It's good that you've included a list of links to news stories about this controversy, but TheslB is correct in his call for inline references for specific statements and quotations. In particular, all the statements about Roger Byrd need to be linked to specific sources, per Wikipedia's policy on biographies of living people. (Even though the article isn't biographical, any statement about a living person or quotation attributed to a living person falls under the BLP policy.) The most common method used for inline citations on Wikipedia is footnotes, using the tags <ref> and </ref>. You don't need to use the full {{ cite news}} template: if you just note which quotations come from which news item, someone else (like me) can expand the references appropriately. It's just that we shouldn't expect our readers or other editors to search through all the news sources you listed to find which quotation or fact comes from which source. Thanks. — Josiah Rowe ( talk • contribs) 06:41, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
I've just nominated Jonesville Church of God sign controversy for deletion. Sorry to have to do that but to me it just doesn't meet the standard of what an encyclopedia article should be about. Steve Dufour ( talk) 04:52, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
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Hi, Cryptographic hash. Some of the editors of Jeremiah Wright controversy are trying to work out a compromise for a shorter version of the Comparisons with other candidates section on the talk page. I'd welcome your contribution. Specifically, I'd be interested in seeing whether we can integrate a summary of Frank Schaeffer's comments into the proposed paragraph I've been working on, or at least discussing its inclusion with the other editors. Thanks. — Josiah Rowe ( talk • contribs) 04:33, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
I beg to differ with your claim that the repeated insertion of the Huffington paragraph is not an edit war. I removed the paragraph; you restored it. I removed it again; you restored it again. Happyme22 removed it; you restored it again, with an insignificant change. That's an edit war. I reverted twice, Happyme22 reverted once, and you reverted three times. If someone removes the paragraph and you restore it again before 04:29 UTC on May 7, that will be a violation of the three-revert rule, and you will be blocked.
I also want to caution you about civility. Comments like this insulting other editors, and edit summaries like this, are not appropriate. Please adjust your tone. — Josiah Rowe ( talk • contribs) 05:51, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Since you reverted my attempted compromise on the "Comparisons with other candidates" section, I've reported you to the 3RR noticeboard. I could have blocked you myself, but since we're in a dispute that would be inappropriate. I'll abide by what an uninvolved admin decides. — Josiah Rowe ( talk • contribs) 08:19, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
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Hello, Cryptographic hash. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding the current edit warring and incivility related to Jeremiah Wright controversy. Yours, Josiah Rowe ( talk • contribs) 18:24, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Per a discussion at WP:AN/3RR. EdJohnston ( talk) 18:49, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Please be aware that if you continue to edit war make contreversial edits (without consensus from the talk page) to Ronald Regan, you will be blocked. Please move your edits to the talk page. Tiptoety talk 02:57, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
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It's good that you've included a list of links to news stories about this controversy, but TheslB is correct in his call for inline references for specific statements and quotations. In particular, all the statements about Roger Byrd need to be linked to specific sources, per Wikipedia's policy on biographies of living people. (Even though the article isn't biographical, any statement about a living person or quotation attributed to a living person falls under the BLP policy.) The most common method used for inline citations on Wikipedia is footnotes, using the tags <ref> and </ref>. You don't need to use the full {{ cite news}} template: if you just note which quotations come from which news item, someone else (like me) can expand the references appropriately. It's just that we shouldn't expect our readers or other editors to search through all the news sources you listed to find which quotation or fact comes from which source. Thanks. — Josiah Rowe ( talk • contribs) 06:41, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
I've just nominated Jonesville Church of God sign controversy for deletion. Sorry to have to do that but to me it just doesn't meet the standard of what an encyclopedia article should be about. Steve Dufour ( talk) 04:52, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
An image that you uploaded or altered, Image:Obama osama.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images because its copyright status is disputed. If the image's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the image description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Loonymonkey ( talk) 22:56, 2 May 2008 (UTC) -- Loonymonkey ( talk) 22:56, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Cryptographic hash. Some of the editors of Jeremiah Wright controversy are trying to work out a compromise for a shorter version of the Comparisons with other candidates section on the talk page. I'd welcome your contribution. Specifically, I'd be interested in seeing whether we can integrate a summary of Frank Schaeffer's comments into the proposed paragraph I've been working on, or at least discussing its inclusion with the other editors. Thanks. — Josiah Rowe ( talk • contribs) 04:33, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
I beg to differ with your claim that the repeated insertion of the Huffington paragraph is not an edit war. I removed the paragraph; you restored it. I removed it again; you restored it again. Happyme22 removed it; you restored it again, with an insignificant change. That's an edit war. I reverted twice, Happyme22 reverted once, and you reverted three times. If someone removes the paragraph and you restore it again before 04:29 UTC on May 7, that will be a violation of the three-revert rule, and you will be blocked.
I also want to caution you about civility. Comments like this insulting other editors, and edit summaries like this, are not appropriate. Please adjust your tone. — Josiah Rowe ( talk • contribs) 05:51, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Since you reverted my attempted compromise on the "Comparisons with other candidates" section, I've reported you to the 3RR noticeboard. I could have blocked you myself, but since we're in a dispute that would be inappropriate. I'll abide by what an uninvolved admin decides. — Josiah Rowe ( talk • contribs) 08:19, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for uploading Image:Obama osama.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).
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Hello, Cryptographic hash. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding the current edit warring and incivility related to Jeremiah Wright controversy. Yours, Josiah Rowe ( talk • contribs) 18:24, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Per a discussion at WP:AN/3RR. EdJohnston ( talk) 18:49, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Please be aware that if you continue to edit war make contreversial edits (without consensus from the talk page) to Ronald Regan, you will be blocked. Please move your edits to the talk page. Tiptoety talk 02:57, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for uploading File:Citzendium.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).
Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. -- B-bot ( talk) 17:10, 25 July 2018 (UTC)