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Welcome
(Note: This welcome message will not be archieved) Mifter (talk) 02:22, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
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2007eaglez.png and goldeneaglez.png images
I really have no idea why you deleted these pictures, I made sure that the copyright said that these were my own images but still I was getting comments that they were not mine and I needed a copyright on them.
paarty30
Please leave my cover alone, I am the sole author of my own book, all copyright belongs to me. thanks istvan banyai author of Zoom.....
X'mas
AfC news
Dear AfC participant,
- Msgj and Tnxman307 are organising the AfC challenge! It's a little competition to help improve some of the articles created through AfC and we are hoping that everyone will get involved. For level 1, you just need to bring a stub up to Start-class. Level 2 is improving a Start-class article to C-class. And so on. To get involved or for more information please see the competition page.
- Those of you who haven't reviewed an article recently might not have noticed the new process that was implemented this year. Reviewing articles is now more enjoyable than ever :) You might like to give it a try. All articles waiting for review are in Category:Pending Afc requests. (Please read the updated instructions.)
- Please consider adding {{AFC status}} to your userpage to keep track of the number of articles waiting for review. At the time of writing we are officially backlogged, so help is needed!
- There is currently a proposal to bring the Images for upload process under the umbrella of WikiProject Articles for creation. The rationale is that both processes are designed to allow unregistered users to take part more fully in Wikipedia, and partipants in each process can probably help each other.
If you no longer wish to receive messages from WikiProject Articles for creation, please remove your name from this list. Thank you.
And to you as well. :)
That was fun. Thank you. Happy 1st day of Winter to you too!
Calling all active WP:Artemis Fowl members
Hello Mifter! WikiProject Artemis Fowl is currently holding a roll call. Your username is listed on the members list, but we are unsure which editors are still interested in the project. If you still consider yourself to be an active member of the project, please move your name to the Active Members list. If you no longer are interested in this project, feel free to remove your name, and you will no longer receive messages regarding this project.
Nomination for adminship
kevin wong beach volleyball wikipedia page
Mifter,
Hi. My name is Sherry Harper Wong. I'm Kevin's wife. I tried to update his Wikipedia page because there is information on there that was incorrect and it also doesn't tell his entire bio. I also unsuccessfully tried to upload photographs but have no idea how.
Please help me.
Thank you. Sherry
WikiCup Newsletter XXXVI
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I am contesting a dispute about an image I uploaded.
I recently went into my account and found a note about an image I uploaded claiming a copyright dispute.
The image is Image:Pianist Jonathan Batiste by BenoitAubry of Ottawa.jpg
The message is as follows:"Thanks for uploading Image:Pianist Jonathan Batiste by BenoitAubry of Ottawa.jpg. The image has been identified as not specifying the copyright status of the image, which is required by Wikipedia's policy on images. Even if you created the image yourself, you still need to release it so Wikipedia can use it. If you don't indicate the copyright status of the image on the image's description page, using an appropriate copyright tag, it may be deleted some time in the next seven days. If you made this image yourself, you can use copyright tags like
(to release all rights), {{self}} (to require that you be credited), or any tag here - just go to the image, click edit, and add one of those. If you have uploaded other images, please verify that you have provided copyright information for them as well."
This was in error since I do own the copyriight of this image since it's a photograph I took. Please go to this link to confirm. http://benoitaubry.deviantart.com/art/Pianist-Jonathan-Batiste-91428616 [1] Feel free to visit the rest of my gallery on this site. Specifically, the "Music" folder.
Please rectify this error ASAP and return the entry as originally entered.
Benoit Aubry
The 3rd Great Wikipedia Dramaout
 
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WikiCup 2010 June newsletter
We're half way through 2010, and the end of the WikiCup is in sight! Round 3 is over, and we're down to our final 16. Our pool winners were 
Ian Rose (submissions) (A), 
Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) (B, and the round's overall leader), 
ThinkBlue (submissions) (C) 
Casliber (submissions) and 
TonyTheTiger (submissions) (D, joint), but, with the scores reset, everything is to play for in our last pooled round. The pools will be up before midnight tonight, and have been selected randomly by J Milburn. This will be the toughest round yet, and so, as ever, anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.
Though unaffiliated with the WikiCup, July sees the third Great Wikipedia Dramaout- a project with not dissimilar goals to the WikiCup. Everyone is welcome to take part and do their bit to contribute to the encyclopedia itself.
If you're interested in the scores for the last round of the Cup, please take a look at Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2010/Round 3 and Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2010/Full/Round 3. Our thanks go to 
Stone (submissions) for compiling these. As was predicted, Group C ended up the "Group of Death", with 670 points required for second place, and, therefore, automatic promotion. This round will probably be even tougher- again, the top two from each of the two groups will make it through, while the twelve remaining participants will compete for four wildcard places- good luck everyone! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox and The ed17
Request for opinion
I would like to request your opinion here at WT:GAN#Request for vote by the community. Thanks and cheers. Jessy (talk) (contribs) • 01:03, April 1, 2011 (UTC)
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Articles for Creation Appeal
| Articles for Creation urgently needs your help!
Articles for Creation is desperately short of reviewers! We are looking for urgent help, from experienced editors, in reviewing submissions in the pending submissions queue. Currently there are 628 submissions waiting to be reviewed.
If the answer to these questions is yes, then please read the reviewing instructions and donate a little of your time to helping tackle the backlog. |
AFC Backlog
| Articles for Creation urgently needs YOUR help!
Articles for Creation is desperately short of reviewers! We are looking for urgent help, from experienced editors, in reviewing submissions in the pending submissions queue. Currently there are 628 submissions waiting to be reviewed and many help requests at our Help Desk.
If the answer to these questions is yes, then please read the reviewing instructions and donate a little of your time to helping tackle the backlog. You might wish to add {{AFC status}} or {{AfC Defcon}} to your userpage, which will alert you to the number of open submissions.
We would greatly appreciate your help. Currently, only a small handful of users are reviewing articles. Any help, even if it's just 2 or 3 reviews, it would be extremely beneficial. |
WikiCup 2012 October newsletter
The 2012 WikiCup has come to a close; congratulations to 
Cwmhiraeth (submissions), our 2012 champion! Cwmhiraeth joins our exclusive club of previous winners: Dreamafter (2007), jj137 (2008), Durova (2009), Sturmvogel 66 (2010) and Hurricanehink (2011). Our final standings were as follows:
- Cwmhiraeth (submissions)
Sasata (submissions)
Grapple X (submissions)
Casliber (submissions)
Muboshgu (submissions)
Miyagawa (submissions)
Ruby2010 (submissions)
Dana Boomer (submissions)
Prizes for first, second, third and fourth will be awarded, as will prizes for all those who reached the final eight. Every participant who scored in the competition will receive a ribbon of participation. In addition to the prizes based on placement, the following special prizes will be awarded based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, the prize is awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round.
- The featured article award goes to Grapple X (submissions), for four featured articles in the final round.
- The good article award also goes to Grapple X (submissions), for 19 good articles in the second round.
- The list award goes to Muboshgu (submissions), for three featured lists in the final round.
- The topic award goes to Grapple X (submissions), for three good topics (with around 40 articles) in round 4.
- The did you know award goes to Cwmhiraeth (submissions), for well over 100 DYKs in the final round.
- The news award goes to
ThaddeusB (submissions), for 10 in the news items in round 3. - The picture award goes to
Grandiose (submissions), for two featured pictures in round 2. - The reviewer award goes to both Ruby2010 (submissions) (14 reviews in round 1) and Grandiose (submissions) (14 reviews in round 3).
- Finally, for achieving an incredible bonus point total in the final round, and for bringing the top-importance article frog to featured status, a biostar has been awarded to Cwmhiraeth (submissions).
Awards will be handed out in the coming days; please bear with us! This year's competition also saw fantastic contributions in all rounds, from newer Wikipedians contributing their first good or featured articles, right up to highly experienced Wikipedians chasing high scores and contributing to topics outside of their usual comfort zones. It would be impossible to name all of the participants who have achieved things to be proud of, but well done to all of you, and thanks! Wikipedia has certainly benefited from the work of this year's WikiCup participants.
Next year's WikiCup will begin in January. Currently, discussions and polls are open, and all contributions are welcome. You can also sign up for next year's competition. There will be no further newsletters this year, although brief notes may be sent out in December to remind everyone about the upcoming competition. It's been a pleasure to work with you all, and we hope to see you all in January! J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 00:33, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
Purushottama Bilimoria: my own biography is piece of shit.
So Mifter, you claim a right to construct Purushottama Bilimoria in your own or wikipedia's image. Be God: Facebook, Google, and all Paulo Alto based information giants are doing that. It is offensive to me: I am the subject of that biography, not someone else. Why don;t you let others write my eulogy and obituary: I would readily commit sati to live to the misconcpetions and understatements! Why bother having me on Wikipedia in the first place if it attains the rank of eternity but is woefully imcomplete, misleading and short-cut to purgatory. Amen Purushottama Bilimoria (talk) 23:32, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
- Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! I'm afraid you misconstrue my intentions, while I'm sorry you are not happy with the article that you claim is about yourself, we have policies about all of our content being verifiable and being cited from 3rd party reliable sources. We also have a policy about certain conflicts of interest that may arise from writing about yourself. I am sorry if I have in any way offended you, but our goal as an encyclopedia is to build a repository of neutral impartial information about the world that is not clouded by personal biases or ideas and instead allows readers to draw their own conclusions about the information presented. You are welcome and encouraged to contribute to the encyclopedia in whatever way you can, however I must caution you about editing your own article as it is often hard if not impossible to write impartially about oneself and our goal is above all else to build an encyclopedia that represents the highest quality information and knowledge available, not to write personal information about specific individuals that is original research and self-credited information. Should you have any more questions or concerns please feel free to contact me :). All the best, Mifter (talk) 01:25, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
So if reliable sources are used why is this information missing? Go to University of Berkeley website, Springer website, University of Melbourne website, Deakin University website , University of Stony Brook website to update the information, Your 3rd party sources had no clues about me, wanted to pigenohole me to a claim within Indian diaspora community and we are stuck with. Why not google me and pick out the 3rd party reliable sources from there, including my recent publications, and fill in the gaps; otherwise remove this biography which is about me, I am not just claming it as mine: if I see my name slandered I have a right to complain and the judge won;t give me the apologia you are giving. Yuo have not checked against any sources as you claim to have done against your policies of Wikipedia Inc. You guys should be in some other business.[[Special:Contributions/1 03:06, 11 November 2012 (UTC)Pbilimo (talk) 03:20, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
- The information is missing because no one has ever gotten around to adding it to the article. We are an encyclopedia written entirely and completely by volunteers. The Wikimedia Foundation (the non-profit that is responsible for Wikipedia and a number of other projects like it) has an extraordinarily small staff and that staff is devoted primarily to the technical aspects of running one of the top 10 websites in the world (such as server maintenance, interface updates, etc.) with all of the editing being done by volunteers. And as such, if no one has an interest in a topic it generally is only briefly written about and rarely updated (as people tend to write about what they find interesting). Unfortunately your article likely fits into that category which is the most likely reason that the article is so short (and also why it hasn't been updated in such a long time), and as I said above we welcome contributions from anyone, but strongly caution people from writing about themselves as most people find it very hard to write about themselves with a neutral point of view which is critical to maintaining the integrity of the encyclopedia. Furthermore I can personally assure you that no one here is out to get you or to "pigeonhole you" as you put it. We are a nonprofit organization that is not in any form of "business" other than attempting to collect the world’s knowledge and distribute it freely to all. We always strive to assume the best of intentions with people and to remain polite and civil when dealing with anyone, all while giving our time freely to try and make the world a better place by spreading knowledge freely. Also, as a general point making any sort of legal threat is something that is looked upon very poorly in our community as it often escalates disputes quickly by putting people on the defensive and in the end prevents any actual progress from being made in resolving the issues at hand. Finally, slander is the act of deliberately seeking to hurt another person’s reputation through statements that are knowingly false, and I am not sure I see where you think you are being slandered in the article. After reading it, I cannot see any negative statements made about you or your work nor does it seek to provide known incorrect information. If you could find a specific example of where you feel you are being slandered, then we can seek to rectify it with the proper information. Once again if you have any further questions, please feel free to ask me :). Best, Mifter (talk) 04:40, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
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- After re-reading what I wrote above I realized that there is a chance that what I wrote could be construed in a negative fashion (as is sometimes the case with textual communication as it lacks non-verbal cues or tone inflections). And, I wanted to add this to assure you that I have no ill will towards you or your article, and that I am very sorry that you are upset with the current quality of your article as a stub. Also that I want to work with you to attempt to improve the article to a better state, and that I have no desire to come across as negative or hostile. All the Best, Mifter (talk) 05:00, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
Reverted and deleted contr....
Actually I wanted to delete a few parts, not everything, it was an error, sorry, anyway some of your comparisons looks like invented to me, would be best for everyone to avoid putting things from which there is not a reliable source to back in, the reliable source is not you but maybe an external link. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.222.80.120 (talk) 00:33, November 8, 2012
- Hello and Welcome to Wikipedia! I'm glad to have helped you fix your mistake. Also, I've never edited the article that you are talking about outside of reverting vandalism on it so I'm not sure what you mean by saying I "invented" comparisons, if you have an issue with the factual nature of a statement in an article, feel free to find a source to back it up and insert it :). If you have any further questions, please feel free to ask. Best, Mifter (talk) 00:51, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
Message
Hi, you removed my edit from the Stonesfield page citing that it wasn't neutral but you didn't state why you thought that. I was trying to draw attention to the fact that the village has a deserved reputation for actively encouraging youth sports for both genders - outside large cities this in not usual and should be acknowledged by sites like wikipedia. I really don't see why this isn't neutral, so can you please return it?
Steve — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.163.3.24 (talk) 00:04, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
- Hello and Welcome to Wikipedia! I removed the material that you added to the article because it did not conform with our policy on keeping a neutral point of view, particularly where you said "and want to ensure they develop young players in a safe and positive environment that encourages fun, friendship, fairness and respect." That statement isn't sourced by an impartial 3rd party, and it also is putting a spin on what this organization is doing by portraying it from a positive point of view (almost like an advertisement) rather than an impartial one. For those reasons I cannot re-add the content. If you have any further questions, please feel free to ask :). Best, Mifter (talk) 00:27, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
Seljuq dynasty edit: my statements were true and sources are plenty but I suck with computers
Hi. I edited the Seljuq dynasty site earlier and you deleted my edit. I didn't have a source, so it was understandable. However I can show you to the site on wikipedia about Genetic history of the Turkish people (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_history_of_the_Turkish_people), which has sources to back it up where it says:
"In 2001, Benedetto et al revealed that Central Asian genetic contribution to the current Anatolian mtDNA gene pool was estimated as roughly 30%, by comparing the populations of Mediterranean Europe, and Turkic-speaking people of Central Asia. [21] In 2003, Cinnioğlu et al. made a research of Y-DNA including the samples from eight regions of Turkey, without classifying the ethnicity of the people, which indicated that high resolution SNP analysis totally provides evidence of a detectable weak signal (<9%) of gene flow from Central Asia.[22] In 2006, Berkman concluded that the true Central Asian contribution to Anatolia for both males and females were assumed to be 22%, with respect to the Balkans.[23] "
Thus my statement about the Central Asian influence on Turkeys genetics being between 10-30 % is valid and sourced in this wiki page.
When it comes to Azerbaijani Turks I show to the following wiki page which has sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_the_Azerbaijanis
In addition, when it comes to Iranian Azerbaijanis (which number 16-20 million, double that of the nation of Azerbaijan) I can show you a genetic study on this page:
http://journals.tums.ac.ir/upload_files/pdf/_/17783.pdf
"Conclusion: The imposition of Turkish language to this region was realized predominantly by the process of elite dominance, i.e. by the limited number of invaders who left only weak patrilineal genetic trace in modern populations of the region."
I am not very good with internet sources and adding links etc, if you would be so kind to add source links and put my statement back on there I would greatly appreciate it.
Yours truly, Anonymous contributor — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.208.197.140 (talk) 17:53, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
Raymond McCord
I have literally just created this article and have a load of references for it.DColt (talk) 19:08, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
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- Not a problem, I just left you a message on your talk page stating something along the same lines :) (I've been seeing so many completly non-notable articles in new page patrol that I've been tagging rather quickly to try and keep up with them). Best, Mifter (talk) 19:10, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
Hi from David31584
Hi Mifter. Actually I've been editing pages on Wikipedia for quite a while now, afew years to be exact. Usually trying to be as acurate as possible with my information, though I would even correct myself, if I had made an error which I was at first unaware of. I admit though I tend to sometimes not log in first, but sometimes I do. It's a pleasure to meet you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by David31584 (talk • contribs) 19:33, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
- It's a pleasure to meet you as well :). If you ever have any questions or need any help, please feel free to ask :). Best, Mifter (talk) 20:00, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar |
| Haha, you have beaten me to reverts on Huggle at least 20 times now. Other than that, I just wanted to say that you do a great job reverting vandalism. Keep it up! :) Altaïr (talk) 19:35, 12 November 2012 (UTC) |
- Thank you very much :). I haven't received a barnstar in a number of years and it’s a nice surprise to get one :). Best, Mifter (talk) 20:03, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
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