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== Happy New Year! ==

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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 2px solid Plum;" |Wishing you and yours a joyous, healthful, and productive 2013!  <p>Please accept a belated thank you for the well wishes upon my [[Wikipedia_talk:Featured_article_candidates/archive55#FAC_delegate_resignation|retirement as FAC delegate this year]], and apologies for the false alarm of my [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Nikkimaria&diff=530645339&oldid=530644559 first—and hopefully last—retirement;] the well wishes extended me were most kind, but I decided to return, re-committed, when another blocked sock was revealed as one of the factors aggravating the [[WP:FA|FA]] pages this year.  <p>Maintaining standards in featured content requires vigilance, dedication and knowledge of people like you, who are needed; reviews are always welcome at [[WP:FAC|FAC]], [[WP:FAR|FAR]] and [[WP:TFAR|TFA requests]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmH4YlNdWAg Somehow, somehow we never ever seem to do nothin' completely nice and easy,] but here's hoping that 2013 will see a peaceful road ahead and a return to the quality and comaraderie that defines the [[WP:FA|FA]] process, with the help of many dedicated Wikipedians!<br />
[[User:SandyGeorgia|Sandy<span style="color:green;">Georgia</span>]] ([[User talk:SandyGeorgia|Talk]]) 20:49, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
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== RS comment ==
Hi. If it wouldn't be too much trouble, could you comment at [[Talk:Metallica#Self-published_source_in_a_BLP_article|this discussion]] regarding a source's reliability? It involves a self-published source's use in a featured-BLP article. [[User:Dan56|Dan56]] ([[User talk:Dan56|talk]]) 16:38, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

== Policymic ==

Will you please take a look at the following thread and offer your opinion.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Policymic]  [[User:A Quest For Knowledge|A Quest For Knowledge]] ([[User talk:A Quest For Knowledge|talk]]) 04:56, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

== PR ==

You're needed at [[Wikipedia:Peer review/Tiruchirappalli/archive2]]. <span style="white-space:nowrap;">&mdash;[[User:Vensatry|<span style="color:indigo;">'''Vensatry'''</span>]] [[User talk:Vensatry|<sub style="color:indigo;">'''(Ping me)'''</sub>]]</span> 17:49, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

== RSN on Callahan blog ==

Hello. You made some comments at [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard#Gene-callahan.blogspot.com]]. I have attempted to summarize the comments of various editors in a table. Please take a look and make any changes to the summary of your comments as you feel appropriate. I only ask that the summary be brief. Thank you.  – [[User:Srich32977|S. Rich]] ([[User talk:Srich32977|talk]]) 17:14, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

== John Edward Brownlee ==

Hi Fifel,

I noticed that you have been involved with the John Edward Brownlee articles in the past and I thought that you might be interested in [[Wikipedia:FTC#John_Edward_Brownlee|the current featured topic candidacy]] for these articles. Any constructive comments you would be willing to provide there would be greatly appreciated.

[[User:Neelix|Neelix]] ([[User talk:Neelix|talk]]) 20:01, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

== [[Tiruchirappalli]] ==

Hi, since you commented on the previous FAC, can you post your thoughts on the article's talk page to improve the article. <span style="white-space:nowrap;">&mdash;[[User:Vensatry|<span style="color:indigo;">'''Vensatry'''</span>]] [[User talk:Vensatry|<sub style="color:indigo;">'''(Ping me)'''</sub>]]</span> 06:12, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
:Hi, as someone who took part in the previous nomination can you comment on [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Tiruchirappalli/archive2|this]]. <span style="white-space:nowrap;">&mdash;[[User:Vensatry|<span style="color:indigo;">'''Vensatry'''</span>]] [[User talk:Vensatry|<sub style="color:indigo;">'''(Ping me)'''</sub>]]</span> 04:02, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

== help request ==

If you are mad at the Wiki, or even better...working on things that pay you, please ignore this.  But if you are really sort of open for business...I remember you being incredible at footnote fixing and wonder if you could help out at [[Fluorine]].  See also [[Wikipedia:Peer review/Fluorine/archive3|peer review]].-TCO

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== In 2014 ==

In 2014, Fifelfoo, not in 2014+. Bash it out and hand it in. Get the right examiners, whatever you do. [[User:Itsmejudith|Itsmejudith]] ([[User talk:Itsmejudith|talk]]) 22:44, 3 November 2013 (UTC)
:Current schedule alongside paid employment is first draft mid-2014, then two semesters of redrafting.  My team is holding me to it well.  If it seems long, its because I'm part-time, at least in part due to a previous Prime Minister's funding model for research students. [[User:Fifelfoo|Fifelfoo]] ([[User talk:Fifelfoo#top|talk]]) 01:49, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
==MfD nomination of [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Large scale clean-ups]]==
[[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Large scale clean-ups]], a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for [[WP:MfD|deletion]]. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at [[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Large scale clean-ups ]] and please be sure to [[WP:SIG|sign your comments]] with four tildes (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>).  You are free to edit the content of [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Large scale clean-ups]] during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion.  Thank you.<!-- Template:MFDWarning --> [[User:Beeblebrox|Beeblebrox]] ([[User talk:Beeblebrox|talk]]) 16:49, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

==Kekoolani==
Hello, you were involve a past similiar discussion [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 115#Medieval Lands by Charles Cawley]], can you give an opinion on [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard#Kekoolani]]? I don't think it will violate [[Wikipedia:Canvassing]] since you fall under "Editors who have participated in previous discussions on the same topic (or closely related topics)." Thanks.--[[User:KAVEBEAR|KAVEBEAR]] ([[User talk:KAVEBEAR|talk]]) 10:46, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

== interurbans. ==

Firest my apologies for the mis-spelling; "streetcar-like" is one thing, but "streetcar-lice" suggests cooties.
That said, as you probably know, interurban cars weren't generally merely streetcars/trams, and at the extremes - the lightest streetcars vs the West Coast SP electric stuff, for instance, there was no comparison.  The only real point of overlap is the PCC and its brethren; iconic as these are now, they are still a small part of the whole interurban story, since most systems died, converted, or went moribund before the PCC was built[[User:Anmccaff|Anmccaff]] ([[User talk:Anmccaff|talk]]) 21:36, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
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== Thanks :) ==

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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Thanks for starting the article on Libertarian Socialism/Socio-Anarchism. I for a good while, figured I am one, this is a wonderful education for me and just reinforces that. It's good to learn :) It's not just about me though (of course!), it's about saying thanks for starting one of the best quality Wikis I've ever read. Have some European coffee and caek! (< that's faerie cake, of course!) [[User:Bananaskinz|Bananaskinz]] ([[User talk:Bananaskinz|talk]]) 00:16, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
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== Your opinion ==

Sorry to bother you, but could you tell me if [[Nancy Rubin Stuart]] should be considered a reliable source for the Castilian language and Isabella I of Castile? Shouldn't we be using historians for articles like Isabella I of Castile? --[[User:Kansas Bear|Kansas Bear]] ([[User talk:Kansas Bear|talk]]) 02:07, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
:Given that she won, or was awarded, a Higher Doctorate for her monograph, and seems to have transitioned into biography via an interest in women's studies, I'm not seeing the big problem.  Her presses look good and her other works reinforce the idea that she's an expert biographer of women.  As always, depends on the claim. (If anything, the fact that she's working in English is my main concern). [[User:Fifelfoo|Fifelfoo]] ([[User talk:Fifelfoo#top|talk]]) 21:39, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

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== Ping ==

I mentioned your conclusion about the lack of Tertiary sources from 2011 in [[Talk: Science#Gravitational wave astronomy]] Your thoughts are welcome there. --[[User:Ancheta Wis|Ancheta Wis]] [[User talk:Ancheta Wis| &nbsp; (talk]] [[Special:Contributions/Ancheta Wis| &#124; contribs)]] 22:37, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

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== Poorly sourced ==

[[Ilse_Koch]] references scrapbook.com - has that site been suggested for blacklisting? <sup>[[User:Atsme|<span style="text-shadow:#F8F8FF 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em,#F4BBFF -0.2em -0.3em 0.6em,#BFFF00 0.8em 0.8em 0.6em;color:#A2006D">Atsme</span>]][[User talk:Atsme |📞]][[Special:EmailUser/Atsme|📧]]</sup> 11:22, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

== Great point ==

That addition at [[Wikipedia:Frequently misinterpreted sourcing policy]] was a really excellent point especially for academic/scientific topics.  I did de-jargonize, link, and compress the material a bit, as well as put it in a more logical sequence, but it hit directly on something that the majority of our editors know nothing about. It's the source of a tremendous amount of the friction at our more technical, academic, and medical articles, especially in these days of there being over 100,000 journals, and a lot of [[predatory journal|predatory]] ones, plus [[arXiv]] publishing stuff that looks scholarly but would never pass peer review, and lots of mainstream book publishers putting out books on non-trivial topics but written by schmoes with no credentials, and .... It's a real morass. <span style="white-space:nowrap;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"> — [[User:SMcCandlish|'''SMcCandlish''']] [[User talk:SMcCandlish|☏]] [[Special:Contributions/SMcCandlish|¢]] 😼 </span> 04:40, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
:Never mind that harsh enforcement of poorly assimilated knowledge use rules mean that other methods of scholarly dissemination and review can be ruled out.  I remember being interviewed by an anthropologist about oral knowledge systems and wiki.  Apart from wiki being a eurocentric knowledge system to begin with, my points were pretty clear: if an oral knowledge system possesses field expertise, that expertise is esteemed, and it possesses a review mechanism then go for it.  OTOH, ram raiding oral knowledge systems and taking their data is another nasty european-style cultural habit.  Central point on WP:IRS territory: we care about the quality of the review mechanism, the field itself being esteemed, and the produced knowledge being field-specific.  And the field itself being esteemed is important.  I'm sure that some biblical literalists make claims about biblical astronomy, but that field is not esteemed regardless of the quality of review, and the produced knowledge being specific to the field. [[User:Fifelfoo|Fifelfoo]] ([[User talk:Fifelfoo#top|talk]]) 05:07, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
::Agreed. I'm not sure if that last point has been articulated clearly enough in the essay; it's mentioned but just a blip. <span style="white-space:nowrap;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"> — [[User:SMcCandlish|'''SMcCandlish''']] [[User talk:SMcCandlish|☏]] [[Special:Contributions/SMcCandlish|¢]] 😼 </span> 05:44, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

== Yay! ==

You're back!  I was so happy to see your name earlier today.  I had wanted to ask you something during that long Fifelfoo-free drought spell, and discovered that you'd been off-wiki for a long time.  I'm glad it was just a break.  I hope that all's well with you, and that I'll see you around again.  [[User:WhatamIdoing|WhatamIdoing]] ([[User talk:WhatamIdoing|talk]]) 00:03, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

== Romania's Fascist-named public places ==

Hello. You've been quite friendly with me, I appreciate that. However, I once made a comment on one of our conversations where I kinda bragged about the list of Romanian public places named after Fascists/Antisemites/War criminals I have in my infobox. Allow me to make sure that you get the right picture.

You see, I definitely understand why - over there in the West - it's the far right who's perceived as the main enemy. You guys fought a "hot" and dreary war against it, followed by just a cold war against the far left's representative, the Soviet Union. However, we had a hot war with the Soviet Union's far left, a very bloody one, whilst the far right didn't do us one 100th of the harm the far left did. The Red Army, did. 14 years of occupation and plunder...forced labor in Hellish prisons...a wretched regime which lasted us nearly half a century and we had to spill more blood to get out of it...the destruction of all our pre-war intellectual elite...Mate, there is no way in Hell or anywhere else for anyone to convince us that the far right is equally bad, let alone worse. We rally behind anyone who resisted and fought the Reds, and yes these individuals are sometimes Fascists/Antisemites, but we don't see that. Shouts like "Fascists, Antisemitic, war criminal" - they're literally gibberish to most of us. We won't see the point, all we'll see is our anti-Communist heroes and martyrs being attacked, and we won't like it. Also - about convicted war criminals - convicted by ''whom''? The Soviet Union? Which in itself was the greatest war crime in the history of humanity, through all it did? And people in the West expect their condemnations to be on equal footing with the Nuremberg Tribunals? Nah, never. The Soviet verdict is invalid to us. It's not whether Antonescu or others did something, it's who sentenced them. The reviled, resented and illegitimate Soviet regime of occupation. That's what we see mainly. And this is why Antonescu in 2006, years after his war crimes were exposed, was still voted as the 6th greatest ever Romanian by the population: he was the most virulent anti-Communist fighter.  

The US ambassador here, Hans Klemm, complained when our National Bank issued some coins 2 years ago with Mihail Manoilescu, one of our pre-war pro-Nazis and Antisemites. He declared himself disappointed, and referred to WW2 as the darkest time in Romanian history. Do you see how abhorrently entitled he is? He thinks if that time was the darkest for ''his'' country, it must have been the same for ''ours'' too. No, it was the red half-century that followed. And after over 1000 of us died to earn our freedom in 1989, here comes Mr Klemm, and other Westerners, to tell us that...no we're not in fact free. And that we still can't honor the same type of people that the Communists interdicted us to honor for decades. Which is basically trampling on the victory of our Revolution. Finally, I'd like to address why Germany and Italy and even Japan are much more "at peace", shall we say, with their pasts. Because, after WW2, they were occupied by the objectively better regime of the Western liberal democracies. But we got the Soviet end of the stick. It was not better, it was not a new model, it was a Hell. Our past regime from WW2, with or without Holocaust participation, was still demonstrably miles better than what came afterwards. 

In conclusion, sorry for this huge intrusion into your talk page. I guess I just wanted to discuss this with someone, and you seemed friendly enough. I hope you see where we Romanians come from: it's not "Yay, Fascists and antisemites, let's promote them!" but "Yay, anti-Communist fighters and martyrs, let's promote them!" We're exercising our costly-earned freedom. [[User:Torpilorul|Torpilorul]] ([[User talk:Torpilorul|talk]]) 19:47, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

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This is an A-class nomination relating to war crimes/atrocities and my first A-class nomination. If you would like to help, I would greatly appreciate it! [[User:Catrìona|Catrìona]] ([[User talk:Catrìona|talk]]) 19:24, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

== That is interesting ==

I found [https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/JD-11-2013-0147 this] by accident. Interestingly, in Wikipedia we are writing what reliable sources say, but here we have an opposite situation: reliable sources write about ''us''. This article about you and me. Have a fun.--[[User:Paul Siebert|Paul Siebert]] ([[User talk:Paul Siebert|talk]]) 21:34, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
:"But as [[Hayden White]] has '''demonstrated'''" (Luyt, 447) [[User:Fifelfoo|Fifelfoo]] ([[User talk:Fifelfoo#top|talk]]) 01:47, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

::?? I am hot a professional historian, I don't understand what do you mean.--[[User:Paul Siebert|Paul Siebert]] ([[User talk:Paul Siebert|talk]]) 02:50, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

:::Hayden White was very strong on the concept of interpretation.  Claiming his works "demonstrated," is like accusing an epistemological post-modernist of "proving." [[User:Fifelfoo|Fifelfoo]] ([[User talk:Fifelfoo#top|talk]]) 15:31, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

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== Precious ==

{{user precious|header= precision in anarchism|thanks=for quality articles such as [[Australian Education Union]] and [[Helen Palmer (publisher)]], for adding {{diff|Anarchism|1824534||precision to Anarchism}} beginning in 2003, and even in the edit summaries, for [[User:Fifelfoo/sandbox|reviewing with class]], for [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Libertarianism/Annotated Bibliography|Libertarianism's annotated bibliography]], for ending "that long Fifelfoo-free drought spell", - repeating (29 September 2010):}} --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 08:02, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

A year ago, you were recipient no. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Quality Article Improvement/Precious#Fifelfoo|2048]] of Precious, a prize of QAI! --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 07:22, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

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I noticed that you made [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mass_killings_under_communist_regimes&type=revision&diff=1056519431&oldid=1056328823&diffmode=source this] edit. I don't think your participation in the DR discussion is consistent with that. Please, self-revert, and wait for the DR's outcome. (My own opinion is that the section needs a ''complete'' rewrite, so your change is just cosmetic). [[User:Paul Siebert|Paul Siebert]] ([[User talk:Paul Siebert|talk]]) 18:09, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
:Actioned.  Thank you.  [[User:Fifelfoo|Fifelfoo]] ([[User talk:Fifelfoo#top|talk]]) 05:37, 23 November 2021 (UTC)
::Fifelfoo and {{u|Paul Siebert}}, one user literally did [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mass_killings_under_communist_regimes&type=revision&diff=1056867820&oldid=1056724517 this]. Editing the article while the AfD is ongoing is borderline disruptive and may be taken to ANI if they too do not self-revert, as Fifelfoo correctly did. [[User:Davide King|Davide King]] ([[User talk:Davide King|talk]]) 01:59, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

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