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Welcome from Redwolf24[edit]

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Redwolf24 The current date and time is 29 April 2024 T 01:17 UTC.

P.S. I like messages :-P

P.P.S. What's your NATIVE language?

I updated to list English as native. Thank you for the note. Meersan 18:30, 19 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed Intro Paragraph for Minnesota - Implemented[edit]

Cribbed off Massachusetts

Minnesota is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest state in the U.S., with an area of 87,014 sq mi (225,365 km²). Minnesota's population of nearly 5 million is concentrated mostly in the Twin Cities metropolitan area in the east-central part of the state. The Twin Cities and their surrounding suburbs form the 15th largest metropolitan area in the United States, and are home to more than half of the state's population. The remainder of the state, which is primarily rural, is generically referred to as Greater Minnesota. Minnesota is well-known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes". These formed as the result of extensive glaciation during the last Ice Age.

The state of Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory on May 11, 1858. Prior to European exploration, the state was home to tribes of Ojibwa, Dakota, and Winnebago Native Americans; descendants of these and other Native American tribes comprise around 1.1% of the state's current population. Present-day Minnesota is mostly composed of people with northern European ancestry, but the state is home to a growing immigrant population including vibrant Somali and Hmong communities.

Minnesota is well-known for its history of liberal and populist politics, with a strong and active third party movement. A Minnesotan ran on the Democratic ticket as either President or Vice President in the 1964, 1968, 1976, 1980 and 1984 elections.

Britannica article on Minnesota[edit]

OMG the wiki Minnesota article sucks...sheesh... Britannica article on Minnesota -Ravedave 04:37, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

BarnStar[edit]

LOL, thanks. -Ravedave 17:05, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Naruto[edit]

Hi: how many more episodes are there? It makes new page patrolling a lot more difficult.--Anthony.bradbury 22:10, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OK. Not complaining, there's nothing wrong with the articles. they just come thick and fast, and my page gets full.--Anthony.bradbury 22:15, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OK. All friends here.--Anthony.bradbury 22:28, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Long-Overdue RfA Thanks from Alphachimp[edit]

Thanks for your support in my not-so-recent RfA, which was successful with a an overwhelmingly flattering and deeply humbling total of 138/2/2 (putting me #10 on the RfA WP:100). I guess infinite monkey theorem has been officially proven. Chimps really can get somewhere on Wikipedia.

With new buttons come great responsibility, and I'll try my best to live up to your expectations. If you need assistance with something, don't hesitate to swing by my talk page or email me (trust me, I do respond :)). The same goes for any complaints or comments in regard to my administrative actions. Remember, I'm here for you.

(Thanks go to Blnguyen for the incredible photo to the right.) alphaChimp ^laudare 01:09, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Minnesota meetup[edit]

A meetup of Wikipedians in Minnesota is proposed: please stop by the discussion page if interested. Jonathunder 23:10, 3 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Reminder: Meetup October 29, one o'clock, Mall of America. Jonathunder 13:53, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the late notice, but there is a change within the mall for the meetup location today: see this page. Jonathunder 15:26, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Retreive[edit]

OK; I've deleted all articles containing retreive, retreives, and retreived. That's what you wanted right? :) Appraiser 23:42, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

- recieve, recieved, recieving, recievable, recieves, retreivable, retreiving done too. Appraiser 18:19, 31 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Announcement[edit]

Announcement

The "Help name my baby" Poll has closed :). Greta Annette was born 12/12/06. She weighs 6lbs 14oz and is 19inches long. Mother and baby are both doing fine. Thanks for all the suggestions!

To keep this slightly Wikipedia related I have started Adopt a State, so adopt your state article today! -Ravedave ^{(help name my baby)} 03:44, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion about Congress[edit]

Would you be so kind as to go here and weigh in on the discussion? Thanks --Appraiser 15:41, 19 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Gwoyeu Romatzyh (writing systems)[edit]

I was initially contacted about the Gwoyeu Romatzyh article by User:Ikiroid, who made some valuable suggestions. He also suggested other editors who might be able to help in bringing the article up to GA or FA status. One of them, User:Ravedave, thought you might like to cast an eye over it.

I'd appreciate any comments you might have. --NigelG (or Ndsg) | Talk 16:09, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Work in progress - Sources of evidence[edit]

There are four main sources of evidence for the study of ancient Egyptian life and culture. Each suffers from problems of differential preservation: certain types of artefacts have survived better than others. This can result in a distorted view of the evidence available to Egyptologists.

Monuments[edit]

Many Egyptian monuments have survived remarkably well. The types of monuments available for study include the sites of villages, homes and palaces, as well as funerary complexes (known as necropolises), tombs, and religious temples. In general, sites located in the desert or built of stone are the best preserved. Many religious monuments have survived nearly intact since ancient times; they were built of stone as though intended to last for eternity. Tombs and necropolises were built away from inhabited areas, which tended to locate them in the desert and was a factor in their preservation. In contrast, villages and buildings used in daily life were constructed of wood or mudbrick and built closer to the Nile. Due to the inundation of the Nile's annual flood, these sites are not as well preserved. Sites in the south of Egypt, with its desert climate, also tend to be better preserved than those located in the Nile delta. Given the factors in preservation of monuments, the surviving monuments give Egyptologists a clearer view of religious and funerary practices than the daily life of ancient Egyptians.

Artefacts[edit]

Artefacts recovered from archaeological digs consist of a wide array of objects. In addition to objects recovered from villages and houses, tombs are a frequent source for many important and well-preserved artefacts. Tombs contained objects the deceased expected to need in the afterlife such as vessels for food and drink, cosmetics palettes, weapons, games, and servant dolls called shabtis. Some Middle Kingdom tombs contained wooden models that depicted boats, soldiers, or other facets of daily life. Textiles and plant matter such as papyrus have not survived as consistently as items made of stone, metal or clay; again, sites located in the desert tend to be better preserved.

Human remains[edit]

The study of human remains, preserved as mummies, is a source of information on the life, diet, and disease profile of ancient Egyptians, as well as being a source of wonder and imagination in popular culture. The development of non-destructive techniques such as x-rays, radiology, and endoscopy have become increasingly popular. Researchers have investigated serologic and genetic information, including the creation of an international mummy tissue sample database.

Literature[edit]

Following the decipherment of hieroglypics in the 19th century, the availability of Egyptian texts has provided an illuminating window into ancient Egyptian culture and attitudes. Texts have been recovered in the form of papyrus scrolls, inscribed artefacts, tomb paintings, mummy wrappings, and carvings on temple walls, stelae and obelisks. Religious literature includes ceremonies described on temple walls. Funerary literature, including the Egyptian Book of the Dead, includes pyramid texts inscribed on pyramid tombs in the Old Kingdom, as well as the coffin texts inscribed on coffins and tombs up through Greco-Roman times. Other genres of ancient Egyptian writing include texts on myths, medicine, administrative records, wisdom literature intended for moral instruction, and pessimistic literature describing periods of economic and political turmoil. Further sources of information are the histories written by Greek and Roman authors. The Egyptian priest Manetho wrote a Greek-language work on the history of Egypt called the Aegyptica during the reign of Ptolemy II; it included a chronology of Egyptian pharaohs and developed the classification of dynasties still used today. Other ancient sources include Herodotus, Diodorus Siculus, Strabo, Pliny the Elder, and Plutarch.

David, Rosalie. Religion and magic in ancient Egypt. Penguin Books, 2002. ISBN 0-14-026252-0

Egypt[edit]

Other infoboxs on places the infobox might go:

The pyramid infobox is not used very often and underdeveloped, I think this infobox is better and it can be integrated. It might be worth removing the world heritage box from some of the articles, or it can be shared like here Brasília.

Here are my ideas for other fields:

Other names? - For if there are greek/roman/modern names
Fields from pyramid infobox? - height/base/volume/type.
World heritage ID? (if decided to take priority over WHS infobox
Use? - temple, tomb, monument etc.

I changed the color, what do you think? Right now the background of the infobox isn't white so you can see the edge of the hyroglyphics image. -Ravedave 04:16, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

May I suggest adding "Construction Material"?--Appraiser 12:26, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Egyptian_navigational_boxes — Meersan 15:45, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Template-Class_Ancient_Egypt_pages — Meersan 16:01, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What about a param for something like 'part of'? As in the Great Pyramid of Giza is part of the Giza pyramid complex. -Ravedave 18:00, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Two heartbeats Kabuto's trap[edit]

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Meetup RSVP[edit]

Minnesota Meetup

Sunday, 2007-10-07, 1:00 p.m. (13:00)
Pracna on Main
117 Main SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Map

Please pass this on! RSVP here.

Spam delivered by -Susanlesch 15:27, 30 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Minnesota Meetup[edit]

2009

Proposed date: Saturday, October 10.
Details under discussion.

Please share this with anyone who may be interested.

Delivered by Jonathunder (talk) 21:27, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Update: the meetup will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, October 11, in St. Paul. Click here for more details and to R.S.V.P. Jonathunder (talk)

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Wikipedia Loves Libraries event[edit]

In the area? You are invited to Wikipedia Loves Libraries in Minneapolis.

Hennepin County Library's Special Collections is hosting a Minneapolis history editathon on November 3. Help increase the depth of information on Minneapolis history topics by using materials in the Minneapolis Collection. Find your own topics to edit or work from a list developed by Special Collections librarians.

There will also be an intro for people new to Wikipedia, and tours of Special Collections.

Where: Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis
Special Collections (4th floor)
When: 10am-4:30pm, Saturday, November 3, 2012

For more info and to sign up (not required), see the meetup talk page. —innotata 14:52, 4 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Upcoming Wikipedia meetups[edit]

In the area? You are invited to the upcoming Minnesota meetups.

To kick-off monthly meetups in the Twin Cities, two events will be held in Special Collections at Minneapolis Central Library this summer. These are mostly planned as opportunities for Wikipedians to discuss editing, but all are welcome!

Special Collections contains many valuable historical resources, including the Minneapolis Collection, consisting of files on hundreds of topics related to Minneapolis from neighborhoods to politicians (it's best to call or email in advance to request materials). Free wifi and several public computers are available.

Place: Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis
Special Collections (4th floor)
Dates: Saturday, June 1
Saturday, July 6
Time: 12:30pm–2:30pm+

For more info and to sign up (not required), see the meetup talk page.

This invitation was sent to users who were interested in past events. If you don't want to receive future invitations, you can remove your name from the invite list. —innotata 14:10, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Great American Wiknic[edit]

In the area? You're invited to the Great American Wiknic.

Place: north of Minnehaha Falls in Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis
Date: Saturday, June 22, 2012
Time: 12–4 pm

Accessible from the Minnehaha Park METRO station, bus, walk, bike, or car
If driving, free parking available on 46th Ave. S, and pay parking in the park
Food and drink options nearby, or bring your own... maybe even to share!

For more, and to sign up (encouraged, not required) go to the meetup talk page.

This invitation was sent to users who were interested in past events. If you don't want to receive future invitations, you can remove your name from the invite list. —innotata 03:04, 13 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Minnesota Wikipedia Meetup on August 3[edit]

In the area? You are invited to the upcoming Minnesota monthly meetup on August 3.

Place: Lavvu Coffee House
813 4th St SE, Minneapolis 55414
Date: Saturday, August 3
Time: 1:00pm-3:00pm+

For more info and to sign up (not required), see the meetup talk page.

This invitation was sent to users who were interested in past events. If you don't want to receive future invitations, you can remove your name from the invite list.

—innotata 23:47, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Day Meetup on January 18[edit]

In the area? You are invited to the upcoming Minnesota meetup in commemoration of Wikipedia Day.

Place: Seward Cafe

2129 E Franklin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55404

Date: Saturday, January 18, 2014
Time: noon

For more info and to sign up (not required), see the meetup talk page.

This invitation was sent to users who were interested in past events. If you don't want to receive future invitations, you can remove your name from the invite list. —innotata 04:12, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Invite to the Minneapolis Institute of Art[edit]

Minneapolis Institute of Art edit-a-thon

Date: Saturday, October 24, 2015, 12pm–4pm
Location: Minneapolis Institute of Art Friends Community Room, 2400 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis
Sponsor: Minneapolis Institute of Art

You are invited to attend an Art+Feminism edit-a-thon at Minneapolis Institute of Art which will be held on Saturday, October 24, 2015. This editing event is dedicated to improving and increasing the presence of cultural, historic, and artistic information on Wikipedia pertaining to women artists.

For more information and to RSVP: → click here ←, you may register online for the event or call (612) 870-6323

--gobonobo ⁺ ^c 20:58, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open![edit]

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) 13:05, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open![edit]

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) 13:32, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Invite to an edit-a-thon at the Loft Literary Center[edit]

The Loft Literary Center edit-a-thon

Date: Thursday, February 11, 2016, 6–8pm
Location: Loft Literary Center, 1011 S Washington Ave, Room 203, Minneapolis
Sponsor: The Loft Literary Center

Hello Meersan! You are invited to attend an edit-a-thon at the Loft Literary Center which will be held on Thursday, February 11, 2016. This editing event is dedicated to improving and increasing the presence of cultural, historic, and artistic information on Wikipedia pertaining to artists from marginalized communities. Please bring a laptop. Refreshments will be provided.

For more information and to RSVP: → click here ←

We have also recently formed a user group for Minnesota editors. If you would like to join, please add your name to our page on meta. Thank you, gobonobo ⁺ ^c 23:19, 6 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"Contact ~The force of the Sound Four~" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Contact ~The force of the Sound Four~. Since you had some involvement with the Contact ~The force of the Sound Four~ redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. UnitedStatesian (talk) 00:08, 11 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]