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Hi Vale: Please join in and share your views at the discussion about the Canadian Yeshiva & Rabbinical School at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Judaism#Canadian Yeshiva & Rabbinical School. Thank you, IZAK (talk) 10:06, 20 January 2012 (UTC)Reply

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Just a heads up: in general, it's not a good idea to blank categories and move everything to a new category you have created. I understand what you are doing with the Labor-Progressive politicians categories and why and you should probably go ahead and finish what you are doing, but for the future please use WP:CFD to rename categories. Good Ol’factory (talk) 05:58, 26 January 2012 (UTC)Reply

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Your recent edits to Gilligan's Island name perplex me. By removing the sentence "A father would not typically refer to their son by the last name. Given that Schwartz was involved in the making of the movie, its very likely that this is strong evidence that Gilligan's full name is Gilligan Whitehead." the discussion of a 'very brady sequel' looks like an unrelated tidbit of information rather than providing evidence to solving the problem of the name, which this section refers to. The evidence is just as useful as the prior text on the page that suggests its a last name since Mr. Schwartz had once penned 'Wily' in some notes prior to the first pilot episode. Perhaps the is suitable text for you to consider, certainly it makes Gilligan more likely to be a first name as fathers don't refer to their son's by last name. Let me know what your thoughts are. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jtagchair (talkcontribs) 17:10, 18 February 2012 (UTC) Wow, thanks for your fast response! Yes I undertand your position now. Thanks for the help here. However, the entre Gilligan Wiki is lighthearted speculation on a fictional character. The prior line in the name section says, "The writers, heightening the folklore surrounding Gilligan, omitted the first mate's name despite providing the names of the others." is speculation that the writers intentionally heighted the folklore by omitting the first mate's name. There is no evidence of that or reference from the writers which proves that. So what can we do to round out that snippet which meets the wiki rules, otherwise it looks like a dangling little sentence which the reader may not connect its purpose. "This has caused some to speculate that this is further evidence that Gilligan is a first name." Or "This may have caused speculation that Gilligan is a first name since a father would not call his son by last name" or "This has caused speculation that Gilligan is Gilligan Whitehead" or "Mr. Schwartz, in his final film, perhaps allowing the fan piece together the clue on Gilligan's full name." Any thoughts there? Thanks for fast response and input. 71.233.36.106 (talk) 19:07, 18 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

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McCain/Cryer issue edit

Dear Vale thank you for the courtesy of contacting me however I have clearly read that Jon Cryer endorsed John McCain and that his agent made it clear that Cryer was not a republican but never said that Cryer did not endorse John McCain nor did Cryer ever intend a fundraiser for President Obama or any other canidate his agent statement to me seemed like spin of already established fact also she again never denied he endorsed McCain anyway I read you won't be on wiipedia for a while due to personal issues I wish you the best and look forward to hearing back from you but will revert the edit back unless new information is brought to my attention — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.79.39.105 (talk) 22:07, 20 May 2012 (UTC)Reply

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I invite you to read my reasoning on the Cryer talkpage and talk back to me if you find any new information or flaws in my logic but to make a brief summation of it here Cryer's agent made clear that he is not a republican and that republicans were quick to associte him with them the agent never expressly denied Cryer endorsed McCain which does from what I see make the claim that Cryer endorsed McCain erronous also reports of celebrities endorsing McCain generally if not always list Cryer so to say some reports is inaccurate also after many extensive searches I have never found evidence that Cryer attended anyother candidates fundraisers which leads me to believe his agent is trying to spin established fact and as an enclyopedia we must be careful of those who would spin the truth to thier desire so leaving that cryer endorsed McCain and his agents statements seems like the best way to represent both sides and reflect the sourced materials---sorry if I made this to longwinded and boring I'm new at this — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.79.39.105 (talk) 22:45, 20 May 2012 (UTC)Reply

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