User talk:Joaquín Martínez

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Contents 1 James Madison 2 Mother's Day 3 Conservapedia is needed in other Languages also! 4 Featured Articles... 5 Boy martyr 6 Fair use of Floating Icebergs 7 Block suggestion 8 Thank you for the welcome! 9 Physics Article 10 Image_upload_requests page question 11 Sotomayor 12 Vandals 13 Great addition to time 14 Empty set 15 Edit summaries 16 art article request 17 Expert help needed for images 18 Thank you 19 Can you fix the current featured article? 20 Thanks for the informative news posting 21 Nice image of the Bible! 22 Hello 23 Masterpiece 24 Allahu 25 Medicine in Egypt

James Madison

What information is contradictory to my point? He said in that quote that he favoured seperation of church and state. RDundas 22:04, 2 May 2009 (EDT)

I was referring to this source:

http://candst.tripod.com/tnppage/misq2.htm

...which illustrates that the source in which James Madison supposedly expresses his belief that religion is the basis and foundation of government is a quote mine and Madison's words were completely taken out of context. RDundas 22:48, 2 May 2009 (EDT)

Mother's Day

Thank you for the compliment. --Jpatt 19:39, 10 May 2009 (EDT)

Conservapedia is needed in other Languages also!

As an user bored and fatigued with extreme leftism from wikipedia, and because in other languages wikipedia is even many more leftist and atheist; I need to contact with people as you in order to work in a spanish version from conservapedia. And I need to know if I can post articles on conflicts between catholics and evangelicals in Mexico. God Bless you!. Eliécer Guillén.

Featured Articles...

• St. Matthew Passion Already considered and ready to be placed soon.
• Battle of Gettysburg See: Conservapedia:Featured articles/Past Nominations 08-09
• KAL 007 Survivors and the Forced Labor Concentration Camps of the Russian Federation See: Conservapedia:Featured articles/Past Nominations 08-09
• Operation Iraqi Freedom

All of the above seem fine to me, my friend. Hope this finds you and your family well and prepared for Summer! --₮K_/Admin^/Talk 20:15, 22 May 2009 (EDT)

Fine. I will see if any of them has already been selected. We are just fine of health, thank you so much. --Joaquín Martínez 21:37, 22 May 2009 (EDT)

My thought was although some were once considered unsuitable, many have undergone many changes, and we might want to re-consider. Of course I bow to your and Dean's judgment on this! --₮K_/Admin^/Talk 22:44, 22 May 2009 (EDT)

OK. --Joaquín Martínez 10:43, 23 May 2009 (EDT)

Thanks for the message, Joaquin! At the moment, I have nothing to recommend, though I've personally been working for a while on expading Twentieth Century period (music). There are still a few more sections and references needed before I can consider it finished and ready for suggestion, but you might want to take a look yourself and feel free to add some media. My next section will be about Latin American composers, including a special mention of Carlos Chavez; I notice that you've been responsible for CP's article on him, so please add whatever you like.
All the best to you and yours, JDWpianist 13:13, 24 May 2009 (EDT)

Boy martyr

• What really happened may never be known. But the previously unthinkable theory, backed by considerable evidence, is that a Palestinian shot the boy in cold blood to create a needed martyr to advance the Palestinian cause. [1]

Based on the above, and my recollection of other reports, it's possible that the Arabs who attacked the Israelis also created a fake "martyr". --Ed Poor ^Talk 14:38, 27 May 2009 (EDT)

It isn't exactly an unknown ploy, historically speaking, is it? The Nazi's and Communists frequently did and do employ such tactics, when it serves their political interests. To a committed Muslim, in point of fact, it would be an honor to be murdered in furtherance of their cause, same as the Homocide Bombers believe. Alinski merely used history to make his "Rules for Radicals" which are merely the tried-and-true tactics of terrorists down through the ages. --₮K_/Admin^/Talk 15:15, 27 May 2009 (EDT)

Fair use of Floating Icebergs

Could you please explain to me the situation regarding the fair use of that photograph? I admit I don't speak Spanish, but I was under the impression that El Pais charged for the right to reproduce photos.JohnathanS 20:07, 11 June 2009 (EDT)

Please visit: Fair use --Joaquín Martínez 20:18, 11 June 2009 (EDT)

Please excuse that troll's intrusion, my friend. I have taken care of it. Too many people with too little real work to do! --ṬK_/Admin^/Talk 20:45, 11 June 2009 (EDT)

Thank you Terry, a good work as always; great for CP! --Joaquín Martínez 20:50, 11 June 2009 (EDT)

Block suggestion

Could you look into User:Wheelchairman? I've noticed some erratic activity by him/her and feel that he/she may not be legit. Perhaps you could investigate and see what you think?--CPalmer 10:43, 19 June 2009 (EDT)

Thank you! You might want to remove any pages he created too: they are obscene/moronic. JohnFraiser 10:47, 19 June 2009 (EDT)

Thank you for the welcome!

I thank you! My sister novio is called Joaquin! They live in Spain! Leo Lexfundamen I see that you ask me to sign my edits but that message is not here. I am still get used to writing on wikipedia and I forget to sign the way I am supposed to. Do I write Lexfundamen each time or is there a way to sign that is more simple? Lexfundamen

To sign just use the "signature button"; ist alles klar? --Joaquín Martínez 21:31, 20 June 2009 (EDT)

Physics Article

Hi. I added the explanations to my change of definitions in the talk page of the physics article. Thanks for reverting back most of my edits --Quetzalcoatl 22:50, 23 June 2009 (EDT)

Great. --Joaquín Martínez 07:21, 24 June 2009 (EDT)

Image_upload_requests page question

What does the strikethough of the text requesting an image mean? I requested some images and I noticed you edited them to place a strikethough, what does that mean? -- BMcP 10:13, 24 June 2009 (EDT)

That those images are already uploaded. --Joaquín Martínez 10:16, 24 June 2009 (EDT)

Oh! Thanks, I will try and look for them then. -- BMcP 10:20, 24 June 2009 (EDT)

Sotomayor

I am recommending mainspace article Sotomayor remain until Monday instead of Saturday. If enough people get a chance to read about her, maybe they will be motivated to call their Congress and press to derail her.--Jpatt 02:09, 11 July 2009 (EDT)

Fine. --Joaquín Martínez 09:53, 11 July 2009 (EDT)

Vandals

Well, thanks for your work too! AddisonDM 19:16, 23 July 2009 (EDT)

• Joaquín my friend, that user was indeed a lying liar, the one who purported to be in the military. He has been blocked several times, and like all deceitful liberals, keeps coming back. Your instincts were correct. --ṬK_/Admin^/Talk 20:07, 23 July 2009 (EDT)

Great addition to time

Joaquin, I love that Dali artwork and it is a superb addition to time! Thank you for sharing that insight!--Andy Schlafly 23:25, 1 September 2009 (EDT)

My pleasure, as always! --Joaquín Martínez 23:28, 1 September 2009 (EDT)

Empty set

I see you've added the bit about Christian mathematicians back to the page about the empty set. I'm a Christian math grad student, and I've never heard of anything like this. This was the only edit this user ever made to the CP and it reeks of parody. But I'm willing to believe I'm wrong and just haven't encountered this -- do you have more information? Thanks for your work on the site -- I'm a big fan! --MarkGall 19:49, 2 September 2009 (EDT)

Sorry, I did think deleting that information was a mistake. Fixing it right now. --Joaquín Martínez 20:07, 2 September 2009 (EDT)

Edit summaries

Hi, Joaquín. I was just thinking about edit summaries when I noticed you left one out on your main page edit. So I added "your" edit summary; I don't mean to take credit for your addition, though.

By the way, some friends of mine are holding a prayer service (in the rain) at Ground Zero this morning. --Ed Poor ^Talk 10:10, 11 September 2009 (EDT)

Fine. --Joaquín Martínez 14:33, 11 September 2009 (EDT)

art article request

Joaquín,

I do like your art articles - especially when you feature Christian art. Could you please create these two articles: Christian paintings and Christian art. I think these two articles would be very beautiful articles since there is a lot of great Christian masterpieces. conservative 06:17, 21 September 2009 (EDT)

Sure, it is a great idea! --Joaquín Martínez 07:26, 21 September 2009 (EDT)

Thanks, I am especially looking forward to the Christian paintings. Perhaps, this will help: http://www.allposters.com/-st/Christian-Masterpiece-Posters_c5922_.htm conservative 04:05, 22 September 2009 (EDT)

Done, thank you for the advise. --Joaquín Martínez 17:03, 26 September 2009 (EDT)

Joaquin, thanks for creating the article. I tweaked the title of the article plus a few headings so people could find your article easier via the search engines. People do more searches on Christian paintings rather than Christian painting. conservative 19:20, 26 September 2009 (EDT)

It is fine but I got 51,400,000 for Christian painting and 25,300,000 de Christian paintings in Google at this moment. --Joaquín Martínez 19:38, 26 September 2009 (EDT)

Expert help needed for images

Joaquin, you're the master at the images. I need to reduce the images in Economics Lecture Four to half size, but when I use smaller sizes (e.g., 200px) the images will not display. Do you know how this can be done? It would be immensely helpful if those images could be reduced, because they are interfering with the printing of the lecture. Thanks so much, and thanks for teaching us with all of your contributions.--Andy Schlafly 10:29, 21 September 2009 (EDT)

Joaquin, thanks so much. Actually, I did more investigation and testing and just discovered that it was a long link that was causing the printing problem, rather than the images. That was bizarre. But your tip about preferring jpg to gif is very useful also. Thanks!--Andy Schlafly 16:45, 21 September 2009 (EDT)

Thank you

I appreciate your understanding. Godspeed to you as well. RoyP 12:27, 22 September 2009 (EDT)

Can you fix the current featured article?

The text for it include some Wiki code. Jinx McHue 21:49, 19 October 2009 (EDT)

Thanks for the informative news posting

Thanks, as always, Joaquin, for your informative news posting!--Andy Schlafly 18:12, 24 October 2009 (EDT)

Thank you Andy for your friendship. --Joaquín Martínez 22:05, 24 October 2009 (EDT)

Nice image of the Bible!

Thanks for the nice image of a Bible! You are the master of good images, Joaquin!--Andy Schlafly 14:37, 25 October 2009 (EDT)

Thank you so much! --Joaquín Martínez 20:40, 25 October 2009 (EDT)

Hello

Hello Joaquin;

You seem to be the artistic man on Conservapedia - I love the frontpage series - could you help me find/upload some good Stanley Spencer images? I just visited Sandham Memorial Chapel, which has some amazing and inspiring work by the man, but I can't find any good, free-use pictures of his frescoes. I was going to start an article on him and his work, and your help would be invaluable. Thankyou. AungSein 19:52, 31 October 2009 (EDT)

OK, good idea! --Joaquín Martínez 08:00, 1 November 2009 (EST)

Thankyou very much. AungSein 08:37, 1 November 2009 (EST)

Again, thanks for all the images. I borrowed some of your article layouts, but as I'm not very experienced at this whole wiki thing, it came out a bit weird. It's nice to have someone who knows about art - I've been browsing through some of your masterpiece archives, and especially like the Posada. There's an exhibition on Mexican engraving on right now at the British library, I might try to bring some post-cards back. AungSein 09:58, 1 November 2009 (EST)

Great! --Joaquín Martínez 10:19, 1 November 2009 (EST)

Masterpiece

Joaquin, the masterpiece is superb as always, but I think we can now move to the next masterpiece. This image might be a bit depressing to keep up all week. Thanks. Also, I'm going to suggest to User:Conservative that he trim the front page images near the bottom. Thanks much.--Andy Schlafly 16:57, 2 November 2009 (EST)

Done. --Joaquín Martínez 17:29, 2 November 2009 (EST)

Thanks! The new one is much more pleasant to look at, although does not make as lasting impression as the other one.  :-) The prior one was very effective and a compelling work of art. Your presentation of the masterpieces has been superb and much appreciated by many people.--Andy Schlafly 17:41, 2 November 2009 (EST)

Thanks Andy! --Joaquín Martínez 17:42, 2 November 2009 (EST)

If you please, I made a minor adjustment to your Masterpiece and World Treasure blocks on the main page; this was done to tighten up the whole and allow space for editorial cartoons as they come up. Hopefully, it works for you, but if not, feel free to revert it. Karajou 14:58, 4 November 2009 (EST)

Take note. --Joaquín Martínez 22:35, 4 November 2009 (EST)

Allahu

Joaquin, "Allahu" has to mean "Allah", not God. The Muslim chant, which is what this is from, is to Allah, not God.--Andy Schlafly 19:49, 6 November 2009 (EST)

Andy, the word "Allahu" means in Arab "God". It comes from: Al-lâh. "Al" means "the" and "ilah" means "god". --Joaquín Martínez 19:58, 6 November 2009 (EST)

Joaquin, I have an open mind about this, but Muslims chant to "Allahu" and they're not chanting to "God", but to "Allah". I suspect that the sources that translate "Allahu" as God would also translate "Allah" as God, but theologically that is not precise. Allah is now a common English word all its own and should be used here, rather than replaced by God.--Andy Schlafly 20:01, 6 November 2009 (EST)

I wonder if Arabic-speaking Christians/Jews refer to God as Allah/Allahu? -- Jeffrey W. Lauttamus_Discussion 20:04, 6 November 2009 (EST)

Good question, but this individual was Muslim, so I doubt it matters. He was referring to Allah. By the way, Allah has been an English word since ... 1584.--Andy Schlafly 20:05, 6 November 2009 (EST)

Please try: [2] --Joaquín Martínez 21:03, 6 November 2009 (EST)

Good point, Joaquin, and that seems to support your position. But on closer examination the dictionary is simply explaining what the English word "Allah" is: a synonym for God (which is an oversimplification). The dictionary is not translating "Allahu" as "Allah". Later on that page is the fuller definition, under "Word Origin & History": Allah 1702, Muslim name of the Supreme Being, from Arabic Allahu.--Andy Schlafly 21:33, 6 November 2009 (EST)

Joaquin is correct, Andy. The Arabic word "Allah" is formed from the word "al" and "ilah" literally meaning "The Lord." Arabic speaking Christians and Jews also refer to God as Allah. Moreover, Muslims worship the God of Abraham, just as Christians and Jews do. Indeed, even Jesus called God "Allah." When he cried out to God, he said "Eloi Eloi lama sabachthani" or "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Eloi in Aramaic is the same word as Allah in Arabic.

You seem to be under the impression that Muslims worship some deity whose name is Allah, which would be as wrong as me saying that Christians worship a deity named God. ArabicLesson 20:25, 7 November 2009 (EST)

Christians do worship God, and Muslims submit to Allah. Allah has been an English word and the accepted translation of "Allahu" since 1584.--Andy Schlafly 23:45, 7 November 2009 (EST)

Do you mean that the Muslim Allah is not the same deity as our Christian God? Cambrian 23:52, 7 November 2009 (EST)

According to dictionary.com, the word originated in 1702, not 1584. Furthermore, it is a synonym for the word 'God'. It is simply the Arabic word for God, used by Christians, Jews and Muslims speaking Arabic. Since the words God and Allah are synonyms, it doesn't particularly matter which is used, however I would argue in favour of using the word 'God' rather than 'Allah' when translating from Arabic into English. EJHall 23:56, 7 November 2009 (EST)

Note: Indication of synonym status. EJHall 00:00, 8 November 2009 (EST)

The Compact Oxford Dictionary defines "Allah" as "the name of God among Muslims (and Arab Christians)." The Cambridge Dictionary of American English says: "the Islamic name for God." The 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica: "the Arabic name used by Moslems of all nationalities for the one true God." The Catholic Encyclopedia: "The name of God in Arabic." MichaelHWC 23:57, 7 November 2009 (EST)

Dictionary.com is wrong in the date of origin for Allah in English.

In response to Cambrian, the words are different, and have different meanings, differences that precise translation preserves.--Andy Schlafly 23:59, 7 November 2009 (EST)

Apologies if you've done this before, but would you mind linking to a reference that supports your 1584 claim? EJHall 00:01, 8 November 2009 (EST)

Thank you for your response. We learned in school that Muslims worship the same God as us Catholics do. Are you saying they don't? I would like to know more about this so I can speak with a Syriac priest at my school who grew up in Lebanon. Cambrian 00:12, 8 November 2009 (EST)

Andy, you don't speak Arabic, so for you to claim authority on transliteration of Arabic is comical. Arabic uses modifiers to alter a root word to indicate relationships between words in a sentence. What you would transliterate as "Allahu Akhbar" is the word Allah modified by the "u" suffix to indicate the verb "to be" and then akhbar meaning "great" hence "God is great." Allahu is not a different word from Allah, as you suggest. It is the same word with a verb modifier. ArabicLesson 00:33, 8 November 2009 (EST)

Medicine in Egypt

Could we rename this article Medicine in Ancient Egypt seeing as how all the content is regarding ancient Egypt? -- Jeffrey W. Lauttamus_Discussion 21:15, 6 November 2009 (EST)

It had nothing in it but a request for deletion, so I deleted it. Am I missing something?--Andy Schlafly 21:34, 6 November 2009 (EST)

I'm sorry, I moved the content to the new page and put the {{speedy}} template on there. I thought that may be easier for you guys. Sorry for the mix up! -- Jeffrey W. Lauttamus_Discussion 21:39, 6 November 2009 (EST)