources were added saying Rhode Island recognizes out of state marriages. CTJF83 chat 09:42, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Also, do you want me to fix the mess in your infobox in the country section? CTJF83 chat 09:52, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The problem was it didn't need the brackets, I guess in the infobox comes set that way. So the way you had it is was reading the country as [[United States]] which is obviously not a country :) CTJF83 chat 20:47, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion you might be interested in

I have proposed that Copyright controversies of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed be trimmed and merged into the movie's main article. I see that you have contributed to the article and are an active editor, so I would value your input here. Thank you. Seregain (talk) 03:26, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

May 2010

Before adding a category to an article, as you did to Ancient Aliens, please make sure that the subject of the article really belongs in the category that you specified according to Wikipedia's categorization guidelines. Categories must also be supported by the article's verifiable content. Categories may be removed if they are deemed incorrect for the subject matter. Thank you. The article is a low-importance TV program. Category:Pseudoscience suggests that articles are to be sub-categorized, which the article already was. I replaced the category with a more appropriate sub-category. serioushat 03:44, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You are now a Reviewer

Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, is currently undergoing a two-month trial scheduled to end 15 August 2010.

Reviewers can review edits made by users who are not autoconfirmed to articles placed under pending changes. Pending changes is applied to only a small number of articles, similarly to how semi-protection is applied but in a more controlled way for the trial. The list of articles with pending changes awaiting review is located at Special:OldReviewedPages.

When reviewing, edits should be accepted if they are not obvious vandalism or BLP violations, and not clearly problematic in light of the reason given for protection (see Wikipedia:Reviewing process). More detailed documentation and guidelines can be found here.

If you do not want this userright, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. Courcelles (talk) 17:59, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Asian American

Hey, thanks for revert ecko1o1's vandalism. You missed one his IPs (121.134.92.195). Elockid and I have dealt with a similar sockpuppet (Nangparbat). In Nangparbat's case, it was determined to long-term semi-protect all the articles they vandalized or smeared with POV edits. I think it might be a good idea to do the same to Asian American. Thegreyanomaly (talk) 01:19, 29 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't quite miss it; I saw it was there, and considered a range block, but decided against it. I could easily semi-protect the page too, but I'm intentionally giving him an opening (not necessarily there). I want to see whether s/he truly has an intention to cease edit-warring. Another block evasion will simply lead to an indefinite block (and, of course, a closing of the loopholes). -- tariqabjotu 01:22, 29 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Burnt orange report

I've read this website before but is it reliable in Wiki standards? Hekerui (talk) 22:40, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sometimes I wonder whether they haven't quickly updated by checking Wikipedia ;-) Not with that source, but anyway. Hekerui (talk) 22:49, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

ANI

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Rude and racist behavior. Thank you. Elockid ^(Talk) 02:28, 11 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've started the thread. Elockid ^(Talk) 02:28, 11 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

wii compatibility picture

the disk is flipped just because it makes it anonymous. it's usually best to avoid the headache of game art/extra copyright stuff for these pictures, which is why it done that way. Evan-Amos (talk) 04:23, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

wii controllers

i have a motion plus and all that, but not the classic controller pro. the wii remote and controllers remain a bit of a challenge or hurdle for me, as i've tried to take pictures of them a couple of times in the past, except that i can never get them to come out correctly, because it's white on white, then it ends up looking bad and then i get frustrated with it and quite trying for a while. i think that i'm going to retry taking/editing some of the video game console/controller pictures again at some point, so i'll undoubtedly try it again.

Dec 2010 to Feb 2012

RE: Controller trace images

I don't see why not. I can't do it with any particular haste (I'm pretty busy for the next few weeks) but once I get some free time it shouldn't take very long. I'll let you know when it's done. Alphathon™ (talk) 11:12, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. Thanks for fixing the heading on Héctor Martín .

Don't worry, I haven't forgotten, I just haven't had much time. I have started it (I'm about 60%-70% through), but need a bit of time to devote to finishing it off. Alphathon /'æl.f'æ.ðɒn/ ^(talk) 16:56, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Recent editing

I appreciate your recent good-faith additions to articles, but please be more aware with your editing. Some of the mistakes you're making include: not using italics for the titles of games, citing blogs as references, and adding inappropriate subsections when none are called for. Perhaps you should refresh yourself with WP:MOS, WP:CITE, and WP:RS. I'm not saying these things as attacks, but simply as suggestions for improving your editing (you've been here quite some time after all). As I said, I am aware that your edits are in good-faith, but please also use the edit summaries (especially when drastic additions or changes are made) so that other editors can understand what has taken place with your edits. Thank you for your attention and happy editing. DKqwerty (talk) 01:39, 20 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And for the love of God, you must start using the preview button! The disruptive nature of your editing would be mitigated by simply looking at the edits first, rather than submitting them, then assessing the damage. I admit to making my fair share of mistakes here, but this is becoming ridiculous. DKqwerty (talk) 01:52, 20 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You listened! Thank you for heeding my advice. DKqwerty (talk) 02:50, 20 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I was using preview all along, the problem was, we were editing at the same time, and something or the other happened when I was trying to save an edit when there were two infoboxes. It had something to do with pressing back by accident but anyways the page is fine now. Thegreyanomaly (talk) 02:58, 20 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

RE: Color/Design sections on Classic Controller

Hello again. TBH I'd rather stay out of it, since I don't contribute to the Classic Controller page; I'll give you my 2¢ though. There are some controllers that certainly need a colours/editions section, such as the GC controller and the 360 controller, since they have a large number of special/limited editions etc. While the notability of these is not cut-and-dry (I think it is probably notable but to what extent I don't know), it should probably be included in some form on these pages. Others, such as the DualShock series of controllers or, in this case, the Classic Controller don't have that many so a whole section is probably overkill. A sentence or paragraph is likely sufficient, and it doesn't need to be in its own section.

For example, this (from this edit):

The standard color that the Classic Controller comes in is white. In Japan, a special edition teal controller was released with Monster Hunter G. Also in Australia, a special edition blue Classic Controller was released with Sonic Colors.

…could probably be cut down to something like this:

Teal and blue special editions have been released alongside Monster Hunter G in Japan and Sonic Colors in Australia, respectively.

…and simply added at the end of the "Classic Controller" section. The fact that the standard colour is white can be alluded to earlier in the section. Something similar can be done with the "Pro" (such as at the end of the paragraph where it already says (based on that edit anyway) "A black version is available bundled with Monster Hunter Tri, which was released on the same day in Spain and a golden version is available bundled with GoldenEye 007").

Alphathon™ (talk) 01:50, 20 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Judge Walker's ruling

In the Perry v. Schwarzenegger‎ article, you've made repeated edits arising from your understanding that Walker ruled that "Yes on 8" did not have standing to make an appeal. As best as I can find, Walker made no such ruling. He did note that they might not have standing when denying a stay of his ruling, but that's not the same as making a positive statement, much less making a ruling. --Nat Gertler (talk) 14:46, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Club at Berkeley

Hi Thegreyanomaly, I'm just writing to let you know that me and some Wikipedian friends are launching Wikipedia Club at Berkeley, a student club for promoting participation in Wikipedia and face-to-face collaborations. If that sounds fun to you, please consider joining our mailing list. Thanks! Dcoetzee 01:11, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of season one episode articles of House for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the articles Paternity (House), Occam's Razor (House), Maternity (House), Damned If You Do, The Socratic Method (House), Fidelity (House), Poison (House), DNR (House), Histories (House), Detox (House), Sports Medicine (House), Cursed (House), Control (House), Mob Rules (House), Heavy (House), Role Model (House), Babies & Bathwater, Kids (House), Love Hurts (House) and Honeymoon (House) are suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paternity (House) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

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Asian American article Undue template discussion

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Asian American#Undue tag. RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 23:48, 11 April 2011 (UTC) (Using {{pls}})[reply]

SSM in NY

Cuomo has signed the bill into law. Please post your prepared SVG file. http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/NY-Gov-Cuomo-signs-gay-marriage-law-1439604.php Liberal92 (talk) 04:35, 25 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed Tibetan naming conventions

A while back, I posted a new proposal for Tibetan naming conventions, i.e. conventions that can be used to determine the most appropriate titles for articles related to the Tibetan region. This came out of discussions about article titles on Talk:Qamdo and Talk:Lhoka (Shannan) Prefecture. I hope that discussions on the proposal's talk page will lead to consensus in favour of making these conventions official, but so far only a few editors have left comments. If you would be interested in taking a look at the proposed naming conventions and giving your opinion, I would definitely appreciate it. Thanks—Nat Krause^{(Talk!·What have I done?)} 16:27, 2 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Greenstripes883

Hi Thegreyanomaly. I can't see what this new user has done to deserve a template. They've only removed a category which at first glance doesn't appear to fit the article, so it's just a content dispute. Can you go back and strike the template and perhaps explain to him your position? Christopher Connor (talk) 00:44, 5 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the template and told them to explain themselves on the talk page. Parts of the page deal with gender stereotypes, so I think the category works. Thegreyanomaly (talk) 02:25, 5 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

South Asia protection request

I saw your protection request for South Asia, though another admin acted on it. I thought I'd let you know a little more about the issue, as I'm pretty sure why Fastily declined it. In general, semi-protection is used only when an article is regularly being vandalized--usually, regularly means no less than once every few days. Looking at the history of South Asia, I see only about 1 vandalism edit per week, which is not enough to justify semi-protection. In fact, in all of August, I only see one revert for vandalism; plus I see productive edits by unconfirmed editors. There are exceptions that might cause a page to be protected with less negative activity, like when the edits aren't just vandalism but also defamatory to living people (per WP:BLP), but that doesn't apply here. I hope that helps explain why that page shouldn't be protected at this time. Qwyrxian (talk) 02:06, 22 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

List of Wii games that use the Nintendo GameCube controller

I own the game and in the ign review for said game under the "Bringing it to the Wii" section it discusses the control options. I purchased the game while believing the wiki list was correct only to be severely disappointed, so please keep it off of the list as that is spreading misinformation. I could also take a photo of the manual and box if you would like, I do not vandalize wikipedia.

http://wii.ign.com/articles/750/750428p2.html

Here are photos I just took of the game case and manual, now please leave my edit to the list intact

http://imageshack.us/g/542/img0327w.jpg/

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can you please help me?

I would like your help. Can you ink a world map? I have a list of nations that Muammar Gaddafi has visited, and I can send you the list. It would look a little like the world map of Pope John Paul II's visits. I'll give you a barnstar for your hard work. Please contact me on my talk page and thank you so much!

Sincerely,

Screwball23 talk 06:18, 16 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Gaddafi visits map

I completely understand. Good luck on your school work and please, take your time. Thank you so much for your help.

This is the list of nations that he has physically gone to during his lifetime:

algeria 05 austria 02 belarus 08 belarus 11 - highly controversial and speculative - libyan plane spotted belgium 04 benin 08 benin 09 britain 08 burkina faso 00 chad 80 china 82 egypt 89 egypt 89 - many ethiopia 08 france 04 gambia 06 ghana 07 ghana 07 guinea bissau 09 iraq - 70 - several italy 09 ivory coast 09 jordan 1979 kuwait - 79 lebanon - 87 - several liberia 09 liberia 09 malawi 02 malawi 02 malawi 02 mali 04 mauritania 09 morocco 83 mozambique 03 mozambique 03 niger 97, 00 nigeria 97 qatar 09 russia 08 rwanda 85 saudi arabia 74 - several senegal '10 serbia (belgrade, former yugoslavia) 74 sierra leone 07 south africa 99 spain (majorca, not mainland) 84 sri lanka 75 sudan 99 swaziland 02 syria - 81 several togo 00 tunisia 74 uganda 08 ukraine 08 united states 09 venezuela 09 zambia 01 zambia 01 zambia 99 zimbabwe 01

He tried to merge with:

Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan, Syria, and Tunisia during his career.

Please disregard the years and the multiple visits. I would like it to look like the Bush map [[File:Bush Travel Map.svg]] plus the merging efforts. I have sources for him actually visiting those nations in those yrs, so please send me the link to wikicommons when you have the map together, and we'll be able to take it up to his article page. The Gaddafi page is highly popular and this map will easily make it to dozens of foreign language wikipedias.

Again, I just can't thank you enough for your help here! Thank you!

Sincerely,

Screwball23 talk 05:54, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Is this OR?

Re your message: I had to watch the episode again as I didn't recall exactly what Jeff said. While I think it is reasonable to add that all would pick rocks ~~(though see my comments on the article talk page)~~, I don't think this being a potential reason for Cochran's flip should be included. Speculating on reasons why castaways do certain things should be avoided unless they state it during the show or after through a reliable source. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 06:27, 4 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind about seeing the talk page. I got confused (yet again). -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 06:33, 4 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Re: How do I properly cite this so IPs or users don't revert

Re your message: The facetious part of me says that no matter what we do, some IP will change it because they always seem to get stuck on a particular format. They do seem to get stuck on certain things like {{nowrap}}, column widths, or line break tags. But seriously, I think the hidden inline comment will suffice. I changed the entire thing into a comment because it is really an editor's note for the future, not an article reference. Hopefully the comment will stick until next week when everything fills out. We can then move the comment with the EW part down into the next row if the 1 winner/2 losers duel happens again. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 07:12, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

On a side note. Thank you for explaining what Tout is. I had see that mentioned on the EW articles, but I never looked. It was interesting watching Jeff answer questions. I'll have to remember to watch it in the weeks ahead. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 07:29, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

British v. American English

Sorry about the revert. I assumed that since it was a British movie, it should be in British English. Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 20:41, 27 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Should it be written in British English? Jim1138 (talk) 20:46, 27 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

RE:Skyward Sword/Flyingnarb

I certainly would like to in theory, but I don't think he's quite done enough for an admin to take action yet. Technically, I don't think he's broken WP:3RR, and while he is being stubborn and unhelpful...I don't think he's gone over that edge of "intervention being needed" yet. 2 things I think would be really good to do in the mean time though would be

Keep writing reminders of policies/guidelines he's breaking on his talk page, if he continues to break them.
Please join the discussion on the discussion page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Skyward_Sword#Reception_section_-_.22Universal_acclaim.22 I know you have an opinion on this, so it'd be great if you chimed in too. The more people who argue against him there, the less likely his edits are going to stick in the long run. Sergecross73 msg me 01:52, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Re:Futurama broadcast order

Your trying to stop a change that many users are behind that goes against the established norm that only a few users uphold? How Richard Nixon's head-ish of you. Don't worry, I really don't have the time or energy or desire to get into a huge fight with you over this. -- Scorpion ⁰⁴²² 12:58, 29 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Also, I noticed that you didn't take the time to alert some of your past opponents in this discussion of this "renewed" debate, although you did "warn" some of your past allies. That's WP:CANVASSing and against policy.. -- Scorpion ⁰⁴²² 13:02, 29 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A quick look through the article and talk page history, as well as the hidden note warning people not to make the page, suggests that I'm hardly the only one who disagrees with you. -- Scorpion ⁰⁴²² 20:14, 29 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Re: A possible compromise

Sure I would go with that, a number above the state would at least Draw reader attention more but how to show the other laws that are in place? Right now if you look at the map you do not see anything about the statue banning SSM still in place, maybe stripe the state pink with the blue to show them both? At least that will keep it neutral. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 04:37, 19 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Feb 2012 to Feb 2014

Re: Survivor: One World

Re your messages: I put in my two cents onto the talk page. I think your assignment of Leif and Jonas, while reasonable, could not be proved without a doubt per my comment on the talk page. I added in some hidden comments that will hopefully prevent editors from filling in the blanks without a source.

On a side note, I think if I were faced with adding this info in first, I probably would have just waited until Wednesday. With all of the blanks, it just leaves too much room for unsourced edits. It is bad enough with the IPs wildly speculating about who is voted out next. The blanks are just an open invite for filling things in. It one of the reasons why I dislike preloading of tables so much. I'm not saying remove it or anything like that, just saying that if it were me, I probably would have passed in the first place, but that's just me. =) -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 06:39, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Change coloring to reflect reality chat

There is another debate on to keep the Same-sea marriage map in the United States the way it is or change it to reflect the present status the chat can be found here: File talk:Samesex marriage in USA.svg#Change coloring to reflect reality since you were part of the past discussions reguarding this I thought you would be intrested. - 22:29, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

I think it would be best for me to stay out of this argument. Anything I have ever posted on that discussion page has been attacked or erased. I'm only trying to help, but I seem to offend everyone. I'm SO eager for my marriage (and everyone else's) to be recognized, but there are so many strong opinions about it, that I just get swept aside. I don't want to offend anyone. I just want to be a part of it, and show my support. Off the record, I am personally eager to see the updates made immediately, but I do understand both sides.

Adamlance (talk) 08:42, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

File:Samesex marriage in USA.svg

Thank you, greyanomaly, for your edit of File:Samesex marriage in USA.svg, removing the full‐marriage‐coloured stripes from California, and especially for your clear and courteous edit‐summary. It is very helpful with WP:BRD and showed quality WP:LOVE. Cheers! ― Info por favor (talk) 19:07, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Consensus for Samesex marriage in USA.svɢ should SCOTUS decide H.v Perry on standing

I have made a proposal regarding the stripping of California, should the court reject Perry on the grounds that the plaintiffs had no standing to appeal, in which case, as I understand it, there could be much legal‐wrangling in California courts, and in the halls of Sacramento, over whether Judge Walker’s District Court ruling should apply statewide. I would much appreciate your comments on my proposal on the talkpage of Samesex_marriage_in_USA.svg. ― many thanks, Info por favor (talk) 19:07, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Regarding canvassing

Hi, Grey. While reviewing the RfC, I noted your comment at the WiiU RfC that you looked for other editors who had edited the article recently. Your invitations looked something like this:

Hello, I've noticed you are a user who has frequntly edits Wii U. I thought it was inappropriate to immediately start criticizing the system in the first paragraph as was previously done. A week or so ago I moved some of the criticism down into the reception section and immediately started a discussion about it on the talk page. So far only one other user has joined the discussion. I was wondering if you could leave some input there.

WP:CANVAS specifies that invitations to RfCs that you've started or have participated in should be limited, posted to presumably non-partisan individuals, neutrally-worded, and open. I think this situation is OK, but I generally try to just state the topic and and request their attention to the RfC rather than stating my opinion about what is / isn't appropriate or commenting on specific editors (like you did here. This is much like how third opinion works when submitting a request. Again, I don't think you were canvassing, but I just wanted to pass on some advice based on my observations. I, Jethrobot ^{drop me a line} (note: not a bot!) 05:09, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Bethesda on Wii U development

Hi, mazty here. Just wanted to run this by you before I change anything: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/419305/bethesda-has-no-games-in-development-for-wii-u/

You've linked Bethesda Game Studios to the above, however Pete Hines works for the publishing arm of Bethesda - Bethesda Softworks: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=4754708&authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=5MW7&locale=en_US&srchid=2301262741374134913951&srchindex=2&srchtotal=49&trk=vsrp_people_res_name&trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A2301262741374134913951%2CVSRPtargetId%3A4754708%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary

The ambiguity comes when he states "no games in development". Does he mean Bethesda Softworks have no subsidiaries working on a game? Or is BS not gearing up to publish anything? Or is he talking about BGS specifically? Let me know your ideas, cheers --Mazty (talk) 08:18, 18 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia LGBT

I see that you contribute a lot to LGBT-related content. I am not sure if you are familiar with (or even interested in) Wikimedia user groups or thematic organizations, but I thought I would direct you to Wikimedia LGBT at Meta-Wiki. This is a proposed organization that would promote the development of content on Wikimedia projects which is of interest to LGBT communities. I just thought I would point you in that direction to take a look when you have a few moments. If you are interested in participating, feel free to indicate your support. Otherwise, keep up the great work here at Wikipedia! --Another Believer _(Talk) 22:30, 29 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Talk:Survivor:_Blood_vs._Water#Episode_12

Re your message: In general, no, you can not have a local consensus that overrides the wider consensus of WP:SPOILER (that is better than WP:NOTCENSORED as Not Censored is usually stated for potentially offensive images or material).

I have indeed noticed that discussion and participated a little, but I really just wish Wednesday would get here and then the whole discussion is moot. My opinion is that the CBS provided preview is fair to use since there was no indication that it was a mistaken release on their part. While the video was pulled from the Survivor website, it has aired on TV on Sunday so it is out there in the wild.

I think the spoilers from the Survivor forums where somebody dug up the unreleased press release photos is a case where the information obtained should not be used. Since they were never officially released by CBS and they were obtained through URL fuzzing, it goes past the gray area of officially released information. It was official, but obtained surreptitiously, so should not be used. I also objected to the timing of the requests.

On a side note, my being an admin doesn't matter in the discussion since I'm deeply involved in the Survivor articles so administratively I can do nothing. Being an admin actually makes my editing and participating in discussions more difficult.

Is it Wednesday night yet? -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 06:35, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Nonsense edits at Template:Asian Americans

The Arabs are recognized as Caucasians but the U.S. government does not include them in the category of "Asian" though they come from Middle East, which is in Asia (they are Asians but they are not included in this category). The only people included in this category are the people of the Far East and South Asia, as if the "Asian" term was synonymous with a human race and not the inhabitants of a geographic location (they say: white, black, Asian). For them, I consider it necessary to include that note, since, I consider the Asian term including even the Israelis.--Isinbill (talk) 16:31, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Israel is part of the Middle East, then thing is the note for #1 needs to be concise and needs to avoid terms like Caucasian, which can be very confusing when misused. Thegreyanomaly (talk) 16:35, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but the Middle East is in Asia. In this I did go. If those people are Asians, I think it should be noted in the template that reason of that just were included people of Far East and south Asia, excluding people from the middle east, who are also geographically Asian. In the United States the "Asian" term is considered a non-geographic (or that's the feeling that I have) designation, only a racial designation. That would have to indicate in the template. So I included the note.--Isinbill (talk) 16:47, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

And the statement "The Middle East is geographically in Asia; According to the US Census Bureau persons in any of the original people of the Middle East are White American." conveys that very clearly and concisely. The point is, it does not need to be longer and it does need to cite antiquated racial terminology like Caucasian. Please direct all further responses to the template's talk page Thegreyanomaly (talk) 16:53, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

With only this statement, many people would not understand that the reason for why they are not included in the template is because they are from the Middle East and are white. Many people would believe that the "Asian" term is purely geographical, not racial. --Isinbill (talk) 16:58, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If they want to know why they are not included, they should we reading a page not a template. A template is a navigation tool, it is not meant to explain things, notes are meant to be brief. If you want you can replace the note with "The U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asians refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent." if you think that is clearer. Once again please put any further comments on the template's talk page. I have work to do. Thegreyanomaly (talk) 17:02, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I agreed. This note is more clearly. --Isinbill (talk) 17:07, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

US Same sex marriage map

Thanks for the test suggestion on the stay color on the US SSM map discussion. I was getting carried away with editing the map, and I'll be better at sticking to one change at a time. Dralwi k|^{Have a Chat} 17:57, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Help at Survivor: Cagayan

I saw the episode preview and I had written up as a comment, but I have to admit that I'm pausing in saving the comment. I'm suffering from some burnout with Survivor articles here. It all started with the massive reformat of the season articles that I'm not happy with and I haven't quite gotten over it yet. Being the primary author of the episode summaries with not much help is getting old. While I appreciated the anonymous IP writing up the first episode, I notice that is usually only me writing them. I notice that it was starting to affect my enjoyment of watching the show itself. I hadn't even watched the premiere until the day before the third episode aired. I know that doesn't explain my lack of wanting to save my comment very much, but I did want to at least acknowledge your messages to me. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:29, 13 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm glad to see that everybody has worked out a solution. It will be interesting to see how the tribal mix-up will be resolved: absorbed, full switch, or an absorb/switch up. Looking at the preview while paused makes me think it will be an absorb with a switch. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 02:45, 16 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Gogo Dodo:, the switch reminds me kind of of All Stars. If you look at Brawn, they virtually stick together except for one player and they are on the opposite beach. I wonder if Brains sticking together was by choice or by luck. Thegreyanomaly (talk) 23:40, 16 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

User warned

Just for the record I placed a disruptive editing tag on User:Prcc27's talkpage, you can comment on it if you would like seeing you have been involved but I think we can both agree that what the editor did was wrong over at LGBT rights in the United States. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 02:04, 6 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Knowledgekid87: It was not disruptive and didn't qualify for a disruptive editing tag imo. Prcc27 (talk) 03:59, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Prcc27: - It was totally disruptive. You're the only one who thinks it wasn't. The consensus said not to take out the CU/DP content and you went ahead and did it anyways. Thegreyanomaly (talk) 04:03, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

They said not to take them out of the partnership map. And the partnership map remained on the LGBT rights in the United States, I didn't remove it from that page. Prcc27 (talk) 04:09, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, but you removed it from tons of other pages. You undermined the consensus. The fact that the noticed labeled one page does not negate you were disruptive at so many other pages. What you did violated Wikipedia policies on consensus and was wrong. You deserve to get flack for it. Thegreyanomaly (talk) 04:12, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There wasn't consensus against having a separate marriage map. Once there was, the map was removed. Prcc27 (talk) 04:17, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sigh... whole long is it going to take you to understand. You are objectively in the wrong here. When you didn't get your way, so you started removing the File:Samesex marriage in USA.svg and replacing it with your own map. You undermined the consensus by taking down the standard File:Samesex marriage in USA.svg and putting in a map that contained the revisions we all rejected. This conversation is over. Repeat your actions, and you will be reported to an admin next time. Thegreyanomaly (talk) 04:22, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

		The LGBT Barnstar
		This barnstar is for your watchful eye in maintaining the US same-sex marriage map. Dralwi k\|^{Have a Chat} 20:02, 10 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oklahoma

Well, Oklahoma is currently marked as banning same-sex unions similar to marriage (struck down, stayed pending appeal) on the US same-sex union map and was previously marked as banning them on the US same-sex partnership map. I might be the only one who even cares about the same-sex union map but do you know if Oklahoma banning these unions can be verified..? I can't find anything that says Oklahoma bans them! Prcc★27 (talk) 08:40, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

File:112th United States Congress Senators.svg

Hey, could you make this map accessible for colorblind people..? I suggest making the purple states striped red and blue, and changing the green to yellow. Prcc twenty-seven (talk) 10:15, 14 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Prcc27: No one has ever claimed this map is not colorblind accessible. If you can find a color blind person who claims that there is a problem, then I can begin to consider an action. That color scheme has been around for a long time, so I would imagine if it were not accessible, someone would have done something (but I can be convinced otherwise). The colors for the senate maps are based on the colors used in the preceding PNG maps (e.g., File:112th_United_States_Congress_Senators.png; see commons:Category:United States Senate membership maps). I will not make the purple states striped. When I first made the map, I tried and it was very painful to look at as most of the map was striped. Thegreyanomaly (talk) 16:13, 14 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Well if the purple states are going to be solid purple, then the states with independent senators should be solid as well.. maybe use different shades for dem/indep, gop/indep states. Also, I thought using green/red was a big no-no for red-green color blindness (the most common color blindness). I would change it to yellow, especially since green is usually associated with the green party. Prcc twenty-seven (talk) 20:28, 14 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see green anywhere on the png map... Prcc twenty-seven (talk) 20:31, 14 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No, we do not need to make brand new solid colors for Dem+Ind or GOP+Ind. They are fine as is, this is a simple Senate map, we don't need more colors. Three colors for Dem, Gop, and Ind plus purple to avoid bipartisan eyestrain is enough. The green is not on the old PNG maps, because it used a different color back then. Red-Green colorblind folks can tell extreme red and extreme green apart (often/generally). If you really want me to change it yellow, I can, but it will be awhile. I have a lot to do today. Thegreyanomaly (talk) 20:34, 14 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Same-sex Marriage Template

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Cambodia Spoiler

Hey, it actually said on CBS's previews that Terry was taken out of the game, he didn't quit. We will have to see tonight though. I did cite the source in my edit. Not David Brown (talk) 21:22, 28 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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[Berkeley-1] Center for South Asia Studies: University of California, Berkeley [1]

[Madison-2] Center for South Asia Outreach UW-Madison [2]

[umich-3] ttp://www.ii.umich.edu/csas/aboutus/contactus

[brandeis-4] ttp://www.brandeis.edu/registrar/catalog/one-subject.php?subject_id=6550 this sources admits in certain contexts that Tibet and Afghanistan are South Asian

[britac-5] ttp://www.britac.ac.uk/institutes/SSAS/about.htm Tibetan and Afghan flag shown

[oscar-6] ttp://oscar.virginia.edu/asp/orgView.asp?txtId=26

[hawaii-7] ttp://www.hawaii.edu/asiaref/sasia/sawebsites.htm

[rutgers-8] ttp://southasia.rutgers.edu/

[emory-9] ttp://www.asianstudies.emory.edu/sa/languages.htm

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Indian Buddhist Movement

dispute resolution

Indian Buddhist Movement again

Indian Buddhist Movement poratl

Indian Buddhist Movement

Gears of War Criticism

South Asia

3RR on South Asia

Orphaned fair use image (Image:Bioquetzalmon.JPG)

Orphaned fair use image (Image:Biostegomon.JPG)

Orphaned fair use image (Image:Biothunderbirmon.JPG)

Regarding your edit to The Lost Tomb of Jesus‎

3RR

Discussion over the expert comment

diamond bar high dubious tag

regarding diamond bar high wiki page

Hi

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Re: Deliverying User talk:207.181.15.218 final warning?

Atheism

Notability of Fall Program for Freshmen

RE: Kabul is not South Asia

No offense, but Indosphere is pretty cheesy

Alleged Indosphere of Afghanistan

Gandhara instead of Afghanistan

Wikiproject Digimon

Edits to Asian Capitals

Afghanistan

Byzantine religion

Indosphere

Afghani

South Asia

RE:AIV

References Test (Everyone ignore)

Ref

Julian the Apostate article renaming

TfD nomination of Template:Countries of the Indosphere

Nice to meet you!

Add this article to your watchlist

Hiiiiii

anomaly

Littlebutterfly

Gimme Danger's Wiki Project on Tibet

April 2008

Indian_American and language

Propaganda

Expelled

Probably not sock puppetry

Atari400

Canvassing

Vandalism-like on South Asia

Blocked

autoblock...

Expelled

Latin

New debate

Daimler AG

Daimler

POK term

Edit summaries

User notice: temporary 3RR block

Regarding reversions[6] made on October 22 2008 to Where *hasn't* it happened?

Propaganda

South Asia communalism

Biased Indian editor

re: Image:Samesex marriage in USA.svg

Kal Penn's Ethnicity

Saser Kangri and Nanga Parbat

Award

Re: Nangparbat

Re: WP:SSP filed for Nangparbat

Nangparbat

Do you...

Re: your request

Came up with an interesting way to display CA in the SSM template.

Came up with an interesting way to display CA in the SSM template.

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Regarding reversions[6] made on October 22 2008 to Where hasn't it happened?