User talk:UriBudnik

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Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 10:28, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Judo

I did not know that about MacArthur. Thanks for informing me. The information is not in the Judo article, which I checked before making my change to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. I guess I would want to read some source or something before re-adding it, and I think it would be more appropriate for the Judo article tna in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Taco Deposit | Talk-o to Taco 11:53, Apr 15, 2005 (UTC)

MMA

Wanted to set up a possible collaboration with you to get some of these MMA stubs filled out and a few of the nonexistant articles written. Been too busy at work to write all of the articles in Royce Gracie like I wanted to, but I should have the chance this evening and over the weekend. Your work on martial arts pages in general made me figure you would be the man to ask. Hit me back at my talk page and lets get started should you have the time! --Aika 18:04, May 19, 2005 (UTC)

Prey (novel)

Thanks for deleting my mistakes section in the Prey (novel) article, I have transferred it to the article discussion section (which I was going to do anyway) and hopefully it clarifies a few things.--Mohamo July 7, 2005 07:32 (UTC)

Yom Kippur War move

Regarding the move of that article to a new title, you might want to look at Talk:Territories_under_Israeli_control#Article_title_dispute. Jayjg ^(talk) 05:21, 30 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

My pleasure. Jayjg ^(talk) 12:47, 30 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Another motion to move Yom Kippur War

I am notifying the people who voted in the previous poll a few weeks ago that another motion to move Yom Kippur War has been made. See Talk:Yom_Kippur_War#Requested_move - Raul654 19:23, 9 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

translation on Mexican General Election

Uri, I feel that my version of the translation is best. The reasons are: 1. Political slogans should be short and sweet. The original is indeed short: "Mover a México para que las cosas se hagan." This is direct and pithy. The translation I made is similarly short: "Moving Mexico so that things get done." In my opinion, "moving" does not mean simply "changing direction". Also, 2. In English literature, "moving" certainly does connote "activity". Witness a famous translation from the Koran: "If Mohammed will not come to the mountain, the mountain will come to Mohammed," which gives rise to the common proverb "moving mountains" (i.e., to get things done). There is another proverbial expression, "moving heaven and earth" to get something done. So, "moving Mexico" certainly does fit with traditional English expression regarding activity and action. The version "putting Mexico in motion" does not dovetail neatly with the original, and it is overly wordy. glasperlenspiel 05:33, 5 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Link policy

I don't know of an "official policy" - but my "rule of thumb" has been to eliminate multiple links within the same paragraph or even in a section. One link per section, for example. What confused me about your edit is that you left mutliple copies of that link in the article (see the infobox as well), but you took out that one. - 12:21, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Talk:Boston Tea Party

Howdy, I noticed that you and I seem to post in one or two articles dealing with progressive issues in political science/sociology. There's currently a debate beginning in Boston Tea Party as to whether the article should include the category [1]. It meets definitions set in the articles Terrorism and Definition of terrorism, however, there are several self-proclaimed patriots who watch BTP who refuse to recognise the fact. The simple criteria for terrorism generally seem to be intimidation or destruction of property in order to change public policy or public opinion while a state of war has not yet been declared. Some users would rather use recent acts of terrorism as a yardstick, rather than using a firm definition, and hence lose their ability to discuss matters calmly. Would you be able to pop in to the Talk page and join in the discussion? Thanks much, samwaltz 05:31, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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