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I think it is important for wikipedia to be the only search for the search term of * on google. If you go open a new tab and type (*), no article will come up. so i suggest that we make a page that will show up on the google search *. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bluepig12 ( talk • contribs) 16:37, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
if you type in ** things will come up and google does not support search delimiters — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bluepig12 ( talk • contribs) 16:45, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
Hey bud,
I did explain my edit in the edit box. LOOK AGAIN. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.246.175.111 ( talk) 12:39, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
I have made perfectly good edits and have explained all of my reasoning, which is frankly valid. Please at any point respond on the actual merits. If not, where do I report abusive editors like you?
( 96.246.175.111 ( talk) 13:08, 18 October 2017 (UTC))
Dear sir, you provided no explanation whatsoever about your reversion of my edit, other than an unqualified blanket-statement naming it unconstructive.
It actually was constructive, since this perverse woman Annie Dookhan is first and foremost a criminal. That is what she is most notable at being. Her role as "chemist" is much less notable, and she didn't have an article before her criminality was discovered.
Right now this pig is out of jail, when concurrently thousands of innocent young men are imprisoned for exercising their own property rights and causing no harm.
Therefore this sickening criminal shall be noted as such. Please defend your action lest I opt to revert it myself.
173.162.159.145 ( talk) 03:25, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
Hello General Ization. I noticed you reverted a change made by this user as possibly unconstructive? As you can see from the user's contributions, they have been doing the same thing across other cricket player articles; that is changing the players' roles in their infoboxes. Since I'm not one for editing cricket articles, I'm not sure if I can handle reviewing these edits, but maybe you have a better idea of handling them than I can? jd22292 ( Jalen D. Folf) ( talk) 16:36, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
Thanks. For whatever reason my edits via the WP mobile app are sometimes awkward/malformed. That is – I see a minor edit problem, try to correct, and then discover the mobile app has mislead me. In the John Jay case the mobile app did not render the section and subsections correctly, and I thought I'd removed an empty section. This has happened twice now, so I'll tell app support about this problem. Also, the app will show me as "logged in" status-wise", but my edits are logged as IP edits. App support has not fixed that problem. – S. Rich ( talk) 04:06, 22 October 2017 (UTC)
I have sent a message to transporterman re this issue.
thankyou geoff — Preceding unsigned comment added by Redbacks Again ( talk • contribs) 06:32, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
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I am my own source been using the internet for decades when you correct a typo from a previous message you put the * after your correction not before. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.66.32.187 ( talk)
The proper way is still by placing the asterisk BEFORE the correction, since it showcases that you are following with a correction. Looks like you’ve done it wrong for decades. The Real The Z ( talk) 04:44, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
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Talk Respectfully, Anomalocaris ( talk) 22:50, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
I've reverted your reversion of the full quote about Yagoda's trial. I've explained on the talk page for that article. PVarjak ( talk) 04:27, 30 October 2017 (UTC)
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When I fixed grammar in wikiHow article (changed one sentence from past perfect to present perfect) I was indicted for vandalism by General Ization, which is not considerable as reasonable for me. Even if I did a mistake in that sentence by misunderstanding, it shouldn't be considered as vandalism at least.
Do I not understand something? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hamro2000 ( talk) 06:48, 11 December 2017 (UTC) Hamro2000 ( talk • contribs) 18:30, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
I don't know why I made this weird edit. It obviously didn't fit my edit summary. You were right. -- BullRangifer ( talk) 05:35, 22 December 2017 (UTC)
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Please block this user immediately. I'll start cleaning up. Thanks nagual design 14:49, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
...Oh, looks like you did all the tidying already. nagual design 14:50, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
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So ask it by your self, you igniorant . Tell the truth . Do you know what arberesh are ? When you dont know a thing take a step back . — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.73.129.245 ( talk) 19:43, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
I'm not sure I can understand the Wikipedia policies, and how far can go the admin's power. However, did I delete or edited a legitimate talk page comment? I only asked why he undone all my work, bringing back the page to a poorer condition. Then the conversation is disappeared and I sent a new message? Did I do something bad? Maybe the conversation has been deleted by me? If it's so, then I must have done it by mistake. All what I wanted was to improve the article about the Boves massacre, then I wanted know why my work has been deleted. We had a conversation, then it's vanished (maybe by my fault, I don't know) so I reposted it. My meaning was to help Wikipedia, not to make a damage, but if you think what I do is bad for the project then I can also quit, for the Wikipedia's sake. Do you wanna see the vanished conversation, so you can have a better idea on what's happened? Best regards, Charlie Foxtrot66 ( talk) 18:03, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
Ok, it's fine. I am sorry for my bad behaviour, I only wanted to give a help. Maybe is better if I stop working on Wikipedia and I let you do it that you can do better? I am sure that you can edit the Boves massacre and many other articles much better than how I do, even if I don't understand why you didn't do it yet. You know, it's a work, and I am not getting payed, I cannot take the risk of seeing everything deleted in this way, maybe is better if you edit the articles and I spend my time in some other way. Have a nice evening Charlie Foxtrot66 ( talk) 19:37, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
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Thanks for the edits at the Mauro Milhomem entry on List of rampage killers, you may also want edit the Mauro Milhomem page on Amok Wiki. Can you give me more information about the case? Since i did not know the date where it happened, and you apparently added that the incident happaened on June 1.-- Cientific124 ( talk) 20:35, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
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Hello General Ization, just fyi: I have asked for semi-protection until the crowd calms down ;), but the request is still queued. GermanJoe ( talk) 22:27, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
Take the time to look to the consensus listed in the archives of the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt talk page. The content of the reception section of that page was debated at length and a consensus was reached. You've repeatedly reverted both the UKS and Tina Fey pages to include the edits of a single user who vandalized both pages to add all of the content you've reinstated. I'm simply attempting to counter two instances of vandalism; I'd appreciate it if you'd stop slapping needless warnings on my talk page. 2423tgiuowf 22:37, 1 January 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Renamed user 2423tgiuowf ( talk • contribs)
The Internet Movie Database supports the change in date, unless there are two persons with the same name. I reverted the first edit because the user put different years in two different places. But the IMDB supports the older age (b. 1972). So I think that the edit should be restored and second message stricken. Unless I have missed something here, of course. Donner60 ( talk) 03:17, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
Reported. I did a mass rollback of the anon's mass deletions. Cheers Jim1138 ( talk) 04:52, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
Hello! I just wanted to let you know I reported the user to Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. Happy editing, HickoryOughtShirt?4 ( talk) 23:31, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
it may be a quote (from nba.com), but it is a huge overstatement :-) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dedee73 ( talk • contribs) 05:59, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
My initial (and skeptical) assumption was that the first warning regarded my usage of quotes from the LA Times review and the link you inserted was a response to my issue with the lack of citation for the first sentence (hence the "citation needed"). First, was my usage of quotes from an issue at all as far as Wikipedia's copyright policy is concerned, and if so, was my paraphrasing in my next revision acceptable? (I understand that Malik Shabazz's beef was with the quality of my sourcing, but I'll resolve that with him and the talk page.)
After reading your second warning on my talk page and your second revision to the article however, it seems you're convinced that I copied from the link you referenced. I did not copy from that link - the only copied text I retained verbatim was that which was in the article before I started editing it. Second, I know this is probably a better question for the talk page, but would it at least be worth it to re-cite that textbook link without re-inserting (while quoting or paraphrasing instead) the copied text?
Thanks for your time. DrPepper47 ( talk) 04:18, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
Sorry to bother you, I know you're not an admin, but you probably know more about this stuff than me. Are we allowed to use rollback indiscriminately on the following block-evading IP: 184.146.207.74 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) Thanks in advance. BytEfLUSh Talk 02:35, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
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Hello there. Just waving a "hi". I'm new on this site and ready to contribute. :) Fisherman099 ( talk) 18:37, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
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I think it is important for wikipedia to be the only search for the search term of * on google. If you go open a new tab and type (*), no article will come up. so i suggest that we make a page that will show up on the google search *. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bluepig12 ( talk • contribs) 16:37, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
if you type in ** things will come up and google does not support search delimiters — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bluepig12 ( talk • contribs) 16:45, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
Hey bud,
I did explain my edit in the edit box. LOOK AGAIN. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.246.175.111 ( talk) 12:39, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
I have made perfectly good edits and have explained all of my reasoning, which is frankly valid. Please at any point respond on the actual merits. If not, where do I report abusive editors like you?
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Dear sir, you provided no explanation whatsoever about your reversion of my edit, other than an unqualified blanket-statement naming it unconstructive.
It actually was constructive, since this perverse woman Annie Dookhan is first and foremost a criminal. That is what she is most notable at being. Her role as "chemist" is much less notable, and she didn't have an article before her criminality was discovered.
Right now this pig is out of jail, when concurrently thousands of innocent young men are imprisoned for exercising their own property rights and causing no harm.
Therefore this sickening criminal shall be noted as such. Please defend your action lest I opt to revert it myself.
173.162.159.145 ( talk) 03:25, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
Hello General Ization. I noticed you reverted a change made by this user as possibly unconstructive? As you can see from the user's contributions, they have been doing the same thing across other cricket player articles; that is changing the players' roles in their infoboxes. Since I'm not one for editing cricket articles, I'm not sure if I can handle reviewing these edits, but maybe you have a better idea of handling them than I can? jd22292 ( Jalen D. Folf) ( talk) 16:36, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
Thanks. For whatever reason my edits via the WP mobile app are sometimes awkward/malformed. That is – I see a minor edit problem, try to correct, and then discover the mobile app has mislead me. In the John Jay case the mobile app did not render the section and subsections correctly, and I thought I'd removed an empty section. This has happened twice now, so I'll tell app support about this problem. Also, the app will show me as "logged in" status-wise", but my edits are logged as IP edits. App support has not fixed that problem. – S. Rich ( talk) 04:06, 22 October 2017 (UTC)
I have sent a message to transporterman re this issue.
thankyou geoff — Preceding unsigned comment added by Redbacks Again ( talk • contribs) 06:32, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
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I am my own source been using the internet for decades when you correct a typo from a previous message you put the * after your correction not before. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.66.32.187 ( talk)
The proper way is still by placing the asterisk BEFORE the correction, since it showcases that you are following with a correction. Looks like you’ve done it wrong for decades. The Real The Z ( talk) 04:44, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
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I've reverted your reversion of the full quote about Yagoda's trial. I've explained on the talk page for that article. PVarjak ( talk) 04:27, 30 October 2017 (UTC)
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Hi General Ization, it appears that this page meets all the requirements for review and acceptance, though you don't think so. Can you please explain your concerns so that they can be addressed? Thank you
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When I fixed grammar in wikiHow article (changed one sentence from past perfect to present perfect) I was indicted for vandalism by General Ization, which is not considerable as reasonable for me. Even if I did a mistake in that sentence by misunderstanding, it shouldn't be considered as vandalism at least.
Do I not understand something? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hamro2000 ( talk) 06:48, 11 December 2017 (UTC) Hamro2000 ( talk • contribs) 18:30, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
I don't know why I made this weird edit. It obviously didn't fit my edit summary. You were right. -- BullRangifer ( talk) 05:35, 22 December 2017 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors December 2017 News
![]() Hello copy editors! Welcome to the December 2017 GOCE newsletter, which contains nine months(!) of updates. The Guild has been busy and successful; your diligent efforts in 2017 has brought the backlog of articles requiring copy edit to below 1,000 articles for the first time. Thanks to all editors who have contributed their time and energy to help make this happen. Our copy-editing drives (month-long backlog-reduction drives held in odd-numbered months) and blitzes (week-long themed editing in even-numbered months) have been very successful this year. March drive: We set out to remove April, May, and June 2016 from our backlog and all February 2017 Requests (a total of 304 articles). By the end of the month, all but 22 of these articles were cleared. Officially, of the 28 who signed up, 22 editors recorded 257 copy edits (439,952 words). (These numbers do not always make sense when you compare them to the overall reduction in the backlog, because not all editors record every copy edit on the drive page.) April blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 16 through 22 April; the theme was Requests. Of the 15 who signed up, 9 editors completed 43 articles (81,822 words). May drive: The goals were to remove July, August, and September 2016 from the backlog and to complete all March 2017 Requests (a total of 300 articles). By the end of the month, we had reduced our overall backlog to an all-time low of 1,388 articles. Of the 28 who signed up, 17 editors completed 187 articles (321,810 words). June blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 18 through 24 June; the theme was Requests. Of the 16 who signed up, 9 editors completed 28 copy edits (117,089 words). 2017 Coordinator elections: In June, coordinators for the second half of 2017 were elected. Jonesey95 moved back into the lead coordinator position, with Miniapolis stepping down to remain as coordinator; Tdslk and Corinne returned as coordinators, and Keira1996 rejoined after an extended absence. Thanks to all who participated! July drive: We set out to remove August, September, October, and November 2016 from the backlog and to complete all May and June 2017 Requests (a total of 242 articles). The drive was an enormous success, and the target was nearly achieved within three weeks, so that December 2016 was added to the "old articles" list used as a goal for the drive. By the end of the month, only three articles from 2016 remained, and for the second drive in a row, the backlog was reduced to a new all-time low, this time to 1,363 articles. Of the 33 who signed up, 21 editors completed 337 articles (556,482 words). August blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 20 through 26 August; the theme was biographical articles tagged for copy editing for more than six months (47 articles). Of the 13 who signed up, 11 editors completed 38 copy edits (42,589 words). September drive: The goals were to remove January, February, and March 2017 from the backlog and to complete all August 2017 Requests (a total of 338 articles). Of the 19 who signed up, 14 editors completed 121 copy edits (267,227 words). October blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 22 through 28 October; the theme was Requests. Of the 14 who signed up, 8 editors completed 20 articles (55,642 words). November drive: We set out again to remove January, February, and March 2017 from the backlog and to complete all October 2017 Requests (a total of 207 articles). By the end of the month, these goals were reached and the backlog shrank to its lowest total ever, 997 articles, the first time it had fallen under one thousand (click on the graph above to see this amazing feat in graphical form). It was also the first time that the oldest copy-edit tag was less than eight months old. Of the 25 who signed up, 16 editors completed 159 articles (285,929 words). 2018 Coordinator elections: Voting is open for the election of coordinators for the first half of 2018. Please visit the election page to vote between now and December 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Thanks for participating! Housekeeping note: We do not send a newsletter before (or after) every drive or blitz. To have a better chance of knowing when the next event will start, add the GOCE's message box to your watchlist. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Miniapolis, Corinne, Tdslk, and Keira1996. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from
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From Stave one of Dickens
A Christmas Carol So you see even Charles was looking for a reliable source :-) Thank you for your contributions to the 'pedia. ~ MarnetteD| Talk 02:37, 24 December 2017 (UTC) |
2.6.38.64 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
Please block this user immediately. I'll start cleaning up. Thanks nagual design 14:49, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
...Oh, looks like you did all the tidying already. nagual design 14:50, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
Please remember to
assume good faith when dealing with other editors, which you did not do on
User talk:69.126.139.22. Thank you.
Formal
Dude
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22:54, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
So ask it by your self, you igniorant . Tell the truth . Do you know what arberesh are ? When you dont know a thing take a step back . — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.73.129.245 ( talk) 19:43, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
I'm not sure I can understand the Wikipedia policies, and how far can go the admin's power. However, did I delete or edited a legitimate talk page comment? I only asked why he undone all my work, bringing back the page to a poorer condition. Then the conversation is disappeared and I sent a new message? Did I do something bad? Maybe the conversation has been deleted by me? If it's so, then I must have done it by mistake. All what I wanted was to improve the article about the Boves massacre, then I wanted know why my work has been deleted. We had a conversation, then it's vanished (maybe by my fault, I don't know) so I reposted it. My meaning was to help Wikipedia, not to make a damage, but if you think what I do is bad for the project then I can also quit, for the Wikipedia's sake. Do you wanna see the vanished conversation, so you can have a better idea on what's happened? Best regards, Charlie Foxtrot66 ( talk) 18:03, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
Ok, it's fine. I am sorry for my bad behaviour, I only wanted to give a help. Maybe is better if I stop working on Wikipedia and I let you do it that you can do better? I am sure that you can edit the Boves massacre and many other articles much better than how I do, even if I don't understand why you didn't do it yet. You know, it's a work, and I am not getting payed, I cannot take the risk of seeing everything deleted in this way, maybe is better if you edit the articles and I spend my time in some other way. Have a nice evening Charlie Foxtrot66 ( talk) 19:37, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
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Hello, General Ization.
I recently sent you an invitation to join NPP, but you also might be the right candidate for another related project,
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Thanks for the edits at the Mauro Milhomem entry on List of rampage killers, you may also want edit the Mauro Milhomem page on Amok Wiki. Can you give me more information about the case? Since i did not know the date where it happened, and you apparently added that the incident happaened on June 1.-- Cientific124 ( talk) 20:35, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
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Happy New Year! Best wishes for 2018. — Donner60 ( talk) 07:11, 31 December 2017 (UTC) |
General Ization,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable
New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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Hello General Ization, just fyi: I have asked for semi-protection until the crowd calms down ;), but the request is still queued. GermanJoe ( talk) 22:27, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
Take the time to look to the consensus listed in the archives of the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt talk page. The content of the reception section of that page was debated at length and a consensus was reached. You've repeatedly reverted both the UKS and Tina Fey pages to include the edits of a single user who vandalized both pages to add all of the content you've reinstated. I'm simply attempting to counter two instances of vandalism; I'd appreciate it if you'd stop slapping needless warnings on my talk page. 2423tgiuowf 22:37, 1 January 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Renamed user 2423tgiuowf ( talk • contribs)
The Internet Movie Database supports the change in date, unless there are two persons with the same name. I reverted the first edit because the user put different years in two different places. But the IMDB supports the older age (b. 1972). So I think that the edit should be restored and second message stricken. Unless I have missed something here, of course. Donner60 ( talk) 03:17, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
Reported. I did a mass rollback of the anon's mass deletions. Cheers Jim1138 ( talk) 04:52, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
Hello! I just wanted to let you know I reported the user to Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. Happy editing, HickoryOughtShirt?4 ( talk) 23:31, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
it may be a quote (from nba.com), but it is a huge overstatement :-) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dedee73 ( talk • contribs) 05:59, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
My initial (and skeptical) assumption was that the first warning regarded my usage of quotes from the LA Times review and the link you inserted was a response to my issue with the lack of citation for the first sentence (hence the "citation needed"). First, was my usage of quotes from an issue at all as far as Wikipedia's copyright policy is concerned, and if so, was my paraphrasing in my next revision acceptable? (I understand that Malik Shabazz's beef was with the quality of my sourcing, but I'll resolve that with him and the talk page.)
After reading your second warning on my talk page and your second revision to the article however, it seems you're convinced that I copied from the link you referenced. I did not copy from that link - the only copied text I retained verbatim was that which was in the article before I started editing it. Second, I know this is probably a better question for the talk page, but would it at least be worth it to re-cite that textbook link without re-inserting (while quoting or paraphrasing instead) the copied text?
Thanks for your time. DrPepper47 ( talk) 04:18, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
Sorry to bother you, I know you're not an admin, but you probably know more about this stuff than me. Are we allowed to use rollback indiscriminately on the following block-evading IP: 184.146.207.74 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) Thanks in advance. BytEfLUSh Talk 02:35, 9 January 2018 (UTC)