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Baluchistan honor killings

Hi, thanks for the positive comment about my work on Israr Ullah Zehri. However, I'm not happy about your edit, or about the creation of the article entitled Baluchistan honor killings, which I think seriously understates the scale of the problem. There's no factual basis to assert that the phrase 'Baluchistan honor killings' refers only to a single incident, i.e. the five women who were buried alive in August 2008. Please refer to this Times article: [Three teenagers buried alive in 'honour killings'], which states that honor killings are common in Balochistan and other areas of Pakistan, and cites the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. The only distinguishing feature of the August incident in Balochistan is that the women were buried alive. Please either correct or reverse your edits - thanks. Rubywine (talk) 13:17, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure what you're getting it. Would you like to rename the article, would you like the article deleted? Please explain. --brew crewer (yada, yada) 14:53, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm saying that the article massively understates the scale of the problem of honor killings, by stating that the title of the article refers to a single incident, although I'm sure that wasn't your intention. The practice of 'honor killing' is widespread and commonplace. Is there a good reason to have an article about honor killings in Baluchistan, as opposed to any other region? I can't think of one. I'm not a deletionist, so I'll leave the decision up to you - but I'd certainly prefer that your edit to Israr Ullah Zehri was reversed. Thanks. Rubywine (talk) 13:34, 20 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I understand that it is commonplace, however we can only write what we are told by media sources. This specific honor killing got a lot of coverage in media sources so it was eligible for its own article and own "name". Stoning of Du'a Khalil Aswad is another such example. The main article, honor killing covers the general topic. --brew crewer (yada, yada) 09:07, 21 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree. There are plenty of other reputable, published sources which we're allowed to use besides media sources. The Asian Human Rights Commission and the records of the Pakistani Parliament are perfectly appropriate sources. In fact I would go so far as to say that slanting articles away from serious, scholarly research towards flash-in-the-pan media coverage (especially when it leads to the trivialisation of a really important issue!) is precisely what an encyclopaedia shouldn't be doing. Rubywine (talk) 18:47, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think we really disagree. International media sources are the easiest sources to use because they are in English and they are easily found. I agree that serious scholarly-researched articles might be more appropriate for WP, but it for sure doesn't mean that "flash-in-the-pan" article should be deleted. When someone more competent than I writes a "scholarly - researched" article I would be more than glad to incorporate (and then delete, if deemed necessary) my "flash-in-the-pan" article into the greater article. --brew crewer (yada, yada) 20:10, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Technical help

Hi there, been on holiday so sorry for the delay. The problem was in the Iconstasis subbage. You need to close html tags, so where your Iconstasis subpage starts with a "div" tag, it needs to end with a "/div" tag. I fixed it for you - take a look. It seems to work fine now. Incidentally the image:Symbol support vote.svg should be used for Good Articles, rather than the FA star, which should really be only for featured articles. Good luck with getting some more symbols! Regards, Jonathan Oldenbuck (talk) 10:23, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Umm, I'm not some techie guru you know... I'm not sure what the problem is with your archives, the second one looks OK to me, just a bit empty? All that I know about archiving would come from Help:Archiving a talk page, so you're better off getting it from source rather than it filtering through my addled mind! Regards, Jonathan Oldenbuck (talk) 08:54, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

ITN

On 18 September, 2008, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article(s) 2008 Yemeni American embassy attack, which you created or substantially updated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.

--Spencer^T♦^C 11:05, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No problem...article do better if they have more than one person's input. Thanks again, Spencer^T♦^C 19:18, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Joe sernio

A tag has been placed on Joe sernio, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a redirect to a nonexistent page.

If you can fix this redirect to point to an existing Wikipedia page, please do so and remove the speedy deletion tag. However, please do not remove the speedy deletion tag unless you also fix the redirect. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Jordan Timmins (talk) 18:13, 22 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re: help offered

The Muhammad Ali article is very poorly sourced. One problem I have is over the term Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital. It is now called Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital but was once called NY Presbyterian Hospital: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Presbyterian_Hospital

In 1984, when Ali was admitted to the hospital, it was called NY Presbyterian Hospial, so..what do I call the hospital...best regards and thanks in advance.

I think i can do one of those Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital thingies that you gave me on the newbie pages..not sure though

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F06E7DC173BF93AA2575AC0A962948260

btw, as you can see from the above posted link...it is half broken. This is not really a big deal because I can go to a local public library and confirm it on microfiche. Johndoeemail (talk) 06:46, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. I will have to take a look at it a different time, my dumb real life doesn't give me too much time these days. --brew crewer (yada, yada) 23:17, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of Cappy (Kirby)

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Kirbys and Cappys

Sorry about the quick redirect - I was actually trying to do what you were apparently doing, averting a quick delete. I put the redirect in for quick overwriting to save the spot. There's quite a bit out there in several contexts about the Cappys... now I'll just get out of your way. 147.70.242.40 (talk) 22:37, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like it is back to a redirect. I don't have a strong opinion about it either way (I know nothing about the subject), but I get anal when it gets tagged and deleted for the wrong reasons. --brew crewer (yada, yada) 22:43, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I had to move fast after seeing it tagged - apparently, the Cappys have several roles in the Kirby game/anime series (I'm familiar only with the latter, thanks to my daughter). Apparently, the tagger knew even less about it than either of us... but have fun with it! 147.70.242.40 (talk) 22:53, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

24.61.243.203 (talk · contribs)

You have a response in my page. -- Alexf⁴² 10:46, 26 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WaMu

Well, there are $28.4 billion reasons to think that senior debt is not entirely irrelevant. And they are the one who saved the depositors. Otherwise the FDIC fund would be bankrupt today. I hardly see this as not belonging to the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.195.119.31 (talk) 01:57, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Malalaï Kakar

Hi. If you are the editor who's additions I changed when I made this edit [1] please don't take it personally. Understand that I wasn't referring to you directly when I used the word "you". I really meant "in general, one shouldn't" rather than "you, Brewcrewer, can't". I've re-added the information [2], expanded it to keep the information from (what was presumably) your edit so as not to offend you and added a few references from well respected and reliable sources to support the information I've added. If you have any problems please feel free to let me know or revert the changes. Ha! (talk) 22:55, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but you caught me in a bad mood (My stupid Mets). Your point was well taken, and I shouldn't have put her age as 40 if the ref says late 30's. But in any case, her exact age is not really relevant to the actual story. Therefore, the current status of the article, with multiple references to multiple possible ages looks a bit silly. We shold decide on an age, and move on. Whatever. Best, --brew crewer (yada, yada) 03:39, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Notability of Comic Relief(band)

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Hi, much thanks

I did not know you only had to do: ^[1] to make a reference. I thought it was more WYSIWYG. I was looking at the bottom of the articles to figure out how to make a reference. But there was obviously nothing there. I thought when you edited the Mike and the Mad Dog article, you made reference 59, reference 60, then made reference 58, reference 59. I did not know that the Wikipedia software did it automatically. I was looking at the bottom of the page instead of looking at where the reference was created.

...I am rolling know..

As far as Columbia-Press is concerned, I have been going there every month for the last 20 years and stopped going there about 2 years ago. So they changed there name within the last 2 years I guess. This is probably just another reminder that verifiable sources are more important than personal experience. You were not confused...I was :)

That Muhammad Ali article is seriously missing some citations and, my goodness, he must be one of the most quotable persons in the history of sports.

But thanks so very much for all your help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Johndoeemail (talk • contribs) 02:51, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

New Page Patrolling

Template:Uw-patrolled NuclearWarfare ^{contact me}_{My work} 00:47, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Tenenbaum

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I'm sorry the whole mess happened. In my partial defense, here in Milwaukee nobody would misspell "Tannenbaum" that way, and it really does look implausible to me. --Orange Mike | Talk 13:47, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RFA Thanks

Brewcrewer, I'd like to thank you for voting in my RFA. Thanks also for expressing your trust in me, and I hope that I live up to your expectations. Don't forget, if you have any questions (or bits of advice), please leave a message on my talk page. Thanks again, Spencer^T♦^C 02:20, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

All is for the best, in this, the best of all possible worlds

One of the advantages of not having many supporters at your RFA is that there are fewer people to thank at the end. Thanks for your support and your willingness to look at my complete record. I'm going to try to interpret this resounding defeat as a statement that I should choose my words more carefully in the future, and remember that every statement I make gets recorded forever, just waiting to get carefully transcribed onto my next RFA. I would go insane if I believed that it was repudiation of what I truly meant: that no editor should consciously and willfully ignore guidelines and policies, and editors that repeatedly do so should not be rewarded for or supported in doing so.

I'm sure I'll get back to full speed editing soon, because, after all, , every day, and in every way, I am getting better and better.—Kww(talk) 05:32, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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