User talk:Obuli

Welcome!

Hello Obuli, welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Our intro page contains a lot of helpful material for new users—please check it out! If you need help, visit Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on this page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 16:43, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

History section of Xinjiang

Hello, Obuli. You have new messages at John Vandenberg's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Xinjinag ref's

the sources added on the Xinjiang article/East Turkestan section seem valid. can you add them to First East Turkestan Republic as well? thanks Seb az86556 (talk) 23:01, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Hello. I've already mentioned my thought about having two different articles with nearly identical content, in my talk to another user:

The 1st section (history) of the article Xinjiang is redundant since there is also another article History of Xinjiang. Most of the sentences are identical in both pages. I think the first section should be moved to the history article, including new additions, refs. etc. Xinjiang article better be just related to current Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, as Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is redirected to Xinjiang. Maybe a new name "Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region" fits better to page, afterwards. Otherwise, Xinjiang article becomes lengthy, and subjected to vandalism by people who do not want to see names of earlier states of a region belongs to their country (PRC). Obuli (talk) 01:58, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Agree. Who the hell came up with that in the first place? Seb az86556 (talk) 03:34, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

The issue, I believe, is naming consistency across other Wikipedia articles. Currently, all WP articles on Chinese provinces and ARs go by the common name (Guangdong, Hubei, Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, etc. etc.). If we were to have an article titled Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region while other ARs are, for example, just Ningxia and Guangxi (rather than the full names), there would be some inconsistency.

But... the good news is we already have some precedent for breaking the consistency. There are already separate articles at Tibet Autonomous Region (the AR) and Tibet (the "historical/cultural" region). The issues there are similar to the ones here. So moving the current Xinjiang article to XUAR sounds fine with me, as long as someone is willing to do the leg work of moving the appropriate content to the appropriate articles (most of the current "History" section would probably have to be replaced with a {{main|Xinjiang}} or {{main|History of Xinjiang}} template). rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 04:02, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Agree completely. Crux is whether to name to the cultural region "Xinjiang"... or "East Turkestan" (small article already exists...). I see an edit-war looming...Seb az86556 (talk) 04:06, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

(out) I've left a proposal at User talk:Rjanag#re-directing "Xinjiang" for a possible way to deal with some of the naming disputes among these articles. rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 04:33, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Bird taxonomy

The sources you cite are well over 50 years old - in fact two of them are from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica - the world of bird science has moved on a great deal since then. Sabine's Sunbird talk 02:50, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

replied at Talk:Coraciiformes to ry and keep it in one place! Sabine's Sunbird talk 03:43, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Nomination of 3 articles "List of mobile phones with (HD, FWVGA, WVGA) display" for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the articles List of mobile phones with HD display, List of mobile phones with FWVGA display, and List of mobile phones with WVGA display are suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The articles are being discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of mobile phones with HD display until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines. You are receiving this because you contributed to one of those articles. Votes are indicated by adding to the bottom of the AfD page one of:
*'''Keep''' Your comment ~~~~
*'''Delete''' Your comment ~~~~
Some comment as to why you feel one way or the other is desirable. Your participation is encouraged. Makyen (talk) 23:23, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:36, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, Obuli. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom 2017 election voter message

Hello, Obuli. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2017 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

ArbCom 2021 Elections voter message

Hello! Voting in the 2021 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 6 December 2021. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2021 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:14, 23 November 2021 (UTC)