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Chinese templates

I thought I had. I did {{zh-cp}}, {{zh-sp}}, and {{zh-tp}}; what others are there? --Angr/talk 05:56, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Response

That was two weeks ago; the matter is presently out of my hands. I suggest you wander over to Wikipedia:Userbox policy poll. Best wishes, Mackensen (talk) 00:27, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject LGBT studies

Hello! I noticed that your userpage mentions that you are interested in LGBT issues. Would you be interested in joining WikiProject LGBT studies? The WikiProject's been a bit inactive recently and some of us are trying to get it going again. We'd love to have you on board! Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 21:18, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Rebiya Kadeer

Actually, I got that spelling of Rebiya Kadeer's name by asking a friend of mine who knows Arabic and some Turkish languages. I can't read Arabic script at all. He told me there were suffixes on the names that weren't reflected in the Chinese versions. However, now that I look at it, the last character does look more like an "r" than an "n". I wonder where the spelling on zh.wikipedia comes from. There's got to be somebody around here who can read Arabic enough to give us another opinion.—Nat Krause^{(Talk!·What have I done?)} 06:37, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Okay, that squares it. You know way more about this than I or my previous informant do. I will leave it in your capable hands.—Nat Krause^{(Talk!·What have I done?)} 22:39, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Edit by an IP

Hi there, I reverted the edit as it was not properly referenced so there was no guarntee that this was reliable for any readers (per wikipedia policy), if it had been properly referenced then it would have been OK. I didn't revert it because I didn't agree with it - just for the reason above. Thanks and happy editng.Tellyaddict^{Editor review!} 16:01, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Category:Language User Templates

Your userpage is not a LUT so please take it out of this category. -23_PatPeter*∞ 21:29, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes, thank you very much for looking into that, this is a pressing matter in the LUT world as one or two userboxes are causing a number of userpages to be placed in the category. I thought that by messaging you we could find it but it is another dead end. Thank you again though. -23_PatPeter*∞ 21:59, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Haha! I found it my friend it was User:Sony-youth/hiberno-english! -23_PatPeter*∞ 22:14, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Nomination of Shuǐ diào gē tóu for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Shuǐ diào gē tóu is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shuǐ diào gē tóu until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. --Gh87 (talk) 04:28, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Images of Murasaki Shikibu Diary Emaki

Hi! I'd be very happy if you could help with this request. Particularly with the image which will soon be on wikipedia's mainpage as DYK. Thanks. bamse (talk) 09:39, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

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ArbCom elections are now open!

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