User talk:Goodposts
Regarding Galileo: https://www.gsc-europa.eu/system-status/Constellation-Information
Maybe you missed the word NOT in front of USABLE, but its clearly there for 22 satellites. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.239.26.252 (talk) 18:51, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
- @79.239.26.252: This appears to be a temporary service outage, and not something that would render all 22 sattelites unusable. Best regards, Goodposts (talk) 18:57, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
Goodposts, you are invited to the Teahouse!
[edit]Hi Goodposts! Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia. We hope to see you there!
Delivered by HostBot on behalf of the Teahouse hosts 16:04, 13 January 2019 (UTC) |
HalabToday
[edit]Halab Today is it a good knowed biased anti government source and no any other proof. So need confirmation from the credible sources. This source has been involved in the publication of false information too many times.Mehmedsons (talk) 18:15, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
- @Mehmedsons: You are correct that Halab Today is an anti-government source, and a twitter one at that. To address this, I have added four new citations from published sources, including two foreign publications, one local publication that does not have anti-government leanings and lastly a publication from the government's official news agency, the Syrian Arab News Agency. I hope this addresses your concerns. Best regards, Goodposts (talk) 18:39, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
- Agree But I was mean that claim of Halab Today about the situation at the village Hasatiyah uncrediable. And nothing more.Mehmedsons (talk) 19:34, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
- @Mehmedsons: Ahh, I see. So far I'm only seeing some statements by anonymous rebel commanders, nothing concrete. Won't add anything unless confirmation comes up. The two sides still appear to be at eachother's throats, despite the truce. Goodposts (talk) 22:14, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
- Agree But I was mean that claim of Halab Today about the situation at the village Hasatiyah uncrediable. And nothing more.Mehmedsons (talk) 19:34, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
- Stop make a biased and intentional incorrect edits! Why you noted that another one ceasefire deal is it a strategic rebel victory. Rebels lost two major strongholds the Kafr Nabudah and Qalaat al-Madiq and more than 20 villages and several hills. And this ceasefire deal will be broken as the previous three deals. Your need know that the POV pushing and intentional misinterpretation of data is strictly prohibited. If you are not sure about correctness of your edits, post it on the talk page first so that it would be discussed. In conclusion, I want to say that if you continue to distort the articles and make biased changes, I will inform the administration about your actions.Mehmedsons (talk) 11:21, 3 August 2019 (UTC)
- @Mehmedsons: I literally have no idea what you are talking about. Nowhere did I ever note that the ceasefire deal was a "strategic rebel victory", nor a rebel victory of any kind. I even edited the infobox to increase the number of government-captured villages by three to reflect recent events, which if anything is something that makes the result of the offensive look to have ended more in the government's favour. Double-check who you are accusing before you make any accusations. Goodposts (talk) 11:37, 3 August 2019 (UTC)
- Sorry! this was intended for another editor. I'm really sorry dude.Mehmedsons (talk) 12:00, 3 August 2019 (UTC)
- @Mehmedsons: No problem, accidents happen. Thank you for the Barnstar! :)
A barnstar for you!
[edit]The Editor's Barnstar | |
For your significant contribution on improvement articles about Syrian Civil War Thanks!!! Mehmedsons (talk) 12:10, 3 August 2019 (UTC) |
ITN recognition for 2019 Ecuadorian protests
[edit]On 10 October 2019, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article 2019 Ecuadorian protests, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 05:28, 10 October 2019 (UTC)
Continuation
[edit]Discussion with Alcibiades979
|
---|
@Goodposts:I think one of the most striking parts of Vox's ascendancy in to the norm has been the geographic location. PP wouldn't have a prayer down in Andalucía and yet Murcia and parts of Andalusia have jumped straight over PP and Cs and gone straight from PSOE(Socialism) to Vox (far right); which is kind of like Medellín voting for Gustavo Petro, or San Francisco voting for Donald Trump. I think that's really explained by the Catalan thing and Spanish... self perception. I think part of the reason that the Catalan situation cuts so deep, and this is my personal perception, is that there's a real insecurity in Spain over its place in the continent, its reputation, and its national pride. So many young people have gone to central Europe, and it has a reputation in central Europe for being lazy and needing to be bailed out, ie: "remember that hardwork comes before the siesta." So when Catalunya says it's not Spain it's different, it works hard, and then follows it up with how they're having to subsidize the south and they don't want to be part of Spain I think that's what's turbo charged Vox to have such success particularly in the south is that plays heavily to problems with self-confidence, especially in the south which is one of the less developed regions of Spain. And I'm not going after the independence movement just saying how it has affected Spanish politics. What's also interesting about it is that to me a purely linear point of view, ie increased radicalization moving further right also doesn't really explain it. One of the provinces that Vox has had the least success in the past election was Galicia, a strong hold of conservatism and PP. Traditional conservative provinces having low traction and socialist provinces having tons of traction for a far-right party is a bit counter intuitive. As an aside I think a 2D view of politics isn't correct, theoretically conservatism is an aversion of new or radical policies a preference for what's been proven to work ie Economic Liberalism, and a slightly more conservative social outlook, I don't mind that, but what's often termed as the far right today advocates radical changes, in the case of Donald Trump upending world trade, attacking traditional alliances, and government agencies these things aren't conservative at all, they're liberal in that they're centered on change. Now I'm not saying that the far right is liberal, but neither that it's conservative rather just populist. Which is one of my biggest criticisms when it comes to the far right, I don't think they're conservative at all. Alcibiades979 (talk) 19:54, 17 November 2019 (UTC)
@Goodposts:The problem with the mega-conglomerates is that it's easy for them to get bogged down by the bureaucracy of it all. When you have such a big company keeping costs under control, and increasing efficiency becomes really problematic where as for the small ones costs are always on the forefront, and problems with efficiency are readily apparent and dealt with, and if not they go out of business. It's definitely true about their ability to sway politics, especially in smaller countries, for instance in Korea the new government vowed to go after the "chaebol" but as soon as they need those employment numbers its all down the tubes. I realize that the German economy is weak right now, but I much prefer its economic model of strongly encouraging small to midsize companies as a way to fuel competition, and having the large ones when they're actually needed for instance banks. It's kind of like the idea in physics with friction, a company starts off small, it either stops or it keeps going with speed, but eventually it gets bigger and bigger and slower and slower. It's a tricky question however, as I think the solution is regulation to encourage small businesses, not to punish large ones. Europe for instance has been very active in regulation, and it also noticeably lacks a real tech industry. I think their biggest tech company is Spotify, in an industry that is increasingly dominated by North America and East Asia. I liked your analogy of Iran and China, and I think it would have been spot on had you made it about 2,560 days ago, or the day before Xi took office. Xi's family purged like so many others, ironically regained its standing under Deng, and under Deng his father became a key figure in the SEZs. I say this is ironic because in a lot of ways Xi is more maoist than dengist. The clamp down on civil freedoms is constant in China whether it's the camps in Xinjiang, the increasing authoritarianism in Hong Kong, the social credit program which affects all aspects of life, or an instagram girl getting arrested for singing the national anthem in a cutesy way. One of the other interesting aspects is just how much this penetrates the populace, giving look backs to the cultural revolution. In Barcelona I had a number of Chinese friends, and knew quite a few more, and even there in Barcelona, Spain half a world a way I only ever heard one critique of China and in an incredibly oblique way something along the lines of, "When I first came here, I wanted to go back to China afterward, but there's a lot of stuff online here that isn't available, and I'm not so sure I want to go back anymore." Which I took as a reference to Tiananmen, the Cultural Revolution, and the purges. In contrary I had a friend from Iran and that guy you'd comment about the weather, and he'd launch in to a diatribe about how the Arabs destroying Persia by introducing Islam, haha. From a social stand point I might also make the analogy of Saudi Arabia. Both have a tremendous sense of social isolation. In Saudi you see the suburbs and every house has a family, and a high wall which keeps everyone else away, which is a perfect analogy for the social fabric of Saudi but it also translates to China, particularly Southern China which has many of the same dynamics. Between the mistrust instilled with the purges, and the shortages, to the new mentality of success in all aspects being centered on production ie money. Everything centers on the family and outside of that there is a lack of strong connection to a greater community. Leading to phrases like 没办法 mei ban fa nothing to be done. And social isolation, and lack of greater structures seem to be a wonderful way for more autocratic systems to exist. But I also don't think it's a fair assumption to say that Asia favors strong leaders, South Korea and Taiwan have incredibly active political systems, Japan's Abe is a bit authoritarian in nature, but Japan still has a strong democracy. Singapore has had the same political party for a long time but its founder Lee Kuan Yew was one of the best leaders of the 20th century, right up there with Deng and FDR. One of the things that Deng realized was that by turning away from socialism and going toward "socialism with chinese characteristics", a subject that's so difficult and counter intuitive that one must study it for a year in college, hehe, is that the party's mandate and ideology would be lost so under him a trend began to justify the rule of the communist party not along the lines of ideology but nationalism, which has had tremendous success due to the fractured state of China before, and unintended consequences as well. With all other social constructs destroyed in the north you were left with individualism, and the south the family, and from this an overarching idea of the greatness of China, and the injustices suffered by China through neglect, which has even lead to the re-imagination of Chinese history, Chang Kai Shek did lead the GMT, but he also fought the Japanese, so suddenly he gets cast in more sympathetic tones. I also think it's really difficult to get a good beat on domestic opinion in China. The first Tiananmen, with Zhuo Enlai's funeral was incredibly spontaneous and no one really predicted that there would be such an outpouring of emotion and simultaneous coming together. The second Tiananmen, the massacre, ostensibly happened because of a wall in Beijing, next to a bus stop, in which the people were allowed to freely express themselves, but the interesting point is the rapidity that people came together, not from a romantic standpoint, but once again it happened so quick. That's one of the reasons I think a trade deal with the US is unlikely, China's economy is slowing, and it has something to do with a trade war, but more to do with the fact that generally economies don't grow at 7-8% for ever, the US gives a common enemy. If you're interested in China and left-wing politics or just one of the two, there's a movie called A Touch of Sin by a director named Jia Zhangke which is about four different people struggling to live in a rapidly changing China. It's excellent, it was nominated for the Palme d'Or, and Jia won best Screenplay for it at Cannes. Sorry if this all was a bit rambling, drank a lot of coffee.
China is in many ways a country in transition. A transition between having almost nothing and having everything. A transition between localized village life and being the center of the world's economy. There are many opinions on China and China's history, as well as it's leaders and policies. At the moment, the country is before both major opportunities and major challenges. You're absolutely right that economies tend to not grow at very high rates forever. Hong Kong is a very important strategic position for China and the Chinese government must find a way to integrate it into it's country, while at the same time appeasing all the people that don't wish to have their way of life change. That will prove very difficult. At the same time, the clock on the special status as per the handover agreement is ticking down day by day. A harsh transition would probably lead to backlash. At the same time, China is not keen on having it's SAAs drift to the outer parts of it's national sphere. I wouldn't say that Asia prefers authoritarian leaders per, as many of these mentioned are not authoritarian. Although Asia is no stranger to dictators, especially in the twentieth century, the trend for even open political systems to be monopolized by single parties is something not usually seen in places like Europe. In practice there is little legally standing in the way for the unseating of the LDP in Japan, but in reality - it has all but dominated political life on the island nation for all but a handful of years since the peace treaty that ended it's part in WW2. That's what I was mostly getting at. In the west, there is usually a mentality of desiring to switch political leaders every so often. Hell, if we look at US Presidential Elections, we can see the same trend of two mandates Republican, two mandates Democrat starting from as far back as 30 years ago. But we musn't take mentalities for granted, as every person is, knowlingly or not, a byproduct of the culture and mentality with which he was raised. It is also very much worth mentioning that cultures are not hiveminds, and counter-cultures exist in just about every society. However, with all that said, it is still interesting to note how different cultures react with and to power in different ways. Goodposts (talk) 17:20, 19 December 2019 (UTC) |
ArbCom 2019 election voter message
[edit]ArbCom 2020 Elections voter message
[edit]Note
[edit]Just a note that I filed an ANI thread asking for sanctions against Huasteca, and I mentioned you (in a good way!) not by name but as "another editor" - as you came around and have been met with abuse by this user as well, I figured you may wish to know so you could offer your opinion on whether a topic ban from COVID-19 vaccines would be good for this user. Regards, -bɜ:ʳkənhɪmez (User/say hi!) 21:46, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
Welcome!
[edit]Hello, Goodposts, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages you might find helpful:
- Introduction
- The five pillars of Wikipedia
- How to edit a page
- How to write a great article
- Simplified Manual of Style
- Your first article
- Discover what's going on in the Wikimedia community
- Feel free to make test edits in the sandbox
- and check out the Task Center, for ideas about what to work on.
I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, please see our help pages, and if you can't find what you are looking for there, please feel free to ask me on my talk page or place {{Help me}}
on this page and someone will drop by to help. Again, welcome! Jonpatterns (talk) 19:11, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
ArbCom 2021 Elections voter message
[edit]ArbCom 2022 Elections voter message
[edit]Hello! Voting in the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 12 December 2022. 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 2022 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) 01:42, 29 November 2022 (UTC)