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I have been in hiatus from Citizendium since a couple years ago, but soon I will start to edit again. I miss everyone here!
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== Thanks ==
==Prohibition==
 
Hey, I read over your article [[Prohibition in the United States]] because I saw you had [[CZ:Feedback_Requests|requested feedback]]. It's a pretty good start, overall, briefly covering the important aspects of the topic. I did make some edits for grammar and clarity. One thing I think you should consider is renaming the article, because the current title is quite awkward. How about [[Prohibition in the United States]], or simply [[Prohibition]]? I don't think you need to clarify "of alcohol", because the term almost always refers to the historic prohibition of alcohol. --[[User:Carl Jantzen|Carl Jantzen]] 15:46, 22 August 2007 (CDT)
Thanks for including the chart on the child abuse page.  It looks more professional now. [[User:Mike Mayors|Mike Mayors]] [[User talk:Mike Mayors|(Talk)]] 17:06, 8 June 2007 (CDT)
:I submitted an enhanced photo for the article. See talk page. --[[User:Robert W King|Robert W King]] 15:53, 22 August 2007 (CDT)
 
::What a co-incidence! I'm here to say the same thing. Could you look around for similar stuff from other countries? [[User:Nancy Sculerati|Nancy Sculerati]] 17:08, 8 June 2007 (CDT)
 
==Sci-fi==
Yup, that is I. Glad to see someone about to do some SF stuff. "Brave New World" is one of those curious cases of books that are obviously SF but because they are written by "serious" writers are sometimes not considered to be *real* SF.  By the way, lots of SF fans (and, I suppose, some SF writers) *hate* the term sci-fi, don't ask me why.  They have a reason, supposedly, but I forget what it is.  Personally I don't give a hoot.  I myself never use it, mostly because SF (or S.F. or sf or s.f.) is shorter.  Cheers! [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 19:39, 9 June 2007 (CDT)


== Apple picture ==
==Exploration of the Moon==


Is the image blurry as a result of post-editing or was it originally taken that way?--[[User:Robert W King|Robert W King]] 12:23, 14 June 2007 (CDT)
Please explain why the Category "Exploration of the Moon" was removed from [[Apollo]]. [[User:Charles F. Radley|Charles F. Radley]] 10:01, 22 September 2007 (CDT)
:See picture I just uploaded.--[[User:Robert W King|Robert W King]] 13:10, 14 June 2007 (CDT)


==Food porn==
Probably, because it's such a nice photo! [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 17:16, 14 June 2007 (CDT)
:Geez, I have no idea at all.  This whole image thing is a total mystery to me.  Better ask Stephen, he's the expert on this stuff.... [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 17:39, 14 June 2007 (CDT)


== Alcohol ==
== Image copyright ==
I have reverted your changes to the caption of the photo of Queen Elizabeth II, becayuse the photo says it is public domain, but you have put a copyright symbol under the photo in the article. This is wrong: if you are in doubt, consult with Stephen Ewen about image copyright. Sorry to complain, I am sure you thought it was the right thing to do! --[[User:Martin Baldwin-Edwards|Martin Baldwin-Edwards]] 22:53, 6 October 2007 (CDT)
::Thanks for your reply, there is no problem. I think Stephen has developed a PD sign which you can put there, if you like. However, this issue with image attribution is still being debated and has to go to the Editorial Council. I am still working on a proposal about it...--[[User:Martin Baldwin-Edwards|Martin Baldwin-Edwards]] 10:54, 7 October 2007 (CDT)


Hi - saw your edit summary on [[Martini]] and I agree - have suggested on the new workgroups request page that an Alcohol group be set up.  Regards, [[User:Anton Sweeney|Anton Sweeney]] 18:49, 14 June 2007 (CDT)
== I know you might appreciate this: ==


:A Culinary Arts Workgroups is, I think, a better idea. Bartending would be a subset of that. [[User:Stephen Ewen|Stephen Ewen]] 15:21, 24 June 2007 (CDT)
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8S32LQ00.htm - Japan officials warned over Wikipedia.


== Creative Commons licensces ==
My favourite quote from the whole article: "The agriculture ministry is not in charge of Gundam," ministry official Tsutomu Shimomura said.  --[[User:Robert W King|Robert W King]] 12:32, 8 October 2007 (CDT)


I'm not sure what the differences are, but obviously creative commons felt there was a need to revise ''something''.--[[User:Robert W King|Robert W King]] 09:12, 18 June 2007 (CDT)
== Blind Thomas [[Jefferson Airplane]] ==


== Virginia Image ==
Greetings.  I think you should remove (or change) your self-effacing comment from [[Talk:Jefferson Airplane]].  You are partly right, after all (& I assumed the same thing) - [[User:Robert Thorpe|Robert Thorpe]] 13:47, 14 October 2007 (CDT)
:Well, it explains in the article that the origin of the name may have been as above, in the title I gave this section - so Thomas Jefferson may have been involved after all.  It's the 'airplane' bit that is unexplained - [[User:Robert Thorpe|Robert Thorpe]] 14:45, 14 October 2007 (CDT)


Please supply the original image to me, if you could.--[[User:Robert W King|Robert W King]] 12:37, 20 June 2007 (CDT)
:Sure.  Robert.William.King (the symbol above the '2' key) gmail dot com
::Replied, with image edits.  Let me know if you think they're improved. --[[User:Robert W King|Robert W King]] 13:55, 20 June 2007 (CDT)
:::Gah, I just screwed something up, or the wrong file got uploaded.--[[User:Robert W King|Robert W King]] 12:31, 21 June 2007 (CDT)
:::I'm going to leave a message on Stephen Ewen's page to fix it to the correct version on the image's talk page.  I really hosed up the entry.  Apologies! --[[User:Robert W King|Robert W King]] 12:44, 21 June 2007 (CDT)


== Abortion Article ==
== Query on my page ==
Although you removed it, I got the email notification anyway. i suppose the missing pics are because there are not suitable images for copyright reasons, but no doubt Stephen Ewen can tell you. Or was your query about something other than missing images? --[[User:Martin Baldwin-Edwards|Martin Baldwin-Edwards]] 16:03, 10 November 2007 (CST)


You posted on my personal page that you are interested in publishing about abortion, and asked if I am interested in supporting that. My answer is YES ! I saw you published on the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, and loved what you started there.  In my opinion one major argument against such false personal freedoms is that past lovers of freedom spent so much effort on providing freedom to the yet unborn. In fact if you read Luke 1:54-55, (Mary's song upon learning she will be the unwed mother of the Messiah), you discover His purpose was partly mercy to the unborn future generations. I've published about that on my blog, as you may have seen. PS, you can call me Tim. How should I address you? [http://DefendOthers.blogspot.com DefendOthers.blogspot.com]--[[User:Tim McCully|Tim McCully]] 20:11, 23 June 2007 (CDT)
==[[Buffalo Springfield]]==
::the anti-abortion policy is not Biblical. It comes out of Roman Catholic tradition (mostly 19th century), and was adopted by some Protestants after 1970. [[User:Richard Jensen|Richard Jensen]] 20:54, 23 June 2007 (CDT)
Hi, I noticed them on your page, so wrote a tiny stub from memory - [[User:Ro Thorpe|Ro Thorpe]] 18:45, 30 November 2007 (CST)
::Anti-abortion law begins with Exodus 21:22, the oldest reference to the Mosaic law principle "an eye for an eye, a life for a life". That oldest reference is part of Exodus 21-24, which is God's explanation of how the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20) are to be applied because He is the only God, and He stands for truly equal justice toward all human life. In Exo 21:22 God is giving the principle applied to how an unborn human being may be injured by accident, and the principle applied to a man who caused injury to the mother of the unborn person. Actual anti-abortion law is merely application of equal justice toward unborn human beings. The fact that abortion normally involves the consent of the mother would not mitigate the guilt of the abortionist.


Another far older reference to anti-abortion policy would have to include the Hippocratic Oath, believed to date from about 400 BC according the Wikipedia page about it. That oath is the physicians oath which among other things forbade prescribing an abortive medicine.--[[User:Tim McCully|Tim McCully]] 11:53, 30 June 2007 (CDT)
Ah, well, you could put that in the article.  And start one on the First Amendment if you feel so inclined - I had to look it up in Wikipedia... [[User:Ro Thorpe|Ro Thorpe]] 11:29, 1 December 2007 (CST)


== McDo's ==
== You deserve to be credited... ==


"It was founded in 1940 by American industrialists Dick and Mac McDonald". You made it sound as if these big-time industrialists founded this corp. in 1940, just the way it is today.  It was just two brothers, not industrialists at all, running a single hamburger stand in the middle of nowhere.  Ray Krock sold them some ice-cream blenders, liked their idea, took it over, and began to expand in the mid-1950s. At least when they used to use beef fat to cook their fries in, the fries were OK. Now everything is awful. It would be like sending a Panda Express to Beijing and calling it a Chinese restaurant. [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 10:26, 24 June 2007 (CDT)
Well, I see you were working away on party day, which makes you one of the [[CZ:Monthly Write-a-Thon#Shy Boys|shy boys]]. I’ll have to come and drag you in next month!  [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 23:44, 9 December 2007 (CST)


==Industrialists==
== Party!  You're invited! ==
Don't forget that people like Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Henry Ford were not *born* industrialists.  They *became* industrialists.  It would be incorrect, for instance, to say "The industrialist Henry Ford founded Ford Motor Company."  It would be correct to say, "The industrialist Henry Ford considered running for President in 1928."  Or, "The industrialist Henry Ford fought union organizers in the 1930s."  A small point, but important. Best, [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 11:33, 24 June 2007 (CDT)
::"businessman" covers both big and small operators.  13:14, 24 June 2007 (CDT)


==Ninpo Deletion==
It's on--but where's Yi?  [[CZ:Monthly Write-a-Thon]] [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 19:05, 9 January 2008 (CST)
Hi, Can you please explain to me on what grounds you feel the article I wrote should be deleted?  There seems to be no doubt in your mind. I would like to understand your reasoning. If I have broken any rules, I would like to know what I did. If I agree with you I will delete or edit it myself. Thanks. [[User:Gary Giamboi|Gary Giamboi]]
::good work on the state educational entries. :) [[User:Richard Jensen|Richard Jensen]] 21:44, 20 January 2008 (CST)


Ok. I didn't realize this. Is it possible to save an article to the sandbox?
== Image:Denniskucinich.jpg ==
if so, can you tell me how to do this? I just hit "save article" from the sandbox so I thought that was all there was to it. Thanks.[[User:Gary Giamboi|Gary Giamboi]]


== Approval for . Shirley Chisholm ==
I think there's a chance this photo might have been doctored; notice the uneven levels of resolution around his face; some areas are extremely "pixelated" while others have clear definition. --[[User:Robert W King|Robert W King]] 21:45, 20 January 2008 (CST)


Nice job on Shirley Chisholm -- I started the approval process. [[User:Richard Jensen|Richard Jensen]] 23:03, 1 July 2007 (CDT)
== CZ International ==


== Return ==
Hi!  I’m just letting people who have expressed an interest in CZ International know that there is now a proposal on the table.


glad to have you back! [[User:Richard Jensen|Richard Jensen]] 20:57, 13 July 2007 (CDT)
Please discuss its feasibility at: [[CZ:Proposals/Internationalisation sandbox]] in the Discussion area.


==Fellow Chinese==
Feel free to help develop the proposal, as well.
Yeap, I'm Chinese. Yim Kai-mun is Cantonese for Yan Jia Min. ;) I'm just slightly older than you are; I was born in 1986. Cheers and see you around.--[[User:Yim Kai-mun|Yim Kai-mun]] 22:58, 16 July 2007 (CDT)


==Dynastic Timeline==
We'll also need "drivers".
I see you made some changes to my timeline. How d'you find it? Anything that needs improving?--[[User:Yim Kai-mun|Yim Kai-mun]] 23:10, 16 July 2007 (CDT)


== I was braggin' about you ==
If you've got no idea what I'm talking about, please refer to: [[CZ:Proposals/New]] and [[CZ:Proposals]]


See http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,1079.msg8208.html#msg8208  —[[User:Stephen Ewen|Stephen Ewen]] [[User talk:Stephen Ewen|(Talk)]] 02:35, 17 July 2007 (CDT)
[[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 18:07, 14 February 2008 (CST)


==I hate to bother you ==
==Chinese characters==
But I'd love for you to weigh in on the discussion at [[Oriental]] & [[Orientalism]]. I'm getting stonewalled by a pretty stubborn editor and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Hopefully, my rants on the discussion page won't seem too crazy, but I'd love your feedback. [[User:Will Nesbitt|Will Nesbitt]] 20:03, 18 July 2007 (CDT)
Hi. I started an article on [[Chinese characters]] recently, but it is much in need of someone with a Chinese background. Please have a look if you have the time. [[User:John Stephenson|John Stephenson]] 08:29, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
::Nesbitt refuses to read any of the scholarship. [[User:Richard Jensen|Richard Jensen]] 22:28, 18 July 2007 (CDT)


:::I'm not sure how Richard knows what I've read. I do not refuse to read any scholarship. The current article is about  the thesis of one man: Edward Said, an orientalist who believed in and who is believed to document a conspiratorial misunderstanding of the East by Western academia and culture.  I have said repeatedly, that Edward Said is an important critic of Oriental Studies in the west.  Richard says that "Said dominates all discussion." It is my belief (and the belief of many others) that no man in any field dominates all discussion. Edward Said is one of many English-speaking voices who know something of the Far East.  His should not be the only voice that is reported. Furthermore, the "injustices" against which Said railed thirty years ago have large been erased due to a response to his criticism and due to the natural expansion of human knowledge. One of my points has been that 18th Century oriental harem novel (about Turks!) cannot be said to reflect Western thoughts about the East, when Amy Tan is sold in Target. These harem novels are foundational pieces of evidence in Said's work.  Amy Tan is not because ''The Joy Luck Club'' was published 20 years after his work.
== Your "Specialist" support of [[Coal]] as the next "Draft of the Week" ==


:::Richard has repeatedly contended that members of gentle society do not use the term oriental. I know this to be false anecdotally and I take this as an insult because he's claiming that I'm not a member of gentle society. To counter this argument, I have documented continued and on-going usage in business, in academia, in government. In fact, just this morning I noticed [http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330148328963&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.com%3A80%2Fsearch%2Fsearch.dll%3Ffrom%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm37%26satitle%3D330148328963%26fvi%3D1 item number 330148328963 "Oriental Swordsmen" figures] on Ebay this morning. The guy who posted this does not use this word because he means to insult Asian people. The fact is a good many people continue to use this term and a good many people do not take insult to the term. I concede that many people do not use the term and that some people take offense.  I just can't agree with the idea that no one who is polite uses the term. [[User:Will Nesbitt|Will Nesbitt]] 05:37, 19 July 2007 (CDT)
Just to let you know that I moved your vote as a "Specialist supporter" to the ordinary supporter column. Only Editors may vote as a "Specialist supporter". Please read "Voting" at [http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/CZ:Article_of_the_Week#Voting here]. Regards, [[User:Milton Beychok|Milton Beychok]] 02:10, 16 May 2009 (UTC)


::::Will is right. The idea that no one who is polite uses the term is crap. I'm an "Oriental" and I use the term when it is warranted. What I don't care for is the term being used derogatorily, whether on us or at us. In any case, I believe said term is archaic and in a few decades, it will be hardly used at all. --[[User:Yim Kai-mun|Yim Kai-mun]] 10:30, 19 July 2007 (CDT)
==Welcome back!==
Welcome back to the project! [[User:John Stephenson|John Stephenson]] 08:24, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Latest revision as of 05:13, 8 March 2024

I have been in hiatus from Citizendium since a couple years ago, but soon I will start to edit again. I miss everyone here!


Prohibition

Hey, I read over your article Prohibition in the United States because I saw you had requested feedback. It's a pretty good start, overall, briefly covering the important aspects of the topic. I did make some edits for grammar and clarity. One thing I think you should consider is renaming the article, because the current title is quite awkward. How about Prohibition in the United States, or simply Prohibition? I don't think you need to clarify "of alcohol", because the term almost always refers to the historic prohibition of alcohol. --Carl Jantzen 15:46, 22 August 2007 (CDT)

I submitted an enhanced photo for the article. See talk page. --Robert W King 15:53, 22 August 2007 (CDT)

Exploration of the Moon

Please explain why the Category "Exploration of the Moon" was removed from Apollo. Charles F. Radley 10:01, 22 September 2007 (CDT)


Image copyright

I have reverted your changes to the caption of the photo of Queen Elizabeth II, becayuse the photo says it is public domain, but you have put a copyright symbol under the photo in the article. This is wrong: if you are in doubt, consult with Stephen Ewen about image copyright. Sorry to complain, I am sure you thought it was the right thing to do! --Martin Baldwin-Edwards 22:53, 6 October 2007 (CDT)

Thanks for your reply, there is no problem. I think Stephen has developed a PD sign which you can put there, if you like. However, this issue with image attribution is still being debated and has to go to the Editorial Council. I am still working on a proposal about it...--Martin Baldwin-Edwards 10:54, 7 October 2007 (CDT)

I know you might appreciate this:

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8S32LQ00.htm - Japan officials warned over Wikipedia.

My favourite quote from the whole article: "The agriculture ministry is not in charge of Gundam," ministry official Tsutomu Shimomura said. --Robert W King 12:32, 8 October 2007 (CDT)

Blind Thomas Jefferson Airplane

Greetings. I think you should remove (or change) your self-effacing comment from Talk:Jefferson Airplane. You are partly right, after all (& I assumed the same thing) - Robert Thorpe 13:47, 14 October 2007 (CDT)

Well, it explains in the article that the origin of the name may have been as above, in the title I gave this section - so Thomas Jefferson may have been involved after all. It's the 'airplane' bit that is unexplained - Robert Thorpe 14:45, 14 October 2007 (CDT)


Query on my page

Although you removed it, I got the email notification anyway. i suppose the missing pics are because there are not suitable images for copyright reasons, but no doubt Stephen Ewen can tell you. Or was your query about something other than missing images? --Martin Baldwin-Edwards 16:03, 10 November 2007 (CST)

Buffalo Springfield

Hi, I noticed them on your page, so wrote a tiny stub from memory - Ro Thorpe 18:45, 30 November 2007 (CST)

Ah, well, you could put that in the article. And start one on the First Amendment if you feel so inclined - I had to look it up in Wikipedia... Ro Thorpe 11:29, 1 December 2007 (CST)

You deserve to be credited...

Well, I see you were working away on party day, which makes you one of the shy boys. I’ll have to come and drag you in next month! Aleta Curry 23:44, 9 December 2007 (CST)

Party! You're invited!

It's on--but where's Yi? CZ:Monthly Write-a-Thon Aleta Curry 19:05, 9 January 2008 (CST)

good work on the state educational entries. :) Richard Jensen 21:44, 20 January 2008 (CST)

Image:Denniskucinich.jpg

I think there's a chance this photo might have been doctored; notice the uneven levels of resolution around his face; some areas are extremely "pixelated" while others have clear definition. --Robert W King 21:45, 20 January 2008 (CST)

CZ International

Hi! I’m just letting people who have expressed an interest in CZ International know that there is now a proposal on the table.

Please discuss its feasibility at: CZ:Proposals/Internationalisation sandbox in the Discussion area.

Feel free to help develop the proposal, as well.

We'll also need "drivers".

If you've got no idea what I'm talking about, please refer to: CZ:Proposals/New and CZ:Proposals

Aleta Curry 18:07, 14 February 2008 (CST)

Chinese characters

Hi. I started an article on Chinese characters recently, but it is much in need of someone with a Chinese background. Please have a look if you have the time. John Stephenson 08:29, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Your "Specialist" support of Coal as the next "Draft of the Week"

Just to let you know that I moved your vote as a "Specialist supporter" to the ordinary supporter column. Only Editors may vote as a "Specialist supporter". Please read "Voting" at here. Regards, Milton Beychok 02:10, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Welcome back!

Welcome back to the project! John Stephenson 08:24, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

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