User talk:Khendon

Tumbly Edits

Thanks for your edits on The Tumble Down Dick Pub page and thanks for correcting my rookie mistakes! Shame we couldn't keep "the tumbly" nickname and the proposed demolition in the intro para. What's your thinking on these? Gtebbutt (talk) 14:19, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Hi - thanks for your great start to the article! I'll answer about the edits on the article talk page... Khendon (talk) 06:19, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Hi There

Oi, Dude! I'm not sure I'm addressing the right bloke, but if you're the one who wrote that red label is the highest selling water (I mean Scotch Whiskey, of course) I think it is black label.

Peace be on you and raise a tumbler of Bruiccliaddich (or whatever the hell the correct spelling of the Laddie is)

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Thanks :-) -- Khendon

Hi there. regarding your comment on Talk:List of time periods -- "I *will* start looking at linked pages before spending ages entering lots of data" -- I think most wikipedians have made that mistake before ... it's a good idea to do a search before creating new pages too. Hope it hasn't put you off. cheers -- Tarquin 09:30 Sep 17, 2002 (UTC)

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Hi Khendon!

Thanks for taking a look at the Military science page, you comments really help. Feel like taking a crack at War, I'm gonna need the help! Dobbs 15:12 Sep 25, 2002 (UTC)

hmmm...military equipement is not exactly the same as weapon...transport vehicles, barracks and other installations, for example....--AN 12:25 Sep 26, 2002 (UTC)

I know - but the redirect for Military technology and equipment was

already to Weapon, so I was trying to retain consistency. Weapon

has a list that includes things that aren't strictly speaking weapons,

anyway. - Khendon 13:49 Sep 26, 2002 (UTC)

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Hi Kendon ! Good work with the tabulation of (anti-)metrication arguments. I had the same idea just yesterday but hesitated actually doing it... you beat me ! --FvdP 12:44 Oct 3, 2002 (UTC)

Khendon, please stop being mean to Easter. He is a new user, and a celebrity in his own right.

I would prefer that you discuss any further changes in the talk pages, about Prince's racial identity, rather than reverting Easter's changes. Let's come to a consensus, based on mutual understanding. --Ed Poor

I only actually reverted the change the first time. The other edits were all rephrasings which I hoped would be acceptable. It certainly wasn't my intention to be "mean", and I still don't think I was being, but I accept your point that it could be interpreted as such. - Khendon 08:24 Oct 10, 2002 (UTC)

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What's up Khendon! I hope you work on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict page. It needs serious work. I believe your compassion will help correct the page's poor interpretation. Good luck :) - Peacemaker

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Thanks for deleting Two16's "comment" on the village pump. If it wasn't so bizarre it would be really really funny. :-) --mav

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Hi, not quite sure what you've done with Military units - have you seen the page Military unit? charlieF 16:55 Mar 24, 2003 (UTC)

On a related note - I see you're interested in lots of the military stuff. I've created a new page at British Army/Structure with links to most of the divisions and brigades. I'm assuming that brigades aren't numbered sequentially because some of them are now defunct - do you know if this is true? Also, there's a shedload of regiments that aren't listed on this page - if you can think of a `pretty' way of displaying them that doesn't turn the page into another list... :) charlieF 11:01 Mar 25, 2003 (UTC)

Good stuff :-) I've moved it to Structure of the British Army since page names with slashes are deprecated AIUI - Khendon 11:21 Mar 25, 2003 (UTC)

Hmmm, I've got to say that I disagree with the way you shifted the table from Military unit to Structure of the United States Armed Forces. For a start, the table lists Military units, whereas a page on the structure of the US armed forces should describe the various corps, regiments etc, imho (much as Structure of the British Army does). If you think that the table is overly us-centric, could I suggest that you/I/someone edits it for British (and any other country, if wanted) and puts it back in Military units? The reason I created the table in the first place was to provide a quick summary of the relative sizes and structure of an army! charlieF 12:22 Mar 25, 2003 (UTC)

I think if we want a table for comparing relative shapes and sizes, it'll have to be simplified considerably. - Khendon

Hi there, you have been listed as "inactive" on Wikipedia:Administrators. Please remove the notice when it is out of date. Cheers, Cyan 01:36, 9 Oct 2003 (UTC)

(sniffle) How sad :-) Hopefully one day I'll be back... -- Khendon 08:15, 10 Oct 2003 (UTC)

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FYI, you may be interested in the changes made to SA80 where I moved the better history to Assault rifle. -- Fuzheado 01:10, 19 Dec 2003 (UTC)

please see

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Inactive1

(Thanks for the notice ---Khendon 11:00, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC))

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The seem to be getting a trifle agitated at Rachelle Waterman! Giano 13:10, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Please see my comment over on Giano's talk page. — DV 13:35, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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Your right, it should be removed. Most of the sites that exist about ReFlag is about 5-6 mirrors of the same site, and the last thing that was posted was in Sept. 2003. See [1]. Zscout370 18:45, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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Khendon, please unprotect the UK page. I have decided that I shall not edit on that page again.-Heimdal 15:48, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Please see the discussion at wikipedia:requests for protection first. --Jiang 18:50, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I'll unprotect it and keep an eye on it, then --Khendon 19:07, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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Strap-on dildo DYK thankies

Just saying thanks for putting un-deleting it from the template... Actually, I'm surprised how few people are complaining about it, so I'd say consensus must be to keep it there.  :) Thanks, Bushytails 17:38, 17 October 2005 (UTC).

NCW Update

I disagree with your addition of US military to the NCW page. The term extends beyond the US - see for example the extended international membership in the NCOIC (www.ncoic.org). Unless you have thoughts to the contrary, I'd recommend changing it back. JXM 04:24, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

See Talk:Network-centric warfare for reply--Khendon 07:24, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

In response to your abrasive comment...

...did you not read what I said above it?

A. To prevent duplicate articles from being made by a "bad speller" B. To quickly access links that need fixing because a "bad speller" linked to it. C. Not everybody who uses the English wikipedia is a good speller, or even speaks fluent English.

Suppose somebody searches for "Barbara Streisand" (the correct spelling is actually "Barbra Streisand")... should we be telling them "forget you, you don't know how to spell"?

Also, I periodically run a bot to check all pages linking to misspelling redirects and change the links to point to the correct page, thereby correcting the spelling errors, hence the category for such redirects. — FREAK OF NUR_xTURE (TALK) 09:28, Feb. 14, 2006

Abrasive comment? I don't think I was particularly abrasive. But anyway. What if somebody searches for "Barbra Strisand", "Barbara Strisand", "Barbara Strisend"...? How many combinations will you include? --Khendon 17:17, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

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Welcome

back to the club :) As deletions are probably the area that most of us are most active at, you may wish to familiarise yourself with the WP:BLPPROD, and the new, New Page Patrol interface at Special:NewPagesFeed, and WP:Pending Changes. If there is anything else you would like to be brought up to speed on, don't hesitate to give me a yell. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 02:00, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! Khendon (talk) 09:44, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Doubts about existence of Republic of Buenos Aires

Hi Khendon I really appreciate and thank for your contgribution in the article Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute Refered to the Sovereignty dispute in article I have doubts existence of Republic of Buenos Aires. By those year Argentinian Republic where split in two goverments: Confederation of United Provinces and the Province of Buenos Aires. the governor of Buenos Aires, Jose Manuel de Rosas in 1835 was granted (or granted himself) with "sum of power public" and adquiried the right to manage international affairs. As far as I know Province of Buenos Aires did not became Republic. I know It was a difficult time and sovering power was split by internal conflicts and civil wars. I am not happy with the expression "Republic", instead I suggest a middle term an put simply "Buenos Aires" What you think? :Thanks! Javierpf (talk) 14:41, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Hi! Looking at it again, the section before says Later that year, Manuel Moreno, representing the United Provinces before Britain, protested the occupation, which the British rejected six months later. - I assume this is the same event so perhaps it's redundant anyway? Khendon (talk) 14:55, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

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Hi Khendon,

If possible, please would you be prepared to email me on socialmedia@manchester.ac.uk ?

Many thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SocialmediaUoM (talk • contribs) 11:46, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

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Beginning January 1, 2023, administrators who meet one or both of the following criteria may be desysopped for inactivity if they have:

1. Made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least a 12-month period OR
2. Made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period

Administrators at risk for being desysopped under these criteria will continue to be notified ahead of time. Thank you for your continued work.

22:52, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

Established policy provides for the removal of the administrative permissions of users who have made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period. Your administrative permissions will be removed if you do not return to the required activity level before the beginning of January 2023.

Inactive administrators are encouraged to engage with the project in earnest rather than to make token edits to avoid loss of administrative permissions. Resources and support for re-engaging with the project are available at Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/administrators. If you do not intend to re-engage with the project in the foreseeable future, please consider voluntarily resigning your administrative permissions by making a request at the bureaucrats' noticeboard.

Thank you for your past contributions to the project. — JJMC89 bot 08:31, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Imminent suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

Established policy provides for the removal of the administrative permissions of users who have made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period. Your administrative permissions will be removed if you do not return to the required activity level before the beginning of January 2023.

Inactive administrators are encouraged to engage with the project in earnest rather than to make token edits to avoid loss of administrative permissions. Resources and support for re-engaging with the project are available at Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/administrators. If you do not intend to re-engage with the project in the foreseeable future, please consider voluntarily resigning your administrative permissions by making a request at the bureaucrats' noticeboard.

Thank you for your past contributions to the project. — JJMC89 bot 00:55, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

Established policy provides for the removal of the administrative permissions of users who have made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period. Your administrative permissions have been removed.

Subject to certain time limits and other restrictions, your administrative permissions may be returned upon request at WP:BN.

Thank you for your past contributions to the project. — xaosflux ^Talk 02:19, 1 January 2023 (UTC)