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Fight On, indeed :-) edit

It appears the Directorship of SIR has changed again (I forgot how long the terms normally are), the website says its now Laurie Brand[1] (that link also does the "second oldest school of international affairs in the United States and the third oldest in the world." quote, so I guess LSE isn't the 2nd oldest). As for previous Directors, I know that immediately before Lamy it was Aronson, and Bender has served as Director in the past as well. I envy your location, I live out in the Twin Cities now, so whenever I get back to visit campus it's either a game weekend or a holiday. All the best and happy editing! --Bobak 15:12, 18 July 2006 (UTC)Reply

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WikiProject International Relations edit

I propose to create a wikiproject concerning the field of international relations. Wikipedia has a number of articles relating to IR, and it seems like there would be enough editors with interest in this field to make such a project viable. If you have any thoughts/would be interested in such a project, feel free to leave a message on this talk page.

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WikiProject query edit

Hi there, I am doing some clean up on the list of proposed WikiProjects. I noticed that WikiProject International Relations has been listed for more than 60 days. Unless you object, I would like to remove it from the list since it is unlikely to receive further feedback. Thanks! --Aguerriero (talk) 15:06, 23 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

Terrorist? edit

I do not know when I will have time. I am going to go down the 'break off from the discussion' route first - ie. I am going to be busy for the next week anyway so I'll see how things are when I get back. It definitely needs resolving though, as including a blanket labelling would be against WP:NPOV and WP:WTA. -Localzuk(talk) 23:53, 23 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for starting that. Hopefully we will get some more idea of what people think.-Localzuk(talk) 06:32, 24 October 2006 (UTC)Reply


Could you give your opinion at [2]? Thanks. yandman 07:40, 26 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

Please comment (the Cerebral Warrior issue) edit

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