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Hello DMacks,
I wanted to discuss the "controversies" tab on the George Washington University page. I deleted the section because it truly has no business being on the main page of a university. I found no other universities with the size and scope of GW who have any section remotely similar to this. I feel it is inappropriate. First, the "need blind" section is based on an article that was changed after I removed it the first time, due to the weakness of the source. Looking at the source that is currently listed, there is no concrete evidence that this incident occurred. In any case, it is beyond me why this is needed on the main page. This university, like many others, has been around for almost 200 years, and a student newspaper article shouldn't merit the addition of a section on an encyclopedia entry.
Also, there should be no section mentioning the US News story about rankings. Why should a data issue like that, which happens at many colleges every year be uniquely highlighted for GW? The same year, Tulane, Emory, and Claremont McKenna all were caught with similar issues. None of them have a section about it. That is probably because there is no reason for any of them to have a section about this. I strongly urge your cooperation with the deletion of this useless content.
Finally, the last part about the medical school shouldn't be highlighted on the main page. I could see a potential section on the medical school page, but not for the university at large. Also, the school never lost its accreditation. Due to the complexities of the business dealings with GW and Universal Health (which many universities have followed since GW partnered with), and the fact that this was the first of its kind, red flags were raised and GW had to deal with them due to being the first institution to do this.
Again, I would like to offer some kind of compromise with you on this, perhaps moving the medical section to the medical school page and eliminating the first two fake incidents. Please note that the tag for disruptive editing is not reflective of this, because a great deal of thought went in before this edit was made. However, with the standard level of content that should be expected on a widely read article such as this one, I don't think this should stay.
BTW it is always good to talk to another STEM educator.
Thanks, At252wikie ( talk) 22:18, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
You recently auto-protected the article about Lucy Hannah so that only administrators can edit it. I therefore ask you to re-add the mention of Lucy Hannah having been the oldest African American on record. This is recognized by the Gerontology Research Group [1]. What Commanderlinx is doing is determining what is reliable or not instead of letting a third-party source do so. This is ORIGINAL RESEARCH AND WIKI:OWN, both clear violations of the Wikipedia guidelines.
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Hallo again :-) I suppose you are right about changing decomposition back to decomposion [8] (because you are living in US; maybe native speaker). Before I changed it - I tried to search for it (outside Wikipedia too)... Do you have any suggestions to which article decomposion should (could) be redirected to? ( chemical decomposition maybe?) Christian75 ( talk) 19:15, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
Hello DMacks. Sikander Afghan is a new sock of Najaf ali bhayo. Disruptively editing Talk:Khowar language with the same pattern. Khestwol ( talk) 14:03, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
In the Sri Sri Ravi Shankar page you reverted my edit. In doing so you wrote in the edit summary: Please find a secondary ref rather than using your own editorial decisions. What did you mean by the words "secondary ref"? Soham321 ( talk) 16:40, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
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Hi, DMacks:
When I fixed the some mistake of python code in "leap year", my code is rollback by you for the reason "Too much detail/WP is not a how-to manual". I'm software engineer, and I found many people don't known the history of "leap year", include the textbooks about programming in china. the wrong code is used for getting "leap year"(before 1582). So, I spend some time to study this question, and wrote the code which let more people know "leap year". can you allow the code is added to the context of "leap year".
It's my first commit in Wiki. :)
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PS: I have add python code to bake of baidu. let more people knows the history of " leap year". My English is poor, maybe you can know what I said. hah.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by JerryLiu2015china ( talk • contribs) 09:35, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for catching that distinction - I didnt know about the polyyne page. A slew of plant articles were linked incorrectly to polyacetylene but the jargon conflicts with the article titles. My guess is the polyacetylene is more commonly used for polyynes in the plant kingdom than for the Nobel-prize winning polymer, so possibly a "not to be confused with" notice should be added. In any case thanks.-- Smokefoot ( talk) 13:21, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
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Hello DMacks, I Kindly Request You To Protect This Wikipedia Page of Kick (2014 film) because of High Vandalism by unknown users link : /info/en/?search=Kick_(2014_film). Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scoobalawyer ( talk • contribs) 17:52, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
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Some of the changes that I did recently on the pages were reverted by you even though I had given reference.
May I know what is considered as trivial?
I am not expert in Wikipedia editing, so please explain.
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15:51, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi DMacks, Just thought I'd write a note to you as my recent edit has been deleted, Having been a pro musician all my life and notice that the only thing about me is one line to say I sang I Love You with Climax Blues Band is a little frustrating. My reason for adding a sort of biog is that no one else will, its not meant to be self promoting in any way just to list one's achievements, I thought Wikipedia was exactly that , an information page. Any way I do apologise, Thanks Derek Holt 86.144.32.127 ( talk) 22:37, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
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14:57, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
This was one of the more involved edits I've made thus far to Wikipedia. I'll be the first to admit that I was in over my head from the start.
First, the pachymic acid article. I was surprised that there wasn't even a stub article, so I set upon trying to create one. I started with an arbitrary compound, arachadonic acid, copied the chembox template and began substituting values. I'm not surprised that there were some vestiges left behind, as all of this was done with a finicky wi-fi connection that really challenged my patience as I went about editing. I looked around for a free way of generating a 2D drawing, as I'm on an extremely low budget. There's no doubt that the drawing I came up with was crude indeed, but I was hoping for someone like you to come along and substitute a superior (and more completely drawn) image. Thanks for doing that.
Second, the Wolfiporia Extensa article. Another editor added an orphan tag to the pachymic acid article, so to eliminate that, I wiki-linked from the W extentsa article. In your revert you mention that a different species is involved, but that is inaccurate. If you look at the synonyms for Wolfiporia extensa, Wolfiporia cocos is one of them. Your revert, although done with good intentions was done for a reason I'm not in agreement with, ie, there having been two different species, but that was not the case. Moreover, your revert of the W extensa article has made the pachymic acid article an orphan again. A source for pachymic acid is inarguably this mushroom, which is known by Wolfiporia extensa AND Wolfiporia cocos. They're synonyms for the same species. Would you consider reverting your revert? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chango369w ( talk • contribs) 07:21, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
I think Black Epsilon~ the big draw you've been cleaning. I forgot to check and block this one earlier. — Spaceman Spiff 20:03, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi you have said i could be blocked from wikipedia without further warning. I am not a spammer. I dont have an intention to spam on a prestigious website like wikipedia. i am trying my best to put in some useful / relevant information. My submission "what is my face shape" was kept as a relevant document for more than a week. I thought it was pretty much informative as far as the topic was concerned. I dont know why you have decided to delete it suddenly. To add to my surprise, you have sent me a warning. is it a right way to treat? You owe me an explanation about your deletions 1. "what is my face shape" in Facial symmetry 2. "smokey eye makeup" in cosmetics section — Preceding unsigned comment added by Avisonly ( talk • contribs) 20:15, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
Hello Dmacks,
thanks for assisting me. just a newbie on Wikipedia so, not so information i got right now. About how to write and what is appropriate thing to post on a page. Thanks again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Polet1980 ( talk • contribs) 07:40, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
…at the recent Talk I added at Wikiproject Chem, which then references to a discussion at the Infoboxes. The data in these appears to be the bailiwick of a group of Infobox devotees, and so getting process to change will be sticky. But at present, much infobox "info" is so much unverifiable hooey, at least practically spelling—who has time to check a list of possible sources, for each fact?—at least, as far as I can see. Cheers, mate. Le Prof Leprof 7272 ( talk) 21:15, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
Hello - Looks like I updated a source on Rider University page by logging out. This was not my intention, I assumed you had to be logged in to make the change. Apologies for the confusion. I am new to Wiki. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.104.104.9 ( talk) 14:57, 15 August 2015 (UTC)
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16:17, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi DMacks, it looks like ability to edit their own page might need to be reconsidered. I've already reverted their crap enough. Thank you, 2601:188:0:ABE6:5D65:637D:D70A:E45F ( talk) 04:43, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
I know that when on the internet one should grow a thick skin and just let it go, and I also know that everyone has the right to say whatever they want to whomsoever they want. Therefore I'm just asking if a request of revdel has any chance of going through on this revision. I am aware that this is not a personal attack on me, just that the person being attacked is the leader of my religion and I don't think we should abuse him as such. (Yes you have the right to say that WP is not uncensored and IDLI is very common, and that I'm being emotional, but I hope you wont mind me disturbing you as such) FreeatlastChitchat ( talk) 05:37, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
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13:02, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
HI, I edited "Mahesh Babu" page a while ago . I have related news articles, confirmed by Mahesh Babu himself on his twitter paged etc for all the text I posted but didn't know how to post the links. All the content was removed now stating that my edit seemed less than neutral to DMacks .
I can still provide all the news articles and links related to every line or alphabet I posted on that page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Princeofap ( talk • contribs) 20:25, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for letting me know. I added the content again with links to the sources(national media). — Preceding
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We already had this conversation last year stop changing my word i already made my case you are a bad person on a power trip. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.58.155.181 ( talk) 03:59, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
So, you reverted every edit I've added? I'm trying to learn the ropes around here, but your message and reverting every single edit I've made is an odd way to go about things, in my opinion. Please explain how each edit I made was against Wikipedia rules. If I'm not supposed to mess with Alexa rankings or other analytics, that's cool. But what warranted the others being reverted? Thanks. LordoftheRingsFAN73 ( talk) 19:43, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
page Tymoshenko, have You deleted important information, which contains the reference. Do not engage in vandalism-- Lidaz ( talk) 08:09, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
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21:36, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
My bad. I misread it as "covalently bond molecules," which clearly wouldn't be right. Thanks for catching it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jqavins ( talk • contribs) 11:05, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
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Hi DMacks, I'm new to editing Wikipedia so thanks for your help & patience with me. I do work for Dell. I just read through the conflict of interest guide. I see your comments on the talk page and will make my comments there. I'll make recommendations on the talk page going forward. If you have any specific recommendations for me that will be helpful. 99others ( talk) 19:48, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
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I'm seeking your input regarding the sources collected for the Parwez article here [64], in order to build consensus on the content before I edit the main page.
It looks like most of the sources are being accepted, just two questions remain:
Your opinion will be highly appreciated. Thank you. Code16 ... Logic Bomb ! 12:09, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
"Sound like anti-gravity" - to whom? I can imagine several situation when this content can be relevant, e.g., when some crook tried to sell it as anti-gravity or it was used in film to imitate antiG, etc. However we need a reference for this, right? It does not matter that a wikipedian thinks something "smells like anti-gravity" They didn't look like anti-G for me. Heck, I myself defy gravity every morning :-)- üser:Altenmann >t 17:07, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
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Howard University has more than a medical and law school, why are you omitting the pharmacy and dentistry school ... both are post-bachelor degrees Broadmoor ( talk) 03:06, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
Hello DMacks. You corrected a bad edit I made here [78]. I will endeavor to be more careful in the future and to not become a menace to the factual integrity of Wikipedia. Regards -- ChemWarfare ( talk) 04:53, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
Hi, what do you propose we do about Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld? After telling the IP, multiple times to use the talk page, they continue to post on the article itself. -- Rsrikanth05 ( talk) 06:14, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
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Thanks for your assistance on the article. While I disagree with you assertion that I was edit warring, I respect your warning and feel that the move lock is not needed. Softlander was the third person to weigh in and at that point there was a discussion ongoing. If you feel there is enough reason to hold that lock I have no further argument other than, I will not be changing that again, nor is it likely the other editor will.-- Mark Miller ( talk) 01:33, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
I don't understand what is going on. Your last revert has confused me. -- Rsrikanth05 ( talk) 06:55, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
I am Dietrich Rordorf. When I posted those e-mails, I was no longer a founder/owner of MDPI. It was not out of my own initiative, but I was an order from Dr. Shu-Kun Lin. I have left MDPI by the end of July 2015 because I could no longer bear the strange relationship with Dr. Lin. The sentence as presented here insinuates that I faked those documents. This is inacceptable. I request that my name be removed here as it is not relevant who within the company fulfilled Dr. Lin's request to compile the e-mails from the company archive. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.73.101.223 ( talk) 14:53, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
The red pen of doom and a few other biased editors are fencing encyclopaedic information from the page Karan Singh Grover! Being an admin you should be fair! Please try and see that a few of your editors are unethical and wrong, if you don't believe me check for yourself, there is no good reason to remove any of that encyclopaedic information with valid source information — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.23.217.93 ( talk) 17:34, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
I'm sorry, the sentence's meaning confused me before. Apologies for that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcc1789 ( talk • contribs) 05:11, 12 September 2015 (UTC)
Hello, DMacks. Could you consider weighing in on this proposal at the List of Muppets discussion page? ~ Jedi94 ( Want to tell me something?) 18:36, 12 September 2015 (UTC)
Dear sir, In Chitral 80% people speak " Chitrali " language rest 20% speak Pushto, Urdu and Kalash. Kindly please correct the language in article chitral Best wishes Aftab Banoori ( Talk) 08:07, 13 September 2015 (UTC)
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Hello DMacks,
I wanted to discuss the "controversies" tab on the George Washington University page. I deleted the section because it truly has no business being on the main page of a university. I found no other universities with the size and scope of GW who have any section remotely similar to this. I feel it is inappropriate. First, the "need blind" section is based on an article that was changed after I removed it the first time, due to the weakness of the source. Looking at the source that is currently listed, there is no concrete evidence that this incident occurred. In any case, it is beyond me why this is needed on the main page. This university, like many others, has been around for almost 200 years, and a student newspaper article shouldn't merit the addition of a section on an encyclopedia entry.
Also, there should be no section mentioning the US News story about rankings. Why should a data issue like that, which happens at many colleges every year be uniquely highlighted for GW? The same year, Tulane, Emory, and Claremont McKenna all were caught with similar issues. None of them have a section about it. That is probably because there is no reason for any of them to have a section about this. I strongly urge your cooperation with the deletion of this useless content.
Finally, the last part about the medical school shouldn't be highlighted on the main page. I could see a potential section on the medical school page, but not for the university at large. Also, the school never lost its accreditation. Due to the complexities of the business dealings with GW and Universal Health (which many universities have followed since GW partnered with), and the fact that this was the first of its kind, red flags were raised and GW had to deal with them due to being the first institution to do this.
Again, I would like to offer some kind of compromise with you on this, perhaps moving the medical section to the medical school page and eliminating the first two fake incidents. Please note that the tag for disruptive editing is not reflective of this, because a great deal of thought went in before this edit was made. However, with the standard level of content that should be expected on a widely read article such as this one, I don't think this should stay.
BTW it is always good to talk to another STEM educator.
Thanks, At252wikie ( talk) 22:18, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
You recently auto-protected the article about Lucy Hannah so that only administrators can edit it. I therefore ask you to re-add the mention of Lucy Hannah having been the oldest African American on record. This is recognized by the Gerontology Research Group [1]. What Commanderlinx is doing is determining what is reliable or not instead of letting a third-party source do so. This is ORIGINAL RESEARCH AND WIKI:OWN, both clear violations of the Wikipedia guidelines.
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The IP in question is not a blocked editor. I can't claim to know their reasons for editing while not logged in, but if they want to, and aren't causing harm, I'm not sure I see reason for complaint. Kafka Liz ( talk) 21:45, 4 July 2015 (UTC)
Hallo again :-) I suppose you are right about changing decomposition back to decomposion [8] (because you are living in US; maybe native speaker). Before I changed it - I tried to search for it (outside Wikipedia too)... Do you have any suggestions to which article decomposion should (could) be redirected to? ( chemical decomposition maybe?) Christian75 ( talk) 19:15, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
Hello DMacks. Sikander Afghan is a new sock of Najaf ali bhayo. Disruptively editing Talk:Khowar language with the same pattern. Khestwol ( talk) 14:03, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
In the Sri Sri Ravi Shankar page you reverted my edit. In doing so you wrote in the edit summary: Please find a secondary ref rather than using your own editorial decisions. What did you mean by the words "secondary ref"? Soham321 ( talk) 16:40, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
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Hi, DMacks:
When I fixed the some mistake of python code in "leap year", my code is rollback by you for the reason "Too much detail/WP is not a how-to manual". I'm software engineer, and I found many people don't known the history of "leap year", include the textbooks about programming in china. the wrong code is used for getting "leap year"(before 1582). So, I spend some time to study this question, and wrote the code which let more people know "leap year". can you allow the code is added to the context of "leap year".
It's my first commit in Wiki. :)
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PS: I have add python code to bake of baidu. let more people knows the history of " leap year". My English is poor, maybe you can know what I said. hah.
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Thanks for catching that distinction - I didnt know about the polyyne page. A slew of plant articles were linked incorrectly to polyacetylene but the jargon conflicts with the article titles. My guess is the polyacetylene is more commonly used for polyynes in the plant kingdom than for the Nobel-prize winning polymer, so possibly a "not to be confused with" notice should be added. In any case thanks.-- Smokefoot ( talk) 13:21, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
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Hello DMacks, I Kindly Request You To Protect This Wikipedia Page of Kick (2014 film) because of High Vandalism by unknown users link : /info/en/?search=Kick_(2014_film). Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scoobalawyer ( talk • contribs) 17:52, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
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Hello,
Some of the changes that I did recently on the pages were reverted by you even though I had given reference.
May I know what is considered as trivial?
I am not expert in Wikipedia editing, so please explain.
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Hi DMacks, Just thought I'd write a note to you as my recent edit has been deleted, Having been a pro musician all my life and notice that the only thing about me is one line to say I sang I Love You with Climax Blues Band is a little frustrating. My reason for adding a sort of biog is that no one else will, its not meant to be self promoting in any way just to list one's achievements, I thought Wikipedia was exactly that , an information page. Any way I do apologise, Thanks Derek Holt 86.144.32.127 ( talk) 22:37, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
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14:57, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
This was one of the more involved edits I've made thus far to Wikipedia. I'll be the first to admit that I was in over my head from the start.
First, the pachymic acid article. I was surprised that there wasn't even a stub article, so I set upon trying to create one. I started with an arbitrary compound, arachadonic acid, copied the chembox template and began substituting values. I'm not surprised that there were some vestiges left behind, as all of this was done with a finicky wi-fi connection that really challenged my patience as I went about editing. I looked around for a free way of generating a 2D drawing, as I'm on an extremely low budget. There's no doubt that the drawing I came up with was crude indeed, but I was hoping for someone like you to come along and substitute a superior (and more completely drawn) image. Thanks for doing that.
Second, the Wolfiporia Extensa article. Another editor added an orphan tag to the pachymic acid article, so to eliminate that, I wiki-linked from the W extentsa article. In your revert you mention that a different species is involved, but that is inaccurate. If you look at the synonyms for Wolfiporia extensa, Wolfiporia cocos is one of them. Your revert, although done with good intentions was done for a reason I'm not in agreement with, ie, there having been two different species, but that was not the case. Moreover, your revert of the W extensa article has made the pachymic acid article an orphan again. A source for pachymic acid is inarguably this mushroom, which is known by Wolfiporia extensa AND Wolfiporia cocos. They're synonyms for the same species. Would you consider reverting your revert? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chango369w ( talk • contribs) 07:21, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
I think Black Epsilon~ the big draw you've been cleaning. I forgot to check and block this one earlier. — Spaceman Spiff 20:03, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi you have said i could be blocked from wikipedia without further warning. I am not a spammer. I dont have an intention to spam on a prestigious website like wikipedia. i am trying my best to put in some useful / relevant information. My submission "what is my face shape" was kept as a relevant document for more than a week. I thought it was pretty much informative as far as the topic was concerned. I dont know why you have decided to delete it suddenly. To add to my surprise, you have sent me a warning. is it a right way to treat? You owe me an explanation about your deletions 1. "what is my face shape" in Facial symmetry 2. "smokey eye makeup" in cosmetics section — Preceding unsigned comment added by Avisonly ( talk • contribs) 20:15, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
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thanks for assisting me. just a newbie on Wikipedia so, not so information i got right now. About how to write and what is appropriate thing to post on a page. Thanks again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Polet1980 ( talk • contribs) 07:40, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
…at the recent Talk I added at Wikiproject Chem, which then references to a discussion at the Infoboxes. The data in these appears to be the bailiwick of a group of Infobox devotees, and so getting process to change will be sticky. But at present, much infobox "info" is so much unverifiable hooey, at least practically spelling—who has time to check a list of possible sources, for each fact?—at least, as far as I can see. Cheers, mate. Le Prof Leprof 7272 ( talk) 21:15, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
Hello - Looks like I updated a source on Rider University page by logging out. This was not my intention, I assumed you had to be logged in to make the change. Apologies for the confusion. I am new to Wiki. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.104.104.9 ( talk) 14:57, 15 August 2015 (UTC)
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16:17, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi DMacks, it looks like ability to edit their own page might need to be reconsidered. I've already reverted their crap enough. Thank you, 2601:188:0:ABE6:5D65:637D:D70A:E45F ( talk) 04:43, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
I know that when on the internet one should grow a thick skin and just let it go, and I also know that everyone has the right to say whatever they want to whomsoever they want. Therefore I'm just asking if a request of revdel has any chance of going through on this revision. I am aware that this is not a personal attack on me, just that the person being attacked is the leader of my religion and I don't think we should abuse him as such. (Yes you have the right to say that WP is not uncensored and IDLI is very common, and that I'm being emotional, but I hope you wont mind me disturbing you as such) FreeatlastChitchat ( talk) 05:37, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
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13:02, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
HI, I edited "Mahesh Babu" page a while ago . I have related news articles, confirmed by Mahesh Babu himself on his twitter paged etc for all the text I posted but didn't know how to post the links. All the content was removed now stating that my edit seemed less than neutral to DMacks .
I can still provide all the news articles and links related to every line or alphabet I posted on that page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Princeofap ( talk • contribs) 20:25, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for letting me know. I added the content again with links to the sources(national media). — Preceding
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We already had this conversation last year stop changing my word i already made my case you are a bad person on a power trip. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.58.155.181 ( talk) 03:59, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
So, you reverted every edit I've added? I'm trying to learn the ropes around here, but your message and reverting every single edit I've made is an odd way to go about things, in my opinion. Please explain how each edit I made was against Wikipedia rules. If I'm not supposed to mess with Alexa rankings or other analytics, that's cool. But what warranted the others being reverted? Thanks. LordoftheRingsFAN73 ( talk) 19:43, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
page Tymoshenko, have You deleted important information, which contains the reference. Do not engage in vandalism-- Lidaz ( talk) 08:09, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
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21:36, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
My bad. I misread it as "covalently bond molecules," which clearly wouldn't be right. Thanks for catching it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jqavins ( talk • contribs) 11:05, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
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Hi DMacks, I'm new to editing Wikipedia so thanks for your help & patience with me. I do work for Dell. I just read through the conflict of interest guide. I see your comments on the talk page and will make my comments there. I'll make recommendations on the talk page going forward. If you have any specific recommendations for me that will be helpful. 99others ( talk) 19:48, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
Hi, we are staff from SCGS and we would like to help to keep the info up to date. Please advise how we can assist to keep the information updated. Thanks. email: scgss_ict@moe.edu.sg — Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.189.35.234 ( talk) 01:10, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
Greetings sir,
I'm seeking your input regarding the sources collected for the Parwez article here [64], in order to build consensus on the content before I edit the main page.
It looks like most of the sources are being accepted, just two questions remain:
Your opinion will be highly appreciated. Thank you. Code16 ... Logic Bomb ! 12:09, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
"Sound like anti-gravity" - to whom? I can imagine several situation when this content can be relevant, e.g., when some crook tried to sell it as anti-gravity or it was used in film to imitate antiG, etc. However we need a reference for this, right? It does not matter that a wikipedian thinks something "smells like anti-gravity" They didn't look like anti-G for me. Heck, I myself defy gravity every morning :-)- üser:Altenmann >t 17:07, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
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Howard University has more than a medical and law school, why are you omitting the pharmacy and dentistry school ... both are post-bachelor degrees Broadmoor ( talk) 03:06, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
Hello DMacks. You corrected a bad edit I made here [78]. I will endeavor to be more careful in the future and to not become a menace to the factual integrity of Wikipedia. Regards -- ChemWarfare ( talk) 04:53, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
Hi, what do you propose we do about Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld? After telling the IP, multiple times to use the talk page, they continue to post on the article itself. -- Rsrikanth05 ( talk) 06:14, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
The photo you removed https://www.flickr.com/photos/democonference/15644445510 was attributed and used within the Creative Commons license posted by the creator (copied below) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ > Please repost. Thank you.
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Thanks for your assistance on the article. While I disagree with you assertion that I was edit warring, I respect your warning and feel that the move lock is not needed. Softlander was the third person to weigh in and at that point there was a discussion ongoing. If you feel there is enough reason to hold that lock I have no further argument other than, I will not be changing that again, nor is it likely the other editor will.-- Mark Miller ( talk) 01:33, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
I don't understand what is going on. Your last revert has confused me. -- Rsrikanth05 ( talk) 06:55, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
I am Dietrich Rordorf. When I posted those e-mails, I was no longer a founder/owner of MDPI. It was not out of my own initiative, but I was an order from Dr. Shu-Kun Lin. I have left MDPI by the end of July 2015 because I could no longer bear the strange relationship with Dr. Lin. The sentence as presented here insinuates that I faked those documents. This is inacceptable. I request that my name be removed here as it is not relevant who within the company fulfilled Dr. Lin's request to compile the e-mails from the company archive. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.73.101.223 ( talk) 14:53, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
The red pen of doom and a few other biased editors are fencing encyclopaedic information from the page Karan Singh Grover! Being an admin you should be fair! Please try and see that a few of your editors are unethical and wrong, if you don't believe me check for yourself, there is no good reason to remove any of that encyclopaedic information with valid source information — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.23.217.93 ( talk) 17:34, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
I'm sorry, the sentence's meaning confused me before. Apologies for that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcc1789 ( talk • contribs) 05:11, 12 September 2015 (UTC)
Hello, DMacks. Could you consider weighing in on this proposal at the List of Muppets discussion page? ~ Jedi94 ( Want to tell me something?) 18:36, 12 September 2015 (UTC)
Dear sir, In Chitral 80% people speak " Chitrali " language rest 20% speak Pushto, Urdu and Kalash. Kindly please correct the language in article chitral Best wishes Aftab Banoori ( Talk) 08:07, 13 September 2015 (UTC)