<P>Yeah, lir is a wonderful person. Just see [[http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Christopher_Columbus/Archived_talk]] for how wonderful he is.
<P>Zoe
<P> <B><I>Jesse Alter <jra3@njit.edu></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Hey, I'm new to the list, and I hope to keep up a bit. The main reason I <BR>subscribed was to talk about User:VeraCruz/Lir. I've been speaking to <BR>them on and off of Wikipedia, and they seem like a nice person. We've <BR>been speaking about various topics, and when advising me about <BR>Wikipedia, he's taught me a lot about empiricism and NPOV. I've read <BR>some articles he has contributed a lot to...<BR><BR>http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Kuwait<BR>http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantis_auxiliary_cruiser<BR>http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bail<BR>http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Mayhew_Wainwright_IV<BR><BR>...and I've been fairly impressed. I asked him if he could help me with <BR>a stub article I started, about Moulay Ismail, the Bloodthirsty. I had <BR>been unable to find much information on him, but over an IM conversation...<BR><BR>Him: are u talking about the prince of saudi arabia?<BR>Him: or the sultan?<BR>Me: This is a 17th century dude.<BR>Him: associated with Louis XIV ?<BR>Him: asked to marry the Princess of Conti?<BR>Him: did he have 800 children/<BR>Him: he ordered that the heads of 10,000 slain enemies adorn the walls <BR>of the two great imperial capitals, Fes and Marrakech.<BR>Him: heh us hould include this conversation where i find info for u as <BR>an example of how useful i am<BR>Him: Moulay Ismail enlisted over 25,000 Christian prisoners and 30,000 <BR>common criminals to build his pretentious city, and brought over 16,000 <BR>slaves from sub-Saharan Africa to serve in his military machine. By the <BR>time of his death in 1727, the Black Guard, as it was known, had grown <BR>tenfold and was one of the largest death guards in Morocco's history.<BR>Me: 800 children..<BR>Me: Yeah.<BR>Me: Geez man.<BR>Him: His grandson, Mohammed III, moved the capital back to Marrakech<BR>Him: most of Ismail's great monuments are still standing<BR>Him: Most of the fanciest tile work and wealth were stripped from Meknes <BR>and used to build up other imperial cities<BR><BR>and he also gave me a LOT of helpful links. *groan* I need to synthesize <BR>all of that information later...<BR><BR>I understand there were disagreements with other users. This is of <BR>course bound to happen, and Wikipedia boasts its ability to resolve <BR>those sorts of conflicts through its Talk page. This user is obviously <BR>someone who has the potential to be a great contributor to Wikipedia. I <BR>see no reason for him to be banned.<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR><BR>cprompt<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>WikiEN-l mailing list<BR>WikiEN-l@wikipedia.org<BR>http://www.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l</BLOCKQUOTE><p><br><hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!?<br>
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