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User:TheReverendLee/user header

2007-06-24T18:32:31Z

TheReverendLee: Added Special:Logs

User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes

2007-06-24T18:18:31Z

TheReverendLee:

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=== My Userboxes ===
Feel free to use any of them. I don't mind.
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|My Userpage Userbox
|-
|colspan=2|{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/userpage}}
|-
|[[User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/userpage|Link]]||<nowiki>{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/userpage}}</nowiki>
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=3|More of My Userboxes
|-
|{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/Google}}||[[User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/Google|Link]]||<nowiki>{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/Google}}</nowiki>
|-
|{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/ULC}}||[[User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/ULC|Link]]||<nowiki>{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/ULC}}</nowiki>
|-
|{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/browser:PrefersFirefox}}||[[User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/browser:PrefersFirefox|Link]]||<nowiki>{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/browser:PrefersFirefox}}</nowiki>
|-
|{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/PepsiOverCoke}}||[[User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/PepsiOverCoke|Link]]||<nowiki>{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/PepsiOverCoke}}</nowiki>
|-
|{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/wpitw}}||[[User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/wpitw|Link]]||<nowiki>{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/wpitw}}</nowiki>
|-
|{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/en-us-N}}||[[User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/en-us-N|Link]]||<nowiki>{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/en-us-N}}</nowiki>
|-
|{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/en-gb-2}}||[[User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/en-gb-2|Link]]||<nowiki>{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/en-gb-2}}</nowiki>
|-
|{{User_Mythbusters}}||[[Template:User_Mythbusters|Link]]||<nowiki>{{User_Mythbusters}}</nowiki>
|-
|}
=== These are all Template:User_(box name) and were designed by other persons ===
{{userboxtop|align=center|left=0|extra-css=width:750px||}}
{{User_HTML}}
{{User_Block|1}}
{{User_handy}}{{clear}}
{{User_patriot_questions_authority}}
{{User_patriot}}
{{User_Critical}}{{clear}}
{{User_ClintonFan}}
{{User_guncontrol}}
{{User_gay_rights}}{{clear}}
{{User_Evo}}
{{User_bigbang}}
{{User_Political_Compass|-7.50|-5.95}}{{clear}}
{{User_Interest}}
{{User_Wikipedian}}
{{User_pubschool}}{{clear}}
{{User_cows_tasty}}
{{User_lose_weight}}
{{userboxbottom}}

User:TheReverendLee/monobook.css

2007-06-24T17:20:37Z

TheReverendLee: Removing all content from page

User:TheReverendLee/monobook.css

2007-06-24T17:10:27Z

TheReverendLee: .hdrbox - added

.hdrbox
{align:left;
background-color:#f8eaba;
color:#000000;
margin:0 35% 1em 35%;
text-align:center;
padding:0.1em;}

Template talk:Ship

2007-06-24T16:48:57Z

TheReverendLee: Suggested changes to the template.

=== Suggestions for changes to the template ===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%; float: right; clear: right;"
|+ style="font-size: larger;" | {{{name}}}
|-
|colspan=2|img {{{pict}}}
|-
! Contract Awarded
| {{{award|}}}
|-
! Construction Begun
| {{{const|}}}
|-
! Launched
| {{{launch|}}}
|-
! Commissioned
| {{{comm|}}}
|-
! Decommissioned
| {{{decomm|}}}
|-
! Displacement
| {{{disp|}}}
|-
! Length
| {{{length|}}}
|-
! Beam
| {{{beam|}}}
|-
! Draft
| {{{draft|}}}
|-
! Speed
| {{{speed|}}}
|-
! Test depth
| {{{test|}}}
|-
! Armament
| {{{armament|}}}
|-
! Crew
| {{{crew|}}}
|-
|colspan=2|crest {{{crest}}}
|}
Usage: <nowiki>
{{Ship
|name=
|pict=
|award=
|const=
|launch=
|comm=
|decomm=
|disp=
|length=
|beam=
|draft=
|speed=
|test=
|armament=
|crew=
|crest=
}}
</nowiki>

Not all parameters have to be included: <nowiki>{{Ship|name=Name|crew=50}}</nowiki> works, too.

Just some random thoughts on the subject. '''[[User:TheReverendLee|The Rev.]] 12:48, 24 June 2007 (EDT)'''

User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes

2007-06-24T15:51:37Z

TheReverendLee: /* These are all Template:User_(box name) and were designed by other persons */

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=== My Userboxes ===
Feel free to use any of them. I don't mind.
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|My Userpage Userbox
|-
|colspan=2|{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/userpage}}
|-
|[[User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/userpage|Link]]||<nowiki>{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/userpage}}</nowiki>
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=3|More of My Userboxes
|-
|{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/Google}}||[[User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/Google|Link]]||<nowiki>{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/Google}}</nowiki>
|-
|{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/ULC}}||[[User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/ULC|Link]]||<nowiki>{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/ULC}}</nowiki>
|-
|{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/browser:PrefersFirefox}}||[[User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/browser:PrefersFirefox|Link]]||<nowiki>{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/browser:PrefersFirefox}}</nowiki>
|-
|{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/PepsiOverCoke}}||[[User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/PepsiOverCoke|Link]]||<nowiki>{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/PepsiOverCoke}}</nowiki>
|-
|{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/wpitw}}||[[User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/wpitw|Link]]||<nowiki>{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/wpitw}}</nowiki>
|-
|{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/en-us-N}}||[[User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/en-us-N|Link]]||<nowiki>{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/en-us-N}}</nowiki>
|-
|{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/en-gb-2}}||[[User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/en-gb-2|Link]]||<nowiki>{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/en-gb-2}}</nowiki>
|-
|{{User_Mythbusters}}||[[Template:User_Mythbusters|Link]]||<nowiki>{{User_Mythbusters}}</nowiki>
|-
|}
=== These are all Template:User_(box name) and were designed by other persons ===
{{userboxtop|align=center|left=0|extra-css=width:750px|Userboxes I'm Considering}}
{{User_HTML}}
{{User_Block|1}}
{{User_handy}}{{clear}}
{{User_patriot_questions_authority}}
{{User_patriot}}
{{User_Critical}}{{clear}}
{{User_ClintonFan}}
{{User_guncontrol}}
{{User_gay_rights}}{{clear}}
{{User_Evo}}
{{User_bigbang}}
{{User_Political_Compass|-7.50|-5.95}}{{clear}}
{{User_Interest}}
{{User_Wikipedian}}
{{User_pubschool}}{{clear}}
{{User_cows_tasty}}
{{User_lose_weight}}
{{userboxbottom}}

User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes

2007-06-23T18:28:23Z

TheReverendLee: New page: __TOC__ === My Userboxes === Feel free to use any of them. I don't mind. {| class="wikitable" !colspan=2|My Userpage Userbox |- |colspan=2|{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/userpage}} |- ...

__TOC__

=== My Userboxes ===
Feel free to use any of them. I don't mind.
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|My Userpage Userbox
|-
|colspan=2|{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/userpage}}
|-
|[[User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/userpage|Link]]||<nowiki>{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/userpage}}</nowiki>
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=3|More of My Userboxes
|-
|{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/Google}}||[[User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/Google|Link]]||<nowiki>{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/Google}}</nowiki>
|-
|{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/ULC}}||[[User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/ULC|Link]]||<nowiki>{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/ULC}}</nowiki>
|-
|{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/browser:PrefersFirefox}}||[[User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/browser:PrefersFirefox|Link]]||<nowiki>{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/browser:PrefersFirefox}}</nowiki>
|-
|{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/PepsiOverCoke}}||[[User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/PepsiOverCoke|Link]]||<nowiki>{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/PepsiOverCoke}}</nowiki>
|-
|{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/wpitw}}||[[User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/wpitw|Link]]||<nowiki>{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/wpitw}}</nowiki>
|-
|{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/en-us-N}}||[[User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/en-us-N|Link]]||<nowiki>{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/en-us-N}}</nowiki>
|-
|{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/en-gb-2}}||[[User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/en-gb-2|Link]]||<nowiki>{{User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/en-gb-2}}</nowiki>
|-
|{{User_Mythbusters}}||[[Template:User_Mythbusters|Link]]||<nowiki>{{User_Mythbusters}}</nowiki>
|-
|}
=== These are all Template:User_(box name) and were designed by other persons ===
{{userboxtop|align=center|left=0|extra-css=width:750px|Userboxes I Would Use if My User Page Wasn't User Protected User}}
{{User_HTML}}
{{User_Block|1}}
{{User_handy}}{{clear}}
{{User_patriot_questions_authority}}
{{User_patriot}}
{{User_Critical}}{{clear}}
{{User_ClintonFan}}
{{User_guncontrol}}
{{User_gay_rights}}{{clear}}
{{User_Evo}}
{{User_bigbang}}
{{User_Political_Compass|-7.50|-5.95}}{{clear}}
{{User_Interest}}
{{User_Wikipedian}}
{{User_pubschool}}{{clear}}
{{User_cows_tasty}}
{{User_lose_weight}}
{{userboxbottom}}

Template:User Mythbusters

2007-06-23T17:35:21Z

TheReverendLee: Added description per Help:Creating_templates

{{Userbox
|border-c = silver
|border-s = 2
|id-c = #1560bd
|id-s = 14
|id-fc = #ffffff
|info-c = #1560bd
|info-s = 8
|info-fc = #ffffff
|id = MB
|info = This user '''rejects''' your reality and substitutes his own!
}}

<noinclude>{{clear}}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|''Userbox:'' {{{name|{{PAGENAME}}}}}
|-
| ''Use on'' ||User pages only
|-
| ''Use for'' ||Declaring fandom of MythBusters on TLC
|-
| ''Category userbox applies to page'' ||{{#if:{{{cat|}}}|[[:category:{{{cat}}}|{{{cat}}}]]|(none)}}
|}

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=4|Userbox Parameters{{#if:{{{1|}}}}}
|-
|{{#if: {{{1|}}} ||colspan=4}}{{#if:{{{1|}}}|{{!}}'''Name'''{{!}}{{!}}'''Purpose'''{{!}}{{!}}'''Required?'''{{!}}{{!}}'''Comment'''
{{{1}}}|{{!}}This userbox has no parameters}}
|}
</noinclude>

Template:User Mythbusters

2007-06-23T17:32:12Z

TheReverendLee: Changed the format to use Template:Userbox

User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/PepsiOverCoke

2007-06-23T17:03:38Z

TheReverendLee: New page: {{Userbox |border-c = #000 |border-s = 1 |id-c = #fff |id-s = 11 |id-fc = #000 |info-c = #0000FF |info-s = 8 |info-fc = #fff |id = Pepsi |info ...

{{Userbox
|border-c = #000
|border-s = 1
|id-c = #fff
|id-s = 11
|id-fc = #000
|info-c = #0000FF
|info-s = 8
|info-fc = #fff
|id = Pepsi
|info = '''This user prefers Pepsi over Coca-Cola.'''
}}

<noinclude>{{clear}}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|''Userbox:'' {{{name|{{PAGENAME}}}}}
|-
| ''Use on'' ||User pages only
|-
| ''Use for'' ||Declaring membership in ''The New Generation''
|-
| ''Category template applies to page'' ||{{#if:{{{cat|}}}|[[:category:{{{cat}}}|{{{cat}}}]]|(none)}}
|}

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=4|Userbox Parameters{{#if:{{{1|}}}}}
|-
|{{#if: {{{1|}}} ||colspan=4}}{{#if:{{{1|}}}|{{!}}'''Name'''{{!}}{{!}}'''Purpose'''{{!}}{{!}}'''Required?'''{{!}}{{!}}'''Comment'''
{{{1}}}|{{!}}This userbox has no parameters}}
|}
</noinclude>

User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/en-gb-2

2007-06-23T16:55:14Z

TheReverendLee: New page: {{Userbox |border-c=#000 |border-s=1 |id-c=#77e0e8 |id-s=10 |id-fc=#000 |info-c=#fff |info-s=8 |info-fc=#000 |id=en-gb-2 |info=This user is an '''intermediate''' speaker of '''British Engl...

{{Userbox |border-c=#000 |border-s=1 |id-c=#77e0e8 |id-s=10 |id-fc=#000 |info-c=#fff |info-s=8 |info-fc=#000 |id=en-gb-2 |info=This user is an '''intermediate''' speaker of '''British English'''.}}
<noinclude>{{clear}}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|''Userbox:'' {{{name|{{PAGENAME}}}}}
|-
| ''Use on'' ||User pages only
|-
| ''Use for'' ||Stating intermediate language ability in British English
|-
| ''Category template applies to page'' ||{{#if:{{{cat|}}}|[[:category:{{{cat}}}|{{{cat}}}]]|(none)}}
|}

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=4|Userbox Parameters{{#if:{{{1|}}}}}
|-
|{{#if: {{{1|}}} ||colspan=4}}{{#if:{{{1|}}}|{{!}}'''Name'''{{!}}{{!}}'''Purpose'''{{!}}{{!}}'''Required?'''{{!}}{{!}}'''Comment'''
{{{1}}}|{{!}}This userbox has no parameters}}
|}

=== Comments ===
I made this, because '''{{[[Conservapedia:Babel|babel|gb-2]]}}''' does not exist.
</noinclude>

User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/wpitw

2007-06-23T16:48:05Z

TheReverendLee: New page: {{Userbox |border-c=#000 |border-s=1 |id-c=#f60 |id-s=16 |id-fc=#fff |info-c=#cc2 |info-s=8 |info-fc=#000 |id=K.O. |info=This user received an honorable mention for '''Worst Person in the ...

{{Userbox |border-c=#000 |border-s=1 |id-c=#f60 |id-s=16 |id-fc=#fff |info-c=#cc2 |info-s=8 |info-fc=#000 |id=K.O. |info=This user received an honorable mention for '''Worst Person in the World'''}}
<noinclude>{{clear}}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|''Userbox:'' {{{name|{{PAGENAME}}}}}
|-
| ''Use on'' ||User pages only
|-
| ''Use for'' ||Showing allegiance to a certain MSNBC commentator
|-
| ''Category template applies to page'' ||{{#if:{{{cat|}}}|[[:category:{{{cat}}}|{{{cat}}}]]|(none)}}
|}

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=4|Userbox Parameters{{#if:{{{1|}}}}}
|-
|{{#if: {{{1|}}} ||colspan=4}}{{#if:{{{1|}}}|{{!}}'''Name'''{{!}}{{!}}'''Purpose'''{{!}}{{!}}'''Required?'''{{!}}{{!}}'''Comment'''
{{{1}}}|{{!}}This userbox has no parameters}}
|}
</noinclude>

User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/en-us-N

2007-06-23T16:44:22Z

TheReverendLee: New page: {{Userbox |border-c=#000 |border-s=1 |id-c=#6ef7a7 |id-s=10 |id-fc=#000 |info-c=#fff |info-s=8 |info-fc=#000 |id=en-us-N |info= This user is a '''native''' speaker of '''American English''...

{{Userbox |border-c=#000 |border-s=1 |id-c=#6ef7a7 |id-s=10 |id-fc=#000 |info-c=#fff |info-s=8 |info-fc=#000 |id=en-us-N |info= This user is a '''native''' speaker of '''American English'''.}}

<noinclude>{{clear}}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|''Userbox:'' {{{name|{{PAGENAME}}}}}
|-
| ''Use on'' ||User pages only
|-
| ''Use for'' ||Stating native language ability in American English
|-
| ''Category template applies to page'' ||{{#if:{{{cat|}}}|[[:category:{{{cat}}}|{{{cat}}}]]|(none)}}
|}

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=4|Userbox Parameters{{#if:{{{1|}}}}}
|-
|{{#if: {{{1|}}} ||colspan=4}}{{#if:{{{1|}}}|{{!}}'''Name'''{{!}}{{!}}'''Purpose'''{{!}}{{!}}'''Required?'''{{!}}{{!}}'''Comment'''
{{{1}}}|{{!}}This userbox has no parameters}}
|}

=== Comments ===
I made this, but '''{{[[Conservapedia:Babel|babel|en]]}}''' could be used as well.
</noinclude>

User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/userpage

2007-06-23T16:26:45Z

TheReverendLee: Added Comments

{| id="userpage" align="center" style="text-align:center; border:1px solid #ffc9c9; background-color:#FFFFF3"
|- padding:1em;padding-top:0.5em;"
|style="font-size:8pt"|'''This is a<span style="white-space: nowrap"> Conservapedia</span> user page. This is not an encyclopedia article.'''
|-
|style="font-size:8pt"|If you find this page on any site other than<span style="white-space: nowrap"> Conservapedia,</span> you are viewing a mirror site. Be aware that the page may be outdated and that the user to whom this page belongs may have no personal affiliation with any site other than<span style="white-space: nowrap"> Conservapedia</span> itself. The original page is located at <span style="white-space: nowrap">[http://www.conservapedia.com/{{FULLPAGENAME}} http://www.conservapedia.com/{{FULLPAGENAME}}]. </span>
|}

<noinclude>{{clear}}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|''Userbox:'' {{{name|{{PAGENAME}}}}}
|-
| ''Use on'' ||User pages only
|-
| ''Use for'' ||Marking a page as not part of the official Wiki
|-
| ''Category template applies to page'' ||{{#if:{{{cat|}}}|[[:category:{{{cat}}}|{{{cat}}}]]|(none)}}
|}

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=4|Userbox Parameters{{#if:{{{1|}}}}}
|-
|{{#if: {{{1|}}} ||colspan=4}}{{#if:{{{1|}}}|{{!}}'''Name'''{{!}}{{!}}'''Purpose'''{{!}}{{!}}'''Required?'''{{!}}{{!}}'''Comment'''
{{{1}}}|{{!}}This userbox has no parameters}}
|}
{{clear}}
=== Comments ===
This Userbox should be fairly self-explanatory. It is designed to mark a page as being '''outside''' of the official Conservapedia. It also explains that if the page is found somewhere other than Conservapedia, the page may not be current.

Use it if you want. The link at the bottom of the box will follow the page it is placed on.

'''[[User:TheReverendLee|The Rev.]] 12:26, 23 June 2007 (EDT)'''
</noinclude>

User talk:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/browser:PrefersFirefox

2007-06-23T15:54:16Z

TheReverendLee: New page: == My Thoughts == I made this box, you may use this box. I may move this box, or duplicate it as a template if it is so requested. This userbox does not add a category, but if enough pe...

== My Thoughts ==

I made this box, you may use this box. I may move this box, or duplicate it as a template if it is so requested.

This userbox does not add a category, but if enough people use it, maybe a category will be added.

'''[[User:TheReverendLee|The Rev.]] 11:54, 23 June 2007 (EDT)'''

User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/browser:PrefersFirefox

2007-06-23T15:24:32Z

TheReverendLee: Added description per Help:Creating_templates

<div style="float: left; border: solid #ffb466 1px; margin: 1px;">
{| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; color: #000000; background: #ffe496;"
| style="width: 43px; height: 43px; background: #ffb466; text-align: center;" |'''Fx'''
| style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user prefers '''[[Mozilla Firefox]]'''.
|}</div>
<noinclude>{{clear}}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|''Userbox:'' {{{name|{{PAGENAME}}}}}
|-
| ''Use on'' ||User pages only
|-
| ''Use for'' ||Declaring a preference to browse the Internet with [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/ Firefox]
|-
| ''Category template applies to page'' ||{{#if:{{{cat|}}}|[[:category:{{{cat}}}|{{{cat}}}]]|(none)}}
|}

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=4|Userbox Parameters{{#if:{{{1|}}}}}
|-
|{{#if: {{{1|}}} ||colspan=4}}{{#if:{{{1|}}}|{{!}}'''Name'''{{!}}{{!}}'''Purpose'''{{!}}{{!}}'''Required?'''{{!}}{{!}}'''Comment'''
{{{1}}}|{{!}}This userbox has no parameters}}
|}
</noinclude>

User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/userpage

2007-06-23T15:21:12Z

TheReverendLee:

{| id="userpage" align="center" style="text-align:center; border:1px solid #ffc9c9; background-color:#FFFFF3"
|- padding:1em;padding-top:0.5em;"
|style="font-size:8pt"|'''This is a<span style="white-space: nowrap"> Conservapedia</span> user page. This is not an encyclopedia article.'''
|-
|style="font-size:8pt"|If you find this page on any site other than<span style="white-space: nowrap"> Conservapedia,</span> you are viewing a mirror site. Be aware that the page may be outdated and that the user to whom this page belongs may have no personal affiliation with any site other than<span style="white-space: nowrap"> Conservapedia</span> itself. The original page is located at <span style="white-space: nowrap">[http://www.conservapedia.com/{{FULLPAGENAME}} http://www.conservapedia.com/{{FULLPAGENAME}}]. </span>
|}

<noinclude>{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|''Userbox:'' {{{name|{{PAGENAME}}}}}
|-
| ''Use on'' ||User pages only
|-
| ''Use for'' ||Marking a page as not part of the official Wiki
|-
| ''Category template applies to page'' ||{{#if:{{{cat|}}}|[[:category:{{{cat}}}|{{{cat}}}]]|(none)}}
|}

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=4|Userbox Parameters{{#if:{{{1|}}}}}
|-
|{{#if: {{{1|}}} ||colspan=4}}{{#if:{{{1|}}}|{{!}}'''Name'''{{!}}{{!}}'''Purpose'''{{!}}{{!}}'''Required?'''{{!}}{{!}}'''Comment'''
{{{1}}}|{{!}}This userbox has no parameters}}
|}
</noinclude>

User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/Google

2007-06-23T15:14:54Z

TheReverendLee: Added description per Help:Creating_templates

{{Userbox
|border-c = #103c94
|border-s = 1
|id-c = #ffffff
|id-s = 25
|id-fc = #103c94
|info-c = #ffffff
|info-s = 8
|info-fc = #103c94
|id = G
|info = This user uses '''Google''' as a primary search engine.
}}

<noinclude>{{clear}}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|''Userbox:'' {{{name|{{PAGENAME}}}}}
|-
| ''Use on'' ||User pages only
|-
| ''Use for'' ||Declaring a preference to use [http://www.google.com Google] as the default search engine
|-
| ''Category template applies to page'' ||{{#if:{{{cat|}}}|[[:category:{{{cat}}}|{{{cat}}}]]|(none)}}
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=4|Userbox Parameters{{#if:{{{1|}}}}}
|-
|{{#if: {{{1|}}} ||colspan=4}}{{#if:{{{1|}}}|{{!}}'''Name'''{{!}}{{!}}'''Purpose'''{{!}}{{!}}'''Required?'''{{!}}{{!}}'''Comment'''
{{{1}}}|{{!}}This userbox has no parameters}}
|}
</noinclude>

User:TheReverendLee/Userboxes/ULC

2007-06-23T15:09:10Z

TheReverendLee: Added description per Help:Creating_templates

{{Userbox
|border-c = #bb0000
|border-s = 1
|id-c = #bb0000
|id-s = 14
|id-fc = #000000
|info-c = #ffffff
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Talk:Gun control

2007-06-23T14:16:09Z

TheReverendLee: /* Duplicate sentence revert. */

Quote: "This right is a natural right which we are endowed by our Creator with, and the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution explicitly recognizes this pre-existing natural right of individuals to own and carry tools useful for self-defense."

This assertion requires citation to comply with the Commandments, as, no matter how rational and obvious, it is a personal opinion. Additionally, it would be useful, and would strengthen the assertion, if a clearer explanation of the constitutional right to carry tools really exists, vis-a-vis pre-existing natural rights. If a constitutional scholar is available, it would be great if he could comment here, as the Second Amendment is of the utmost importance and we should support it more clearly.

:I agree, the wording of the Second Amendment is hardly explicit. Also, Jesus reprimanded Peter for trying to defend them with a sword, so whether our Creator wants us to defend ourselves with guns is debatable. --[[User:Daniel B. Douglas|Daniel B. Douglas]] 12:57, 17 March 2007 (EDT)

:Besides: the "natural" sic for (inalienable?) right stems for the [[Declaration of Independence]] not from the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]]. --[[User:Cracker|Cracker]]<sup>[[User_Talk:Cracker|talk]]</sup> 13:06, 17 March 2007 (EDT)

I think my version was more clear and accurate, but it's your site.
[[User:Palmd001|Palmd001]] 09:05, 19 March 2007 (EDT)

The Second Amendment gives 'The People' - that is The American People (not persons as in individuals) the right to arm itself, specifically against the British who claimed sovereignty over the American People, forbidding them to bear arms except under the King.

Countries with gun control have fewer homicides, as do US states with gun control. And as Daniel B Douglas points out Jesus requires his followers to turn the other cheek: I certainly don't remember God asking us to arm ourselves to the teeth. KT

The Bill of Rights is specifically about INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS. If you think Jesus Christ, the Son of God is a pacifist then you should read about His second coming in the Book of Revelations. In all countries without a similar version of our 2nd Ammendment right have fewer individual freedoms and rights. Gee, if only we were like other countries, sigh.--[[User:Roopilots6|Roopilots6]] 19:04, 14 May 2007 (EDT)

==Patriot Act==

Cut:
:Interestingly enough, the USA PATRIOT Act is another law that restricts liberties in the name of safety, yet those in favor of the PATRIOT ACT are often opposed to gun control.

What does "another law that restricts liberties" mean? Is it a "restriction" that any overseas phone call I make to a suspected terrorist will be monitored?

Where is the contradiction between wanted terrorists thwarted, and wanting to defend oneself against muggers and rapists? --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 09:00, 16 April 2007 (EDT)

== VIRGINIA TECH ==

So - is NOW a good time to discuss things like waiting periods (I beleive Virginia has none), conceal laws(Virginia lets you do that) and other such unpleasantries???? [[User:Jacobin|Jacobin]] 20:22, 16 April 2007 (EDT) 20:22, 16 April 2007 (EDT)

:Any time is a good time to help craft a balanced article presenting arguments for and against gun control laws. I have seen arguments on both sides enough to fill up several books.

:Can you boil it down to 2,000 words or less?

well, cars still kill wayyy more people.[[User:Jaques|Jaques]] 21:55, 16 April 2007 (EDT)
:Uhm... So anything that kills less that cars per year should be legal to have and use? [[User:Timppeli|Timppeli]] 22:00, 16 April 2007 (EDT)

::47,000 fatal car accidents per year in the U.S. versus around 1,000,000 non-fatal uses of guns in self-defense. I'd ban cars on that basis, but there's obviously much more to it. Do we have an article summarizing the findings of [[John Lott]], the statistician who wrote ''[[More Guns, Less Crime]]''? --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 22:08, 16 April 2007 (EDT)

:::'''Question''': What happens if one of the students who was shot had a gun with which to defend himself? '''Answer''': there would be less people dead then there are now. --[[User:CPAdmin1|CPAdmin1]] 22:21, 16 April 2007 (EDT)

::::'''Counter question''': How many students would be killed every year in shootouts in schools, if we allowed people to carry guns there? I bet even the accidental shootings would kill more people nationwide, not to mention all the things people can do when they are angry, gang related stuff and so on. [[User:Timppeli|Timppeli]] 22:40, 16 April 2007 (EDT)

'''Question''': what happens if the murderer hadn't been able to get a gun? '''Answer''': there would be ''many'' less people dead then there are now. -'''<font color="#007FFF">Ames</font><font color="#FF0000">G</font>'''<sub>[http://www.conservapedia.com/User_talk:AmesG yo!]</sub> 22:25, 16 April 2007 (EDT)

:'''Question''': Who are and who are not prevented from getting guns by gun control laws? '''Answer''': Law abiding citizens are prevented from getting guns and criminals are not. --[[User:HSDad|HSDad]] 22:36, 16 April 2007 (EDT)

:::::'''Reply''' Regardless of what the laws are a criminal who wants a gun will be able to get one. Look an how effective (not very) the laws against illegal drugs are. gun control takes the guns out of the hands of the law abiding citizens but not the criminals. --[[User:CPAdmin1|CPAdmin1]] 22:31, 16 April 2007 (EDT)
::::::::More likely he would use some other weapon to kill. Like run over someone with his car.[[User:Jaques|Jaques]] 22:30, 16 April 2007 (EDT)

::::Well they have so-called "motor-voter" laws that enable people who get driver's licenses to register to vote.<br>Perhaps they could draft a "motor-toter" law, to issue every driver a handgun? Carjackings would go WAY down.[[User:Rob Pommer| Rob Pommer]]<sub>[[User_talk:Rob_Pommer|talk]]</sub>

The argument that criminals would still get guns if they wanted them has some foundation in logic, however, it has no foundation statistically. A comparison to England will suffice. It bears out the conclusion that while some criminals still get guns, it is fewer - the mental & physical block of having to break another law just to get a gun actually deters gun crime :-) -'''<font color="#007FFF">Ames</font><font color="#FF0000">G</font>'''<sub>[http://www.conservapedia.com/User_talk:AmesG yo!]</sub> 22:42, 16 April 2007 (EDT)

:Allso should be concidered where the criminals get their guns, those dont show up from nowhere. Most are stolen from those who have legally purchased them. Less gun owners, less weapons around to be stolen. [[User:Timppeli|Timppeli]] 22:44, 16 April 2007 (EDT)
:::or stolen from a cop. ya, all cops have guns. [[User:Jaques|Jaques]] 12:40, 17 April 2007 (EDT)

Guys, all of this is good stuff, but please consider before posting whether it's better to go to the [[Debate topics]]. Are you planning to help write a balanced article here? --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 22:47, 16 April 2007 (EDT)

* Read [http://hotair.com/archives/2007/04/16/where-did-the-shooter-get-his-guns/ this] information via Hot Air. -- [[User:AmeriCan|AmeriCan]] 03:45, 17 April 2007 (EDT)

We've got a discussion going on here already: http://www.conservapedia.com/Conservapedia:Would_the_repeal_of_gun_control_laws_make_incidents_like_today%27s_shooting_at_Virginia_Tech_less_likely_to_occur%3F [[User:DanH|DanH]] 04:01, 17 April 2007 (EDT)

== Gun Control Leads to gun confiscation. ==

I am planning to remove this because it has no reference.
-Brian

If everyone, including children old enough to pull a trigger, owned a gun, would there be more or fewer shootings of human beings, accidental or intentional? I'm including felons, mentally ill, illegal aliens, legal aliens, and aliens from outer space.

== Somewhere else in the world ==

I'm wondering if it would be useful to add something about Singapore, which has some of the most extrems laws about gun control. Something like :
:"In Singapore, which has one of the lowest crime rates in the world, the capital punishment is mandatory for "arms trafficking", ie owning more than two weapons under the Misuse of Arms Act, and caning is mandatory for any person found in posession of a weapon (not even a firearm)"
Any comment? [[User:Emptiness|Emptiness]] 05:20, 23 May 2007 (EDT)

I, the inferior European who cannot possibly understand anything you superior Americans discuss here, have something to add in too. And yes, that was sarcasm. So here, I´ll offer you a little piece of gun control info from the rest of the world: Here in Finland, we have certain, quite strict gun control laws: it is quite close to impossible for a private person to own a *handgun* without a very good reason, such as being the owner of a shooting range, sports, or being a police officer. Also, anything beyond semi-auto is a BIG no-no for civilians here. Shotguns and Rifles ARE available far easier, since hunting is a very popular pastime here in Finland, especially the northern parts where I live in.
Interesting enough, most homicides and crimes in general do NOT involve guns, they involve alcohol and drugs. Far more common as a murder weapon is a kitchen knife than a firearm of some kind, and a very large proportion of ALL crimes in finland involve alcohol in a way or another. Just my two cents, y´know?

..And Come on, we have friggin RUSSIA as our neighbour. [[User:FreakyM|FreakyM]] 08:52, 23 May 2007 (EDT)

== Duplicate sentence revert. ==

Okay, I guess I might just have a bee in my bonnet over this, but the sentence, ''Increased "gun control" is generally promoted by pacifists and liberals as a remedy to crime.'' appears twice -- in a row. Once as the end of the first paragraph, and then as the first sentence of the second paragraph. I attempted to correct this obvious mistake, but I was '''reverted'''. Would someone please tell me how I was wrong to do this, and why it is necessary to repeat this sentence immediately after itself and why it should '''not''' be removed from the tail of the first paragraph?

As it appears in the article:

''Such measures can range from a total prohibition on civilian ownership and possession of firearms and ammunition to specific restrictions on certain firearm features, "waiting periods" for gun purchases, licensing of gun owners, registration of firearms, etc. Increased "gun control" is generally promoted by pacifists and liberals as a remedy to crime.''

''Increased "gun control" is generally promoted by pacifists and liberals as a remedy to crime. Libertarians and conservatives, on the other hand, argue that whether or not guns are officially controlled by the government, criminals will commit crimes, and a black market will exist to provide them with firearms.''

Have at me.

''' [[User:TheReverendLee|The Rev.]] 22:36, 22 June 2007 (EDT) '''
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Talk:Gun control

2007-06-23T02:36:19Z

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Gun control

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'''Gun control''' is the regulation by governments of [[gun]] ownership and the right to carry, conceal, or use [[firearm]]s.

Such measures can range from a total prohibition on civilian ownership and possession of firearms and ammunition to specific restrictions on certain firearm features, "waiting periods" for gun purchases, licensing of gun owners, registration of firearms, etc.

Increased "gun control" is generally promoted by pacifists and [[liberals]] as a remedy to [[crime]]. [[Libertarian]]s and [[conservative]]s, on the other hand, argue that whether or not guns are officially controlled by the government, criminals will commit crimes, and a black market will exist to provide them with firearms. For instance, despite the prohibition of handgun ownership in the [[United Kingdom]], an island nation without any neighboring "gun culture" nations, handgun crime has been steadily increasing there for many years. As of 2005/06, the total deaths by shooting in the UK had increased to 50.<ref>http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/hosb0207.pdf</ref>. Comparably, the United States suffered 11,350 gun deaths in 2005.<ref>http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/05cius/data/table_01.html</ref>However, it should be noted that the USA has a population approximately 5 times greater than the UK, <ref>http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0004997.html</ref> and the number of murders by shooting is approximately 200 times higher.

Gun control laws have been enacted at the federal, state, and local level with the intent of placing restrictions on the right of individual private citizens to own [[firearms]].

Gun control laws are often seen to conflict with the [[Second Amendment]] to the [[United States Constitution]], which recognizes the right to bear arms.

The Second Amendment reads: "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

The "right to keep and bear arms" is a right guaranteed to the American citizen by the Bill of Rights through the virtue of a selective reading of said Bill. The phrase "a well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state" precedes the statement, and most federal circuits [[courts of appeals]] have held that this phrase requires that the "right to bear arms" relates to the collective rights of state militias, as opposed to the individual's rights to have any weapon desired. Just recently, the Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit went against nine other circuits in holding that the Second Amendment constitutes an individual right.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/10/washington/10gun.html?_r=1&oref=slogin, http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258067,00.html</ref>

==Overview==
The end effect of gun control laws is the reduction of gun crime.

"Gun control" is the use of legislation to place restrictions on the right to bear arms right. This can include:

* Restricting which persons can own firearms.
* Restrictions on the number of firearms a person may own, or purchase during a given time period
* Requirements that privately owned firearms be registered with the government.
* Bans on certain types of firearms; for example, "handguns" or assault rifles
* Restrictions on where firearms may be carried, for example into restaurants or post offices
* Requiring a "background check" and/or a "waiting period" to purchase a firearm
* Restricting when and where firearms may be bought and sold, for example banning their sale through the mail
* Requiring licenses or some other form of permission from the government to buy and/or sell a firearm
* Requiring some form of permission from the government to carry a firearm in public, either concealed or openly
* Laws granting special gun rights for some people, for example retired law enforcement officers, which are denied the rest of the public, which was used in several southern states.
* Outright bans on carrying firearms in public
* Outright bans on private possession of firearms, though this has never occurred in the United States

In the United States the three primary federal gun control laws are:
* National Firearms Act (1934)
* Gun Control Act (1968)
* Brady Bill (1993)

These laws have further been amended by other laws such as the Firearms Owners Protection Act (1986) and the Omnibus Crime Bill (1994).

==Objections to gun control==
Studies by John Lott and others indicate that gun control causes higher crime rates<ref>http://www.johnrlott.com/</ref>. [[Washington, D.C.]] has one of the highest crime rates in America even though it completely bans private handguns <ref>http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/dccrime.htm</ref>. It should be noted however, that correlation should not necessarily imply causation. DC's high crime rate could be attributable to other factors, such as high poverty rates. Moreover, if gun control laws are designed to combat crime, it would be expected that they would be found in areas with higher crime rates.

After decades of increasing gun control laws, the current trend in the USA is in the direction of more gun rights. The 1994 Omnibus Crime Bill included a ban on certain new rifles labeled assault rifles solely because of features of their appearance, and on new high-capacity magazines. This law recently expired and was not renewed by Congress. Also, Washington D.C.'s gun ban was struck down as unconstitutional by the U.S. Court of Appeals on March 9, 2007.<ref>http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20070309-102401-2730r.htm</ref>

==Constitutional Debate==
The [[Second Amendment]] reads:

"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

Most constitutional scholars agree that since the amendment refers to "the right of the People" instead of the right of the militia, it protects an individual right to own guns. The extent of that right has been debated.

==Racism of gun control==
In the [[United States of America]], gun control has a strong racist origin and reasoning. Before the Civil War ended, State "Slave Codes" prohibited slaves from owning guns. After President [[Abraham Lincoln]] issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, and after the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolishing slavery was adopted and the Civil War ended in 1865, States persisted in prohibiting blacks, now freemen, from owning guns under laws renamed "Black Codes." They did so on the basis that blacks were not citizens, and thus did not have the same rights, including the right to keep and bear arms protected in the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as whites. This view was specifically articulated by the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] in its infamous 1857 decision in ''Dred Scott v. Sandford'' to uphold slavery.

The United States Congress overrode most portions of the Black Codes by passing the Civil Rights Act of 1866. The legislative histories of both the Civil Rights Act and the Fourteenth Amendment, as well as The Special Report of the Anti-Slavery Conference of 1867, are replete with denunciations of those particular statutes that denied blacks equal access to firearms. [Kates, "Handgun Prohibition and the Original Meaning of the Second Amendment," 82 Mich. L. Rev. 204, 256 (1983)] However, facially neutral disarming through economic means laws remain in effect.

After the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1878, most States turned to "facially neutral" business or transaction taxes on handgun purchases. However, the intention of these laws was not neutral. An article in Virginia's official university law review called for a "prohibitive tax...on the privilege" of selling handguns as a way of disarming "the son of Ham," whose "cowardly practice of 'toting' guns has been one of the most fruitful sources of crime.... Let a negro board a railroad train with a quart of mean whiskey and a pistol in his grip and the chances are that there will be a murder, or at least a row, before he alights." [Comment, Carrying Concealed Weapons, 15 Va L. Reg. 391, 391-92 (1909); George Mason University Civil Rights Law Journal (GMU CR LJ), Vol. 2, No. 1, "Gun Control and Racism," Stefan Tahmassebi, 1991, p. 75] Thus, many Southern States imposed high taxes or banned inexpensive guns so as to price blacks and poor whites out of the gun market.

Today, "gun control" laws continue to be enacted so as to have a racist effect if not intent:

* Police-issued license and permit laws, unless drafted to require issuance to those not prohibited by law from owning guns, are routinely used to prevent lawful gun ownership among "unpopular" populations.
* Public housing residents, approximately 3 million Americans, are singled out for gun bans.
* "Gun sweeps" by police in "high crime neighborhoods" whereby vehicles and "pedestrians who meet a specific profile that might indicate they are carrying a weapon" are searched are becoming popular, and are being studied by the [[U.S. Department of Justice]] as "Operation Ceasefire."
* Some U.S. cities with high minority populations, such as Washington, D.C., are singled out for gun bans.
* "Project Exile" began in the U.S. city of Richmond, Virginia and mandated that people arrested for technical firearms violations (note: not for violent crimes committed with a firearm, but for technical violations of the law) be tried in federal court where they would be subject to lengthy mandatory minimum sentences rather than in state court under the more lenient Virginia laws. As with many other restrictions this was aimed primarily at the city's Black residents. It has since been copied in many other cities.

== Gun control outside the USA ==
In [[Singapore]], which has one of the lowest crime rates in the world, the capital punishment is mandatory for "arms trafficking", i.e. owning more than two weapons under the Misuse of Arms Act, and caning is mandatory for any person found in posession of a weapon (not even a firearm).

==Other terms==
Other terms sometimes used by those who are opposed to gun control include:
* Rights restriction
* Victim disarmament

==External Links==

*[http://www.nra.org/ The National Rifle Association]
*[http://www.nrapublications.org/armed%20citizen/Index.asp Armed citizens defending themselves.]

==References==

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