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Hello, Midnightblueowl. Given your interest in the LGBT topic area, I'd like to ask you your opinion of The Homosexual Matrix, which I've nominated at WP:GAN. I understand you may have other things to do and won't be bothered if you ignore this message. Also, though I'm sure this doesn't have to be said, I don't in any way expect you to go easy on me - if there is something wrong with the article that needs to be fixed, I want to know. FreeKnowledgeCreator ( talk) 21:19, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
"Heathens commonly adopt a cosmology based in Norse mythology in which our world ..." in Heathenry (new religious movement). :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 00:44, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
I'm really excited to see the article on Heathenry at FAC; I just wanted to quickly raise again an issue I first raised a while ago, but seemed to be missed. You once reverted a user who tried to insert information on the use of the term Odalism, claiming that it lacked sources. I note, however, that there is some discussion of the use/etymology of the term in Gregorius's 2006 paper on Heathenism, so probably warrants at least a passing mention given the already close discussion of nomenclature. Josh Milburn ( talk) 00:03, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
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Thanks for your work on Withypool Stone Circle. I've put a question about " Pickwell Down grits" on the talk page. I note the picture caption "the stones are so small that discerning the site is difficult". I've added a couple more images to the commons cat but thought File:Stone Circle on Withypool Hill - geograph.org.uk - 53966.jpg might give the context while showing the stones and File:Withypool Stone Circle (geograph 4591136).jpg gives more of an idea of the circle (although it is a bit dark and lacking contrast).— Rod talk 20:04, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
Dear Midnightblueowl, - I just wanred to thank you here for responding so thoroughly to my "Four items that need to be resolved ASAP" statement on the Talk:New Age page. I love the democratic nature of Wikipedia, especially when it is a democracy weighted by expertise.
At this point I see only Jonathan's and your responses. As senior editors really have no way of knowing that the "Four items" statement is out there, I have taken the liberty of encouraging two other senior editors to add their comments if they have the time - Noleander (who did good work on my FA article in 2011-12) and FutureTrillionaire, who conducted the New Age article's GAR in 2013. I have had nothing to do with either of them since then, and I told them I did not want them to take "my side" in the discussion. I have no idea if either will respond
I also looked at the last 250 edits to the New Age article, but could find no one that had made substantial additions to it (and was registered with usernames) but you and me - mostly of course you. So I have no one else to "objectively" invite into this process. If Jonathan's and your comments constitute our consensus I will accept them on the Talk page and do what I can to improve my extant portions of the article within the rules laid down. I liked your new intro. to the Politics section, and I had to laugh when I saw Creme's and Satin's pictures together - definitely the poles of the New Age political project.
Now I'll thank Jonathan. Best, - Babel41 ( talk) 08:16, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
Hello, Gooday to you sir, i developed a new page Reverend King Ezeugo "It's a really great article" so I have been told. But I would really be grateful and thankful if you could, out of your busy schedule; read it, enjoy it, and most importantly give me your candid advice as pertains which categories I should improve on. Celestina007 ( talk) 21:24, 24 February 2017 (UTC)
Hi Midnightblueowl. This article may be of interest to you: GIOVANNI VERARDI, The Buddhists, the Gnostics and the Antinomistic Society, or the Arabian Sea in the First-Second Century AD. The author argues that there was an exchange of ideas between Gnosticism and (Mahayana) Buddhism, due to their shared bases of support, namely merchants, who were in extensive contact during the Roman era. The thesis seems to make sense.
In addition, what's really interesting to contemplate about, is the mutual influence over a longer period of time. Greek culture may have had some influence on Buddhism, while this possible mutual influence of Gnosticism and Buddhism may have added some Buddhist influences to western esotericism. Which, as far as I know, lived on during medieaval times, and became more popular with the Transcendentalists and Theosophists. Who, through the Unitarian mission in India and the Theosophical Society, influenced elites in India (and also Japan and Sri Lanka). And then "Eastern philosophy" was popularized in the west, mainly through adepts who were influenced by western esotericism, like Vivekananda and D.T. Suzuki, and who offered forms of Vedanta and Buddhism which were recognizable in the west, due to those esoteric influences. Which, themself, may have been influenced by Buddhist thought. Hmmm... "West is west, and east is east, and never again and aging the two shall meet."
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I reverted your edit at Rosetta Stone giving an incorrect summary. Your deletion, the main thing I was reverting, was not "unexplained". I'm very sorry -- I saw my mistake at once, but when you've saved a summary you can't change it. Anyway, I reverted because I don't think you should have simply deleted all that relevant information (for that matter, it had passed through FA without question) without, at least, asking for a source if you see something controversial about it. But, well, what do you feel? Andrew Dalby 20:28, 18 March 2017 (UTC)
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I've put this in the art and archaeology section for FA. Let me know if you'd prefer it in the history section and I can move it there instead. Sarastro1 ( talk) 22:29, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
Sorry I didn't get to this last time it was at FAC; I will try this time, but I'm swamped at the moment. Perhaps you could try notifying a few WikiProjects? I do wonder whether there may be interested parties in the wider Wikipedia community who don't habituate FAC. Josh Milburn ( talk) 19:27, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
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Would you be willing to give your opinion on this image under DR? It depicts The Tholian's Web which was one of the few *Good season three TOS season 3 episodes sadly. Unfortunately, no one else has replied to it unlike the other images on the list.
PS: I had Time Trap deleted since I agreed that it was really decorative. But I would think that a Tholian Web is a bit more than decorative. This image was kept when the Community gave more input while others were deleted.
Its your call here. Thank You, -- Leoboudv ( talk) 19:10, 15 April 2017 (UTC)
Hello there, I just wanted to inform you that I was very impressed by this article of yours. And I was all the more desparate to figure out why the "Hutton 1991" inter-reference links don't work! Maybe you can help me with that? I'm really not that familar with the Wiki syntax, I must admit... Anyway, have a nice Easter and please ping me if you have any questions! Best-- Hubon ( talk) 21:41, 15 April 2017 (UTC)
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When you get the chance, could you review Naruto for FA? If you can't, please reply. Thanks. -- 1989 15:17, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
I am somewhat new at editing, and wanted to ask about the Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Heathenry (new religious movement)/archive2 which is listed as under consideration for a FA. Should we just jump in to edit this or is there a process for how this happens as it is FA considered? Thanks from a newbie! -- FULBERT ( talk) 21:43, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
Hi -- sorry about the sudden nature of this, but with the TFA coming up in 24 hours I didn't have a lot of time to spare. You'll see some pings, but see User_talk:Iridescent#Lenin and Talk:Vladimir Lenin; Iridescent suggested that we delay this to the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution, and there was some support and no objections, so I've gone ahead and pulled it from this month's TFA list. Hope that's OK with you. Mike Christie ( talk - contribs - library) 22:13, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
A talk page discussion on the recent changes to the lead has been started by me here. SpikeballUnion ( talk) 19:30, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed you haven't been particularly active at WP:VA/E of late. Feel free to come on back. p b p 15:12, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for pinging me. I may misunderstand, but I've a feeling adding other user links after you have signed will not generate further pings to those users. I think you have to sign again. Apologies if I've got it wrong. -- John ( talk) 16:23, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
I reverted the Rastafari template, as a side template it seems fine. Nice work in originally creating it. Randy Kryn 12:20, 14 May 2017 (UTC)
Hi, I want to comment this edit: Rodnover Confederation is not "one particular group" but, as their name says, a union of rodnovery group in Poland. It unites most of polish rodnover groups. Greetings ;) - Wojsław Brożyna ( talk) 18:32, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
Why have you bloated the Joseph Stalin article with excessive detail of his early life? ~~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by MaisonHorta ( talk • contribs) 12:55, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
Why the POV tag? I don't understand what you meant by the edit summary and I really see nothing wrong with the lead. Renata ( talk) 17:23, 22 May 2017 (UTC)
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Greetings, MBO. I'm not certain this is quite in your line, but I was wondering if you would be interested in doing the GA review for Miriam Makeba. Though she is not a politician, she was (as I'm sure you know) a very political figure. Regards, Vanamonde ( talk) 12:25, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
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Hi,
I saw that you deleted the photo I uploaded to Vladimir Lenin yesterday. As specified in the description, the photo of Lenin I previously uploaded is a derivative work of a picture that has already been uploaded to Wikimedia commons and has been identified as belonging to the public domain (see File:Lenin1921.jpeg).. Since it was in the public domain, I was under the impression that I did not need to provide license information.
If this is not sufficient, please me in the right direction of website guidelines that provide otherwise and I'll see what I can do to make proper corrections. Thank you for your consideration.
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In the New Age article you removed a citation in the article lead. While I think a citation may still fit in the Lead section, I appreciate your explanation of why you removed it. It led me to search for what this meant, and in the process discovered the Wikipedia Manual of Style (which I have not seen before!!). Very helpful. Thanks!! FULBERT ( talk) 18:54, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
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Hello Midnightblueowl. You might be interested in reading Talk:Peter Dinklage#Overruling the RFC where one of your suggestions on a FAC has been mentioned. Regards. -- Crystallizedcarbon ( talk) 09:17, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
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Given your input in the ONA article - bringing it to GA status - could you answer a question about a quote and a reference given in the article? The section reads: "Religious studies scholar George Sieg expressed concern with this association, stating that he found it to be "implausible and untenable based on the extent of variance in writing style, personality, and tone" between Myatt and Long," with the reference being to an article in the International Journal for the Study of New Religion.
Since I don't have access to the journal, and since the validity of the quote has been called into question, can you confirm it is accurate? If it isn't accurate, then shouldn't the quote be removed from the ONA article? Pavane7 ( talk) 21:00, 22 June 2017 (UTC)
... to your latest FA! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:32, 23 June 2017 (UTC)
Had to pull one, and Murder of Dwayne Jones has the anniversary coming up, so ... I've scheduled this one for the above date as Today's Featured Article. I'd appreciate it if you could check the article one more time to make sure it's up-to-date. You can edit the text that will appear on the Main Page if you like; I'll be trimming it to around 1100 characters. Thanks! - Dank ( push to talk) 15:55, 24 June 2017 (UTC)
Thank you for pointing at " a Jamaican teenager who was murdered in an act of anti-LGBT violence as a result of his gender non-conformity in July 2013." -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 05:43, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
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As you participated in Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive957#Godsy back to Wikihounding - how to stop it?, you may be interested in Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Proposing IBAN between Godsy and Legacypac. — Godsy ( TALK CONT) 03:47, 29 June 2017 (UTC)
Hey just a heads up that I may need a few more days to get a chance to go fix up the article. Just temporarily busier than I expected, and don't have the time I'd like to properly go over it. So don't fret that I haven't done anything, I'm not ignoring it or anything. Thanks. Kaiser matias ( talk) 21:41, 3 July 2017 (UTC)
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Am I correct in thinking that the GA I passed earlier today was your 100th? Congratulations, that's a mighty achievement! Vanamonde ( talk) 10:47, 8 July 2017 (UTC) |
Hi you left a comment on the Randall Flagg FAC page before at Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Randall_Flagg/archive7, would you mind taking a look and seeing if I fixed the issues you had? Thank you.-- CyberGhostface ( talk) 16:52, 11 July 2017 (UTC)
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I noted the new article that you created, Folklorismus. Consider a merger with fakelore, since apparently it is already treated there.-- Eckhardt Etheling ( talk) 18:22, 26 July 2017 (UTC)
Seems I suddenly am able to attend Wikimania 2017; will you be there? I would have emailed this to you, but could not find a way to do it! FULBERT ( talk) 12:57, 29 July 2017 (UTC)
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Thank you especially for today's Steve Biko, "one of the most famous South Africans in modern history, a man who is probably the second most prominent icon of the anti-apartheid movement (after Nelson Mandela", - well planned! I like the song in the DYK section, and am proud to have a little new music in the set. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:05, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
Thank you for today's Lenin, "one of the most prominent political figures of the 20th century, a man who established the Soviet Union and whose ideas had a colossal impact on the global communist movement."! I have a FAC open., btw. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:52, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
Thank you for today's Mortimer Wheeler, "one of the most prominent British archaeologists of the twentieth century, who specialised in Roman Britain and in the archaeology of the Indian subcontinent."! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:37, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
Thank you for today's Death of Leelah Alcorn, a transgender teenager living in Ohio who killed herself in 2014, attracting international attention. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 09:04, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
First, I've sent two more influential 20th century heads of state to GAN; Carlos Castillo Armas and Manuel Noriega. Any interest in reviewing them? The first, in particular, has languished at GAN for many months now. Second, since you did a very thorough GAR of Miriam Makeba, would you be interested in helping me taking to FAC? It'll take a little work, I think, but that's okay since I believe both of us have two nominations there already. If you're busy with other things, no worries. Regards, Vanamonde ( talk) 16:37, 5 August 2017 (UTC)
Hello, Midnightblueowl, recently there have been a disagreement occured about if Benazir Bhutto is the first woman who had govern a Muslim Nation or not. Currently a talk page discussion is active about this. If you have any opinion then plz give it on talk page. [1] Ominictionary ( talk) 21:21, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
Not really Wikipedia-related, but anyway... Inspired by reading your articles on stone circles in the south, I had a (leisurely!) hike to Swinside and then over some of the surrounding hills today. I was very impressed; the circle was a lot bigger than I expected. I hope to see a few more in South Cumbria in the next few weeks, but I'd be surprised if they can top Swinside! Josh Milburn ( talk) 20:48, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
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I know you are really busy with the Stalin article; I'll do my best to review it at GAN, once you send it there. If possible, now would be a really good time to have a go at Makeba: I've worked my way through a good number of my sources, and I'd like to do substantive work before polishing formatting and such things. Cheers, Vanamonde ( talk) 14:31, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
I see the move request for Modern Paganism was not done, and wanted to ask you about the process of that. While I voiced my disagreement with it and am happy with its outcome, can you help me understand the process and how it was finally determined and then boxed to prevent further changes? Not disagreeing with it, and just trying to learn how this flow and discussion finally ended. Thanks. FULBERT ( talk) 16:43, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
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For making Steve Biko into a superb article, and getting it to TFA on the anniversary of his death. Onceinawhile ( talk) 10:54, 12 September 2017 (UTC) |
FYI in case you have any interest, I am trying to do something similar with the upcoming centennial of the Balfour Declaration. Onceinawhile ( talk) 10:55, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
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Hi, I've a couple of points outstanding from my review if you'd care to revisit. Brianboulton ( talk) 10:03, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
Hello, thanks very much for your help with the Miriam Makeba article. However, I just realised that I basically had to undo an edit of yours there because it broke the accessibility of the bibliography section for screen reader users like me. See Template talk:Refbegin#Fixing hanging indents. Graham 87 06:29, 19 September 2017 (UTC)
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Great job with the article, but I think you should briefly mentioned the failed talks between the Soviet Union and UK/France before the Nazi-Soviet pact. LittleJerry ( talk) 21:05, 23 September 2017 (UTC)
Can you give some feedback on the recent edits on the Polytheism page, Midnightblueowl ( talk · contribs)? There was a user who added a number of items which I undid as they were not sourced nor supported. I left that in the comments when I undid the changes and also on that user's own Talk page. This user finally added references though they are still incomplete, which I pointed out on the Talk page of the user. What would you say is the best way to finish this? I cannot locate the references that were added as they are incomplete and somewhat dated and think they need to be either completed (which I cannot do) or removed. After the many undos today, I am hesitant to do any more of them. Any suggestions? Thank you. FULBERT ( talk) 23:02, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
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Thank you for the "prominent early to mid 20th century British archaeologist"! - Would you have a moment to look at the top of this cantata which looks like a stained-glass window. Peer review, images. Reformation is on my user page from 2012, DYK? 500 years on Tuesday, and I'm not ready ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:41, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
Interesting-looking article at FAC, in case you missed it. Josh Milburn ( talk) 16:35, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
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...on the promotion of Referendum Party. I look forward to seeing it on the main page. 20th anniversary of the party's one and only general election would have been a good date, but that's gone. I reckon any date will do, given the relevance of the politics. Brianboulton ( talk) 22:58, 5 October 2017 (UTC)
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What is "Gilbert 1991"? I cannot find a 1991 work by Gilbert in the sources listed. DuncanHill ( talk) 13:40, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
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Thank you so much for such a thorough review of the Balfour article. After two FACs and two peers reviews I thoughts I had ironed everything out, but the points you managed to find were great improvements. I am very proud of how it reads now.
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I see you have Tyndall at FAC – your penchant for dodgy political characters almost matches my own. For myself, I have embarked on an expansion of Guy Burgess; it's very much in the sandbox stage at present, and won't be showing much on the page before the year's end. I mention this, in case you have designs in that direction yourself (we can always join forces if you have). In the meantime I'll try to find time to review Tyndall, whom I remember all too well. Brianboulton ( talk) 20:22, 31 October 2017 (UTC)
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I don't know if the ping reached you or not, but I was just checking if you had anything further to add at the Jean Bolikango FAC, or if your concerns had been addressed. Sarastro1 ( talk) 23:12, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
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Do you think you could take a look at Talk:Benito Mussolini/Archive 4#Infobox picture? It has turned into quite the polemic there. It would be great to get your input.-- Simen113 ( talk) 15:08, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
If you were a professional, well informed and well read, magician would know these are academic sources. Please replace them at magic. Miistermagico ( talk) 22:53, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
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