User talk:Smkolins
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[edit] Notability of Badi School (Panama)
A tag has been placed on Badi School (Panama) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable. If this is the first page that you have created, then you should read the guide to writing your first article.
If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.
For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Mhking (talk) 21:53, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] List of Baha'is
Other wikipedia pages can't be references for a Wikipedia article. I would go back to Violet Riga's version, and only put back people with a required <ref> tag. It's the only way to go. Regards, -- Jeff3000 (talk) 12:10, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
- Other bad articles don't make an excuse for more bad articles. We have to try to meet the Wikipedia policies. Regards, -- Jeff3000 (talk) 12:50, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Regarding "School of the Nations (Bahá'í - Macau)"
Anything related to Macau is welcome. I added the project banner to the article's talk page and it's now part of the project. I also noticed that no other articles are linked to "School of the Nations (Bahá'í - Macau)"; you might want to introduce links in related articles. Josuechan (talk) 17:42, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Categories
Generally, to make a category, first add it to a page (or to another category); a red link will appear at the bottom of the page; click on it, and just enter a space and save the page, and the category is created. For your specific question, just add a Category:Schools by religious affiliation to the Category:Bahá'í educational institutions category, and I think that should do it. -- Jeff3000 (talk) 04:17, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] "F"
We've always used the capital "F" since part of the proper noun of the religion, and we should continue to do so. Using "Faith" as itself, however I would say is discouraged, and instead we should use religion. -- Jeff3000 (talk) 15:19, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Manual of Style
Hi Smkolins, the Manual of Style states that headings should be in sentence case, which means that only the first word should be capitalized, as opposed to every word being capitilized. So sections like "See Also" are against the manual of style, but should be "See also". Of course if a noun is a proper noun, then it should remain capitalized. So a section title like "In Christianity" would be fine. Regards, -- Jeff3000 (talk) 04:07, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Bahá'í Faith in the United Kingdom
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On 22 February 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bahá'í Faith in the United Kingdom, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
--BorgQueen (talk) 12:07, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
- Congrats on starting a page that is on the front page. Regards, -- Jeff3000 (talk) 13:41, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Excellent work!
I have to say i am impressed with this particular article: Bahá'í Faith in Vietnam. Its very rare to walk across such a gem of a new page. Nicely Wikified, excellent sourcing and categorizing, and no rule whatsoever that even looks remotely violated. Keep up the great work, i love seeing this kind of pages during newpage patrol! Excirial (Talk,Contribs) 22:24, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
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- From the looks of it, you have not received a barnstar for your editing efforts yet. I think its high time someone awards you one, so ill just be the one who does.
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The Editor's Barnstar | |
| For creating several magnificent articles, and making my Newpage Patrol highly enjoyable, I award you a well earned Editors Barnstar! Excirial (Talk,Contribs) 22:32, 23 February 2008 (UTC) |
Thanks - I'm still learning the {{cite}} style but I have I think contributing some good articles - nice to see someone else agree! I have had help of course - excellent work in the field so I can find refs and from wikipedia editors like Jeff3000.--Smkolins (talk) 22:51, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Baha'i content
Hello,
I've seen the Baha'i related content you have added and it looks great. I'd love if you'd contribute any articles that can't be included in wikipedia about the Faith that you've written to Bahaikipedia.
Best, T0lk (talk) 05:30, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Date format
Date formats in the accessdate= and date= fields have to be written in the International ISO format (yyyy-mm-dd), not the American format (mm-dd-yyyy). The ISO format allows the dates to be linked, and not appear as red links, as well as allowing the dates to be easily sorted. Regards, -- Jeff3000 (talk) 15:47, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Bahá'í Faith in Brazil
Thank you for letting me know about this draft,I'll do what I can to organize this draft and develop in to a well structured article, if you don't know portuguese I can translate it.I really think you gave me a good idea in developing an article for Leonora Armstrong because she is very important for the Bahá'í Faith history in Brazil.Well anyway yes I'm from Brazil,and if you need to get in contact with me make yourself free. Regards, -- Fresh Prince Of Brazil (talk) 01:04, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
- I think the article needs some more work especially in the last few sections. Especially the bulleted list is not good style. I think you should have waited a little longer before posting it. -- Jeff3000 (talk) 02:50, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Bahá'í Faith in Brazil
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On 18 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bahá'í Faith in Brazil, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
--BorgQueen (talk) 13:58, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Bahá'í
Redirects As you can see, I changed the redirect [[Bahá'í]] to [[Bahá'í Faith|Bahá'í]]. -Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:00, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Bahá'í Faith in South Africa
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On 30 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bahá'í Faith in South Africa, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
--BorgQueen (talk) 11:26, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Bahá'í Faith in Cameroon
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On 4 April 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bahá'í Faith in Cameroon, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
--Bobet 13:31, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] I didn't tag it
71.117.39.195 (talk · contribs) tagged the article originally, I just fixed the malformed prod tag. I have no opinion on the article's quality. --Closedmouth (talk) 05:15, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
- If you disagree with the article's deletion, just remove the prod tag, that's how prod works. Check out WP:PROD. --Closedmouth (talk) 03:37, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] DYK for Bahá'í Faith in Denmark
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On 10 April 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bahá'í Faith in Denmark, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
--BencherliteTalk 10:13, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Bahá'í Faith in Denmark
Hello. Please see my edits to Bahá'í Faith in Denmark. You shouldn't capitalize an initial letter merely because it's in a section heading. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style on headings. Michael Hardy (talk) 16:05, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Image:Scottkolins.png
hi did you take this pic?Genisock2 (talk) 13:29, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
- Why do you ask? I thought that was the point of the copyright submission. Is there a problem?--Smkolins (talk) 00:02, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] DYK for Bahá'í Faith in Kenya
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On 12 April 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bahá'í Faith in Kenya, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
--Bobet 22:53, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] School vandal
At this point, they have had more than enough warnings. You should, if you have not already, report them to AiV. ---RepublicanJacobiteThe'FortyFive' 15:02, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
- Oh, sorry... AiV is :Administrator intervention against vandalism, which is where you go to report someone who has received the requisite number of warnings and yet continues to vandalize. It is self-explanatory, but if you need any help, just ask me. Cheers! ---RepublicanJacobiteThe'FortyFive' 22:56, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] DYK nomination
Hi. I've nominated Bahá'í Faith in Niger, an article you worked on, for consideration to appear on the Main Page as part of Wikipedia:Did you know. You can see the hook for the article at Template talk:Did you know#Articles created/expanded on May 5, where you can improve it if you see fit. Thanks, RyRy5 (talk ♠ Review) 00:34, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Bahá'í Faith in Niger
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On 10 May 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bahá'í Faith in Niger, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
--BorgQueen (talk) 08:36, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] AfD nomination of Faith in the Bahá'í Faith
An article that you have been involved in editing, Faith in the Bahá'í Faith, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Faith in the Bahá'í Faith. Thank you. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? Ecoleetage (talk) 01:19, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Move
I've gone ahead and moved the page, you should now fix all the redirects. Regards, -- Jeff3000 (talk) 20:39, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Institution names
Allah-u-Abha! According to the manual of style the names of specific institutions should be capitalized but the names of generic ones should not (example: Stanford University vs. a university) so I think "assembly" or "spiritual assembly" might be lowercase, but "National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States" would be capitalized. That's merely my interpretation. It's a lovely day today, I hope you're doing well where you are. Peter Deer (talk) 21:50, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
- Hmm. Well insofar as that is concerned specifically a Baha'i house of worship would be a Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in Arabic, but I'm not sure in that regard as the Manual of Style doesn't cover whether things like Church, Mosque, Synagogue etc. should be capitalized or not (so far as I can see). Perhaps asking for that specification in the talk page of the MOS is in order? Peter Deer (talk) 22:48, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] DYK Nomination
Hi. I've nominated Bahá'í Faith in the United Arab Emirates, an article you created, for consideration to appear on the Main Page as part of Wikipedia:Did you know. You can see the hook for the article at Template talk:Did you know#Articles created/expanded on June 8, where you can improve it if you see fit. Thanks. Thingg⊕⊗ 03:24, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
