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Deaf

Excellent work on turning the article Deaf into a proper disambiguation page. Thank you.

--Pengo 04:22, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)

S.E.E. Question

Qaz, I'm so sorry I didn't get back to you on that S.E.E. question. I didn't even notice it until today. My comments on the article say that teachers are switching to Signed English to explain S.E.E. There are two different hybrids. S.E.E has the same order (English) as Signed English, but S.E.E. has signs for verb tenses like the "ing" in "going". Signed English, however, does not use signs for "ing" "ed" and so on. Here's an example. Suppose a teacher is explaining the sentence "You are going." She will sign it in S.E.E. first. If she sees that the students don't understand, she will switch to Signed English to explain what she just said in S.E.E. because the students and the teacher are more familiar Signed English. In Signed English she might sign:

YOU [points finger]
ARE [using the sign "true" while mouthing the word, then spelling A-R-E]
GOING [signs "GO", then spells the letters "ING"]

However, if the kids don't understand either the S.E.E. explanation of "You are going" or Signed English explanation of "You are going", the students will gather after class and work out the problem, maybe successfully, maybe not, in ASL. As sentences become more complex the switching from S.E.E. to Signed English to ASL becames a bloody nightmare. I have a hearing friend who learned to sign from a deaf guy who taught him S.E.E. signs but told him the signs were ASL. It's unnerving for me to try and sign with him. He's *ADAMENT* that he's signing correctly. I finally stopped using signs with him because he never knew the difference between ASL signs and SEE signs. My experience is that native signers will almost never correct a hearing person's signs because they have the same feeling about doing so that hearing people have about correcting a person's spoken language. They think it's rude or inappropriate, or they just don't want to get on the bad side of someone who seems willing to communicate using signs. It's a dilemma.

Does that help? Ray Foster 18:42, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC)

User language boxes for sign language

Hello :)

I just created user language boxes for sign language, similar to the ones that exist for spoken languages. You may like to have a look. Any feedback is of course welcome!

Cheers, ntennis 09:09, 29 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No it wasnt :). A good try again nevertheless. Youll get there in a few more attempts :-)

^{Journalist ^C./ ^{Holla @ me!}}

rv of edits on Mahatma Gandhi

Hi Qaz, you are welcome. Actually, I was also trying to revert the same time that you were and you bet me to the post. A minute later, I realised that a line of vandalism still remained. -Gurubrahma 09:47, 25 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Journalist's RFA

I want to thank you very much for your very kind words on my RFA. Greatly apperciated, I owe you one! Journalist | huh? 27 November 2024

pro-ana

please to write more

HEY

do not delete my article i wrote it

You made an article for Pro-Ana when we already had one at Pro-ana. I looked over what you wrote and it seemed to duplicate what was already at the article we already had so I made the one redirect to the other. If you feel something is not in the article it redirects to, add it or tell me what you think it is missing if you do not know how. By the way, it is good to sign your edits on talk pages. You can do so by ending the comment with four tilde marks. Qaz 00:46, 27 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sig

Hi, saw your note on Journalist's page. I note you've been here for an incredibly long time. Cool. Anyway, there's stuff about sigs here: m:Help:Preferences. Regards—enceph alon 12:23, 28 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

To get you sig 'pretty', all you have to do is format it with different colours. Im gonna make a fake one for you just to show you an example: Qaz | talk.

You can now go from here changing the colours or any combination; the colours are the numbers. you can find a buch of colour codes here. After you have fixed it, you copy the combination and go to your preferences, place them in the "Nickname" bar. Then click "Raw signatures...". After you have done this, any time you use your four tildes, it will look fancy. hope that helps. If you are still confused, contact me. →Journalist >>talk<< 16:34, 28 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Your new sig looks great. Welcome to the "club". Hope you didnt have any trouble upgrading it. →Journalist >>talk<< 20:51, 28 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Deaf President Now

DPN appears to be "your" article, as you wrote the original. In case it's no longer on your watch list, I'm just writing to let you know that I just contributed a good deal to it. The extra information, however, has weakened its sense of structure. I'd love your imput on what should be done next. --Jacquelyn Marie 21:06, 30 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedians in MD

I just noticed that you are not only an ASL interpreter, but also a Marylander. I am both as well. Perhaps we should exchange contact info (or if you prefer, we can just chat via our User-talk pages). The Bearded One 22:11, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sweet, click on the email this user and send me an email. Qaz ^(talk) 22:17, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Done. TTYL. The Bearded One 22:28, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Circulations

IFABC/ifabc should be redirected to International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Circulations. Sorry for the mess. ant_ie 19:09, 6 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, you saved me the trouble of trying to figure out what that thing actually was which is what I was doing when you put up your message. Qaz ^(talk) 19:13, 6 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

MOTSS

Thanks, Qaz for the welcome and especially being fair and not letting prejudice or intolerance be the deciding factors on which articles should be deleted. Please be just as fair with MOTOS, a current afd, as it is just as viable of a term as MOTSS. I did my best expound on the original articles which I am glad to see you took action on. Take care, have a grrreat weekend and see 'ya 'round TednAZ 08:41, 8 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I already voted on that one at least by the time I read your message anyway. Your welcome for the welcome. I like to try to welcome people when I can. Qaz ^(talk) 08:50, 8 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome

Wow! That was quick! Thanks for the welcome! I've actually been here a while as an anon, so I know some of the ropes. Je suis le tenebreux 08:57, 8 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I just hate to see people who have been here for months but who have never been welcomed. Often I add a welcome to someone who obviously knows what they are doing by now but I just want to welcome them anyway. Qaz ^(talk) 09:03, 8 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Antilocra II and III

Hi, thanks for your message. I figured that username problably had some history, the summaries are a giveaway as well. How do you suggest we deal with these users? --JoanneB 11:27, 8 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

On User:Anilocra III the user apparently admits to being a banned user. Qaz ^(talk) 11:29, 8 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Where The Heart Is

There's just no real rerason to delete it. I guess it's one of those things that is automatically redirected if typed into a search box, but that doesn't apply if someone were to make a link Where The Heart Is (if the redirect is deleted, you'll notice that link turn red). Even if there is no such link now, someone could make one. The general rule of thumb is that redirects are cheap, and just because something doesn't link via that redirect isn't a reason to delete it. It's by no means the most important decision I've made, but it's totally harmless and potentially useful, so there was really no valid reason for deletion. -R. fiend 11:31, 8 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The reason I put up the delete tag is because for some reason you can type in the name of the article in all lowercase and yet you still trigger the redirect which makes no sense and displays the name of the article in a way contrary to naming conventions at the top when you did not make that mistake. Try it out and see what I mean. Qaz ^(talk) 11:35, 8 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I see, but I really don't see how it matters. -R. fiend 16:50, 8 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You

btw, have you known of this: http://www.boker.org.il/english/newsignlanguage.htm

No, I had not heard of this case yet. I have heard of the one in South America of course but not this one. Thanks for posting it here. Qaz ^(talk) 05:32, 9 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

TOP SCIENTISTS

Thanks for the cleanup of the article.I was going to attempt it over in a few days but really appreciate your help.And it is not a copyright violation as only the names have been cited and not the text.JK

Your welcome. The article --Top 1000 Scientists: From the Beginning of Time to 2000 AD-- is going to need a lot of work because of that list. The reason is that the names are in alphabetical order (by last name) in the list as it appears now and they do not match our article naming conventions. This means you have to use an editing trick to fix each and every entry. You can see when you press edit how I had to use a pipe in order to get the link to show the name one way and link to something else. When using a pipe what comes first is where it really links to and after the pipe is what is shown on the page. I would be glad to have some help as it is a long list. I was even thinking of not including the list at all in the article. Qaz ^(talk) 08:01, 9 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Not including the list would take care of that persons copyvio concerns too. Qaz ^(talk) 08:04, 9 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!I realise what you say now.You can see I am new to Wikipedia and would very much welcome your help and guidance.I happen to be a law grad as well so know that there are no copyright violations here.Names by definition cannot be copyrighted;ony text can invite sanctions.The book contains a voluminous biographical note on each entry and would have invited sanctions had I included them rather than the names.I think most if not all the netries have already an article here.The list I feel is necessary as people would want to know the names.I await your advice.JK

I hope I have reassured you about the copyright aspect.To be doubly sure I consulted one of my seniors and he concurs.eg.you can browse thru the Nobel winners site(or for that matter american academy of arts and sciences site as it is regarded as second mostt prestigious)and include all the names-but not the text.JK I would be dlighted to help-but would appreciate guidance.I am also concerned about vanadalism-someone may wish to insert more names which would b e inappropriate.Do you feel a subtitle like SCIENTISTS ROLL OF HONOR would be proper?JK

I have resumed editing the list of names (many links to fix). I just lost the changes to about 6 names because of a careless click with my mouse *grrr* but anyway, I will help you to clean this article up. Although you are certainly free to edit and participate in Wikipedia I encourage you to register here so that your effort can be credited to you should you ever in the future want to become more involved with Wikipedia or even if you want your voice to be given more weight in votes and such if you ever find reason to participate in them here. Qaz ^(talk) 06:51, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

BTW, you should ad to the article more about how the author selected the people. For example, who exactly did he poll, just faculty, faculty and students, just science departments, whole university ... I could go on with this. You get the idea. Qaz ^(talk)

Thanks.According to the book the author polled the science faulty.I am a little worried about editing now as I fear I may end up vandalising.I shall register today and watch out for the technique you follow before trying out my hand at editing.Thanks once again.JK 13th Oct.2005

I get the technique now how to edit.Sorry for giving you so much trouble and thanks for your patience.I shall try assisting you with some competence now.,JK 19th Oct.

Glad to hear you are getting the hang of it. Do not worry about troubling me. Everyone starts off as a newbie. I am also glad to hear you will register. I am sure you will be a pro in no time. Qaz ^(talk) 07:28, 19 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I just was intimated of a major error I have committed-while copying the names,I inadvertantly missed out one-Joseph LAGRANGE(1766-1813).I am sorry!It was a major error on my part.I am scared to effect any modification as it may appear to be vandalistic and would very much appreciate your help.As the name appears in the book,I think it would have to be included.Do I have to prepare the list all over again? And I double checked with the senior partner at my law firm-in a book that is about 400 pages long listing the proper names is in no way suggestive of copyright violation as Dream guy has suggested.JK 19th November 2005

Your RFA

You're quite welcome, and thank you for your kind words. --Merovingian (t) (c) 11:47, 9 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't seen the movie, but I certainly understand the reference. :) --Merovingian (t) (c) 11:57, 9 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations. I missed it on my talk page because you forgot to sign. CambridgeBayWeather 06:02, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the kind words. I will beat the editcountitis, and you will make a good administrator!--Alhutch 00:52, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Near Vertical Incidence Skywave

Hey, I cleaned-up the Near Vertical Incidence Skywave page to make it appropriate for Wikiepdia. I removed the Wifi stuff, and added a simple explanation of what NVIS really is.

basically, NVIS is a radio propogation mode that is especially useful in communicating over the horizon in circumstances where VHF isn't useful. Sometimes you want to communicate with a station on shortwave thats too far for groundwave and too far for traditional skywave. This is called the skip zone. So, basically, NVIS allows you to communicate into the skip zone. This is useful for emergency or mmilitary applications.

I have no idea where the fellow was going when he wrote it, but you may want to take another look at it and see what I did.

Roodog2k (Hello there!) 16:45, 13 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I changed my vote to keep. Thank you for cleaning up that mess. Qaz ^(talk) 17:36, 13 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Roodog2k (Hello there!) 21:23, 13 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Rational Recovery

Hi- Many thanks! David Justin 00:45, 14 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Your welcome. Qaz ^(talk) 01:43, 14 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Ejaculation (grammar)

Thanks for the comments on my user talk page. I certainly don't take offense! I'm delighted someone else is interested in working on the article. See User:Andrewa/creed.

However, let me explain what I meant by saying "in English". These are (were) both examples taken from English. It isn't assumed that just because this is English Wikipedia that everything we talk about will also be English, far from it, we have an article on the German language for example, and one of the examples in the verb article is taken from Spanish or Portuguese, unfortunately it doesn't say which!

I think that the verb article would be improved a great deal if more actual examples from other languages were given, this has been the custom in most linguistics books I have seen.

Similarly, we should add examples from several languages to the article on ejaculations, IMO. The French ben (pronounced as a very short postnasalised bah) is the best example I can think of outside of English. I can't see that the English examples shouldn't stay too, but if you found them confusing then ipso facto they were. See if you can do better. Andrewa 03:09, 15 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I agree wholeheartedly about not everything having to be about English even though it is in English. It was the sentence structure more than anything that confused me. It seemed to be a comment out of nowhere just saying that yes, this is English. With more context it would be fine and as you point out, provide an improvement. Qaz ^(talk) 04:31, 15 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Root32

Does it not take just a bit more than someone saying they own it to remove a copyvio? As can be seen I post from Canada and what's to stop me claiming to be Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet and anything published in the Globe and Mail can be put on Wikipedia (or something a little more sensible)? CambridgeBayWeather 13:36, 15 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I understand it, it is enough to stop a speedy. It can still be sent to afd where the standards are a little different. To stop a copyvio speedy though I think all you need is a claim of ownership much like you only need a claim of notablity to stop a nn-bio speedy. In both cases, they may die in the AfD process though where things are vetted a bit more. If you find I am wrong, straighten me out on this please. Qaz ^(talk) 13:48, 15 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't really know as I've never seen anyone claim ownership of a speed copyvio. I'm tired and it's almost quitting time 7:50 am and it's -20 outside. CambridgeBayWeather 13:50, 15 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

re: Adville

It sure looks like a long list of ads but it could be a useful item. If it was limited to the top 2 or 3 per country it wouldn't be so bad but things like the addition of root32 which are probably not notable don't help it. I supect that anyone removing things is likely to start an edit war. CambridgeBayWeather 13:49, 15 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I can see it being useful if it restricted itself to one or two... possibly the top three in each country but it is getting out of hand over there at DSL around the world -- Qaz ^(talk) 13:53, 15 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations!

Congratulations! It's my pleasure to let you know that, consensus being reached, you are now an administrator. You should read the relevant policies and other pages linked to from the administrators' reading list before carrying out tasks like deletion, protection, banning users, and editing protected pages such as the Main Page. Most of what you do is easily reversible by other sysops, apart from page history merges and image deletion, so please be especially careful with those. You might find the new administrators' how-to guide helpful. Cheers! -- Cecropia | explains it all ® 05:33, 16 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'll add my congratulations also. Hear hear!! The Bearded One 06:00, 16 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Ditto - well done. Dlyons493 Talk 07:02, 16 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats from me too. No probs with the support. (I left replying to your earlier "thanks" message until I new the outcome - although I don't think there was much doubt). Grutness...wha? 07:47, 16 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA

Hi Qaz. Just wanted to thank you for supporting my RfA. I hope I'm able to live up to the confidence placed in me. Oh, and congratulations on your own success. --Cyberjunkie | Talk 03:44, 19 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Administrator

Within a week or so you will feel right at home with the extra tools. What you can do is continue on the trend that have made you a successful candidate for the job. After reading Wikipedia:Administrators' how-to guide and Wikipedia:Administrators' reading list, play extra special attention to the Recent Changes section and take appropriate action: revert vandalism (that will be easy with the roll back button), warn editors, block IPs and users and welcome newbies. Also, try to place on your watchlist the following pages: Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism, Wikipedia:Vandalism in Progress and Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard. The following links should also be helpful (you could place them on your userpage like I have):

Try also to stay in discussions. Vote on RFAs and make your voice heard on talkpages. I was a bit confused at first, but after a few practise, I felt right at home. Hope that helps. Good luck. Now, going back on My Wikibreak :). Oran e (t) (c) (@) 19:00, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Popups tool

Congratulations on being made an admin! I thought you might like to know of a javascript tool that may help in your editing by giving easy access to many admin features. It's described at Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation popups. The quick version of the installation procedure for admins is to paste the following into User:Qaz/monobook.js:

// [[User:Lupin/popups.js]] - please include this line 

document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="' 
             + 'http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Lupin/popups.js' 
             + '&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&dontcountme=s"></script>');

popupShortcutKeys=true; // optional: enable keyboard shortcuts
popupAdminLinks=true;   // optional: enable admin links

There are more options which you can fiddle with listed at Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation popups. Give it a try and let me know if you find any glitches or have suggestions for improvements! Lupin|talk|popups 23:24, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

CBW RfA

Just a quick word of thanks for voting on my RfA. If you have any concerns over my actions please let me know. CambridgeBayWeather 23:18, 23 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject on Sign language, Deaf culture, and deafness

Hi, I am writing you in regards to a proposed WikiProject I am a part of: User:Ntennis/Deaf WikiProject proposal. You have previously contributed to/ expressed interest in Deaf related articles and thus we thought you might be interested in participating in our WikiProject. If you are, please add your name to the list at either User:Ntennis/Deaf WikiProject proposal or Wikipedia:Wikiproject/List of proposed projects#Deaf and give your input! Thank you! Gaep13^(talk) 04:26, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sun tan link

Just to tell you the suntan link on your user page links to a disambiguation page now. The page you are after is Sun Tanning. Matthew kokai 05:35, 20 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Child of Deaf Adult

I have noticed that you are affiliated with sign language in one way or another. The article on CODAs needs quite a bit of work, and I think is an important article to have as a part of Wikipedia. I would like to invite you to participate in making it a better article. — Esprit15d 19:59, 21 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am not a CODA myself so I am not sure what I could add to that article. Qaz 21:29, 27 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As Good as It Gets

Hi Qaz, good work on writing up the plot for the movie! You seem to have covered almost everything. I was struck by this line "..the amazing intelligence and charisma of Verdell." It is speculation as to what it was that attracted Melvin to the dog, but was it intelligence ? Can you elaborate on the charisma and intelligence part of the story. Jay 16:51, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Upon review I think you are right that I overstated a bit in that sentence. Feel free to tone it down or revise it. Qaz 21:31, 27 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Redir test

Hi, Qaz!

First of all congratulations for your editor's work.

If you don't mind my saying so, shouldn't your Redir test be removed ? I suppose it is just a forgotten remain of your apprentice days.

Best regards,

--Hgfernan^Msg 15:32, 26 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I took it down. Thanks for notifying me of the existance of that. Qaz 21:35, 26 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

idioms paper

Dear QAZ,

If you're interested and have a few minutes, you might want to take a look at the following (a really good paper, one of the best I've read recently)

http://lingo.stanford.edu/sag/papers/idioms.pdf

--62.40.80.246 18:04, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

2 questions about ligh from someone who has.00000000000001% higher math, and pretends to understand physics a bit more than he actually does, and therefore suddenly got curiouse about light about a mo

1) all electro-magnatism could be considered light. True? 2) so, if the speed of light is a constant, then all electromagnatism works @ speed of light? So then electro-magnatism could be called the fastest fundamental force in the universe? 3) are there aspects of how physicists understand the role of light, that arent covered in your average synopsis of histery of physics in the last 200 years, especially in relation to Einstein? 4) Do physicists have trouble @ all figuring out the nature of the role of light to their universe-view? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Thaddeus Slamp (talk • contribs) 04:07, 2 March 2007 (UTC). Thaddeus Slamp 04:09, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Survey Invitation

Hi there, I am a research student from the National University of Singapore and I wish to invite you to do an online survey about Wikipedia. To compensate you for your time, I am offering a reward of USD$10, either to you or as a donation to the Wikimedia Foundation. For more information, please go to the research home page. Thank you. --WikiInquirer 21:54, 3 March 2007 (UTC)^{talk to me}[reply]

I took the survey. Thanks for the invite Qaz 12:46, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Deaf-mute

Hi Qaz. I'm seeking opinions and possible support for an issue in which I'm in a debate with other Wikipedians. I'm trying to change indiscrimant use of the term "deaf-mute" in describing deaf people in general. To see some comments related to the issue, see Talk:The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, as well as my own Talk page, User talk:Ward3001. You can also follow the links to other discussions. Right now I'm about the only person addressing the issue because deaf people are such a small minority. Other Wikipedians, with apparently no prior knowledge of the issue, are reverting my edits. If you're interested in expressing your opinion, feel free to do so. If you wish to discuss further please leave me a message on my Talk page. Thanks. Ward3001 19:31, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I will read what happened at the links you gave, thanks. Qaz 12:46, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

MANY THANKS! Now, I'm again asking those who commented against using "deaf-mute" to once again help me out. There is a persistent user who has repeatedly reverted "deaf" to "deaf-mute", and has again reverted (and probably will do so again until this issue is mediated [in process] or arbitrated). So far I'm the only one who has reverted it back to "deaf". If others could please put The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter on your watchlist and revert when necessary, I think it would have a much bigger impact. Just be careful not to violate the 3-revert-rule. As I'm writing this, the article needs reversion. There are four instances in the article where "deaf" is being reverted to "deaf-mute". I would greatly appreciate others in addition to myself making the reverts back to "deaf". As always, many thanks. Ward3001 13:32, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Good Job

Thanks for your praise, but I'm sure any of us who stepped forward would have done the same. I'm sure there are (many?) other articles that use the term "deaf-mute" (or other erroneous terms) indiscriminantly, but I've had trouble finding them. So far I've only found Babel and The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, only because I had seen both films. The article on Stephen King's novel The Stand uses the term, but that was such an unrealistic portrayal of a deaf person that I'm willing to concede the character might literally be mute. Anyway, thanks for your help. Ward3001 01:24, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Note regarding mediation

24.0.97.119 ignored the mediation request (neither agreeing nor disagreeing), yet continues to revert "deaf" to "deaf-mute". Please continue to monitor The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. If this continues, I will ask everyone's opinion about seeking formal arbitration from Wikipedia. Arbitration results in a binding decision. Thanks. Ward3001 00:38, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Deaf

I saw you know American Sign Language. Please take a look at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deaf. If you are interested, then you may also add {{User WikiProject Deaf}}, which also adds a userbox to your page, or [[Category:WikiProject Deaf participants]] to your userpage. If you do, it will list you in Category:WikiProject Deaf participants. Thank you. Taric25 16:47, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Request on [[Sign Language]

Hello

I have took consideration of your comment about the interpreter picture on Sign Language. I put a clearer picture...

Thanks!

--Blah 04:25, 26 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

DC Meetup notice

Greetings. There is going to be a Washington DC Wikipedia meetup on next Saturday, July 21st at 5pm in DC. Since you are listed in Category:Wikipedians_in_Maryland, I thought I'd invite you to come. I'm sorry about the short notice for the meeting. Hopefully we'll do somewhat better in that regard next time. If you can't come but want to make sure that you are informed of future meetings be sure to list yourself under "but let me know about future events", and if you don't want to get any future direct notices $like this one$, you can list yourself under "I'm not interested in attending any others either" on the DC meetup page.--Gmaxwell 00:26, 15 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Howdy, Stranger!

Happy Birthday... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Variable87 Variable87 12:22, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Top 1000 Scientists: From the Beginning of Time to 2000 AD (second nomination)

I've nominated this article for deletion. It still has no sources besides the book itself, and having got hold of a copy of the book, I find that it actually makes no claims to be derived from an authoritative survey, so I see no notability. Since you've edited the article or participated in the old AfD you might like to comment. As there has been confusion about the book's actual content, I'd be happy to back up all the assertions I've made by Emailing you scans of the relevant pages. Best, Iain99^{Balderdash and piffle} 21:13, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your user page

I found your old user page while checking out some old deleted contributions. I have history merged it, so that all edits are in one place. Hope you don't mind. Graham87 02:57, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Your question from 2 years ago about the holton arms school

You were enquiring about how holton could have been founded out of a pushcart. I attend the school & i know my reply is late but basically Ms. Holton & Ms. Arms were employed at the same school when their future goal to start their own girls school reached their superior's ears. The woman had them fired immediatly & they packed what little school supplies they owned themselves & bought a push cart from a hotdog vendor on the street to carry it in. Because they had no means of income the woman decided they would start their school from what they had in that cart. Later, a parent from the school they used to work at allowed them to use his house as their school building. So while Holton did not techniqually begin in a push cart, the establishment of the school (though the ladies didn't know where they would establish the building) was done while they had nothing but their items & a push cart.

I hope this wasnt TOO confusing of an explination, —Preceding unsigned comment added by Abc42560 (talk • contribs) 04:04, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

how do you become a...

administrator on Wikipedia. please can you at least tell me that i can't do it. reply at —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamesbloo (talk • contribs) 01:47, 3 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

Hi, how are you? I just made an account for wikipedia less then 30 mins ago. So I'm new to this, and wondering if I needed to know anything about it..

Ttyl,

Trigger — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rottweiler2304 (talk • contribs) 03:23, 17 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry it took so long to get back to you. If you still have questions let me know. Qaz (talk) 22:08, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Paddy Ladd

The article Paddy Ladd has been proposed for deletion because under Wikipedia policy, all biographies of living persons created after March 18, 2010, must have at least one source that directly supports material in the article.

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I added a source and took down the tag. Qaz (talk) 06:26, 11 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome. Thanks! Logan _Talk ^{Contributions} 10:33, 11 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

License tagging for File:FatHeadPoster.jpg

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I added Non-free promotional tag Qaz (talk) 21:10, 21 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Phytonutrients

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Proposed deletion of Hearing (person)

The article Hearing (person) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

This article is a too-wordy and uncited expansion of a dictionary definition, describing 'hearing' as the opposite of 'deaf'. Per WP:NOTDICT, the article should be deleted.

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Coen Bros.

Blood Simple also has achieved "cult film" status. So, the choice as to which should be mentioned and which left out comes down to consensus amongst editors. The point is, the lede should not be burdened with film titles. Four or five, at most, is sufficient. If you want to start a talk page discussion, to see what other editors think, feel free to do so. ---RepublicanJacobite_TheFortyFive 17:32, 20 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright concerns

Copyright problem: United States Poet Laureate

Apologies for templating a regular, and this is ancient, but while trying to track down, ironically, the copyright status of works by poet laureates, I realized much of the material on this page is simply copied from the LOC. It just now occurs to me that this may make the text pd, but even if so, it is not properly referenced.--SPhilbrick (Talk) 13:59, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as United States Poet Laureate, but we regretfully cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. This article appears to contain material copied from http://www.loc.gov/poetry/about_laureate.html, and therefore to constitute a violation of Wikipedia's copyright policies. The copyrighted text has been or will soon be deleted. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with our copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators are liable to be blocked from editing.

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MSU Interview

Dear Qaz,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the communityHERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:

Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your nameHERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.11.206.39 (talk) 03:51, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Notification of pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in over one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions will be removed pending your return if you do not return to activity within the next month. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated should this occur, please post to the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e. as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised, that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions, and that you have not been inactive for a three year period of time). If you remain inactive for a three year period of time, including the present year you have been inactive, you will need to request reinstatement at WP:RFA. This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. MadmanBot (talk) 00:30, 1 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Notification of imminent suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in over one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions will be removed pending your return if you do not return to activity within the next several days. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated should this occur, please post to the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e. as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised, that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions, and that you have not been inactive for a three year period of time). If you remain inactive for a three year period of time, including the present year you have been inactive, you will need to request reinstatement at WP:RFA. This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. MadmanBot (talk) 00:30, 25 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in over one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions have been removed pending your return. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated, please post to the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e. as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised, that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions, and that you have not been inactive for a three year period of time). If you remain inactive for a three year period of time, including the present year you have been inactive, you will need to request reinstatement at WP:RFA. This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. –xeno^talk 23:45, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Request for comment

Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:52, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

PROD Hearing (person)

I have noticed that you created the article Hearing (person).Just to let you know, I have proposed this article for deletion. CircleGirl (talk) 21:30, 13 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Fat Head for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Fat Head is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fat Head until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. MatthewManchester1994 (talk) 21:28, 17 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Hearing (person) for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Hearing (person) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.

Rusf10 (talk) 18:08, 18 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]