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Hello Lara bran! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 14:52, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
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Thanks user:User:Vanderdecken. Still i dont think any use in editing under username. Helpful only to edit protected pages. My edits in quake3 are reverted, nowhere strafing is mentioned, could you include somehow? Its not game guide as told by reverter, but its gameplay Lara bran 03:48, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Just wanted to say thanks for your constructive work toward improving Template:Welcomeg. I personally feel that you've show excellent behavior and were correct in your bold changes. Keep up the good work. ∴ here…♠ 21:00, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

You are welcome here. I liked the community, though issue is not resolved yet. Lara bran 03:20, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Re: Notable TT players

My logic is: if the player is notable, then (s)he'll be in already. Categories do not include non-existent pages. That's my reasoning. Kwsn(Ni!) 16:01, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Oh, and thanks for leaving a comment when you removed the prod, it's annoying when someone takes it off and doesn't leave a reason. Kwsn(Ni!) 19:31, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Notable table tennis players

I've nominated Notable table tennis players, an article you created, for deletion. We appreciate your contributions, but in this particular case I do not feel that Notable table tennis players satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion; I have explained why in the nomination space (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and the Wikipedia deletion policy). Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Notable table tennis players and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Notable table tennis players during the discussion but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Kwsn(Ni!) 16:09, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Tourism by state

You said that I was expanding on Indian states, thats not the case, a lot of the info was already there before I started, I actually reduced it and cleaned some of the text up. Some of the text look as though it was written by a 5 year old, whilst other sections look as if they have been copied word for word, I have made a few minor changes. I have seen this in other articles especially in Tourism in Maharashtra. That entire article was a section in the tourism india article. I turned that section into a separate article becuase there was plenty of info there and that to can now be expanded. I would like to work in with the others but the other editor was unreasonable. The idea for the drop down box was to shorten the article wich has been tagged to long. Certain sections were even doubled up. Thats it for nowفي بمناమొదటి한국어 日本語

Lara bran, can you let me know when you are done with this round of edits in the Tourism in India article? I have some input for the Wildlife Tourism section etc as well as for regions not currently covered.-Deepraj | Talk 09:35, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Previous versions

/ Just before I start with a second round --في بمناమొదటి한국어 日本語 05:38, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

I will give a better format later سياسة الخصوصية12345

Fauna of India

I believe it is covered already, also you are doubling up again with certain things. A lot of the things you put back are linked in the article. Goa, Korala and so on. سياسة الخصوصية12345 06:59, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

  • Beaches
  • Tourist beaches are:
  • Kovalam Beach in Kerala
  • Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Beaches in Mumbai

The liks to some of these articles don't link to beach articles but to the main articles themselves wich are already mentioned in the article, thats why I took these out before.
If I decide to look further, I think I would find the website that this was copied and pasted from. سياسة الخصوصية12345

Judging by the history of this article your edits probably wont last to long, even though I would revert to your current version if need be. سياسة الخصوصية12345
I don't actually know anything about india, I just do some formatting. I also work as tourist information in Sydney, I am also a domestic travel agent (Australia). I have restored your message on my page. Something happened to the formatt, the page went orange for some reason. and by the way I have one of these things. I made a minor adjustment, I put spinning globes in.

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2 categories

{{helpme}} How to see intersection of 2 categories? I want to see intersection of category:abc and category:xyz, how to do it? (im not talking about subcategories, but 2 independent categories) Lara bran 10:07, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

It would help if you would state the actual categories concerned? Giles Bennett (Talk, Contribs) 10:27, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
OK, its Category:Philosophy and Category:Aesthetics. Thanks Lara bran 10:29, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
Just to clarify, in essence you want to see a list of all pages which are in both (a) Category:Philosophy and (b) Category:Aesthetics? Giles Bennett (Talk, Contribs) 10:32, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
Right. Thanks Lara bran 10:36, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
Don't know - sorry! I suspect not, but will leave the {{helpme}} tag in place and someone else will doubtless be along shortly. Giles Bennett (Talk, Contribs) 10:39, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
Look at the bottom of the page. It should list categories in which they are both in. Miranda 10:50, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
Wrong info. By these replies i think such option is not available in wikipedia. Somebody(other than miranda) confirm. Lara bran 11:16, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
See this. Categories to not form a tree. And, please stop striking out my comments, because I am trying to help you. Miranda 11:25, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

A new article for Tourism in India

I have started a new article using the information in the Tourism in India article. It is Tourism in Andhra Pradesh. After creating the article and transfering the information across, I removed the excessive info from that section and added the main article link at the top. So if anyone wants to find out more they go to the main article which is still under construction. You may wish to have a look. جميع أفراد المجتمع المؤهلين مدعوون للتصويت في انتخابات مجلس أمناء مؤسسة ويكيميديا.

New tourism India articles

Hi. Okay, I'll do that in future. I have these other articles as well that were created the same way Tourism in Madhya Pradesh & Tourism in Maharashtra. They were complete sections in tourism in India which have made fairly lengthy size articles on their own. I also found another article, Tourism in Punjab (India). I used the information from tourism in India to expand on that article by adding to the intro and that inturn has made that the main article for that section. I was going to start a new article for Punjab, lucky I checked it was already there. I have added the main article link to that section as well to let people know that it is there for their reading pleasure. Thanks.
Mindys12345 جميع أفراد المجتمع المؤهلين مدعوون للتصويت في انتخابات مجلس أمناء مؤسسة ويكيميديا. .

I don't have anything against the move, but I think the (India) in brackets may have been to let people know that it is Punjab in India and not Pakistan. So other people may have a different opinion, but it shouldn't cause to much of a worry. Also I have checked out Kerala, man it looks beautiful. I am giong to use wikipedia to plan my future expidition. I think I now deserve a holiday overthere after creating so many articles about it. Just kidding. But I will visit, one day. Thanks Mindys12345 جميع أفراد المجتمع المؤهلين مدعوون للتصويت في انتخابات مجلس أمناء مؤسسة ويكيميديا. .

Hill Stations

I am not quite sure, we may have an Australian equivalent. What I will do is I will search around and find a few links and maybe a few other places of interest and post them on you talk page. Another thing, is Kerala Backwaters safe for a westerner like myself. Mindys12345 جميع أفراد المجتمع المؤهلين مدعوون للتصويت في انتخابات مجلس أمناء مؤسسة ويكيميديا. .
I coudn't really find anything about towns up in the mountain with any decent images. We do have something similar, its just a case of someone going into these areas and taking some images to upload. I will keep looking though, but for the time being I have a few other places of interest. They are not hill stations just nice places, even though we have more. I will leave you with these for the time being and I'll have another look tommorow, I am just about to retire for the night. Anyway here are the links.

This is just a few, I will search further for you and post them on your talk page, maybe tommorow. Goodnight. Mindys12345 جميع أفراد المجتمع المؤهلين مدعوون للتصويت في انتخابات مجلس أمناء مؤسسة ويكيميديا. .

Hi. Still can't find anything decent on hillstations. I think nobody has bothered to write articles about them or if there is an article, there are decent images, but for the time being have a look at this. Mindys12345 جميع أفراد المجتمع المؤهلين مدعوون للتصويت في انتخابات مجلس أمناء مؤسسة ويكيميديا. .

Good article

What article are you refering to Mindys12345 جميع أفراد المجتمع المؤهلين مدعوون للتصويت في انتخابات مجلس أمناء مؤسسة ويكيميديا. .

Bot warning

Those messages that you removed from the user talk page User:Jobanjohn was left by an automatice bot. that was trying to warn that user about speedy deletion tags that where put on images that he uploaded that were in breach of copyrite and had web addresses on them which is againts wikpedia policy. Also that user was adding spam links to Malayattoor then after he did that he created another page with slightly different spelling so he could add more of his own links to that article. His own personal website. Mindys12345 جميع أفراد المجتمع المؤهلين مدعوون للتصويت في انتخابات مجلس أمناء مؤسسة ويكيميديا. .

That was a new user, he doesn'tknow policies. He should be told about policies about external link, too many warning for a new guest is not proper, hence i removed them. He created article Jobanjohn in mainspace instead of creating User:Jobanjohn. Next time when he comes he will know about all these. Lara bran 09:58, 11 July 2007 (UTC) moved to your page
The new user recieved 2 level 1 warnings, which is a welcome and a polite warning. The other ones that you removed were not actual warnings. They were messages to inform him that speedy deletion tags ware placed on each image that he downloaded so he could contest the deletion. 1 tag for each picture, If he logs back in he wont see them so his images will get deleted. Which they will regarless of him contesting them. You can have a look at the images but nobody can remove the tags until admins have had a look.
Sorry I just realised, It was someone else, my stupidity, I should have checked it was this guy/girl User talk:Geoshrad

Mindys12345 جميع أفراد المجتمع المؤهلين مدعوون للتصويت في انتخابات مجلس أمناء مؤسسة ويكيميديا. .

Still no Hill Stations

Hi. I still can't find any hill stations, but you may want to have a look at these.Mindys12345 এই সভ্যজন অসমৰجميع أفراد المجتمع . .

Reverts

Lara, please don't get the wrong idea. I'm not trying to block anyone, or to keep the article any particular way, I'm trying to redirect the energy away from editing the page back and forth, and towards getting a discussion going. It doesn't matter whether or not you think a revert is justified; it's still a bad idea because you're doing it instead of setting up a focused discussion and notifying relevant WikiProjects.

I'd rather talk about your proposed merge than about rules and reverts and all that nonsense, wouldn't you? We can have that conversation whether the article is a redirect or not, right? -GTBacchus(talk) 07:16, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Thats fine, but i can convince you yourself that im right and i dint deserve warning(even this is equally important but that is not the place). You diverted discussion and we go back thats fine. I have long history of editing wikipedia, but community discussion experience is very less, see my comments on talk page of second party. Lara bran
It's really not about whether or not you "deserve" a warning. It's about how quickly the edit war stops and the discussion starts. I'm sorry if you take that personally; I certainly didn't mean it that way. -GTBacchus(talk) 13:30, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
I took liberty to redirect mating, dont jump to some decision. I requested repeatedly that user to leave reverting to third party before warning. I have put enough effort in merging; but this community(NOT called community if only 2 parties are there) made me put more effort and tension than that during merging. If you are admin kindly consider my requested move here. Lara bran 13:37, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
I haven't jumped to any decision. When you are reverted, the correct action is not to revert back, but to discuss before anybody reverts anybody else. Please read WP:BRD. Demanding that the other user wait for a third party do the revert is wrong. The best thing to do is to leave it in the state you don't prefer while actively generating productive discussion. Then, you can go back and make your edit when you've got a clear consensus. I'll be happy to help with any move request after serious discussion has occurred. Your job now is to forget about reverting, and make that discussion happen - the more people involved, the better. -GTBacchus(talk) 19:49, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
I never allow nor ever allowed anybody to singlehandedly revert all edits done with enough time effort and good faith. Now that some third party reverted im not reverting back, i dont call it community, also, i dont reply much in detail in talk if there is only one party. Currently im unable to convince you due to lack of time, we drop this discussion here i think. Lara bran 05:28, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
That's fine, but be aware that many Wikipedians consider "I never allow anybody to singlehandedly revert" to be edit warring, and poor practice. If somebody else brings it up to you, don't be surprised.

If you haven't done so already, please have a look at Wikipedia:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle. That page describes a good practice, that doesn't lead to continued edit wars. Reverting, while demanding that the other person get a third party, tends to extend and worsen edit wars. That's what we've learned from long experience, and that's why it's discouraged.

Good luck to you. -GTBacchus(talk) 19:54, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the wishes, I seriously dont mind if somebody retaliates my reverts, and i never reverted(even vandalism, dont dig here) others contribution. But i stop edit war the moment 3rd party reverts, consider this. When such war, we should find intermediate version, but very common misunderstanding is "older version is consensus". Thanks again. Lara bran 05:14, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Tourism info box

If someone does not beat me to it, I may look into making a tourism info box of some sort, but only if people or other users think it is worth while. I would also have to work out what kind of information you would want to have in the infobox. I have made infoboxes before, I have made the infobox for the Sydney Coach Terminal article, I have also made 3 templates. The first one is Template:The Hawkesbury River, my second creation is Template:Tourism and my third is the Indian Pilgramage template which you can find in the Tourism in India article. I think the Indian one should be fixed up and inserted into other articles, but somebody who knows more about it than me should probably look into it, it was a blind project on my behalf. I put the Sydney landmark template on your talk page simply to show you some of the sites around sydney.

Another thing. The article that you redirected the other day should probably have the two sections blended in together. Ill look into it. Mindys12345 এই সভ্যজন অসমৰجميع أفراد المجتمع . .

Infobox HORSES
Woolloomooloo Bay
General information
Town or cityWoolloomooloo, Sydney
CountryAustralia
Construction started1911
Completed1915
ClientSydney Harbour Trust
Technical details
Structural systemTimber
Design and construction
Architect(s)Henry Walsh
You said something along the lines of giving me free information. So that gave me the impression that if I wanted more info infuture I would have to pay or that I was causing you some kind of inconvenience. You seem annoyed in your replies. Also I wasn't asking to be assigned work, you mentioned an info box, so I was simply asking if you had some ideas as to what to include in the info box. Mindys12345स्वागतम्! ॐ शान्ति ! शान्ति !! शान्ति !!!
You can't just take a holiday, you need to apply in advance. Mindys12345स्वागतम्! ॐ शान्ति ! शान्ति !! शान्ति !!!
Okay, sorry for the misunderstanding, see you in one week. Mindys12345स्वागतम्! ॐ शान्ति ! शान्ति !! शान्ति !!!

Campa Cola

Originally Pure Drinks & Campa Beverages Pvt. Ltd. Bottling & Market by S.V Cold Drink Factory, Vill SudhaMazra, Balachaur, Nawanshahar, Punjab. Contact :- Praveen Kumar (Marketing Manager)+919876620704, Owner & Partner :- Mr. Vinod Kumar & Sham Sunder +919815985422

Hi I see you have added a competitor to the article, I thought it might annoy them a little more to have the link in the info box as well. The only thing is the page is also being watched by an admin, who I suspect will remove those links from the article due to the fact that the link is also in the info box. Instead of having a see also list, What you or I could do is, change the header from see also to Direct competitors of Campa Cola or other Indian brands in direct competition with Campa Cola.
Excellent, I have read some of the Thumbs up article and this has led me to some other competitors that I may add to the list. Thanks. Mindys12345स्वागतम्! এই সভ্যজন অসমৰॐ शान्ति ! शान्ति !! शान्ति !!!
I could remove Limca, even though it is not a cola it is still a competitor. Campa cola could also make other brands of flavours of soft drink as well. Also if you mean the swchepps cola in the info box, they are there becuase they are related products. I thinks it would be good to have a list of competitors as that would keep the article nuetral. If Campa Cola does not exist, it is strange that they would continue to add there contact details to the info box of that article. If you read the article it does mention that they now also deal in construction and hotels, or something similar. So they may still produce the cola but under a different trading name. I leave it up to you to decide what to do with the see also list. Mindys12345स्वागतम्! এই সভ্যজন অসমৰॐ शान्ति ! शान्ति !! शान्ति !!!
Thats okay, I am not really worried about what brands are in the infobox or see also list. If someone knows more than me it should be changes if needed. Mindys12345स्वागतम्! এই সভ্যজন অসমৰॐ शान्ति ! शान्ति !! शान्ति !!!
Yes, i'm supprised that you replied so quickly. I thought that you would reply in a few days time to my first message. Mindys12345स्वागतम्! এই সভ্যজন অসমৰॐ शान्ति ! शान्ति !! शान्ति !!!

Tourism in Goa

I also noticed that you started a new article tourism in Goa. I have added the Template:Tourism to the article. You dont really want to add the link to the template though. If you were to add all the countrys and citys and states of every country the template would be massive.
Also, I know the feeling about wiki being addictive. It keeps me up late at night. Mindys12345स्वागतम्! এই সভ্যজন অসমৰॐ शान्ति ! शान्ति !! शान्ति !!!

I put the template there to help people find out about other tourism articles that they never thought extisted. Every article in that template has the template in that article. So that means more people finding tourism in India and more people finding tourism in Goa. Its networking the system. Mindys12345स्वागतम्! এই সভ্যজন অসমৰॐ शान्ति ! शान्ति !! शान्ति !!!

Tourism in the Outback

Yes nice article, the only thing is if an admin happens to see this, you might get a warning. I won't say anything, I may even put it to good use later on. It might also be a good thing to remove it before someone picks up on this in the recent changes page. Mindys12345स्वागतम्! এই সভ্যজন অসমৰॐ शान्ति ! शान्ति !! शान्ति !!!

Just dropping by to Ping you

If i leave it there and lets say an admin comes along to give me a message and lets say for some reason they decide to click the link and are offended by it. What they would do is look through the page history find out who put it there and then indef block you for a few years. I can't understand why you would put it there, it doesn't worry me. If you did that to someone else they may get upset.

Campa Cola. You missed the action with Campa cola last night. The contact details were inserted and reverted over 4 times. I had one of the ip blocked for two weeks then after that another 2 ip's came along and did the same thing. I have for the time being foiled there plans. I know they cannot format properly, so I removed the infobox and replaced with a template that shows the same info box. I think it has worked for the time being, the offenders came along put their details in then realised the infobox was missing after they saved. Their details could not be formatted properly, so they actually took them out themselves. This is only a short term solution as they will probably figure out how to format in future. Mindys12345स्वागतम्! এই সভ্যজন অসমৰॐ शान्ति ! शान्ति !! शान्ति !!!

You tricked me

Yes you tricked me with external link, when I get time I will check out the website more. Mindys12345स्वागतम्! এই সভ্যজন অসমৰॐ शान्ति ! शान्ति !! शान्ति !!!

Shouldn't you have realised after the first time that it was a trap. The only thing it did was lead you to another wikipedia article, the only thing is it happened to have a picture of a naked lady. I was not trying to lead people to the picture but the article, which I thought was a good quality article and that is what I wanted people to see the great quality and literary style. I was just hoping that readers would overlook the fact that there was a picture of naked lady. Mindys12345स्वागतम्! এই সভ্যজন অসমৰॐ शान्ति ! शान्ति !! शान्ति !!!
I have never heard of hinking hiking, is this a new style of hiking. Mindys12345स्वागतम्! এই সভ্যজন অসমৰॐ शान्ति ! शान्ति !! शान्ति !!!
Naked hiking I have improved the format. May get blocked as well. Mindys12345स्वागतम्! এই সভ্যজন অসমৰॐ शान्ति ! शान्ति !! शान्ति !!!
I have noticed both in my watchlist, I was only joking about the hinking hiking, I only realised when you fixed the problem.

I am not sure if they will head your advise in the campa cola article, they may not even look there. Their main concern is the infobox and now they cannot find it. I think they are scratching their heads in disbelief. Mindys12345स्वागतम्! এই সভ্যজন অসমৰॐ शान्ति ! शान्ति !! शान्ति !!!

I'm a new man

Hello Adam.J.W.C.

Campa Cola

It probably would be a waste of effert to remove advertising details from Campa Cola. An admin came along and removed our edits, the invisible edits I used to trick the spamsters and your message. What I might do now is keep a watch on the page but I am not going to remove any future details that are inserted into the article. I actually tried to explain to the admin but I doubt that he will listen. This is the message that I left for him [1]. Ad@m.J.W.C. 00:23, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Some more templates with a difference

Check these out in your sandbox you may find them helpful or go to my user space and go to drop down box "Nobs and things". Cheers.

  • {{subst:welcome2}} ~~~~
  • {{subst:anon}} ~~~~
  • {{subst:uw-preview}} ~~~~
  • {{subst:editsummary}} ~~~~
  • {{subst:summary}} ~~~~~
  • {{subst:tilde}} ~~~~

--Ad@m.J.W.C. 05:01, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

I don't know if you have tried these out but the second one down is for an ip address advising them on how to start a new account. The first one at the top of the list you should delete becuase you already have one. Third one down tells them to preview before saving and so on. There simply different templates for different occasions.

Also have a look at my brand new style of warning templates in the drop down box V template in my user space. Also if you go to nobs and things you will find other usefull things that can be copied and pasted for all occasions. I have also made new template userboxes, although I have never been to goal, its just a joke.

Spam and vandalism

You also mentioned that you do not revert spam and vandalism all that much. You know you probably should, you would probably find it interesting, to me its almost like playing solitaire or freecell. You come across one count of spam or vandalism, you revert it and give one warning. On some occasians the warnings are ignored so you give another warning then another till eventually you have them blocked after reporting them to Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism . Yesterday I had one ip blocked after 50 counts of spam and vandalism.

I never actually meant that I play these games on wikipedia, what I actually meant is that removing spam, warning repeat offenders and eventually having them blocked is kind of like the equivilent to playing the game. Also you said that using popup is combersum, you should try using popups not just to revert but to look at the diffs in your watchlist without actually clicking on to the link. I am not sure if you know or have tried this but you can do this by going to Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation popups. You also said that wiki articles should have atleast 5 links each, well that depends on what kind of links they are wheather they be advertising for a business or information that helps to expand or varifie whats already in the article.

India

I find that sometimes the best way to learn about things that you don't know about is to work on those articles. Also, I come across these articles by following spam trails. I find a lot of Indian contributors like to add websites to those related articles. As a part of the wikipedia communitie we should devote a little time to removing spam. Anyway by following the spam trail, thats how I come across these articles, ones like this Sawantvadi . Anyway I am off to design a new userbox for my hometown.

Popups

See, I new you would like it.

Installing twinkle and popups at the same time may cause problems with the automatic edit summary.

Never assume... never assume what? Never assume...anything.

Thank you for thinking I'm new... LOL. I went by a different name before, but now I am on a new server, due to location change and I had to create a new user name. I shall laugh and laugh tonight. Chado2423 05:32, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:Not a ballot

Template:Not a ballot 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. — Cerejota 04:12, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

shemale

You've been asking about the AfD [2], which was closed merge and redirect. As is unfortunately typical, it was just redirected--in practice merge and redirect or merge is almost always equivalent to delete, except for leaving the redirect behind. This is not the way it was meant to be used, and it should be seen as a variant of delete not as keep. The change in how this closing is used has been suggested a number of times, and failed. It's convenient for the operation of AfD, and many of the most experienced people there strongly support continuing. I'd love to change it, but I do not see how.

But there is a practical solution: simply edit the article on transwoman to incorporate the content that you think should be there. It may be challenged--respond by citing the result of the AfD. If necessary follow dispute Resolution. I cannot think of any other way to proceed--many of the procedures here run in the favor of deletion; AGF, its the 2nd law of thermodynamics: left to themselves, things run downhill. It takes work to build them up. If you think its worth the work, do it.
I unfortunately am not familiar enough with this to edit effectively myself, although I certainly remember hearing shemale many many years before transwoman, and the use was not originally always derogatory. Good luck with it. DGG (talk) 18:28, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
Your plan seems fine. With good references, it should hold up. With enough good references prominently near the top so they show up in the first screen, it might not even be challenged. If you want, I'll have a look when its ready. DGG (talk) 18:31, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Heathcote National Park

Hello. Today I went out and took some images of a national park near my house. Thought you may want to have a look, it's in this article = Heathcote National Park. Ad@m.J.W.C. 08:35, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Its actually about half an hours drive away but still not to far. Also its pretty hard to get a good panoramic image so from my pics it may seem small, its actually a suburban area and one of the lesser known national parks in Sydney. Every time I go there, there is not a soul in sight. I had to walk for about three hours to get all those shots that I wanted. Anyway thanks for having a look --Ad@m.J.W.C. 13:08, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
Looks pretty good, I'll have to include this to the list of places that I will visit one day. --Ad@m.J.W.C. 13:24, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
Sounds good, also sounds like lots of hiking and more images for Wikipedia.--Ad@m.J.W.C. 13:27, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Raja Yoga template

Hello. I notice that you have been placing the Raja Yoga template on many pages. I am not sure it is appropriate on all of them. Perhaps you could check on the talk page for some of the articles to see if there is consensus for the template, which may reflect the subject completely or be on target for all articles. Buddhipriya 06:26, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. The template may be fine for some articles, but since it is a new one, perhaps other editors will want to look it over and suggest changes. In its present form it seems not to give much general navigation guidance except for the eight limbs themselves. Generally the navigation templates take up space, and when articles get too many of them formatting issues can arise. So for articles that already have multiple templates, adding another may be seen as clutter by some editors. The new template may be very useful for some articles, and I complement you for creating it. If I have removed it on some page where you think it should go, please be sure to raise a question on the talk page for the article so other editors can chime in. Getting more points of view is usually helpful. Thanks again for your contributions, and keep up the good work. Buddhipriya 06:34, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
Sure, I would be glad to work on it with you. I prefer to keep discussion threads on one page, so I have replied in more detail on my talk page. Buddhipriya 06:40, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Please look over WP:EL

I have removed linkspam from the Surya Namaskara article because the site cites no reliable sources: [3]. Please review WP:EL for policy on external links. Wikipedia is not a directory of links, and sites must qualify as WP:RS for such links. Buddhipriya 08:19, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

I see that you have reverted the removal of unsourced content on that article. Please read WP:V which clarifies that all material must be sourced, or it may be removed. Please do not continue to insert unsourced material into articles, as it is contrary to that policy. Also, I would like to suggest that instead of just revert warring you consider discussing the issues on the talk pages for articles. That way the differences of opinion can be worked out without the need for back and forth reversions on the actual article. Continued reversions are considered bad form on Wikipedia. Buddhipriya 08:44, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Images of Sydney and surrounds

Hi. I have been taking a lot of pictures lately have a look User:Adam.J.W.C./Images Also check out the external links on the same page, they direct to wiki commons were I have all my images. You will even find what I would consider Australia's version of a hill station in the Category Blue Mountains section. All the images are mine in that article minus 3 or 4. You will even find picture of sand dunes in Sydney. Thanks Adam.--Ad@m.J.W.C. 04:41, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Lara Brian

Hi, I did wonder where your name came from. I also see that you may like cricket. Don't tell anyone especially the Indian cricket coach, this is part of the reason why our team is so good, I wrote the entire article and took the pictures. Also what do you mean by your last round of edits.--Ad@m.J.W.C. 06:44, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

I didn't actually watch the world cup becuase it was on at like 3am each morning. Also I watch all my edits carefully by way of my watchlist, you can set your preferences to view all applicable changes except for you own. Why would you want to leave has someone upset you or reverted some of your work. Did you have a look at my article.--Ad@m.J.W.C. 07:45, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
If you get sick of the English wikipedia, why don't you start to contribute to the languages, like me Me on a foriegn wikipedia I dont speak the other wiki languages like I have work out how to use a few words here and there. With certain sentences you can copy and paste from another article then change certain words around. Even if you have no idea of what the f it means. Check out the link, no dirty tricks. If I wanted I could think of some very bad one's. Classics like you would not believe.--Ad@m.J.W.C. 13:32, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Portal:Aesthetics

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Didn't want to spook you

I think I tagged Portal:Aesthetics for deletion about a minute after you created it. I had no idea until I looked at my watchlist. As far as I knew it had been a redirect for years. I know when something like that happens to me I get a little creeped out.

You can have a redirect there if you want to. The only reason I deleted it, is that the navigation template on the wikiproject aesthetics page recognizes it as a page that exists, and therefore puts a link to it. If there is no page, it just leaves it out. We can have it either way.

I just didn't want to scare anyone off from working on it. Be well. Gregbard 08:31, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

See also Erotic art

I feel like this one is a bit of a tangent in Sexual arousal, where the See also list is pretty long already. Also, adding Erotic art opens the door for anything that can be said to cause sexual arousal, whereas up to now all the See also subjects are more directly related to the topic.

Would you be okay with my removing that entry? / edg ☺ ★ 06:36, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Nice to see another editor interested. i added to see also so that we can connect related articles together. A navigation template will do it better, you can give a go i think. If we organise articles together articles will improve by themselves. Lara_bran 06:43, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
Made the change. I'm not much for organizing today. I'm more of an alarm bell. Thanks for getting back to me. :) / edg ☺ ★ 06:49, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Raja Yoga template

Since the list of the eight limbs of Yoga is included in the Yoga template already, putting the Raja Yoga template on a page that has a Yoga template is redundant and just clutters up the page. If you feel strongly that it should be inserted somewhere, please discuss it on the talk page for the article involved. Adding two templates that say the same thing on the same article is not needed. Buddhipriya 04:47, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Kama Sutra

Please stop adding sexual content to the article on Kama Sutra and discuss this issue on the talk page for the article instead of engaging in an edit war. Over the past several months the article has been systematically cleaned up to remove the WP:UNDUE fascination with sexual activities. If you read the text of the article you will see that the sexual content of the work is only a small part of it, and your edits have the effect of making it disproportionate in importance. Buddhipriya 05:24, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

You are engaged in an edit war

Please do not remove my comments from talk pages, as you did here: [4]. That is another type of vandalism. The posting draws attention to a link that you have placed to the article Kama Sutra, showing that you are engaged in edits on other articles that affect links to that article. It also explains to other editors my thinking regarding your actions on that article. Please read WP:CON and try to build consensus for your views on the talk pages for the articles rather than just edit warring. Buddhipriya 07:21, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

aesthetics

I added a section to the aesthetics article listing principles. This will probably be decimated for lack of references. I would like to see each of the principles represented in the nav bar. However, I don't know if they have concise names like "the aesthetic principle of x." I'm no expert, however I have excellent notes. Gregbard 10:56, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

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All your base

There's no way it's a good article as it stands. The content is null.--h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 15:57, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi

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Edit warring

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Kama Sutra. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute 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 which gains a consensus among editors. IPSOS (talk) 04:33, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

August 2007

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Kama Sutra. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute 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 which gains a consensus among editors. Abecedare 14:31, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

RFCbot

The problem has since been solved. On one of the pages, there was line breakage in the template when there wasn't supposed to be, causing the bot to screw up. That's the thing -- the bot is so stupid it will do whatever a human tells it, so it's up to the human to get it right. But it's not real problem and it's easily fixable. This is how I fixed it. MessedRocker (talk) 06:38, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

AYB

That's not true, actually. AYB because famous because people liked its mutilation of the English language. The misconception that base meant anything other than a military installation wasn't a factor as far as I can tell. Have a read of reference 2 in the article ("When Gamer Humour Attacks") for a description of the early days. Orpheus 15:47, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

I've never in my life heard base used as a synonym for arse. As for adult humour, I would be reluctant to describe AYB as something that amused adults :) Orpheus 15:22, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Yoga poll

Hi Lara, I leave the following message at a number of "user talk pages" of people that seem to be acquinted with the subject. Please do vote too!

"Hi! There's some discussion on whether using "asana", "yogasana" or "yoga asana" as the article title. If you are acquainted with the subject, you are invited to drop your opinion at Talk:Yogasana#Opinion Poll on this article's name." Davin7 09:10, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Australian odes of an articulate nature

I found this this article whilst browsing around the Australian categories, you may want check it out Australian odes. Cheers. Adam.J.W.C. 01:49, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Mute spectators

Please assume good faith when dealing with other editors. See Wikipedia:Assume good faith for the guidelines on this. [5] Pairadox 07:53, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

To assume good faith is right and first choice, but after issue crosses a boundary we will have to change it. Repititive errors after being informed call for bad faith, and bad faith is not bad :). Feel free to leave your opinion in Talk:Kama Sutra, where i beleive you felt i'm assuming bad faith. Cheers. Lara_bran 06:11, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
I might have until I read "wikipedia has mute spectators problem, they enjoy seeing others in trouble." Just because people don't write to support you doesn't mean they enjoy the conflict - usually it's just the opposite, and they don't want to become involved and possibly attacked. Pairadox 06:22, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
Haha, spectator assuming bad faith in me, that too before me doing anything to him. Lara_bran 06:25, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
As somebody who had read the talk page and declined to comment because of the attitudes being displayed, you assumed bad faith for my silence. Who knows how many other people didn't want to get involved for that very reason? Pairadox 06:29, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
Agree too many people who liked did not comment. That is mistake. Also, people who want conversation in only one page discuss with me like talk page, they start discussion in my page, and conversation continues in their page, this is common, not just me. Thanks for observation, and nothing yet happened that makes me feel bad for what i have done. Lara_bran 03:30, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Concerning the "Sexual Intercourse" page

I noticed that you posted a request for expert comment on the article or at least its lead paragraph.

Can I help? If you look up my user page, you'll see that I'm a biologist and have written extensively in the scholarly literature about sexuality in humans and animals. You might also check the entry under "Proceptive Phase" for some material I added to that article today (so far, the only article I've added anything to).

I'd like to know more about what you and others think needs strengthening in the "Sexual Intercourse" article. I have my own ideas, because I agree that changes would be useful, but I don't want to start making changes without knowing what other people think. So can you put something on my talk page and we can discuss this?

Thanks,

Tim

Timothy Perper 02:50, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Australian Odes

I see that you must enjoy Australian odes of an articulate nature.P-BOY 06:21, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

I also notice that you redirected the page, not a bad move. I was thinking of another title "Australian odes of an articlulate nature" but that might be a bit long. Thanks --P-BOY 06:30, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

No-worry's mate, hope you liked the song lyrics. Thanks--P-BOY 06:33, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll look into expanding the article in future, but not to many more poems maybe more of a description and if I can think of something funny I'll add that as well. Cheers--P-BOY 06:37, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Aesthetics project

The reception seems luke warm for getting the bot to tag articles as part of these fields in philosophy. I think after people see the result they will be quite pleased. I am going to propose that we get the bot to tag articles for one task force just to see how it goes. I think the Aesthetics project is ready for this. I listed some categories whose articles all should be within the Aesthetics project there. I am going to forward a request to the bot in about a week unless there is an outcry against it. (Which I would not understand at all.)

I haven't announced this proposal on the WP:PHILO discussion yet. I wanted to give you a shot at commenting on it first since you are active in the project. I just want to move this forward. Any help would be appreciated. Gregbard 03:46, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Please explain this edit

Since your edit summary seems in conflict with the source you cited, I've asked you to provide your rationale for your recent edit to Shemale on the article talk page [6]. Thanks! -- User:RyanFreisling @ 10:49, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Shemale

I couldn't find an Internet link, but the text from U.S. v. Pryba (April 9, 1990) 900 F.2d 748 (4th Cir. (Virginia)) (page 750-751)) reads:

The content of this material is accurately and unemotionally described by the district judge in United States v. Pryba, 678 F.Supp. 1225, 1227-28 (E.D.Va.1988):

"1. She-Male Confidential, Bizarre Encounter # 9. This video depicts a variety of sexual activities involving "she-males" - persons who have female bodies, including fully developed breasts. They are women in all respects save one: they have male genitalia. In the first scene, two she-males dressed as women engage in fellatio and anal intercourse with a man. The second vignette depicts a she-male inserting what appears to be a large pipe into a woman's anus. The she-male and the woman also engage in vaginal and anal intercourse. The third scene captioned "Spanked by a Stranger," shows a man throwing a she-male to the ground and performing fellatio upon the she-male. The man then has anal intercourse with the she-male."

If shemale were a derogatory term, I think the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit would have said so. If it only applied to males, then they wouldn't have used the term "person". A source can't get much more authoritative than being from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. To ease your mind, you might want to get a copy from the library. It would be nice if Wikipedia's article on Shemale accurately and unemotionally described the term. -- Jreferee (Talk) 18:35, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Aesthetics cats

Could you talk to this guy User:Johnbod about the aesthetics category. In some cases he is removing them from the Aesthetics category. Greg Bard 04:35, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Unblock

I, sockpuppet of User:Vinay412, asking to be unblocked.

User:Vinay412 was blocked saying that he was sockpuppet of User:Kuntan which is wrong. User:Vinay412, had a block for AfDing article wikipedia, was expired long back, but he was blocked by admin without checkuser nor sock notice. User:Kuntan i donno what articles he edited, he seems to be coming from kerala state which is 500km away from my place(verify blocking admin's talk page), but there is simply no connection between User:Kuntan and User:Vinay412. User:Vinay412's socks include User:Greg dn, user:Racky pt, user:Never bdsd, user:Miyamw and User:Lara bran(this account). But these accounts never been disruptive, and i donno about kuntan's socks, some ips from kerala have come across sockpuppet case of user:Never bdsd here. I agree i used sockpuppets to hide contributions from some people, but this does not call for indefinite block, nor i am sockpuppet/meatpuppet nor i know user:kuntan.

This ip(kerala) [7] seems kuntan sock, but i come from state karnataka, and at a distance of 400km from state kerala. Lara_bran 11:06, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

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).

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

Request reason:

see above

Decline reason:

Sockpuppetry almost always warrants an indefblock, at the very least on the sockpuppets. You've had several chances, and you've thrown that back in our faces. ~ Riana ⁂ 14:08, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

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.

While I'm all but certain Lara will delete this (he/she often deletes my comments here), please don't lift this block - the editor has been persistently unwilling to discuss edits, engages in constant bad-faith attacks and revert warring and generally seems to revel in hostile and inexplicable behavior that disrupts constructive progress. I thought Lara was a new editor and didn't know better - now it's clear the editor knows exactly how disruptive his/her conduct is to WP. I'd be happy to present any and all evidence to maintain this indef block for sockpuppetry and disruption trolling. -- User:RyanFreisling @ 11:10, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
Comment. I'd suggest that, in reviewing this request, the first place to look is Vinay412's block log. Vinay412 was initially blocked for 7 days for disruptive editing and immediately used sockpuppetry to bypass that block. That resulted in an extension to 2 weeks. Further sockpuppetry got the 2 weeks period reset again. In that time, the sock puppetry continued unabated, with the Racky pt account being created and the Lara bran account being created during that later 2 week block, prior to a different admin concluding that Vinay412 and all of the then-known puppets belonged to User:Kuntan. Per the list admitted by the puppeteer, above, further puppets have been created and used in parallel since. I would respectfully suggest to any admin reviewing this block that, regardless of whether vinay412 is Kuntan or not, the extent of puppetry and the behaviour exhibited (eg in edits to shemale) should probably earn Vinay412 a permanant block even if it isn't Kuntan. --AliceJMarkham 12:27, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
I agree i've thrown chances back in your(all admins') faces, but that is just to protect my self respect, i later realised that there is monopoly(no competing website for wikipedia). I was blocked without a single warning [8] and same admin padded his reason later, with 2 edits [9] [10] , which i was not able to comprehend at that time. And in unblock request i was asked to "sit it out" [11] , worst display of manners in my view, i was certainly not a kitten, though i was new to wikipedia at that time. I am requesting unblock here(this sockpuppet account, instead of puppetmaster) due to 2 reasons one being privacy reason of real name since i work on shared ip, second is user talk:vinay412 is protected. Also i think user:kuntan is not related in any manner is very obvious and needs no more explaination i think. Lara_bran 08:38, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
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).

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

Request reason:

See last comment right above

Decline reason:

As per RyanFreisling's comment below. — Yamla 14:02, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

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And yea, i never taken anything given out of mercy on me. Will not take also, unblock only if that is justified, if that is good for wikipedia. Lara_bran 12:58, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Admins reviewing this, Lara's second unblock request (the first request above was denied) should note that the trolling and sockpuppetry continues, as this user has likely just employed another sock to disrupt the Shemale article, attacking me while reverting back an edit of Lara's. -- User:RyanFreisling @ 13:10, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Bye all. Thanks for keeping autoblock disabled. Lara_bran 05:13, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Its easy to decline unblock, and easier to lift autoblock. It takes to be bold to unblock. Lara_bran 14:54, 14 September 2007 (UTC)


Unblock after email

I have mailed blocking admin in detail. Requesting unblock of this account for privacy, as stated above. Evidences:

Thanks. Lara_bran 15:36, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

checkY

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

If you have chosen to behave, so be it. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 16:09, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Request handled by: — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 16:09, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, i dinno its so easy if i follow procedures :). I will use this account instead of user:vinay412, and changed sock tags to make this account user:lara bran master account. Since all other accounts are indefinitely blocked, also that i own passwords of those accounts, no further attention is necessary i think. Lara_bran 03:49, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Just one thing; now that you're unblocked, please don't run straight over and edit User:RyanFreisling's user page, like you did. It can be misconstrued. Best off leaving peoples' userpages to themselves, esp. if you've had disagreements with them and been blocked - Alison ❤ 04:11, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

greetings, me upbeat currently, and editing userpages(not talk), if you see my contributions. Lara_bran 04:14, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
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