User talk:A lizard

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Though very funny, your "page with the most links on it" is not appropriate, and I think you know it. Please stop adding it. I guess you can put it on your user page, but it will keep being deleted in the article space. Thanks. Academic Challenger 08:11, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

To second Academic Challenger here, there's already an article on overlinking. -- Miwa * talk * contribs ^_^ 19:43, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Image copyright problem with Image:David-cash1.png 2 Barcoding Inc. 3 Polyglot (webzine) 3.1 Removal of "{{prod}}" template 4 Stephen V. Cole 5 David Cash, Jr. 6 Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Polyglot-logo.png 7 Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Ployglotv3i3screenshot.png 8 Highlander conscripts 9 Chechen collaboration 10 Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Polyglot v3i12p1.png 11 Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Polyglot-logo.png

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:David-cash1.png

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[edit] Barcoding Inc.

Thanks for your comments. I appreciate them, and have edited the article and removed the cleanup tags. Please check it and feel free to retag if you think the article still needs more work. Jehochman (^Talk/_Contrib) 16:48, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

I made further alterations to the article to make it more in line with NPOV, including changing some language from "marketingspeak" into something more "wikified." User:A_Lizard 17:02, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Polyglot (webzine)

I have added a "{{prod}}" template to the article Polyglot (webzine), suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. howcheng {chat} 06:33, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removal of "{{prod}}" template

I have removed the tag and added information to the article which further justifies its importance. I thinkt here was already enough in the article to justify its presence in Wikipedia and notably, you have not explained why this article is about a "non-notable webzine."

What follows was also posted onto the article's Talk page.

The webzine Polyglot has been publicized throughout various news sites that are popularly read within the gaming hobby (e.g. ENWorld, Gamingreport, RPG.net) and this has been referenced in the article. Polyglot itself has more than 11,000 readers (according to the publisher's download statistics issued in statements). It is notable that there are languages that have Wikipedia articles about them which have fewer than that many native speakers:

• Mohawk
• Liv
• Bats
• !Kung
• Macanese
• Manchu
• Hawaiian
• And many others

While it is true that many topics are not notable enough to merit Wikipedia articles, this is not one of them. The webzine has a large following among tabletop gamers and as the article notes, some very important news in the industry has been reported in it. A lizard 19:45, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Stephen V. Cole

A {{prod}} template has been added to the article Stephen V. Cole, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice explains why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. If you endorse deletion of the article, and you are the only person who has made substantial edits to the page, please tag it with {{db-author}}. Gavin Collins 13:32, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] David Cash, Jr.

David Cash, Jr., and article you created, has been deleted as egregiously failing our policy on biographies of living individuals. Wikipedia is not a tabloid, please do not create similar articles in future without giving serious consideration to the overall importance of the suject and whether they can be covered more appropriately in an article about the single event in which they were involved. Cruftbane 20:46, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Polyglot-logo.png

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Fixed — A lizard (talk) 18:13, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Ployglotv3i3screenshot.png

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Fixed — A lizard (talk) 18:13, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Highlander conscripts

Not all Soviet soldiers. --HanzoHattori (talk) 02:32, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

So, you are saying that there were Scottsmen serving in the Red Army in WWII? That's what a "Highlander" is. — A lizard (talk) 18:12, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chechen collaboration

Hmm, I think this criticism is correct, but I know that the article is far from complete. It VERY difficult to find any free sources in English language about that time, moreover, probably this theme is not clearely understood. The only text I found is written by Chechns themselves.: History of chechnya in 19th cent WWII in Chechnya. These writing seems to be an attempt to aquilt the collaboration. The theme is rather taboed. So, some relialible sources (in Russian) I found were not about the Chechens, so the current article consist of the different fragments, which give an idea about events, but not on the whole. Other sources are rather contradictory. And the last, my English, far from perfect possibly discomforts reading, such as in case of 62,000-men Soviet Army. Being translated into Russian this construction would be understood well :)--Üñţïf̣ļëŗ (see also:ә? Ә!) 19:41, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

As for the red links, the most of Chechnya's places have no articles on wikipedia.--Üñţïf̣ļëŗ (see also:ә? Ә!) 19:41, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Those two English articles are good but they totally contradict what is in the wikipedia article. They say that there was no widespread desertion by North Caucasus peoples from the Red Army during WWII. Are you saying that some sources that were written by Chechens claim that the numbers of Chechen deserters from the Red Army actually exceed the number of Chechens who actually served in the Red Army at the time?

No, those sources were written not by the Chechens: a book (Abramyan), listed in the article is about Caucasian collaborationist units, and it is rather neutral to reflect history of the war correctly. Possibly, those two articles represent popular Chechen beliefs, but the book I'd listed as source, represent data of archives. --Üñţïf̣ļëŗ (see also:ә? Ә!) 22:21, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Then the text of the article should be changed to reflect this, The text of the article should also be changed to reflect that there was no widespread desertion by Chechens from the Red Army during the war. Those sources instead say that active recruitment of soldiers in the North Caucasus ended once the Red Army realized that they did not have enough red meat to feed Muslims (who could not be expected to eat the pork that was a standard ration in the Red Army at the time). This completely changes the perspective of the article with regards to Moscow's attitude towards the North Caucasus peoples and the situation in the USSR at the time in general: some of the best fighters in the Red Army could not fed for religious reasons, that in and of itself is fascinating. — A lizard (talk) 15:25, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

The version with pork seems to be rather modern or to be an urban legend at all: for the most part Soviet soldiers ate porridge, sometimes they did not ate at all. You may add the point of view of the modern Chechen historians, but it couldn't be viewed as the main theory. The insurgency was not sporadic, it was a conflict, turned from the latent phase. So, any problems with feeding (that was before and after the insurgency) are not the main.--Üñţïf̣ļëŗ (see also:ә? Ә!) 22:21, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Polyglot v3i12p1.png

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Fixed with template — A lizard (talk) 16:13, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Polyglot-logo.png

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Appears to have been already rectified by another user through the implementation of a template. — A lizard (talk) 16:22, 11 February 2008 (UTC)