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I've removed Category:Republicanism in the United Kingdom from this article as the Isle of Man is a crown dependency rather than part of the UK. Pedant point I know, but there may be a case for a dependency category. I suspect Bermuda probably has republicans too.--MacRusgail (talk) 11:18, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

On the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic a recurring issue going back over years is that some editors insist on including Spanish in the info box. This would be fine if Spanish was an official language but it is not: Constitution - Article 4:La langue arabe est la langue nationale officielle.[Trans: The Arab language is the national official language (no Spanish!)]. I am dropping you a note here because you previously edited this article and not many people are bothered with it so perhaps you could participate and help put down these attempts to include inaccurate information...Thanks. 109.76.199.226 (talk) 09:05, 2 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Karen National Union is working for a united Burma. It was a demand from the Chinese.Haabet 14:08, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Hi: Can I ask what your ultimate goal is in adding various species to "Birds in..." categories? Are you planning to add all species to all country categories? Because otherwise it's going to be misleading to readers. I notice that you started with Iceland, but have only put 47 (of 370) species in the category before moving on to Panama, for example. And for species like the Osprey, which is found in virtually every country in the world (except for a few in the remote Pacific) that list of categories at the bottom of the article is going to be enormous! Wouldn't readers be better served by the "List of..." articles? (List of birds of Madagascar, List of birds of Iceland, List of birds of Panama, etc.) MeegsC | Talk 13:36, 6 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the two categories you added to the 1999 UNAM strike; the so-called "strike" was actually a student blockade of the campus (a "huelga estudiantil", or "student strike"), and not a labor strike or dispute. Magidin (talk) 21:39, 28 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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		For your extensive obsession with categorisation and adding templates, I feel it is time that you deserved a barnstar :) Mar4d (talk) 13:33, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I wanted to let you know that we have created an IRC channel for "countering systemic bias one new editor at a time", aka closing the gender gap! Come hang out at #wikimedia-gendergap if that subject interests you. We hope this channel can serve as a safe haven to hang out, talk about Wiki, brainstorming, increasing women's participation in Wikimedia, article alerts and foster friendships. I hope you join us! (And if you need any IRC help, just let me know!) See you there! SarahStierch (talk) 22:39, 21 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Old English-language films, which you created, has been nominated for discussion. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. GimliDotNet (talk) 07:35, 27 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Category:German Americans by state, which you created, has been nominated for discussion. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 17:46, 6 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Nontheist Friends, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 16:58, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It's unclear to me based on the contents of Category:Germans in New Jersey that the category groups anything meaningful together. My research of available data shows that there are Germans in every municipality and unincorporated area in the state, as well as in virtually every one of its churches. Adding some text to the header of the category to explain its purpose might help address this lack of clarity. Alansohn (talk) 13:38, 14 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I recommend that you have the categories that you created under "Category:Japanese Americans by state" be renamed from "Japanese in X" to "Japanese Americans in X". Otherwise, it's a misleading title. This rename can be requested at: Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy. — Myasuda (talk) 12:46, 22 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

In view of the large amount of work you are doing on articles related to disability I would like to invite you to join WP:WikiProject Disability. Thanks Roger (talk) 15:48, 2 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

We had Category:Arabian Jews, and Category:Arab Jews redirected there. What is the reason you made it into a separate page? Debresser (talk) 16:33, 10 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Since you have no deigned me with a reply, I have undone your edit, as it goes against the status quo and the category is quite superfluous to the already existing category. Debresser (talk) 16:21, 24 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello there. I see that you created some new Frisian categories and so I'm wondering if we should generally put Category:East Frisians into this top category "Category:German Frisian people". That way we wouldn't have to tag individual articles about East Frisian people. North Frisians however should be categgorised individually since they might also have been Danish subjects. What do you think? De728631 (talk) 13:27, 21 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Since you’re an expert in « Eastern » ethnic groups, and had shown some interest for the « American of Levantine-Greek Orthodox Christian descent» category, I’m writing to draw your attention on the fact that some Wiki-Boeotians want to delete it ! Your help in the current « deletion debate » would be appreciated Cordially, --B.Andersohn (talk) 15:36, 29 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

there's Category:Afrikaner people. Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 ^{> haneʼ} 07:17, 25 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I noticed that you are a member of Wikipedia:WikiProject Romani people, so I am asking for a neutral opinion regarding this issue: Talk:Jobbik#Jobbik_as_anti-Roma_party. Thanks in advance and sorry for disturbing Newnou (talk) 12:48, 11 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Category:People of Mende descent, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. pbp 18:23, 2 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Since there are disability studies theorists who are not academics, I am wondering if it might be worthwhile to change the title of Category:Disability studies academics to Category:Disability studies theorists. What are your thoughts on this? User:Stephanie Lahey at 2013-05-07, 03:21:36

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There were Scottish Quakers among the early settlers of what became Scotch Plains, New Jersey. How does this make the township (or The Plainfields) an example of Category:Scottish-American culture in New Jersey?

Hi,

First off - let me iterate that I find some of your latest edits quite disturbing. You seem intent on dismantling the former "Anglo-African" category and replacing it with neat little subcats, by which all the biographies therein can be included. I have some problems with this:

• 1. You aren't even reading the biographical articles, apparently. You're just scanning them for a suitable subcat and adding it. This is nothing short of folly. For example, John Edmond or anybody else shouldn't go under "Zambian people of British descent" because I just got done reworking that cat a month or two back. It's divided into two other subcats: "Zambian people of English descent" and "Zambian people of Scottish descent" (ie Edmond) which the articles should be placed under.

• 2. Not all Anglo-Africans can simply be packaged into a neat little subcat like you want them to be. Dawkins, although he was born in Africa and has traveled there extensively, for example, has never held Kenyan citizenship or identified as being "Kenyan". Accordingly, while we can call him an "African" in some sense of the word, we cannot possibly call him "Kenyan". Same goes for a colonial (and there were many of these cases, I know several personally) from the old British Central Africa. Born in Nyasland (Malawi), raised in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), emigrated to Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), acquired Southern Rhodesian citizenship which meant nothing in 1980, fled to South Africa at independence. You can call them a Malawian person of British descent, since they were born there, or a Zambian/Zimbabwean person of British descent, since they lived in both during UDI, or a South African person of British descent since that is their current residence. Most of them will simply tell you they're an "African" rather than identifying with any one country, because they didn't differentiate between the three former Federation colonies and moved around quite a bit. Others will still identify as being "Rhodesians", but since they emigrated at Zimbabwean independence their Rhodesian passports have expired and they have never held Zimbabwean citizenship. Few such individuals will identify as "South Africans", since they moved there relatively late in their lives.

• 3. Don't call people like the Australian MP "Zimbabwean people of British descent". They're African people of British descent, and white Rhodesian people, but if they were born there, left at age thirteen, then came to Australia and now hold Australian citizenship, "Zimbabwe" likely means nothing to them and never will. They would still be Africans, however; a substantial number of such expats continue to identify with Rhodesia as their birthplace. Completely different from living on the continent all their lives as a white "Zimbo".

Thanks, --Katangais (talk) 13:00, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Please do not categorize Europeans of Jewish descent as being of Asian descent. Most of these families have lived on the continent of Europe for many centuries, if not millennium. Unless they have moved to the Middle East in the last century, I believe that most Europeans of Jewish heritage have only a distant biological relationship to this area. They can be considered European, not Asian. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 18:05, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No, you are incorrect. Jewish descent is categorized as Asian on every page on Wikipedia. It is the universal pattern. Solar-Wind (talk) 18:23, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Which Cfm template(s) are you using? There's some issues with the HTML comments in them not being correctly recognized by Cydebot. There's a lot more info on my talk page. Thanks. --Cyde Weys 15:12, 1 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It would be helpful if you could reply to this, please. If you edited the template manually in order to build the multiple nomination, that's fine and fair enough. Otherwise, something needs fixing. – Fayenatic London 11:55, 6 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry. Yes, I edited it manually. Solar-Wind (talk) 12:02, 6 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No problem - thanks. – Fayenatic London 12:14, 6 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You might be the person to ask. The article Guaymí people implies that the term "Guaymí" is outdated and not really the preferred term. Poking around the interwebs, it appears that Ngäbe people might be a better choice. What do you think? Cheers, -Uyvsdi (talk) 17:08, 3 December 2013 (UTC)Uyvsdi[reply]

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This category has been proposed for deletion because it is empty. If there are any applicable articles that could be assigned to this category, please do so to prevent its deletion. Thanks! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 16:40, 13 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

When you create an article by cut and paste from a different Wikipedia article, please follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Splitting. Also, as you only copied the section from the main article, it lacks context (which is given in the main article), so I have redirected it back there. —Kusma (t·c) 19:06, 22 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for contacting me! Are there articles that discuss the groups as being part of the same sub-set of ethnicities? I wonder if the literature associates them together or not. I wonder if "Balkan peoples" or "ex-Yugoslav" is the best way to combine them. How big are the respective groups? Are there joint associations for them? WhisperToMe (talk) 02:42, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It might help do name it "from the former Yugoslavia" or "Balkan peoples" then. It's like why I chose History of the Middle Eastern people in Metro Detroit, so it can include groups whether or not they identify as "Arab" and because there are joint Arab and Chaldean associations. WhisperToMe (talk) 15:59, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for all your contributions pertaining to the subject Haiti. We need more contributors like you. Keep up the good work!

I am currently working to expand the dialect of French in Haiti called Haitian French, similarly to the current subjects available noting the French derivatives (example: Swiss French, Belgian French, African French etc). Right now, I believe the article is being unfairly challenged for deletion. The point of the article is to make a distinguish between "Haitian Creole" and "Haitian French". Many people are led to believe that "Haitian French" is the creole spoken in the land, but fail to understand that the French is in fact French and carries an accent in the way that many French countries carry as well. I've sourced it pretty heavy and think it is a good article but it is still a work in progress. If you would like to pitch in on the discussion as to why or why it shouldn't be deleted the talk page is Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Haitian French. Your input would be much appreciated! SJ

Solar-Wind, I noticed that you created the White Jamaicans page. Can we move it into "White Jamaican" instead to match all the others? Jamaican peoples should also be moved to "Jamaican people". I would do it myself, but I'm not sure how to with the other page already existing. Thanks! Savvyjack23 (talk) 02:45, 24 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi there, sorry about this[1], but it was red-linked when I saw it. Had it already been created, I never would have reverted. Cmr08 (talk) 16:15, 28 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. Thanks for the clarification. Solar-Wind (talk) 16:16, 28 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I thought the article on "Koreans in Baltimore" was very interesting reading! I noticed it stated that many Koreans moved to Howard County.

Howard County Public School System has several languages on its website, with Korean being one of them. For that reason, I requested from the Korean Wikipedia that somebody start a stub on its school district, so now we have this: ko:하워드 카운티 공립학교 시스템 - I had also requested an Urdu article, and personally started the Spanish and Chinese article.

It's important to have these U.S. school district articles in other languages to help non-English speaking parents learn more about their communities. WhisperToMe (talk) 06:20, 4 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the heads up! I know the ethnic compositions of "Detroit" and "Metro Detroit" as a whole are different, but if there had to be a merger than I think "Metro Detroit" should prevail as an identity based on what reliable sources like the Wayne State study use. Also, thank you for bringing up the Copts and the Sikhs! I might add the info to Ethnic groups in Houston WhisperToMe (talk) 02:28, 5 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Yes, I believe it is a good idea. I had thought in make it before, but I was not sure in if this was correct. That not only would serve to shorten the article, but that the Isleño communities in Texas and Louisiana are descendant of Canarian settlers who arrived en time very different (1731 and 1778 respectively) and almost they have not no relation between them. They are different communities, although they are of same origin. So, each article would study each Isleño community.

Regards!--Isinbill (talk) 13:27, 8 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for asking! Whether to make one or two articles is something I usually decide depending on what kind of sourcing I have (how does the sourcing classify the groups?). Personally I consider the Creoles and Cajuns as two separate groups (Cajuns come from the Acadiana region (Lafayette, Louisiana area) while Creoles live in many places, including New Orleans.

So far the info on the Creoles in Houston are those who are of mixed African and European descent but are considered "black" in Houston (Percy Creuzot become the "Black" Colonel Sanders) and this has to do with the "one drop rule" being applied to those with black ancestry, so the info on the Creoles so far is in History of the African-Americans in Houston. Cajuns are considered "White" in Houston.

WhisperToMe (talk) 13:53, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good! WhisperToMe (talk) 14:35, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Solar-Wind. In case you are not aware, there is an upcoming campaign to improve coverage of LGBT-related topics on Wikipedia, culminating with an international edit-a-thon on June 21. See Atlanta's Wikipedia:Meetup/Atlanta/Wiki Loves Pride 2014 for more information. We are expanding the LGBT Atlanta, Georgia pages. This would be a tremendous help to Wikipedia and coverage of LGBT culture and history. Thanks for your consideration, and please let me know if you have any questions! --tdempsey (talk) 06:59, 12 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi! Let me see what sources the deleted article cited. It can be rewritten from scratch if the sources are good enough WhisperToMe (talk) 05:26, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Here are the sources that were used:

• http://web.archive.org/web/20120331115643/http://www.stjohnbaptistucc.com/parish_history.php
• http://stlukeukrainianorthodox.org/about-us/
• http://www.syrucc.org/
• http://www.syrucc.org/unh.html

It may help to find/add more. Google Books might have something. WhisperToMe (talk) 05:51, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for the message. I will see if I have time and sources to help some day.

But will not support articles about Maronite diaspora outside of the Middle East, since we are first and most ethnic Lebanese (Semitic mixtures of Phoenicians, Arameans and Arabs). We already have article about our Lebanese diaspora. Within Lebanon, the structure of the political system requires this division but outside most of us see our society to be only Lebanese and therefore connected to Lebanon only.

From my connections with Copts from Egypt, I can say with certainty that most Copts see themselves to be only Egyptians and connected to Egypt only. In this way the Copts are similar to us, Maronites.

For the Druze (even though not ethnically different from the rest of the population within Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, they see themselves to be separated society), Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac (possibly these 3 need separate articles, since there are significant disagreements if they are one group or not), Berbers, Jews and other groups it is OK to create diaspora articles. And if I can I would help for these articles, except for Maronites and Copts.

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Category:American people of Saba descent, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. SFB 23:35, 21 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I really appreciate your addition of Category:Persecution of Assyrians and Category:Persecution of Yazidis‎

What are your thoughts on a rename to something like Category:Anti-Assyrian discrimination and Category:Anti-Yazidi discrimination? What do you think might be the best last word?

I'm thinking of the best way to add to Category:Discrimination and possible inclusion to the footers of articles like ISIL‎.

Cheers, GregKaye 21:41, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• It may be of interest. I have started a wider category move discussion here GregKaye 17:46, 4 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello. I noticed that you identified Aruba's CLA party as libertarian socialist and I have been trying to locate a source describing their ideology. I do not speak Dutch or Papiamento so this is proving difficult. Could you please comment on the article talk page? fi (talk) 05:25, 9 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, this is to let you know that your subject category has been submitted to CfD here: Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2015 October 24#Streams. Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 20:48, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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