Acegikmo1

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I'm contributing fairly regularly now, after a period of mild inactivity since September 2004. I hope to contribute more to history-related articles in the next few months. Information about my Wikipedia contributions from before 2005 can be found at User:Acegikmo1/2004.

Acegikmo1

For old messages, see /2004 Come to Asmara tomorrow, Central Sq, for a quick Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston? :-) User:Sj+">User Talk:Sj 20:56, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC) ==Bleed Like Me== Thanks for the reminder. I've unprotected it so that editing can proceed. --User:Tony Sidaway|User talk:Tony Sidaway 21:01, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC) == Please read the expanded Elagabalus article == I significantly expanded the Elagabalus in late March and would like to nominate for featured status by the end of April. He is rather controversial figure, and I've tried to go out of my way to cite sources and present differing accounts about his rule. It probably still needs some work which is why I'm asking several people to review/edit before it's nominated. I'd appreciate it if you would review it and get back to me about what you think. Thanks. -User:JCarriker 05:30, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC) :You're up late. ''Quelle heure est-il? Il est troix moins vingt en Montreal, c'est vrai?'' It has been a while. Unfortunatley things do not go well for me, as my home is under threat from being taken away from my family. On the lighter side I recently recieved a digital camera and have been busy taking picture. ''See: Piney Woods and Starr Family Home State Historic Site for pics I've recently uploaded. As a side note of interst my Espa�ol/Fran�ais professor is a graduate of McGill. Cheers!-User:JCarriker 06:40, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC) ::Just letting you know that I have nominated the article at FAC. -User:JCarriker 06:57, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC) ==Mary Robinson== (Sorry for the length of this!) Re your comments on the Mary Robinson articel. I don't think you grasped the impact of Robinson on the office of president. She took an office that was low-key, under-utilised and frankly dull (no disrespect to Paddy Hillery, whom I have immense respect for) and ''completely reimagined it''. The office changed fundamentally in its structure, role, public respect and impact on Irish life. It is hard to explain fully just how dramatically she reshaped the office. But one can get some idea by some statistics: * 93% support rating, unheard of ''ever'' in Irish polling (where a 70% is regarded as a miracle and very very rarely achieved by any Irish politician.) * opinion polls that showed that, had she run again, she would have been the 'first choice' for 70% of ''Fianna F�il supporters'' - her opponents in 1990, whereas her nearest Fianna F�il potential challenger within Fianna F�il, a former party leader and prime minister, had 12% support; * in polls, had she run in 1997, she would have been the perferred choice of Fianna F�il supporters, Fine Gael supporters, Labour supporters, PD supporters (where she nearly had 100%, and they too were opponents in 1990), Green supporters, even Sinn F�in supporters. * In polls she was described unambiguously as "the best ever president" by every category; political, social, economic, religious, young, old, rich, poor, an astonishing achievement. * Historians, both traditional and revisionist, have ''universally'' acclaimed her as the best ever president, "by a mile" in the words of one. * When a Catholic priest attacked for for supposedly breaking Vatican protocol in how she was dressed when she met the pope (she hadn't. He obviously hadn't realised that dress codes in the Vatican had changed under Pope John Paul and the pope was perfectly happy with how she dressed. But then her office had consulted the Vatican first) he was condemned by his bishop, his parish priest, his parishioners and even his family, including an uncle of his who was a priest, ''publicly''. * When one columnist in the Irish Times attacked her he was verbally abused in the street. * When she took on the office, 40% wanted the office abolished. When she left 99.8% wanted to keep it. * When she ran in 1990, her biggest detractors was the controversial journalist Vincent Browne who dismissed her plans as unworkable, impossible and nonsensical. By 1997 Browne, one of Ireland's most notoriously controversial journalists, hero-worshipped her, re-echoing the words he had used early on in the presidency during her visit to Rwanda, saying "You were magnificent". (Browne, in 40 years of journalism, has never ever praised anyone in public life so fulsomely. Indeed, in a move that astonished - and amused - all of Ireland, he actually apologised, saying about his 1990 analysis, "I was wrong". That's like a pope saying 'I'm not infallible. I'm gay. And by the way, lets have women priests!') * An office where at elections parties struggled to find candidates for, and where ''three'' candidate races had only happened twice and were looked on with astonishment, suddenly had ''five'' nominated candidates seeking to replace her. A former prime minister could not even get a nomination to become his party's candidate, as his party, Fianna F�il, sought to find its own 'Mary Robinson' style candidate. (It succeeded and she won. BTW her highest opinion poll rating was an amazing 86%. But she had a 'guaranteed' 40+ (Fianna F�il voters) in there. Robinson had a guaranteed 13% (Labour voters) and had to win all the rest over.) I was in the �ras for her resignation and the main party leaders (opponents in 1990) were practically scrambling to be photographed beside her. It was astonishing and very very funny. Bertie Ahern was beaming like a proud parent. As was John Bruton. (Both had been opponents in 1990, but by 1997 called her "incredible" and "remarkable" in the office.) Pat Rabbitte was even more smug than normal. (Labour leader Dick Spring stayed away because he had had a notorious falling out with her. According to tracking polls, his support dropped by 1/3 overnight, when he, previously the most popular politician in Ireland, was revealed to have had a major row with her.) So if the article praises her strongly it is because that is how she is judged, by the media, by politicians, by historians and commentators, but most of all by the Irish people. Fear''�IREANN''">User:Jtdirl 23:18, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC) == Thanks! == Thank you for supporting my nomination for administrator. User:Wwoods 05:15, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC) ==About SOS== Actually on the official Coldplay site [http://www.coldplay.com], it uses both forms "Speed Of Sound" and "Speed of Sound". Regardez-vous dans les nouvelles. I'd suggest a switch back to all caps for sake of consistency with the other singles presented on Wikipedia.--User:Madchester 04:22, 2005 Apr 29 (UTC) == Invitation to join U.S. Regions wikiproject == I'd like extend an invitation for you to join the U.S. Regions wikiproject. If you want to join please add you name to participants, and review the curent policy as well as the current proposal and debate on talk. Thanks. P.S. do you think you will reconsider your admin nom over the summer. -User:JCarriker 12:13, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC) :I regretfully concede the admin nom, but I hope that you would reconsider the WikiProject. You are more active than some participants, and a very active user chose not to participate in a recent vote. Despite other commitments you always respond, it may take time but you respond— some of the current particpants do not. By joing the project you could only enhance the project even with only a very minmal commitment from you would be more helpful than some current participants. I also find your new flavour and organisation of writing intriguing; I however am rather fond of the letter z, but I digress. Likewise you are welcome to come to Marshall. I missed the first bloom of Spring in with my pics but I hope to catch them the second time around latter in the summer, whrn the wisteria, red bud, dogwoods and vibrant color to the woods and also some pics of Caddo Lake. Again on the WikiProject, two more things: ''S'il vous pla�t'' y ''Por favor'', Jonathan. Cheers! -User:JCarriker 12:04, May 24, 2005 (UTC) ==Thanks, Acegikmo!== For voting in support of my RfA! Yours, User:El C 00:50, 2 May 2005 (UTC) ==Military history of Puerto Rico== Hi, how are you? I submitted the above mentioned article to be considered for featured article status. I would be honored if you could take a look and express your opinon here: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Military history of Puerto Rico, Thank you very much User:Marine 69-71 Hi, I just fixed the link, thank you for the additional work that you did on the article. Would you consider supporting the article for featured article status? Thnak you very much User:Marine 69-71 ==Thank You For Your Support== I would like to thank all of the Wikipedians who supported and/or contributed to the article Military history of Puerto Rico. Because of Wikipedians like yourself, this article was able to make featured article status. It was my goal to celebrate my first year in Wikipedia with a featured article and you all made it possible. Thank you once again User: Marine 69-71 ==Friendly Chat== Hi, I just thought that I would let you know that User:Linuxbeak has nominated me for adminship. I would like to invite you to participate at WP:RFA if you wish to do so. Thank you and take care User:Marine 69-71 ==Thank You== What a year! My first year in Wiki, a featured article and now administrator. Thank you for your support. I feel honored to have befriended you. User: Marine 69-71 == ! == hahaha whats up moon its pepe! --User:Mjp797 == U.S. regions == Per your inquiry: === Aim === The project's aim is to create fair and accurate articles on U.S. regions, and the way they are referenced in articles. Many sources about regions use stereo-types... the wikipedia article on the Southwest I found when I first joined it had Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico in it. The article talked about the Southwest mostly being desert and that it was sparsely populated. Most of Texas and Oklahoma are not desert, so are significant portions of Arizona and New Mexico. East, Central, and North Texas are quite populated, so is the Little Dixie in OK. Texas and Oklahoma were not mentioned in the text outside of their inclusion in the region, however Las Vegas and Imperial Valley, not included on the map were. I, as a geography literate person, I found this a poor article (unfortunately I've seen worse on paper). Further more, many East Texans are a little sensitive to being excluded from the image the state likes to put forth, thus I was also offended. This being my first day on wikipedia, I had a rather novice solution to this— I removed Texas from the article and the map, something the lovely User:theresa knott quickly and politely corrected me for. Referencing was also problematic, Texas ''is a state in the Southeastern United states''. That's only one possibility, Texas is also part of; the South, the West, the Southeast, as well as being a South Central, Central, Gulf, and Plains state. Using only one, region for states like, CA, TX, PA, MO, and others is disingenuous. Referencing for regions which have no official definition also pose problems for comparison. ''DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit) was the first light rail system in the Southwest.'' Which Southwest? If Texas is excluded it isn't and if California is included Bay Area Rapid Transit beats DART. Likewise, Atlanta would take the title in the South and South East, BART gets the West. DART is the first light rail in Texas, and Texas' borders have been well defined for over a century. Thus, ''DART was the first light rail system in Texas is more accurate.'' Where concrete regions are needed we use the Census Bureau definitions for South, Midwest, Northeast, and West, (we probably need a foot note for that we can place in articles, but that�s the future.) === Present === Stylistically we've had a breakthrough in that all but one article, (actually two, I'll explain latter) are located at standard article titles, e.g. ''Southern United States'' & ''Northeastern United States''. This is not a great victory in terms of our initial goals, but it does show that wikipedians are willing to accept the WikiProjects setting standards for regional articles. The exception is U.S. West and American West which should be merged at Western United States, I'd appreciate your assistance with that. The creation and election of a project coordinator, has also been a positive, though controversial, step. We also no have a shortcut WP:USR, no ''I, Robot'' jokes please, avoiding typing out our rather tedious page name. === Future === The fairness we must always watch for, stereo types are always going to rear there ugly heads. The larger the article is the less problem small insertions will pose and mass deletion of text will draw in people from outside the project because its obvious vandalism, thus article expansion is also something I'd like to make a concerted effort at in the future. The referencing, which was approved by the project, has never been implemented, and it needs to be. I'd also like to expand membership, thus my harassment here, as I've had poor turnout of the current members- only myself, User:Jmabel, and User:Davodd. We need more members if we are to be effective. Jmabel is very modest when it comes to his importance to the project and has been honest that its not his priority. I'd rather have people who only have a passive interest in it who turnout, and make meaningful contributions than no one at all, which is why I'm being so persistent, all right annoying, in pursuing you, Cyrius, Walabio, and Jengod. Verbosity, I am your ally.-User:JCarriker 22:34, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC) == Please look at == Could you look at the Vfd for Katie Jones, its a disambig I'm trying to save. -User:JCarriker 23:32, Jun 7, 2005 (UTC) == lots of edits, not an admin == Hi - I made a list of users who've been around long enough to have made lots of edits but aren't admins. If you're at all interested in becoming an admin, can you please add an '*' immediately before your name in User:Rick Block/WP600 not admins? I've suggested folks nominating someone might want to puruse this list. Thanks. -- user:Rick Block (user talk:Rick Block) 04:42, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)

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