Don't template the regulars. Woogee (talk) 22:48, 21 April 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Hello Gun,long time no see.I´m glad for the outcome of Jagged´s affair,but we still have a lot to do,cleaning up wikipedia.I was wondering if you could help me with the Inertia article.Islamic theories looks unbelievable.Regards.--Knight1993 (talk) 18:23, 28 April 2010 (UTC)Reply
Thank you for clearing up the attempts to establish a nationalistic POV by the Chinese Teeninvenstor!
Given the impasse at Spherical Earth, I request this matter enter into mediation. However, before we impose on others, it is important to establish whether the process is likely to succeed.
Thank you for your attention in this matter. Strebe (talk) 17:38, 2 May 2010 (UTC)Reply
Hi. Yes to all three questions. Let me point out that this is nothing personal at all; we just have a disagreement as to how interpret the relevant guideline. As long as there will be enough user input from third parties as to establish beyond reasonable doubt a consensus (and, hopefully, reword the relevant guidelines in the process to make them more explicit), I will consider the matter settled. Regards Gun Powder Ma (talk) 17:50, 2 May 2010 (UTC)Reply
Hi, Gun Powder Ma. You commented at a previous FAC for this article, so I just wanted to let you know that it is at FAC again (here) if you are interested in commenting again. Thanks, rʨanaɢ (talk) 15:42, 7 May 2010 (UTC)Reply
Hi Gun. I have responded at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Parthian Empire/archive1 and will probably head back to the library today to read the two sources I have mentioned (Downey's book in particular). I need to go back to the library anyway to use an excellent source which explains Trajan's possible motivations for invading Mesopotamia (other than the casus belli of the Armenian enthronement). Cheers.--Pericles of AthensTalk 17:03, 7 May 2010 (UTC)Reply
I'm posting here because User:Teeninvestor has opened a Wikiquette Alert about some of your remarks, at [1] and elsewhere. I'm aware that there is a slow-burning content dispute behind this inter-personal issue, which has been providing both fuel and smoke (if you will allow the metaphor), and I do not want to get involved in making any judgments on that score - that's not what admins are for. Instead, I'm asking you to please avoid making any personal remarks about Teeninvestor in future.
Feel free to review our guidelines for a refresher on what constitutes a personal attack. In a nutshell, please continue to be passionate about writing articles - but not when discussing other editors. Regards, SHEFFIELDSTEELTALK 13:36, 14 May 2010 (UTC)Reply
Hello Gun! I hope you´re fine. Now, I´m going straight to the point. I was reading the history of education article, and I noticed the islamic world section has the same problem you have been fighting in the University and Madrasah articles. Given that you did such a great work, I was wondering if you could balance this article too. PS: Jagged has not appeared anymore. He had agreed to revert his bad quality workin the RfC, but he has done nothing since then. Do you think he has quit?--Knight1993 (talk) 22:08, 19 May 2010 (UTC)Reply
What is your evidence/reason to claim that the ancient Nanjing imperial school is a mythology? Do you know that Chinese history today still preserved have reliablely recorded for at least 3000 years? Please find the records on education in ancient China in Twenty-Four Histories. -Peducte (talk) 13:27, 25 May 2010 (UTC)?Reply
I revised the article Nanjing University and List of oldest universities in continuous operation. If you think it's not proper, plese tell and discuss it. -Peducte (talk) 14:44, 11 June 2010 (UTC)Reply
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Nanjing University. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24-hour period. Additionally, users who perform several reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. When in dispute with another editor you should first try to discuss controversial changes to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. Should that prove unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. If the edit warring continues, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Plese see explanation on my talk page. -Peducte (talk) 14:27, 22 June 2010 (UTC)Reply
Hello! I think query, debating and communication will help to ensure validity and proper way of description of contents, and finally improve article. Thank you for your participation! Let's continue to debate and communicate if needed. If we simply have different opinions, let's respect each other, and discuss in a friendly and constructive way. - Peducte (talk) 18:25, 1 July 2010 (UTC)Reply
Hi Gun. I'm glad that you enjoyed reading my latest project on the Parthian Empire, which recently passed the FA nomination. While researching the subject, I naturally became very interested in the evolution of Rome's military from the late Republic onwards. I'm thinking about pursuing a new topic here at Wiki: the Marian reforms.
The article is ranked in the "start" class on its talk page, which seems very reasonable at present. I was wondering: in terms of a rewrite, would you agree that this article should be given priority over many others on Roman history? This subject just seems so incredibly important in regards to the military and society of ancient Rome, yet the article is quite undeveloped.
Or would you say another topic is more deserving? Given that it also has a start article which needs serious attention. In any case, I'd love to collaborate with you, since I believe you have access to both JSTOR and Project MUSE. Correct?--Pericles of AthensTalk 05:17, 27 May 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Rifa'a el-Tahtawi was amazed when he visited France for the first time to find out that in France, "scientist" referred to someone who actually engaged in science, and that "knowledge" referred to any knowledge, while a "scientist," ('alim," or "ulama") in his own country was strictly a religious scholar, and the only kind of "science" or "knowledge" recognized to exist was the study and knowledge of religion. I have more extensive quotes lying around somewhere that I can dig up if needed, but the battle to have anything but religion included in the idea of "science" or "knowledge" was won by the religious during the Middle Ages, and this kind of obviates any comparison of the madrasa to the university, making it really comparable only to a seminary. You might be able to clean out the whole thing.Jayzames (talk) 00:41, 18 June 2010 (UTC)Reply
It's now up. You should probably edit the signature to your comment so that it post-dates the initiation of the case. Given the changes I have made to the statement of the case you might also want to edit your comment as well.
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Thanks for your comments hereonPeducte (talk · contribs) - I remain neutral and just try to facilitate and advise; I just wanted to thank you for presenting the prior findings in a compact, rational, factual and calm manner. Chzz ► 16:28, 22 June 2010 (UTC)Reply
Just noticed that you've begun an article on the Roman economy. I've been working on an article on the Economy of the early Roman Empire in my userspace for some weeks now. I don't imagine you're aware of this, but overlapping efforts are somewhat wasteful. Can't think of any convenient means of integrating the whole at present, but I thought I should inform you. It seems we were both inspired by the weird phenomenon of GDP estimates for the empire ... G.W. (Talk) 10:43, 27 June 2010 (UTC)Reply
Are you sure that your latest amendment is correct? Are you really asserting that the Romans intentionally produced cast iron? If this is right, it is an astounding claim. I have not seen the book, so that I am not in a position to assess the validity of the claims. Peterkingiron (talk) 22:08, 27 June 2010 (UTC)Reply
The figures and sources regarding Roman metallurgy (especially the 80k tons per year) are debatable. Intranetusa (talk) 18:12, 29 June 2010 (UTC)Reply
First of all, I'd like to see some more credible sources on Roman iron production rather than those with exaggerated data from the 1970s-1980s. Intranetusa (talk) 18:12, 29 June 2010 (UTC)Reply
Your sources that quote 30 year old outdated information directly contradicts other wiki articles on the Wealden industry and more contemporary information. Old, outdated, exaggerated information = not acceptable. Intranetusa (talk) 23:52, 30 June 2010 (UTC)Reply
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I'm reopening an old can of worms. Your input is welcomed... Talk:IBM_and_the_Holocaust Carrite (talk) 15:53, 8 July 2010 (UTC)Reply
If you're looking for a community review of Romano-Chinese relations, you need to follow the instructions at WP:GAR:
I think the reason there's been no input so far is you didn't use the GAR template. Nev1 (talk) 16:01, 13 July 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Yougo1000 (talk) 20:53, 22 July 2010 (UTC)Reply
I don't know how it started, but it seems that the relations between me and you have not been exactly cordial since our first encounters. I suspect it has something to do with Comparison between Roman and Han Empires, which you were partially correct about. It is also connected with our very different views on the level of Chinese development. Nevertheless, it is my belief (and I hope you will agree) that editing work is a much better way to spend our time then bickering, incessant opposition, edit warring, and reverting; with the way wikipedia works, and considering that both of our viewpoints have their backing in academia (though one have a majority in some cases), I believe the best way to resolve our current disputes is peaceful coexistence; instead of trying to override each other, we should work towards letting both views be expressed.
I have worked with editors with diametrically opposed views before; for example, with a socialist on the Chinese economy and also on Johnson South Reef Skirmish. In these articles, both views were represented, with each editor editing one section, allowing peace to reign. There's no reason a similar process can't be at work in the current articles that the dispute is going on. For example, on Great Divergence I had previously asked you to add sources that rival Pomeranz's claims in the possible factors section, a request that was seemingly ignored 1. I believe that some of your information can be of benefit in several articles I am editing; for example, reducing Great Divergence's current overreliance on Pomeranz by buttressing some of his opponents' arguments, adding how western military technology influenced Chinese gunpowder weapons during the Ming and Ch'ing eras, etc. Therefore, I think it's best if you can systematically review the three articles you are currently disputing, and add sourced info in cases where they are applicable and where both views are roughly equal in academia.
I have several other suggestions about our possible collaboration, if you take up this petition. Toning down of language, to exclude terms such as POV-pushing, edit warring, etc, can help make the editing atomsphere more cordial. Review of each other's sources can also be helpful; dubious sources such as the silver wages paper should be used at best limitingly, and it is best if you also have access to the sources I'm using, and vice versa. Much of Pomeranz's and Temple's work, along with the cambridge history of China is online; I hope your sources are similarly accessible.
Now, I don't believe that this petition can solve all our disputes. But I do hope that it can mark the beginning of a more cordial collaboration than which exists now. Rome was not built in a day, and acrimony does not dissipate that fast either. However, I hope that by collaborating, we can resolve our disputes and get the articles under dispute to the GA or FA status that they deserve.
Regards,Teeninvestor (talk) 17:31, 23 July 2010 (UTC)Reply
This edit by Gun Powder Ma hereatWikipedia:Requests for comment/Teeninvestor caused me to draft this explanation. The edit was quickly undone by Gun Powder Ma here; but it may be productive to seize this trivial edit as an opportunity to underscore what I mean in using this curious phrase.
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Do you think this phrase helps to focus attention, or is it counterproductive?
Does this phrase help or hinder the "desired outcome"? --Tenmei (talk) 16:12, 25 July 2010 (UTC)Reply
Hi
I do not know if you are aware that comparing the Turkish invasion of Cyprus to the German invasion of Poland may have been more destructive than constructive ?
The Turkish intervention was allowed in clause IV of the treaty of guarantee [6]. I do not think that this is the same as the situation between Germany and Poland ??
I am only bringing this to your attention as you may not have been aware of these points and the possibilty that, had more people seen the comment, the problems this might have caused due to the edit warring and generally explosive nature of this and Cypriot-Greek-Turkish problems in general. This was highlighted by the 2 notices at the top of the page ({{controversial}} and {{Round In Circles}}) that you may have missed :¬)
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First: I've responded to you at Talk:Military history of China (pre-1911). Second...[loud drumroll]...I've decided to pursue Marian reforms! My library has a better selection than I previously judged. Plus a Cambridge University Press source, which was checked out for the longest time, has at last been returned to the library. Expect to see Marian reforms on the featured article candidate page by late August, I'm hoping (fingers crossed). If you have any online PDF articles which could be useful, be generous and share links! Regards.--Pericles of AthensTalk 01:48, 30 July 2010 (UTC)Reply
Please do not forum shop as you did here, here, here and here. Forum shopping is against wikipedia policy, as shown here 1.Teeninvestor (talk) 23:53, 3 August 2010 (UTC)Reply
I sent you an e-mail. --Tenmei (talk) 01:59, 10 August 2010 (UTC)Reply
You have been reported to Wikiquette for your persistent incivility to me and other editors.Teeninvestor (talk) 14:41, 10 August 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Teeninvestor (talk · contribs) is now subject to a voluntary interaction ban with you. That means s/he can't edit any articles that you have edited within a month of your editing. S/he also cannot talk to or about you. Given this, please show good faith and do not follow Teeninvestor. If this becomes a problem, her/his restriction may be lifted and other (perhaps bilateral) restrictions may be put in place. Unilateral interaction bans only work if both parties want it to. Toddst1 (talk) 15:33, 11 August 2010 (UTC)Reply
GPM, I'm delighted to have you confirm my impression that you are a real guy, a designation I intend as a compliment. I usually storm into these situations sword drawn, and am sorry I irritated you when I tried to take a more, oh, Machiavellian approach. To be more direct: I don't know what to do about the WP problem of those who edit out of ignorance (for instance, how come they were still using wooden farm tools and reiterating Han China had widespread use of iron farm tools and Rome did not) and clinging to a position (aka a POV) while refusing to remediate that ignorance. There's nothing wrong with not knowing something, but on WP you can insist on your right to edit an article anyway. In fact, I know of an editor haled into a civility tribunal in large part for suggesting that someone needed remedial education, which is nothing but a true statement if you care to read this dialogue (stay through the credits, when the aforementioned ignoram-, er, honorable soul reveals he didn't even know what we were talking about). You may not need a faction, but you're not alone in facing this problem.
Have you read the essay WP:CPUSH? If these editors want to argue on talk pages, they can be ignored; the danger is when they attract others at a similar level of subject-matter competence, and the mob rules through a claim of consensus (hence I'm not sure you don't need a faction — in an effort to bring in informed voices, however, you get accused of forum shopping). When they edit mainly or only through deletion and unjustified tags, you have a problem. Reverting the deletion of your sourced material gets you into 3RR trouble; it's a little like your younger sibling pestering you till you do something unfortunate, and then you're the one who gets told on. But here are my favorite tactics from these folks: when you present a great list of sources, you're accused of OR, as if the mere fact of researching a topic in depth is equivalent to foisting "original" research on WP. If you present a statement that you find simply generalizing, almost common knowledge, proof will be demanded; if you point out that you're summarizing a chapter, or whole volumes, or the work of multiple scholars, you will be accused of synthesis. I'm just saying, as ridiculous and unfair as it seems, you have to be aware that even justly expressed indignation can be used against you by CPUSHers. They will repeatedly "bring charges" against you for incivility and such, and then gleefully point to your repeat record as grounds for blocking you. The chilling effect of using WP:CIV as a club to beat opposing voices into submission was evident in the mealymouthed way I addressed your problem in the metallurgy article. As I said recently when I chose to take part in defending an editor I respect from this kind of crap, this is simply not good for WP. I respect Dougweller's efforts to find a way to deal with the situation, because I just don't see a way within the existing WP structure. Cynwolfe (talk) 15:04, 14 August 2010 (UTC)Reply
This surprising comment at AN/I thread troubled me for the same reason it bothered you:
In the absence of any explict response, I planned to ask Off2riorob to help me understand the point-of-view which is on display.
I should not have been surprised by what I found at Talk user:Off2riob#Response. I suspect that it was probably pointless to try to learn what Off2riorob was thinking; but, if not for that optimistic impulse, I would not have encountered Teeninvestor's words.
Teeninvestor proffers a link to where he had "outlined the case" here. You can decide for yourself what Teeninvestor's words mean.
I feel compelled to re-visit my recent decision-making:
We all learn from experience; and sometimes, I am very slow. This RfC has provided a number of teachable moments for me. Regardless of whatever Off2riorob chooses to believe or assert, you are not Teeninvestor opponent, nor am I
Even after Teeninvestor ceases to be an active thorny problem, we still need have to figure out how to deal with those whose indifference becomes support for Teeninvestor's toxic strategy and tactics. --Tenmei (talk)
To the contrary, it seems that Gun Powder Ma has spent a lot of their spare time to prevent damage to the project. A simplifying "it takes two to tango"-approach is likely to cause harm in the long run - we need editors who dispute problematic edits, and not let those wo introduce them have their way as everyone shys away in fear of sanctions just for that. If someone is disputing problematic edits and/or challenges problematic behavior, it is not the dispute (symptom) that needs to be remedied, but the problematic edits/behavior (cause).
Please comment on what I have posted here. --Tenmei (talk) 20:19, 17 August 2010 (UTC)Reply
Hi, this article was nominated for GA and I volunteered to review it before noticing the wars/edits etc. Without mentioning any other editors, can you tell me what the current version of the article is lacking or if its biased (in your view) and if so, how? I didnt start checking references yet, I just want to know if there is a chance for some kind of a compromise here, since as on now, the article is unstable. Please share your views on the review page for the article. Cheers! Meishern (talk) 23:25, 16 August 2010 (UTC)Reply
Someone just reverted your comment on my userpage about Wikipedia email. Besides the obvious fact that I would have noticed it faster on my talk page, it's been working fine for me the last few days, certainly yesterday. It worked for you too I believe! Dougweller (talk) 07:29, 19 August 2010 (UTC)Reply
You previously participated in a discussion of the name of the article Hims. You might be interested in a move proposal at Talk:Hims. — AjaxSmack 01:03, 20 August 2010 (UTC)Reply
Hi,
I've restored J8079s's section heading on "Islamic world" to the discussion, which was getting confused by comments on China, even after I had removed those sections and that topic had become moot. The section heading will help keep newcomers focused on the issue at hand.
On a related matter, could you comment on deleting Science in Medieval Western Europe? Thanks. --SteveMcCluskey (talk) 14:53, 21 August 2010 (UTC)Reply
Tag it if you don't like it - or even (shock horror) look for a reference yourself. Otherwise stop trolling. Johnbod (talk) 15:12, 31 August 2010 (UTC)Reply
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You were the last on History of printing. I once read an very old article that cited Cicero. He suggested to use moveable letters of metal to print books. The same paper claimed a Roman find of stamps by moveable letters. Is this paper known? Shall I dig it? -- Farinol (talk) 14:46, 1 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
Your comments are welcome at the discussion of the merger proposals involving Flat Earth, Spherical Earth, and Shape of the Earth. --SteveMcCluskey (talk) 21:15, 5 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
You've seen this map of the Roman Empire before, right? It's in a bunch of different articles, but I've only paid close attention to it today. It's excellent! It's certainly one of the best maps I've seen on Wiki, and best yet, the labels for geographical features and settlements are all in Latin (no torturous Anglicization of place names to be found). Perfect.
Sorry for not seeing your message about Science in the Middle Ages; I never come on to Wikipedia anymore! Although I should continue with note-taking on the Marian reforms. Cheers.--Pericles of AthensTalk 06:47, 9 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
You commented on the Homs/Hims discussion, so I am notifying you of the current Category discussion at: Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2010 September 6#Category:Hims. --Bejnar (talk) 17:22, 11 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
Hi; I would just like to know why you restored a lot of overliking I removed from this article. See diffs: [7]. Thanks. Wizard191 (talk) 13:57, 12 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
Done. Template changed to handle centuries BC. GregorB (talk) 23:33, 25 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
I recently came across this Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_comment/Jagged_85#Recent_edits_by_Jagged_85. By no means am I familiar with this issue, so pardon me if I say something wrong.
I may be wrong, but it appears you favored wholscale deletion of Jagged85's edits. There's a couple of problems with this. The first is, obviously, that many of Jagged85's edits are good and properly sourced to reliable sources.
But secondly, and far more importantly, is that his/her edits are mixed in with the contributions of other editors, like myself. I recently discovered that an article I contributed to (Islamic ethics) was blanked without discussion. The blanker referred to the RfC on Jagged85 as a justification.
I think its deeply unfair that users who contribute to the same articles as Jagged85 have their contributions deleted because of Jagged85's behavior.Bless sins (talk) 22:22, 1 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
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On22 November 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Amulet MS 5236, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Greek gold amulet MS 5236 was created by block printing as early as the 6th century BC? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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This is just FYI, since you're a go-to man on this kind of subject matter.
In looking at the article on Vitruvius, I noticed two articles that seem closely related, each apparently unaware of the other's existence: Technological history of the Roman military and Roman military engineering. Not even a mutual "See also" (which I've now added). This seemed odd to me, but not something I'd explore further anytime soon; I saw your name in one edit history and not the other, so just thought I'd point it out. They don't overlap all that much, and the technology article properly focuses on techniques and materials, while the engineering article focuses on the human design and construction aspect. But just in case they start to devolve in unhelpful ways, I thought I'd try to see whether somebody with knowledge and interest was watching both. Cynwolfe (talk) 17:56, 2 December 2010 (UTC)Reply
Hi there. We're having a content dispute at the article above - the list of empires has a large 216 entries, and currently the article sees fit to repeat this list 6 times! Clearly a waste of storage and bandwidth. A better solution (saving at least 30% and making it much easier to read and use) would be a table with a column for each attribute, sortable, as used in many other articles (see the discussion). However, a silent editor keeps reverting attempts to clean up the article, without explanation. Please see the discussion (currently nobody disagrees). Your comments would be welcome. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.141.18.207 (talk) 21:19, 2 December 2010 (UTC)Reply
I see you have this at GAN. My inclination would be to quickfail it, but I'm not going to do the full review, so thought I would bring a key issue to your attention. The article appears essentially to rely entirely on two references. Neither of those is published; neither is fully referenced, and the hyperlink to one actually takes the reader to the other one. Can you explain at the article talk page why these should be treated as reliable sources? Otherwise, not only would it not meet GAN, it might not even meet WP notability criteria. Hope this helps. hamiltonstone (talk) 01:10, 9 December 2010 (UTC)Reply
Recalling your experience at WP:Requests for comment/Teeninvestor ..., please examine a short thread at Talk:List of tributaries of Imperial China#Japan. Can you suggest alternate ways I might have been more effective in this very limited dispute? In this small thread, can you suggest lessons learned the hard way which I could have drawn from this editing experience? --Tenmei (talk) 22:12, 23 December 2010 (UTC)Reply
I did a Google on "Roman iron production per capita" and found besides your WP data this: "This indicates that in Roman times iron production was sufficient to even penetrate the consumer market to a level unreached until around 1850. In other words the civil (per capita) use of iron was unreached until the mid 19th century." I read you had some problems to convince people on the present scientific estimates. This supports it.
Btw, I miss the ice core data (Pb only?) related to the Roman economy. This core data are such a big thrill it should be somewhere on WP. A diagram may be copyrighted but not the data in it. -- Farinol (talk) 19:48, 26 January 2011 (UTC)Reply
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Hello Gun. I remember this quite well. I suppose even the zaniest of tinfoil-hat wearing alien conspiracy theorists can have good summarizing skills (i.e. Temple summarizing Needham...with a fruity twist!). I'm sure you're aware that I'm semi-retired from Wiki, but all of that might change soon as I will be joining the United States Peace Corps next month and will be serving in one of those Central Asian countries unofficially ending in "stan". I'll let you guess which one! Hint: it shares a border with the PRC. Lol. I'll have lots of time on my hands when not volunteering (and an Amazon Kindle for buying online books at dirt cheap prices), so perhaps I'll pursue this then. It is, after all, a rather laborious task given the amount of material that will need new citations in articles such as List of Chinese inventions. Until then!
Tschüß,
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P.S. I recently came across this awesome 2nd century Roman relief over at Wikimedia Commons and just had to add it to the article Roman Empire. Have a look see:
Hi Gun Powder Ma, thanks for the heads up. What a pity after all that effort and discourse that the article is still lost in the woods. Editors such as yourself, SteveMcCluskey and others have shown remarkable resilience, enthusiasm and commitment to getting that article into a more balanced, accurate and informing state and all your efforts are highly commendable. Maybe one day the issue will get resolved, I certainly hope so. I thought that even if there was not consensus on all issues there certainly was an agreement that the article needed to have some serious issues addressed. My understanding at the outcome of the vote was that either the bulk of the Islamic content needed to be pared down and WP linked to articles giving fuller detail or the article needed to be renamed in such a way that it either precluded such a body of information or alternatively allowed the efforts in content editing to be contextually focused in a more useful and productive manner. I also feel concerned that the efforts of enthusiastic and informed editors may currently be unnecessarily dissipated dealing with such a large duplication of effort on the scientific achievements of the historic Islamic realm. I do not think that would be a desirable outcome for that important and very interesting aspect of the history of human and scientific endeavour. I have not been closely following recent editing on the article but I note that there have been no significant changes to the previous theme. If there is a further appeal for concensus I am happy to re-visit the whole thing again with an open mind and hopefully cast an informed and meaningful further vote, if that is where this is heading. The only other solution I can see to the problem is for someone to develop an off-line sandpit article outline and then for us to cast a simple yes of no on that outline. Any orphaned content of value could then be moved to appropriate articles. I am at a loss to think of any other way to move forward as to re-visit the outcome of tha vote may just get bogged down in the apparent complexity of interpretation. Sorry I hope this would just be a short note of encouragement and I seem to have started to discuss the detail of it. Cheers and keep up the good work. -- Felix (talk) 06:55, 6 March 2011 (UTC)Reply
Hello, Please see my question at Talk:List of medieval bridges in France#Turning bridge at Porte-Joie. Peter Horn User talk 21:13, 7 March 2011 (UTC)Reply
Don't worry about it, thanks anyway. John Smith's (talk) 13:10, 10 March 2011 (UTC)Reply
I should have known! Only Jackie could get through the guard detail at Bastille with his bone-breaking stunts and kung fu moves. ;-) He never struck me too much as a Daoist hermit though, he doesn't seem humble enough! Lol.--Pericles of AthensTalk 23:11, 15 March 2011 (UTC)Reply
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Good afternoon, I find this summary somewhat curious. I take it you are familiar with Islamic history in France, and stand behind this statement? Not that there were notable Islamic scholars there, that's not what the original claim was anyway. But there was nothing more than Islamic piracy influence on France? Piracy was its most notable contribution? -Aquib (talk) 00:05, 21 March 2011 (UTC)Reply
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Please stop these edits, which were rejected on the talk page long ago. Johnbod (talk) 13:41, 31 March 2011 (UTC)Reply
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Dear Gun Powder Ma,
What do you think about the criteria "until 1600" for "medieval universities" in the List of medieval universities? Could you answer Talk:List of medieval universities ?
Thanks, --Anneyh (talk) 09:34, 16 April 2011 (UTC)Reply
Gun Powder Ma has embarked on a spree of censorship and selective deletion that amounts to academic vandalizing which can only be interpreted as bigotry. If users like these are not banned from Wikipedia, it will be the end for Wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.37.26.43 (talk) 17:30, 25 April 2011 (UTC)Reply
I'm sorry, but I think you've crossed the line from "Jagged cleanup" into "reference unsourced articles properly". There are probably tens of thousands of examples of unsourced articles, and it is a legitimate question why Jagged articles (cleaned of Jagged influence) are being held to higher standards than other articles. Unless you, personally, in the near future, are going to put the hours in to make this article a similar size to that which it was before, I don't think stubbing can be justified as part of "Jagged cleanup". Apart from anything else, there does not appear to be anything approaching consensus for this approach; WMC and you are supporting stubbing; Rememberway is strongly opposed; I am not keen; others appear to be somewhat undecided as to the best approach, but I've not seen large amounts of support for stubbing. Normal Wikipedia practice would therefore be to discuss further. --Merlinme (talk) 11:28, 28 April 2011 (UTC)Reply
I'm here to let GPM know (in case it hasn't been noticed) that I have replied at User talk:Johnuniq#Technical question and I'm happy to do whatever is needed. However, I have to say that it is critical that we do not bicker among ourselves, and would hope that someone can agree to go along with the other side, even if disagreeing about the particular outcome. Thanks very much to both GPM and Merlinme for the excellent cleanup work done so far! Johnuniq (talk) 00:04, 30 April 2011 (UTC)Reply
The only thing I can see on that page at all relevant to the subject is that Spain in 1000, mostly Muslim-ruled, shares with Italy the top Euro-figure, significantly above other areas. So if anything the page supports the statement. But really it has nothing to say on the subject, & the flood of luxury imports from the Islamic world into Europe (in exchange for timber, fur, iron and gold) tells its own story. I have reverted you. Johnbod (talk) 13:43, 3 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. Users are expected to collaborate with others and avoid editing disruptively.
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Look, I don't want to get off on the wrong foot, as much as it is possible to avoid. As you can easily enough guess, I indeed am not new to editing Wikipedia (and hence am familiar with editing conventions, markup, and far too much with administravia also). For a number of years (since maybe 2003), I was one of the top some number of editors by contribution volume (like in the top couple thousand, not the top 100), and edited hundreds of articles, over tens of thousands of individual edits. Multiple featured articles, good articles, etc. were among those on which I was a major contributor.
Maybe a year and a half ago, I became so completely disgusted by Wikipedia's deletionist trend--both mass blanking like you performed on Alhazen and outright deletion of worthwhile content--that I stopped editing, except for an occasional anonymous fix to a typo or something similarly small. However, by chance, today I decided to look at this article on Alhazen, generally for my own enlightenment, and not because I am especially an expert on its subject (although I know a bit, and had read earlier versions of the article, in something like its longer/restored form).
I can see clicking around that you have some history of conflict with Jagged 85. And frankly, I really don't care one way or another about that history or that conflict. As far as I know, I have never seen either of your user names before, nor have I knowingly ever edited the same article as either of you before. It appears that you are both well-established editors with long edit histories, and more power to the both of you for that. At this point, I simply happen to want the Alhazen article to be of good quality rather than be a tiny stub of an article as it became within the last month. Reading its talk page, I am unable to see any specific reason for the recent deletions by you--other than this vague animosity towards that other editors, who apparently contributed much of the content to Alhazen.
I 100% agree that if any specific claim or section is poorly worded or poorly cited, it should be cleaned up. However, it is immediately evident upon reading that such is not generally the case. I find the language to be a little bit too much on the "exuberant" side, and just a little too breathless about how impressive Alhazen's work was. Nonetheless, other than a bit of criticism of the tone, the specific claims made all appear to be reasonably well cited and factual. I plan to go through the article and cleanup language, and to incrementally remove any parts that feel inadequately supported by citations. But blanking is simply the wrong approach to cleanup... here, and pretty much anywhere on WP. Moreover, I don't actually believe you believe it is correct, but rather that you've let your personal feelings about some other editor become more important than your own best judgement about this specific article. Yours, Memories of lost time (talk) 23:26, 3 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
Would you agree that I move the Request for Comment to "Art, architecture, literature, and media" instead of "History and geography" and that somebody else than Johnbod and yourself draws the conclusions of the request? --Anneyh (talk) 15:32, 14 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
In this diff [8] you made the following edit:
The pointed arch originated in the late Roman and Sassanian realms, where it mostly appears in early Christian church buildings, although engineering works such as the Byzantine Karamagara Bridge also showed it fully developed at an early stage.
I just read through Warren and I could not find the word roman in it, nor mention of the Karamagara Bridge. So I'd rather write:
The pointed arch most probably originated in the Byzantine empire and Sassanian realms, where it appears in early Christian church buildings like the Qasr Ibn Wardan church, built in the mid-sixth century during the reign of Justinian I.
I also find that Warren is not the perfect reference, because Warren is mainly concerned with showing that Cresswell's theory of dating archs based on acuteness is not valid. I'd rather use Draper, Peter (2005). "Islam and the West: The Early Use of the Pointed Arch Revisited". Architectural History. 48. SAHGB Publications Limited: 1–20.. On the other hand I think it's worth mentioning earlier assumptions.
What do you think? --Anneyh (talk) 10:19, 15 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
I agree with your changes, but I have one notice - Herodotus and hieroglyphs agree that canal was built in time of Darius, while Aristotle, Strabo and Pliny have lived centuries after. By the way, thank you for your article about ancient records, it's really GREAT. But, I haven't seen anything about Hadrian and Antonius wall, how so? (answer below, please) --94.253.250.166 (talk) 19:52, 19 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
Do you do restore aqueducts? If so, and you're willing, here's a crumbly one. Best, Haploidavey (talk) 15:44, 10 June 2011 (UTC)Reply
I thought you might like these long-haired young men, their sisters and their baby brother, who eventually cut off his golden locks once he had had married and fathered four children.
I got distracted by your front page.
There seems only one source to suggest all those trussed roofs in Sicily. I don't think that one person's conjecture, without the evidence, is solid enough. It is quite possible that the cellas of all these wide temples had rows of wooden columns, now gone, just as some of the larger temples had a hypostyle of stone columns which has survived. It would be interesting to examine the stylobate, where it has remained intact, for evidence of large flat, regularly spaced paving stones that might have supported wooden columns. Amandajm (talk) 09:27, 12 June 2011 (UTC)Reply
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Sarrazin dont attacked people who lived on welfare he critized that germanys welfare state have bad consequences for the society and economy. He said that many muslim immigrants, mostly from Turkey, only immigrated because in their own countries there isnt a so about ready welfare system like in germany.--Karadordevic (talk) 10:58, 20 June 2011 (UTC)Reply
You cannot delete other people's contribution (with sufficient sourcing) without prior discusion --Gisling (talk) 00:22, 23 June 2011 (UTC)Reply
You're skating along the edge of a 3RR vio there yourself. I'd suggest backing off for a bit. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 19:26, 23 June 2011 (UTC)Reply
If you wish to make these changes please discuss them, rather that just removing content without any discussion. Its not acceptable to do this and I have no idea why you are doing so. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 19:32, 23 June 2011 (UTC)Reply
Now taken to dispute resolution. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 18:41, 27 June 2011 (UTC)Reply
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Decimal. Users are expected to collaborate with others and avoid editing disruptively.
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Hello! There's a new article on the well-known paddle ship proposal from De Rebus Bellicis, copy-pasted from here. The author presents its existence as fact, whereas every book I've read says that this was a paper project along the lines of da Vinci's designs. Your expertise on ancient technology is needed! Cheers, Constantine ✍ 07:43, 29 June 2011 (UTC)Reply
Hello, your list of universities seems to be incomplete as regards the Czech ones. You put there Prague (1347), Olomouc (1570, correct number would be either 1566 or 1573) and Brno 1919, but you are lacking other unis, see List of universities in the Czech Republic. I am not adding them since I am not sure whether they are omitted purposely due to their more specific nature (i.e. technical, etc.). Best regards Cimmerian praetor (talk) 11:09, 30 June 2011 (UTC)Reply
Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at List of oldest universities in continuous operation. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 21:42, 5 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
You guys can either work with what I've done, or you we can escalate it yet again. At the dispute resolution noticeboard it was shown that your viewpoint was baseless against policy and you stopped talking. At this point you are just being highly disruptive. And if you're going to claim its "OR" almost all the text was already present. If you wish to make reasonable improvements, beyond throwing all the new text out go ahead. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 21:59, 5 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
So can we move forward on this? If you want to add another paragraph in the middle about the medieval university feel free - I think that could be worthwhile. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 19:02, 9 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
This is a list of the oldest extant universities in the world. To be included in this table, an educational institution must satisfy the definition of a university at the time of its founding. It must have been founded before 1500 (invariably in Europe) or be the oldest university in a region. Universities were first founded in Europe as degree-granting institutions before 1500, after which time they were spread around the world first to places the Europeans ruled, and then to other countries in the 19th century.
The word university is derived from the Latin universitas magistrorum et scholarium, roughly meaning "community of teachers and scholars". The term was coined by the Italian University of Bologna, which, with a traditional founding date of 1088, is considered the first university.[1][2] The origin of many medieval universities can be traced to the Christian cathedral schoolsormonastic schools which appear as early as the 6th century AD and were run for hundreds of years as such before their formal establishment as university in the high medieval period.[3]
Although there were other institutions of higher learning, like those of ancient Greece, China and the Arab World, these aren't generally regarded as being universities as they largely didn't offer degrees or they were culturally dissimilar from the European universities where the ideas of the modern university came from. While some sources class some of those other institutions as Universities they aren't included in the list.
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I am aware these are only excerpts from the current article but I am still not happy with them. They reflect the deficiencies from which the article suffers since too much time had to be allocated to the madrasa theory.
All these things I am trying to address in a rewrite of the article, so I am really not having time to continue this debate as it is all preliminary anyway. Have you read Verger by now? I am going to make this the basis of the article. For now, we should leave it as it is, for the reasons I gave above and here again. Gun Powder Ma (talk) 21:50, 9 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
Please stop from saying, "Delete. It is the task of the (first) editors to show the notability of the topic". You have been saying this today for articles that were just barely created.
Please read WP:BEFORE: If the article was recently created, please consider that many good articles started their Wikilife in pretty bad shape. Unless it is obviously a hopeless case, consider sharing your reservations with the article creator, an associated WikiProject, or on the article's talk page, and/or adding a cleanup tag, instead of bringing the article to AfD. If the article can be fixed through normal editing, then it is not a good candidate for AfD.
From Yoon Kye-sang's AfD: It is the task of editors making comments at AfD to actually be bothered to click the wonderful "find sources" link above and see if there are any WP:RS available which can be used to improve the article. Even in English there are quite a few available. The point of AfD is to determine whether a topic is notable.
Please, we all must do research before commenting on AfDs. Please start doing it. Bgwhite (talk) 05:06, 11 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
I would ask that you revisit Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yoon Kye-sang and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christopher John Hall and the articles themselves to see that the nominator's concerns have been addressed. Thank you, Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 06:48, 14 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
I suggested that the administrator who closes the {{afd}} discount your "delete" because you weighed in before the article had been rewritten.
When you leave a "delete" shortly after a deletion discussion has been opened do you ever make a point to check back later, to see if the article had been improved in ways that addressed your concern(s)? Geo Swan (talk) 18:38, 17 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
I see you have been contributing to Wikipedia for almost as long as I have been, so there is no risk of biting you here. I also see you take an interest in inventions, especially ancient ones, which is great. You are especially interested in Chinese inventions and Chinese culture and take great pride in that (evident perhaps from your usename). Good for you. Now here is my problem with you: stop vandalizing the article. Sadly, Jagged's edits have done more damage than good, but you are riding the wave a bit too far. Stubbing the article was wrong, and leaving it in this state is painful. Now, what I am doing is taking an interest in this and slowly getting the list to grow. You can disagree and have your own personal biases, but let your sources do the talking for you. Second, I have been here longer than you have; for you to come and revert my edits without prior discussion or leaving a message on my talk is not respectful. You will be reported if you don't act in a civil manner. Λuα (Operibus anteire) 10:29, 24 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
You have replied to me at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#User:DÜNGÁNÈ instigating other user against me. However, I am not sure that you actually received my message. I think DÜNGÁNÈ is supporting you, and has not made an attack! Please read my reply again and reconsider. To me, DÜNGÁNÈ's comment at User talk:Aua#Personal attacks looks like a rejection of Aua's comments regarding your edits. I am not very sensitive to cultural slights, so perhaps I am missing something. If so, please spell out exactly what text you consider to be an attack, with a brief explanation of why. I suspect you have misinterpreted what DÜNGÁNÈ said. Johnuniq (talk) 12:29, 27 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
Nice job on the incunable table. Ecphora (talk) 00:45, 20 August 2011 (UTC)Reply
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You have deleted this listing twice without explanation. I was simply responding on the basis of WP:Red link. What one might think of the person is not relevant to wikipedia's policies about deletion of content. Nadiatalent (talk) 15:36, 15 September 2011 (UTC)Reply
Aha. At last you explain, the article has been deleted. Nadiatalent (talk) 19:37, 15 September 2011 (UTC)Reply
Thank you again for your participation in Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Tenmei.
As it turned out, the RfC was cited as part of an ArbCom findings of fact which explicitly endorsed the complaints of Qwyrxian here and Bobthefish2 here.
As remedies, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Senkaku Islands/Proposed decision included:
In retrospect, I would have preferred you did something different in the RfC. It would have helped me if you and others had argued forcefully that the complainers needed to help me by addressing the direct questions I posted as an initial response:
I explain this now because I hope it will influence your thinking in the future. --Tenmei (talk) 14:47, 29 September 2011 (UTC)Reply
In August 2010, I had no words to express my frustrations about the second paragraph at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Teeninvestor#Regarding User:Gun Powder Ma,
My concern was underscored in a "restatement" here, but I had no ideas about to ameliorate or mitigate the problems.
In part, I was thinking of Teeninvestor and you when I drafted WP:Delegitimization as a tactic.
If someone had introduced the term "delegitimization", could it have made a difference? --Tenmei (talk) 16:51, 29 September 2011 (UTC)Reply
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Inthis edit you removed reliably sourced content: "It is considered the oldest university in the world by some scholars [two references]" and "although some dispute this claim.[one reference]"
Was there a particular reason for that? If so, do let me know. If not, I'll assume that was an honest error on your part. But in the future, please be a bit more careful when editing.VR talk 04:10, 7 February 2012 (UTC)Reply
Hi, In the List of Roman bridges created by you, it is claimed that there are two Göksu bridges on River Calycadnus one in Samsat and one in Silifke. I think the two Göksu rivers need to be disambiguated. Actually Göksu (Calycadnus) is in Silifke district of Mersin Province far from Samsat. Maybe you'll check the Roman name for the one in Samsat. Cheers. Nedim Ardoğa (talk) 19:40, 1 March 2012 (UTC)Reply
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Maybe you can include some information on other universities in the region? I have invted you, because I noticed that you have done some significant editing regarding university-related articles covering the region of Southeast Europe. --Comparativist1 (talk) 16:49, 27 May 2012 (UTC)Reply
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You recently removed some material from this article, with the comment "rmv per WP:RS: main source is a master thesis; the other one does not give a page number". Have you actually read the Greene book? It talks about the unique situation of Cretan conversion in several places; I agree that a specific page reference is desirable, but that is not a reason to delete the content or the note. I think it would be more appropriate to tage with {{Template:Page needed}} unless you actually think the material is false, in which case the recommended solution is to "move those statements to the discussion page and ask for evidence", which you didn't do. I have in any case added a page reference. As for the Bayraktar thesis, I agree that an unpublished master's thesis is not a fully reliable source. Again, it would be better, I think, to tag with {{Template:Better source}} than to just delete, or at least to discuss on Talk.
As far as I know, there is no serious dispute about the claim that most Turkish Muslims were descendents of local (Christian) converts. If you have a source that claims the opposite, it would be helpful to contribute it.
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I asked you to discuss. You didn't. You just got rude in your edit summaries. That's not good behaviour. PLEASE look at what I have written on the Talk page. I have no objection to having something in the article about the policy of moving men away from kids. The problem is that 1. It's not Reverse discrimination (please read that article carefully), it's just discrimination, and 2. There's a lot more to the unaccompanied child policy than that. If we have a section with such a heading, it needs to contain a lot more than one recent problem with it. It needs to describe the whole policy. HiLo48 (talk) 18:17, 15 August 2012 (UTC)Reply
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I suggest to retract your report as he did exactly one revert in 24h.--Shrike (talk)/WP:RX 13:52, 28 August 2012 (UTC)Reply
Hello. Could you check the ISBN of the book please. It is not listed in Google Books. Thanks Gun Powder Ma (talk) 13:14, 12 September 2012 (UTC)Reply
Hey, read again, I have not said Red links, but interwiki links. Osplace 01:05, 17 September 2012 (UTC)Reply
Any chance you could compile a list of the articles that have been translated? We can let the French Wikipedia know.
I already made a comment (with the help of a translator) on the talk page of the editor who tagged this article that you linked to. Arc de Ciel (talk) 07:34, 18 September 2012 (UTC)Reply
KONDA is the most prestigious public opinion survey / research institution n Turkey. It is known to have made the best pre-election election result guesses in the several very important Turkish elections and other general votes (referenda). I know your recent interest in Turkish affairs so this might be of use in your endevours... All the best. --E4024 (talk) 18:52, 18 September 2012 (UTC)Reply
It was mistake I just pressed a wrong button.--Shrike (talk)/WP:RX 20:24, 19 September 2012 (UTC)Reply
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You appear to have a real problem identifying reliable sources, at least where your bias against Muslims is concerned. I strongly recommend that you stay out of this topic area until you learn how to edit in compliance with WP policy. –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 03:39, 3 October 2012 (UTC)Reply
There's a crowd clamoring for a topic ban for you on ANI. Nobody Ent 19:20, 3 October 2012 (UTC)Reply
Your recent editing history at Tenedos shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. Being involved in an edit war can result in your being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly.
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I'd appreciate some help in adding medieval content to the Sapping page, as the only pre-gunpowder reference is by me. Anything you can provide would be great; thanks! MarkoPolo56 (talk) 18:28, 14 December 2012 (UTC)Reply
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I see that you had a question as to were a conversation took place pls see Talk:Germans#Article scope. You are right on the fact we will need to work on expanding the articles scope as per the new discussion and as you pointout .. fix cats etc...Moxy (talk) 22:07, 18 January 2013 (UTC)Reply
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Don't know whether you watch that article, but there's a move proposal, and I wonder whether you have any ideas for a more specific title other than the wordy one proposed. Cynwolfe (talk) 14:21, 2 June 2013 (UTC)Reply
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FYI, there is an ongoing discussion about your contributions to the "Themes" section of the Elysium article. --Mox La Push (talk) 00:50, 24 August 2013 (UTC)Reply
It isn't clear if you think that the original use of BC/AD or BCE/CE establishes future use, but that isn't what WP:ERA says. I wish it were more specific about how to determine the established usage, but if, for instance, an article started at BCE in 2002 and someone changed it to BC in 2006 and it had stayed that way since, reverting to BCE would be inappropriate. Sorry if you realise all this, but some editors think that the original usage rules. Dougweller (talk) 09:44, 1 December 2013 (UTC)Reply
Puppet master Paul Bedson added that - he commonly misrepresented sources. I'm sure if all his and his socks' edits were removed Wikipedia would be the better for it. Dougweller (talk) 09:55, 1 December 2013 (UTC)Reply
Out of sheer curiosity, why do you think it is that the ancient Romans needed to produce so much more iron per annum than the contemporaneous Chinese of the Han Dynasty?
Was it because the Roman system had a free market conducting iron manufacturing, whereas for much of the Han Dynasty (minus periods during the Eastern Han) there was a government monopoly on iron manufacturing that could have stifled its growth in the crib? I'm suddenly reminded of the modern planned economy attempted by the PRC and the disastrous results they saw during the so-called Great Leap Forward, which (ironically) included iron manufacturing.
Were the Romans using far more iron kitchenware on average (versus Chinese lacquerware, lol), or was all of this largely because of the demands of their respective militaries?
As you probably already know, the regular foot soldiers of Han armies usually wore lacquered leather armor, while they also had iron scale mail (which I'm guessing wasn't available for the poorly trained mass of conscripts as opposed to the professional Northern Army). They were also equipped with standard iron weaponry, as bronze swords were used only for ceremonial purposes.
On the other hand, I can only imagine the amount of armor the Roman army would have needed when equipping virtually each of its legionaries. Each of them basically needed a coat of lorica hamata chain mail or lorica squamata scale mail (and perhaps even lorica segmentata in the 1st-2nd century AD), a gladius sword (and later the spatha), a pugio as a secondary weapon, a pilum to throw at the enemy, and finally their helmets. The latter, if I'm not mistaken, were almost universally made of bronze even during the late Republic (Coolus helmet, Montefortino helmet), but as the age of the Roman Empire progressed iron helmets became much more common (Imperial helmet). Correct?
By the way, you'll be surprised to learn I am currently in an EU country at the moment (UK, Northern Ireland), getting a master's degree in Medieval and Early Modern History (with a dissertation topic on medieval chronicles).Pericles of AthensTalk 03:38, 2 April 2014 (UTC)Reply
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Hello Gun Powder Ma,
I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Printing Revolution for deletion, because it appears to duplicate an existing Wikipedia article, History of printing.
If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.
You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. —swpbT 20:18, 19 April 2016 (UTC)Reply
See Robert K. G. Temple where I've added some material from 2 reviews of his book on China. Doug Weller talk 14:20, 22 April 2016 (UTC)Reply
You'll be happy to know that I've rewritten Sino-Roman relations, which you delisted as a good article. You'll probably like it now. Cheers. Pericles of AthensTalk 02:06, 21 September 2016 (UTC)Reply
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The Ironclad warship has been quiet for a few years but anon IP editors in favor of adding Korean turtle ships are active again. I see you have commented on this in the past and have some knowledge of the subject.Dialectric (talk) 21:39, 17 August 2017 (UTC)Reply
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To quote a warning you gave someone: " Please "do not change the established era style in an article unless there are reasons specific to its content." The article was created February 2005 with no date. BC was added in June. Just over 5 years later the article was changed to BCE and has lasted as BCE for 10 years, which makes that the established style. You've violated WP:ERA. Doug Weller talk 05:14, 14 September 2018 (UTC)Reply
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I hope you have not despaired of wiki entirely and fled the scene! Thanks for excellent links, but even more for your unique take on important issues. Nuff said.
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Your deletion of sourced content using false and misrepresentation of sources without proper attribution has been noted. In fact you merely delete entire summaries based on ONE source you have a problem with, yet also several other sources as well. Please provide the quoted content for all sources you have a problem with in the talk page of the respective articles. You did not provide a "true quote" in any of your summaries. You merely put "disputable" in brackets and called it a day. Consider this the last warning.Qiushufang (talk) 23:50, 6 April 2020 (UTC)Reply
Hi, unfortunately things got to a point where I felt like I had to report you for edit warring. No hard feelings intended, I think this is for the best at this point ArchimedesTheInventor (talk) 16:17, 7 April 2020 (UTC)Reply
You have reported me and there is still currently an ongoing discussion on the report page. You have also been reported by ArchimedesTheInventor, so the least you could do is first resolve those cases and respond appropriately before continuing to edit. It's good manners don't you agree? Qiushufang (talk) 20:39, 8 April 2020 (UTC)Reply
I would like to know if you are aware that Qiufushang has likely instigated meatpuppetry regarding a dispute you were involved with, via the Asian nationalist forum "Asian Identity"... ?
The case is available here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Qiushufang#11_April_2020 - Hunan201p (talk) 02:45, 11 April 2020 (UTC)Reply
Hi, this is to notify that you have been reported again. ArchimedesTheInventor (talk) 01:19, 21 April 2020 (UTC)Reply
What on earth is this article. I notice that you got Gunpowder Empires stubbed, however they seem to have basically taken all the dubious material from Gunpowder Empires and put it into Age of the Islamic Gunpowders instead. Because clearly that's how to solve the problems of original research!
I can't remember nominating an article for deletion before, but this one surely has to go. Thoughts? Merlinme (talk) 16:10, 29 April 2020 (UTC)Reply
I got a ping that you sent me an email. However, I have not yet resolved the fact that I no longer get emails though Wikipedia. I don't want you to think I'm ignoring you.--S Philbrick(Talk) 12:42, 30 April 2020 (UTC)Reply
Sorry about the delay, I had to take some time to consult with the other OTRS admins to make sure I was right. If you no longer want the URL included in the attribution template, then the text must also be removed. Since I am not an enwiki admin, you might want to reach out to one to revdel all of the revisions with your text in it. ~ Matthewrbowker Comments · Changes 22:24, 17 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
Hi, Gun Powder Ma. If none of the other closers get around to your FLRC by the weekend, I'll have a look at it as part of my usual Sunday closures. Giants2008 (Talk) 01:40, 18 June 2020 (UTC)Reply
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You have added a quote in 2010 with a reference. I believe the reference is false and explained why. Could you explain where you got this quote from? Veverve (talk) 16:42, 6 March 2021 (UTC)Reply
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Dear Gun Powder Ma,
I see you are interested in technical subjects and you contributed to Concrete.
Would you maybe be inclined to contribute to the discussions concerning the arrangement of the categories on concrete on Wikimedia Commons which JopkeB lists on my talk page.
We are in need of a native speaker with some insight into the matter as currently me as a German, JopkeB from the Netherlands and a Portugese user are struggling with the correct terminology.
thank you very much for you attention,
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