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Hi Girth, Im working in hydrographic too as a marine geomatician here in Canada. Maxime Demers — Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.215.32.23 ( talk) 20:33, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
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I guess you have some arguments supporting your undo of my edit on reflexology. Please tell me. -- Blindvei ( talk) 19:48, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
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This is excellent advice. Boing! said Zebedee ( talk) 19:18, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
You are generous, but this was not remotely a fair comment from an admin who should know better. You expressed yourself perfectly well, and appropriately, and don't let that foolish reply make you think otherwise. Grandpallama ( talk) 11:04, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
In regards to the reverted edit on the Glasgow page [1] - I think you are wrong in this case. The two removed citations don't back up the claim, and the Peter Greenberg guide is 9 years old and written by an American. I can say confidently as someone from Glasgow that "weegie" is a very, very East-coast term (not always derogatory) and you would find it very rare to be used by someone from Glasgow.
A cursory google can back this up - I'm not fully up to scratch in Wikis citation quality requirements, but these pages should give you an idea:
https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/1wz08j/the_weegie_words_20_terms_that_prove_you_come/ http://www.fivestarvisas.com/newsandviews/welcome-to-glasgow/ http://www.rsdb.org/slur/weegie https://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080426161932AAX3qg0&guccounter=1 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.174.158.82 ( talk) 16:01, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi Girth Summit. At RSN, you wrote, actually giving information on how to donate to her charity
. All I see is a contact email address. Are you seeing something else? --
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Those who wish to help..., then gives phone numbers for two of the volunteers, and an e-mail address for her charity. I thought that was obviously a request for donations, but if you think that's a problematic inference I'd be happy to strike and reword? GirthSummit (blether) 15:04, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
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unreferenced controversial information about living persons. I added entirely uncontroversial material, with sources that were discussed on the talk page and at WP:RSN. Don't be so aggressive, and please just engage with the discussion on the talk page, and explain your position - so far, all you've done is drop links to policies, but you're not responding to any arguments about why they don't apply. GirthSummit (blether) 10:28, 29 September 2018 (UTC)
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Hi Girth, You make me sad - reference 'Me , sitting at my desk, now' :) And juvenile is a great word! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.78.70.193 ( talk) 12:49, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
Dogmatic.. another good word, as is pedantic and doctrinaire. Not sure I approve of the use of "will-nilly" not quite in keeping with the high brow nature of this fine online data repository. Honestly, i expect better from you Girth :) p.s. I do like my new section — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.78.70.193 ( talk) 13:00, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
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We need to change it to German afghans, Russian afghans, Turkish afghans, Indian afghans, Swedish afghans. Please change title in Wikipedia please get everybody involved to change it. Sameem123 ( talk) 07:05, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
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The IP that made this edit resolves to LA. What do you want to bet it's Davidson himself? Daniel Case ( talk) 19:27, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
Dear Sir
You point out the fact that most scholars reject the historicity of the Bible. But these are biased researchers for who it will be hard to accept that what they reject is true. Most evangelical scholars accept that it is historically accurate MilBenedict ( talk) 10:22, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
It seemed pretty obvious but I was too busy to do anything. But you need to move your last comment as it's in the wrong section. Doug Weller talk 20:24, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
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Dear Girth, I deleted the Commercial Aviation section on purpose because, as an airline pilot, it contained some very bad advices resulting from misinterpreting Robert Buck's book, Weather Flying.
In the book, pages 261 and 262, Buck discusses an hypothetical flight through a cold front in a small airplane flying around 10,000ft. What the author really says is that there is a risk associated when trying to climb to go through an opening in the line of clouds as it may outclimb the aircraft in an altitude where the stall speed and max speed are very close to each other.
In page 267, Robert Buck explains that before airborne weather radar, pilots would pick the darkest part of the storm if they had to go through it. The author continues explaining that after the invention of the radar, the heaviest radar echo, which was due to heavy rain consisted in the storm core, so pilots began avoiding it. But the heaviest turbulence isn't exactly in the middle of the heavy rain, but very close, so avoiding the rain area by a good margin, you'll probably miss the worst of the turbulence. If you want, I can reproduce both excerpts from the book to you. Regards, s_arman 22:49, 31 October 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Samir.arman ( talk • contribs)
Wasn't thinking... Thanks! I need to go to bed. Jim1138 ( talk) 09:26, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I put in the quotation marks again as I explained in my original edit. Please understand the use of correct English in this instance. If a conservative uses "Alt-left" as a smear, they are not implying a false equivalence to the Alt-right. They are implying an ACTUAL equivalence. The implication of the equivalence is not "false" to the person making the implication. It is only "false" to the commentator on the implication, such as Mark Pitcavage, an analyst at the Anti-Defamation League (whom is obviously biased against the implication). He calls it a "false equivalence" in the linked source. It should therefore be in quotation marks only. If you remove these quotation marks, you are making this page non-neutral, and slanted towards his opinion, making it into a fact. It is not a fact that far left has no equivalence to the far right in terms of violence. It is an OPINION only. Many will disagree with this opinion. The Far left are well known to use violence and direct action as a tactic, as are the far right. Quotation marks must remain for quoted opinions. Thanks for your understanding. Transcendent28 ( talk) 10:22, 3 November 2018 (UTC)
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I have add more text at Hyundai Atos can you help me in the “access date” in references? Thanks
Thank you for contacting me. As a writer , I should have known better. I can find and cite sources and will do so when i regain access to my books , specifically those pertaining to my ancestor William Clarke Quantrell. Thank you and apologies for the arbitrage. — Preceding unsigned comment added by C. James Quantrell ( talk • contribs) 16:35, 9 November 2018 (UTC)
Hello, My edit was removed from the Fabiano Caruana Wiki ["Although he is not Jewish"] because the source was unreliable. Can you explain this. It's from the just-released New York Times article profiling Fabiano Caruana. He grew up in a heavily Jewish and Italian American neighborhood and attended an afterschool program hosted by a Jewish institution, but he himself is not Jewish. Within, there is a picture of his childhood home showing a picture of Jesus, which I posted.
What's the issue? He is Catholic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.53.11.48 ( talk) 19:26, 9 November 2018 (UTC)
I read in my talk page that I had been warned on an edit that replaced a speedy deletion tag "because it did not appear constructive." I assume this was meant for the person who deleted the speedy delete tag, but if it is not, could you please explain why it was not constructive?
Thanks, QUICKWITTEDHARE CONVERSE 19:27, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
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Dear fellow contributor, Thank you for your comments. However in this case I believe you editorialising. TD Mary Mitchell O'Connor is pro abortion. I do not think many people would find that controversial. In editing biographies, we have a commitment to accurately descript peoples views and in this case I urge you to this standard. — Preceding unsigned comment added by HelpmeChoose99 ( talk • contribs) 18:59, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
Hallo, Girth Summit; perhaps you could check out whether your edit that I have just reverted was a simple slip on your part or suggests a possible improvement to STiki (with which I am unfamiliar). PJTraill ( talk) 11:20, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
I apologize for my actions with the Ben Bishop post. I had been drinking and was very grumpy from a moment between Ben Bishop and Brad Marchand. It won’t happen again. I am a huge hockey fan and I let my irritation get the better of me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bruinsfan1144 ( talk • contribs) 13:29, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
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The definition [1]describing the subject ayurveda must be present in the lede . so I made the new additions . These have to be present in the lede .Still I am Open for further discussion about the subject. 112.133.244.13 ( talk) 15:51, 25 November 2018 (UTC)
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I am sorry but am not really familiar with the landscape in wiki, I personally am from Namibia i am a Wambo and thought to just correct the text I will gather and prepare audio to further explain my reason for my action, is it possible that you could share your email address inorder for me to forward them to you.
thank You -- NAMIBIAWIKI ( talk) 14:13, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
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Hi Girth, this is Oberstein123, the true user of the IP address the section is named after. I never made that edit to Bad Bunny, nor do I know who he is. I don’t know who else is using this IP besides me. If there is any way to find out what happened, please tell me. Thanks. Oberstein123 ( talk) 17:32, 30 November 2018 (UTC)
Okay, thank you for getting back to me. Oberstein123 ( talk) 22:59, 30 November 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for your message.
>My suggestion would be to for you to create a page detailing the William Henry Coffin who you were talking about, supported by reliable sources, and then we could make >it clear to the reader that we have two articles for different artists of this name. Cheers GirthSummit (blether)
The problem with the existing entry is in its heading. The info presented there is about W. Haskell Coffin, and is accurate. The heading is false. William Henry Coffin is a different artist, who lived earlier, and who is irrelevant to the information presented in the article. Starting a new page for William Henry Coffin would not solve the problem, and I don't know that much about him. I have written a book on W. Haskell Coffin ( http://www.enchantmentink.com/booka.php), and the heading on the existing article should be changed to read just Haskell Coffin, or at worst W. Haskell Coffin (Haskell never used more than W. Haskell in his signatures, probably because he didn't want to be confused with William Henry Coffin!). Thanks, Norm Platnick, Enchantment Ink — Preceding unsigned comment added by Normplat ( talk • contribs) 13:11, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
Apparently TW didn't catch enough there. Tried to get a revert, but it missed the second edit which I'm assuming happened right as I made the rollback. Sorry! :( Neo t/ c 14:48, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
Uh hello. Do you know what the term “lame duck” means? She is not a former state senator as she is still in office until 12/31. Lame duck is the accepted and correct term for her status but she is most certainly not the former state senator. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.90.122.7 ( talk) 20:41, 6 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi, not sure if I responded to you regarding your post about editing Cindy Alexander's page and not entering why I edited it. I will do so in the future. Thanks for the heads up. Pennyframstad ( talk) 21:05, 7 December 2018 (UTC)pennyframstad
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Hi Girth, thank you for taking the time to give me valuable feedback. I do have several sources some of which I would like to share with you:
http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2018/dopamine-smartphones-battle-time/
https://www.ama.org/publications/MarketingNews/Pages/feeding-the-addiction.aspx
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5362930/
I was under the impression it was a fairly obvious statement I was making about social media being found to affect the brain. But now I see your point of needing the citation so that everything is factual. I have done some reading up on how to add a citation (yes, I am a newbie :)) but I would need your inputs on what would be considered a valid source. Do let me know which of the above links would be acceptable.
And thank you for taking the time to walk me through all this. Truly appreciate your effort in helping keep Wikipedia clean.
I literally played drums in this band. We are not a band anymore. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.59.76.187 ( talk) 20:39, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
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There is really no doubt that throwing sticks were being used by early hominins. I am not extrapolating and if you actually read the sources I have given the conclusion is clear. Throwing adaptations in the clavicle and humerus appear over two million years ago and are not a consequence of previous bipedal adaptations ( https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267812769_Clavicle_length_throwing_performance_and_the_reconstruction_of_the_Homo_erectus_shoulder). There are not only digging sticks from Acheulean sites in England, but projectile spears in Germany as well. This means that less sophisticated tecnology such as throwing sticks are likely to have preceded such developments. Large scale utilization of small mammals in the Lower Paleolithic layers of Zhoukoudian indicates sophisticated wooden projectile (throwing sticks) or trapping, of which the former is more likely. There is no other alternative-- scavenging is not even practical of small animals in such numbers. Tell me what you think of this and we can include something about early hominins and throwing sticks.
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You asked about reference . I have watched his videos since very long on youtube. Also i have provided references in external link box. Also you can search on google . I am new on wiki. So please don't change edition this time. I will authentic information always not fake. Love from india Slaveraza ( talk) 08:17, 21 December 2018 (UTC) |
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For making a sincere effort to welcome someone to Wikipedia and engage constructively. Very impressed. Mrspaceowl ( talk) 19:42, 29 December 2018 (UTC) |
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Dear Girth, I recently received a message regarding an edit associated with an IP address from O2/Telefonica. First, I am a Registered User (AOR) but I was shocked to realise that Wikipedia allows edits from complete "randoms" with no accountability. Second, given that this system is so easy to abuse, I would like to know how Wikipedia decided that this was ever a good idea or how it prevents innocent users from being affected. All I see recently is a very large drop in quality and less reliable information. Please use your influence to rid us of these idiots. I realise that we would like to keep Wikipedia "open" but "wide open to abuse" will just lose everyone's "trust". 82.132.218.227 ( talk) 05:07, 18 December 2018 (UTC) Jimmy.Plus ( talk) 05:11, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi, Girth Summit! It's me 24escheuanimal. May I have your help? I want to create a signature but I don't know how. Can you help me? Thanks, This is 24escheuanimal by the way. Thank you for always helping me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24escheuanimal ( talk • contribs) 22:25, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
Why did you delete my editing in some wiki pages. My corrections were actually correct Xeno7 ( talk) 17:39, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
Since Tidewings' talk page ended up (by default) on my watchlist after posting warnings of edit warring there, I have been surreptitiously watching your interaction with him. I must applaud your patience in dealing with him. I have been editing articles on Macedonia (both ancient and modern) for a decade now and some of our practices (like not calling ancient Macedonia a "Greek kingdom" in the first sentence) are based on long-standing consensus and compromise among many editors, both Greek and non-Greek ("non-Greek" includes very few actual Macedonians, although new Greek editors think that we all live on the same avenue in Skopje). Whenever there are real-world events in the Greece/Macedonia copyright infringement dispute, new Greek editors arrive to plant the Greek flag in the first sentence of ancient Macedonia articles again (too often by edit warring). The pattern repeats itself so often that it's predictable and new editors like Tidewings simply look like every other previous one. I just wanted to thank you again for your efforts with Tidewings. Perhaps they will pay off. I see that he has at least expanded beyond editing just the one article and is editing on a second one. Cheers. -- Taivo ( talk) 17:53, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
I have not edited Dark Matter and do not recall even reading the page. Hence I have no dispute regarding anything there. 198.97.67.50 ( talk) 17:51, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
Enjoy your deletion power from Yorkshire, England.
The citation was one book, which posses other citations to multiple sources. We have photos that are entirely in our possession as they were taken by our lodge, paid for by our lodge and maintained and kept and preserved by our lodge. Who do we cite? The book is ours, written by a member of our lodge and owned by our lodge. We cited the book and you boo-hoo it.
Delete the page and finish the conversation and debate about it. The rules of Wikipedia are to assume good faith, but how can a person when someone from on the other side of the world assumes a book is inaccurate or that a photo is not theirs?
No wonder so much foolish or inaccurate information is on Wikipedia......it is too cumbersome, too burdened, too entrenched.....with its "quality assurance" rules. The very same that lead to accurate images and information to be deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Finch1640 ( talk • contribs) 03:39, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
Here is an article that was written by our lodge by the Greenwich Free Press- I guess you meant that it was written about your lodge rather than by them. If you want to make the case for notability, you could mention this source at the AfD discussion. It's a local paper that writes advertorials for payment, so it would not be given as much credence as history book or a national newspaper, but it might carry some weight.
I am new to this. How do I go about updating an existing pages information and photo?
Hi Girth. Unfortunately, Ben is one of those well-meaning but just-will-never-get-it editors. I have been fixing his poor editing since October 2016 when he had user name User:Ben271994. I've tried patience and instruction to get him to learn the ropes but it's been over two years now and his work is only minimally better. For some reason, his recent obsession is creating articles for any album in The Essential series. Typical "sources" he adds are primarily retail and database sites (iTunes, JBHiFi, Spotify, CDUniverse, Discogs). When I've added notability tags to his creations, he often just adds more of the same while removing the tag. I am concerned that he may fall under the WP:CIR umbrella because after all this time he still doesn't understand what notability means despite numerous attempts to explain it to him and his comments when communicating with other has been at times nonsensical, not to mention still not knowing how to thread or sign his posts on talk pages. By the way, I've redirected the Essential Mi-Sex article as well. Thanks. Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars Talk to me 00:24, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
Why did The Essential Adam Ant got deleted for it had a Allmusic review source. Ben2719941 ( talk) 13:09, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
Ben2719941 (talk) 13:06, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
Yes can you please take a look what you found for The Essential Adam Ant, I saw someone add Amazon review on The Essential Mi-Sex is that allowed an Amazon review?
Thanks Ben User talk:Ben2719941
I joined this band today via invitr from Bill Manspeaker Gaddyman117 ( talk) 13:56, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
Hello good sir Girth Summit my name is TheMusicMan1994, I'm brand new to Wikipedia, so what are the rules for edding? Please let me know Thanks ( talk) 8:21, 27 January 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheMusicMan94 ( talk • contribs)
Did you find something out to the case?. Please let me know. TheMusicMan94 ( talk • contribs) —Preceding undated comment added 11:08, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
Good Sir Wikipedia have sent me a Getting Started page it means I'm new.
TheMusicMan94 ( talk • contribs) —Preceding undated comment added 10:33, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
I sent a message to TheMusicMan94 on GMail, he told me that Ben2719941 and TheMusicMan94 are two different people, one name is Ben and the other one is named Thomas.
So do you believe me when TheMusicMan94 and Ben2719941 are two different people? — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheMusicMan94 ( talk • contribs) 20:16, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
Have they find something yet, how long will it take do you know? If they find nothing then what will happen to the page? Have a nice day today. Thanks TheMusicMan94 TheMusicMan94 ( talk • contribs) Afternoon Girth Summit, I have apologize to Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars. I just let you know. Ben2719941 Ben2719941 ( talk • contribs)
Afternoon Girth Summit How Come The Essential Waylon Jennings Got Deleted For? IdreamofHorses check it and it was okay. Why Did It Got Removed For? The Essential Johnny Cash Didn’t Get Removed when someone added The Essential Johnny Cash. Ben2719941 ( talk) 14:42, 1 February 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for bringing up some issues with the new article SCPS International. I now tried to fix them. The problem is that the company is highly interesting, but one of the most difficult to “catch”. I’ve got to know them (with quite some pain) when I lost against their teams in court multiple times (I’m a lawyer in Europe), and did some research. This was my motivation to write the text, just for your info. But I think we are fine now. Are we? Thanks again for your efforts. Klaus Bells ( talk) 16:48, 2 February 2019 (UTC)
I misspelled one word on the lead, but rest of the edit was constructive. You can check again. All recent edits to lead are new, since this month, I am just contributing further to improve it. Also see talk page where I have commented. 112.134.66.239 ( talk) 04:45, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
Hello, I was looking for a counter-vandalism trainer until I stumbled upon you. I wanted to know if you had an available spot for me, I know it says 0 but I don't have any other choice since the time is too far apart from the others. And there is only an hour difference between our time zones. Please let me know. AryanTheArticleArtist ( talk) 08:31, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
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Hello Girth Summit, I was about to ask your tutoring in order to become member of the Counter Vandalism Unit but I see that your only slot is already occupied. I'll wait for your slot to become free again. In the meantime I have some questions I hope some admin can help me to answer.
In the last few weeks there seems to be a low profile edit war on some items with IPA (International phonetic alphabet) transcriptions of Italian names. It seems that at least two groups of sockpuppets are competing on this topic. In particular, a user called Miaowmiaowmew (blocked for abusing multiple accounts) added the IPA transcription on some articles, providing the related sources (which I verified were valid). A couple of weeks later, other users (also subsequently blocked for sockpuppeting, see this for reference) have modified the transcription and removed the sources without providing alternative references. Me and other users and admins have repeatedly restored the versions with sources but, again, other sockpuppets have restored the version without sources. See the revision history of Stefano Pescosolido or Davide Sanguinetti for example. The suggestion I received from Favonian is to open a discussion somewhere to get a "paper trail" in case of further reverts.
My questions are: If I restore the version with the sources am I really doing something wrong? Do I risk of being involved in edit wars? Which is the most appropriate place to open a discussion and find a consensus on this issue? is a consensus really necessary since on the one hand we have a version with reliable sources and on the other no source at all? Thanks a lot in advance, Horst Hof ( talk) 09:43, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
Hi Girth Summit, I am going to open the discussion on the topic above on ANI, it is my firt time I open a discussion there. Would you be so kind to revise what I'm going to write? Here is the text I'm going to post:
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In the last few weeks there seems to be a low profile edit war on some items with IPA (International phonetic alphabet) transcriptions of Italian names. It seems that at least two groups of sockpuppets are competing on this topic. In particular, a user called Miaowmiaowmew (blocked for abusing multiple accounts) added the IPA transcription on some articles, providing the related sources (which I verified were valid). A couple of weeks later, other users (also subsequently blocked for sockpuppeting, see this for reference) have modified the transcription and removed the sources without providing alternative references. Me and other users and admins have repeatedly restored the versions with sources but, again, other sockpuppets have restored the version without sources. See the revision history of Stefano Pescosolido or Davide Sanguinetti for example.
The sockpuppets of the group of Ragaricus seems targeting specifically the edits of Miaowmiaowmew on italian personalities. It is a systematical action, sockpuppets appear in waves of four or five and make four or five edits each then disappear.
Check the edits of this group and this other group for example. Sometimes they also seem to operate as unlogged IPs (ranges 5.170.0.0/18 and 151.48.0.0/16).
I asked an opinion to some admins and experienced users and they suggested to open a discussion to get a "paper trail" in case of further reverts. In case of future further sockpuppets waves, what is the best way to deal with this issue?
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Do you think it is clear enough, should I add more diffs or more clarifications? Thans a lot in advance. Horst Hof ( talk) 14:01, 1 February 2019 (UTC)
Hello girth I added some content in biocentrism(ethics) and you reverted it Could you please explain your actions? PhoebusLaw ( talk) 14:02, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/os-sp-orlando-apollos-marvin-bracy-williams-1026-story.html
"Marvin Bracy ... Bracy (5-9, 181), who now goes by Marvin Bracy-Williams, was one of six players assigned to the Apollos’ roster, the league announced Friday."
Thanks - made a request directly on article page:
/info/en/?search=Talk:Marvin_Bracy#Requesting/suggesting_page_move_due_to_name_change
Hello Girth Summit. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Muhammad Sajjad Khan, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: claims coverage in reliable source, being Commander in Chief of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen also indicates significance. Thank you. So Why 09:55, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
User:Girth Summit, Hi. This is for your information: While it is true that an article must rely mostly on secondary sources (which I will do my best to provide for that article Promontory of Tyre), it is also true that Wikipedia often cites Talmudic sources, so there was no justified reason for you to delete those sources. In fact, mentioning the "Babylonian Talmud" without showing exactly where it is mentioned, would be wrong. Davidbena ( talk) 19:03, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
Girth SummitBut how in the world did you catch it so fast. I have the article on my watch list, and his vandalism didn't show up, but your reverts did. I read your polite comments on 71.245.248.227 talk page, which you created. It is obvious that he is a troll, and I use the male in reference. I can't imagine a female being a troll, but certainly can an immature male.. Thanks again, but tell me how did you even catch the vandalism, is there a patrol function. I would love to be on it. Oldperson ( talk) 22:35, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
I am not sure what you meant that there is close paraphrasing here. I checked the translation at Earwig and found zero overlap. Can we take the tag off? https://tools.wmflabs.org/copyvios/?lang=en&project=wikipedia&title=Phragmochaeta+canicularis&oldid=&action=search&use_engine=1&use_links=1&turnitin=0
I translated it from the italian page and attributed it. Thanks
-- Akrasia25 ( talk) 21:19, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
Could you mentor me with understanding Wikipedia. I was an IP editor for a year before creating the account. However, after creating an account I feel overwhelmed by the great number of policies that is supposed to be followed. @ Masumrezarock100: recommended on my page that I ask for mentoring from somebody with experience and recommended you. Sohom ( talk) 13:06, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
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Thanks Masumrezarock100 - much appreciated! Cheers GirthSummit (blether) 10:48, 7 February 2019 (UTC)
I just wanted to ask you something. You said that you worked in US and other countries. Does that mean you travel across the globe?
Sincerely,
Masum Reza
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What makes you so sure that the established article is so correct, and why do you side with it by default? What do you know about this subject, as a Scottsman? I challenge your authoritarian belligerence. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.13.222.58 ( talk) 17:11, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
Thank you so much Girth Summit for your careful and effective coaching. I learned a lot in these weeks, by responding to the tasks you proposed but also by silently observing how you worked out some of the problems you met. I'm very proud to be your first graduate. I will surely meet situations in which I will hesitate, so I'm happy to read that you will be availble to help me even in the future. Thanks a lot again. Horst Hof ( talk) 11:32, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
Hi Girth Summit, I am a bit confused by your comment on my edit on Bengal Renaissance because when I open the page i can see the additions I made, intact. They are not removed as you said. I quote below the the additions I made and my thoughts on their source and reliability.
If the source is the most established introductory book(as in paragraph 1,4) is it even necessary to refer to it? I think paragraph 2,3 is established by Wikipedia articles on the individuals mentioned. For instance - that Tagore is the first Asian Nobel Laureate for literature is mentioned in the Wikipedia article on him and proves my paragraph 2. That J.C.Bose is the first great scientist of modern Asia is established by the Wikipedia article on him. Please clarify the situation and whether my thoughts on reliable source satisfy you or not and the reasons, if you are dissatisfied. Debjyoti Mandal Lightofdev ( talk) 02:43, 24 February 2019 (UTC)
If I write it to you could you please Insert it? Or can I get some workshop in editing in Kolkata? Or is there any way I can consult with other editors in Kolkata? Lightofdev ( talk) 20:02, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
the modernization and efflorescence of Bengali culture was catalyzed by its contact with Western culture after the establishment of British rule in Bengal in 1857
Bengalis were the first people in Asia to interact with Western culture
Bengal's conscious awareness and the changing modern world was more developed and ahead of the rest of India
Nearly all the leading figures in various fields in India and even in whole Asia were Bengalis
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Really appreciate your quick correction related to articles. Muhammad.naqash.sakhawat.hussain ( talk) 07:48, 5 March 2019 (UTC) |
Hi, Girth Summit! Is the account User:Alvinwebster connected in any way to you? Its User page seems a copy of yours. I suppose it should be explained and eventually fixed, but I think I better ask you first. -- CiaPan ( talk) 08:00, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
Hello again!
I found Alvinwebster because of his contribution at the
User talk:Theroadislong, which I'm watching (or stalking, if you prefer). They were discussing Alvin's problems with a draft he was attempting to submit. I stumbled upon an obvious contrast between quite low editing skills (or rather knowledge) of the apparently beginning editor and advanced information at his userpage. Got curious about it and started investigating the userpage links. First of all I got suspicious about the top icons: rollbacker, pending changes reviewer... Huggle & Twinkle user... Well, well.... Wait! And he has problems with submitting a draft?! How old is he...? Oh, dear, the account didn't even existed two months ago!
Meanwhile, one specific userbox has drawn my attention: This user is also mentioned in Dante's Inferno. You know, I simply could not resist. I checked the link and... Kaboom! I found your userpage, almost identical to the one I was checking. Didn't need to think long to find out which one is an original, and which is a copy. But I had no idea why anybody might want to clone someone else's userpage, so I asked the above question.
What concerns the nearest future, I don't suspect User:Alvinwebster is going to cleanup the links, userboxes and topicons which don't actually reflect his contributions, skills and privileges. I'm afraid as a two-month old Wikipedian he doesn't even recognize their importance yet, and just copied your page as a whole because of its fancy look. I suppose you (or Oshwah or maybe some other admin) could offer User:Alvinwebster some help in cleanup, but (based on a lack of any reply to your request at User talk:Alvinwebster) I expect it will end with cleaning false claims from his userpage without any cooperation from him.
Best regards,
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Hi, after long researches I found some sources for the draft, however they are old journal articles not available online that I managed to convert into .pdf files. Is there any guideline about some recommended space/website/archive to upload those sources and then use them in the page? Otherwise the draft will be stuck in this form. Thanks. FSosio ( talk) 10:47, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for sticking your nose in. I, too, was wondering how you can be part of a PR team and not be paid. Willsome429 ( say hey or see my edits!) 17:02, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
This is indeed a very useful tool for monitoring and combating vandalism. (This used to be possible only with the Wikimedia Edit Counter tool, but range contribs became viewable in 2015 or 2016). There is no easy way of explaining the process, but the more you do it, the more you'll get used to it. You should start by picking an IP with a known (or suspected) history of IP-hopping, block evasion, and the like. (If it is an IPv4 address, start at the /24 subnet. If it is an IPv6 address, start at the /64 subnet). Then, select a subnet number where you believe the vandal is operating on, clear out the last digits of the IP to a "0", and add a slash and the subnet number after it (such as 66.87.64.0/18, which has been repeatedly abused by multiple LTAs and vandals over the years). (For IPv6 addresses, set the last 4 sets of digits to 0 instead, such as 2A02:C7F:8E64:5F00:0:0:0:0/64 - another vandal range.) Each time you decrease the subnet number by 1, you are doubling the number of IPs in the range (this multiplier applies to IPv4 ranges. I'm not sure if the amount of IPs in an IPv6 range increases at the same rate). If the contributions/activity you see lead you to believe that the vandal may actually be operating on a larger range, decrease the subnet number once again. When you've finally reached the range that the vandal or LTA is operating on, you'll get a good idea of their behavioral patterns and editing history (at least during the period when they were abusing the range). If you know that a certain range had been abused by a prolific vandal, you can start with that range, and explore larger ranges from there, instead of smaller ranges (such as the /24 and /64 ranges). If you find a range that is rife with vandalism, once you enter in its correct numerical "name" (or base value), you can explore the block log to see if the range has been blocked before. If that range has a blocking history (especially an extensive one), you've probably found the vandal's range, or at least one of his ranges, and that place would be a good spot from where to expand a range sweep. The Range Contribs have a limit, though, and you can't view contributions collectively for ranges larger than /16 for IPv4 addresses (such as /14), and for IPv6 addresses, the number is /32. In most cases, admins and CUs will never block a range larger than that size (with the exception of a few Open Proxy networks), since doing so may involve rangeblocking multiple network providers. When hunting down a vandal, I would suggest looking at the WHOIS info for the IP to determine the range (ranges that are ridiculously large aren't going to help you much, though). If the range listed there is much too large, just start out small and work your way up (by decreasing the subnet number) until you reach a range where the vandal is probably contained. If you're feeling lazy, you can just set the last set of digits to 0, and enter the slash ( / ) and the subnet number - you will still be able to see the range contribs, but you won't have the "correct" name of that range (which will be necessary for rangeblocks). I know that this is a lot, and I'm sorry if I ended up confusing you, but this is a really great tool for anti-vandalism work. Feel free to ask me or another admin familiar with this kind of work if you have any questions. LightandDark2000 🌀 ( talk) 08:35, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
Thank you very much for your comments on my article on Gizzen Briggs. I've tried to get the references right and will resubmit now. I'd be grateful for any further comments and help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TaingrayAngus ( talk • contribs) 21:07, 9 March 2019 (UTC)
Dear Girth,
I'm President of the California Congress of Republicans ("CCR") and Former President of the South Peninsula Congress of Republicans ("SPARC"). I shared the submission with the present President of SPARC as well. You can reference both organizations (www.sparcgop.org) and (www.ccr-gop.org). CCR has a wikipedia page. Please review and allow for submission.
Sincerely,
Peter Verbica President California Congress of Republicans — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:647:C900:258E:C0A:54E3:4CA7:D256 ( talk) 15:39, 10 March 2019 (UTC)
Hi Girth Summit, would you be so kind to cast an eyeball to this diff: Special:Diff/887394040. It seems a promotional link but I've not been able to open it (don't know why, possibly blocked by firewall?). The username that made it is also quite ambiguous and can refer to an activity. Thanks a lot in advance. Horst Hof ( talk) 11:34, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
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Thank you very much for your review. I copied most of the references from the German wiki article. Now I guess it is ok.
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Hi Girth, Im working in hydrographic too as a marine geomatician here in Canada. Maxime Demers — Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.215.32.23 ( talk) 20:33, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
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I guess you have some arguments supporting your undo of my edit on reflexology. Please tell me. -- Blindvei ( talk) 19:48, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi Girth Summit,
I only just saw your now two-week old comment
here. Please be aware that
templates are available to draw the attention of users you are dressing; see {{
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This is excellent advice. Boing! said Zebedee ( talk) 19:18, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
You are generous, but this was not remotely a fair comment from an admin who should know better. You expressed yourself perfectly well, and appropriately, and don't let that foolish reply make you think otherwise. Grandpallama ( talk) 11:04, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
In regards to the reverted edit on the Glasgow page [1] - I think you are wrong in this case. The two removed citations don't back up the claim, and the Peter Greenberg guide is 9 years old and written by an American. I can say confidently as someone from Glasgow that "weegie" is a very, very East-coast term (not always derogatory) and you would find it very rare to be used by someone from Glasgow.
A cursory google can back this up - I'm not fully up to scratch in Wikis citation quality requirements, but these pages should give you an idea:
https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/1wz08j/the_weegie_words_20_terms_that_prove_you_come/ http://www.fivestarvisas.com/newsandviews/welcome-to-glasgow/ http://www.rsdb.org/slur/weegie https://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080426161932AAX3qg0&guccounter=1 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.174.158.82 ( talk) 16:01, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi Girth Summit. At RSN, you wrote, actually giving information on how to donate to her charity
. All I see is a contact email address. Are you seeing something else? --
Ronz (
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14:55, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
Those who wish to help..., then gives phone numbers for two of the volunteers, and an e-mail address for her charity. I thought that was obviously a request for donations, but if you think that's a problematic inference I'd be happy to strike and reword? GirthSummit (blether) 15:04, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
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Please do not add unreferenced or
poorly referenced information, especially if controversial, to articles or any other page on Wikipedia about
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unreferenced controversial information about living persons. I added entirely uncontroversial material, with sources that were discussed on the talk page and at WP:RSN. Don't be so aggressive, and please just engage with the discussion on the talk page, and explain your position - so far, all you've done is drop links to policies, but you're not responding to any arguments about why they don't apply. GirthSummit (blether) 10:28, 29 September 2018 (UTC)
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Hi Girth, You make me sad - reference 'Me , sitting at my desk, now' :) And juvenile is a great word! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.78.70.193 ( talk) 12:49, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
Dogmatic.. another good word, as is pedantic and doctrinaire. Not sure I approve of the use of "will-nilly" not quite in keeping with the high brow nature of this fine online data repository. Honestly, i expect better from you Girth :) p.s. I do like my new section — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.78.70.193 ( talk) 13:00, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
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We need to change it to German afghans, Russian afghans, Turkish afghans, Indian afghans, Swedish afghans. Please change title in Wikipedia please get everybody involved to change it. Sameem123 ( talk) 07:05, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
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The IP that made this edit resolves to LA. What do you want to bet it's Davidson himself? Daniel Case ( talk) 19:27, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
Dear Sir
You point out the fact that most scholars reject the historicity of the Bible. But these are biased researchers for who it will be hard to accept that what they reject is true. Most evangelical scholars accept that it is historically accurate MilBenedict ( talk) 10:22, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
It seemed pretty obvious but I was too busy to do anything. But you need to move your last comment as it's in the wrong section. Doug Weller talk 20:24, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
Hi Girth Summit. After reviewing your request for "rollbacker", I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:
If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! -- Amanda (aka DQ) 01:01, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
Dear Girth, I deleted the Commercial Aviation section on purpose because, as an airline pilot, it contained some very bad advices resulting from misinterpreting Robert Buck's book, Weather Flying.
In the book, pages 261 and 262, Buck discusses an hypothetical flight through a cold front in a small airplane flying around 10,000ft. What the author really says is that there is a risk associated when trying to climb to go through an opening in the line of clouds as it may outclimb the aircraft in an altitude where the stall speed and max speed are very close to each other.
In page 267, Robert Buck explains that before airborne weather radar, pilots would pick the darkest part of the storm if they had to go through it. The author continues explaining that after the invention of the radar, the heaviest radar echo, which was due to heavy rain consisted in the storm core, so pilots began avoiding it. But the heaviest turbulence isn't exactly in the middle of the heavy rain, but very close, so avoiding the rain area by a good margin, you'll probably miss the worst of the turbulence. If you want, I can reproduce both excerpts from the book to you. Regards, s_arman 22:49, 31 October 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Samir.arman ( talk • contribs)
Wasn't thinking... Thanks! I need to go to bed. Jim1138 ( talk) 09:26, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I put in the quotation marks again as I explained in my original edit. Please understand the use of correct English in this instance. If a conservative uses "Alt-left" as a smear, they are not implying a false equivalence to the Alt-right. They are implying an ACTUAL equivalence. The implication of the equivalence is not "false" to the person making the implication. It is only "false" to the commentator on the implication, such as Mark Pitcavage, an analyst at the Anti-Defamation League (whom is obviously biased against the implication). He calls it a "false equivalence" in the linked source. It should therefore be in quotation marks only. If you remove these quotation marks, you are making this page non-neutral, and slanted towards his opinion, making it into a fact. It is not a fact that far left has no equivalence to the far right in terms of violence. It is an OPINION only. Many will disagree with this opinion. The Far left are well known to use violence and direct action as a tactic, as are the far right. Quotation marks must remain for quoted opinions. Thanks for your understanding. Transcendent28 ( talk) 10:22, 3 November 2018 (UTC)
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I have add more text at Hyundai Atos can you help me in the “access date” in references? Thanks
Thank you for contacting me. As a writer , I should have known better. I can find and cite sources and will do so when i regain access to my books , specifically those pertaining to my ancestor William Clarke Quantrell. Thank you and apologies for the arbitrage. — Preceding unsigned comment added by C. James Quantrell ( talk • contribs) 16:35, 9 November 2018 (UTC)
Hello, My edit was removed from the Fabiano Caruana Wiki ["Although he is not Jewish"] because the source was unreliable. Can you explain this. It's from the just-released New York Times article profiling Fabiano Caruana. He grew up in a heavily Jewish and Italian American neighborhood and attended an afterschool program hosted by a Jewish institution, but he himself is not Jewish. Within, there is a picture of his childhood home showing a picture of Jesus, which I posted.
What's the issue? He is Catholic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.53.11.48 ( talk) 19:26, 9 November 2018 (UTC)
I read in my talk page that I had been warned on an edit that replaced a speedy deletion tag "because it did not appear constructive." I assume this was meant for the person who deleted the speedy delete tag, but if it is not, could you please explain why it was not constructive?
Thanks, QUICKWITTEDHARE CONVERSE 19:27, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
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Dear fellow contributor, Thank you for your comments. However in this case I believe you editorialising. TD Mary Mitchell O'Connor is pro abortion. I do not think many people would find that controversial. In editing biographies, we have a commitment to accurately descript peoples views and in this case I urge you to this standard. — Preceding unsigned comment added by HelpmeChoose99 ( talk • contribs) 18:59, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
Hallo, Girth Summit; perhaps you could check out whether your edit that I have just reverted was a simple slip on your part or suggests a possible improvement to STiki (with which I am unfamiliar). PJTraill ( talk) 11:20, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
I apologize for my actions with the Ben Bishop post. I had been drinking and was very grumpy from a moment between Ben Bishop and Brad Marchand. It won’t happen again. I am a huge hockey fan and I let my irritation get the better of me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bruinsfan1144 ( talk • contribs) 13:29, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
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The definition [1]describing the subject ayurveda must be present in the lede . so I made the new additions . These have to be present in the lede .Still I am Open for further discussion about the subject. 112.133.244.13 ( talk) 15:51, 25 November 2018 (UTC)
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I am sorry but am not really familiar with the landscape in wiki, I personally am from Namibia i am a Wambo and thought to just correct the text I will gather and prepare audio to further explain my reason for my action, is it possible that you could share your email address inorder for me to forward them to you.
thank You -- NAMIBIAWIKI ( talk) 14:13, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
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Hi Girth, this is Oberstein123, the true user of the IP address the section is named after. I never made that edit to Bad Bunny, nor do I know who he is. I don’t know who else is using this IP besides me. If there is any way to find out what happened, please tell me. Thanks. Oberstein123 ( talk) 17:32, 30 November 2018 (UTC)
Okay, thank you for getting back to me. Oberstein123 ( talk) 22:59, 30 November 2018 (UTC)
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>My suggestion would be to for you to create a page detailing the William Henry Coffin who you were talking about, supported by reliable sources, and then we could make >it clear to the reader that we have two articles for different artists of this name. Cheers GirthSummit (blether)
The problem with the existing entry is in its heading. The info presented there is about W. Haskell Coffin, and is accurate. The heading is false. William Henry Coffin is a different artist, who lived earlier, and who is irrelevant to the information presented in the article. Starting a new page for William Henry Coffin would not solve the problem, and I don't know that much about him. I have written a book on W. Haskell Coffin ( http://www.enchantmentink.com/booka.php), and the heading on the existing article should be changed to read just Haskell Coffin, or at worst W. Haskell Coffin (Haskell never used more than W. Haskell in his signatures, probably because he didn't want to be confused with William Henry Coffin!). Thanks, Norm Platnick, Enchantment Ink — Preceding unsigned comment added by Normplat ( talk • contribs) 13:11, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
Apparently TW didn't catch enough there. Tried to get a revert, but it missed the second edit which I'm assuming happened right as I made the rollback. Sorry! :( Neo t/ c 14:48, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
Uh hello. Do you know what the term “lame duck” means? She is not a former state senator as she is still in office until 12/31. Lame duck is the accepted and correct term for her status but she is most certainly not the former state senator. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.90.122.7 ( talk) 20:41, 6 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi, not sure if I responded to you regarding your post about editing Cindy Alexander's page and not entering why I edited it. I will do so in the future. Thanks for the heads up. Pennyframstad ( talk) 21:05, 7 December 2018 (UTC)pennyframstad
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Hi Girth, thank you for taking the time to give me valuable feedback. I do have several sources some of which I would like to share with you:
http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2018/dopamine-smartphones-battle-time/
https://www.ama.org/publications/MarketingNews/Pages/feeding-the-addiction.aspx
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5362930/
I was under the impression it was a fairly obvious statement I was making about social media being found to affect the brain. But now I see your point of needing the citation so that everything is factual. I have done some reading up on how to add a citation (yes, I am a newbie :)) but I would need your inputs on what would be considered a valid source. Do let me know which of the above links would be acceptable.
And thank you for taking the time to walk me through all this. Truly appreciate your effort in helping keep Wikipedia clean.
I literally played drums in this band. We are not a band anymore. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.59.76.187 ( talk) 20:39, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
Hello Girth Summit: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Sei Noelle ( talk) 00:50, 15 December 2018 (UTC)
There is really no doubt that throwing sticks were being used by early hominins. I am not extrapolating and if you actually read the sources I have given the conclusion is clear. Throwing adaptations in the clavicle and humerus appear over two million years ago and are not a consequence of previous bipedal adaptations ( https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267812769_Clavicle_length_throwing_performance_and_the_reconstruction_of_the_Homo_erectus_shoulder). There are not only digging sticks from Acheulean sites in England, but projectile spears in Germany as well. This means that less sophisticated tecnology such as throwing sticks are likely to have preceded such developments. Large scale utilization of small mammals in the Lower Paleolithic layers of Zhoukoudian indicates sophisticated wooden projectile (throwing sticks) or trapping, of which the former is more likely. There is no other alternative-- scavenging is not even practical of small animals in such numbers. Tell me what you think of this and we can include something about early hominins and throwing sticks.
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You asked about reference . I have watched his videos since very long on youtube. Also i have provided references in external link box. Also you can search on google . I am new on wiki. So please don't change edition this time. I will authentic information always not fake. Love from india Slaveraza ( talk) 08:17, 21 December 2018 (UTC) |
Hi, please do not link to off-wiki identities or website in SPIs. I've removed and suppressed one you just made. Even if it appears obvious, out policy on outing does not allow the connection to be made unless the individual makes it themselves (and a username doesn't count.) If making the connection is needed, you can contact the functionaries team who can review it in private, but in this case I do not think it is necessary. TonyBallioni ( talk) 03:31, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
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Dear Girth, I recently received a message regarding an edit associated with an IP address from O2/Telefonica. First, I am a Registered User (AOR) but I was shocked to realise that Wikipedia allows edits from complete "randoms" with no accountability. Second, given that this system is so easy to abuse, I would like to know how Wikipedia decided that this was ever a good idea or how it prevents innocent users from being affected. All I see recently is a very large drop in quality and less reliable information. Please use your influence to rid us of these idiots. I realise that we would like to keep Wikipedia "open" but "wide open to abuse" will just lose everyone's "trust". 82.132.218.227 ( talk) 05:07, 18 December 2018 (UTC) Jimmy.Plus ( talk) 05:11, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi, Girth Summit! It's me 24escheuanimal. May I have your help? I want to create a signature but I don't know how. Can you help me? Thanks, This is 24escheuanimal by the way. Thank you for always helping me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24escheuanimal ( talk • contribs) 22:25, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
Why did you delete my editing in some wiki pages. My corrections were actually correct Xeno7 ( talk) 17:39, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
Since Tidewings' talk page ended up (by default) on my watchlist after posting warnings of edit warring there, I have been surreptitiously watching your interaction with him. I must applaud your patience in dealing with him. I have been editing articles on Macedonia (both ancient and modern) for a decade now and some of our practices (like not calling ancient Macedonia a "Greek kingdom" in the first sentence) are based on long-standing consensus and compromise among many editors, both Greek and non-Greek ("non-Greek" includes very few actual Macedonians, although new Greek editors think that we all live on the same avenue in Skopje). Whenever there are real-world events in the Greece/Macedonia copyright infringement dispute, new Greek editors arrive to plant the Greek flag in the first sentence of ancient Macedonia articles again (too often by edit warring). The pattern repeats itself so often that it's predictable and new editors like Tidewings simply look like every other previous one. I just wanted to thank you again for your efforts with Tidewings. Perhaps they will pay off. I see that he has at least expanded beyond editing just the one article and is editing on a second one. Cheers. -- Taivo ( talk) 17:53, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
I have not edited Dark Matter and do not recall even reading the page. Hence I have no dispute regarding anything there. 198.97.67.50 ( talk) 17:51, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
Enjoy your deletion power from Yorkshire, England.
The citation was one book, which posses other citations to multiple sources. We have photos that are entirely in our possession as they were taken by our lodge, paid for by our lodge and maintained and kept and preserved by our lodge. Who do we cite? The book is ours, written by a member of our lodge and owned by our lodge. We cited the book and you boo-hoo it.
Delete the page and finish the conversation and debate about it. The rules of Wikipedia are to assume good faith, but how can a person when someone from on the other side of the world assumes a book is inaccurate or that a photo is not theirs?
No wonder so much foolish or inaccurate information is on Wikipedia......it is too cumbersome, too burdened, too entrenched.....with its "quality assurance" rules. The very same that lead to accurate images and information to be deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Finch1640 ( talk • contribs) 03:39, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
Here is an article that was written by our lodge by the Greenwich Free Press- I guess you meant that it was written about your lodge rather than by them. If you want to make the case for notability, you could mention this source at the AfD discussion. It's a local paper that writes advertorials for payment, so it would not be given as much credence as history book or a national newspaper, but it might carry some weight.
I am new to this. How do I go about updating an existing pages information and photo?
Hi Girth. Unfortunately, Ben is one of those well-meaning but just-will-never-get-it editors. I have been fixing his poor editing since October 2016 when he had user name User:Ben271994. I've tried patience and instruction to get him to learn the ropes but it's been over two years now and his work is only minimally better. For some reason, his recent obsession is creating articles for any album in The Essential series. Typical "sources" he adds are primarily retail and database sites (iTunes, JBHiFi, Spotify, CDUniverse, Discogs). When I've added notability tags to his creations, he often just adds more of the same while removing the tag. I am concerned that he may fall under the WP:CIR umbrella because after all this time he still doesn't understand what notability means despite numerous attempts to explain it to him and his comments when communicating with other has been at times nonsensical, not to mention still not knowing how to thread or sign his posts on talk pages. By the way, I've redirected the Essential Mi-Sex article as well. Thanks. Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars Talk to me 00:24, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
Why did The Essential Adam Ant got deleted for it had a Allmusic review source. Ben2719941 ( talk) 13:09, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
Ben2719941 (talk) 13:06, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
Yes can you please take a look what you found for The Essential Adam Ant, I saw someone add Amazon review on The Essential Mi-Sex is that allowed an Amazon review?
Thanks Ben User talk:Ben2719941
I joined this band today via invitr from Bill Manspeaker Gaddyman117 ( talk) 13:56, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
Hello good sir Girth Summit my name is TheMusicMan1994, I'm brand new to Wikipedia, so what are the rules for edding? Please let me know Thanks ( talk) 8:21, 27 January 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheMusicMan94 ( talk • contribs)
Did you find something out to the case?. Please let me know. TheMusicMan94 ( talk • contribs) —Preceding undated comment added 11:08, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
Good Sir Wikipedia have sent me a Getting Started page it means I'm new.
TheMusicMan94 ( talk • contribs) —Preceding undated comment added 10:33, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
I sent a message to TheMusicMan94 on GMail, he told me that Ben2719941 and TheMusicMan94 are two different people, one name is Ben and the other one is named Thomas.
So do you believe me when TheMusicMan94 and Ben2719941 are two different people? — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheMusicMan94 ( talk • contribs) 20:16, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
Have they find something yet, how long will it take do you know? If they find nothing then what will happen to the page? Have a nice day today. Thanks TheMusicMan94 TheMusicMan94 ( talk • contribs) Afternoon Girth Summit, I have apologize to Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars. I just let you know. Ben2719941 Ben2719941 ( talk • contribs)
Afternoon Girth Summit How Come The Essential Waylon Jennings Got Deleted For? IdreamofHorses check it and it was okay. Why Did It Got Removed For? The Essential Johnny Cash Didn’t Get Removed when someone added The Essential Johnny Cash. Ben2719941 ( talk) 14:42, 1 February 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for bringing up some issues with the new article SCPS International. I now tried to fix them. The problem is that the company is highly interesting, but one of the most difficult to “catch”. I’ve got to know them (with quite some pain) when I lost against their teams in court multiple times (I’m a lawyer in Europe), and did some research. This was my motivation to write the text, just for your info. But I think we are fine now. Are we? Thanks again for your efforts. Klaus Bells ( talk) 16:48, 2 February 2019 (UTC)
I misspelled one word on the lead, but rest of the edit was constructive. You can check again. All recent edits to lead are new, since this month, I am just contributing further to improve it. Also see talk page where I have commented. 112.134.66.239 ( talk) 04:45, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
Hello, I was looking for a counter-vandalism trainer until I stumbled upon you. I wanted to know if you had an available spot for me, I know it says 0 but I don't have any other choice since the time is too far apart from the others. And there is only an hour difference between our time zones. Please let me know. AryanTheArticleArtist ( talk) 08:31, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
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Hello Girth Summit, I was about to ask your tutoring in order to become member of the Counter Vandalism Unit but I see that your only slot is already occupied. I'll wait for your slot to become free again. In the meantime I have some questions I hope some admin can help me to answer.
In the last few weeks there seems to be a low profile edit war on some items with IPA (International phonetic alphabet) transcriptions of Italian names. It seems that at least two groups of sockpuppets are competing on this topic. In particular, a user called Miaowmiaowmew (blocked for abusing multiple accounts) added the IPA transcription on some articles, providing the related sources (which I verified were valid). A couple of weeks later, other users (also subsequently blocked for sockpuppeting, see this for reference) have modified the transcription and removed the sources without providing alternative references. Me and other users and admins have repeatedly restored the versions with sources but, again, other sockpuppets have restored the version without sources. See the revision history of Stefano Pescosolido or Davide Sanguinetti for example. The suggestion I received from Favonian is to open a discussion somewhere to get a "paper trail" in case of further reverts.
My questions are: If I restore the version with the sources am I really doing something wrong? Do I risk of being involved in edit wars? Which is the most appropriate place to open a discussion and find a consensus on this issue? is a consensus really necessary since on the one hand we have a version with reliable sources and on the other no source at all? Thanks a lot in advance, Horst Hof ( talk) 09:43, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
Hi Girth Summit, I am going to open the discussion on the topic above on ANI, it is my firt time I open a discussion there. Would you be so kind to revise what I'm going to write? Here is the text I'm going to post:
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In the last few weeks there seems to be a low profile edit war on some items with IPA (International phonetic alphabet) transcriptions of Italian names. It seems that at least two groups of sockpuppets are competing on this topic. In particular, a user called Miaowmiaowmew (blocked for abusing multiple accounts) added the IPA transcription on some articles, providing the related sources (which I verified were valid). A couple of weeks later, other users (also subsequently blocked for sockpuppeting, see this for reference) have modified the transcription and removed the sources without providing alternative references. Me and other users and admins have repeatedly restored the versions with sources but, again, other sockpuppets have restored the version without sources. See the revision history of Stefano Pescosolido or Davide Sanguinetti for example.
The sockpuppets of the group of Ragaricus seems targeting specifically the edits of Miaowmiaowmew on italian personalities. It is a systematical action, sockpuppets appear in waves of four or five and make four or five edits each then disappear.
Check the edits of this group and this other group for example. Sometimes they also seem to operate as unlogged IPs (ranges 5.170.0.0/18 and 151.48.0.0/16).
I asked an opinion to some admins and experienced users and they suggested to open a discussion to get a "paper trail" in case of further reverts. In case of future further sockpuppets waves, what is the best way to deal with this issue?
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Do you think it is clear enough, should I add more diffs or more clarifications? Thans a lot in advance. Horst Hof ( talk) 14:01, 1 February 2019 (UTC)
Hello girth I added some content in biocentrism(ethics) and you reverted it Could you please explain your actions? PhoebusLaw ( talk) 14:02, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/os-sp-orlando-apollos-marvin-bracy-williams-1026-story.html
"Marvin Bracy ... Bracy (5-9, 181), who now goes by Marvin Bracy-Williams, was one of six players assigned to the Apollos’ roster, the league announced Friday."
Thanks - made a request directly on article page:
/info/en/?search=Talk:Marvin_Bracy#Requesting/suggesting_page_move_due_to_name_change
Hello Girth Summit. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Muhammad Sajjad Khan, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: claims coverage in reliable source, being Commander in Chief of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen also indicates significance. Thank you. So Why 09:55, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
User:Girth Summit, Hi. This is for your information: While it is true that an article must rely mostly on secondary sources (which I will do my best to provide for that article Promontory of Tyre), it is also true that Wikipedia often cites Talmudic sources, so there was no justified reason for you to delete those sources. In fact, mentioning the "Babylonian Talmud" without showing exactly where it is mentioned, would be wrong. Davidbena ( talk) 19:03, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
Girth SummitBut how in the world did you catch it so fast. I have the article on my watch list, and his vandalism didn't show up, but your reverts did. I read your polite comments on 71.245.248.227 talk page, which you created. It is obvious that he is a troll, and I use the male in reference. I can't imagine a female being a troll, but certainly can an immature male.. Thanks again, but tell me how did you even catch the vandalism, is there a patrol function. I would love to be on it. Oldperson ( talk) 22:35, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
I am not sure what you meant that there is close paraphrasing here. I checked the translation at Earwig and found zero overlap. Can we take the tag off? https://tools.wmflabs.org/copyvios/?lang=en&project=wikipedia&title=Phragmochaeta+canicularis&oldid=&action=search&use_engine=1&use_links=1&turnitin=0
I translated it from the italian page and attributed it. Thanks
-- Akrasia25 ( talk) 21:19, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
Could you mentor me with understanding Wikipedia. I was an IP editor for a year before creating the account. However, after creating an account I feel overwhelmed by the great number of policies that is supposed to be followed. @ Masumrezarock100: recommended on my page that I ask for mentoring from somebody with experience and recommended you. Sohom ( talk) 13:06, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
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Thanks Masumrezarock100 - much appreciated! Cheers GirthSummit (blether) 10:48, 7 February 2019 (UTC)
I just wanted to ask you something. You said that you worked in US and other countries. Does that mean you travel across the globe?
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What makes you so sure that the established article is so correct, and why do you side with it by default? What do you know about this subject, as a Scottsman? I challenge your authoritarian belligerence. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.13.222.58 ( talk) 17:11, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
Thank you so much Girth Summit for your careful and effective coaching. I learned a lot in these weeks, by responding to the tasks you proposed but also by silently observing how you worked out some of the problems you met. I'm very proud to be your first graduate. I will surely meet situations in which I will hesitate, so I'm happy to read that you will be availble to help me even in the future. Thanks a lot again. Horst Hof ( talk) 11:32, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
Hi Girth Summit, I am a bit confused by your comment on my edit on Bengal Renaissance because when I open the page i can see the additions I made, intact. They are not removed as you said. I quote below the the additions I made and my thoughts on their source and reliability.
If the source is the most established introductory book(as in paragraph 1,4) is it even necessary to refer to it? I think paragraph 2,3 is established by Wikipedia articles on the individuals mentioned. For instance - that Tagore is the first Asian Nobel Laureate for literature is mentioned in the Wikipedia article on him and proves my paragraph 2. That J.C.Bose is the first great scientist of modern Asia is established by the Wikipedia article on him. Please clarify the situation and whether my thoughts on reliable source satisfy you or not and the reasons, if you are dissatisfied. Debjyoti Mandal Lightofdev ( talk) 02:43, 24 February 2019 (UTC)
If I write it to you could you please Insert it? Or can I get some workshop in editing in Kolkata? Or is there any way I can consult with other editors in Kolkata? Lightofdev ( talk) 20:02, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
the modernization and efflorescence of Bengali culture was catalyzed by its contact with Western culture after the establishment of British rule in Bengal in 1857
Bengalis were the first people in Asia to interact with Western culture
Bengal's conscious awareness and the changing modern world was more developed and ahead of the rest of India
Nearly all the leading figures in various fields in India and even in whole Asia were Bengalis
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Hi, Girth Summit! Is the account User:Alvinwebster connected in any way to you? Its User page seems a copy of yours. I suppose it should be explained and eventually fixed, but I think I better ask you first. -- CiaPan ( talk) 08:00, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
Hello again!
I found Alvinwebster because of his contribution at the
User talk:Theroadislong, which I'm watching (or stalking, if you prefer). They were discussing Alvin's problems with a draft he was attempting to submit. I stumbled upon an obvious contrast between quite low editing skills (or rather knowledge) of the apparently beginning editor and advanced information at his userpage. Got curious about it and started investigating the userpage links. First of all I got suspicious about the top icons: rollbacker, pending changes reviewer... Huggle & Twinkle user... Well, well.... Wait! And he has problems with submitting a draft?! How old is he...? Oh, dear, the account didn't even existed two months ago!
Meanwhile, one specific userbox has drawn my attention: This user is also mentioned in Dante's Inferno. You know, I simply could not resist. I checked the link and... Kaboom! I found your userpage, almost identical to the one I was checking. Didn't need to think long to find out which one is an original, and which is a copy. But I had no idea why anybody might want to clone someone else's userpage, so I asked the above question.
What concerns the nearest future, I don't suspect User:Alvinwebster is going to cleanup the links, userboxes and topicons which don't actually reflect his contributions, skills and privileges. I'm afraid as a two-month old Wikipedian he doesn't even recognize their importance yet, and just copied your page as a whole because of its fancy look. I suppose you (or Oshwah or maybe some other admin) could offer User:Alvinwebster some help in cleanup, but (based on a lack of any reply to your request at User talk:Alvinwebster) I expect it will end with cleaning false claims from his userpage without any cooperation from him.
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Hi, after long researches I found some sources for the draft, however they are old journal articles not available online that I managed to convert into .pdf files. Is there any guideline about some recommended space/website/archive to upload those sources and then use them in the page? Otherwise the draft will be stuck in this form. Thanks. FSosio ( talk) 10:47, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for sticking your nose in. I, too, was wondering how you can be part of a PR team and not be paid. Willsome429 ( say hey or see my edits!) 17:02, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
This is indeed a very useful tool for monitoring and combating vandalism. (This used to be possible only with the Wikimedia Edit Counter tool, but range contribs became viewable in 2015 or 2016). There is no easy way of explaining the process, but the more you do it, the more you'll get used to it. You should start by picking an IP with a known (or suspected) history of IP-hopping, block evasion, and the like. (If it is an IPv4 address, start at the /24 subnet. If it is an IPv6 address, start at the /64 subnet). Then, select a subnet number where you believe the vandal is operating on, clear out the last digits of the IP to a "0", and add a slash and the subnet number after it (such as 66.87.64.0/18, which has been repeatedly abused by multiple LTAs and vandals over the years). (For IPv6 addresses, set the last 4 sets of digits to 0 instead, such as 2A02:C7F:8E64:5F00:0:0:0:0/64 - another vandal range.) Each time you decrease the subnet number by 1, you are doubling the number of IPs in the range (this multiplier applies to IPv4 ranges. I'm not sure if the amount of IPs in an IPv6 range increases at the same rate). If the contributions/activity you see lead you to believe that the vandal may actually be operating on a larger range, decrease the subnet number once again. When you've finally reached the range that the vandal or LTA is operating on, you'll get a good idea of their behavioral patterns and editing history (at least during the period when they were abusing the range). If you know that a certain range had been abused by a prolific vandal, you can start with that range, and explore larger ranges from there, instead of smaller ranges (such as the /24 and /64 ranges). If you find a range that is rife with vandalism, once you enter in its correct numerical "name" (or base value), you can explore the block log to see if the range has been blocked before. If that range has a blocking history (especially an extensive one), you've probably found the vandal's range, or at least one of his ranges, and that place would be a good spot from where to expand a range sweep. The Range Contribs have a limit, though, and you can't view contributions collectively for ranges larger than /16 for IPv4 addresses (such as /14), and for IPv6 addresses, the number is /32. In most cases, admins and CUs will never block a range larger than that size (with the exception of a few Open Proxy networks), since doing so may involve rangeblocking multiple network providers. When hunting down a vandal, I would suggest looking at the WHOIS info for the IP to determine the range (ranges that are ridiculously large aren't going to help you much, though). If the range listed there is much too large, just start out small and work your way up (by decreasing the subnet number) until you reach a range where the vandal is probably contained. If you're feeling lazy, you can just set the last set of digits to 0, and enter the slash ( / ) and the subnet number - you will still be able to see the range contribs, but you won't have the "correct" name of that range (which will be necessary for rangeblocks). I know that this is a lot, and I'm sorry if I ended up confusing you, but this is a really great tool for anti-vandalism work. Feel free to ask me or another admin familiar with this kind of work if you have any questions. LightandDark2000 🌀 ( talk) 08:35, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
Thank you very much for your comments on my article on Gizzen Briggs. I've tried to get the references right and will resubmit now. I'd be grateful for any further comments and help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TaingrayAngus ( talk • contribs) 21:07, 9 March 2019 (UTC)
Dear Girth,
I'm President of the California Congress of Republicans ("CCR") and Former President of the South Peninsula Congress of Republicans ("SPARC"). I shared the submission with the present President of SPARC as well. You can reference both organizations (www.sparcgop.org) and (www.ccr-gop.org). CCR has a wikipedia page. Please review and allow for submission.
Sincerely,
Peter Verbica President California Congress of Republicans — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:647:C900:258E:C0A:54E3:4CA7:D256 ( talk) 15:39, 10 March 2019 (UTC)
Hi Girth Summit, would you be so kind to cast an eyeball to this diff: Special:Diff/887394040. It seems a promotional link but I've not been able to open it (don't know why, possibly blocked by firewall?). The username that made it is also quite ambiguous and can refer to an activity. Thanks a lot in advance. Horst Hof ( talk) 11:34, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Conspiracy theory. Legobot ( talk) 04:26, 14 March 2019 (UTC)
Thank you very much for your review. I copied most of the references from the German wiki article. Now I guess it is ok.
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