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I don't understand why you duplicated the history of the Mac 128k from the Macintosh page to that page. As a general rule, information should only be in one place on WP; other places should link to it. Now, it may well be the case that the information should be divided differently between the two pages, but literal duplication is never a good idea -- what if someone improves one copy but not the other, for example? -- Macrakis ( talk) 17:49, 28 September 2022 (UTC)
Hi, your work on the Macintosh article has been really amazing so far, and it has really been cleaned up and updated well! I have been trying to clean up the iPhone article for a while now, and I had separated a super lengthy "Hardware" section into its own article, iPhone hardware, which is also equally outdated. That article could even be cleaned up, shortened, and transferred back to the main iPhone article. Could I request your assistance in cleaning up these articles, as much as you can. Even a little bit of help is super appreciated, thank you in advance! Theknine2 ( talk) 11:05, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
your edit Triggered a report in CopyPatrol, the tool used to identify potential copyright violations. The text does appear to be copied from .com/blog/mac-os-x-installer this site. However, your edit summary says "(merged Installer)". That might mean you are merging text from an existing Wikipedia article something that is not typically detected by Copy Patrol.
I do have a couple of issues.
I don't see an article called "installer", although searching for that article brings me to Installation (computer programs). My cursory glance didn't identify the text in that article.
If you are merging tax from one article into another one that's permitted, but we do have some rules on how that should be done. Please note the best practices wording as outlined at Wikipedia:Copying_within_Wikipedia?
If you were doing a merge using an existing Wikipedia article could you follow the guidelines on how to properly attribute it. (Let me know if you need more help on how to do that.) If the information did not come from an existing Wikipedia article and came from .com/blog/mac-os-x-installer this site, it looks to me like it's a copyright issue and should be reverted. S Philbrick (Talk) 13:20, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
Thanks to your suggestions, the article is now complete. You can now check it out at Early iPhone Processors. SMBMovieFan ( talk) 16:56, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
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Superb work on the Mac (computer) and iPhone articles, thank you! Theknine2 ( talk) 17:04, 6 November 2022 (UTC) |
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You have made an edit to a page related to the Syrian Civil War and ISIL? I'm not suggesting you're solely in charge of that wording, naturally, just interested in your thoughts. DFlhb ( talk) 14:24, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
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You cite that in the Trump talk page. But it's been less than 3 weeks since the last time the Abraham Accords was rejected. That's not what Consensus can change is about. In case you didn't know that, I'm pointing it out here. That discussion should not be repeated. Frankly, that editor is fresh off a long insistent repetitious thread on another topic. One might just as well say consensus can change overnight. On everything. We'd never get any work done around here. Happy editing. SPECIFICO talk 20:07, 15 November 2022 (UTC)
DFIhb, I doubt you'll get a local consensus at Trump's talkpage. GoodDay ( talk) 04:16, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
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Hello, I apologize for my comment and want to clarify that I have not been tracking your edits. When reading your first response, I remembered you from our discussions at Talk:Andrew Tate, particularly that your comments were regularly on the longer side. While writing a response, I skimmed through your edit history to find an example. It goes without saying that this is quite a deplorable thing to do, and I realized this minutes after posting the comment. I appreciate the retraction. Sorry again and happy editing. Throast {{ping}} me! ( talk | contribs) 20:07, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
how did I do that? soibangla ( talk) 23:42, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
reliable sources define it as limiting an account's reach, that I meant Weiss; but I did mean WP:RS (who would be more objective than a former head of product whose company is being criticized). We can discuss any specifics on that talk page, but I'm simply wondering if this revert was merely intended to support the quote's inclusion, or if you also think it doesn't belong in Reactions? DFlhb ( talk) 23:50, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
At least 1 article improved: An apple with a bite taken out of it.
Kudos for approaching a very challenging task!
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Thank you for pointing out that MEMRI is not widely considered to be a reliable source, this was not something that I had previously been aware of. I've since found a more reliable source. In future, I'll make sure to consult this list: Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources Jono1011 ( talk) 10:27, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
"an absolute hypocrite [by] ignoring your own book, or [a] fanatic psychopath"; a far more mainstream sentiment than what the edit suggested. I strongly doubt that any attempts to link this to his recent conversion (or to ISIS) would be either due or appropriate in his BLP; the article seemed more like sensationalism to me. DFlhb ( talk) 10:44, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
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Yes, because the county (surrounding, which is called Ilfov) is large. Pipera is basically part of Bucharest, and belongs to a town which is suburbs. Moreover Pipera-Floreasca is alongside the Calea Victoriei, Magheru Bld and the Calea Dorobantilor, very expensive. It's where the new business center is being developed, full of office buildings. It's not the same to live in West Bronx, NYC or in Lower Manhattan. Well, he's not downtown but still. In a new area. .karellian-24 ( talk) 20:03, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
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Let's help improve technology together. Do you have any sources (not books) that I can look through to help add information to the impact section? Thanks! MasterMatt12 💬 ● Contributions 17:20, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
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Hi DFlhb,
I noticed your edit on Rogue. Please note that redirects are WP:NOTBROKEN, there's no need to change it. I won't revert your edit, since we don't need another revision without any actual changes, but in the future, you know you can just leave them as they are. Kind regards, and happy editing. soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 13:02, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
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Thanks for the helpful information and good editing, I wanted to say that I saw that you had compiled a list of complaints regarding PoliticalPoint, and AEagleLionThing pointed out that you may want to open up a new section for them. I do not know what is necessary but it definitely seems like they were throwing wild accusations at me and mass pinging other editors to join in on their side, which does not sound like something beneficial to the Wiki. If you think they undertook rule violating behaviors then I suggest you warn them or report them to ANI if you have already done so previously. Bill Williams 22:50, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
Thank you for contributing to the indictment of Donald Trump article and sharing your opinion on the sources, DFIhb. Even though I would prefer the former prosecutor's opinion to be retained, this seems the best what can we get. Also, it is great to see someone who loves to read FT. You have a taste for newspapers ;) . Thanks again and best wishes. 95.12.127.137 ( talk) 19:21, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
The part about Groove Music/Media Player (2022) in the Windows Media Player article hopes that you can help update Groove Music is not exclusive to Windows 10. Windows 11 was also built in and was replaced by Media Player (2022) after 2022. And 2023 At that time, Media Player (2022) has also replaced Groove Music in Windows 10. I hope you can help rewrite part of the description in the Windows Media Player article that mentions Groove Music/Media Player (2022). 2401:E180:8800:F5B5:3C22:C096:500E:CC5E ( talk) 17:18, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
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Hi! I wanted to get your opinion on the changes I made to iOS version history. I removed a *lot* of cruft like build numbers & device codes along with repetitive release dates, summarized quite a few minor updates, and significantly reduced the post-expand include size (you can see that by viewing the page's source and scrolling down until you see "NewPP", i reduced it by i think close to 400,000 bytes), and additionally added a decent amount of new sources. I understand I reinstated the tables, but like I mentioned in my edit summary of your revert of my revert, I was never against the tables, I was one of the people who opposed the removal of them, due to the precent of Android version history and the fact that I was a significant contributor to the tables for a while. Obviously, yes, the tables included a lot of unnecessary / meticulous information, like listing a billion bug fixes when bug fixes aren't as notable as brand new changes (like the Lock Screen overhaul in iOS 16), but I underwent a significant effort over yesterday and today to reduce that quite significantly, and I was wondering if I did a decent job with the changes. - Evelyn Marie ( leave a message · contributions) 04:59, 9 May 2023 (UTC)
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What do you think how a featured article 10 years from now would look like, assuming that Wikipedia's overall quality just kept going up? CactiStaccingCrane ( talk) 14:08, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
Rather than whack each other with sticks, I think we might be able to come to some sort of agreement on the issue. Where do you stand on it? As for myself, I am broadly in favor of retaining articles that detail version histories and technical data; within that wheelhouse it doesn't make a whole lot of difference to me whether they're in prose or in tables or in summarized lists or cute flower pots. The reason I am being, perhaps a pain in the ass, at WT:NOT, is simply that I don't think formatting and style guidance needs to be in a core content policy like WP:NOT which de facto serves the purpose of WP:NUKEITFROMORBIT. Whether it was intended to serve that purpose or not, the main way I see it being invoked is as an argument-stopper that defies all rebuttal. I mean, the language that exists there right now is currently being invoked as a basis for all kinds of expansive interpretations, so it seems like broadening it would just lead to pain. I don't disagree with you that prose is an improvement in most cases, though. What do you think? jp× g 09:44, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
A list of every version, so my counterproposal needs refinement, and I'm open to suggestions. DFlhb ( talk) 08:14, 19 May 2023 (UTC)
Hey! First—great call on this edit [7]. I apologize if I had edit conflicted you there. I saw that page listed at WP:ANI, in which the editor who created the article was said to have created a POV-problematic article. For some reason, I didn't even think to go into the edit history—my plan was to tone down the lead and leave a note for that editor on the talk page with an explanation of some of the issues. Stupid mistake on my part—next time I'll be sure to check the history!-- Jerome Frank Disciple 12:57, 27 May 2023 (UTC)
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I don't understand why you duplicated the history of the Mac 128k from the Macintosh page to that page. As a general rule, information should only be in one place on WP; other places should link to it. Now, it may well be the case that the information should be divided differently between the two pages, but literal duplication is never a good idea -- what if someone improves one copy but not the other, for example? -- Macrakis ( talk) 17:49, 28 September 2022 (UTC)
Hi, your work on the Macintosh article has been really amazing so far, and it has really been cleaned up and updated well! I have been trying to clean up the iPhone article for a while now, and I had separated a super lengthy "Hardware" section into its own article, iPhone hardware, which is also equally outdated. That article could even be cleaned up, shortened, and transferred back to the main iPhone article. Could I request your assistance in cleaning up these articles, as much as you can. Even a little bit of help is super appreciated, thank you in advance! Theknine2 ( talk) 11:05, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
your edit Triggered a report in CopyPatrol, the tool used to identify potential copyright violations. The text does appear to be copied from .com/blog/mac-os-x-installer this site. However, your edit summary says "(merged Installer)". That might mean you are merging text from an existing Wikipedia article something that is not typically detected by Copy Patrol.
I do have a couple of issues.
I don't see an article called "installer", although searching for that article brings me to Installation (computer programs). My cursory glance didn't identify the text in that article.
If you are merging tax from one article into another one that's permitted, but we do have some rules on how that should be done. Please note the best practices wording as outlined at Wikipedia:Copying_within_Wikipedia?
If you were doing a merge using an existing Wikipedia article could you follow the guidelines on how to properly attribute it. (Let me know if you need more help on how to do that.) If the information did not come from an existing Wikipedia article and came from .com/blog/mac-os-x-installer this site, it looks to me like it's a copyright issue and should be reverted. S Philbrick (Talk) 13:20, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
Thanks to your suggestions, the article is now complete. You can now check it out at Early iPhone Processors. SMBMovieFan ( talk) 16:56, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
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how did I do that? soibangla ( talk) 23:42, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
reliable sources define it as limiting an account's reach, that I meant Weiss; but I did mean WP:RS (who would be more objective than a former head of product whose company is being criticized). We can discuss any specifics on that talk page, but I'm simply wondering if this revert was merely intended to support the quote's inclusion, or if you also think it doesn't belong in Reactions? DFlhb ( talk) 23:50, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
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Thank you for pointing out that MEMRI is not widely considered to be a reliable source, this was not something that I had previously been aware of. I've since found a more reliable source. In future, I'll make sure to consult this list: Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources Jono1011 ( talk) 10:27, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
"an absolute hypocrite [by] ignoring your own book, or [a] fanatic psychopath"; a far more mainstream sentiment than what the edit suggested. I strongly doubt that any attempts to link this to his recent conversion (or to ISIS) would be either due or appropriate in his BLP; the article seemed more like sensationalism to me. DFlhb ( talk) 10:44, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
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Yes, because the county (surrounding, which is called Ilfov) is large. Pipera is basically part of Bucharest, and belongs to a town which is suburbs. Moreover Pipera-Floreasca is alongside the Calea Victoriei, Magheru Bld and the Calea Dorobantilor, very expensive. It's where the new business center is being developed, full of office buildings. It's not the same to live in West Bronx, NYC or in Lower Manhattan. Well, he's not downtown but still. In a new area. .karellian-24 ( talk) 20:03, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
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Thank you for contributing to the indictment of Donald Trump article and sharing your opinion on the sources, DFIhb. Even though I would prefer the former prosecutor's opinion to be retained, this seems the best what can we get. Also, it is great to see someone who loves to read FT. You have a taste for newspapers ;) . Thanks again and best wishes. 95.12.127.137 ( talk) 19:21, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
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Hi! I wanted to get your opinion on the changes I made to iOS version history. I removed a *lot* of cruft like build numbers & device codes along with repetitive release dates, summarized quite a few minor updates, and significantly reduced the post-expand include size (you can see that by viewing the page's source and scrolling down until you see "NewPP", i reduced it by i think close to 400,000 bytes), and additionally added a decent amount of new sources. I understand I reinstated the tables, but like I mentioned in my edit summary of your revert of my revert, I was never against the tables, I was one of the people who opposed the removal of them, due to the precent of Android version history and the fact that I was a significant contributor to the tables for a while. Obviously, yes, the tables included a lot of unnecessary / meticulous information, like listing a billion bug fixes when bug fixes aren't as notable as brand new changes (like the Lock Screen overhaul in iOS 16), but I underwent a significant effort over yesterday and today to reduce that quite significantly, and I was wondering if I did a decent job with the changes. - Evelyn Marie ( leave a message · contributions) 04:59, 9 May 2023 (UTC)
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What do you think how a featured article 10 years from now would look like, assuming that Wikipedia's overall quality just kept going up? CactiStaccingCrane ( talk) 14:08, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
Rather than whack each other with sticks, I think we might be able to come to some sort of agreement on the issue. Where do you stand on it? As for myself, I am broadly in favor of retaining articles that detail version histories and technical data; within that wheelhouse it doesn't make a whole lot of difference to me whether they're in prose or in tables or in summarized lists or cute flower pots. The reason I am being, perhaps a pain in the ass, at WT:NOT, is simply that I don't think formatting and style guidance needs to be in a core content policy like WP:NOT which de facto serves the purpose of WP:NUKEITFROMORBIT. Whether it was intended to serve that purpose or not, the main way I see it being invoked is as an argument-stopper that defies all rebuttal. I mean, the language that exists there right now is currently being invoked as a basis for all kinds of expansive interpretations, so it seems like broadening it would just lead to pain. I don't disagree with you that prose is an improvement in most cases, though. What do you think? jp× g 09:44, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
A list of every version, so my counterproposal needs refinement, and I'm open to suggestions. DFlhb ( talk) 08:14, 19 May 2023 (UTC)
Hey! First—great call on this edit [7]. I apologize if I had edit conflicted you there. I saw that page listed at WP:ANI, in which the editor who created the article was said to have created a POV-problematic article. For some reason, I didn't even think to go into the edit history—my plan was to tone down the lead and leave a note for that editor on the talk page with an explanation of some of the issues. Stupid mistake on my part—next time I'll be sure to check the history!-- Jerome Frank Disciple 12:57, 27 May 2023 (UTC)
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