User talk:Hu

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If you start a chat, talk, or discussion, or make comments here, I will respond here and not on some other talk page. Similarly, if I post on your talk page, I'd prefer to continue the conversation there. Thus, we can avoid incomprehensible disjointed threads spread over several pages.

Archive 1 2005-11-10; Archive 2 2006-02-08; Archive 3 2006-11-15.

1 Barnstar
2 Nagel Middle School
3 Nedra Pickler
4 Mordecai Richler
5 NETZ
6 look at the census picture
7 paddy vieira
8 Category:Kenyan anti-communists
9 Thanxs!

[edit] Barnstar

		The Original Barnstar
		I award you The Original Barnstar for your numerous article creations and your countless useful edits. Keep up the good work! Happy editing, Dar-Ape 23:11, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for the barnstar. Hu 23:13, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nagel Middle School

Thank you for working on the vandalism issue on that page. I am a concerned student and I thank you. Noha307 20:13, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nedra Pickler

You removed my Nedra Pickler article way too soon. It was up for about 20 minutes, way too little time for me to address any issues or even take part in a discussion. You ignored my hang-on, by the way. I was just getting started on the article, and it was duly sourced and referenced. I cited three articles from well-known political publications. You claim that I was writing an "attack page." Nedra Pickler is notorious primarily for a perceived and well-documented bias in her reporting for the Associated Press on the White House. I'm not inventing that, merely presenting the facts. There are "Write Like Nedra Pickler Days." Wbroun 07:33, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

There are ways to handle "articles in progress", including tags that can be put on it before editing it. But the best way, when creating articles, is to edit it offline in a text editor. Then when it is close, paste it into an edit window and use the "Show preview" button to successively refine it until ready. Then when you "Save page", it will not be in some incomplete state that looks like it fails Wikipedia criteria.

The speedy delete was completely justified. The wording of the page was only negative. At the very least it failed WP:NPOV. It didn't include any ordinary biographical information. I didn't see any source on it, though that might be my oversight, but in any case that wasn't the reason it was deleted. It was deleted because it met the No Attacks criteria for speedy deletion. Hu 07:41, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

The deletion was totally unjustified, I'm afraid. You did almost nothing Wiki asks to follow the speedy deletion process. You ignored my hang on, you offered no justification in the discussion, you did not give me a chance to respond to any comment, and you failed to see THREE strong references in a very short article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wbroun (talk • contribs) 17:19, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

I did not delete it. Get your facts straight. And learn the basics including signing posts on talk pages with four tildes: ~~~~. Hu 18:11, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Maybe you can enlighten me to the "facts," since you seem so well acquainted with them. Wbroun 22:12, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

You could have found this: [1] Hu 22:15, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mordecai Richler

Perhaps prior to uttering hostile and paternalistic comments, you should fully read the "discussion" page. There appears to be a consensus that the politically motivated attacks against Richler be removed; even by those hostile to him.--Lance ^talk 03:04, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

I did read the discussion page. Ultimatums, threats and hostage-making demands are not the way here. Hu 03:46, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] NETZ

User:Shub iitkgp wants to write about this. Give him 48 hours to see the answr to his helpme Rich Farmbrough, 21:29 13 November 2006 (GMT).

He or you should use the {{inuse}} tag on the NETZ article if this is seriously the intention. Hu 21:33, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] look at the census picture

Take another look, cowboy. -RatSkrew 03:54, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

No personal attacks, please. If you want to claim a citation for your edit, you will have to be very specific. Hu 04:09, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

My good sir, there was a day, not too many years ago, when basic information from other Wikipedia articles was accepted on good faith. Since then, some Johnny-Come-Latelies to this fine WIkipedia project want to participate, but aw shucks, the project is almost finished. So the citation cabal has changed the culture of this place so that every edit now has to come with a footnote. I do hope, my good Mr. Hu, that you consider yourself part of the Alte Schule and not the Citation Cabal. Yours truly, -RatSkrew 04:18, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia has matured, but it is only beginning and is far from finished. Requiring citations is an excellent principle, but I agree that it is sometimes taken to excess and made too fine-grained a requirement. It is just "Hu", not "Mr. Hu". Hu 04:26, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Fair enough, Hu. -RatSkrew 04:31, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Oh please, census ethnic categories are self-reported. -RatSkrew 04:48, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

That self-reporting is constrained by categories provided, and though one may "write-in" other categories, the categorization is embedded in a culture that overwhelmingly does not make distinctions between groups of Chinese to the same degree it makes distinctions between groups of Europeans. Hu 05:02, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Well, that would be because Chinese people believe themselves to be one, whereas distinctions between Europeans are massive. Danes and Germans may look similar, but their behavior in World War II was on opposite ends of the spectrum. -RatSkrew 05:04, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

That view is one external to China and Asia. Hukka and Wiegurs may look similar but their behavior since World War II has been rather different. Hu 05:10, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] paddy vieira

he did use to put vicks vapour rub on his shirt to help him breathe. please read these links: http://www.soccerpulse.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t75840.html http://football.guardian.co.uk/news/matchreport/0,,793724,00.html —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Fui fui moi moi3 (talk • contribs) 20:46, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

If you don't want to be reverted, then don't vandalize Wikipedia, ever. That is not rocket science. Hu 20:49, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Category:Kenyan anti-communists

Hello, I changed your PROD into a WP:CFD as PROD does not deal with categories due to special handling concerns. 132.205.93.19 02:39, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll bear that in mind in the future. Hu 02:40, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanxs!

Thank you for reverting all the vandalism on the Kim Possible page! Keep catching those vandals. ^_^ Jumping cheese ^Cont@ct 06:36, 18 November 2006 (UTC)