Hi! I'm very sorry to bother you. (I remember you asked me to keep off your talk page.) Judging from what you did at AKB48 (where you didn't delete much, but rewrote), you seem to be the only hope of this DYK nomination:
Template:Did you know nominations/Kanako Momota. Please do something.
By the way, two people who voted the nomination down are the one who removed it from the DYK queue (when it had already been approved) and the one who (strangely) first appeared at this nomination
Template:Did you know nominations/Momoiro Clover Z and since then has been torturing me at the Momoiro Clover Z article and doesn't do much except that.
Anyway, please do something.
You are free to rewrite the article and do whatever you like cause I'm desperate. Just try to keep the DYK please. --
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I'm sorry Moscow, but it's simply not a good enough article, and that's even without the referencing problems noted by a couple of editors: I'm a stickler for quality in DYK (whenever I can) and this does not meet the mark. In fact, I'm even stricter: I would scrap the entire sentence about where she lives and how far away that is from some other place--I would scrap the entire "Personal" section, since it exemplifies what in my opinion is wrong with the many K-pop articles. I wish you'd take this as a guide toward better article writing, which partly you have: you know that this announcement stuff, for instance, shouldn't be anywhere, you know it should be removed from all those articles, and I'm glad to see that you didn't reinstate it here. And I will disagree with some other editors: I'd be fine with some version of the original "rear end" hook, shrimp jump and all (if it's judged to be well verified)--but the whole stretch routine isn't encyclopedic. So I'm afraid I can't help you with the DYK. I can't be your champion here, though I can see the article maybe making it in the end, but only if you take Ohconfucius and Japanglish and even DangerousPanda's advice. Sorry. Drmies ( talk) 15:39, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
Please take a moment to check your E-mail. Thanks.-- Mark Miller ( talk) 02:54, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
This combination made the great happiness of the Parisian aristocracy. Hafspajen ( talk) 03:04, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
On 8 February 2014, 17:50 you wrote on my user page daring me to take you up on "charges", and that I should duck on the way out. " maybe you should bring me up on some charge or other on the appropriate noticeboard. I suggest you try your luck at WP:ANI, but you might want to duck on your way out. Drmies"
I have asked you several times what you meant by this, and you have sided stepped giving an answer every time. I am taking this to be a threat. If it is not a threat please explain what you meant by this remark. Livingengine1 ( talk) 03:36, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Drmies. In case you missed my ping, your input is requested here. -- Dr. Fleischman ( talk) 05:14, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
Again. [1] Hafspajen ( talk) 15:03, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
Muffadal Saifuddin Most of the article looks like advertisement and cover story news reports regarding the person have been removed and replaced with unsourced information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.192.237.185 ( talk) 15:12, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 18:13, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
Just because I don't use it much doesn't mean I don't feel it, so thank you, too.— alf laylah wa laylah ( talk) 03:52, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
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The Frog Cake award |
For all the Nice Copy editors copy-editing and all the Nice Dogphoto fighters dog photo fighting on this talk page. Hafspajen ( talk) 18:13, 10 February 2014 (UTC) |
Hello. Saw your recent edits. Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard#Talk:Super Bowl LII will give some background on that editor. I may need some assistance. Thanks. Zzyzx11 ( talk) 05:46, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
Zzyzx11 being a long time contributor should of known better than to remove people's comments. Given the nature that experienced editors can block new ones. I had no choice but to file a dispute resolution before the situation got worse. The two things being disputed:
1. The existence of Super Bowl 53
2. The rumor that The Superdome is in the running only 5 years after it hosted the most recent one. That's like letting the Mets host the All-star game again in 2018 which MLB probably not do. The page in question is not officially an NFL page.
I strongly suggest we await the results on the dispute resolution before taking any further action.
Hey there,
I don't know if you interested in working on Alabama Blues Project any further, but I ran across it while reviewing old AfCs and moved it to the article space. Keegan ( talk) 06:51, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
I've just created Cristian Raducanu, my first (and hopefully last) COI article. I played rugby with the guy and still have a pint with him a few times each year, y'see. Anyways, a Romanian specialist has added a diacritic to his surname. Have you or any stalker got an inkling regarding the policy for diacritics in a BLP situation where the subject doesn't use the mark, he's spent more time in Britain than he ever did in Romania and most sources appear to be in English publications/also do not use it.
I'm not disputing that the Raducanu name in Romania usually incorporates the thing but, for example, it seems generally to be the case that we do not add such marks to the names of Indian people. - Sitush ( talk) 08:38, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
"Mud" doesn't always do it justice, Drmies! Here are a few of the most iconic rugby photos, all featuring Fran Cotton (someone else whom I know, although he'd more or less finished playing when I got going). See [4], [5] and [6]. The one here shows him in a clean state and demos just how lantern-jawed the guy is. Mind, he was more wide than than tall: the biggest person I ever actually played against (and also with) was Bob Kimmins, who represented England and stood around 6 feet 8 inches (2.03 m), weighing somewhere over 300 pounds (140 kg). Bob had no neck to speak of and by the age of 30 had one of those "looks like a bulldog chewing a wasp" faces, although he looks quite normal in the photo. Oh, and there was John Bradshaw, who was only about 6 feet (1.8 m) tall but had a 58 inches (150 cm) chest and weighed around 320-330 lbs. Anyway, it's no wonder the pitches got churned up. - Sitush ( talk) 11:17, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
Please revert it to your old link: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Mufaddal_Saifuddin&oldid=594834390
In the current article a lot of vandalism was done and attempts were made to conceal various news reports about the succession controversy in wiki it was changed to "Succession story" but its a controversy. The links like
http://akhbar.mumineen.org/archive/fatemi-dawat/nass-e-jali-1432h-part-ii-raudat-tahera/ are partisan \ primary sources which represent the camp of Muffadal. On such issues third party sources are required. The following edit is the best reflection and NPOV:
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Mufaddal_Saifuddin&oldid=594834390 — Preceding
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Again locke in wrong version please discuss [8] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Summichum ( talk • contribs) 14:32, 13 February 2014 (UTC)
If you have a moment for such trivialities, this appears to be the same editor who was blocked for similar business in the past: [9]; one of their calling cards, besides the unsourced business in the movie articles, is the creation of articles on talk pages....? Hope you're well. We're preparing for another big storm. Did you get hit by today's blast? JNW ( talk) 21:36, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
Woof. — Crisco 1492 ( talk) 02:57, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
I hate to be a party pooper, but how can an encyclopedia call you, me, a dog or a parrot a "mayor", when said creature was actually an "honorary mayor" of a non-existent governmental entity based on a successful publicity stunt by some guys sitting on barstools? Cullen328 Let's discuss it 07:20, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
Stubbs the cat, mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska Bgwhite ( talk) 09:21, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
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The Special Barnstar |
Just spreading some Wiki-love! Didn't know if you had this one yet or not....it's got pretty colors at least! MONGO 04:14, 12 February 2014 (UTC) |
...you don't do any vote swapping with him?! [13] & [14] -- IIIraute ( talk) 04:23, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
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The Admin's Barnstar |
"for all the abusive admin commentary I hear about me," ... I saw this passing self-comment on ANI. I expect you don't take such things too seriously but FWIW every time I see you you're doing good work. Carry on. In ictu oculi ( talk) 09:08, 12 February 2014 (UTC) |
Hey Drmies, How ya doin buddy? I did get away from home - although not some "international" glamorous trip. I did get to spend a week in Quincy, IL. ... very nice. Hope to get back to wiki in April. Hope all is well with you.
ched — Ched ZILLA 23:33, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
One of the annoying things about Wikipedia is that it seems you have to camp out 24/7 on the noticeboards unless you want the discussion to move in a direction you weren't expecting...I leave for dinner and a late night meeting and events have already passed me by :). Anyway, what you propose with FergusM1970 is fine with me, though I personally think he simply got nervous at the prospect that someone might block him soon and is pretending to capitulate. NW ( Talk) 03:04, 13 February 2014 (UTC)
I thought that Jiti Jitayi Politics was a hoax until I managed to clear the 2009 unref'd tag. The candidates who stood in the 2003 election had some, erm, balls. - Sitush ( talk) 07:21, 13 February 2014 (UTC)
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The Romanov Polar Star Award |
Probably not a good idea, but here you go, a barnstar from the Romanov Family to you. Because you discovered the South Pole. Hafspajen ( talk) 02:09, 14 February 2014 (UTC) |
So, you guys feel like you got the worst snow? This is my Valentine's Day. Ash. Everywhere. *sigh* — Crisco 1492 ( talk) 03:33, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
..* Oh, good for you. Hafspajen ( talk) 04:44, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
Hey, that was long before my time. None of my kinfolk went there--we weren't classy enough to become administrators (and be trained in the Royal Tropical Institute...). My hometown, Hoorn, made a lot of money from "trade" with the East, though. And we have a statue there for one of our, ahem, overseers. Drmies ( talk) 05:30, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
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Thanks for this one Victuallers ( talk) 15:14, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Drmies, I've gotten the impression somewhere that you teach English. Maybe you could answer a question that's been puzzling me about the seemingly simple word "the". Sometimes it's used as a definite article in a way that particularizes the following word, indicating that the following word refers to something specific that is definite and known to the speaker (e.g. "I parked the car"). On the other hand, sometimes the word "the" indicates that the following word is meant in a generic sense ("mail comes in the afternoon"). I'd like to know if there's a general rule that the particular meaning rather than the generic meaning is meant when the word "the" is followed by a plural noun (e.g. "the daisies are pretty"). Whaddaya say? Anythingyouwant ( talk) 18:04, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
Perhaps there are different kinds of specificity. After all, one could argue that "I parked my car" is more specific than "I parked the car" (which car? well, whichever rental I drove up in, I forgot the make). It's slim, but one could argue that--it depends on what you mean with identifying a particular car, and that's a matter of context: oh, you drove a rental Corolla? no wonder your legs are a bit stiff. (A specific Corolla, but not treated as an individual one.) Oh, you drove your dad's car? no wonder you reek of cologne. (A specific car--a highly specific one.) One could also argue that "mail comes in the afternoon" is definite in that it points out which time of day it comes, and that it's definite enough to answer the question "which afternoon?" (well, every single one except for on Sunday, silly). And there is no difference in saying "mail comes in the afternoons", though it's much less common.
But your question is really about the plural. I don't do rules very well, and in this case I would say that what might be presented as a rule is really a kind of habit (grammarians love to turn habits into rules), one particular to (West-?)Germanic languages; French handles this differently (having an indefinite plural article), but Dutch does the same as English does. Just think of the difference between "I love boys" and "I love the boys". So my answer would be, that's just the way it is. If you ask the Oxford UP's grammar book, it would tell you, well, here's a couple dozen quotations from books and newspapers--have a look. (Very unsatisfactory!)
Oh, one more thing came to mind. Change your sentence to get rid of the preposition: "I devote the afternoon to napping". You could say that in some contexts this is a not-so-specific use of the definite article (if the answer to the question "which afternoon?" is "well, every afternoon, silly!"). Now change the sentence just a bit: "I devote afternoons to napping". That means the same, and it seems to me that it's not the same as "I devote the afternoons to napping", in which case you're more or less pointing at a specific set of afternoons, whatever kind of set that may be--the afternoons during your vacation, maybe. "Afternoons", not so specific; "the afternoons", more so. But by then we've left grammar behind, and we're talking about meaning. Drmies ( talk) 19:24, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
I noticed you removed the speedy on that. It clearly doesn't meet notability guidelines. Please read WP:WAX & WP:OSE ~~ Sintaku Talk 19:04, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
I know how to spell douche. It was just a typo, man. OsFan3 ( talk) 19:18, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
This has been eating at me all day. I felt Bishonen and you were being unnecessarily condescending. Regardless my response was inappropriate, and I'll try to do better. I hope you both accept my apology. Two kinds of pork ( talk) 20:11, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
Is this a case of loud quacking or do I have to go to WP:SPI? Paul O'Grady1234 and "editwar" on Irish War of Independence. The Banner talk 21:28, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Drmies. As you know, some editors have had problems with Mrm7171. I got tired of fighting with him/her over every edit, so I decided to move on to different articles where he has not been active, and let him have these other articles that have been so contentious. Today I edited the article on workplace aggression, and he followed me there and undid a change I made. Since I began TRYING to contribute to wiki last summer, I have had to fight Mrm7171 to let me do any edits at all. It took something like 3 months just to add a one-sentence definition to the occupational health psychology article even though several editors supported my addition. He has had an ongoing battle with Iss246, and he associates me with this other editor, and has been undermining my contribution. I think this behavior constitutes disruptive editing. Please help. Psyc12 ( talk) 04:19, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
Apologies Drmies. Am feeling very uncomfortable about these ongoing, and spurious accusations of bad faith, without psyc12 providing any evidence or diffs, and when the objective edit history over the past month clearly proves otherwise. Mrm7171 ( talk) 03:35, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
I waited patiently for 12 days. Callanecc has just closed the discussion with a dismissive Edit summary.
Pete/Skyring posted slabs of his usual Wikilawering nonsense. I posted almost nothing in that discussion, hoping that sanity would prevail, and something sensible would come of it.
It didn't. Pete has won again.
I've mentioned to you before what I thought of AN/I. Now it's all been reinforced.
So, what do do now next time Pete starts a confrontational discussion at Soccer in Australia, or elsewhere? HiLo48 ( talk) 05:41, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
Hey there, there have been two IP-hoppers warring over Libyan Civil War and National Transitional Council - one started an ANI discussion here, which didn't solve the dispute (deemed content and not for admins' at....OMG MOOSEZILLA....uh...attention); the page was semi-protected, and after that expired they went right back at it again, so I managed to get it protected again (both times by Kevin Gorman, see this).
Now, Kevin's been through a lot these couple days, as I'm sure you know, and has a busy week coming up, so he's asked me to seek advice from someone else. So...the big problem here is that, in my opinion, both IPs are "right" - one on one article and the other on, well, the other. One is obviously more disruptive - he's removing an entire infobox from the NTC page on the basis that Template:Infobox Former Country doesn't apply to "partially recognised pseudo rebel councils/states", while the other is intent on changing an infobox "combatant" entry from the official name ("Libyan Arab Jamahiriya") to "Gaddafi Regime", which is of course a rather informal way to refer to a country, citing a bunch of guidelines about article titles (which I would assume don't apply to infoboxes). I was wondering what the best way to solve this would be - some sort of official decision would be helpful, but in what form - what noticeboard, an RfC, something? I'm not really vested in the outcome, just wanting to stop disruption of these articles. (Sorry if this is a bit of a vague and rushed wall of text, I'm getting up rather early tomorrow morning and need to get to bed.) Thanks in advance, 6 an 6 sh6 08:47, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
Well, here's the thing, but it's a small thing. These are, basically, edits against consensus. In the case of LCW, that's simple, given the nonsensical nature of that name change (infoboxes need to have some formality to them). In the case of NTC, it's not hard to make that case since the "it's not a former country" argument lets the name of an infobox decide the content of an article. What you can do, if there is anything you would like to do, is to parse the history for each of them and make a case, briefly, on the talk page--like, "infobox been here since March 2012, removal was reverted by no fewer than three different editors": the kind of thing that indicates consensus. For the name change you need fewer words, but there also, a brief section (a statement of the obvious, if you will) on the talk page is helpful to point at. That one IP is interesting--good on the one, bad on the other.
So you put those two sections on the talk page, and you can pose it as a question: "is this a correct representation of editorial consensus?" I see this as a useful tool for admins to look at when considering action. Is there consensus on the talk page? Yes. Then changing a name or removing an infobox is disruptive, and an admin can act on that knowledge after first pointing to that consensus. It's not unlike an RfC, except that in this case you probably already know what the consensus will be. Does that help? And the next step is, unfortunately, less elegant: semi-protection, blocks, range blocks. That's the irritating part. Drmies ( talk) 02:48, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
Well, it's not like I'm from a third-world country or anything! Just part of a non-Christian immigrant family in the United States; attended a secular private school with a lot of similar kids. If it's a problem, I'll be sure to let one or more of you know (the semi-protection, not Satanism. hah.). 6 an 6 sh6 04:26, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
Drmies will use any argument that suits him; he's very slippery. He probably thinks his salary should be higher because he has kids. He's the one who recently said that real life is a breeze and he edits here for a break. As for me, my life may not be as "rich" as his (although I live in Southern California where people from other parts of the country think everyone is rich), but I still don't edit anywhere nearly as much as he does (at least not by counts). Plus I have a real job, not one where I spend my time pontificating to youngsters. If you're looking for analysis of the underlying issues with the two articles, I'm not your guy. If you're looking for administrative action, I'm happy to protect one or both articles after protection expires on February 27 if the IP battles continue. Having now taken the easy way out, I'll let you go back to your discussion of non-Christian environments and progressive Jewish homes with light bulbs. (There's this one section of LA that is filled with Hassidic Jews all strutting around (mostly men) with their black pants, white shirts, black hats, and whatever you call those side burn thingies. I wonder if they use candles in their homes. Ignorance is bliss.)-- Bbb23 ( talk) 23:33, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
Aaaaand, queries should be posted on both talk pages now. Slight problem in that these aren't really frequented articles, let alone their talk pages, but we'll see if anyone responds. And I'll be sure to ping Bbb23 if the need for any administrative action arises (alliteration!). Thanks again, 6 an 6 sh6 07:46, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi there, just a little note to let you know that I reverted some of your edits on the Katia Elizarova page. I did this because you had removed the entire charitable section because you felt the sources were not adequate. Upon investigation the sources are the largest national paper in Spain and an award winning UK fashion blog, so have returned the sections referencing them. Also, in the section on her career that cited past work, which you deleted all info from, having checked sources again, and recognising that models work is akin to filmographies for actors I have replaced this also. It seems strange to remove an encyclopedic reference to the substance of an individual's career. I hope you agree. Thanks for taking the time to read this. Jess x — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.154.34.62 ( talk) 10:53, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
You keeping up with the diatribes from Godspiral at ANI? Evidently those who oppose him are Nazis and those who don't support a ban on these Nazies a vandal. Dougweller ( talk) 14:40, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
Noble Drmies, you have a message at Yngvadottirs talk page - a discussion. Hafspajen ( talk) 19:44, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
Drmies, I am new to using Wikipedia and I can see you have a lot of experience here so how about some advice or suggestions...
I work with Elite Athletes and help them improve their profiles online and the most common complaint I get is that Wikipedia is not correct and up to date. They don't like it as the images are often of poor quality too and it is often first thing that is seen when people search them. I inform them the best thing to do is to update the info and images however they don't have that time.. FYI The information I updated today was not copied from a facebook page, It was in fact written by the Athlete and her coach and given to me as this is the information about her current sporting published. I created her website and work directly with her on updating and improving her profile online.
Using your experience please advise how or a template I can use publish information about Athletes in a simple format that gives correct information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by My Legado ( talk • contribs) 03:30, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
Second, an image, that's easy. Just (have your athlete) click on "Upload File" on the left, and follow the directions. Only thing is, you have to figure out the proper license, but that upload form will help you do that--or, really, whoever has the rights to the image should do it.
In general, just try it. Write some neutral text with some salient facts, include a link or two (using the "cite" button above the editing screen, maybe), and see what happens. You can get quick assistance at the WP:TEAHOUSE. Good luck, Drmies ( talk) 04:06, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
...the thread I opened on AN/I? I've asked for specific admin action, and a non-admin keeps closing the discussion after only a few hours of comments. Regardless of whether you agree with my request or not, I do think, since I'm reporting policy-violating behavior, that having an admin close it isn't asking too much. I'm not asking you to fulfill my request for admin action, or to close the thread, but simply to stop it being closed inappropriately by a non-admin - he's now reverted my reversion of the closing twice, and I won't be provoked into further action.
I'd appreciate your looking into it, and whatever you decide to do about it is fine with me. BMK ( talk) 05:04, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
Can we please just leave the thread closed? You and the I.P. are beating a dead horse - over and over. MrScorch6200 ( talk | ctrb) 06:00, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
Has been discussed [ here] and at WP:INFOBOXFLAG and is explicitly permitted by WP:INFOBOXFLAG (read the last paragraph) - per your suggestion, if you want to change the guideline, propose it again, but I see little likelihood of a change in consensus having occurred.... Carlossuarez46 ( talk) 22:57, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
Just fine! You? Apropos of nothing at all: I noticed somewhere you recently used the word "determiner" in a conversation. I'd like to see more of that modern linguistical grammar stuff on Wikipedia; Geoff Pullum is one of my major intellectual heroes. Maybe I'll make a userbox...— alf laylah wa laylah ( talk) 16:54, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
Sorry, I'm not trying to turn this in a fan page. All the others great band's articles have timeline for members and I think it is easy to know the bands line-up through the time as Galneryus has had many members since its creation.
That's an understatement; rather than try to clean up his massive additions to Pemberton, British Columbia I placed a cleanup tag....he's got quite the OWN thing going on about there and Whistler, but in doing so has his history wrong and we've come to spats over that in the past; he's a relative newbie to the area (compared to me and others) but spouts off as if an authority. Whatever...."lack of competence" is one thing, hurling vitriol and then still adding junkily-written material without even trying to straighten up his act is.....irritating. I note he's added a Wikivoyage tag to one of the articles, I'm thinking I better have a look at what he's added on Wikivoyage... Skookum1 ( talk) 04:38, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
[19] 88.104.19.233 ( talk) 04:56, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
Drmies, why anyone as sane as you would ever want to become an admin is beyond me. But thanks and all that. Mr.choppers | ✎ 05:11, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
Regardless of backchat, IPs sometimes make a good point. 88.104.19.233 ( talk) 08:52, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi, can you decipher what is written in the Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek lexicon in Dutch and find anything else on him?♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:10, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
Categories Category:Wikipedians who have access to a university library and Category:Wikipedians seeking to adopt in Adopt-a-user should be removed from the user page you recently fully protected. (If you don't want to be the one who does it, you could drop protection down to template editor and I'll do it.) NE Ent 12:33, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
Mr. Drmies, since I don't know your real name, I wanted to say thank you for your reply in accepting my heartfelt apology over the suspected vandalism to that Need for Speed video game article. I was very scared that I would be unable to edit any more of my favorite articles when I got that warning from you and the other Wikimedia admins and wanted to make amends as soon as I could.
Although I appreciate you allowing me to continue editing under an anonymous IP address, I will feel more comfortable now doing it at the local library under my Wikipedia username. I'll be able to talk to my fellow members of the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fandom over edits to the articles related to the show and everything, and keep in touch with you and the other admins if I ever need help or advice on what is valid or invalid in adding to the articles under the Wikipedia Terms of Use.
Thank you very much for your feedback on my apology on the Administrator Notices/Incidents board, and I hope to help keep Wikipedia purged of any wrongdoing other users might cause now that I have learned my lesson about being too in-depth in my editing, and want to help drop the Ban-hammer on those wrongdoers.
Thanks again. Sonic5421 ( talk) 03:34, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
They've just announced the ticket information for Transformus. Now, I think it's pretty unlikely that you'll go, but I wanted to mention it just in case. It generally sells out, so if you think you might be interested, get your tickets early. I've heard great things about this event – it's one of the best regional Burning Man experiences. It's much smaller (2,500 people vs. 60,000), and without the extremely harsh conditions. Burning Man takes place on a barren, dry lakebed. The only water anywhere is that which participants bring, and there's not a single plant of any kind. (It was inaccurately portrayed on Malcolm in the Middle, which showed a cactus or a weed or something.) Transformus, however, takes place in a lush environment with forests and fields and water, water, everywhere. You can enjoy the art installations, the music, the new form of society based on the Burning Man principles, and the naked people frolicking in the water and elsewhere. And, while Burning Man was about 600 miles away from me, Transformus is only about 350 miles from you. And LadyofShalott, it would only be 150 miles for you, so you really have no excuse. Oh, and tickets are a quarter of the price of Burning Man. See the Transformus website for more details. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 05:16, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
With some additions today, List of 21st-century classical composers becomes the longest article on Wikipedia. A total of 14,588 lines of code and over 7,000 rows in the list. Bgwhite ( talk) 06:20, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
It's a persistent vandal IP - they've been pulling the same junk on other lists as well. Should probably be blocked for a substantial period of time ( previously blocked). 6 an 6 sh6 07:15, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
Newly opened. Δρ.Κ. λόγος πράξις 15:29, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
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What was Admrboltz reason for blocking? –
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Thank you for reviewing in the
Contributor copyright investigations/PumpkinSky, you did a lot to clarify! Paraphrasing (I hope not too closely): If everybody who reads this looked at one more article it could be over today. - repeating: you are an
awesome Wikipedian (18 August 2010)!
Two years ago, you were the 32nd recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, repeated a year ago in br'erly style. There were many more shiny things you did in those years, one mentioned here, - thank you! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 23:13, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
When reporting to SPI I always notify the editors concerned as a courtesy, however it has been suggested that this is not the correct practice. The SPI Guide says its optional. What's your thoughts? Flat Out let's discuss it 01:03, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
Is there anything about the sentence fragment:
"Prior to the Hurricane of 1900, Galveston was considered to be a beautiful and prestigious city..."
that makes "Prior to" unacceptable? Does changing it to "Until" or "Before" improve it in some way I don't see? Is "Prior to" some kind of obscure Latinate construction that most people don't understand? BMK ( talk) 08:40, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Génesis Carmona is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Génesis Carmona until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Giant Snowman 12:48, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
Look, I don't see your logic here. If Stevie Ray Vaughan got Yellow in 1983 or 1984, how the heck did he play it at Montreux in 1982? Also, anyone who has actually seen the concert can tell that the tremolo was a Charvel one. A link was included to prove that, because Charvel used to make that EXACT same brass tremolo. And what makes you say the pickup was a Fender one? There's no proof of that. Nobody has ever stated so and I remember reading it could have been a DiMarzio. And the spelling of Montreux.. Geez, who wrote it as "Montreaux?" About the amps, anyone with eyes can tell he played through Dumble heads and Marshall heads and had a shitload of other amps, cabs and heads. That had to be removed for what exact reason? And thanks for removing the wah pedal picture.. It was the wrong one. And the years when Number One was built, he thought the guitar was a '59 because the pickups were made then. TheKnowItAllJerk ( talk) 20:59, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
I think the basic question is - how long should the block be? He's playing with us. Dougweller ( talk) 21:48, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
Knowing Drmies love of the ancient word, today's writing comes from the 1590s. The poem is entitled, The Choise of Valentines Or the Merie Ballad of Nash His Dildo, alternatively titled Nashe's Dildo. Bgwhite ( talk) 07:06, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
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?*forgot Sand-Covered Church. Ugh. Sand-Covered Church is unforgettable. Listen, the Andrew Rosliny is quite good to go now, or? Hafspajen ( talk) 11:05, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
...at Art education: [21]. This reads to me as a, well, my talk page rationale should sum it up; I don't think this sort of broad unsourced prose belongs. If I'm wrong let me know. Thanks, JNW ( talk) 22:26, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Doctor. If you're around, I could use your help. While moving the page " Shirley Temple (cocktail)" to " Shirley Temple (beverage)", I inadvertently created a page at " Shirley Temple (beveragel)" as well. Can you delete it for me? I'm all for keeping plausible misspellings as redirects but "beverage" and "beveragel" showing up together in the search-box will only be confusing. Hope all's well with you an yours. Thanks, Joefromrandb ( talk) 22:27, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
Also, I disagree that a drink must contain alcohol to be called a cocktail, if only because I'm not going to ask my daughters if they'd like a beverage on a sunny afternoon. Note also Category:Non-alcoholic mixed drinks, listed under Category:Cocktails, besides the existence of "virgin cocktails" etc. "Non-alcoholic cocktails" is quite accepted usage (see ["non-alcoholic cocktails"]), and while the talk page editor was correct in pointing out that no one asks for a "Shirley Temple Cocktail", that's not pertinent--STC is not the name of the article; "cocktail" is there for disambiguation purposes. IMO, a Shirley Temple qualifies as a cocktail, more specifically a virgin cocktail, because it is a mixed drink. No one ever calls it a "beverage"; they call it a cocktail. Anyway. Drmies ( talk) 01:23, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Drmies, curious. How is the word njai treated in standard Dutch? Is it italicised (i.e. already part of the language) or not (i.e. still considered foreign)? — Crisco 1492 ( talk) 00:05, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
Hafspajen ( talk) 01:13, 25 February 2014 (UTC) You help me I am going to give you a lot of cakes Hafspajen ( talk) 01:15, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
Say Doc I hate to trouble you here but it appears the editor you recently warned is back at HiLo's Talk page despite being instructed/warned not to do so. Looks to me like he's in violation of warnings to cool out. Could you please take any measures you deem needful to put a halt to his capers? Thanks. Jus da fax 03:15, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
I just saw what you wrote to me, I removed it because it was the 2013 fixtures and team pages typically only show upcoming matches, not outdated ones from last year. 137.146.173.113 ( talk) — Preceding undated comment added 20:29, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
Drmies, and honourable talkstalks, a new article on a high school from South Africa. [22] Yngvadottir has translated the initial sentences, and a couple refs have been found (one gummint-website with infoboxen details, see article-talkpage), and the school homepage for WP:ABOUTSELF contents). But lacking in Afrikaans, might I request somebody with more savvy take a peek at expansion? They claim to be the top academic high-school in their province, and in the top ten for the entire country. Danke 74.192.84.101 ( talk) 21:25, 24 February 2014 (UTC) p.s. forgot to mention, there is also a primary-school of the same name (and a city park), but this article is about the high-school. 74.192.84.101 ( talk) 21:28, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
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So I was working on some articles, and noticed the absence of a category for Operation Paperclip I have created such a category and started populating it with articles that are already saying they are associated. So far I don't think there is any controversy. What started me off on this path was a request at WP:ANRFC about Firewall (physics) Where a minor physics personality WP:COI was attempting to gain some additional google-juice/credit. (See Special:Contributions/134.197.31.189 where an IP from Reno is going around adding lots of content about a professor who happens to work in Reno!). In any case, that COI subject Friedwardt Winterberg claims in his own book [23] as well as another source (in article), to have been part of Operation Paperclip, so I added them, as well as commented on that in his Biography. Is his own book sufficient sourcing to satisfy WP:BLP on that categorization? Further, there was already some content in his article about alleged Nazi Arthur Rudolph and controversy about his defense of that person. I found several other sources discussing Winterberg's defense of accused Nazi's (primarily Paperclip scientists), and expanded the section, do you think the expansion is within WP:BLP? Gaijin42 ( talk) 17:54, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
This looks like the footweras woting like for their own job. Oh, thank good. Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Castor Lang. Hafspajen ( talk) 19:59, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
I don't suppose we could revdel this edit? It was instantly reverted but in my view is still wholly inappropriate for someone to even dig out of the history. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 08:45, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
You and User:Hafspajen are dog people, what do you thin of the recent reverts at Cesar Milan. I've restored one of them as I think that [24] is a reliable source even for a BLP given the endorsing organisations. I thin the one I didn't revert probably is to. Thanks. Looks like he wants to remove the Titchmarsh comment also. Dougweller ( talk) 10:05, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Thanks, EdJohnston ( talk) 21:59, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
Respected Drmies Sir, I am explaining about what is going on in the page Raju or Kshatriya Raju page.It is a page related to the caste of Kshatriya Varna.
Iam bringing it your notice because there is a very big problem in developing this article.If this article has to be developed,please provide freedom for other editors to develop this article by providing reliable sources.In this page an editor named "Sitush" is creating hurdles by deleting the sourced statements with reliable sources.The reasons he is providing is not considerable.Anyone can clearly understand by his reasons that he don't like to develop the article. I will explain you point by point: 1.)[When Gotras are provided from the following 2 references: (i)cite book| title=Tamil Nadu Part-2 Affiliated East-West Press [for] Anthropological Survey of India, 1997 |publisher=Kumar Suresh Singh, R. Thirumalai, S. Manoharan |year=1997 |isbn= |url= http://books.google.co.in/books?ei=XM78UpaOGIulrQei84CYAQ&id=P3LiAAAAMAAJ&dq=kshatriya+rajus&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=kshatriya+rajus+gotras |page=774] (ii) </ref> Sir, in that page reference 1 which is "Parties,Elections etc." also clearly explains that Rajus are of Kshatriya Varna which is accepted by Britishers,Government of India and also State Government of India.That editor named "sitush" is wantedly removing that "Kshatriya" Varna because he don't want to mention it.Sitush removed Gotras in that page. Sir,K.S.Singh is a great Historian, he(K.S.Singh) wrote many books affiliated to Anthropological Survey of India and Oxford University Press.Iam providing sources from two of his books: (i)India's Communities (ii)Tamil nadu Part 2 and these are reliable sources as i have stated above. Sir,I am requesting you to verify this paragraph: {A number of communities claim the status of " Kshatriya Varna",but apart from " Rajput" they are very small.They are " Rajus"(Andhra Pradesh,Tamil Nadu),"Raghuvamsi Kshatriya"(Karnataka)," Kshatriya"(Kerala),"Koteyar"(Tamil Nadu,Karnataka),"Dal Kshatriya"(Bihar)," Aguri"(West Bengal) and " Kshatriya"(Orissa and Assam)-in all eight communities which are widely accepted in the references of "India's Communities" by K.S.Singh,Vol-V.p.1853,1856-1858"," http://books.google.co.in/books?ei=A0O8UtD5Bo6IiQejnIHQCg&id=1lZuAAAAMAAJ&dq=india%27s+communities&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=aguri" This was the statement mentioned by K.S.Singh in his book.This statement of K.S.Singh is given as the Kshatriya Rajus asked their caste to be placed in Backward castes list in Tamil Nadu for the Backward Classes commission which can be seen in the following link "www.ncbc.nic.in/Pdf/Tamil%20Nadu/Tamilnadu-Vol2/7.pdf".}This is a reliable source and sitush has removed this from the page.
But,that Sitush is removing wantedly and he is not giving freedom for any other editors to develop the Rajus article.
Sir,Finally iam a requesting you as you are one of the senior editor in the wikipedia and i can beleive that You can provide justice for the common editors and also help to maintain the reputation of wikipedia by developing the article. And i am also requesting you to study the above references of K.S.Singh i have provided and discuss it with experts.If you feel those are reliable.Then i request you to develop the article by entering content from those books of K.S.Singh.
Thanking you sir,
Yours faithfully, An Editor. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.213.161.28 ( talk) 14:43, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
According to a Western Australian IP, I'm part of your sockpuppet farm [25] Moo. Acroterion (talk) 03:23, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
D'ya remember the interlibrary thing you sent me recently for William Beach Thomas? Did you take a look at it or just copy and pass on? I reckon that it is ok to cite but it does come from a fairly obscure journal (American Book Collector). - Sitush ( talk) 15:58, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
I saw your comments concering the editors on this article, as you can see, I asked both editors to put there arguments on the talk page, rather than just deleting everything, both editors dont think that is necessary, now they went to my other article and put the notability thing on it, even though that was already decided in 2010, See Ghulam Ahmad (engineer).
So I am not sure what else i am supposed to do. Maybe you can look at the article Sudhan and decide for yourself, one editor all he did was google sudhan and go the government of AJK website. looking forward to your reply Trueblood ( talk) 01:36, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
I don't understand your other comment. Sitush explained on Talk:Sudhan why they reverted. What I see in this version of yours are prima facie problematic sources--poorly formatted, incompletely referenced, unreliable. I believe Sitush has already explained elsewhere why sources like Rose are unreliable. I do not see how the content you added can be redeemed. Drmies ( talk) 02:01, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
Sitush did not explain that deleting everything except the reference to rebellion against Pakistan Army is the only thing he left. If something is not properly sourced, than it should be talked about, rather than deleting the whole thing. I am not sure what your reference means to Ghulam Ahmad, if something is poorly formatted, than an editor should try to format it, how can a person just say that the source is unreliable, that is a judgemental call and is subjective.
Rather than destroying an article one should try to improve it, i am sure that the hundreds of sudhans who spent time fixing this article were not making up things.
I would like to have positive help rather than deleting everything\ Trueblood ( talk) 02:07, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
If you look at the history of this article you will notice that I am not the editor who did most of the edits, I happened to just notice recently that the page was almost deleted. In any case, I think still that a page should not be completed deleted without having it on the talk page, the talk page does have a long history, the recent editor just joined and delted ober 90% of the stuff, I have not gone through the whole thing, but I am sure there were edits which were clearly sourced. I will have to print the old article and go through it to determine which ones were not sourced. I agree if they were not sourced than they should be deleted, but the ones which one editor may believe is not sourced according to his or her personal preference is clearly against wiki policy. It than becomes subjective.
In reference to Ghulam Ahmad engineer, I did go ahead and add the citations that the editor and you are referring to, so there is nothing there that is not sourced now.
Trueblood ( talk) 03:37, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
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Sir, I've made a few edits, and apparently irritated someone that I can only describe as a "troll". I'm sorry if I've stepped on some "uber" Wikipedian, it was certainly unintentional. I'm having "fun" correcting a small thing here and there, but this guy "BMK" seems to have some issue with me. I really don't like his (her) accusations, which are not true, but if this is the crap I have to put up with, I really don't see a plus side to spending any time learning to edit and grow at Wikipedia.
Please review my Talk page (and it's history, as I have deleted some other offensive harassment), and also the comment I left on "BMK" page concerning the offensive accusation he left on my Talk Page.
Seriously, no less than TWO ***AGGRESSIVE*** editors have accused me of what I can only interpret as something dirty or nasty, and quite frankly, I'm both baffled and also offended. Is this what people have to put up with to edit at Wikipedia?
I have spent a great deal of time trying to learn how to edit and what the lingo is, and this is what I get? Seriously?
- My UID is Taco Viva, but my name is Jake and I live and work in Lakewood Washington. If Wikipedia does not want me to be a part of it, I can find other things to do. Taco Viva ( talk) 06:46, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
So, it is OK for this Beyond My Ken guy to leave obnoxious and offensive accusatory messages on my Talk Page, but whebn I call him on it I'M THE BAD GUY? Really? Amazing. Apparently, "established" users can be as rude as they want? I'm the one who get's the "talking to"? Beyond My Ken can "call me out" and say what he pleases, and I just have to take it because I'm new? So I took the time to learn a few editing tricks and now I'm a "sock puppet"? Paranoid often, are you people? Amazing. Just amazing.
I am a new editor, and yes, not a moron. I was able to examine Beyond My Ken and Nomoskedasticity "edit history" just as they were able to look at mine. It seems that neither one spend much time actually adding or editing significant amounts of actual content, but rather "trolling" around harassing other editors for slights and minor offenses, an activity that many would lable as sociopathy. I don't care what either of these obsessed people think of me, but I will not take offensive accusations sitting down. My suggestion to them is to "go away", and harass someone else.
I've only been here a short time, but in that time, I have *NOT* been welcomed, the "locals" have *NOT* been friendly, and it seems that this is a "club" that I am not going to be accepted at. Too bad for Wikipedia. Taco Viva ( talk) 02:50, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
I noticed you and Trueblood conversing above. There's an ANI thread now. You may want to get in your mamma kangaroo's pouch and hop over there. Bishonen | talk 22:28, 28 February 2014 (UTC).
Can't believe we don't have an article on this one. Foating flower market [28] [29] [30] [31] Hafspajen ( talk) 13:08, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
GM Futurliner, please? And have a word with User:Jbschev, because they seem completely unwilling to acknowledge that they're making a mess of the article. I'm not sure if going to fix it would trigger a 3RR violation or not, and the last thing I want is for someone to try and block me for constructive editing. Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 20:36, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 1 March 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Njai, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Dutch East India Company attempted to eliminate the njai by importing orphaned girls from the Netherlands? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Njai. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Thanks for your help Victuallers ( talk) 23:32, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
"We like to use words like "threaten" as if they're always clear; they're not." [32]
"In 2011, The New Yorker magazine reported that Grimm had been the subject of an internal investigation into allegations he abused his authority as a FBI agent in a nightclub in 1999. According to the article, written by Evan Ratliff, the incident resulted from a dispute between Grimm and his date's husband. A former NYPD officer working as a bouncer at the time said that Grimm remarked about the husband, "I’ll fucking make him disappear where nobody will find him." Grimm reportedly then returned to the nightclub twice, pulled out his gun once, and brought FBI and NYPD officers the second time." → [33]
With all due respect, I don't think it was for ANI to make a decision; i.e. to rule on this matter. [34] -- IIIraute ( talk) 03:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
hi Doc: would you pls do me a solid and rename this image to "File:Mysterious Wikipedian and Badmachine throwing deuces.png", pls, kthx. <3 Mister 2001 ( talk) 23:49, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
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The DYK project ( nominate) 00:03, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
I am not usually one to dish out advice, but here I go:
Two days ago I walked outside, maybe a total of 300 metres (980 ft). My eyeballs froze. All of Wikipedia can consider itself warned. -- kelapstick( bainuu) 02:25, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
- Neutralhomer • Talk • 03:56, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
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Koffie verkeerd to make you awake........................... Hafspajen ( talk) 21:49, 3 March 2014 (UTC) |
Since Doncram is topic-banned from NRHP articles, I'm willing to evaluate the Schrot Farm article. I found its NRHP nomination form, and several sections of the AfC submission appear to be very closely paraphrased from the nomination, so it's not suitable for mainspace in its current form. The topic of the article is definitely notable, though, and since the original creator was blocked I might just rewrite the article from scratch. TheCatalyst31 Reaction• Creation 22:32, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
This is again about the IBAN in place between Pete and me.
At the exhaustive discussions I've been involved in on the naming of Soccer in Australia, now located at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (Football in Australia), User:John has asked for "comments and suggestions". Although he had not participated earlier in the discussion, one of the first to comment now (30 minutes after John's invitation) was Skyring|Pete. He has again taken a very strong position, diametrically opposed to mine.
I want to comment there too.
I don't want confrontation. I don't want to break the rules. But I do want a fair chance to say my piece there. And I would like to be able to point out possible problems in ALL other posts there, no matter who makes them.
I really would appreciate your thoughts on how I should proceed. HiLo48 ( talk) 23:45, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for the kangaroo picture. That's a beaut!
Re the ping above. I have no objection to any other editor participating in the same discussion referenced, so long as there is no interaction. I think it is entirely reasonable that editors who contributed to the discussion elsewhere on John's talk page should continue to contribute in its new location. My participation was aimed at supplying the Australian government announcement requested by John and noting the problem with the previous RfC. I have no objection at all to any editor expressing a view opposed to that of the government. That is what ensures a healthy democracy. -- Pete ( talk) 00:15, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
On looking at your comment above, let me be very clear that an WP:IBAN does not exclude participation in the same discussion. I am not "graciously allowing" the other party to contribute, I am saying that it is his right, that it is entirely reasonable that he do so, and that I will not lodge any sort of complaint. Let me also make it quite clear that I am not hounding or baiting any other editor. My previous participation on John's talk page was aimed at expressing my support for the direction he took and his firm but fair approach to dealing with personal attacks. There should be a lot more of this going on, to get Wikipedians discussing the encyclopaedia rather than each other. My recent contributions are aimed entirely at process, not any particular editor, and I took care in my wording to avoid even the most indirect of comments. -- Pete ( talk) 01:36, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
I'm not requesting anything. Just dropping by to say hello. Consider yourself lucky. JNW ( talk) 00:53, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
I've lost both my patience and my temper at Raju, a notoriously troublesome article due to caste POV pushing. I can't even fix stylistic issues without the newbie (almost certainly a sock) reverting me. Qwyrxian ( talk · contribs) tended to keep an eye on it but they're unlikely to return to WP. Any chance that you can at least review the style points? Notably, I did this and it ended up as this. It's not even Indian English, it includes a link back to the same article, etc. I'm trying really hard not to revert them after they've reverted me & I can live with the content disputes (these people always end up getting blocked eventually) but the removal of valid tags, crap phrasing & poor citation style really grates with me. Just a quick copyedit would be nice. - Sitush ( talk) 02:58, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
at Lent made me laugh. Have you always had that edit notice with the kangaroo?— alf laylah wa laylah ( talk) 04:02, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
Awg22, I have moved the AfC and your commentary; you can find it at Draft:Identity Fusion. The advantage of that Draft space is that it allows for a talk page, where I have moved your comments (after extensive editing for layout). You can always resubmit it from that Draft space (if you need help, maybe ask at the Wikipedia:Teahouse). I will tell you this, though: it will take a lot of effort on the part of a future reviewer to wade through video and audio clips, especially on a topic like this, which should be easily dealt with via publications in peer-reviewed journals and handbooks. Thank you, Drmies ( talk) 15:10, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
The Pumpkin Giant” is a story of how one family saves their country from a monster known as the Pumpkin Giant. In this country, there are no pumpkins and only potatoes are grown in the fields. The Pumpkin Giant is a terrible creature who eats fat little girls and boys. The King and Queen of this country have a daughter, Princess Adriadne Diana, who is the fattest child in the country. The King is so frightened that she will be eaten that 50 guards are always protecting her. Due to his growing fear, the King issues a statement saying that he will knight whoever cuts of the head of the Pumpkin Giant and kills him, but the town reasons that they were all too afraid and unstable to be able to kill him.There is a family that lives not far from the castle of the Pumpkin Giant. Patroclus and Daphne fear for their son, Æneas, who is just as fat as the Princess. One day, Patroclus and Æneas are outside picking potatoes when the Pumpkin Giant come tumbling towards them trying to eat Æneas. Patroclus throws a large potato into the mouth of the Giant, killing him. The family then cuts off the head of the Giant and Æneas uses it as a toy for some time.
After the death of the Pumpkin Giant, pumpkin heads begin to sprout in fields all over the country, and everyone fears that they will soon have hundreds of Pumpkin Giants roaming about. The pumpkin heads stop growing, however, and no more than the faceless heads emerge from the earth. Æneas is very curious about how things taste, and one day takes a bite of a pumpkin head in his yard. It is the most delicious thing he has ever tasted, and soon his family begins cooking the pumpkin heads in all new ways. As Daphne is making pies one day, the King rides by and tastes them. He falls in love with the pies and knights Patroclus on the spot for killing the Pumpkin Giant. The whole family moves into the King’s castle so Daphne can bake pies for the whole kingdom and Æneas can marry Princess Adriadne Diana. The Pot of Gold and Other Stories, orphan article. Some nice cut his head of involved. Hafspajen ( talk) 18:50, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for filling me in about Winnerex...I hadn't encountered this editor before and was only trying to help on AN/I. Sometimes, it works; other times, well, I look a little gullible. Thanks for taking my effort at face value. Liz Read! Talk! 18:53, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi,
I saw you deleted the entry I had for the fictional disease Alexandria's Genesis on the list of fictional diseases and the corresponding wiki page describing it and giving its background story showings its origins.
I know your editing of wikipedia is a volunteer effort and you are confronted with reams of pages and entries you need to quickly review and make a decision on. And I can appreciate why on a quick glance you would consider deleting a page about Alexandria's Genesis. But by that same token that is why I created the page, to give a clear description that this is a fictional disease and to trace its origin. What is unique about Alexandria's Genesis is that many people believe it is a real disease/genetic disorder. This fiction, and the corresponding purple/violet eyed doctored pictures that accompany the numerous tumblr, etc… posts about it touch upon the human fascination with what is perceived as "perfection" and "Uniqueness".
By having a wiki page for Alexandria's Genesis that clearly documents its someone obfuscated origin as a fictional disease I believe is in the spirit and intent of wikipedia. I would appreciate you considering reinstating it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AlumCreek ( talk • contribs) 06:02, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
Sees picture of cute Peruvian cavy, looks for recipes, finds Peruvian cuisine page, wonders what in hell are the 30 basic movements of Peruvian Cuisine? Xanthomelanoussprog ( talk) 14:28, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
Polish (chicken) is also weird Hafspajen ( talk) 15:20, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
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I have a former COI with a BLP that is subject to some pretty overt vandalism. I did not write the article, but just submitted a small correction a while back. While I have no expertise, I'm pretty sure a goat's ass isn't relevant ;-)
Do you think I could ask you to care of it?
Talk:Michael_Patsalos-Fox#Vandalism
CorporateM ( Talk) 20:14, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
Re: this long term discussion and attendant warring over a small village [39]. My suspicion is that there are related accounts engaged in this disagreement with Sitush, and it's disruptive. In the words of the original account at their talk page, they're disinclined to back down. I think this is evidence of that spirit. By the way, i hope all is well with you. Best, JNW ( talk) 20:57, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi! I'm very sorry to bother you. (I remember you asked me to keep off your talk page.) Judging from what you did at AKB48 (where you didn't delete much, but rewrote), you seem to be the only hope of this DYK nomination:
Template:Did you know nominations/Kanako Momota. Please do something.
By the way, two people who voted the nomination down are the one who removed it from the DYK queue (when it had already been approved) and the one who (strangely) first appeared at this nomination
Template:Did you know nominations/Momoiro Clover Z and since then has been torturing me at the Momoiro Clover Z article and doesn't do much except that.
Anyway, please do something.
You are free to rewrite the article and do whatever you like cause I'm desperate. Just try to keep the DYK please. --
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I'm sorry Moscow, but it's simply not a good enough article, and that's even without the referencing problems noted by a couple of editors: I'm a stickler for quality in DYK (whenever I can) and this does not meet the mark. In fact, I'm even stricter: I would scrap the entire sentence about where she lives and how far away that is from some other place--I would scrap the entire "Personal" section, since it exemplifies what in my opinion is wrong with the many K-pop articles. I wish you'd take this as a guide toward better article writing, which partly you have: you know that this announcement stuff, for instance, shouldn't be anywhere, you know it should be removed from all those articles, and I'm glad to see that you didn't reinstate it here. And I will disagree with some other editors: I'd be fine with some version of the original "rear end" hook, shrimp jump and all (if it's judged to be well verified)--but the whole stretch routine isn't encyclopedic. So I'm afraid I can't help you with the DYK. I can't be your champion here, though I can see the article maybe making it in the end, but only if you take Ohconfucius and Japanglish and even DangerousPanda's advice. Sorry. Drmies ( talk) 15:39, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
Please take a moment to check your E-mail. Thanks.-- Mark Miller ( talk) 02:54, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
This combination made the great happiness of the Parisian aristocracy. Hafspajen ( talk) 03:04, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
On 8 February 2014, 17:50 you wrote on my user page daring me to take you up on "charges", and that I should duck on the way out. " maybe you should bring me up on some charge or other on the appropriate noticeboard. I suggest you try your luck at WP:ANI, but you might want to duck on your way out. Drmies"
I have asked you several times what you meant by this, and you have sided stepped giving an answer every time. I am taking this to be a threat. If it is not a threat please explain what you meant by this remark. Livingengine1 ( talk) 03:36, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Drmies. In case you missed my ping, your input is requested here. -- Dr. Fleischman ( talk) 05:14, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
Again. [1] Hafspajen ( talk) 15:03, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
Muffadal Saifuddin Most of the article looks like advertisement and cover story news reports regarding the person have been removed and replaced with unsourced information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.192.237.185 ( talk) 15:12, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 18:13, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
Just because I don't use it much doesn't mean I don't feel it, so thank you, too.— alf laylah wa laylah ( talk) 03:52, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
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The Frog Cake award |
For all the Nice Copy editors copy-editing and all the Nice Dogphoto fighters dog photo fighting on this talk page. Hafspajen ( talk) 18:13, 10 February 2014 (UTC) |
Hello. Saw your recent edits. Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard#Talk:Super Bowl LII will give some background on that editor. I may need some assistance. Thanks. Zzyzx11 ( talk) 05:46, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
Zzyzx11 being a long time contributor should of known better than to remove people's comments. Given the nature that experienced editors can block new ones. I had no choice but to file a dispute resolution before the situation got worse. The two things being disputed:
1. The existence of Super Bowl 53
2. The rumor that The Superdome is in the running only 5 years after it hosted the most recent one. That's like letting the Mets host the All-star game again in 2018 which MLB probably not do. The page in question is not officially an NFL page.
I strongly suggest we await the results on the dispute resolution before taking any further action.
Hey there,
I don't know if you interested in working on Alabama Blues Project any further, but I ran across it while reviewing old AfCs and moved it to the article space. Keegan ( talk) 06:51, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
I've just created Cristian Raducanu, my first (and hopefully last) COI article. I played rugby with the guy and still have a pint with him a few times each year, y'see. Anyways, a Romanian specialist has added a diacritic to his surname. Have you or any stalker got an inkling regarding the policy for diacritics in a BLP situation where the subject doesn't use the mark, he's spent more time in Britain than he ever did in Romania and most sources appear to be in English publications/also do not use it.
I'm not disputing that the Raducanu name in Romania usually incorporates the thing but, for example, it seems generally to be the case that we do not add such marks to the names of Indian people. - Sitush ( talk) 08:38, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
"Mud" doesn't always do it justice, Drmies! Here are a few of the most iconic rugby photos, all featuring Fran Cotton (someone else whom I know, although he'd more or less finished playing when I got going). See [4], [5] and [6]. The one here shows him in a clean state and demos just how lantern-jawed the guy is. Mind, he was more wide than than tall: the biggest person I ever actually played against (and also with) was Bob Kimmins, who represented England and stood around 6 feet 8 inches (2.03 m), weighing somewhere over 300 pounds (140 kg). Bob had no neck to speak of and by the age of 30 had one of those "looks like a bulldog chewing a wasp" faces, although he looks quite normal in the photo. Oh, and there was John Bradshaw, who was only about 6 feet (1.8 m) tall but had a 58 inches (150 cm) chest and weighed around 320-330 lbs. Anyway, it's no wonder the pitches got churned up. - Sitush ( talk) 11:17, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
Please revert it to your old link: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Mufaddal_Saifuddin&oldid=594834390
In the current article a lot of vandalism was done and attempts were made to conceal various news reports about the succession controversy in wiki it was changed to "Succession story" but its a controversy. The links like
http://akhbar.mumineen.org/archive/fatemi-dawat/nass-e-jali-1432h-part-ii-raudat-tahera/ are partisan \ primary sources which represent the camp of Muffadal. On such issues third party sources are required. The following edit is the best reflection and NPOV:
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Mufaddal_Saifuddin&oldid=594834390 — Preceding
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Again locke in wrong version please discuss [8] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Summichum ( talk • contribs) 14:32, 13 February 2014 (UTC)
If you have a moment for such trivialities, this appears to be the same editor who was blocked for similar business in the past: [9]; one of their calling cards, besides the unsourced business in the movie articles, is the creation of articles on talk pages....? Hope you're well. We're preparing for another big storm. Did you get hit by today's blast? JNW ( talk) 21:36, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
Woof. — Crisco 1492 ( talk) 02:57, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
I hate to be a party pooper, but how can an encyclopedia call you, me, a dog or a parrot a "mayor", when said creature was actually an "honorary mayor" of a non-existent governmental entity based on a successful publicity stunt by some guys sitting on barstools? Cullen328 Let's discuss it 07:20, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
Stubbs the cat, mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska Bgwhite ( talk) 09:21, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
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The Special Barnstar |
Just spreading some Wiki-love! Didn't know if you had this one yet or not....it's got pretty colors at least! MONGO 04:14, 12 February 2014 (UTC) |
...you don't do any vote swapping with him?! [13] & [14] -- IIIraute ( talk) 04:23, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
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The Admin's Barnstar |
"for all the abusive admin commentary I hear about me," ... I saw this passing self-comment on ANI. I expect you don't take such things too seriously but FWIW every time I see you you're doing good work. Carry on. In ictu oculi ( talk) 09:08, 12 February 2014 (UTC) |
Hey Drmies, How ya doin buddy? I did get away from home - although not some "international" glamorous trip. I did get to spend a week in Quincy, IL. ... very nice. Hope to get back to wiki in April. Hope all is well with you.
ched — Ched ZILLA 23:33, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
One of the annoying things about Wikipedia is that it seems you have to camp out 24/7 on the noticeboards unless you want the discussion to move in a direction you weren't expecting...I leave for dinner and a late night meeting and events have already passed me by :). Anyway, what you propose with FergusM1970 is fine with me, though I personally think he simply got nervous at the prospect that someone might block him soon and is pretending to capitulate. NW ( Talk) 03:04, 13 February 2014 (UTC)
I thought that Jiti Jitayi Politics was a hoax until I managed to clear the 2009 unref'd tag. The candidates who stood in the 2003 election had some, erm, balls. - Sitush ( talk) 07:21, 13 February 2014 (UTC)
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The Romanov Polar Star Award |
Probably not a good idea, but here you go, a barnstar from the Romanov Family to you. Because you discovered the South Pole. Hafspajen ( talk) 02:09, 14 February 2014 (UTC) |
So, you guys feel like you got the worst snow? This is my Valentine's Day. Ash. Everywhere. *sigh* — Crisco 1492 ( talk) 03:33, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
..* Oh, good for you. Hafspajen ( talk) 04:44, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
Hey, that was long before my time. None of my kinfolk went there--we weren't classy enough to become administrators (and be trained in the Royal Tropical Institute...). My hometown, Hoorn, made a lot of money from "trade" with the East, though. And we have a statue there for one of our, ahem, overseers. Drmies ( talk) 05:30, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
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Thanks for this one Victuallers ( talk) 15:14, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Drmies, I've gotten the impression somewhere that you teach English. Maybe you could answer a question that's been puzzling me about the seemingly simple word "the". Sometimes it's used as a definite article in a way that particularizes the following word, indicating that the following word refers to something specific that is definite and known to the speaker (e.g. "I parked the car"). On the other hand, sometimes the word "the" indicates that the following word is meant in a generic sense ("mail comes in the afternoon"). I'd like to know if there's a general rule that the particular meaning rather than the generic meaning is meant when the word "the" is followed by a plural noun (e.g. "the daisies are pretty"). Whaddaya say? Anythingyouwant ( talk) 18:04, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
Perhaps there are different kinds of specificity. After all, one could argue that "I parked my car" is more specific than "I parked the car" (which car? well, whichever rental I drove up in, I forgot the make). It's slim, but one could argue that--it depends on what you mean with identifying a particular car, and that's a matter of context: oh, you drove a rental Corolla? no wonder your legs are a bit stiff. (A specific Corolla, but not treated as an individual one.) Oh, you drove your dad's car? no wonder you reek of cologne. (A specific car--a highly specific one.) One could also argue that "mail comes in the afternoon" is definite in that it points out which time of day it comes, and that it's definite enough to answer the question "which afternoon?" (well, every single one except for on Sunday, silly). And there is no difference in saying "mail comes in the afternoons", though it's much less common.
But your question is really about the plural. I don't do rules very well, and in this case I would say that what might be presented as a rule is really a kind of habit (grammarians love to turn habits into rules), one particular to (West-?)Germanic languages; French handles this differently (having an indefinite plural article), but Dutch does the same as English does. Just think of the difference between "I love boys" and "I love the boys". So my answer would be, that's just the way it is. If you ask the Oxford UP's grammar book, it would tell you, well, here's a couple dozen quotations from books and newspapers--have a look. (Very unsatisfactory!)
Oh, one more thing came to mind. Change your sentence to get rid of the preposition: "I devote the afternoon to napping". You could say that in some contexts this is a not-so-specific use of the definite article (if the answer to the question "which afternoon?" is "well, every afternoon, silly!"). Now change the sentence just a bit: "I devote afternoons to napping". That means the same, and it seems to me that it's not the same as "I devote the afternoons to napping", in which case you're more or less pointing at a specific set of afternoons, whatever kind of set that may be--the afternoons during your vacation, maybe. "Afternoons", not so specific; "the afternoons", more so. But by then we've left grammar behind, and we're talking about meaning. Drmies ( talk) 19:24, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
I noticed you removed the speedy on that. It clearly doesn't meet notability guidelines. Please read WP:WAX & WP:OSE ~~ Sintaku Talk 19:04, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
I know how to spell douche. It was just a typo, man. OsFan3 ( talk) 19:18, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
This has been eating at me all day. I felt Bishonen and you were being unnecessarily condescending. Regardless my response was inappropriate, and I'll try to do better. I hope you both accept my apology. Two kinds of pork ( talk) 20:11, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
Is this a case of loud quacking or do I have to go to WP:SPI? Paul O'Grady1234 and "editwar" on Irish War of Independence. The Banner talk 21:28, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Drmies. As you know, some editors have had problems with Mrm7171. I got tired of fighting with him/her over every edit, so I decided to move on to different articles where he has not been active, and let him have these other articles that have been so contentious. Today I edited the article on workplace aggression, and he followed me there and undid a change I made. Since I began TRYING to contribute to wiki last summer, I have had to fight Mrm7171 to let me do any edits at all. It took something like 3 months just to add a one-sentence definition to the occupational health psychology article even though several editors supported my addition. He has had an ongoing battle with Iss246, and he associates me with this other editor, and has been undermining my contribution. I think this behavior constitutes disruptive editing. Please help. Psyc12 ( talk) 04:19, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
Apologies Drmies. Am feeling very uncomfortable about these ongoing, and spurious accusations of bad faith, without psyc12 providing any evidence or diffs, and when the objective edit history over the past month clearly proves otherwise. Mrm7171 ( talk) 03:35, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
I waited patiently for 12 days. Callanecc has just closed the discussion with a dismissive Edit summary.
Pete/Skyring posted slabs of his usual Wikilawering nonsense. I posted almost nothing in that discussion, hoping that sanity would prevail, and something sensible would come of it.
It didn't. Pete has won again.
I've mentioned to you before what I thought of AN/I. Now it's all been reinforced.
So, what do do now next time Pete starts a confrontational discussion at Soccer in Australia, or elsewhere? HiLo48 ( talk) 05:41, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
Hey there, there have been two IP-hoppers warring over Libyan Civil War and National Transitional Council - one started an ANI discussion here, which didn't solve the dispute (deemed content and not for admins' at....OMG MOOSEZILLA....uh...attention); the page was semi-protected, and after that expired they went right back at it again, so I managed to get it protected again (both times by Kevin Gorman, see this).
Now, Kevin's been through a lot these couple days, as I'm sure you know, and has a busy week coming up, so he's asked me to seek advice from someone else. So...the big problem here is that, in my opinion, both IPs are "right" - one on one article and the other on, well, the other. One is obviously more disruptive - he's removing an entire infobox from the NTC page on the basis that Template:Infobox Former Country doesn't apply to "partially recognised pseudo rebel councils/states", while the other is intent on changing an infobox "combatant" entry from the official name ("Libyan Arab Jamahiriya") to "Gaddafi Regime", which is of course a rather informal way to refer to a country, citing a bunch of guidelines about article titles (which I would assume don't apply to infoboxes). I was wondering what the best way to solve this would be - some sort of official decision would be helpful, but in what form - what noticeboard, an RfC, something? I'm not really vested in the outcome, just wanting to stop disruption of these articles. (Sorry if this is a bit of a vague and rushed wall of text, I'm getting up rather early tomorrow morning and need to get to bed.) Thanks in advance, 6 an 6 sh6 08:47, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
Well, here's the thing, but it's a small thing. These are, basically, edits against consensus. In the case of LCW, that's simple, given the nonsensical nature of that name change (infoboxes need to have some formality to them). In the case of NTC, it's not hard to make that case since the "it's not a former country" argument lets the name of an infobox decide the content of an article. What you can do, if there is anything you would like to do, is to parse the history for each of them and make a case, briefly, on the talk page--like, "infobox been here since March 2012, removal was reverted by no fewer than three different editors": the kind of thing that indicates consensus. For the name change you need fewer words, but there also, a brief section (a statement of the obvious, if you will) on the talk page is helpful to point at. That one IP is interesting--good on the one, bad on the other.
So you put those two sections on the talk page, and you can pose it as a question: "is this a correct representation of editorial consensus?" I see this as a useful tool for admins to look at when considering action. Is there consensus on the talk page? Yes. Then changing a name or removing an infobox is disruptive, and an admin can act on that knowledge after first pointing to that consensus. It's not unlike an RfC, except that in this case you probably already know what the consensus will be. Does that help? And the next step is, unfortunately, less elegant: semi-protection, blocks, range blocks. That's the irritating part. Drmies ( talk) 02:48, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
Well, it's not like I'm from a third-world country or anything! Just part of a non-Christian immigrant family in the United States; attended a secular private school with a lot of similar kids. If it's a problem, I'll be sure to let one or more of you know (the semi-protection, not Satanism. hah.). 6 an 6 sh6 04:26, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
Drmies will use any argument that suits him; he's very slippery. He probably thinks his salary should be higher because he has kids. He's the one who recently said that real life is a breeze and he edits here for a break. As for me, my life may not be as "rich" as his (although I live in Southern California where people from other parts of the country think everyone is rich), but I still don't edit anywhere nearly as much as he does (at least not by counts). Plus I have a real job, not one where I spend my time pontificating to youngsters. If you're looking for analysis of the underlying issues with the two articles, I'm not your guy. If you're looking for administrative action, I'm happy to protect one or both articles after protection expires on February 27 if the IP battles continue. Having now taken the easy way out, I'll let you go back to your discussion of non-Christian environments and progressive Jewish homes with light bulbs. (There's this one section of LA that is filled with Hassidic Jews all strutting around (mostly men) with their black pants, white shirts, black hats, and whatever you call those side burn thingies. I wonder if they use candles in their homes. Ignorance is bliss.)-- Bbb23 ( talk) 23:33, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
Aaaaand, queries should be posted on both talk pages now. Slight problem in that these aren't really frequented articles, let alone their talk pages, but we'll see if anyone responds. And I'll be sure to ping Bbb23 if the need for any administrative action arises (alliteration!). Thanks again, 6 an 6 sh6 07:46, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi there, just a little note to let you know that I reverted some of your edits on the Katia Elizarova page. I did this because you had removed the entire charitable section because you felt the sources were not adequate. Upon investigation the sources are the largest national paper in Spain and an award winning UK fashion blog, so have returned the sections referencing them. Also, in the section on her career that cited past work, which you deleted all info from, having checked sources again, and recognising that models work is akin to filmographies for actors I have replaced this also. It seems strange to remove an encyclopedic reference to the substance of an individual's career. I hope you agree. Thanks for taking the time to read this. Jess x — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.154.34.62 ( talk) 10:53, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
You keeping up with the diatribes from Godspiral at ANI? Evidently those who oppose him are Nazis and those who don't support a ban on these Nazies a vandal. Dougweller ( talk) 14:40, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
Noble Drmies, you have a message at Yngvadottirs talk page - a discussion. Hafspajen ( talk) 19:44, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
Drmies, I am new to using Wikipedia and I can see you have a lot of experience here so how about some advice or suggestions...
I work with Elite Athletes and help them improve their profiles online and the most common complaint I get is that Wikipedia is not correct and up to date. They don't like it as the images are often of poor quality too and it is often first thing that is seen when people search them. I inform them the best thing to do is to update the info and images however they don't have that time.. FYI The information I updated today was not copied from a facebook page, It was in fact written by the Athlete and her coach and given to me as this is the information about her current sporting published. I created her website and work directly with her on updating and improving her profile online.
Using your experience please advise how or a template I can use publish information about Athletes in a simple format that gives correct information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by My Legado ( talk • contribs) 03:30, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
Second, an image, that's easy. Just (have your athlete) click on "Upload File" on the left, and follow the directions. Only thing is, you have to figure out the proper license, but that upload form will help you do that--or, really, whoever has the rights to the image should do it.
In general, just try it. Write some neutral text with some salient facts, include a link or two (using the "cite" button above the editing screen, maybe), and see what happens. You can get quick assistance at the WP:TEAHOUSE. Good luck, Drmies ( talk) 04:06, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
...the thread I opened on AN/I? I've asked for specific admin action, and a non-admin keeps closing the discussion after only a few hours of comments. Regardless of whether you agree with my request or not, I do think, since I'm reporting policy-violating behavior, that having an admin close it isn't asking too much. I'm not asking you to fulfill my request for admin action, or to close the thread, but simply to stop it being closed inappropriately by a non-admin - he's now reverted my reversion of the closing twice, and I won't be provoked into further action.
I'd appreciate your looking into it, and whatever you decide to do about it is fine with me. BMK ( talk) 05:04, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
Can we please just leave the thread closed? You and the I.P. are beating a dead horse - over and over. MrScorch6200 ( talk | ctrb) 06:00, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
Has been discussed [ here] and at WP:INFOBOXFLAG and is explicitly permitted by WP:INFOBOXFLAG (read the last paragraph) - per your suggestion, if you want to change the guideline, propose it again, but I see little likelihood of a change in consensus having occurred.... Carlossuarez46 ( talk) 22:57, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
Just fine! You? Apropos of nothing at all: I noticed somewhere you recently used the word "determiner" in a conversation. I'd like to see more of that modern linguistical grammar stuff on Wikipedia; Geoff Pullum is one of my major intellectual heroes. Maybe I'll make a userbox...— alf laylah wa laylah ( talk) 16:54, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
Sorry, I'm not trying to turn this in a fan page. All the others great band's articles have timeline for members and I think it is easy to know the bands line-up through the time as Galneryus has had many members since its creation.
That's an understatement; rather than try to clean up his massive additions to Pemberton, British Columbia I placed a cleanup tag....he's got quite the OWN thing going on about there and Whistler, but in doing so has his history wrong and we've come to spats over that in the past; he's a relative newbie to the area (compared to me and others) but spouts off as if an authority. Whatever...."lack of competence" is one thing, hurling vitriol and then still adding junkily-written material without even trying to straighten up his act is.....irritating. I note he's added a Wikivoyage tag to one of the articles, I'm thinking I better have a look at what he's added on Wikivoyage... Skookum1 ( talk) 04:38, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
[19] 88.104.19.233 ( talk) 04:56, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
Drmies, why anyone as sane as you would ever want to become an admin is beyond me. But thanks and all that. Mr.choppers | ✎ 05:11, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
Regardless of backchat, IPs sometimes make a good point. 88.104.19.233 ( talk) 08:52, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi, can you decipher what is written in the Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek lexicon in Dutch and find anything else on him?♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:10, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
Categories Category:Wikipedians who have access to a university library and Category:Wikipedians seeking to adopt in Adopt-a-user should be removed from the user page you recently fully protected. (If you don't want to be the one who does it, you could drop protection down to template editor and I'll do it.) NE Ent 12:33, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
Mr. Drmies, since I don't know your real name, I wanted to say thank you for your reply in accepting my heartfelt apology over the suspected vandalism to that Need for Speed video game article. I was very scared that I would be unable to edit any more of my favorite articles when I got that warning from you and the other Wikimedia admins and wanted to make amends as soon as I could.
Although I appreciate you allowing me to continue editing under an anonymous IP address, I will feel more comfortable now doing it at the local library under my Wikipedia username. I'll be able to talk to my fellow members of the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fandom over edits to the articles related to the show and everything, and keep in touch with you and the other admins if I ever need help or advice on what is valid or invalid in adding to the articles under the Wikipedia Terms of Use.
Thank you very much for your feedback on my apology on the Administrator Notices/Incidents board, and I hope to help keep Wikipedia purged of any wrongdoing other users might cause now that I have learned my lesson about being too in-depth in my editing, and want to help drop the Ban-hammer on those wrongdoers.
Thanks again. Sonic5421 ( talk) 03:34, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
They've just announced the ticket information for Transformus. Now, I think it's pretty unlikely that you'll go, but I wanted to mention it just in case. It generally sells out, so if you think you might be interested, get your tickets early. I've heard great things about this event – it's one of the best regional Burning Man experiences. It's much smaller (2,500 people vs. 60,000), and without the extremely harsh conditions. Burning Man takes place on a barren, dry lakebed. The only water anywhere is that which participants bring, and there's not a single plant of any kind. (It was inaccurately portrayed on Malcolm in the Middle, which showed a cactus or a weed or something.) Transformus, however, takes place in a lush environment with forests and fields and water, water, everywhere. You can enjoy the art installations, the music, the new form of society based on the Burning Man principles, and the naked people frolicking in the water and elsewhere. And, while Burning Man was about 600 miles away from me, Transformus is only about 350 miles from you. And LadyofShalott, it would only be 150 miles for you, so you really have no excuse. Oh, and tickets are a quarter of the price of Burning Man. See the Transformus website for more details. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 05:16, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
With some additions today, List of 21st-century classical composers becomes the longest article on Wikipedia. A total of 14,588 lines of code and over 7,000 rows in the list. Bgwhite ( talk) 06:20, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
It's a persistent vandal IP - they've been pulling the same junk on other lists as well. Should probably be blocked for a substantial period of time ( previously blocked). 6 an 6 sh6 07:15, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
Newly opened. Δρ.Κ. λόγος πράξις 15:29, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
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Two years ago, you were the 32nd recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, repeated a year ago in br'erly style. There were many more shiny things you did in those years, one mentioned here, - thank you! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 23:13, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
When reporting to SPI I always notify the editors concerned as a courtesy, however it has been suggested that this is not the correct practice. The SPI Guide says its optional. What's your thoughts? Flat Out let's discuss it 01:03, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
Is there anything about the sentence fragment:
"Prior to the Hurricane of 1900, Galveston was considered to be a beautiful and prestigious city..."
that makes "Prior to" unacceptable? Does changing it to "Until" or "Before" improve it in some way I don't see? Is "Prior to" some kind of obscure Latinate construction that most people don't understand? BMK ( talk) 08:40, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Génesis Carmona is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Génesis Carmona until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Giant Snowman 12:48, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
Look, I don't see your logic here. If Stevie Ray Vaughan got Yellow in 1983 or 1984, how the heck did he play it at Montreux in 1982? Also, anyone who has actually seen the concert can tell that the tremolo was a Charvel one. A link was included to prove that, because Charvel used to make that EXACT same brass tremolo. And what makes you say the pickup was a Fender one? There's no proof of that. Nobody has ever stated so and I remember reading it could have been a DiMarzio. And the spelling of Montreux.. Geez, who wrote it as "Montreaux?" About the amps, anyone with eyes can tell he played through Dumble heads and Marshall heads and had a shitload of other amps, cabs and heads. That had to be removed for what exact reason? And thanks for removing the wah pedal picture.. It was the wrong one. And the years when Number One was built, he thought the guitar was a '59 because the pickups were made then. TheKnowItAllJerk ( talk) 20:59, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
I think the basic question is - how long should the block be? He's playing with us. Dougweller ( talk) 21:48, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
Knowing Drmies love of the ancient word, today's writing comes from the 1590s. The poem is entitled, The Choise of Valentines Or the Merie Ballad of Nash His Dildo, alternatively titled Nashe's Dildo. Bgwhite ( talk) 07:06, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
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?*forgot Sand-Covered Church. Ugh. Sand-Covered Church is unforgettable. Listen, the Andrew Rosliny is quite good to go now, or? Hafspajen ( talk) 11:05, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
...at Art education: [21]. This reads to me as a, well, my talk page rationale should sum it up; I don't think this sort of broad unsourced prose belongs. If I'm wrong let me know. Thanks, JNW ( talk) 22:26, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Doctor. If you're around, I could use your help. While moving the page " Shirley Temple (cocktail)" to " Shirley Temple (beverage)", I inadvertently created a page at " Shirley Temple (beveragel)" as well. Can you delete it for me? I'm all for keeping plausible misspellings as redirects but "beverage" and "beveragel" showing up together in the search-box will only be confusing. Hope all's well with you an yours. Thanks, Joefromrandb ( talk) 22:27, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
Also, I disagree that a drink must contain alcohol to be called a cocktail, if only because I'm not going to ask my daughters if they'd like a beverage on a sunny afternoon. Note also Category:Non-alcoholic mixed drinks, listed under Category:Cocktails, besides the existence of "virgin cocktails" etc. "Non-alcoholic cocktails" is quite accepted usage (see ["non-alcoholic cocktails"]), and while the talk page editor was correct in pointing out that no one asks for a "Shirley Temple Cocktail", that's not pertinent--STC is not the name of the article; "cocktail" is there for disambiguation purposes. IMO, a Shirley Temple qualifies as a cocktail, more specifically a virgin cocktail, because it is a mixed drink. No one ever calls it a "beverage"; they call it a cocktail. Anyway. Drmies ( talk) 01:23, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Drmies, curious. How is the word njai treated in standard Dutch? Is it italicised (i.e. already part of the language) or not (i.e. still considered foreign)? — Crisco 1492 ( talk) 00:05, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
Hafspajen ( talk) 01:13, 25 February 2014 (UTC) You help me I am going to give you a lot of cakes Hafspajen ( talk) 01:15, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
Say Doc I hate to trouble you here but it appears the editor you recently warned is back at HiLo's Talk page despite being instructed/warned not to do so. Looks to me like he's in violation of warnings to cool out. Could you please take any measures you deem needful to put a halt to his capers? Thanks. Jus da fax 03:15, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
I just saw what you wrote to me, I removed it because it was the 2013 fixtures and team pages typically only show upcoming matches, not outdated ones from last year. 137.146.173.113 ( talk) — Preceding undated comment added 20:29, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
Drmies, and honourable talkstalks, a new article on a high school from South Africa. [22] Yngvadottir has translated the initial sentences, and a couple refs have been found (one gummint-website with infoboxen details, see article-talkpage), and the school homepage for WP:ABOUTSELF contents). But lacking in Afrikaans, might I request somebody with more savvy take a peek at expansion? They claim to be the top academic high-school in their province, and in the top ten for the entire country. Danke 74.192.84.101 ( talk) 21:25, 24 February 2014 (UTC) p.s. forgot to mention, there is also a primary-school of the same name (and a city park), but this article is about the high-school. 74.192.84.101 ( talk) 21:28, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
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So I was working on some articles, and noticed the absence of a category for Operation Paperclip I have created such a category and started populating it with articles that are already saying they are associated. So far I don't think there is any controversy. What started me off on this path was a request at WP:ANRFC about Firewall (physics) Where a minor physics personality WP:COI was attempting to gain some additional google-juice/credit. (See Special:Contributions/134.197.31.189 where an IP from Reno is going around adding lots of content about a professor who happens to work in Reno!). In any case, that COI subject Friedwardt Winterberg claims in his own book [23] as well as another source (in article), to have been part of Operation Paperclip, so I added them, as well as commented on that in his Biography. Is his own book sufficient sourcing to satisfy WP:BLP on that categorization? Further, there was already some content in his article about alleged Nazi Arthur Rudolph and controversy about his defense of that person. I found several other sources discussing Winterberg's defense of accused Nazi's (primarily Paperclip scientists), and expanded the section, do you think the expansion is within WP:BLP? Gaijin42 ( talk) 17:54, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
This looks like the footweras woting like for their own job. Oh, thank good. Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Castor Lang. Hafspajen ( talk) 19:59, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
I don't suppose we could revdel this edit? It was instantly reverted but in my view is still wholly inappropriate for someone to even dig out of the history. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 08:45, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
You and User:Hafspajen are dog people, what do you thin of the recent reverts at Cesar Milan. I've restored one of them as I think that [24] is a reliable source even for a BLP given the endorsing organisations. I thin the one I didn't revert probably is to. Thanks. Looks like he wants to remove the Titchmarsh comment also. Dougweller ( talk) 10:05, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Thanks, EdJohnston ( talk) 21:59, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
Respected Drmies Sir, I am explaining about what is going on in the page Raju or Kshatriya Raju page.It is a page related to the caste of Kshatriya Varna.
Iam bringing it your notice because there is a very big problem in developing this article.If this article has to be developed,please provide freedom for other editors to develop this article by providing reliable sources.In this page an editor named "Sitush" is creating hurdles by deleting the sourced statements with reliable sources.The reasons he is providing is not considerable.Anyone can clearly understand by his reasons that he don't like to develop the article. I will explain you point by point: 1.)[When Gotras are provided from the following 2 references: (i)cite book| title=Tamil Nadu Part-2 Affiliated East-West Press [for] Anthropological Survey of India, 1997 |publisher=Kumar Suresh Singh, R. Thirumalai, S. Manoharan |year=1997 |isbn= |url= http://books.google.co.in/books?ei=XM78UpaOGIulrQei84CYAQ&id=P3LiAAAAMAAJ&dq=kshatriya+rajus&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=kshatriya+rajus+gotras |page=774] (ii) </ref> Sir, in that page reference 1 which is "Parties,Elections etc." also clearly explains that Rajus are of Kshatriya Varna which is accepted by Britishers,Government of India and also State Government of India.That editor named "sitush" is wantedly removing that "Kshatriya" Varna because he don't want to mention it.Sitush removed Gotras in that page. Sir,K.S.Singh is a great Historian, he(K.S.Singh) wrote many books affiliated to Anthropological Survey of India and Oxford University Press.Iam providing sources from two of his books: (i)India's Communities (ii)Tamil nadu Part 2 and these are reliable sources as i have stated above. Sir,I am requesting you to verify this paragraph: {A number of communities claim the status of " Kshatriya Varna",but apart from " Rajput" they are very small.They are " Rajus"(Andhra Pradesh,Tamil Nadu),"Raghuvamsi Kshatriya"(Karnataka)," Kshatriya"(Kerala),"Koteyar"(Tamil Nadu,Karnataka),"Dal Kshatriya"(Bihar)," Aguri"(West Bengal) and " Kshatriya"(Orissa and Assam)-in all eight communities which are widely accepted in the references of "India's Communities" by K.S.Singh,Vol-V.p.1853,1856-1858"," http://books.google.co.in/books?ei=A0O8UtD5Bo6IiQejnIHQCg&id=1lZuAAAAMAAJ&dq=india%27s+communities&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=aguri" This was the statement mentioned by K.S.Singh in his book.This statement of K.S.Singh is given as the Kshatriya Rajus asked their caste to be placed in Backward castes list in Tamil Nadu for the Backward Classes commission which can be seen in the following link "www.ncbc.nic.in/Pdf/Tamil%20Nadu/Tamilnadu-Vol2/7.pdf".}This is a reliable source and sitush has removed this from the page.
But,that Sitush is removing wantedly and he is not giving freedom for any other editors to develop the Rajus article.
Sir,Finally iam a requesting you as you are one of the senior editor in the wikipedia and i can beleive that You can provide justice for the common editors and also help to maintain the reputation of wikipedia by developing the article. And i am also requesting you to study the above references of K.S.Singh i have provided and discuss it with experts.If you feel those are reliable.Then i request you to develop the article by entering content from those books of K.S.Singh.
Thanking you sir,
Yours faithfully, An Editor. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.213.161.28 ( talk) 14:43, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
According to a Western Australian IP, I'm part of your sockpuppet farm [25] Moo. Acroterion (talk) 03:23, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
D'ya remember the interlibrary thing you sent me recently for William Beach Thomas? Did you take a look at it or just copy and pass on? I reckon that it is ok to cite but it does come from a fairly obscure journal (American Book Collector). - Sitush ( talk) 15:58, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
I saw your comments concering the editors on this article, as you can see, I asked both editors to put there arguments on the talk page, rather than just deleting everything, both editors dont think that is necessary, now they went to my other article and put the notability thing on it, even though that was already decided in 2010, See Ghulam Ahmad (engineer).
So I am not sure what else i am supposed to do. Maybe you can look at the article Sudhan and decide for yourself, one editor all he did was google sudhan and go the government of AJK website. looking forward to your reply Trueblood ( talk) 01:36, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
I don't understand your other comment. Sitush explained on Talk:Sudhan why they reverted. What I see in this version of yours are prima facie problematic sources--poorly formatted, incompletely referenced, unreliable. I believe Sitush has already explained elsewhere why sources like Rose are unreliable. I do not see how the content you added can be redeemed. Drmies ( talk) 02:01, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
Sitush did not explain that deleting everything except the reference to rebellion against Pakistan Army is the only thing he left. If something is not properly sourced, than it should be talked about, rather than deleting the whole thing. I am not sure what your reference means to Ghulam Ahmad, if something is poorly formatted, than an editor should try to format it, how can a person just say that the source is unreliable, that is a judgemental call and is subjective.
Rather than destroying an article one should try to improve it, i am sure that the hundreds of sudhans who spent time fixing this article were not making up things.
I would like to have positive help rather than deleting everything\ Trueblood ( talk) 02:07, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
If you look at the history of this article you will notice that I am not the editor who did most of the edits, I happened to just notice recently that the page was almost deleted. In any case, I think still that a page should not be completed deleted without having it on the talk page, the talk page does have a long history, the recent editor just joined and delted ober 90% of the stuff, I have not gone through the whole thing, but I am sure there were edits which were clearly sourced. I will have to print the old article and go through it to determine which ones were not sourced. I agree if they were not sourced than they should be deleted, but the ones which one editor may believe is not sourced according to his or her personal preference is clearly against wiki policy. It than becomes subjective.
In reference to Ghulam Ahmad engineer, I did go ahead and add the citations that the editor and you are referring to, so there is nothing there that is not sourced now.
Trueblood ( talk) 03:37, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
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Sir, I've made a few edits, and apparently irritated someone that I can only describe as a "troll". I'm sorry if I've stepped on some "uber" Wikipedian, it was certainly unintentional. I'm having "fun" correcting a small thing here and there, but this guy "BMK" seems to have some issue with me. I really don't like his (her) accusations, which are not true, but if this is the crap I have to put up with, I really don't see a plus side to spending any time learning to edit and grow at Wikipedia.
Please review my Talk page (and it's history, as I have deleted some other offensive harassment), and also the comment I left on "BMK" page concerning the offensive accusation he left on my Talk Page.
Seriously, no less than TWO ***AGGRESSIVE*** editors have accused me of what I can only interpret as something dirty or nasty, and quite frankly, I'm both baffled and also offended. Is this what people have to put up with to edit at Wikipedia?
I have spent a great deal of time trying to learn how to edit and what the lingo is, and this is what I get? Seriously?
- My UID is Taco Viva, but my name is Jake and I live and work in Lakewood Washington. If Wikipedia does not want me to be a part of it, I can find other things to do. Taco Viva ( talk) 06:46, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
So, it is OK for this Beyond My Ken guy to leave obnoxious and offensive accusatory messages on my Talk Page, but whebn I call him on it I'M THE BAD GUY? Really? Amazing. Apparently, "established" users can be as rude as they want? I'm the one who get's the "talking to"? Beyond My Ken can "call me out" and say what he pleases, and I just have to take it because I'm new? So I took the time to learn a few editing tricks and now I'm a "sock puppet"? Paranoid often, are you people? Amazing. Just amazing.
I am a new editor, and yes, not a moron. I was able to examine Beyond My Ken and Nomoskedasticity "edit history" just as they were able to look at mine. It seems that neither one spend much time actually adding or editing significant amounts of actual content, but rather "trolling" around harassing other editors for slights and minor offenses, an activity that many would lable as sociopathy. I don't care what either of these obsessed people think of me, but I will not take offensive accusations sitting down. My suggestion to them is to "go away", and harass someone else.
I've only been here a short time, but in that time, I have *NOT* been welcomed, the "locals" have *NOT* been friendly, and it seems that this is a "club" that I am not going to be accepted at. Too bad for Wikipedia. Taco Viva ( talk) 02:50, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
I noticed you and Trueblood conversing above. There's an ANI thread now. You may want to get in your mamma kangaroo's pouch and hop over there. Bishonen | talk 22:28, 28 February 2014 (UTC).
Can't believe we don't have an article on this one. Foating flower market [28] [29] [30] [31] Hafspajen ( talk) 13:08, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
GM Futurliner, please? And have a word with User:Jbschev, because they seem completely unwilling to acknowledge that they're making a mess of the article. I'm not sure if going to fix it would trigger a 3RR violation or not, and the last thing I want is for someone to try and block me for constructive editing. Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 20:36, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 1 March 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Njai, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Dutch East India Company attempted to eliminate the njai by importing orphaned girls from the Netherlands? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Njai. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Thanks for your help Victuallers ( talk) 23:32, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
"We like to use words like "threaten" as if they're always clear; they're not." [32]
"In 2011, The New Yorker magazine reported that Grimm had been the subject of an internal investigation into allegations he abused his authority as a FBI agent in a nightclub in 1999. According to the article, written by Evan Ratliff, the incident resulted from a dispute between Grimm and his date's husband. A former NYPD officer working as a bouncer at the time said that Grimm remarked about the husband, "I’ll fucking make him disappear where nobody will find him." Grimm reportedly then returned to the nightclub twice, pulled out his gun once, and brought FBI and NYPD officers the second time." → [33]
With all due respect, I don't think it was for ANI to make a decision; i.e. to rule on this matter. [34] -- IIIraute ( talk) 03:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
hi Doc: would you pls do me a solid and rename this image to "File:Mysterious Wikipedian and Badmachine throwing deuces.png", pls, kthx. <3 Mister 2001 ( talk) 23:49, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 3 March 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article De Indische Courant, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the owner of the newspaper De Indische Courant escaped a stranglehold from a scourge by buying a radio? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/De Indische Courant. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 00:03, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
I am not usually one to dish out advice, but here I go:
Two days ago I walked outside, maybe a total of 300 metres (980 ft). My eyeballs froze. All of Wikipedia can consider itself warned. -- kelapstick( bainuu) 02:25, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
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Koffie verkeerd to make you awake........................... Hafspajen ( talk) 21:49, 3 March 2014 (UTC) |
Since Doncram is topic-banned from NRHP articles, I'm willing to evaluate the Schrot Farm article. I found its NRHP nomination form, and several sections of the AfC submission appear to be very closely paraphrased from the nomination, so it's not suitable for mainspace in its current form. The topic of the article is definitely notable, though, and since the original creator was blocked I might just rewrite the article from scratch. TheCatalyst31 Reaction• Creation 22:32, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
This is again about the IBAN in place between Pete and me.
At the exhaustive discussions I've been involved in on the naming of Soccer in Australia, now located at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (Football in Australia), User:John has asked for "comments and suggestions". Although he had not participated earlier in the discussion, one of the first to comment now (30 minutes after John's invitation) was Skyring|Pete. He has again taken a very strong position, diametrically opposed to mine.
I want to comment there too.
I don't want confrontation. I don't want to break the rules. But I do want a fair chance to say my piece there. And I would like to be able to point out possible problems in ALL other posts there, no matter who makes them.
I really would appreciate your thoughts on how I should proceed. HiLo48 ( talk) 23:45, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for the kangaroo picture. That's a beaut!
Re the ping above. I have no objection to any other editor participating in the same discussion referenced, so long as there is no interaction. I think it is entirely reasonable that editors who contributed to the discussion elsewhere on John's talk page should continue to contribute in its new location. My participation was aimed at supplying the Australian government announcement requested by John and noting the problem with the previous RfC. I have no objection at all to any editor expressing a view opposed to that of the government. That is what ensures a healthy democracy. -- Pete ( talk) 00:15, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
On looking at your comment above, let me be very clear that an WP:IBAN does not exclude participation in the same discussion. I am not "graciously allowing" the other party to contribute, I am saying that it is his right, that it is entirely reasonable that he do so, and that I will not lodge any sort of complaint. Let me also make it quite clear that I am not hounding or baiting any other editor. My previous participation on John's talk page was aimed at expressing my support for the direction he took and his firm but fair approach to dealing with personal attacks. There should be a lot more of this going on, to get Wikipedians discussing the encyclopaedia rather than each other. My recent contributions are aimed entirely at process, not any particular editor, and I took care in my wording to avoid even the most indirect of comments. -- Pete ( talk) 01:36, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
I'm not requesting anything. Just dropping by to say hello. Consider yourself lucky. JNW ( talk) 00:53, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
I've lost both my patience and my temper at Raju, a notoriously troublesome article due to caste POV pushing. I can't even fix stylistic issues without the newbie (almost certainly a sock) reverting me. Qwyrxian ( talk · contribs) tended to keep an eye on it but they're unlikely to return to WP. Any chance that you can at least review the style points? Notably, I did this and it ended up as this. It's not even Indian English, it includes a link back to the same article, etc. I'm trying really hard not to revert them after they've reverted me & I can live with the content disputes (these people always end up getting blocked eventually) but the removal of valid tags, crap phrasing & poor citation style really grates with me. Just a quick copyedit would be nice. - Sitush ( talk) 02:58, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
at Lent made me laugh. Have you always had that edit notice with the kangaroo?— alf laylah wa laylah ( talk) 04:02, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
Awg22, I have moved the AfC and your commentary; you can find it at Draft:Identity Fusion. The advantage of that Draft space is that it allows for a talk page, where I have moved your comments (after extensive editing for layout). You can always resubmit it from that Draft space (if you need help, maybe ask at the Wikipedia:Teahouse). I will tell you this, though: it will take a lot of effort on the part of a future reviewer to wade through video and audio clips, especially on a topic like this, which should be easily dealt with via publications in peer-reviewed journals and handbooks. Thank you, Drmies ( talk) 15:10, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
The Pumpkin Giant” is a story of how one family saves their country from a monster known as the Pumpkin Giant. In this country, there are no pumpkins and only potatoes are grown in the fields. The Pumpkin Giant is a terrible creature who eats fat little girls and boys. The King and Queen of this country have a daughter, Princess Adriadne Diana, who is the fattest child in the country. The King is so frightened that she will be eaten that 50 guards are always protecting her. Due to his growing fear, the King issues a statement saying that he will knight whoever cuts of the head of the Pumpkin Giant and kills him, but the town reasons that they were all too afraid and unstable to be able to kill him.There is a family that lives not far from the castle of the Pumpkin Giant. Patroclus and Daphne fear for their son, Æneas, who is just as fat as the Princess. One day, Patroclus and Æneas are outside picking potatoes when the Pumpkin Giant come tumbling towards them trying to eat Æneas. Patroclus throws a large potato into the mouth of the Giant, killing him. The family then cuts off the head of the Giant and Æneas uses it as a toy for some time.
After the death of the Pumpkin Giant, pumpkin heads begin to sprout in fields all over the country, and everyone fears that they will soon have hundreds of Pumpkin Giants roaming about. The pumpkin heads stop growing, however, and no more than the faceless heads emerge from the earth. Æneas is very curious about how things taste, and one day takes a bite of a pumpkin head in his yard. It is the most delicious thing he has ever tasted, and soon his family begins cooking the pumpkin heads in all new ways. As Daphne is making pies one day, the King rides by and tastes them. He falls in love with the pies and knights Patroclus on the spot for killing the Pumpkin Giant. The whole family moves into the King’s castle so Daphne can bake pies for the whole kingdom and Æneas can marry Princess Adriadne Diana. The Pot of Gold and Other Stories, orphan article. Some nice cut his head of involved. Hafspajen ( talk) 18:50, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for filling me in about Winnerex...I hadn't encountered this editor before and was only trying to help on AN/I. Sometimes, it works; other times, well, I look a little gullible. Thanks for taking my effort at face value. Liz Read! Talk! 18:53, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi,
I saw you deleted the entry I had for the fictional disease Alexandria's Genesis on the list of fictional diseases and the corresponding wiki page describing it and giving its background story showings its origins.
I know your editing of wikipedia is a volunteer effort and you are confronted with reams of pages and entries you need to quickly review and make a decision on. And I can appreciate why on a quick glance you would consider deleting a page about Alexandria's Genesis. But by that same token that is why I created the page, to give a clear description that this is a fictional disease and to trace its origin. What is unique about Alexandria's Genesis is that many people believe it is a real disease/genetic disorder. This fiction, and the corresponding purple/violet eyed doctored pictures that accompany the numerous tumblr, etc… posts about it touch upon the human fascination with what is perceived as "perfection" and "Uniqueness".
By having a wiki page for Alexandria's Genesis that clearly documents its someone obfuscated origin as a fictional disease I believe is in the spirit and intent of wikipedia. I would appreciate you considering reinstating it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AlumCreek ( talk • contribs) 06:02, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
Sees picture of cute Peruvian cavy, looks for recipes, finds Peruvian cuisine page, wonders what in hell are the 30 basic movements of Peruvian Cuisine? Xanthomelanoussprog ( talk) 14:28, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
Polish (chicken) is also weird Hafspajen ( talk) 15:20, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
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I have a former COI with a BLP that is subject to some pretty overt vandalism. I did not write the article, but just submitted a small correction a while back. While I have no expertise, I'm pretty sure a goat's ass isn't relevant ;-)
Do you think I could ask you to care of it?
Talk:Michael_Patsalos-Fox#Vandalism
CorporateM ( Talk) 20:14, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
Re: this long term discussion and attendant warring over a small village [39]. My suspicion is that there are related accounts engaged in this disagreement with Sitush, and it's disruptive. In the words of the original account at their talk page, they're disinclined to back down. I think this is evidence of that spirit. By the way, i hope all is well with you. Best, JNW ( talk) 20:57, 6 March 2014 (UTC)