User talk:Briaboru

Welcome!

Hello, Briaboru, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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When Citations Are Needed[edit]

Please do not add Fact[citation needed] notes on "common knowledge" items, i.e., pieces of information that can be easily found in any of thousands of sources. A good example would be the date when the Berlin Wall came down. That was all over the news for weeks, and was a very emotionally charged event (on both sides of the curtain). Half the population of the developed world remembers it, and finding contemporary news coverage is extremely easy, since practically every paper and television studio everywhere covered it. Thus, it is very much common knowledge and asking for a citation is inappropriate. I'm all for citing sources when it's warranted, but there is such a thing as too much of a good thing. --Jonadab

African Union[edit]

Please stop adding the AU template to country articles it was decided that a category would be used instead. - SimonP 02:07, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your comment on my talk page (and I have added a proper welcome message above). I presume you are talking about Mr. Jean Collins Musonda Kalusambo and Mrs. Julienne Mavoungou Makaya, both of which currently redirect to Economic, Social and Cultural Council. If you know enough about them, please write articles on them - unfortunately, I am not in a position to do that for you. If you write articles, they should probably be at Jean Collins Musonda Kalusambo and Julienne Mavoungou Makaya (or even Jean Kalusambo and Julienne Makaya, depending on how they are best known and the convention for first name and family name).
The redirects were created by User:24.148.76.248 and changed to redirects by User:Gamaliel, so it may be worth talking to them. I hope this helps. -- ALoan (Talk) 09:48, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

You wrote: Can you explain the edit you made to African Union, i don't see it.

I added a link for kiSwahili, a quasi-official language in the African Union. Staatenloser 16:20, 21 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Portals[edit]

Please don't add blank {{portal}} to countries, unless you intend to create these (which seems unlikely considering your systemic insertions). Thanks. El_C 6 July 2005 23:21 (UTC)

I reverted your blank portal insertions to Zimbabwe, Senegal, Mauritius, Ghana, Gabon, and Burundi. Please limit yourself to inserting existing portals such as the one you just added into Poland, for example. Thanks again. El_C 6 July 2005 23:27 (UTC)

Members of the Pan-African Parliament from Tanzania[edit]

Hello! If you're just going to write single sentence micro-stubs, may I suggest writing List of members of the Pan-African Parliament from Tanzania instead of individual entries for everybody? --Scimitar parley 22:31, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • I agree, but if there isn't enough information, why not just make a list and leave the articles redlinks? That way, when more info becomes available, a full article for each can be made.--Scimitar parley 22:40, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • When you decide these articles should be removed, list them for deletion in VfD instead of blanking them. Blank articles take up server power, and often, somebody like me will come around and revert. Usrnme h8er 08:18, 12 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Don't bother trying get them deleted if they already exist, they are harmless. Kappa 22:29, 12 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Cologne Centurions[edit]

Why did you alter the Cologne Centurions' record from last season? Their record of 4-6 is easily verifiable. Please don't seed Wikipedia with false information. RADICALBENDER 04:17, August 23, 2005 (UTC)

Well, I'm sorry if the European web site has the record wrong (I can't find a record of this anywhere), but this is all very easily verifiable. Go can go here and manually count up the wins and losses for the Centurions for the season (like I just did) and you'll see their record for 2004 was 4-6. RADICALBENDER 04:32, August 23, 2005 (UTC)


Rugai Answer[edit]

Rugai is not an Irish name, it's italian, just because she represents an area with alot of Irish doesn't make her Irish

John Semer Farnsworth[edit]

I appreciate your effort to contribute to the article John Semer Farnsworth but I have not finished the article yet; the removal of the stub is premature. I hope to expand the last section and add another section by the end of next week. RashBold 21:28, 24 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

African Union officials[edit]

Hey Briaboru--

I've just discovered this wealth of African Union bio stubs you've been putting up. Nice work, and thanks for putting in the hours! I hope you don't mind my tinkering with a few things here and there (it's the English teacher in me), but I wanted to drop a note and say what a great job I think you're doing by filling these in. Best wishes, and happy editing! --Dvyost 04:39, 26 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

And by the way--I'm on and off Wikipedia right now as my schoolwork permits, but if there's a good way for me to help you out with any of this, let me know!
Well, no doubt some of these could use expansion, but my philosophy has always been that it's better to have a four-line stub up for people to expand than nothing! The most I'd suggest would be to make sure you add a stub tag to them (Africa-bio-stub is probably the best for this), and try to add them to country categories as well so that editors who work by country can notice and expand them. Most countries have a cat like "Malian politicans" that you can add on--and be sure to add the last name first there for alphabetization reasons. (I've just done this over at Sidibe Korian Sidibe if you want to see what I mean) I think the key is just to get it to where other folks can see it and build--after all, isn't the whole fun of wiki making someone else do your work? =)
Oh, and though I was technically once inducted into the Fulani ethnic group, I'm as white as white can be myself--don't let it hold you back from doing this good work! --Dvyost 05:08, 26 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I just thought of something else that I forgot. You may want to start adding links to whatever databases you're using to create these stubs. Just a brief header "External links" and then the link to the database would be helpful; that way when the next editor comes along she knows where the information so far has come from. Have a good one, and keep on keepin' on, --Dvyost 02:53, 29 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Category tags[edit]

Hey Briaboru,

Again, nice work on all these new stubs--I can tell you're working your butt off for them. One thing you'll want to be careful of, though, since you're making them in such numbers, is to make sure you get the category tags right. To make sure they get alphabetized properly in say, "Tunisian politicians," it's important to add the name to the tag in the form Last Name, First Name. For example, Joyce Nondwe Kanyago needs to go in as "Kanyago, Joyce Nondwe" (see my edit to her article if you're still not sure what I mean). And don't forget to use the most specific category only--for example, "Tunisian politicians" is a subcategory of "Tunisian people," so you don't want to use both.

Does all this make sense? Let me know if you have any questions. I wish I had time to help you out with more of these but I won't really have the free time for a while--still, I wish you the best of luck! Keep up the good work! --Dvyost 23:24, 4 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Briaboru. Regarding your edit to Lawrence Wilkerson, please don't replace valid categories with other categories. Just add them to the pre-existing ones. Thanks, BanyanTree 04:53, 5 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Well, remember that it's better to put up, say, eight properly labelled articles than ten improperly labelled ones--I realize the alphabetization is a few moments of extra work per article, but it's important to keep things sorted, too. Otherwise, other editors have to follow behind you doing it, and it gets a bit frustrating.
I'm not sure what you mean by increase the "number of articles in the Carribbean Community article," but I should warn you that the Carribean isn't really my area of expertise. Is there a particular task you need an admin for?
Thanks for your continued great work! Keep it up, --Dvyost 02:38, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Why should Caribbean Community organs and bodies be speedily deleted? Leave a comment on Talk:Caribbean Community organs and bodies if you can please. Enochlau 06:10, 3 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Similarly, why on earth nominate Basque diaspora for a speedy delete? -- Jmabel | Talk 08:04, 12 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Basque diaspora[edit]

if you've read the article closely you'll know that this article talks about Basque people, for which there is an article beyond that the article Basque diaspora is so short it doesn't make sense to me, to keep it as an article in and of itself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Briaboru (talkcontribs) 13 Dec 2005

Yes, and it has a merge tag on it. I see you've moved at least some of it. Have you merged the whole thing? If so, it should become a redirect, but it should certainly not be deleted. -- Jmabel | Talk 00:59, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

African Union Mission in Sudan[edit]

Hey Briaboru,

Nice work as always keeping African Union Mission in Sudan up to date! Have you thought about breaking all this good information into smaller chunks/subheards? Keep up the good work, --Dvyost 02:33, 19 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Anyone can edit[edit]

Or any registered user can edit Briaboru 00:31, 20 December 2005 (UTC)BriaboruBriaboru 00:31, 20 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

That's not true. Only a registered user can create a NEW article (under new rules), but non-registered users are still editing existing articles. Michael Hardy 00:45, 20 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Request for edit summary[edit]

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Ill. Sup. Ct.[edit]

I wanted to thank you for raising the Justice McMorrow thing to my attention. (I suppose in the interest of protocol, it's still appropriate to refer to her as Chief Justice McMorrow, but that's for another day.) I wouldn't have gotten her listed as a previous Chief Justice for quite some time, as I haven't advanced past the D's yet in the court's big list of all past justices. It's weird that they haven't gotten Thomas's biography updated, but I couldn't imagine they'd have left the wrong person as C.J. for almost four years. Yay, press release archives!

Unfortunately, that's too much to fit into an edit summary.

If you're interested in other Illinois articles, you might want to check out Wikipedia:Wikiproject Illinois. Johndodd 04:07, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello from JFB; To Briaboru[edit]

Hey!

I have just started an article on Sundar Selveraj and was hoping you would take a look at it, and suggest to me how to make it look more professional.

Cheers!

-- JJ 02:13, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

---

Thanks for your help...I ran into another problem though--and this time, it's with the category section...Wikipedia, for some odd reason, fails to recognize the "Eastern Christianity page" and always takes me to the "No results page"...it won't go directly to the page--it always makes me click on "Do a search for the 'Eastern Christianity' page" before it finally takes me there...

What's with that?

--JJ 21:46, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

MySpace profiles[edit]

Absolutely, though I would limit it to people notable enough to have a Wikipedia article; otherwise the list would become huge and out-of-control. tregoweth 06:03, 10 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

East African Legislative Assembly[edit]

This is just a note to let you know that the East African Legislative Assembly page you created has been given a PROD tag for proposed deletion. You may want to take a look at the reason listed and see whether you concur. Thanks. — RJH (talk) 16:35, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

African Union[edit]

Hi there: do you realise that you have produced an excellent list of EUROPEAN Countries in the article entitled "Members of the African Union"? I have not touched it as yet, but it can't be left as it is.--Anthony.bradbury 19:05, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi; your political views are wholly your concern, but listing the countries of the European Union under an article heading of Countries of the African Union still makes no sense.--Anthony.bradbury 19:52, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
You are missing the point. An inaccurate page, which this is, will probably get deleted.--Anthony.bradbury 20:01, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Libya stubs[edit]

Saw your post on the stub-sorting proposal and agreed strongly. Since there has been no disagreement on it and it has been nearly a week since the intial proposal, I went ahead and created, along with the corresponding stub. It does need to be populated and I have started doing so, but more certainly can be done. Thanks--Thomas.macmillan 19:04, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Former[edit]

It isn't necessary to have a category for people that a Former aldermen, people are just put into the regular category. For instance, there is not a former United States Senator category, if someone was a United States Senator, they are in a United States Senator category. 75.3.60.23 19:10, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright Violation[edit]

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We appreciate your contributions to the Alexandre do Nascimento article, but we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material. Perhaps you would like to rewrite the article in your own words. For more information, take a look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Happy editing! --Darksun 20:35, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Eritrea category[edit]

Hey, I noticed that you made some edits under an anonymous IP (24...) in which you added the Eritrea category to some articles. I have reverted your edits because they were actually unnecessary, as those articles were already in the Eritrea category. They were in more specific categories (e.g. Geography of Eritrea was in Category:Geography of Eritrea), which in turn were in the Eritrea Category (e.g. the Geography of Eritrea category is a subset of the Eritrea Category). Thanks for your help anyway. — ዮም | (Yom) | TalkcontribsEthiopia 02:11, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

African Union stubs[edit]

"Healthy enough" meaning what? Also, let's keep the discussion unfragmented, on WP:WSS/P. Alai 21:45, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Proposing stubs types[edit]

Hi - I notice you have added several headers at WP:WSS/P and simply signed them, with no explanation as to the rationale for having the stubs you suggest. It'd be really helpful if you'd give some indication of why you think the stubs are necessary and whether they will reach the threshold as listed at the top of the proposal page. Simply a signed header tells us very little. Grutness...wha? 06:46, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Eritrean people[edit]

Hi, I noticed you have been editing several Eritrea related articles recently. This is great because, as someone who is constantly adding info on African people and places, I know how little their really is out there. However, it is not helpful to double categorize articles by placing them in both Eritrean people and another Eritra-category, such as singers. A wise administrator once told me this rule and I still applies today. Thanks and keep with adding Africa-based content--Thomas.macmillan 04:05, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My talk page[edit]

Hi, thanks for the message on my talk page. I did justify the Eritrea-stub and also the Myanmar-stub. However, next time you write on any talk page, please sign it and date it with the signature button on top of this page. Also, add a topic with the 3 =. Thanks --Thomas.macmillan 03:02, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Where is the duplicate page? Thanks! —— Eagle (ask me for help) 02:46, 6 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi![edit]

Please go ahead and create the article, but it has to have more in it than just an opening sentence. Otherwise, it's simply not terribly helpful and can be deleted immediately. Best way to avoid it being clobbered is to make it maybe three or four sentences long. Hope this helps. - Lucky 6.9 22:47, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Glad to do it. FYI, my grandfather was a member of the Knights of Columbus.  :) - Lucky 6.9 23:02, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Carmelite Sisters of the Aged and Infirm[edit]

I added some references for this article and voila, it is no longer nominated for deletion! Now we need an article for the founder. Edison 22:52, 21 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Franciscan Sisters of the Inmaculate[edit]

Why did you delete them from the list of roman catholic religious orders?Cjrs 79 02:38, 26 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

They are not. Cjrs 79 02:23, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You said this list already existed and suggested its speedy deletion. Based on Wikipedia:Naming policy]] such an article should be located at this title, but more importantly, if you say it already exists and is therefore a duplicate, an admin patrolling CAT:CSD needs a link to the article it supposedly duplicates. What already existing article are you referring to? Remember, we have lists of Union members, but they're sorted differently, making them distinctly different from each other. -- Mgm|(talk) 09:29, 26 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism warning[edit]

Please do not remove content from Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. DoomsDay349 20:46, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RE: Question[edit]

You blanked a large section of an article without offering explanation. As such, I took it as vandalism. If I was wrong, feel free to correct me. DoomsDay349 20:51, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I was speaking about Pan-African Parliament. Feel free to correct me if I was wrong, as I said before. DoomsDay349 20:53, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I see. Alright then. DoomsDay349 20:57, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion...[edit]

Hi again! An article can't consist only of an external link; that's why I deleted it. You should add some text before it gets clobbered again. If it does get deleted again, just recreate it with a reasonable amount of text. See ya! - Lucky 6.9 01:13, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Short articles[edit]

Your contributions are really welcomed, but they need to be much longer than just an introductory sentence or declarative statement. They can't ever be solely an external link. Hope this helps; I'd hate to see your contributions keep getting deleted for lack of content or context. - Lucky 6.9 17:51, 2 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Right. Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Mary and Joseph will keep getting deleted unless you are willing to put in the effort to explain who this group is and why they are notable, instead of just cutting and pasting from their website. NawlinWiki 17:54, 2 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Catholic cathedrals[edit]

Why should the list be limited to Roman Catholic cathedrals? The article is at List of the Catholic cathedrals of the United States, the title says nothing of the Latin rite, ergo it is not a complete list if it does not include the Eastern Catholic cathedrals. Gentgeen 01:50, 3 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you are going to simply delete my work from an article, I'd appriciate it if you would discuss the issue first. Simply renaming the article to suit your purposes and then deleting the content with out discussing it first is rude and unprofessional. I brought the issue up on the article's talk page several days ago, without comment. I added the (in my opinion) perfectly valid and verifiable content to the article. You disagree with it's inclusion. Fine. That does not give you the right to act unilaterally. Gentgeen 03:28, 3 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Regions of the NAIA articles[edit]

Please stop creating Region I of the NAIA (and any Region * of the NAIA articles as well) unless you can explain in the article just what the NAIA is. Right now there is absolutely no context to the lists of universities you have created, and they are liable to be deleted unless you expand them immediately. You may also consider making a single list article Regions of the NAIA and making Region I, Region II, etc redirect to the master list. Regards, Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 02:50, 4 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Roman Catholic bishops[edit]

I'd like to ask you to alter how you are editing the List of the Catholic bishops of the United States page.

For example, in one edit you replaced this:

*[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque|Archbishop of Dubuque]]

with this:

*[[Jerome Hanus]]

I think it would be more useful if you were to, instead, replace it with this:

*[[Jerome Hanus]], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque|Archbishop of Dubuque]]

That way, no information is lost. Also, the page is easier to maintain, because if Bishop retires, his line on the list just becomes false, but if his diocese is mentioned then people can still follow the link there.

Thanks! - Lawrence King 06:48, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]


Since you haven't responded here, I have started a thread on this at Talk:List of the Catholic bishops of the United States#But don't delete their sees!. - Lawrence King 22:38, 13 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You placed this contribution at KSC: "In 1922 it merged with the Knights of St. Francis Xavier." You have not placed a reference. What do you know about this. --WikiCats 11:21, 13 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If your are a good catholic man over 18 you would be eligible to be nominated.[1] If you have any interest in this organisation please email me. --WikiCats 22:17, 13 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

‎Catholic Bishops Conference of India[edit]

Please stop creating ‎Catholic Bishops Conference of India without any content the way you have been. If you continue, you will be blocked. See WP:CSD for more info. - CHAIRBOY () 03:43, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If yoyu would give me a damn minute i would provide content Briaboru
The Preview button may be the functonality you're looking for. - CHAIRBOY () 04:01, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bindi[edit]

A pointer to Tilaka is fine, but I rephrased the sentence that it didn't assert that the bindi had a spiritual meaning. It has a spiritual meaning only within the Hindu tradition, not by itself, in isolation. Zora 04:46, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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I have nominated this article for deletion at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Carmelite_Daughters_of_the_Divine_Heart_of_Jesus. As you are the article's creator and only contributor I thought I should let you know. --Veesicle 18:36, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Seeking concensus on proposed merger at Talk:Classics. Cheers! Wassupwestcoast 00:11, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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What is interesting about your recent changes is that the vast majority of the article was written by you and yet you add {{fact}} to it, despite that you wrote it. Perhaps you should just cite the source you took the information from in the first place?--Thomas.macmillan 18:20, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Stubs[edit]

Hi Briaboru,

Could you go back through the articles you created and stubsort them? It would be exceedingly helpful. Also, please don't add resume's to articles without having a source and a header (I.E. Person X is a (nationality) politician). Also, concerning Van-Dunem, you didn't add any sources, you simply removed the {fact} templates...not very helpful.--Thomas.macmillan 23:02, 7 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Joyce Nondwe Kanyago[edit]

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I recently removed a speedy delete tag that you had placed on Graffiti Blasters. I do not think that Graffiti Blasters fits any of the speedy deletion criteria because inaccuracy is not a reason for deletion; I have tagged it as disputed, be you can be WP:BOLD and fix it.. I request that you consider not re-tagging Graffiti Blasters for speedy deletion without discussing the matter on the appropriate talk page. You are, of course, free to tag the article with {{prod}} or nominate it at WP:AFD. Carlossuarez46 21:32, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Armenian genocide[edit]

Re:this - I think perhaps you want wikipedia:Featured article candidates Raul654 15:57, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

FAC nomination removed[edit]

Hi -- I removed your FAC nomination for Armenian Genocide as you'd added it incorrectly -- you appended it to a nomination for another article. Take a look at the top of the featured article candidates page -- there are detailed instructions there. Feel free to ask if you can't figure them out. Mike Christie (talk) 23:18, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]


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AfD nomination of Time Share[edit]

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AfD nomination of Sisters of Saint Joseph of Chambery[edit]

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Speedy deletion[edit]

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Just to let you know; following up on the AfD and spotted the problem. If you can fix it, let me know on my talkpage and I'll de-speedy-tag the article. --Paularblaster (talk) 21:47, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Formatting links[edit]

Hi, do you need help formatting those reference links? The rule is, you use single square brackets around the URL and the string you want to appear in its place, and you use a single space to separate the two. Thus:

  • [http://www.example.org A link to some website]

gives:

If you want to do this within "ref" tags, you go:

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Hope this helps, Fut.Perf. 20:02, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Licensing[edit]

Hi,
Firstly, great work on 2008 invasion of Anjouan. Secondly, I am from Wikipedia sister project Wikinews and I would like your permission to copy the text you added to the invasion section of the article onto Wikinews. Unfourtunately, Wikinews uses CC-BY but it would be great if you would agree to license your contributions to that seciton under CC-BY so we can use it on Wikinews. If you are OK with this please indicate on my talk pgae.

Thanks,

--Smaalbig (talk) 19:38, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just add a message saying something like "I agree to license my contributions to the section titled The invasion under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license with attribution to Wikipedia user Briaboru" to my talk page. Please note that people can do what they want with the contributions as long as they mention CC-BY and Give you credit , instead on including the whole GFDL like you do with the GFDL.--Smaalbig (talk) 19:48, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I'll give you a link to the article on Wikinews using your content when its finished. Thanks for your help. --Smaalbig (talk) 19:54, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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AfD nomination of Giuseppina Nicoli[edit]

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This seems like a notable topic, but dude, you just copied everything from a website! That's plagiarism. Zagalejo^^^ 17:35, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
yeah i know, though i was trying to rework it so that most of the article was cut out and only relevant stuff remained, i was in the middle of trying to do that --Briaboru (talk) 17:41, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Canonisation or Canonization?[edit]

You changed an article Beatifications and canonizations" which included persons canonized and beatified and various text on canonization to "list of canonisations". This new title does not adequately cover the content and is misspelled. It leaves out the beatificaions and the texts. Please contact authors in the future,or go to the talk page, before making far reaching changes of this nature. Improvements are always welcome. --Ambrosius007 (talk) 08:56, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]


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Named after Emerson[edit]

Hello! Thanks for putting in the effort in finding sources for that list of places and organizations named after Ralph Waldo Emerson. I'm wondering, though, do you think it would be easier to just say "Several organizations and schools are named after Emerson"? We could rename the section "Legacy" and also talk about his literary/philosophical influence, etc. By the way, I also noticed you have been putting some work into Henry David Thoreau. Is there anything I can help you with over there? He's on my list of 19th century American authors who should have better articles on Wiki. :) --Midnightdreary (talk) 20:24, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dominican order[edit]

I'm going to have to go in and undo your recent edits to the Dominican order article. The nuns are not the sisters. The nuns are the second order. The sisters are a specific kind of vowed third order OP's. Your conflation of the two is false and ahistorical.

Also, there is nothing wrong with putting an off-wiki link in text. Putting such a link in a ref footnote is, it seems to me, ugly.theloavesandthevicious (talk) 15:59, 30 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I noticed that you tried to nominate this article as a Featured article candidate. Something wasn't quite right in the process, though - the FAC page you edited was from 2005! - so I've reverted two edits of yours while we sort that out. I would be happy to help you put the article up at FAC, but to improve the chances of success, ideally you should contact the article's principle editors (a post on the article talk page is a good start, or you can see the 'top' editors with this link). They could probably provide valuable feedback about the article, and would likely be able to help address any concerns raised during a FAC nomination. Let me know if you need any help. Maralia (talk) 22:14, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

FA project for Woodrow Wilson[edit]

I was trying to step away from the areas with high drama for awhile, and going through the FA process can be a very stressful go of it. The article is a promising candidate so I'm willing to help though. Are you knowledgeable about the previous FA attempt and where the attempt failed? Have you got a team or project together at all yet? Professor marginalia (talk) 02:35, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Before deciding whether to pull in other editors it makes sense to scope out where the article needs improvement. This[3] is the feedback from its failed GA attempt in January. This[4] is the feedback from its failed FA. There are some bots that offer good tips as well. I'll one up.Professor marginalia (talk) 16:12, 13 May 2008 (UTC) Here's a report produced by a bot which looks at Manual of Style issues.Professor marginalia (talk) 16:36, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(copied over from my talk page:) I'm fine with the topics being included; but there should be some kind of link made to the article's main topic: i.e. Wilson's reaction (or non-reaction, I guess) to the genocide. Previously, there wasn't. --jbmurray (talkcontribs) 15:34, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

CfD nomination of Category:Black Catholics[edit]

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Another editor has opened a CFD on this category. Cgingold (talk) 22:18, 22 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Peer review limits[edit]

Hi Briaboru, I noticed you have three peer review requests in at WP:PR, two of which were entered on the same day. There is a new policy on limits for peer review at Wikipedia:Peer review/Request removal policy, which is summarized on the PR page. I am not going to remove either of the two requests made on the same day, but if this happens again, they will be removed in the future. Thanks, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 01:37, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • No problem - you might want to respond to Awadewit on Thomas Jefferson - she is a great editor with many FAs to her credit and would give the article a very detailed and useful PR. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:10, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Black Catholics[edit]

Hi; I've placed a "speedy delete" tag on Category:Black Catholics because it is re-created material that was recently deleted via a formal deletion discussion. See Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2008_May_22#Category:Black_Catholics. Thanks, Good Ol’factory (talk) 22:21, 12 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop nominating Syro Malabar Catholic Congress as a speedy deletion candidate. Your requests have been rejected three times now. If you feel that the article does not meet WP's guidelines for inclusion, you may nominate the article for deletion at AfD. This is, however, not a candidate for speedy deletion, and continuing to nominate it as such is disruptive. Karanacs (talk) 17:57, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Speedy deletion of Charles Uncles[edit]

A tag has been placed on Charles Uncles requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. Ironholds 19:43, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Removing speedy delete templates[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but you removed a speedy deletion tag from Charles Uncles, a page you have created yourself. If you do not believe the page should be deleted, you can place a {{hangon}} tag on the page, under the existing speedy deletion tag (please do not remove the speedy deletion tag), and make your case on the page's talk page. Administrators will look at your reasoning before deciding what to do with the page. Thank you. Ward3001 (talk) 04:23, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

July 2008[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia. I notice that you removed content from Rama P. Coomaraswamy. However, Wikipedia is not censored to remove content that might be considered objectionable. Please do not remove or censor information that is relevant to the article. You have the option to configure Wikipedia to hide images that you may find offensive. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Please stop censoring Rama P. Coomaraswamy as a member of the Category:American Catholics category. If you want to delete informational content, please talk about it at the article's talk page before doing destructive edits: Talk:Rama P. Coomaraswamy. alexgieg (talk) 18:29, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Black Caucuses edits[edit]

Hello, I notice that you have added wiki links to several of the names in the Missouri and Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus articles. When [[ ]] are added to a name on a page, and that name has no associated article, the name shows up -red- . If it is your intention to start articles on these individuals then I will not undo the links you have created. If not, then I will revert the edits to maintain the consistentcy of the articles. Thanks. ..BlackThorTalkContribs 03:10, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright problems[edit]

Hello. Concerning your contribution, Knights of Marshall, please note that Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text or images obtained from other web sites or printed material, without the permission of the author(s). This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://www.marshallans.org/about_us.html. As a copyright violation, Knights of Marshall appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Knights of Marshall has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message.

If you believe that the article or image is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) then you should do one of the following:

  • If you have permission from the author, leave a message explaining the details at Talk:Knights of Marshall and send an email with the message to "permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org". See Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
  • If a note on the original website states that re-use is permitted under the GFDL or released into the public domain leave a note at Talk:Knights of Marshall with a link to where we can find that note.
  • If you own the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en(at)wikimedia(dot)org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the GFDL, and note that you have done so on Talk:Knights of Marshall.

However, for textual content, you may simply consider rewriting the content in your own words. Thank you. Phlegm Rooster (talk) 12:46, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I've removed the list of districts as it made no sense and added a lead line that, as best I can make out, describes the subject and establishes notability. Please correct as needed if I misread something. Cheers, Dloh