User talk:Sonic99
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[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:Cumyow.jpg)
Thanks for uploading Image:Cumyow.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently specifies that the image is unlicensed for use on Wikipedia and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable under fair use (see our fair use policy).
If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any fair use images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Fritz S. (Talk) 17:07, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Can you add Moi-yan audio samples to the Hakka page?
Hi Dylanwhs. Can you please add some Moi-yan audio samples to the Hakka page? I don't want Moi-yan Hakka songs but some Moi-yan conversation recordings. Sonic99 01:44, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Unfortunately, I don't have any Moiyen sound recordings at all. I speak a Hakka dialect from Hong Kong, which has certain features about it which differ from the Moiyen dialect. Dylanwhs 08:19, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Re: "How to delete my user account?"
It's impossible to completely delete your account, but you can have all pages associated with you deleted (your user and user talk pages.) If you replace your talk page with {{db-userreq|rationale=I would like my right to vanish, please - Sonic99}} , say, someone will delete your talk page, and you needn't edit further. Does that help? Nihiltres(t.l) 04:28, 24 July 2007 (UTC) (cross-posted)
- No, that is not possible. You can't have your edits deleted, but your user discussion page (all of User talk:Sonic99) can be deleted using that method. Once both of those are deleted, it is unlikely that anyone will find your edits unless they are specifically searching for them. Nihiltres(t.l) 01:45, 25 July 2007 (UTC) (cross-posted)
[edit] Why Europeans did not enslave other Europeans instead of Africans
I saw your question but figured I'd have got blasted on the page for answering there instead of here (rules, rules, rules). Anyways, its a good question u bring up. To understand why things went down as they did, you have to understand that most slaves were sold to Europeans and not taken by Europeans (as portrayed in ROOTS). When Europeans began exploring Africa (roughly around the same time they started exploring the Americas) there were already many slave markets in existence. Slavery had been in Africa longer than just about anywhere else, though the forms of slavery varied depending on where u were. It was far easier to buy slaves from Africans more than willing to sell them than to steal them from the Africans (whom militarily were more or less on par with europeans up to the 18th century) or for that matter other Europeans. If a vast slave market existed in Europe at the time of its exploration of the Americas, it surely would have been exploited. But Europeans weren't that big into slavery cuz there was a huge peasant labor force already existing. The only reason slavery was so big in Africa, specifically Sub-Saharan Africa, is because the continent has always had a low population and thus a small labor force. Basically, in Europe people fought for and purchased land. In africa, people fought for and purchased PEOPLE. This circumstance led to the development of many slave markets where kingdoms sold prisoners of war to whoever could afford them as a way of removing hostile military elements from their land. The reasoning behind this becomes clear when you look at the Haitian Revolution, where the French unwisely filled a valuable New World colony full to the brim with african prisoners of war from a dozen different wars and civil wars. Hoped that helped out. Holla back if u have any other questions.Scott Free 20:12, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Defamation on Talk:Canada
Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, your recent edits to Talk:Canada have been reverted as they could be seen to be defamatory or potentially libellous. Take a look at our welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you.
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[edit] thanks and request
Thanks for your recent edit to Mark Weil. Could I ask you to consider using an edit summary in future? It helps us all keep track of changes. Good luck. BrainyBabe (talk) 06:38, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
