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background
Background checks on way in Wharton? 
Daily Record - Oct 08 2:07 AM
WHARTON -- The borough council is considering an ordinance that would require borough employees, appointees and volunteers to undergo criminal background checks.


backgrounds for myspace
MySpace 
RedNova - Oct 09 6:21 AM
Are you a fan of James Blunt? Why not ask him to be your friend? I'm serious - just log on to MySpace (www.myspace.com), set yourself up a profile, search for his, and click on the 'add to friends' link to send him a friends request. It's never been easier to hang out with the stars.

bacterial meningitis
Officials: Toddler Likely Has Meningitis 
Cleveland - NewsNet5 via Yahoo! News - Oct 09 9:06 AM
Officials have confirmed that another child is being tested for bacterial meningitis.

bag
Newborn Found Alive In Trash Bag 
WCVB TheBostonChannel.com via Yahoo! News - Oct 09 3:55 AM
Police are searching for the mother of a newborn baby found abandoned in a trash bag in Roslindale during the weekend.

bad day
Beat bad breath 
Kansas City Star - 56 minutes ago
A spicy meal can leave a not-so-nice lingering effect in your mouth: bad breath. A dental condition, dry mouth, smoking and even severe dieting are also causes. Tips to combat bad breath:

badge
Boy Scouts visit railway museum for merit badge 
Gwinnett Daily Post - Oct 08 5:57 AM
DULUTH Everyone had a chance to be the conductor when local Boy Scout troops converged on the Southeastern Railway Museum on Saturday to earn a merit badge in railroading.

baggage
RFID baggage tracking cleared for take-off 
Infomatics - Oct 09 6:45 AM
Radio frequency identification (RFID) has the potential to dramatically streamline and improve airline baggage handling, industry experts predicted today.

begonia
Optimism abounds as fall looms 
Albany Democrat-Herald - Oct 09 12:16 PM
Last weeks return to sunshine and warm afternoons meant a reprieve for countless tomato plants across Western Oregon. Some gardeners, certain that winter rainfall had arrived to stay, unceremoniously yanked burgeoning tomato plants out of the ground to avoid waterlogged fruits.

bach
The Air This Week 
Boston Globe - Oct 10 1:31 AM
Throughout the week Midnight-5 a.m. Jazz with Bob Parlocha (Mon.-Thurs.) (WGBH: 89.7, wgbh.org); Classical music (daily; Sat. to 6 a.m.; Sun. to 8 a.m.) . . . 5 a.m.-1 p.m. Classical music (daily) (WHRB: 95.3, whrb.org) . . . 7 a.m. Composer of the Week: the Bach family (Mon.-Fri.) (BBC Radio 3: www.bbc.co.uk/radio3) ( All BBC Radio 3 programs are ...

bikini model
Bikini model sets both male and female pulses racing on 'Survivor' 
The Star - Oct 09 2:18 AM
Model Brigitte Willers is igniting passions on the Pearl Islands of Panama. She may struggle to string together a coherent sentence, but when it comes to stringing smitten tribe members along, nobody does it better than the bikini-clad FHM model.

bikini
Bikini model sets both male and female pulses racing on 'Survivor' 
The Star - Oct 09 2:18 AM
Model Brigitte Willers is igniting passions on the Pearl Islands of Panama. She may struggle to string together a coherent sentence, but when it comes to stringing smitten tribe members along, nobody does it better than the bikini-clad FHM model.

ballast
WTCC: Ballast only consolation for Rydell 
autosport.com - Oct 09 9:38 AM
SEAT driver Rickard Rydell knows that his awful weekend at Valencia could play into his hands in the World Touring Car Championship battle.

ballerina
Prima Ballerina Sylvie Guillem, 41, Still Holds the Spotlight 
Bloomberg.com - Oct 09 10:27 AM
Oct. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Apart from a favored few, classical dancers die young -- at least their technical prowess does. Following the example of Mikhail Baryshnikov, the 41-year-old, Paris-bred, London-based ballerina Sylvie Guillem is seeking out alternative kinds of dance in which to be riveting.

cali
Cali. Gov. Vetoes Farm-Worker Protection Bill 
The NewStandard - Oct 10 8:00 AM
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger last week vetoed a bill meant to give protection to California's farm workers, a population the state estimates to have topped 1 million. The bill was meant...

pallet
Horizontal Machining Center offers 14,000 rpm spindle speed. 
ThomasNet - Oct 09 5:51 AM
With 30 hp motor generating 161 ft-lb torque for cutting metals, DHP-4000 combines 1.5 sec tool-to-tool changes, 2,362 ipm rapid traverses, and 2-pallet, rotary shuttle system with 5.9 sec pallet change time. Work pieces up to 23.6 in. dia x 31.5 in., weighing up to 880 lb., are supported on 15.7 x 15.7 in. pallets. Table can be indexed in 1° increments, and 60 station ATC automatically returns

ball gown
Cinderella Not Exactly the Belle of the Ball 
Port Folio Weekly - Oct 09 11:10 PM
There were tutus and tiaras, little girls with garlands in fifth position, and guest artists with lovely technique, but Virginia Ballet Theatres Cinderella at the Roper Theatre needed much, much more to convince us that this is indeed a professional ballet company, able to hold its own with the other excellent arts groups in Hampton Roads.

ball joint
Pacers at joint they shouldve avoided 
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel - 1 hour, 46 minutes ago
Indiana Pacers guard Stephen Jackson was punched in the face and hit by a car, rolling onto the vehicles hood, during a confrontation early Friday outside an Indianapolis strip club. NBA referees would consider that to be incidental contact if it happened to Shaq in the lane.

balloon
Morning Balloon Flights Canceled Again Monday 
KOAT TheNewMexicoChannel.com via Yahoo! News - Oct 09 5:34 AM
For the second day in a row, flying events are canceled for the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta's morning session.

bam margera
Today's Movie Listings 
Holland Sentinel - Oct 09 7:24 AM
All the King's Men [PG-13] Southern politician Willie Stark. With Sean Penn and Jude Law. Employee of the Month [PG-13] Store clerks vie for a coveted award. With Dane Cook and Jessica Simpson.

pam
Golden memories for Bill & Pam 
Weekly Times - Oct 10 12:30 AM
Western Suburbs rugby league stalwart Bill Owens and wife Pam (pictured) of Hunters Hill celebrate their Golden Wedding anniversary this Sunday. The popular couple - who were married on October 15, 1956 in St Josephs Catholic Church Enfield - will toast the occasion at a family luncheon.

bambi
Environmental issues are deer to my heart 
Jacksonville Daily News - Oct 08 11:45 PM
When I was a child I went to see Bambi. I dont know if the viewing I recall was the first that Id seen the movie, but it is one I was old enough to remember. And, while still young, I was grown enough to understand.

band saw
Helmet Vs. Saw III 
IGN Music - 2 hours, 40 minutes ago
Page Hamilton talks about his band's involvement with the horror franchise's latest soundtrack.

banks
Banks 'raising business charges' 
BBC News - 3 minutes ago
Banks have been increasing charges for business customers who run up unauthorised overdrafts, a report says.

bra
THAILAND: Gina Form Bra workers offered severance after protest 
just-style - 2 hours, 49 minutes ago
What's this?

barbed wire
Around Whittier 
Whittier Daily news - Oct 09 6:36 PM
13230 Penn St., will again discuss an ordinance to limit the use of barbed wire and/or razor wire in the city. The council will be asked to provide direction on ways that might allow the continued use of barbed wire.

barbie
Barbie: Pretty In Pink 
CBS News - Oct 07 7:48 PM
We always knew she was a doll. Find out how Barbie is doing her part in the fight against breast cancer.

barbara mori
Spider Silk: Could 'Webicillin' Beat Infections? 
Science Daily - 1 hour, 7 minutes ago
Could a dose of webicillin beat that stubborn infection? Could a cobweb bandage help soldiers and accident victims with bleeding wounds? Is a wrapping of spider silk the key to preventing the body from rejecting implants? A review of research on spider silk concludes that scientists have largely overlooked such possible medical applications of this extraordinary natural material, which is

barbara streisand
Barbara Streisand begin a 16-city tour 
Moldova.org - Oct 04 7:01 AM
Barbra Streisand returns to lively live and is going to begin a 16-city tour on October 4 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In statement released Barbara Streisand said, "The increasingly urgent need for private citizen support to combat dangerous climate change, along with education and health issues was the prime reason I decided to tour again. This will allow me to direct funds and awareness to

barbara
Barbara Valadez dies at 49 
Chesterton Tribune - Oct 09 1:43 PM
Barbara L. Valadez, of LaPorte, passed away Oct. 7, 2006 from a sudden illness at her residence. She was 49. She was born June 18, 1957 in LaPorte, the daughter of Robert V. and Marjorie F. (Frenier) Bishop. Robert preceded her in death. Marjorie survives in LaPorte.

barge
Keppel Launches Kazakhstan's First Barge 
Rigzone - Oct 09 11:58 AM
Keppel Kazakhstan LLP has launched transportation barge AKKU1, built for Agip Kazakhstan North Caspian Operating Company N.V. (Agip KCO). The launch marks a significant milestone as AKKU1 is the first offshore vessel ever built in Kazakhstan.

dare
McClaren wouldn't dare tinker, says Croatia coach 
ESPN Soccernet.com - Oct 09 7:04 AM
McClaren wouldn't dare tinker, says Croatia coach by Euro 2008

bare mineral
Those lips! Those eyes! 
Louisville Courier-Journal - Oct 08 3:05 AM
You love your lip balm but still want some color on your lips. Leslie Blodgett, CEO of Bare Escentuals, producer of mineral-based cosmetics, offers this tip ...

beretta
Police: Student fires gun at middle school 
Pantagraph - Oct 09 10:12 PM
JOPLIN, Mo. -- A 13-year-old student fired an AK-47 into the ceiling at his middle school Monday morning after confronting a pair of students and administrators, telling them, "please don't make me do this," officials said.

batista
Batista ready to show 'No Mercy' 
Chicago Sun-Times - Oct 08 2:15 AM
Finally someone at the WWE controls realized Lashley vs. Booker T and Batista against Finlay just wasn't going to cut it for a pay-per-view, so the ''No Mercy'' main event has been changed to a Fatal 4-Way for the World Heavyweight Championship.

barely legal
Microsoft gets it Genuinely wrong 
Geek.com - Oct 09 11:39 AM
Barely a week after Microsoft outlined its plan to hobble PCs found to be using illegal copies of Windows Vista (see our previous coverage ), a Microsoft employee confirmed that certain legal copies of Windows XP are being flagged as illegal by the company's Windows Genuine Advantage software.

barney
Rep. Barney Frank would have new priorities on key panel 
Market Watch - Oct 09 10:32 AM
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - Democratic Rep. Barney Frank has a host of issues he'd like to press next year ranging from affordable housing to executive salaries, and if the Republicans lose control of the House in November's elections, Frank will be in a prime position to push those issues.

basic instinct
ANIMAL INSTINCT 
Centre Daily Times - Oct 10 12:18 AM
NEW YORK -- Scarlett Johansson says that while monogamy might go against instinct, she's happy in her relationship with boyfriend and recent "Black Dahlia" co-star Josh Hartnett.

casket
Read our Civic Election 2006 coverage 
London Free Press - 1 hour, 35 minutes ago
Shocked sobs and tears broke the silence as the Wilson family watched the televised images of the casket being loaded onto a plane in Afghanistan. On Saturday, the war over there came home to London, landing on the Wilson's doorstep on a quiet east-end street where yellow ribbons hang from trees.

basketball
Basketball's Morrison on life as a diabetic 
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Oct 10 5:57 AM
Basketball star Adam Morrison, known for his deadly outside shot and competitiveness from his college days at Gonzaga, is beginning serious preparations for his first season with the Charlotte Bobcats.

bassinet
Goo-goo gear? Anything but 
International Herald Tribune - Oct 09 11:44 AM
From celebrity "bump watching" to endless coverage of Brangelina's and TomKat's progeny, ours is an era of baby as fashion accessory.

bar mitzvah
Bezeq Sponsors Bar/Bat Mitzvah Celebrations 
Israel National News - Oct 09 9:04 AM
(IsraelNN.com) Children from low-income homes took part in a bar/bat mitzvah ceremony sponsored by the Bezeq Company on the mountain fortress of Massada. 700 Bezeq employee children and their families participated in the event along with 200 children from the community and their parents.

boat repair
Man burnt in repair shop blast 
Bayside Bulletin - Oct 09 1:15 AM
A MAN in his 30s was taken to hospital with burns to about 30 per cent of his body following an explosion at a Cleveland boat repair shed on Monday afternoon.

catfish
Carrollton Catfish In Shallow Waters 
NBC 5 Dallas Fort Worth - Oct 09 5:22 PM
A Carrolton family tried to move catfish to a larger pond.

beth
Online Business Expert Beth Cole Releases Insiders Guide to Web Marketing at Lulu.com 
[Press Release] PR Web - Oct 10 12:22 AM
Beth Cole teaches small business owners how to master the web and create online identity with her new release, The Insiders Guide to Web Marketing in conjunction with Lulu (www.lulu.com), the worlds fastest-growing provider of print-on-demand books. (PRWeb Oct 10, 2006)

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This Day in History

Today's Birthday

Quotation of the Day

Backrounds

Contents

  • 1 Welcome
  • 2 My interests
  • 3 MV Tampa
  • 4 Botkin
  • 5 Changing headers
  • 6 Botkin
  • 7 You're welcome
  • 8 "technical term"
  • 9 Narrative
  • 10 Peggy Bulger
  • 11 Advice
  • 12 Zamora
  • 13 Flags
  • 14 Deleted info
  • 15 Dell Hymes
  • 16 Re: New Jersey
  • 17 Thanks
  • 18 I Married Dora
  • 19 Ellacuría and Martín-Baró
  • 20 Evergreen Cemetery & its inhabitants
  • 21 Merry Christmas
  • 22 Re:
  • 23 Darcy Frey
  • 24 Museum
  • 25 Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
  • 26 Jewish Americans...
  • 27 Squid vandal
  • 28 RE: Flags: PNG vs. SVG
  • 29 Nathan M. Newmark
  • 30 NJ Collaboration of the Week
  • 31 Social justice
  • 32 Greenland userbox
  • 33 Lindsay Hyde

Welcome

Hello Bruxism, 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:

  • The Five Pillars of Wikipedia
  • How to edit a page
  • Editing tutorial
  • Picture tutorial
  • How to write a great article
  • Naming conventions
  • Manual of Style

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and vote pages using three tildes, like this: ~~~. Four tildes (~~~~) produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! You (Talk) 23:26, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)

My interests

Hello and thank you for your message. I am not going to add new stuff to Amilcar Cabral article. I've just added another category to his article. No, I'm not a folklorist, but generally I am interested in American history and African-Americans too. I have still a lot to do. Thank you for joining Wikipedia. I hope you will enjoy it. - Darwinek 09:28, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

MV Tampa

Hi, Quadell answered your question at User_talk:Lacrimosus/Archive_(April_'05-June_'05)#MV_Tampa. Mark1 04:03, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Botkin

Done, Botkin moved. All you need to do is to click on the "move" button which is on top and follow the instructions. And please, next time when you will be adding categories to some people, make it in this style [[Category:Folklorists|Lomax, John]]. People are sorted by surname in categories. I am from the Czech Republic, but I am a Pole. Where are you from? - Darwinek 19:27, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)


[Posted to User:Brookie] I'm just curious why you deleted the paragraph on Botkin's values and beliefs about multiculturalism, as well as calling him the "Father of Public Folklore." I will write a longer Botkin entry at some point, but was wondering what about that merited striking from the discussion? Bruxism 23:22, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

The edits were an attempt to bring the article into some sort of tidy order and NPOV; as a phrase "Father of Public Folklore" strikes me as quite meaningless - I have no idea what it is meant to mean! If you are happy then please rv my changes! :) A curate's egg 08:34, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for the note -just hang on in there and do your best and be bold! NPOV means Neutralpoint of view.You'redoing well - keep at it! A curate's egg 17:23, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Changing headers

Nice pic :)

You can do this here (image): and then follow the instructions. -- Darwinek 09:10, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Botkin

I made Botkin a disambiguation page. You can add another Botkins to that page. Now you can change links in that articles, that should link to Sergei Botkin and now links to Botkin disambig. page. Was Ben Botkin an African American? - Darwinek 17:53, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Yes, I am a student. This year I've finished high school and I've passed the exams to 2 universities. I can study law at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow and political sciences at the University of Olomouc. I think I will choose the political sciences. How about you? Are you student too? - Darwinek 18:09, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

You're welcome

Thanks for taking the tip well! After I submitted it I worried it would seem like I was following you around and criticizing things. :-) I see I'm a month late to say this, but welcome to Wikipedia anyhow, and if I can ever be helpful again, please drop me a note on my talk page. Thanks for your hard work -- it's always energizing to see other people contributing. :-) Jwrosenzweig 23:25, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, that one took me a few months to realize--redirs are marked N on Recent changes, but Special:Newpages is smart enough not to see them. They're in your contribution history, though, and of course they show up via whatlinkshere. Jwrosenzweig 23:35, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

"technical term"

In "Mythology", you referred to the word "narrative" as technical. Not that I disagree with you (the change makes little difference), but what exactly did you mean by that?elvenscout742 22:22, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

Narrative

Thank you for the reminder. My health is failing and I grow forgetful. I had meant to return to do a lot more work on narrative but. . . I will try to complete the redraft over the next few days. -David91 07:36, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

Peggy Bulger

You are right. It is wrong to make "inside-article" external links. I have fixed them. If you will find any other problems, just leave me a message. - Darwinek 09:52, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Advice

Great community expert is User:Angela. Try to write to her. - Darwinek 23:22, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

Zamora

See Rubén Zamora, SqueakBox 04:02, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

Flags

I got the idea from User:Guettarda. Of course use the template. We can all use all the stuff here as it is copyright free. I only learnt how to use the wiki technology, by watching what others did and doing the same, SqueakBox 04:31, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

Deleted info

I deleted the info because MediaWiki conveniently makes it available via the history. It was certainly useful information, as you said, that needed rewriting, but the article could be without it for a while until someone edited it. I assumed-and of course there will be those who disagree-that leaving it out until it could be properly melded into the rest of the article is better than having a messy article. If it's important, it will be edited and restored.

Thanks and I always love feedback on my edits. Paul 03:04, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

Dell Hymes

A) I didn't say it was "absurd," I said it needed editing to fit in with the rest of the article. B) The watchlist (mostly) solves the problem of people looking at the history - you noticed that I removed the information, so you are then able to edit it so that it can be put back into the article. I assume you know more about the topic than I do, since you noticed the edit. Therefore, you noticed it was removed, and thus you are able to solve the problem. Best, Paul 17:15, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

Actually, if you rewrote the info and put it back in the article, then the problem was solved--the beauty of WP, eh? Paul 17:16, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

Re: New Jersey

Lets just say I have a bad year. Yes, there are mainly things in this state at only will happen in nj, but at the moment, i want to explore a little bit of the world and move away from the Tri-state area to see whats out there. --ZeWrestler Talk 14:07, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the support, I'm glad it came out well.Avengerx 12:12, 8 December 2005 (UTC)


I Married Dora

Relax - it was inadvertent. I reverted to an earlier version to correct the dates and in the process I deleted your edits. Go ahead and put your edits back in. I'm not going to touch them. | Klaw Talk 19:11, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

No worries. You had reason to be annoyed if I was just deleting your edits willy-nilly! Sorry I snapped at you a little bit too. At first I thought you had confused me with someone else until I realized what I had done. | Klaw Talk 19:29, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Ellacuría and Martín-Baró

Hi. Thanks for your help with Ellacuria's and Martín-Baró's bio's. I plan to work with Segundo Montes' soon. He was a sociologist and did very important work too. I'm currently living in Norway, but I come originally from El Salvador. I studied in the Jesuit high school in San Salvador and went to college in UCA. That's why I'm so interested in writing the biographies of these priests that were murdered in San Salvador. I have many Jesuit friends and know very well people that worked with them. How about you? How did you first learn about them? albtho, 10 December, 2005.

Evergreen Cemetery & its inhabitants

I got information about who's in Evergreen Cemetery from the wonderful site "www.findagrave.com", one of my favorite locales. They have photos etc of most graves. Quite a repository, and like Wiki, open for your contributions too! Cheers, Daderot

Merry Christmas

Darwinek wishes you a Merry Christmas!

Hi! I just want to say Merry Christmas to you! Have a nice holiday time. - Darwinek 12:50, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Re:

I'm a RC patroller, so it's natural I have edits on articles I don't know about. There's no way I can tell if everybit of information is vandalism, so I rather not revert something that I wasn't sure of (like the last edit that ip made). I'm based in Canada (Edmonton to be exact) if you wanted to know. --Ichiro (会話|+|投稿記録|メール) 02:43, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Darcy Frey

Yes I thought it looked like a copyvio myself. I couldn't find it though. I have proded just in case. BrokenSegue 20:16, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Museum

Why did you choose this entry? Given your interests, it doesn't seem to fit?

Actually, it does fit. :) I'm part of the WP:1.0 project (well, kinda) which one of its subprojects are to improve Core topics. I wanted to expand museum greatly but I quickly lost interest. lol. I did like expanding Antarctica from its abysmal state. Well, thanks for comment, I like hearing feedback (positive and negative) about my contributions. Yes, I am open to music recommendations of any kind (not just Latin American). You got any? Gflores Talk 03:42, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

P.S. I think it's really cool that you were a contestant on Jeopardy! :) Gflores Talk 03:55, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
Those secondary lists are more of a preliminary list (which have been forgotten long ago), but yes, I completely agree, folklore should be listed in one of the top lists. You can leave a comment here and it'll be noted. I don't think it'll be part of the 100 or so core topics since culture and other similar topics are there, but you never know. I've never heard of Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, but I'll be sure to check it out. Thanks! Gflores Talk 04:29, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Los Fabulosos Cadillacs

I listened to them earlier today and I am really liking their music. They have a rather eclectic sound. They're great! After listening to a few songs from Café Tacuba, I can't say the same. I don't know, maybe I'll listen to them some more and get used to them. Thanks for the recommendations. :) Gflores Talk 21:26, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Jewish Americans...

Thanks for your reply. I understand what you are saying. Although I dont think that you grasp what I mean. Many peoples articles immediately state that Cathy is a Irish American politician, or Susan is a French American actress. It is quite common on wikipedia; I am not strategically targeting a certain group. What you said about refering to someone as a "white American President" and a "Protestant American President" is entirely different. Refering to someones skin color is not refering to really a specific race. For instance the white race is divided into many different ethnic groups such as the Slavs, Tuetoens, Mediteranean, baltics, and Jews. It goes for the same for Asians, they may look alike and saying that a Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, are all Asian it is correct in a sense but they are all different ethnic groups. When you say that PHDs are thinking that there is no ethinc group that is nonsense. A black person does not belong to the same race/ethnic group as a Chinese. This is known.

Although refering to someone by their religion is actually common on wikipedia. I see it quite often in opening lines to see John Balt is a Roman Catholic American actor. That is just referring to someones religion which is informative and gives insight to someones personality. Its pleasant to say this is a Italian American actor because each ethnic group has a rich heritage of history and a culture they can be proud of. Henry Kissinger is not really German but ethinically Jewish. He was born in Germany and maintains a German citizenship and could identify as German but he didnt originate from the same ethinic german tribe; he is a semite. That is why he is called a German-Jew. That is like a black man being born in Japan and being considered an ethinc Japanese. He would be identified as a black-Japanese or something along those lines. I hope I cleared this up. Also ones ethnic backround is something to be proud of. If someone said that this person is a French American actress it is done in a positive way, not a negative.

JJstroker 04:08, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

With regard to Henry Kissinger its true and it not only applies to him but others. If I were to move to France, I wouldnt be an ethnic french and I dont belong there. I actually have a French citizenship but I am not ethnically French in any way. I know that I am not really French no matter what political correctness says. No hard feelings I dont belong in Japan, I dont belong in France, and I dont belong in Africa I belong in the sudentenland with my original ethnic people and I am acceptable in Canada, Australia, US, etc but I dont belong in any other country. Also many Jews identify themselves as "German Jews" because it would be incorrect to strictly identify themselves as ethnic Germans. America is a melting pot of a million different cultures so its beneficial and informative for people to state their ethnic backrounds considering there is not one race which originated from this land except for native Americans which are also identified by their ethnic backround.

Now you are starting to see my viewpoint. Mexican-Americans, African-Americans, German Americans, Irish-Americans, are all Americans who just belong to different ethnic backrounds. To identify them as such is something that is informative and pleasant to see on wikipedia. Most people are proud of their heritage and freely state it, I dont see the controversy with identifying someone as a German American, Jewish American, Mexican American etc.

I didnt say all asians look alike but similar just like whites look similar. A Polish American could look just like an English American even if they belong to different ethnic groups; its not a big deal. I didnt mean it in any deragatory way. There are minor distinctions between whites and asians but overall all ethnic groups look the same.

JJstroker 05:36, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Squid vandal

Thanks... no problem. Yes, basically that is what happened. There was one user quickly replacing articles with that image, and several administrators were reverting them. Titoxd(?!? - help us) 04:42, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

RE: Flags: PNG vs. SVG

Replied on my talk page – ABCDe✉ 03:44, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Nathan M. Newmark

You tagged this for being a copyright violation from an unknown source. Sorry, but how do you know it's a copyvio if you don't know where it came from? Thanks. howcheng {chat} 23:52, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Well, you're right, it's very suspicious. However, since I can't prove it at this time, I'm taking delisting it from WP:CP. Thanks for your continued vigilance. howcheng {chat} 16:58, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

NJ Collaboration of the Week

Thanks for participating in Wikiproject New Jersey. In an attempt to create articles for some of the non-existing pages related to New Jersey, NJCOTW was recently created to bring members of WP:NJ together to work collaboratively on a certain selected topic, which this week is List of Governors of New Jersey. Please help by nominating/voting/commenting on articles on WP:NJCOTW, or by helping to improve articles in the scope of the topic for the NJCOTW. AndyZ 00:44, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Social justice

I confess that I had not bothered to think about the opening since I worked on it last year (too many other things to think about). I agree that it is unWiki by failing to offer a proper definition in the opening sentence so I have recast the entire introduction. Thank you for prompting me to go back to it. David91 03:12, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Greenland userbox

This should be more or less what you wanted:

This user supports the independence of Greenland


—Ilmari Karonen (talk) 16:16, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Lindsay Hyde

The PROD tag that you added at 23:17, 15 August 2006 to the Lindsay Hyde article was removed by Groggy Dice with the following comment:

(remove {PROD}: articles that have survived an AfD are ineligible for PROD)

The AfD which the article survived can be found at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lindsay Hyde. I hope that this clarifies things. -- TruthbringerToronto (Talk | contribs) 06:17, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

  • You wrote: "I even know half a dozen Canadians more notable and with wider impact than she has."
    • If you think that Wikipedia would be better with articles on those Canadians, or the nonprofits that they are associated with, then please consider starting their articles.
  • Also, I see that you live in Bound Brook, New Jersey. The first thing that came to mind when I saw that was that (I think) Voice of America or some other broadcaster has a shortwave broadcasting facility there. If such a facility is still there, could you add it to the Bound Brook, New Jersey article? And if there is an association related to Bruxism, you might want to add a bit about it to the Bruxism article. TruthbringerToronto (Talk | contribs) 02:15, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
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