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Dear friend, I hope you had a wonderful New Year's Eve, and that 2008 is your best year yet! ~ Riana 02:13, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

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[[Queluz National Palace]]

This article, to which you contributed, will be featured on the Main Page on January 5, 2008.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Raul654#5th_December] Risker (talk) 17:50, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Danny

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A shame you felt it was necessay to withdraw your ArbCom candidacy, by the way. I think you would have made a fine arbitrator. Acalamari 18:07, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

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[[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Elonka 3]]

Image:Admin_mop.PNGThank you for your support in my RfA, it meant a lot to me. And you're right, I really do have the best interests of the 'pedia at heart. I also paid close attention to everything that was said in the RfA, and, where possible, I will try to incorporate the (constructive) criticism towards being a better administrator. I'm taking things slowly for now, partially because of the holidays and all the off-wiki distractions. :) I'm also working my way through the Wikipedia:New admin school and double-checking the relevant policies, and will gradually phase into the use of the new tools. My main goals are to help out with various backlogs, but I also fully intend to keep on writing articles, as there are several more that I definitely want to get to WP:FA status! Thanks again, and have a great new year, --Elonka 17:59, 6 January 2008 (UTC) {{-}}

Emperor's name

Hi,

In the past you took part in a discussion about the name of the emperors of Japan. This discussion has just opened again (once again!). You are free to express your opinion here. ThanksŠvitrigaila (talk) 16:23, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Now here's a competition with [[Polari#Zhoosh|zhuzh]]

Couldn't think of an apt-sounding yiddish word so used a queer one instead....

It's....the Flaming Joel-wiki, as Billy Joel is a better judge of core articles...cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 14:58, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

As somebody who had two separate entries...

Whatever became of the Wikipedia:The Core Contest? Sherurcij (Speaker for the Dead) 23:41, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

:I was wondering the same thing, myself. It's been a month and I'm antsy to congratulate the winners. :) María (habla conmigo) 20:19, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

{{anchor|anchor=chat}}[[wikt:yi:project:IRC|« שמועס »]]

Dear friend please come to {{style/ril|dir=ltr|ril=wikt:yi:project:IRC}} to see if we can use this channel as a place for Yiddish chats. This form should work at {{style/ril|dir=ltr|ril=wikt:yi:project:IRC}} when you are using Firefox, Konqueror or Opera. Unfortunatelly if does not work yet in Internet Explorer.‎

Please search in {{style/ril|dir=ltr|ril=wikt:yi:הויפט זייט}} at the seventh item in {{style/yid|dir=ltr|yid=נאוויגאציע}}.‎ It is {{style/ril|dir=ltr|ril=wikt:yi:project:IRC}}.‎ I assume that you agree to add such an {{style/yid|yid=« שמועס »}} item at {{style/ril|dir=ltr|ril=װיקיפּעדיע‎}} to {{style/yid|yid=נאוויגאציע}} as soon as our friends m:n:en:user:bawolff ... have fixed the code. Please do not hesitate to write your comments in the comment section.‎

Please make proposals about translating of the text / help: Only Latin characters and Latin numbers are allowed as « Your Nickname: » . Exceptions are « tekhniker|avek » , « ales-viser » etc. Please add some explanations about accessing the channel « #kavehoyz » by using the page [http://chatwikizine.memebot.com/cgi-bin/cgiirc/irc.cgi?adv=1 chatwikizine]: One should select the channel « #kavehoyz » from the channel list, select a Nickname and hit enter. All other fields are optional.‎

Thanks in advance and Good luck! Best regards

‫·‏לערי ריינהארט‏·‏T‏·‏m‏:‏[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/user_talk:%D7%9C%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%98?action=history Th]‏·‏T‏·‏email me‏·‏‬ 07:13, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

: Dear Danny! I want to let you know about [http://www.librarything.com/groups/yiddishlibrarythinge Yiddish Library Thingers] created tonight. I informed more people, mainly community libraries at LibraryThing about the group. First [http://www.librarything.com/profile/almigwin almigwin] joind the group with 6,060 books; see [http://www.librarything.com/catalog/almigwin her catalog].

: See the links to [http://www.librarything.com/profile/gangleri my profile] and [http://www.librarything.com/catalog/gangleri the books] I have listed.

: The page LibraryThing is both used by individuals and community libraries; these use it to catalogize their books.

: Please do not hesitate to ask if you have further questions. Best regards

: ‫·‏לערי ריינהארט‏·‏T‏·‏m‏:‏[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/user_talk:%D7%9C%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%98?action=history Th]‏·‏T‏·‏email me‏·‏‬ 06:22, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

== FAR notice ==

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Competition

Why did you abandon judging that competition? ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ Talk? 21:09, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Well its seems like ages ago now!!! lol. I thought you'd decided not to continue with it -particularly as I know there were a number of complaints about incentives. Whatever the case the problem with uneven quality is a major flaw in wikipedia and it will take years before we start the see thousands of articles which will be up to Veropedia standard. I;ve recently looked into creating locator maps for most of the countries in the world so weventually an article on any place it any country will have an infobox and a locator map -you know for all those crappy one line stubs. Some cities with over 300,000 are still one liners!! Have a read of Abbas Kiarostami which I wrote most of-is this good enough for veropedia? Canine trouble huh? Hands down the most painful experience I've ever had is an abscess. I had to be rushed to the Heath Hospital and everything -my face swelled up l;ike a balloon! Regards ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ Talk? 21:21, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

I personally think there are too many fairuse images in their anyway. Some of the film posters in particular should be removed. I'd rather we kept the ones which are useful to the article though. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ Talk? 21:37, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

I;ve removed two of the images. I think we could probably take out another 4 or so -I;d forgotten there were that many fair use images in there. ALso have a read of Casino Royale (2006 film) which I also wrote a major part of. Here we were rather more restrictive with the fair use images. Many editors are citing this page as a model now for film articles on wikipedia. Wouldn't it be great to have them all looking like this! So much work needs doing on building stubs and FA 's can be very stressful I rarely have time to write full articles like this anymore. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ Talk? 21:43, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

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Mongols and Hebrew

Danny, hi, remember that issue about the Franco-Mongol alliance article, where you offered a comment in the RfC? Unfortunately we're still having trouble on that issue, and someone recently brought up that several Hebrew sources say that the Mongols captured the city in 1244 (see El C's post at 21:25)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Franco-Mongol_alliance#Lord_of_the_Mongoliberations_.28of_the_Holy_City.21.29]

I of course think that such a claim is absurd, but I don't read Hebrew and can't check the sources for myself. Can you please take a look, and offer your opinion?

Also, the case is now being considered by ArbCom, in case you'd like to offer a statement: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration#Franco-Mongol alliance. Thanks, Elonka 23:50, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

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Request you restore your deleted versions of my talk page

I notice you deleted my talk page and gave no reason at all. Someone later talked on it afterward so it is not a red link now. I request you restore your deleted versions of my talk page. LamontStormstar (talk) 22:20, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Would you at least tell me why you deleted my talk page? LamontStormstar (talk) 02:44, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Helllo????? LamontStormstar (talk) 11:24, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Spam in [[:Lake Shore]]

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[[Matthew Brettingham]]

An article you've worked extensively on, Matthew Brettingham, is up for FAR. See here. Nousernamesleftcopper, not wood 00:05, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

[[Natalee Halloway]]

Hi Danny, Can you please address the question about this article being in the living persons category while it is also listed in the disappeared persons category. It seems that the aurgument for inclusion so people can watch this article is pretty weak since it is so closely watched as it is. Your thought? Thank you. --70.109.223.188 (talk) 16:47, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

:Never mind since it looks like you don't use this page for discussion. --70.109.223.188 (talk) 16:49, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

For coming and being part of Wikipedia:NotTheWikipediaWeekly - the files are all online now, and it was fun to chat! Thanks again! - Privatemusings (talk) 03:05, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

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Riana's request for bureaucratship

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Dear Danny, thank you for taking part in my RfB. As you may know, it was not passed by bureaucrats.
I would, however, like to thank you for taking the time to voice your support, despite concerns cited by the opposition. Although RfA/B isn't really about a person, but more about the community, I was deeply touched and honoured by the outpouring of support and interest in the discussion. I can only hope that you don't feel your opinion was not considered enough - bureaucrats have to give everyone's thoughts weight.
I also hope that the results of this RfB lead to some change in the way we approach RfBs, and some thought about whether long-entrenched standards are a good thing in our growing and increasingly heterogenous community.
I remain eager to serve you as an administrator and as an editor. If at any point you see something problematic in my actions, please do not hesitate to call me out. ~ Riana 12:48, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Ojibwa Feather Symbolism

Danny

Given that the article was printed in 1898 in the American Anthropologist which was printed by American Anthropological Association, we can probably guess that's it's in the public domain in the US and various other places. Well I can empathise with your concerns about JSTOR links, wouldn't it be better to ask me (who presumably has access to JSTOR, since I used it to write the article) or someone you know has access to JSTOR to upload the article to Wikisource and link it from there? I've never used Wikisource, so I'm not sure about their licensing. Are you concerned JSTOR could get all suey over [http://www.jstor.org/about/terms.html|Terms of Use 2.2h]? Term 2.1h makes me think they wouldn't, but if you know better, please share.

Mr Lemon (talk) 13:50, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

"Merge and delete is a violation of the GFDL"

Danny, I don't know what to do about this one. I'm going to need some help. See here.

Summary: an admin, Bryan Derksen, has undeleted material that has been merged with the claim that the GFDL obligates Wikipedia to maintain article history on all pages, including deleted ones, or we are violating copyright:

"That text, which I hold the copyright to but have licenced to Wikipedia under the GFDL, is now in the Kobold (Dungeons & Dragons) article. However, if you look at that article's history, you won't see my attribution under it. Wikipedia "gets away" with this by considering itself to be a unitary work, so the fact that my attribution remains under the old article's history means it's still compliant. However, the moment you deleted Tucker's kobolds my contribution was no longer attributed to me anywhere in Wikipedia. That meant that Wikipedia was violating my license terms, making the article Kobold (Dungeons & Dragons) into a copyright violation. This may seem like quibbling, but really, the GFDL is fundamental to making Wikipedia work and so compliance is very important."

I have re-deleted the page in question and removed the text in question until we can get office clarification on this. Bryan Derksen's interpretation of the GFDL seems completely novel to me, but I figured that you would be able to offer an authoritative opinion on this. Is he right? If so, as he says, we have an awful lot of cleanup work to start doing. Nandesuka (talk) 23:24, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

:I've taken this up at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#A case of merge and delete and the GFDL. My position is being misstated here, BTW; I only believe the GFDL requires histories to be maintained for articles whose text is still in Wikipedia, ie, merged into other articles. Bryan Derksen (talk) 23:34, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Althought I am by no means an authority on this, I tend to agree with Bryan's position here. Danny (talk) 23:36, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nakdi_Report&diff=198643475&oldid=198201878 this correction], I can't believe that one slipped by me...

When an article you dashed off, and nobody else touched, winds up on the mainpage, one tends to check one's watchlist obsessively worrying that the Multitudes have found vast numbers of errors.... Relata refero (talk) 18:53, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

#wikipedia-en-admins

Last night, there was a discussion about your removal. Probably you weren't notified of it. Most of the other channel members weren't. James_F went on to remove you from the channel. Me and other concerned members of the channel have tried to figure out the reason for your removal. The ops and arbcom, sadly involved, has not been willing to offer an explanation. The most plausible theory right now is that you were removed for not being part of the clique and whistleblowing. The ops have not budged on this issue. --Maxim(talk) 12:30, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

More questions on Lahav

Please see Talk:Suki Lahav for a couple of follow-up questions I have regarding the edits you made there. Thanks. Wasted Time R (talk) 12:03, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

:Belated thanks for the additional information you put on my talk page a while back; I've finally gotten around to adding it to the article. FWIW I see that the Hebrew Wikipedia now has an article on her, at http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A6%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%9C%D7%94%D7%91. Wasted Time R (talk) 12:45, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Hello Danny

I have been working on the Lucille Ball article and have almost got it up to GAstatus. There are just a few minor things I have to fix and it will be ready. I would recommend the article being moved over to Veropedia. You may want to take a look at it. I have gone through there and spent many hours working on sourcing it and getting it ready for you. Let me know what you think. Canyouhearmenow 12:44, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

::Danny, I have finally gotten the Lucille Ball article to GAstatus. I think we can move it to Veropedia now. It was a lot of work but I got it done. Hope you like it. Canyouhearmenow 04:15, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

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Ancient Egypt

I noticed Veropedia's version of ancient Egypt is horribly out of date. The article has recently been promoted to FA, so probably would be a good idea to update it. Thanks, Jeff Dahl (Talkcontribs) 04:44, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

I just put a barnstar on your userpage, hope you don't mind :P -- Tkgd2007 (talk) 00:32, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Image issue

Hi! There's an issue here about this image that you uploaded... if you could read through the discussion and perhaps "register" your copyright clearance in the way linked, that'd be great... thanks in advance!! TreasuryTagtc 09:19, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK

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Mozart

Hi, I see you have sourced a statement in article on Mozart and changed it a bit ([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart&diff=161047659&oldid=160963497 diff]). The article is currently being translated for Latvian Wikipedia and a user there questions this statement saying that vaccination wasn't available at the time, could you please clarify this ? ~~Xil * 15:49, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

The core contest

Still deciding the winner huh? If you weren't going to decide a winner what was the point in having a competition? ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ $1,000,000? 11:07, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Please move back the page

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=De_doctrina_Christiana_%28Milton%29&diff=211386106&oldid=211382432 this] is an improper move as per [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:De_doctrina_christiana.jpg this] the proper capitalization is "De Doctrina Christiana", not "De doctrina Christiana". I would assume that the physical manuscript would be the actual deciding source here. The previous person who first established it with a small "d" agreed to the change per [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ASrnec&diff=211187611&oldid=211175748 here]. Thanks. Ottava Rima (talk) 03:29, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

I wanted to note that you weren't really "mistaken" (many sources lowercase the second word), its just that there is no formal agreement between the various critics on the matter, and I only want consistency with the picture. :) I hope that makes sense. Ottava Rima (talk) 15:45, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Plovdiv

Greetings! In 2003 you created the article for Plovdiv which I have recently expanded. Would you review it for linguistic and language mistakes because I am not a native speaker of English and often my sentences don't sound rightly. Best, --Gligan (talk) 18:55, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Previously deleted GraalOnline article recreated in german...

The GraalOnline article that was deleted due to WP:WEB, NPOV, and other issues noted in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/GraalOnline has been secretly reposted at http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graal_Online , with little to no changes except for the language translation... The English page was nearly unanimously voted for removal and barring any significant changes should not be allowed back in any language... Vipercat (talk) 22:31, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Icelanders GA Sweeps Review: On Hold

As part of the WikiProject Good Articles, we're doing sweeps to go over all of the current GAs and see if they still meet the GA criteria and I'm specifically going over all of the "Culture and Society" articles. I have reviewed Icelanders and believe the article currently meets the majority of the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. In reviewing the article, I have found there are some issues that may need to be addressed, and I'll leave the article on hold for seven days for them to be fixed. I have left this message on your talk page since you have significantly edited the article (based on using [http://vs.aka-online.de/wppagehiststat/ this article history tool]). Please consider helping address the several points that I listed on the talk page of the article, which shouldn't take too long to fix with the assistance of multiple editors. I have also left messages on the talk pages for other editors and related WikiProjects to spread the workload around some. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. --Nehrams2020 (talk) 06:33, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Judaism Newsletter

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The WikiProject Judaism Newsletter
Issue I -- Sivan, 5768
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What's This?

Shalom aleichem sports fans, and welcome to the first of what I hope will be a monthly newsletter with the need-to-know information about our fair WikiProject. If you have any questions or comments, or would like to recommend a story for the newsletter, click [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:L%27Aquatique&action=edit§ion=new here] to leave a message on the Newsletter Coordinator's talk page.

In the News

  • WikiProject Good Articles is doing sweeps over all our current good articles to ensure they still meet criteria. For more information and how you can help, check out WikiProject Good Articles Sweeps.
  • GA status for the article Jew has been put on hold pending a few minor revisions. A list of things that need to be done to return this top importance article to its proper status can be found here.
  • Jerusalem is a Featured Article Candidate! Go forth, my people, and !vote!

To Do

  • One new Judaism-related article was created this month, the long requested Hebrew Punctuation. Thanks to Epson291 for creating it. Remember, folks, there are over forty standing requests for Judaism articles, so whenever you get the opportunity make sure to go create a few.
  • In the right column you will see a listing of our most popular articles. All of these articles got 170,000+ page hits in the past month, and they should be on everyone's watchlist so we can keep them vandalism-free.
  • Spread the word! No, not the Word... (well, you can do that too) I'm talking about inviting knowledgeable users to join the project. You can proclaim your undying love of WikiProject Judaism in methods mild to wild, check the project template page and member list for examples. We also now have a flashy advertisement, to use it add {{Wikipedia ads|ad=148}} to your userpage.

Quick Stats

On the date of publish, we had...

:*2341 of which are Stubs

:*15 of which are Good

:*8 of which are Featured

New Members

Most Popular Articles

By page hits. [http://stats.grok.se/ Source].

  1. Israel
  2. The Holocaust
  3. Judaism
  4. Ten Commandments
  5. Ark of the Covenant

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The Core Contest

What's the latest on The Core Contest? See

  • http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/User_talk:Moulton#Danny.27s_Sense_of_Ethics
  • http://allswool.blogspot.com/2008/06/does-wikipedia-deserve-to-survive.html
  • Wikipedia talk:The Core Contest

WAS 4.250 (talk) 13:59, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Judaism Newsletter

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The Judaism Newsletter

Issue II -- Tammuz, 5768
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Now with 200% more Jewishness!

Yes, folks, we're moving on up. This newsletter is now the newsletter for both WikiProject Judaism, WikiProject Jewish History, and WikiProject Kabbalah. In the future, I may split them, but for now I think we'll be just fine with one. As always, any questions or comments should be directed to me, L'Aquatique.

A Special Dispatch

Just a note, not aimed at anyone in particular. By order of the administrative cabal, it is officially not cool (and possibly dickish) to call someone an anti-semite when they aren't being anti-semitic. Anti-semitic is a very charged word, and it's important only to use it when you're absolutely sure it applies, lest it become the subject of a Godwin-esque law. Remember Hanlon's Razor: never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

In the News

  • A new class on the importance scale has been added- C Class- which covers articles better than start but not quite to B Class yet. It is up to the WikiProjects to decide whether to adopt them or not. Currently, there has been little discussion within our Projects, so if you feel strongly either way be sure to note so at your Project[s].
  • There is a proposal to reword the section on NPOV regarding religious articles. Please see Wikipedia_talk:NPOV#Religion section - Disputes between historians or scientists and religious_views to weigh in.
  • Thanks largely to the efforts of Xyz7890, a new navbox has come into being featuring Halakha topics. See: Template talk:Halakha to join in the conversation about how it can best be improved.

To Do

  • The Simple English Wikipedia is beginning a project of creating and improving articles related to religion, including Judaism. At the present time, volunteers are needed to propose our most important subjects for articles to be created. The official working list is here and a more extended list is here. If you are unsure of proper topics, you might try checking our lists of top importance level articles: Judaism and Jewish History. (WikiProject Kabbalah currently doesn't have such a list)

:*[Simple English] WikiProject Christianity is considering running a monthly drive wherein two or three top importance articles from English Wikipedia are simplified and moved over to S.E. They have extended an offer to work with us in creating a similar project for Judaism related articles. For questions or volunteer opportunities, please contact User:John Carter.

  • WikiProject Kabbalah is in dire need of an article rating system for quality and importance. If you are familiar with that system and have some time on your hands, please create one. It could also use some infoboxes...

New Members

New Articles

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Quick Links

WikiProject Judaism Stats

:*2342 of which are Stubs

:*15 of which are Good

:*8 of which are Featured

WikiProject Jewish History Stats

:*241 of which are Stubs

:*10 of which are Good

:*10 of which are Featured

WikiProject Kabbalah Stats

:*87 of which are Stubs

:*1 of which is Good

:*1 of which is Featured

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ניקוי החרא של נמרוד קמר

הטרול והספאמר נמרוד קמר שגורש מכל הפרוייקטים של ויקימדיה עדיין ממשיך ליצור ערכי זבל ולגרום נזקים לערכים אחרים.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User%3ANnimrodd]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/delete&page=Nimrod_Kamer]

ערכי זבל שהוא יצר על חברים שלו ועל סרטוני האינטרנט שלו:

נא למחוק אותם בבקשה ולהגן עליהם ממפני יצירה חוזרת

חשבונות שלו שנחסמו לצמיתות:

חשבונות שלו שצריכים להיחסם:

אתה מפעיל ככה שאתה יכול למחוק הכל במחיקה מהירה.

תודה —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.138.170.22 (talk) 09:25, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Lets stop this deletion operation, it is getting a negative international attention to this page. Perhaps it is unjustified after all to do a group execution on so many pages and links. Some of them amight be serious artists. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.117.28.100 (talk) 17:34, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

:זאת תגובה של נמרוד קמר ככל הנראה, תתעלם ממנה. 89.0.14.194 (talk) 11:28, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

The Judaism Newsletter

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The Judaism Newsletter

Issue III -- Av, 5768
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"Censorship" of names of G-d

There is an interesting discussion currently taking place regarding whether or not it is acceptable to censor (i.e. G-d, HaShem->YodHey) names of G-d in articles to protect Jews who may be reading or editing the article. You can weigh in here: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Judaism#Yahweh.

Article Cleanup Lists

User:B. Wolterding has generously offered us use of his bot to generate lists that show which articles of ours are tagged for cleanup. You can read more about this service here: User:B._Wolterding/Cleanup_listings and if you would like to take him up on his offer, contact him on his talk page.

In the News

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  • There is a collaboration drive to get Holocaust in Lithuania to good article status. For information about how you can help, see the talk page or contact User:Piotrus.
  • WikiProject Kabbalah's only Featured and Good articles have been removed from the WikiProject, on the grounds that neither article (Diane Keaton and David Beckham, respectively) actually mention the subject's affiliation with Kabbalah. If you have sourced information linking either of these people to Kabbalah, please add it so the articles can be returned to the WikiProject.
  • After a rather heated discussion, there are now two barnstars for use by the Jewish WikiProjects, {{tl|The Jewish Barnstar}} and {{tl|The New Jewish Barnstar}}, and you can choose which one you would like to use.. Remember: barnstars are for rewarding users who are doing good work on the project or on Judaism, Jewish History, or Kabbalah articles, and anyone can give anyone else a barnstar. If you see a user who you thinks deserves a thank you, give them a barnstar!

To Do/Help Requests

  • If you have some spare time on your hands, we could use an article about a Kabbalah scholar named Moshe Idel. According to HG there are quite a few sources easily available, you can contact him if you have questions. Be sure to nominate it for DYK if the finished article is eligible.
  • The folks at Shimon Peres need some assistance from someone familiar with both the Hebrew calendar and language to help them figure out the subject's birthday. If you can help, please see Talk:Shimon_Peres#Birthday.

New Members

New Articles

  • Bezalel Rudinsky (thanks Shirulashem!}, Jewish tartan (thanks Briangotts!), Hebrew spelling (thanks Epson291)
  • We get a lot of articles that are being created and not announced! By announcing new articles, you attract attention to them, and the more people looking and editing the better they will get. If you would like your new article to appear in the newsletter, add it here for Judaism and Kabbalah and here for Jewish History.
  • There are some 40 odd standing requests for Judaism related articles. Please make them! I would, but I'm too busy writing this. Image:Face-grin.svg.

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Quick Links

WikiProject Judaism Stats

:*2356 of which are Stubs

:*18 of which are Good

:*6 of which are Featured

WikiProject Jewish History Stats

:*244 of which are Stubs

:*10 of which are Good

:*10 of which are Featured

WikiProject Kabbalah Stats

:*87 of which are Stubs

:*0 of which are Good

:*0 of which are Featured

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This newsletter was automatically delivered because you are a member of one or more Judaism related WikiProjects. If you would like to opt out of future mailings, please remove your name from this list. As always, please direct all questions, comments, requests, barnstars, offers of help, and angry all-caps anti-semitic rants to my talk page. Thanks, and have a great month. L'Aquatique[approves|this|message] 20:31, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

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[[Yad Vashem]] status of [[Algoth Niska]]

On the discussion page of the Finnish Wikipedia article on Algoth Niska there is some dispute about whether it is accurate that Algoth Niska has indeed been declared Righteous Among the Nations status. Do you have any means through your connections to establish what the correct case of affairs is. As we have it currently, the article contains the category tag for Finnish Righteous Among the Nations. -- Cimon Avaro; on a pogostick. (talk) 11:53, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Parser on [[Major depressive disorder]]

Hye Danny., if you 're still around, I would muchly appreciate a link-check on Major depressive disorder which is...erm...rather large..Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 05:53, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Hey

Sorry I have been AWOL. Do you think [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yehudi_(name) this] merits its own article? Slrubenstein | Talk 22:46, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

MfD nomination of [[Wikipedia:Wikiwork Brigade]]

Wikipedia:Wikiwork Brigade, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Wikiwork Brigade and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Wikipedia:Wikiwork Brigade during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Gimme danger (talk) 05:39, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

File:Warsaw Ghetto.jpg listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, :File:Warsaw Ghetto.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. {{#if:|{{{2}}}|Thank you.}} Papa November (talk) 11:55, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of [[:Roger Wicker]]

Image:Ambox warning_pn.svg Please refrain from introducing inappropriate pages such as :Roger Wicker, to Wikipedia. Doing so is not in accordance with our policies. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{tl|hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. God Emperor (talk) 19:18, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

invitation

You're invited to sign up as a founding member, at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals#WikiProject Historic Sites ! :) doncram (talk) 07:05, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

hi

Hi i got your name from metawiki and i was just writing to enquire as to how, and if it would be possible to start a Black Country dialect wikipedia. There is a group on facebook with the aim of starting a facebook in the dialect which has 30,000 members so there is an audience for it, I'm willing to do the work, and dialects in other languages have wikipedias but I was wondering if it was likely that they would let this get off the ground before i started trying to get it started. cheers.

Yours faithfully

Jimjom (talk) 15:05, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

GA reassessment of [[No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith]]

I have conducted a review of this article as part of the GA sweeps process. There are some issues which need addressing, which can be found at Talk:No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith/GA1. The article is on hold for seven days, so that these concerns may be addressed. Thanks. Jezhotwells (talk) 00:55, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

[[Commons:File:Rumkowski.JPG]]

This file was moved to Commons from English Wikipedia, but some description information may have got lost in the process.

As you are noted as the original uploader, or in the history for the file, it would be appreciated if you could

help in reconstructing this information.

Thanks for you assistance and keep uploading 'free' media :)Sfan00 IMG (talk) 01:55, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

Red Allen

Weary of waiting for your response, I've gone ahead and changed Red Allen's birthdate per Chilton's research. If you have information you think have resolved the matter otherwise, please share it on the article talk page. Thanks. Cheers, Infrogmation (talk) 04:24, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

RfD nomination of [[:Lakeshire]]

I have nominated {{la|Lakeshire}} for discussion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. Taelus (talk) 19:57, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs

30px Hello Danny! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 7 of the articles that you created are tagged as Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. If you were to bring these articles up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current {{PAGESINCATEGORY:All_unreferenced_BLPs}} article backlog. Once the articles are adequately referenced, please remove the {{tl|unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the list:

  1. Crescenzio Sepe - {{findsources|Crescenzio Sepe}}
  2. Bediako Asare - {{findsources|Bediako Asare}}
  3. Koloa Talake - {{findsources|Koloa Talake}}
  4. Al-Jazuli Daf'allah - {{findsources|Al-Jazuli Daf'allah}}
  5. Tim Abell - {{findsources|Tim Abell}}
  6. Chris Murphy (Canadian musician) - {{findsources|Chris Murphy (Canadian musician)}}
  7. George Cadle Price - {{findsources|George Cadle Price}}

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 21:52, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Barricades (documentary film)

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|On January 28, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Barricades (documentary film), which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, [http://stats.grok.se/en/201001/Barricades_(documentary_film) quick check] ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 12:00, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

DYK potential issue

25px Hello! Your submission of Close, Closed, Closure at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath {{T:TDYK|Close, Closed, Closure|your nomination's entry}} and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Gonzonoir (talk) 14:00, 5 February 2010 (UTC)