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Barrel, you have a good deal of edits in drink-related articles and I would like to hear your advice on the Pisco Sour article (which I'd like to improve). While Pisco was created in the Viceroyalty of Peru, during the Spanish Empire, the Pisco Sour was created during the republican era of South America. Apparently two claims exist to the invention, one from Peru and the other from Chile. However, one thing doesn't add up:
While two versions of the drink certainly exist nowadays (one made with "Chilean Pisco" and the other with "Peruvian Pisco"), it seems to me perfectly logical to write in the article that the drink was invented in Peru. That is, considering both Lima and Iquique were Peruvian cities at the time (Nowadays Iquique is part of Chile). Of course, that does not mean the drink is solely Peruvian, but I think it is important to establish the drink's origin (considering both "theories" of invention technically do not contradict the country, but rather contrast cities). What is your opinion?-- MarshalN20 | Talk 06:59, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
Hello. I have had trouble finding a source for the reason that Kentucky changed to a Commonwealth in 1850. I would appreciate it if you could help me find something. Jay ( talk) 03:54, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
( talk page stalker) Just now noticing this thread, but I'm not sure where the idea that Kentucky only became a commonwealth in 1850 came from. It has been a commonwealth since it acheived statehood. The first state constitution (adopted 1792) refers to the state as a commonwealth. There is no functional difference between a state and a commonwealth, as far as I'm aware. It's just a stylistic thing. Acdixon ( talk · contribs) 15:48, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
The Constitution was changed as to the style for 'all process and mandates' to 'Commonwealth of Kentucky' in 1850; prior to that change 'State of Kentucky' was used." Looking back in the article history, I see that at 18:49, 22 May 2012, I noticed that the link in the reference citation for that statement was a dead link, and added a {{ dead link}} tagging template to that sentence in that article. Maybe I did that while trying to respond to Jaywubba1887's remark – I don't remember.
Happy 2nd Anniversary | |
As a token of my appreciation for your delectable efforts, please enjoy with my compliments. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 18:05, 11 December 2012 (UTC) |
Thanks so much! — BarrelProof ( talk) 18:48, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
Someday I'll have to buy a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle's Family Reserve! I've never tasted it. I once saw it on the shelf at a fancy restaurant and asked the price for a drink – it was very expensive. I don't mind paying for a good whiskey by the bottle, but the drink markup there was too much. — BarrelProof ( talk) 19:53, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
Well done. My fail was caused by the fact that someone included a wrong reference and, with all my good faith, I assumed it was verified and, therefore, correct. I'm foreign and in my country we haven't very much about Jefferson Davis. I hope these fails can be avoided in the future. Thanks.-- 212.22.51.31 ( talk) 00:13, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
That's the understatement of the century! Thanks for your comment on the edit; made my day Clevelander96 ( talk) 03:57, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
I just added the source to the Bernie Robbins Stadium page. -- Radiokid1010 ( talk) 23:43, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
Why are you such a raging faggot ? U banned my friend for legit edits to wikipedia. U must have a stick so far up ur ass
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.196.129.142 ( talk) 23:23, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
BarrelProof, my recent additions to various dental specialties were constructive in nature. I noted, from the perspective of a dental student, that while these pages were very informative on their individual specialties, they did not offer links to why I should choose said specialty. Each is inherently biased, additional information or links as to why one specialty is a better career option would help each page.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by • contribs) 21:49, 14 March 2013(UTC)
Just so you know, based on inquiries from concerned parties (including Chuck Cowdrey), the label for the unaged Jack rye no longer says "neutral spirits", as it isn't distilled to neutral proof. Check Cowdery's site for the entries regarding it. oknazevad ( talk) 18:17, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
I agree that the editor who added the Urban Food Log material was misguided and that it should remain deleted. I also agree that the term "Mission burrito" should appear in the first sentence. However, I disagree that the regional food classification should be moved to the third paragraph, and I've restored its placement. The lead is structured from the general to the particular, such that the regional food term is introduced in its general historical (1960s) context and classification (occurring between the simple and California burrito style), followed by a brief description of how to differentiate it from other burritos in this class, and finally, a summary of its availability, presentation, and legacy. Viriditas ( talk) 19:44, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
I have proposed a "merger/move request" between List of U.S. state partition proposals and List of proposed states of the United States, because I feel there is considerable overlap. If you are interested participating in the discussion, please feel free to do so here. Thank you. Green Giant ( talk) 22:20, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
I think you misunderstand the source and the subject. In the future, please do not remove content because you personally feel it is "implausible". There is nothing wrong with this content and it is perfectly plausible. Viriditas ( talk) 19:09, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
The content states: "The original company that produced the brand was founded in 1849 by William Larue Weller ..." while the sidebar claims: "Introduced 1949."
Looks like a typing mistake to me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.130.123.183 ( talk) 20:51, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
The label says 1849. You're confusing marketing with product. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.130.123.183 ( talk) 01:53, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for improving my contribution to T. Boone Pickens. I'm conditioned to shorter paragraphs, I think, as a lifelong newspaper reader. Out of curiosity, when do you think a paragraph becomes overly long?
Additionally, what do you think about the remainder of that personal life section? It's in pretty poor shape — really just a hodgepodge of atomized, disjointed factlets. How can we improve it? Woodshed ( talk) 21:24, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
Thank you very much for the improvements in the article.-- MarshalN20 | Talk 13:47, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for improving the explanation to accompany the new figure! Gareth Jones ( talk) 06:34, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
Hello. I added the refimprove template to the article Elo rating system because I noticed that, although a top-importance article for WP:CHESS, it has a large percentage of unreferenced passages, and thought that I might thus draw that problem to the attention of others and help improve this important article more quickly than might have otherwise been the case. Best, Toccata quarta ( talk) 20:42, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi, this is to let everyone who commented in the last RM know that there's another RM/RfC here, in case you'd like to comment again. Best, SlimVirgin (talk) 19:18, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
That was a typo I made in the Fireball Cinnamon Whisky article. Instead of coumadin it should have been coumarin, a compound toxic to the liver and which is carcinogenic. It is contained in inferior "cinnamon" bark, but probably not in Fireball, simply because of how the flavoring is likely made. Usually cinnamon flavor is created by distilling the bark of certain species of "cinnamon" trees and since the flavor ( cinnamaldehyde) boils off maybe 60 degrees Celsius cooler than coumarin does, then the coumarin likely gets left behind during distillation. A couple of similar beverages to Fireball (unspecified) were tested in Europe and no coumarin was found in them. It would make more sense for me to add the info regarding coumarin and cinnamon flavored alcoholic beverages to the coumarin article, because there is really no specific info on Fireball as sold elswhere than in the European Union. Thanks for catching the typo!
WriterHound ( talk) 01:14, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
Since the city is no more mythological than any other city in Herodotus and Strabo I think the merge is justified. In ictu oculi ( talk) 04:00, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
BarrelProof, if we are going to use the phrase "some American style guides" in the quotation mark article, we should be able to cite more than one example. In a recent MOS talk page discussion, it was clearly demonstrated that the American Bar Association (ABA) no longer requires logical quotation in the ABA Journal, and the ABA in fact relies on The Chicago Manual of Style, including the CMOS' required use of American style quotation punctuation. The phrase some "some American style guides" implies more than one style guide; to date, I have found over thirty examples of major American style guides that require American style quotation punctuation, and only one that requires British style punctuation. The use of logical quotation/British style quotation punctuation is a distinctly minority practice in English-speaking North America. Unless you can cite a second American style guide that requires logical quotation/British style quotation punctuation the phrase needs to be changed to accurately reflect reality; as currently phrased it violates WP:V and WP:RS. And for the record, so-called American style quotation punctuation is the predominant practice in Canada, too. Regards, Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 20:46, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
Dear BarrelProof,
It was a great experience to finally get an article pass the FA review. There was a lot of "behind the scenes" work for the article, and you were a crucial part of the development. If Wikipedia articles could have some sort of "acknowledgements" section, a handful of editors should be mentioned in it.
My hope is that the Pisco Sour article serves as a strong model for other food & drink articles. I think most editors fear using sources of "cocktail historians" or "food and wine experts" because they are not from traditional academia; other editors are just unaware of their value. Hopefully Pisco Sour demonstrates that these sources can be reliable, and that many of these experts conduct quality research that (although does not generate them fame and fortune) does improve knowledge in the field.
The topic ban is a long story. My mistake was being pushy about a move request in the
War of the Triple Alliance article (now called "Paraguayan War"), which happened over a year ago. I still think that "War of the Triple Alliance" is the common name. My view is that a
WP:TROUT was enough, but the Arbitrators called my pushiness "battleground mentality" and my subsequent requests to change the title as "tendentious editing".
There was also no justification for my topic ban being so broad, and (from my perspective) reflects a general ignorance on the diversity of Latin America. I would have accepted a topic ban on Brazilian articles, but the current topic ban is too excessive. I plan to seek an amendment to narrow the topic ban in a month, and (in a year) hope to prove my case and receive apologies for the tarnishing of my status.
In the mean time, I would enjoy working with you in other articles. It's much more enjoyable to improve articles in a team.
Best wishes.--
MarshalN20 |
Talk 18:07, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi. You commented on the RM. Please see 2nd section on merge at Talk:Themiscyra (Pontus). Thanks In ictu oculi ( talk) 22:55, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi. I noticed that you recently posted that you would support closing the discussion about the requested move of The Dark Knight (film). I was wondering if you could reiterate your view on the subsection here: Talk:The_Dark_Knight_(film)#Survey_on_Closing_Discussion. I'm hoping we can aggregate the views on whether to close there and get a clear sense of whether we can move on from rehashing the same old substantive points. Thanks! – Prototime ( talk · contribs) 00:38, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
Dear Barrelproof, when making changes to articles on southern African reptile species, please rather use up-to-date papers from the science bodies that work with these species. This information is quickly and easily available online from SANBI, the Homopus foundation, Cape Nature and other govt institutes. I also have many here in pdf so can email you any that you need. Please rather don't use 1980s pet-keeping books and magazines as references (though I think you're already aware of that particular book's limitations). Where there've been radical changes to species names and their taxonomy has finally been clarified, using an outdated terrarium book will only muddy the waters. Abu Shawka ( talk) 09:55, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
Dear BarrelProof,
Thank you very much for commenting at the AE board. I would have liked to send you a WikiLove message, but that seems to be a matter of issue at the moment.
I seem to have gotten myself into a Tarantino storyline, so hopefully the ending is good for all.
Best wishes.--
MarshalN20 |
Talk 02:51, 13 July 2013 (UTC)
Dear BarrelProof,
You removed again entries on the Frederique Constant company pages. Some entries who have been there for years.
You removed charitable activities because in your opinion "it makes the company look nice". Please note I do not agree that these references are removed:
1) We have been involved in charitable activities for many years. We took a strategic decision to support heart related activities worldwide. We have donated to good activities and it is worthwhile for people to read about them. It will let people understand support. It will hopefully encourage others to do same.
2) Descriptions on charitable work were all referenced to original articles.
3) Other companies also describe their charitable activities and I am of the opinion that it is news worthy for all companies. I really hope you can see that it is not only to look nice, charities need support to do their good work.
Could you please consider above and undo your last removal? If you feel text should be adjusted, please let me know. I gladly collaborate with you on that. Believe it is anyhow necessary to create chapters for the page and a table of contents.
Awaiting your reaction. You may also reach me directly via pcstas@frederique-constant.com.
Thank you, Peter Stas — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pcstas ( talk • contribs) 11:45, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
Wikipedia should reflect up to date accurate and relevant information. As someone who apparently has an interest in whisky, you should be aware that the information you Insist on re posting in incorrect and misleading, tantamount to vandalism on your part. However please research your facts and update as only you appear to be capable of doing, since you disallow all other companies posts. Apology will be gratefully received once you understand the error of your ways. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.137.12.93 ( talk) 20:53, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
Hi BarrelProof, I'm looking if there is a chance WP:SPIRITS can be re-vitalised. Do you have any interest in joining? Martijn Hoekstra ( talk) 16:46, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
I make legitimate and well referenced edits, made comment to the talk page and you disregarded and obliterated my work. Even the section about the Japanese Kentucky Colonel that came to help after the tornadoes has been eliminated which adds a great deal of character today's Kentucky Colonels, the reference is good WHAS TV recored and on YouTube among other places. You just bombed my addition of Famous Colonels completely stating that the NNDB was an unreliable reference, I challenged you to go to it using my reference yourself. You are not a wiki God nor an authority on this matter, other people do research, write. It is irresponsible and outrageous to simply discredit and revert all my edits in a prejudicial manner. http://www.nndb.com/honors/256/000163764/ is an excellent resource and credible. For you to say it is not credible is wrong, prejudiced and ignorant. I will simply have to take my edits and work to the next level and get others involved like my professors. I was just doing this for fun, but considering that I value my time and enjoyed making the edits, for you to take that away from me is annoying and is a form of bullying against me, so it will not go unchallenged or unreported. Shamansfriend ( talk) 00:15, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
Hello - apologies for not replying to you sooner. My rationale for moving the pages you mentioned was that the suffix "(professional wrestling)" doesn't allow for disambiguation where there are two articles with the same title, e.g. "Team Canada" or "The New Breed". I appreciate that this wasn't agreed in advance, though, so I have no objection to the moves being reverted if others disagree. McPhail ( talk) 10:28, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
Any comments regarding this closure? I moved to Good for Me (Amy Grant song), only to see it reverted. What's the point of a discussion if somebody else's POV is more important than consensus. And I am accused of pulling a trick! -- Richhoncho ( talk) 21:13, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
It was kind of you and gracious to say so. Individuals can reasonably disagree over interpretations of guidelines, and discussions may become protracted. For me the important thing is working with editors of integrity and collegiality, which you seem to be, and I'm grateful for that. With regards, Tenebrae ( talk) 14:27, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
Hi BarrelProof! (Hmmm, bourbon!)
I happened upon Morgans' page and BOLDly deleted the un-encyclopaedic, un-cited/poorly sourced, very POV, "This guy didn't invent the traffic signal and here's the TRUTH" 'attack' section
here. I think you noted the tone of this section? Yes,
here at 21:00, 26 September 2012, 'highly-biased "Original research" ' . (and all the CN's you added were what struck me!)
Here is where it was added by 76.119.76.228 ( talk · contribs) at 03:45, 24 January 2012.
My removal was reverted by 50.138.198.185 ( talk · contribs) within ≈30 hours, here with no explanation. They also did this at Traffic light. I have now reverted back again, and in an edit summary invited discussion on the talk page. See: The 'Traffic Light' section.
Who'd have thought this was such a controversial issue! I also note that this page has seen frequent vandalism.
Where to from here? -Ҧ- 220 of Borg 07:32, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
This is not about the dislike of Old Pogue. Alas, the latter is not available in my state. Cheers. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 19:01, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
Per your suggestion, I have retargeted this redirect to the disambiguation page. This leaves a large number of links to be fixed. Please do so when you can. Cheers! bd2412 T 19:55, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
My apologies for the comment edit on the Kentucky Colonels talk page. Thank you for returning it to the way it was originally. No harm intended. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cocoaberpop ( talk • contribs) 14:33, 12 October 2013 (UTC)
' Oh the humanity.' Given the recent interest and reporting, is there anything else we should be adding? 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 16:47, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
Alas, Kentucky Vintage is not available in my home state. In any event, Pappy Van Winkle is now the subject of a clothing line, which was announced in October, 2013. Schuman, Alex (October 19, 2013). "Popular bourbon Pappy Van Winkle announces clothing line". Crestwoood, Kentucky: WHAS-TV. Retrieved October 20, 2013. One of the Van Winkels says that the publicity from the theft doesn't help much, as they are already more popular and better known than supplies can keep up with. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 19:57, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
A discussion you may be interested in is this RFC, a proposal to make the second comma in a date/place optional. United States Man ( talk) 02:28, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for your input on the EBV naming discussion. Your comments were really informative and helped turn me around on the en dash issue. I'm sorry if I was abrasive...I never imagined getting so passionate about punctuation. I feel pretty embarrassed in fact. I've proposed making revisions to the name changes to uniformly use en dashes and to make the names uniform and consistent with published work. If you have time, it would be nice to have more of your input. Thank you again. Walternmoss ( talk) 03:39, 19 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi BarrelProof
You recently participated in a move request for the albums/songs titled "Living for the Weekend". This move has been partially carried out, but due to lack of consensus over the album versions, I have started a new request for those specifically, at Talk:Livin' for the Weekend: The Anthology. Please feel free to comment there if you so desire. Thanks — Amakuru ( talk) 11:10, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
Thanks. Re comments on various RMs, WP:DAB really needs improving to deal with the "no article of that title" argument. In ictu oculi ( talk) 00:25, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
Hello BP. Thanks for your reverts of the IP who was vandalizing various article relating to race horses. This has been going on for years now, especially in relation to the Man 'o War - Secretariat stuff. Unfortunately attempts to get page protection for the Blood Horse magazine list bump up against Wikip's open nature. I reported this last IP to AIV and we got a three month block. No doubt this person (can I say bozo without violating civility rules?) will return. It is nice to know that you will be keeping an eye on things. Thanks for your vigilance. Cheers. MarnetteD | Talk 02:36, 8 December 2013 (UTC)
Hello BarrelProof
You recently participated in and initiated a WP:RM debate at Talk:Counting Stars (song)#Requested Move 2. This message is to inform you that I have closed that debate as no move, but I have reopened it as a potential multi-move request, after a majority of those participating in the discussion appeared to support that alternative. Please participate in the new debate at Talk:Counting Stars (song)#Requested Move 3 if you wish to do so. Thanks! — Amakuru ( talk) 20:29, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
You said that we are discussing a minor capitalisation. I disagree that it is minor. We have the version of the title that is published, known, common and used by the sources for the article, vs. a version that follows our MOS. I believe that the article should at least mention the fact of this difference. Do you have a solution? I asked twice on the talk and don't want to add there, -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:45, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
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Barrel, you have a good deal of edits in drink-related articles and I would like to hear your advice on the Pisco Sour article (which I'd like to improve). While Pisco was created in the Viceroyalty of Peru, during the Spanish Empire, the Pisco Sour was created during the republican era of South America. Apparently two claims exist to the invention, one from Peru and the other from Chile. However, one thing doesn't add up:
While two versions of the drink certainly exist nowadays (one made with "Chilean Pisco" and the other with "Peruvian Pisco"), it seems to me perfectly logical to write in the article that the drink was invented in Peru. That is, considering both Lima and Iquique were Peruvian cities at the time (Nowadays Iquique is part of Chile). Of course, that does not mean the drink is solely Peruvian, but I think it is important to establish the drink's origin (considering both "theories" of invention technically do not contradict the country, but rather contrast cities). What is your opinion?-- MarshalN20 | Talk 06:59, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
Hello. I have had trouble finding a source for the reason that Kentucky changed to a Commonwealth in 1850. I would appreciate it if you could help me find something. Jay ( talk) 03:54, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
( talk page stalker) Just now noticing this thread, but I'm not sure where the idea that Kentucky only became a commonwealth in 1850 came from. It has been a commonwealth since it acheived statehood. The first state constitution (adopted 1792) refers to the state as a commonwealth. There is no functional difference between a state and a commonwealth, as far as I'm aware. It's just a stylistic thing. Acdixon ( talk · contribs) 15:48, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
The Constitution was changed as to the style for 'all process and mandates' to 'Commonwealth of Kentucky' in 1850; prior to that change 'State of Kentucky' was used." Looking back in the article history, I see that at 18:49, 22 May 2012, I noticed that the link in the reference citation for that statement was a dead link, and added a {{ dead link}} tagging template to that sentence in that article. Maybe I did that while trying to respond to Jaywubba1887's remark – I don't remember.
Happy 2nd Anniversary | |
As a token of my appreciation for your delectable efforts, please enjoy with my compliments. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 18:05, 11 December 2012 (UTC) |
Thanks so much! — BarrelProof ( talk) 18:48, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
Someday I'll have to buy a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle's Family Reserve! I've never tasted it. I once saw it on the shelf at a fancy restaurant and asked the price for a drink – it was very expensive. I don't mind paying for a good whiskey by the bottle, but the drink markup there was too much. — BarrelProof ( talk) 19:53, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
Well done. My fail was caused by the fact that someone included a wrong reference and, with all my good faith, I assumed it was verified and, therefore, correct. I'm foreign and in my country we haven't very much about Jefferson Davis. I hope these fails can be avoided in the future. Thanks.-- 212.22.51.31 ( talk) 00:13, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
That's the understatement of the century! Thanks for your comment on the edit; made my day Clevelander96 ( talk) 03:57, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
I just added the source to the Bernie Robbins Stadium page. -- Radiokid1010 ( talk) 23:43, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
Why are you such a raging faggot ? U banned my friend for legit edits to wikipedia. U must have a stick so far up ur ass
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.196.129.142 ( talk) 23:23, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
BarrelProof, my recent additions to various dental specialties were constructive in nature. I noted, from the perspective of a dental student, that while these pages were very informative on their individual specialties, they did not offer links to why I should choose said specialty. Each is inherently biased, additional information or links as to why one specialty is a better career option would help each page.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by • contribs) 21:49, 14 March 2013(UTC)
Just so you know, based on inquiries from concerned parties (including Chuck Cowdrey), the label for the unaged Jack rye no longer says "neutral spirits", as it isn't distilled to neutral proof. Check Cowdery's site for the entries regarding it. oknazevad ( talk) 18:17, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
I agree that the editor who added the Urban Food Log material was misguided and that it should remain deleted. I also agree that the term "Mission burrito" should appear in the first sentence. However, I disagree that the regional food classification should be moved to the third paragraph, and I've restored its placement. The lead is structured from the general to the particular, such that the regional food term is introduced in its general historical (1960s) context and classification (occurring between the simple and California burrito style), followed by a brief description of how to differentiate it from other burritos in this class, and finally, a summary of its availability, presentation, and legacy. Viriditas ( talk) 19:44, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
I have proposed a "merger/move request" between List of U.S. state partition proposals and List of proposed states of the United States, because I feel there is considerable overlap. If you are interested participating in the discussion, please feel free to do so here. Thank you. Green Giant ( talk) 22:20, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
I think you misunderstand the source and the subject. In the future, please do not remove content because you personally feel it is "implausible". There is nothing wrong with this content and it is perfectly plausible. Viriditas ( talk) 19:09, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
The content states: "The original company that produced the brand was founded in 1849 by William Larue Weller ..." while the sidebar claims: "Introduced 1949."
Looks like a typing mistake to me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.130.123.183 ( talk) 20:51, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
The label says 1849. You're confusing marketing with product. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.130.123.183 ( talk) 01:53, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for improving my contribution to T. Boone Pickens. I'm conditioned to shorter paragraphs, I think, as a lifelong newspaper reader. Out of curiosity, when do you think a paragraph becomes overly long?
Additionally, what do you think about the remainder of that personal life section? It's in pretty poor shape — really just a hodgepodge of atomized, disjointed factlets. How can we improve it? Woodshed ( talk) 21:24, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
Thank you very much for the improvements in the article.-- MarshalN20 | Talk 13:47, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for improving the explanation to accompany the new figure! Gareth Jones ( talk) 06:34, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
Hello. I added the refimprove template to the article Elo rating system because I noticed that, although a top-importance article for WP:CHESS, it has a large percentage of unreferenced passages, and thought that I might thus draw that problem to the attention of others and help improve this important article more quickly than might have otherwise been the case. Best, Toccata quarta ( talk) 20:42, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi, this is to let everyone who commented in the last RM know that there's another RM/RfC here, in case you'd like to comment again. Best, SlimVirgin (talk) 19:18, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
That was a typo I made in the Fireball Cinnamon Whisky article. Instead of coumadin it should have been coumarin, a compound toxic to the liver and which is carcinogenic. It is contained in inferior "cinnamon" bark, but probably not in Fireball, simply because of how the flavoring is likely made. Usually cinnamon flavor is created by distilling the bark of certain species of "cinnamon" trees and since the flavor ( cinnamaldehyde) boils off maybe 60 degrees Celsius cooler than coumarin does, then the coumarin likely gets left behind during distillation. A couple of similar beverages to Fireball (unspecified) were tested in Europe and no coumarin was found in them. It would make more sense for me to add the info regarding coumarin and cinnamon flavored alcoholic beverages to the coumarin article, because there is really no specific info on Fireball as sold elswhere than in the European Union. Thanks for catching the typo!
WriterHound ( talk) 01:14, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
Since the city is no more mythological than any other city in Herodotus and Strabo I think the merge is justified. In ictu oculi ( talk) 04:00, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
BarrelProof, if we are going to use the phrase "some American style guides" in the quotation mark article, we should be able to cite more than one example. In a recent MOS talk page discussion, it was clearly demonstrated that the American Bar Association (ABA) no longer requires logical quotation in the ABA Journal, and the ABA in fact relies on The Chicago Manual of Style, including the CMOS' required use of American style quotation punctuation. The phrase some "some American style guides" implies more than one style guide; to date, I have found over thirty examples of major American style guides that require American style quotation punctuation, and only one that requires British style punctuation. The use of logical quotation/British style quotation punctuation is a distinctly minority practice in English-speaking North America. Unless you can cite a second American style guide that requires logical quotation/British style quotation punctuation the phrase needs to be changed to accurately reflect reality; as currently phrased it violates WP:V and WP:RS. And for the record, so-called American style quotation punctuation is the predominant practice in Canada, too. Regards, Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 20:46, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
Dear BarrelProof,
It was a great experience to finally get an article pass the FA review. There was a lot of "behind the scenes" work for the article, and you were a crucial part of the development. If Wikipedia articles could have some sort of "acknowledgements" section, a handful of editors should be mentioned in it.
My hope is that the Pisco Sour article serves as a strong model for other food & drink articles. I think most editors fear using sources of "cocktail historians" or "food and wine experts" because they are not from traditional academia; other editors are just unaware of their value. Hopefully Pisco Sour demonstrates that these sources can be reliable, and that many of these experts conduct quality research that (although does not generate them fame and fortune) does improve knowledge in the field.
The topic ban is a long story. My mistake was being pushy about a move request in the
War of the Triple Alliance article (now called "Paraguayan War"), which happened over a year ago. I still think that "War of the Triple Alliance" is the common name. My view is that a
WP:TROUT was enough, but the Arbitrators called my pushiness "battleground mentality" and my subsequent requests to change the title as "tendentious editing".
There was also no justification for my topic ban being so broad, and (from my perspective) reflects a general ignorance on the diversity of Latin America. I would have accepted a topic ban on Brazilian articles, but the current topic ban is too excessive. I plan to seek an amendment to narrow the topic ban in a month, and (in a year) hope to prove my case and receive apologies for the tarnishing of my status.
In the mean time, I would enjoy working with you in other articles. It's much more enjoyable to improve articles in a team.
Best wishes.--
MarshalN20 |
Talk 18:07, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi. You commented on the RM. Please see 2nd section on merge at Talk:Themiscyra (Pontus). Thanks In ictu oculi ( talk) 22:55, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi. I noticed that you recently posted that you would support closing the discussion about the requested move of The Dark Knight (film). I was wondering if you could reiterate your view on the subsection here: Talk:The_Dark_Knight_(film)#Survey_on_Closing_Discussion. I'm hoping we can aggregate the views on whether to close there and get a clear sense of whether we can move on from rehashing the same old substantive points. Thanks! – Prototime ( talk · contribs) 00:38, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
Dear Barrelproof, when making changes to articles on southern African reptile species, please rather use up-to-date papers from the science bodies that work with these species. This information is quickly and easily available online from SANBI, the Homopus foundation, Cape Nature and other govt institutes. I also have many here in pdf so can email you any that you need. Please rather don't use 1980s pet-keeping books and magazines as references (though I think you're already aware of that particular book's limitations). Where there've been radical changes to species names and their taxonomy has finally been clarified, using an outdated terrarium book will only muddy the waters. Abu Shawka ( talk) 09:55, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
Dear BarrelProof,
Thank you very much for commenting at the AE board. I would have liked to send you a WikiLove message, but that seems to be a matter of issue at the moment.
I seem to have gotten myself into a Tarantino storyline, so hopefully the ending is good for all.
Best wishes.--
MarshalN20 |
Talk 02:51, 13 July 2013 (UTC)
Dear BarrelProof,
You removed again entries on the Frederique Constant company pages. Some entries who have been there for years.
You removed charitable activities because in your opinion "it makes the company look nice". Please note I do not agree that these references are removed:
1) We have been involved in charitable activities for many years. We took a strategic decision to support heart related activities worldwide. We have donated to good activities and it is worthwhile for people to read about them. It will let people understand support. It will hopefully encourage others to do same.
2) Descriptions on charitable work were all referenced to original articles.
3) Other companies also describe their charitable activities and I am of the opinion that it is news worthy for all companies. I really hope you can see that it is not only to look nice, charities need support to do their good work.
Could you please consider above and undo your last removal? If you feel text should be adjusted, please let me know. I gladly collaborate with you on that. Believe it is anyhow necessary to create chapters for the page and a table of contents.
Awaiting your reaction. You may also reach me directly via pcstas@frederique-constant.com.
Thank you, Peter Stas — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pcstas ( talk • contribs) 11:45, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
Wikipedia should reflect up to date accurate and relevant information. As someone who apparently has an interest in whisky, you should be aware that the information you Insist on re posting in incorrect and misleading, tantamount to vandalism on your part. However please research your facts and update as only you appear to be capable of doing, since you disallow all other companies posts. Apology will be gratefully received once you understand the error of your ways. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.137.12.93 ( talk) 20:53, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
Hi BarrelProof, I'm looking if there is a chance WP:SPIRITS can be re-vitalised. Do you have any interest in joining? Martijn Hoekstra ( talk) 16:46, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
I make legitimate and well referenced edits, made comment to the talk page and you disregarded and obliterated my work. Even the section about the Japanese Kentucky Colonel that came to help after the tornadoes has been eliminated which adds a great deal of character today's Kentucky Colonels, the reference is good WHAS TV recored and on YouTube among other places. You just bombed my addition of Famous Colonels completely stating that the NNDB was an unreliable reference, I challenged you to go to it using my reference yourself. You are not a wiki God nor an authority on this matter, other people do research, write. It is irresponsible and outrageous to simply discredit and revert all my edits in a prejudicial manner. http://www.nndb.com/honors/256/000163764/ is an excellent resource and credible. For you to say it is not credible is wrong, prejudiced and ignorant. I will simply have to take my edits and work to the next level and get others involved like my professors. I was just doing this for fun, but considering that I value my time and enjoyed making the edits, for you to take that away from me is annoying and is a form of bullying against me, so it will not go unchallenged or unreported. Shamansfriend ( talk) 00:15, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
Hello - apologies for not replying to you sooner. My rationale for moving the pages you mentioned was that the suffix "(professional wrestling)" doesn't allow for disambiguation where there are two articles with the same title, e.g. "Team Canada" or "The New Breed". I appreciate that this wasn't agreed in advance, though, so I have no objection to the moves being reverted if others disagree. McPhail ( talk) 10:28, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
Any comments regarding this closure? I moved to Good for Me (Amy Grant song), only to see it reverted. What's the point of a discussion if somebody else's POV is more important than consensus. And I am accused of pulling a trick! -- Richhoncho ( talk) 21:13, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
It was kind of you and gracious to say so. Individuals can reasonably disagree over interpretations of guidelines, and discussions may become protracted. For me the important thing is working with editors of integrity and collegiality, which you seem to be, and I'm grateful for that. With regards, Tenebrae ( talk) 14:27, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
Hi BarrelProof! (Hmmm, bourbon!)
I happened upon Morgans' page and BOLDly deleted the un-encyclopaedic, un-cited/poorly sourced, very POV, "This guy didn't invent the traffic signal and here's the TRUTH" 'attack' section
here. I think you noted the tone of this section? Yes,
here at 21:00, 26 September 2012, 'highly-biased "Original research" ' . (and all the CN's you added were what struck me!)
Here is where it was added by 76.119.76.228 ( talk · contribs) at 03:45, 24 January 2012.
My removal was reverted by 50.138.198.185 ( talk · contribs) within ≈30 hours, here with no explanation. They also did this at Traffic light. I have now reverted back again, and in an edit summary invited discussion on the talk page. See: The 'Traffic Light' section.
Who'd have thought this was such a controversial issue! I also note that this page has seen frequent vandalism.
Where to from here? -Ҧ- 220 of Borg 07:32, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
This is not about the dislike of Old Pogue. Alas, the latter is not available in my state. Cheers. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 19:01, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
Per your suggestion, I have retargeted this redirect to the disambiguation page. This leaves a large number of links to be fixed. Please do so when you can. Cheers! bd2412 T 19:55, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
My apologies for the comment edit on the Kentucky Colonels talk page. Thank you for returning it to the way it was originally. No harm intended. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cocoaberpop ( talk • contribs) 14:33, 12 October 2013 (UTC)
' Oh the humanity.' Given the recent interest and reporting, is there anything else we should be adding? 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 16:47, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
Alas, Kentucky Vintage is not available in my home state. In any event, Pappy Van Winkle is now the subject of a clothing line, which was announced in October, 2013. Schuman, Alex (October 19, 2013). "Popular bourbon Pappy Van Winkle announces clothing line". Crestwoood, Kentucky: WHAS-TV. Retrieved October 20, 2013. One of the Van Winkels says that the publicity from the theft doesn't help much, as they are already more popular and better known than supplies can keep up with. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 19:57, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
A discussion you may be interested in is this RFC, a proposal to make the second comma in a date/place optional. United States Man ( talk) 02:28, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for your input on the EBV naming discussion. Your comments were really informative and helped turn me around on the en dash issue. I'm sorry if I was abrasive...I never imagined getting so passionate about punctuation. I feel pretty embarrassed in fact. I've proposed making revisions to the name changes to uniformly use en dashes and to make the names uniform and consistent with published work. If you have time, it would be nice to have more of your input. Thank you again. Walternmoss ( talk) 03:39, 19 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi BarrelProof
You recently participated in a move request for the albums/songs titled "Living for the Weekend". This move has been partially carried out, but due to lack of consensus over the album versions, I have started a new request for those specifically, at Talk:Livin' for the Weekend: The Anthology. Please feel free to comment there if you so desire. Thanks — Amakuru ( talk) 11:10, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
Thanks. Re comments on various RMs, WP:DAB really needs improving to deal with the "no article of that title" argument. In ictu oculi ( talk) 00:25, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
Hello BP. Thanks for your reverts of the IP who was vandalizing various article relating to race horses. This has been going on for years now, especially in relation to the Man 'o War - Secretariat stuff. Unfortunately attempts to get page protection for the Blood Horse magazine list bump up against Wikip's open nature. I reported this last IP to AIV and we got a three month block. No doubt this person (can I say bozo without violating civility rules?) will return. It is nice to know that you will be keeping an eye on things. Thanks for your vigilance. Cheers. MarnetteD | Talk 02:36, 8 December 2013 (UTC)
Hello BarrelProof
You recently participated in and initiated a WP:RM debate at Talk:Counting Stars (song)#Requested Move 2. This message is to inform you that I have closed that debate as no move, but I have reopened it as a potential multi-move request, after a majority of those participating in the discussion appeared to support that alternative. Please participate in the new debate at Talk:Counting Stars (song)#Requested Move 3 if you wish to do so. Thanks! — Amakuru ( talk) 20:29, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
You said that we are discussing a minor capitalisation. I disagree that it is minor. We have the version of the title that is published, known, common and used by the sources for the article, vs. a version that follows our MOS. I believe that the article should at least mention the fact of this difference. Do you have a solution? I asked twice on the talk and don't want to add there, -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:45, 18 December 2013 (UTC)