Thanks for the tip. I made a correction so it should be okay now. Jimknut ( talk) 16:49, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi Art and Happy new year! After a long time of having duties with a baby I've added an article here and tried to apply for Did you know... Can you please give a check-peep on it? Thank you.
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Thank you for Adolf Dobrovolný correction. It experienced some trouble with the photo but eventually got to DYK. This month I discovered the 150th anniversary of a Czech poet so I have tried to hook it for DYK like this: Did you know that Czech poet Antonín Sova gained national fame having answered in verse to Theodor Mommsen's letter calling the German historian "covetous dotard" or "arrogant spokesmen of slavery"? Thanks for wading through my muddy English. Aloysius ( talk) 20:16, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Art, thank you for your detailed inspection of the Sova article and I would like to ask for another one. Can you check the correctness of my new hook and article, please?
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Hi,
Please don't confuse "see also" with "see instead". That is, when you are disambiguating between similarly named but otherwise unconnected articles, you don't want to offer a "see also" - you want to say "did you perhaps mean..."
For better alternatives, check out WP:HAT. Cheers, CapnZapp ( talk) 13:12, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
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Thank you so much for helping in the cleanup of the "List of stars in x" articles! Keep up the good work! StringTheory11 ( t • c) 18:18, 3 June 2014 (UTC) |
I expect that I will finish list of stars in Cancer within the next day or two as well. StringTheory11 ( t • c) 19:30, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
I saw your post at Talk:Earth Similarity Index. I can't answer your question, but I thought you might be interested in a discussion about the article at User talk:CorinneSD#"...would likely have...". You can ignore the parts about the word "likely". The other parts seem related to your post. Feel free to answer my question about the pairs of figures. CorinneSD ( talk) 23:11, 31 July 2014 (UTC)
Thanks Art for correcting my grammar and spelling errors. I am partially sighted due to Multiple sclerosis and tends to miss spaces. My first language is not English as well.
Kind regards Brian
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I was sort of hoping he could do something about the weeds in my driveway. You never know. Aymatth2 ( talk) 00:43, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
Art, For the love of god, please feel perfectly free to copy edit anything I write! I try hard but I have no natural or otherwise ability when it comes to writing. Commas worry me to no end. I know good writing when I see it, but as for producing it myself, that's another thing! Best, Gandy Gandydancer ( talk) 14:58, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
Hi Art thanks for fixing my abominably bad English. greetings Brian BrianGroen ( talk) 18:49, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
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Thank you for quality educational correction of mistakes in spelling, grammar and
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Two years ago, you were the 269th recipient of my Pumpkin Sky Prize, repeated in br'erly style, -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:52, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
Thnx for the corrections on hobby horse polo. I think it would be interesting for you to have a look on Olim le Berlin as well. Best regards Serten ( talk) 12:06, 12 October 2014 (UTC)
Four years ago, you were recipient no. 269 of Precious, a prize of QAI! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:14, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
Hi Art, I changed the dab into a redirect, and so it's now just like Ebola outbreak, and included in the redirect hatnote at List of Ebola outbreaks. Widefox; talk 10:06, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
Hi Art, an IP added that back [1]. Thanks for catching that. That is one of those stealth IP edits that editors always miss and hence they remain in an article for ages. SW3 5DL ( talk) 22:17, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
Hi Art_LaPella, excuse me for ban-evading via an IP address to ask you to consider unbanning me, but I don't see any other choice. I was permanently blocked more than two years ago on charge of sockpuppetry, which I deny. I am asking you and three other administrators to look at it. I just picked you off the list, checking only that you were recently active.
I need to keep this invitation neutral, so the best thing is just to point you to my RFC/U ( /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Colton_Cosmic#Statement_of_the_dispute). I can't restrain myself from saying that the RFC/U was kidnapped by my long-term hounders, and that I was denied the ability to speak in my own defense (unheard of in RFC/Us and against their clear instructions.
I'll also risk saying, but judge for yourself, that I never socked Wikipedia, and that an injustice has been perpetrated against me.
I would answer your questions if I could but you'll have to unblock my talkpage, presumably a less-controversial act.
Colton Cosmic.
Hi, Art -- I've been reading the article on John Singleton Copley. It's pretty well written, and I've only made a few minor copy-edits, but I have come across something that doesn't look right and I don't know what to do about it. It's in the middle of the first paragraph in the section John Singleton Copley#Move to London and the European tour. There are two quotes, but they are back-to-back:
I don't normally see that on WP. If the quote is from the same source, but with words missing, then just an ellipsis would be enough, right, and if no words are missing, then the pair of quotation marks are not needed at all. Do you feel like looking into this? CorinneSD ( talk) 16:21, 26 October 2014 (UTC)
Hello Art LaPella:
Thanks for all of your contributions to Wikipedia. Have a fun
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Thank you. Art LaPella ( talk) 20:01, 27 October 2014 (UTC)
A message from the light-side:
'Happy Halloween'? Is not that something of a contradiction? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.96.106.72 ( talk) 12:25, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
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Thanks for your patience. I'll get it right in my next edit - and put back your ref fix. Elvey( t• c) 04:17, 28 October 2014 (UTC) |
Dear Art LaPella,
Why did you remove my previous edit at the Ebola Virus Epidermic Page? Your not allowed to blank stuff out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Ebola_virus_epidemic_in_West_Africa&oldid=631506373#Outlook
This is your removal (line 362)
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Ebola_virus_epidemic_in_West_Africa&diff=631647942&oldid=631508639
It didn't violate copyright or anythign like that so please restore it back or I will thanks.
Ok sorry I fixed the edit, now it has the proper citations. You can take a look here, please tell me if it's correct. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola_virus_epidemic_in_West_Africa
Thank you for helping me edit — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.98.31.48 ( talk) 21:18, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
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For fixing my abominably bad English..SEcond langauge by me... Thanks Art BrianGroen ( talk) 06:08, 14 November 2014 (UTC) |
You edited the comma from the date just as I was attempting to save my edit. I copied my edit and got out of the edit conflict, then went back and put in my edit. That's why the comma was back. That's happened before. So if you see something like that again, that could be the reason. [2]. SW3 5DL ( talk) 23:09, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
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for your non-stop assistance on Ebola (west Africa) article Ozzie10aaaa ( talk) 20:08, 19 November 2014 (UTC) |
and for putting up with my poor punctuation--
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Hi! Danke für das Korrigieren meiner Fehler im Englischen! I'm not a native speaker and apologize for the work I cause on editing my flaws. I just saw, that my work and your corrections of it improved this article's rating from start class to C. I do not want to be insolent, but of course I strive for a B rating, so please, let me ask you, if you have any hints for me to reach this target. Thanks in any case! Purgy ( talk) 19:13, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
Thanks once more. Purgy ( talk) 08:48, 11 December 2014 (UTC)
thanks for the edit (ebola/west Africa), its not the first time Ive forgotten to log in-- Ozzie10aaaa ( talk) 23:59, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
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I was wondering if you might have the time to look at Dyslexia I have it for a GA nomination i know this is short notice, but I put a request for one ce on that list (the guild) they have and I have a feeling the GA nomination reviewer might beat them to the article, thanks either way-- Ozzie10aaaa ( talk) 23:48, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
thank you Art-- Ozzie10aaaa ( talk) 09:15, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
Regards La pella I was looking for active administrators who can help me with this draft: /info/en/?search=Draft:Cirex Has been several weeks backlogged, I took my chances if it get not approved. Same article is on other 5 wikipedias... Please, hope you can help! :) Thanks in advacne Bnotepr ( talk) 04:09, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
Thanks...I was noticing it a couple of times earlier this week, but then it disappeared before I had a chance to mention it, so I didn't think more of it. (I think it's already been repaired, as it didn't come up when I used Reflinks yesterday, and the redlinks of which you speak appeared to have been a couple of days old.) I'll keep an eye on future Reflinks edits and see if it reoccurs.
For the other - thanks. Didn't know it wasn't working any more. I'll remove it. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa? Lo dicono a Signa. 20:09, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
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Hi Art this is a thank you to you for fixing my abominably bad English. Greeting Brian BrianGroen ( talk) 06:16, 28 March 2015 (UTC) |
Art LaPella A belated Happy Easter , just wanted to wish my fellow Wikipedian a Happy Easter Day! (though I know my grammar, typos,etc., are never a happy thing)...Sincerely, --
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Thanks. I see you make edits from time to time to TFA text; do you look at most of them? Any suggestions, or anything you'd like to do more of? - Dank ( push to talk) 20:27, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
I did it, finally! StringTheory11 ( t • c) 16:14, 14 May 2015 (UTC)
I'm copying this email to document a big series of corrections to the spelling of Mr. Marriott's name:
Marriott spelling
People
Leo Marriott Today at 2:24 PM
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Thanks for query. As you can see it is spelt with 2 x R and 2 x T as well as a dot over the i. Also the same as the well known hotel chain. As you mention, some publishers misspell it but by the time the book is published it is too late to change.
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Art, are you interested in writing any of these TFA columns? The 5th has already been taken; I haven't looked at the others yet. - Dank ( push to talk) 17:49, 19 July 2015 (UTC)
Please review the question on the talk page for the symphony. /info/en/?search=Talk:Symphony_No._12_%28Shostakovich%29#Strange.2C_unclear_statement
Thanks for any clarification. Tgkohn ( talk) 23:51, 29 July 2015 (UTC)
hi, art...yes that's the edit I meant,(BTW thanks for the archive reference),...in regards to this, [3] it probably is a contradiction.... thanks as always-- Ozzie10aaaa ( talk) 14:16, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi Art Art LaPella
Was wondering i spent considerable time on improving the Ebola virus epidemic in Liberia article.. Do you think i can remove the cleanup tag. BTW thanks for checking my edits i really appreciate it. English is not my first language and i am partilay sighted as well.
Kind Regards Brian BrianGroen ( talk) 15:32, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
Thanks Art LaPella
The dates to me although British is more in line with all the other articles.. hence i did change the confusing to British.. I have clean up a bit more and will remove the tag for now.. I want to seriously haul that editor over the coals but whats done is done. I put in hours of work.
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Art, wishing you, the best in this holiday season, as always (BTW [4] I was looking at ref #243 error, but am not sure how to fix, any ideas?)...your colleague -- Ozzie10aaaa ( talk) 19:33, 21 November 2015 (UTC)
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Greetings. With regards to this; I noticed that JG senior did have an article, but it seems to me that in that case, a redlink is more appropriate than a redirect, because JG Sr. is not a reasonable destination for somebody searching for "he leadeth me." This is why I speedied, rather than replacing the redirect. Thoughts? Vanamonde93 ( talk) 06:43, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
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You're always welcome to fix these, Art, but just FYI I do nothing with the images; David Levy looks at them, generally in the last day or two before they hit the Main Page. It's not really a failure of the system, more like different people on different timetables. - Dank ( push to talk) 03:30, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
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I award you this CopyEditor's BarnStar for insisting on clear, comprehensible, and grammatically correct articles. Art, as the West African Ebola virus epidemic, draws to an end [5] in regards to flare-ups, I wanted to say its been a pleasure working with you (lets hope it doesn't come back)...ozzie...- Ozzie10aaaa ( talk) 13:10, 28 May 2016 (UTC) |
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thanks for the help on Panama Papers. Nobody currently working on the article speaks Spanish. Elinruby ( talk) 18:23, 21 June 2016 (UTC) |
What you're doing is great. The even-numbered months have generally been fine; the odd months, not so much ... formatting may be off, or the list of recents may be wrong. I had been double-checking them the last couple of months, but if you want to do it, it's much appreciated. - Dank ( push to talk) 11:01, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
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I timelined the complete history of the park. The historical record as previously written was completely incorrect. I admit it was an ambitious project but I had no guidance and couldn't figure out how to communicate with others. I was about to remove the incorrect portions which will draw down the size of the file. Dave Sienkiewicz
Based on what you're telling me, it appears a team of editors don't appreciate large articles and I'll have strip information out of mine to reduce it's size significantly. I was surprised. When offloaded, the article becomes a somewhat small text file. I did have have a notion of breaking the article down into subfiles by timeline year and linking to them from a main article but don't know if that is supported. Meanwhile, I will begin editing for brevity. Do you know how I can determine size and what is the critical threshold to stay under? Dave Sienkiewicz Daves1 ( talk) 13:21, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi, Art. Thanks for the update. I had rewritten the park's history as a summary and was beginning to add references when I quit for the evening. The "popular history" in the "backout" copy suggests the park failed due to a lack of patrons. I was trying to demonstrate the problem was mismanagement of its financials in an orderly logical fashion. The citations used in the "backout" copy are third and fourth sources and led to the notion a lack of patrons and the fire cause its failure... I was using second source material and planned to cite each conclusion. Not knowing the exact capacity and nature of articles, and drawing upon an example I found that used a timeline, I evidently violated a standard. Actually, I found the discussion interesting although I was surprised by the deletions. I am willing to work material into an acceptable form. I suppose I should have all citations in place before moving article from sandbox? I believe I may be able to cut additional material if that is an issue as well. Is there a way to pass an article to editors for preview and comment? Dave Sienkiewicz Daves1 ( talk) 16:12, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
Thanks, Art. That helps. I'm determined to get the article into an acceptable form. It's a learning experience for me. Dave Sienkiewicz Daves1 ( talk) 16:54, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
Hi, Art. Regarding your comment/question about any more changes to the Luna Park sandbox article, I have stopped updating. My point of the updated article in the sandbox is that management failings are more important to highlight and less misleading than the former article indicating lost patronage. Plus, park is unique in many respects especially in regard to standardization. Yes, I did cut out the "a's" and "the's" deliberately as I was concerned about storage and trying to keep the article as small as possible. I was torn about past/present tense as I was trying to avoid anecdotal story telling, yet it's history. I will review style guide. Should I do anything or can you take the article and work on edits from here? I can work with you if you like. Dave Sienkiewicz Daves1 ( talk) 01:30, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
Hi, Art. I moved the Daves1/Sandbox article to the Luna Park article as discussed. I don't have any objections regarding modifications. Dave Sienkiewicz Daves1 ( talk) 23:43, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
Hi, Art. Yes, I should have used the complete headline title as you showed in your example. There is a specific example (Number 71-Newspaper article, historical, in an archive or personal collection) matching yours on page 214 of the APA 6 reference manual. I had been trying to keep everything as brief as possible as I had been admonished for taking up too much space. I don't have an issue with you making changes or use of the template. Thanks for making those corrections. Dave Sienkiewicz Daves1 ( talk) 20:43, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
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/info/en/?search=Talk:North_American_English_regional_phonology#Midland_as_part_of_Southern To quote breakdancesimon "@JordanAMSmith:I agree with this. I noticed in the midland part for "regions by phonology" it states "/aɪ/ can be monophthongized before /l/, /m/, /n/, or /r/" I don't have the Atlas of North American English book, but Labov states in this interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCJh8nFXBUE&feature=youtu.be&t=1h1m33s that midland doesn't share these features with the south." Breakdancesimon - Along with breakdancesimon, both a user named Emykp and myself thought that this should of been dropped from the main article page /info/en/?search=North_American_English_regional_phonology#A_hierarchy_of_regions_by_phonology /aɪ/ can be monophthongized before /l/, /m/, /n/, or /r/. William Labov stated in a more recent speech at a university in 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCJh8nFXBUE&feature=youtu.be&t=1h1m33s that this wast the case. Considering this has been going on over a week and it was 3 vs 2 that this should be removed, can you please help out with what needs to be done? Thank you. Klaxonfan ( talk) 17:05, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
hi Art, I hope you are doing fine, if you have time id appreciate you taking a look at above article...oz-- Ozzie10aaaa ( talk) 12:40, 21 May 2017 (UTC)
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Hi, I fixed the problem. Thanks. Sylvain1975 ( talk) 14:19, 01 August 2017 (UTC)
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Thanks for the tip. I made a correction so it should be okay now. Jimknut ( talk) 16:49, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi Art and Happy new year! After a long time of having duties with a baby I've added an article here and tried to apply for Did you know... Can you please give a check-peep on it? Thank you.
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Thank you for Adolf Dobrovolný correction. It experienced some trouble with the photo but eventually got to DYK. This month I discovered the 150th anniversary of a Czech poet so I have tried to hook it for DYK like this: Did you know that Czech poet Antonín Sova gained national fame having answered in verse to Theodor Mommsen's letter calling the German historian "covetous dotard" or "arrogant spokesmen of slavery"? Thanks for wading through my muddy English. Aloysius ( talk) 20:16, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Art, thank you for your detailed inspection of the Sova article and I would like to ask for another one. Can you check the correctness of my new hook and article, please?
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Hi,
Please don't confuse "see also" with "see instead". That is, when you are disambiguating between similarly named but otherwise unconnected articles, you don't want to offer a "see also" - you want to say "did you perhaps mean..."
For better alternatives, check out WP:HAT. Cheers, CapnZapp ( talk) 13:12, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
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Thank you so much for helping in the cleanup of the "List of stars in x" articles! Keep up the good work! StringTheory11 ( t • c) 18:18, 3 June 2014 (UTC) |
I expect that I will finish list of stars in Cancer within the next day or two as well. StringTheory11 ( t • c) 19:30, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
I saw your post at Talk:Earth Similarity Index. I can't answer your question, but I thought you might be interested in a discussion about the article at User talk:CorinneSD#"...would likely have...". You can ignore the parts about the word "likely". The other parts seem related to your post. Feel free to answer my question about the pairs of figures. CorinneSD ( talk) 23:11, 31 July 2014 (UTC)
Thanks Art for correcting my grammar and spelling errors. I am partially sighted due to Multiple sclerosis and tends to miss spaces. My first language is not English as well.
Kind regards Brian
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I was sort of hoping he could do something about the weeds in my driveway. You never know. Aymatth2 ( talk) 00:43, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
Art, For the love of god, please feel perfectly free to copy edit anything I write! I try hard but I have no natural or otherwise ability when it comes to writing. Commas worry me to no end. I know good writing when I see it, but as for producing it myself, that's another thing! Best, Gandy Gandydancer ( talk) 14:58, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
Hi Art thanks for fixing my abominably bad English. greetings Brian BrianGroen ( talk) 18:49, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
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Thank you for quality educational correction of mistakes in spelling, grammar and
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Two years ago, you were the 269th recipient of my Pumpkin Sky Prize, repeated in br'erly style, -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:52, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
Thnx for the corrections on hobby horse polo. I think it would be interesting for you to have a look on Olim le Berlin as well. Best regards Serten ( talk) 12:06, 12 October 2014 (UTC)
Four years ago, you were recipient no. 269 of Precious, a prize of QAI! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:14, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
Hi Art, I changed the dab into a redirect, and so it's now just like Ebola outbreak, and included in the redirect hatnote at List of Ebola outbreaks. Widefox; talk 10:06, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
Hi Art, an IP added that back [1]. Thanks for catching that. That is one of those stealth IP edits that editors always miss and hence they remain in an article for ages. SW3 5DL ( talk) 22:17, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
Hi Art_LaPella, excuse me for ban-evading via an IP address to ask you to consider unbanning me, but I don't see any other choice. I was permanently blocked more than two years ago on charge of sockpuppetry, which I deny. I am asking you and three other administrators to look at it. I just picked you off the list, checking only that you were recently active.
I need to keep this invitation neutral, so the best thing is just to point you to my RFC/U ( /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Colton_Cosmic#Statement_of_the_dispute). I can't restrain myself from saying that the RFC/U was kidnapped by my long-term hounders, and that I was denied the ability to speak in my own defense (unheard of in RFC/Us and against their clear instructions.
I'll also risk saying, but judge for yourself, that I never socked Wikipedia, and that an injustice has been perpetrated against me.
I would answer your questions if I could but you'll have to unblock my talkpage, presumably a less-controversial act.
Colton Cosmic.
Hi, Art -- I've been reading the article on John Singleton Copley. It's pretty well written, and I've only made a few minor copy-edits, but I have come across something that doesn't look right and I don't know what to do about it. It's in the middle of the first paragraph in the section John Singleton Copley#Move to London and the European tour. There are two quotes, but they are back-to-back:
I don't normally see that on WP. If the quote is from the same source, but with words missing, then just an ellipsis would be enough, right, and if no words are missing, then the pair of quotation marks are not needed at all. Do you feel like looking into this? CorinneSD ( talk) 16:21, 26 October 2014 (UTC)
Hello Art LaPella:
Thanks for all of your contributions to Wikipedia. Have a fun
Halloween!
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Thank you. Art LaPella ( talk) 20:01, 27 October 2014 (UTC)
A message from the light-side:
'Happy Halloween'? Is not that something of a contradiction? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.96.106.72 ( talk) 12:25, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
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Thanks for your patience. I'll get it right in my next edit - and put back your ref fix. Elvey( t• c) 04:17, 28 October 2014 (UTC) |
Dear Art LaPella,
Why did you remove my previous edit at the Ebola Virus Epidermic Page? Your not allowed to blank stuff out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Ebola_virus_epidemic_in_West_Africa&oldid=631506373#Outlook
This is your removal (line 362)
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Ebola_virus_epidemic_in_West_Africa&diff=631647942&oldid=631508639
It didn't violate copyright or anythign like that so please restore it back or I will thanks.
Ok sorry I fixed the edit, now it has the proper citations. You can take a look here, please tell me if it's correct. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola_virus_epidemic_in_West_Africa
Thank you for helping me edit — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.98.31.48 ( talk) 21:18, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
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For fixing my abominably bad English..SEcond langauge by me... Thanks Art BrianGroen ( talk) 06:08, 14 November 2014 (UTC) |
You edited the comma from the date just as I was attempting to save my edit. I copied my edit and got out of the edit conflict, then went back and put in my edit. That's why the comma was back. That's happened before. So if you see something like that again, that could be the reason. [2]. SW3 5DL ( talk) 23:09, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
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for your non-stop assistance on Ebola (west Africa) article Ozzie10aaaa ( talk) 20:08, 19 November 2014 (UTC) |
and for putting up with my poor punctuation--
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Hi! Danke für das Korrigieren meiner Fehler im Englischen! I'm not a native speaker and apologize for the work I cause on editing my flaws. I just saw, that my work and your corrections of it improved this article's rating from start class to C. I do not want to be insolent, but of course I strive for a B rating, so please, let me ask you, if you have any hints for me to reach this target. Thanks in any case! Purgy ( talk) 19:13, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
Thanks once more. Purgy ( talk) 08:48, 11 December 2014 (UTC)
thanks for the edit (ebola/west Africa), its not the first time Ive forgotten to log in-- Ozzie10aaaa ( talk) 23:59, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
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I was wondering if you might have the time to look at Dyslexia I have it for a GA nomination i know this is short notice, but I put a request for one ce on that list (the guild) they have and I have a feeling the GA nomination reviewer might beat them to the article, thanks either way-- Ozzie10aaaa ( talk) 23:48, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
thank you Art-- Ozzie10aaaa ( talk) 09:15, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
Regards La pella I was looking for active administrators who can help me with this draft: /info/en/?search=Draft:Cirex Has been several weeks backlogged, I took my chances if it get not approved. Same article is on other 5 wikipedias... Please, hope you can help! :) Thanks in advacne Bnotepr ( talk) 04:09, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
Thanks...I was noticing it a couple of times earlier this week, but then it disappeared before I had a chance to mention it, so I didn't think more of it. (I think it's already been repaired, as it didn't come up when I used Reflinks yesterday, and the redlinks of which you speak appeared to have been a couple of days old.) I'll keep an eye on future Reflinks edits and see if it reoccurs.
For the other - thanks. Didn't know it wasn't working any more. I'll remove it. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa? Lo dicono a Signa. 20:09, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
Hello! Can I request for you to include an "Education" parameter to Sophie Hunter's infobox. Her school, St. Paul's Girls' School is a notable educational institution in the UK. I hope you can fulfill my request. Thank you very much! And keep up the good work here on Wiki. 109.161.219.248 ( talk) 07:10, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
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Hi Art this is a thank you to you for fixing my abominably bad English. Greeting Brian BrianGroen ( talk) 06:16, 28 March 2015 (UTC) |
Art LaPella A belated Happy Easter , just wanted to wish my fellow Wikipedian a Happy Easter Day! (though I know my grammar, typos,etc., are never a happy thing)...Sincerely, --
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Thanks. I see you make edits from time to time to TFA text; do you look at most of them? Any suggestions, or anything you'd like to do more of? - Dank ( push to talk) 20:27, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
I did it, finally! StringTheory11 ( t • c) 16:14, 14 May 2015 (UTC)
I'm copying this email to document a big series of corrections to the spelling of Mr. Marriott's name:
Marriott spelling
People
Leo Marriott Today at 2:24 PM
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Thanks for query. As you can see it is spelt with 2 x R and 2 x T as well as a dot over the i. Also the same as the well known hotel chain. As you mention, some publishers misspell it but by the time the book is published it is too late to change.
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Please review the question on the talk page for the symphony. /info/en/?search=Talk:Symphony_No._12_%28Shostakovich%29#Strange.2C_unclear_statement
Thanks for any clarification. Tgkohn ( talk) 23:51, 29 July 2015 (UTC)
hi, art...yes that's the edit I meant,(BTW thanks for the archive reference),...in regards to this, [3] it probably is a contradiction.... thanks as always-- Ozzie10aaaa ( talk) 14:16, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi Art Art LaPella
Was wondering i spent considerable time on improving the Ebola virus epidemic in Liberia article.. Do you think i can remove the cleanup tag. BTW thanks for checking my edits i really appreciate it. English is not my first language and i am partilay sighted as well.
Kind Regards Brian BrianGroen ( talk) 15:32, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
Thanks Art LaPella
The dates to me although British is more in line with all the other articles.. hence i did change the confusing to British.. I have clean up a bit more and will remove the tag for now.. I want to seriously haul that editor over the coals but whats done is done. I put in hours of work.
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Art, wishing you, the best in this holiday season, as always (BTW [4] I was looking at ref #243 error, but am not sure how to fix, any ideas?)...your colleague -- Ozzie10aaaa ( talk) 19:33, 21 November 2015 (UTC)
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Greetings. With regards to this; I noticed that JG senior did have an article, but it seems to me that in that case, a redlink is more appropriate than a redirect, because JG Sr. is not a reasonable destination for somebody searching for "he leadeth me." This is why I speedied, rather than replacing the redirect. Thoughts? Vanamonde93 ( talk) 06:43, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
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You're always welcome to fix these, Art, but just FYI I do nothing with the images; David Levy looks at them, generally in the last day or two before they hit the Main Page. It's not really a failure of the system, more like different people on different timetables. - Dank ( push to talk) 03:30, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
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I award you this CopyEditor's BarnStar for insisting on clear, comprehensible, and grammatically correct articles. Art, as the West African Ebola virus epidemic, draws to an end [5] in regards to flare-ups, I wanted to say its been a pleasure working with you (lets hope it doesn't come back)...ozzie...- Ozzie10aaaa ( talk) 13:10, 28 May 2016 (UTC) |
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thanks for the help on Panama Papers. Nobody currently working on the article speaks Spanish. Elinruby ( talk) 18:23, 21 June 2016 (UTC) |
What you're doing is great. The even-numbered months have generally been fine; the odd months, not so much ... formatting may be off, or the list of recents may be wrong. I had been double-checking them the last couple of months, but if you want to do it, it's much appreciated. - Dank ( push to talk) 11:01, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
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I timelined the complete history of the park. The historical record as previously written was completely incorrect. I admit it was an ambitious project but I had no guidance and couldn't figure out how to communicate with others. I was about to remove the incorrect portions which will draw down the size of the file. Dave Sienkiewicz
Based on what you're telling me, it appears a team of editors don't appreciate large articles and I'll have strip information out of mine to reduce it's size significantly. I was surprised. When offloaded, the article becomes a somewhat small text file. I did have have a notion of breaking the article down into subfiles by timeline year and linking to them from a main article but don't know if that is supported. Meanwhile, I will begin editing for brevity. Do you know how I can determine size and what is the critical threshold to stay under? Dave Sienkiewicz Daves1 ( talk) 13:21, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi, Art. Thanks for the update. I had rewritten the park's history as a summary and was beginning to add references when I quit for the evening. The "popular history" in the "backout" copy suggests the park failed due to a lack of patrons. I was trying to demonstrate the problem was mismanagement of its financials in an orderly logical fashion. The citations used in the "backout" copy are third and fourth sources and led to the notion a lack of patrons and the fire cause its failure... I was using second source material and planned to cite each conclusion. Not knowing the exact capacity and nature of articles, and drawing upon an example I found that used a timeline, I evidently violated a standard. Actually, I found the discussion interesting although I was surprised by the deletions. I am willing to work material into an acceptable form. I suppose I should have all citations in place before moving article from sandbox? I believe I may be able to cut additional material if that is an issue as well. Is there a way to pass an article to editors for preview and comment? Dave Sienkiewicz Daves1 ( talk) 16:12, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
Thanks, Art. That helps. I'm determined to get the article into an acceptable form. It's a learning experience for me. Dave Sienkiewicz Daves1 ( talk) 16:54, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
Hi, Art. Regarding your comment/question about any more changes to the Luna Park sandbox article, I have stopped updating. My point of the updated article in the sandbox is that management failings are more important to highlight and less misleading than the former article indicating lost patronage. Plus, park is unique in many respects especially in regard to standardization. Yes, I did cut out the "a's" and "the's" deliberately as I was concerned about storage and trying to keep the article as small as possible. I was torn about past/present tense as I was trying to avoid anecdotal story telling, yet it's history. I will review style guide. Should I do anything or can you take the article and work on edits from here? I can work with you if you like. Dave Sienkiewicz Daves1 ( talk) 01:30, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
Hi, Art. I moved the Daves1/Sandbox article to the Luna Park article as discussed. I don't have any objections regarding modifications. Dave Sienkiewicz Daves1 ( talk) 23:43, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
Hi, Art. Yes, I should have used the complete headline title as you showed in your example. There is a specific example (Number 71-Newspaper article, historical, in an archive or personal collection) matching yours on page 214 of the APA 6 reference manual. I had been trying to keep everything as brief as possible as I had been admonished for taking up too much space. I don't have an issue with you making changes or use of the template. Thanks for making those corrections. Dave Sienkiewicz Daves1 ( talk) 20:43, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
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Hi. I need some help on the French Wikipedia (do you have an account there?), are you available? Thanks. El_C 04:55, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
/info/en/?search=Talk:North_American_English_regional_phonology#Midland_as_part_of_Southern To quote breakdancesimon "@JordanAMSmith:I agree with this. I noticed in the midland part for "regions by phonology" it states "/aɪ/ can be monophthongized before /l/, /m/, /n/, or /r/" I don't have the Atlas of North American English book, but Labov states in this interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCJh8nFXBUE&feature=youtu.be&t=1h1m33s that midland doesn't share these features with the south." Breakdancesimon - Along with breakdancesimon, both a user named Emykp and myself thought that this should of been dropped from the main article page /info/en/?search=North_American_English_regional_phonology#A_hierarchy_of_regions_by_phonology /aɪ/ can be monophthongized before /l/, /m/, /n/, or /r/. William Labov stated in a more recent speech at a university in 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCJh8nFXBUE&feature=youtu.be&t=1h1m33s that this wast the case. Considering this has been going on over a week and it was 3 vs 2 that this should be removed, can you please help out with what needs to be done? Thank you. Klaxonfan ( talk) 17:05, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
hi Art, I hope you are doing fine, if you have time id appreciate you taking a look at above article...oz-- Ozzie10aaaa ( talk) 12:40, 21 May 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for noticing my new article creation of Trump: The Kremlin Candidate? !!!
What do you think of the article? Sagecandor ( talk) 23:55, 11 June 2017 (UTC)
Hi, I fixed the problem. Thanks. Sylvain1975 ( talk) 14:19, 01 August 2017 (UTC)
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