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You removed a summary i never added at Betty Blue Eyes also you haven't said where it is a copyvio of which you should of, especially since there isnt a source there to indicate what it might of been of. Blethering Scot 17:11, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
My original edit DID clearly explain why I removed content from the article on "Killing Season." I don't understand why people can't just read the edit history, where my reason was stated quite clearly. If people disagree or object to my reasoning, that's fine and I actually won't fight it, but "you didn't explain why you removed it" is just objectively wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.83.191.181 ( talk) 20:03, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
Hey IronGargoyle, my apology for the hostile tone of the above comment. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.83.191.181 ( talk) 20:14, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
You have no idea who you're messing with. Stay out of DNHS politics. You're too green for this game, kid. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.109.249.144 ( talk) 03:37, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
Hi. Thank you very much for the review of majdelyoun. I am philbous. Can you please remove the redirect from majdelyoun to Sidon District when I go and search under google for majdelyoun, you see it as a link; when you click on it, it redirects your to sidon district. Majdelyoun is a town within the Sidon District. It should not be redirected to any page. Please help me with this. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Philbous ( talk • contribs)
Just an FYI, but ☯ Bonkers The Clown has been indefinitely blocked, partially for articles like this that were promoted in DYK. The "community" in AN had a very different understanding of his fondness for the N-word. This particular article is also involved in a heated AfD discussion. So, yeah, there was some backlash. Liz Read! Talk! 17:00, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
dj spice Please stop deleting content added by me i am spice i am adding content about me , the article was you say is copyright was actually on wikipedia first until an admin like yourself deleted it. i own the site i have emaild wikipedia giving permission to use. please leave me alone — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raveguideuk ( talk • contribs)
you delete me for the exact same self promotion you do on your own page you are a hypocrite if you believe i have done anything wrong because your page is the same
I hereby affirm that [I, (David Boakye), am]] the creator and/or sole owner of the exclusive copyright of [the djspice.com website] I agree to [publish that work under the free license "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported" and GNU Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts).] I acknowledge that by doing so I grant anyone the right to use the work in a commercial product or otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws. I am aware that this agreement is not limited to Wikipedia or related sites. I am aware that I always retain copyright of my work, and retain the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be claimed to have been made by me. I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project. David Boakye [copyright-holder, director, appointed representative of, djspice.com] 26th September 2013
Hi Please restore the link I added, which is to official FB support site, monitored by attorneys. If you need to confirm that, please check via http://www.jshfirm.com/LoriLVoepel or http://www.kimerer.com/michaelkimerer.html
Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.173.239.65 ( talk) 10:54, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
Hi IronGargoyle. This is just to inform you that the IP user 64.30.242.253 has, after your last warning to them, vandalized another article on the writer, Nicholas Sparks 1st published book. I know that you had warned them previously for vandalism, so I am just apprising you of the vandalism that they did after that warning. Regards, Steve. Stevenmitchell ( talk) 04:21, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
![]() | On 28 September 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bandit (Yomiuriland), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bandit, formerly the world's fastest roller coaster, races by hundreds of blossoming cherry trees and is called the fastest " flower viewing" in the world? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bandit (Yomiuriland). You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
— Crisco 1492 ( talk) 08:04, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
Do not touch ANYTHING that I edit on the Trillion dollar coin page. We are the school of thought that PUSHED the trillion dollar coin and the reason the wikipedia page for it exists at all (due to us pushing it and getting it popularized). I was surprised to see that some idiot and not someone associated with us wrote the part on inflation, which was completely wrong and actually talked about QE instead of the coin, which is simply ridiculous. And you want to revert to that? Come on now, why don't you actually stick to the things you actually understand, and leave the rest to us PhDs. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DaRkJaWs ( talk • contribs) 21:23, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
They are not "reliable sources". The content you are defending doesn't even talk about the inflationary effects of the Coin. It talks about the inflationary effects of QE. If you don't know the difference, then maybe you should leave it to an expert to decide. As I told you elsewhere, I'm an ABD PhD candidate at UMKC, and if anyone would know about the mechanics of the coin, it's those of us associated with UMKC. There is no conflict of interest, the conflict is about facts. Why don't you actually read the content you're defending instead of consistently blocking my attempts at fixing what are huge factual errors? I'm not the one edit-warring, you are. You have no way to ascertain whether an article is "dubious" or not unless you actually did some research. Did you bother to look up Joe Firestone, the author of the article I linked to? Did you see what other articles he's written on the Platinum coin option? I didn't think so. Why don't you do that before you start problems. DaRkJaWs ( talk) 22:41, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
There are many complaints about encyclopedia dramatica, and I would like to know why you would deem links to the site hosting their domain and links to more info on the site to be "inappropriate." — Preceding unsigned comment added by There is no joseph evers ( talk • contribs) 20:45, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
Hi, you removed my edit, with the following message:
"User talk:132.248.13.5 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia October 2013[edit]
Hello, I'm IronGargoyle. I wanted to let you know that I removed an external link you added to the page Moringa because it seemed inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thanks. IronGargoyle (talk) 20:25, 2 October 2013 (UTC)"
I am an academic and the world authority on the Moringa family Moringaceae (I'm the only specialist :), so it isn't hard). Please see my publications at http://www.moringaceae.org/moringa-publications.html
and my Moringa Home Page at http://www.explorelifeonearth.org/moringahome.html
My new moringaceae.org blog is designed to answer numerous questions that I receive daily regarding moringa, and is designed to be an authoritative source of information regarding the family. Such a resource is currently lacking, even from Wikipedia, because of the enormous volume of either uniformed and well meaning users uploading erroneous information, e.g. on the distribution of Moringa oleifera, or because of the intentional uploading of misleading or unproved information on the part of vendors.
Thanks and best wishes
187.195.50.203 ( talk) 00:28, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
I have added the links back as well as a cite. I wonder about the link
because, while it does have links to some useful primary information, there is a lot of hype on it and it is essentially a commercial site (with ripped off images from my site!). 187.195.53.130 ( talk) 16:18, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
![]() | On 5 October 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lina Beecher, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Lina Beecher's Flip Flap Railway (pictured) was tested with monkeys and sandbags but still produced injuries because of its circular loop, an issue which was corrected with later looping coasters at Coney Island, Atlantic City, and Olentangy Park? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 16:03, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
![]() | On 5 October 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Flip Flap Railway, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Lina Beecher's Flip Flap Railway (pictured) was tested with monkeys and sandbags but still produced injuries because of its circular loop, an issue which was corrected with later looping coasters at Coney Island, Atlantic City, and Olentangy Park? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Flip Flap Railway. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 16:03, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
![]() | On 5 October 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Loop the Loop (Coney Island), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Lina Beecher's Flip Flap Railway (pictured) was tested with monkeys and sandbags but still produced injuries because of its circular loop, an issue which was corrected with later looping coasters at Coney Island, Atlantic City, and Olentangy Park? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 16:03, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
![]() | On 5 October 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Loop the Loop (Young's Million Dollar Pier), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Lina Beecher's Flip Flap Railway (pictured) was tested with monkeys and sandbags but still produced injuries because of its circular loop, an issue which was corrected with later looping coasters at Coney Island, Atlantic City, and Olentangy Park? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 16:03, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
![]() | On 5 October 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Loop the Loop (Olentangy Park), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Lina Beecher's Flip Flap Railway (pictured) was tested with monkeys and sandbags but still produced injuries because of its circular loop, an issue which was corrected with later looping coasters at Coney Island, Atlantic City, and Olentangy Park? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 16:03, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
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for your edit summary to Architecture Amandajm ( talk) 02:16, 7 October 2013 (UTC) |
IronGargoyle, I hope that I am responding in the right section. No one has ever contacted me about my editing before. This has to do with the Grant Balfour article, which I felt was opinionated in spots. One of the things that I did was change "He acts like a baby" to something like "He has a reputation for acting out..." I just changed it to remove the bias. I am not an A's fan and not a fan of his, but if I see something like that I change it. Opinion articles should be saved for blogs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.65.124.68 ( talk) 16:48, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
Hello IronGargoyle, I added a resource to Skyhook Wireless. The link goes to a site that is currently using the technology in its application. Not meant to be link spam. Thanks. Alherd1 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alherd1 ( talk • contribs) 21:28, 9 October 2013 (UTC)
As you participated in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Breeze Barton, you may be interested to learn that I have opened a discussion to propose merging the article's contents to List of Marvel Comics characters: B. Feel free to comment. Taylor Trescott - my talk + my edits 20:54, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
Nice to see you at DRV again. All the best— S Marshall T/ C 21:30, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
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For your efforts to keep Greg Hunt clean of silly vandalism. Bearian ( talk) 20:04, 28 October 2013 (UTC) |
I would ask that you do the following per your recent WP:DRV close:
Thank you. Dogmaticeclectic ( talk) 16:18, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
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I guess I understand?I am new to this so could you help me out a litte? Gumbelly ( talk) 22:53, 9 December 2013 (UTC) |
I deleted the section below
"The descent of the Chang'e 3 spacecraft is expected to increase the content of lunar dust in the tenuous lunar exosphere, as well as introduce gases from engine firings during landing. This provides an opportunity for the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission to examine possible changes to the baseline readings of the Moon's exosphere and could allow it to study how dust and spent propellant gases settle around the Moon after a landing.[25][38] For example, one of the combustion byproducts will be water vapor, and LADEE may be able to observe how lunar water is deposited in cold traps near the poles."
because the Chang'e 3 descent hasn't started yet.The possible consequences mentioned in the section are just personal views by some academics.They're not proved facts and these consequences haven't been verified. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mentor of mankind ( talk • contribs) 15:36, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
dear ironGargoyle, i deleted the content of my page concerning dgheim number wich is a new dimensionless number published in a famous international journal after your suggestions. I choose wikipedia because i beleave that this number will be usefull & interesting for the new researchers. Please let me know what is the procedure to reedit it in your website. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dgheimjoseph ( talk • contribs)
hello, my name is Sharon & I'm the General Manager of Seattle Hempfest. I went in and updated our wiki peida adding some info for 2012 & 2013 and updating budget figures and adding our facebook & twitter info. You deleted it all and I do not understand why. I spent a long time figuring out how to update this and am frustrated it was immediatly taken down. Wikipedia is listing very outdated info - why was this all deleted? Thank you!!!!! [email redacted] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.160.41.181 ( talk • contribs)
Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention It's backlogged now! Feel free to help! ///EuroCar GT 04:41, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
I don't understand why my reference is considered as "poor", it is the video which backs my edit. Do you prefer an article from the dailymirror ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.118.223.249 ( talk) 02:53, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
Hello IronGargoyle, I'm trying to find out why my article/page was deleted. All info are totally legitimate. Earlier today I tried to correct my last name as it was spelled with a lower "m" instead of a capital letter "M" and perhaps my efforts to rectify that created some confusions and raised a red flag? Would you please be kind to let me know why you deleted me and if it is anyway possible to correct the last name to Majocchi?/ (instead of majocchi). With many thanks, Nicola Majocchi — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nmajocchi ( talk • contribs) 22:37, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
Hello Iron Gargoyle, the reason I made those "edits" is because those pages were not showing the changes made on the roster templates (roster moves), so, by erasing and then readding the templates, they rebooted now with the changes. Like turning off and on a computer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 187.252.103.226 ( talk) 00:28, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
Warning was not meant for you, We both edited the same time, you were a bit faster. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bentogoa ( talk • contribs)
Just 2 mins ago, I've added an external link to the page Child_care, which is legit for child care information. Can you tell why its inappropriate? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 111.91.24.199 ( talk) 15:33, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi there I'm not sure if I'm putting this in the wrong place (i'm new to Wikipedia) sorry. I just added a link to an attraction in Pembrokeshire "Kayak-King" but you removed it. I was wondering what I did wrong? Kayak-King is an attraction the same as the ones listed above it. Many thanks and apologese in advance, Ant — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.107.182.63 ( talk) 16:47, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
(coincidence, or . . . ...... something else?) you have showed up on my watchlist a bunch this morning, most notably at the Toll Brothers. I was the one who ( I think) originally discovered the legal threat and I chose to remove the logo and then posted something about it and it was picked up by more knowledgeable folks such as yourself who really dealt with it. Thank you for doing so. Einar aka Carptrash ( talk) 16:22, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
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It's often frustrating having to deal with the seemingly endless supply of vandals, but it's people like you that keep the project moving forward without any hesitation. Thank you for all your efforts :) — MusikAnimal talk 19:05, 9 January 2014 (UTC) |
You deleted ISTOBAL based on the fact that it was blatantly promotional. I disagree. I do agree that it was probably improper for a user named ISTOBAL to create the article named ISTOBAL, and that the company may or may not be notable, but I reworked the article to clean up the citations and formatting, and as I did so, I did not find that the article was overtly promotional. It appeared to be a statement of facts about the company: its foundation and recent expansions. Is it possible to get a WP:REFUND on this one? I understand that the notability of the company may be in doubt, but given that there are some independent sources presented, I think the notability issue would require an AFD discussion. WikiDan61 ChatMe! ReadMe!! 13:47, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi! I was all excited to see I had a message on Wikipedia when I visited it today...(wasn't aware there were ever direct messages to someone). Thanks for letting me know.
I received this message from you:
Hello, I'm IronGargoyle. I wanted to let you know that I removed an external link you added to the page Mobile business intelligence because it seemed inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thanks. IronGargoyle (talk) 21:56, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
While I agree with you that our link would be inappropriate in the context of a fact-based or pedagogic section of the article, the heading under which I placed the link said this:
Products[edit]
A number of BI vendors and niche software vendors offer mobile BI solutions. Some notable examples include:
It's simply a list, and I believe we have as much right to be there as anyone else on that list. At the very least, we are certainly a "niche software vendor", and a quick check of our web site would confirm that we offer a highly relevant, targeted offering to this topic. When we have received visits to our web site from Wikipedia (when the link was there, it was frequently our top referrer), the engagement on our site was amongst the highest we experience, proving that the content was highly relevant to visitors to this post on Wikipedia.
The nature of "Mobile Business Intelligence" is completely commercial (it's right in the name!), and while the category of topic is appropriate for an encyclopedia, we feel that a dedicated page on cafe moba on Wikipedia would, in fact, be purely commercial and any other similar company that does post a page on the site is being, in spirit, at least, not appropriate to an encyclopedia. In that way, our link, under an appropriate heading in a relevant entry, is more in line with the spirit of an (online) encyclopedia than the other companies who are listed there.
Thank you for contacting me (I was wondering where our link kept disappearing to...), and thank you for providing me an opportunity to plead our case! Obviously, I am interested in maintaining a presence on Wikipedia within this article, so if you can suggest an alternate way I can do that I would appreciate it.
CafemobaCMGR ( talk) 21:58, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
I clicked "Edit" rather than new section...
Rookie mistake.
CafemobaCMGR ( talk) 22:02, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for reverting the vandal on my talk page. XXX antiuser eh? 00:01, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
I noticed this edit of yours. A bit of background here, here and here, if you're interested. -- Hoary ( talk) 02:24, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
you removed my edit that said that transphobia was against all trans people, and replaced it saying it was only against trans women. why? it is possible to be a trans man, and it is possible to be transphobic against them — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.49.26.113 ( talk) 03:06, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
Two new editors on that rarely-edited page on the same day, I suspect there may be a publicist at work, but going about it the wrong way. Thanks for keeping a watchful eye. -- Ohc ¡digame! 13:25, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
Hello there. I have a question on how to process with something that's been bugging me for a couple of days now. Seeing as I'm not sure on where to ask (my issue doesn't seem to meet RFC/U requirements), and I've seen you being active (read: being faster reverting in Huggle than I was), I thought I'd ask you.
Here's a quick outline of my situation: About two weeks ago, there was a user named Animalgatekeeper who was valiantly removing content from the RSPCA page, despite being reverted many times by various users. After he was finally blocked, I got an e-mail from the user through the Wiki, in which the user claimed to be the Head of Communications at the RSPCA. After discussing with the folks on IRC about the possibility of a fake, and verifying that there really is a person with that name and position at the company, I decided to give it a go and replied to the e-mail. It turns out that this person was indeed who he claimed he is. In the e-mail, I tried to explain to him what he did wrong and how he should proceed instead to the best of my knowledge. He seemed to understand what the issue was, and I figured the issue over. (PS: I uploaded a copy of the e-mail exchange here) However, a couple of days ago, out of curiousity, I checked up on the RSPCA page.
In the meantime, there seem to have been various edits done by two similarily named users, AdamB21 and RichB6. These two users seem to be desperate trying to mend some of the criticism in the article. A lot of the edits seem rather dubious to me. However, my entire "life" on Wikipedia is being a gnome, really, and I feel very insecure when it comes to editing of any kind.
For that very reason, I wanted to look for outside help. What would you say the right course of action from here would be?
PS: If you can't be bothered, which I'd fully understand of course, I'd greatly appreciate it if you could point me in the right direction on where to ask. :-)
In any case, thanks a lot. ~ | twsx | talk cont | ~ 16:29, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
I don't know if anyone is going to remove the prod but I 100% support your rationale and even previously included the article in an AfD discussion about these types of articles. Even though I'm a WP:WINE member, I do believe these types of articles (of which we sadly have many) do not conform to the purpose behind WP:LIST and merely serve as free advertisement for non-notable wineries, breweries and distilleries to have a WP:PHONEBOOK entry on Wikipedia. Agne Cheese/ Wine 17:41, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
YOU HAVE MAD A MISTAKE IN BLCKIN ME I WILL HAUNT YUR DREmbs
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16:49, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
I've recently declined your following prods for:
In the event you haven't considered this before, please strongly consider searching for reliable sources that provide significant coverage about topics prior to proposing them for deletion. Information regarding source searching can be perused at WP:IRS and section D of WP:BEFORE. It was quite easy to find sources for these articles that demonstrate topic notability.
Also, per WP:NRVE, topic notability is based upon the availability of sources, rather than the state of sourcing within Wikipedia articles. Thank you for your consideration. Northamerica1000 (talk) 14:14, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
Dear Sir, since january the first 2014, Airbus Group headquarters are located in Toulouse, not in Leiden. Please check before removing, thank you Antoine Blondin ( talk) 16:59, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
Greetings, IronGargoyle. I have restored the deleted entries in "List of breweries in Illinois", while removing all the linkspam. I have started a discussion about this. Feel free to join in, at Talk:List of breweries in Illinois#Notability, and links. — Mudwater ( Talk) 14:18, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
Can you please re write this with your own words in international child abduction? Make your that this is not plagiarism.
http://www.international-divorce.com/Top-Ten-Tips-for-Expats.htm
If you’re overseas and pregnant, and not 1000% confident that you’ll always want to live in the overseas country, consider very seriously getting out of there now. If your baby is born overseas, whether in Sweden or Saudi Arabia, the child’s “habitual residence” for purposes of the Hague Convention will be Sweden or Saudi Arabia – and that can create terrible problems if you want to take your baby “back home.”
Before you move overseas, realize that if you have children in a new country you may find yourself trapped there. An example: Angie the American and Gus the Greek (from Cyprus) moved to Cyprus with their baby. Life in Cyprus didn’t work out for Angie. In fact, she hates it there. But Gus refuses to leave and he refuses to allow Angie to take the baby back to the States to live. Since both Cyprus and the U.S. are parties to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, Angie will be in big trouble if she takes the child back to the States without Gus’ permission. Angie wishes she had consulted an international family lawyer before she moved overseas. Now she’s stuck there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.151.9.245 ( talk) 20:16, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
Greetings IronGargoyle: I went to the former List of Breweries in Vermont to use it because it was a fast way to find a particular brewery. I was going there because I had discovered a lovely New York Times citation, but I wanted to save time in searching out the brewery. What do I find? You've removed the list by redirection to Brewing in Vermont. However in your move and subsequent edits, you lost the list of all Vermont breweries (even the blue wiki-linked provably notable ones) and left in the article shameless plugs for a few. If your goal is to remove promotion, then why did you remove all the other Vermont breweries on a really well-organized page that used to contain a list, ( [2]) to a stripped down page ( [3]) only promoting a few companies? I see nothing on the talk pages to indicate that you sought consensus prior to these bold changes. I also see that you have started to do similar in California and other states. Brewing is a big business now and growing at an impressive rate in states across the U.S. To give only one example:
In 2013 California, craft brewing added $1.7 billion in wages, $850 million in taxes, and grew 20% by volume over 2012. The state brews more craft beer than any other state and has 12 of the largest craft breweries (by volume) in the U.S. (source: David Richey & Bart Watson, California Craft Brewing, Economic Impact Report, California Craft Brewers Association, 2013, 15 pages)
Based on the economic importance of this sector of non-durable manufacturing in a nation which has lost much of its manufacturing base, I do not understand gutting pages and tossing tags around without seeking consensus on talk pages. I see you replied to an editor who said he agreed with you but I also that several other Wikieditors have come to your page with concerns about your mass actions on the U.S. Brewery pages, but I do not see replies or changes to editing style relative to their communications. My concern is the lack of usual Wikipedia behavior of notify, talk, wait, talk some more, then do things. I see from your edit history that you make hundreds of edits a day. I hope you are not caught up in some kind of edit count leader-boarding at the expense of the overall project. Perhaps it is time to slow down and smell the roses, state your vision on the talk pages and reply to the editors with concerns before doing more? Ellin Beltz ( talk) 16:13, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
Actually all the blue-linked entries from the list that used to be on that page are NOT still there. The list formerly included:
Only the two shown in italics are still included on Brewing in Vermont. Thus your statement above "The blue-linked entries are still there. They are just in the body of the text" is incorrect.
My suggestion that you are going too fast is not an assumption of bad faith as you assumed, but an observation based on the speed, lack of attention to detail, and national application of your read of the guidelines and policies prior to obtaining community consensus. Redirecting the lists pages before consensus makes it very hard to check if the former material was incorporated or lost - as was the case with Brewing in Vermont. I am approaching this discussion from a place of concern for you and the project, however your "my way or the highway" rigidity on the topic is not evident of WP:NPOV or WP:CONSENSUS. I see you are continuing this one editor crusade across all the states of the United States even as multiple editors ask you to stop and talk. Might I ask you to stop single-handedly rearranging the topic and seek consensus? Ellin Beltz ( talk) 17:27, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
It didn't take long to find reliable sources that provide significant coverage for this microbrewery. In the event you haven't already done so, please consider searching for sources and adding them to articles, rather than just proposing articles for deletion. Thank you for your consideration. Northamerica1000 (talk) 15:32, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
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On account of your beating me to the revert so many @#(&*!$# times! :-) Thanks for protecting the wiki! Cogito-Ergo-Sum (14) ( talk) 23:00, 21 January 2014 (UTC) |
Hi, i notice you undid the modification that I made. If you go on the 2014 australian open under the section single player, women singles point after, you can see she actually is 18, just behind Sam Stosur and in front of Maria kirilenko who pulled out of the current tournament
Thank you very much
Catherine — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.218.29.172 ( talk) 00:38, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
Hello! I just wanted to thank you for fixing up the List of people from Uttar Pradesh article :) 140.177.205.223 ( talk) 01:53, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
Can you explain exactly why the album page for Bliss Wishes was removed? I realize that you're a Wiki expert who knows more than I. Still, I'd like to understand better please enlighten. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.173.101.145 ( talk) 03:11, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
Ok. Can you tell me how to go about re-post the page in the proper way? or point me to an explanation of how to do so without breaking proper methods? have created a version in my sandbox with improved references which can be seen here: /info/en/?search=User:Etrangere/sandbox Thank you - Etrangere
or if that page isn't viewable I've created a tentative page in my user space at: /info/en/?search=User:Etrangere/Bliss_Wishes Etrangere
Why were the Mississippi Breweries removed from the List of breweries in Mississippi wiki? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Soupermirl ( talk • contribs) 04:44, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
Can they remain until sources are made and each site has a linked wiki page?
This site should be able to allow that form of editing as this is not a job for us and we edit as time allows. I will work on it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Soupermirl ( talk • contribs) 16:02, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
OK, references added for each brewery and all breweries from multiple sites. Please let me know if that is sufficient before removing. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Soupermirl ( talk • contribs) 16:37, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi again. I am writing you once again to ask that you not continue to delete information from beer-related lists including List of breweries in California. It doesn't help the project to delete information before other editors have a chance to source it properly. I quote here from Template:Citation needed: The {{Citation needed}} template is intended for use when there is a general question of the verifiability of a statement, or when an editor believes that a reference verifying the statement should be provided. Other templates are available... Being specific about the nature of the problem will help other editors correct it.If you have the time and ability to find an authoritative reference, please do so. Then add the citation yourself, or correct the article text. After all, the ultimate goal is not to merely identify problems, but to fix them. (emphasis mine)
It would be helpful if you could not revert every edit to those pages immediately when made, but instead place a citation needed tag on any entry which you feel needs it and another editor will come along and clean it up asap. I understand completely the sections of policy which you have quoted before, but you cannot also ignore the policy that says we are here to build an encylopedia, not rip out the pages of the subjects we don't like. Ellin Beltz ( talk) 23:52, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
Is a link to a Convention and Visitors Bureau that lists the brewery considered sufficient? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stjeanp ( talk • contribs) 04:05, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi. After Special:Contributions/86.144.46.233's vandalism on the WP:CVU page, I noticed that it wasn't protected. The IP attacked the main page and two other subpages of CVU; even after reverting all three, the main page still is displaying the damage. I assume it takes time to update or something, hope I'm not wrong. Would you kindly semi-protect all of it? Ugog Nizdast ( talk) 20:51, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
The page is Advisorshares, which you have edited before. The username in question is "AdvisorShares". Wikipedia's rules are clear that users aren't supposed to chose names of corporations. Also, paid employees aren't supposed to edit their own company's Wikipedia page. I informed the user of this on their talk page. Someone should get this account deleted.
/info/en/?search=Wikipedia:BFAQ#ACCOUNTETFeditor 18:57, 15 February 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Etfcanadian ( talk • contribs)
So Patrick's own words are not neutral? And the fact is that all copyrighted information can be used in various circumstances including scholarly works. You seem like such a non-neutral person, kind of corporate. You have made the process boring and not about what the truth is at all. It is his stance and his words. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.181.248.22 ( talk • contribs)
Why? Many that you removed do have references, and why remove any of them anyway? If your concern is that they are unreferenced, use the citation needed tag. Pdfpdf ( talk) 02:37, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
Why you reverted my edits on Voltaire without reading my explanation? on talk page. Septate ( talk) 16:00, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
I saw the tag 'He also stole $100 from a fan" and simply changed it to "allegedly," as we are all innocent until proven guilty. And there are plenty of sites documenting it such as http://parappathescammer.blogspot.com that document the whole thing. it has been picked up by reputable sites as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.247.232.182 ( talk) 00:18, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
Again... the comment was already there and was bordering on defamation. All I did was add "allegedly" and moved it to a new sentence, since the previous editor had it bundled with the previous comment making it look like it had a reference when it did not. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.247.232.182 ( talk) 14:42, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
The details in that page are properly sourced and cited. So, please do not remove cited info — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.228.200.36 ( talk) 23:29, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
Info is properly sourced and cited. Do not edit please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.228.200.36 ( talk) 23:30, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
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You removed a summary i never added at Betty Blue Eyes also you haven't said where it is a copyvio of which you should of, especially since there isnt a source there to indicate what it might of been of. Blethering Scot 17:11, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
My original edit DID clearly explain why I removed content from the article on "Killing Season." I don't understand why people can't just read the edit history, where my reason was stated quite clearly. If people disagree or object to my reasoning, that's fine and I actually won't fight it, but "you didn't explain why you removed it" is just objectively wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.83.191.181 ( talk) 20:03, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
Hey IronGargoyle, my apology for the hostile tone of the above comment. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.83.191.181 ( talk) 20:14, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
You have no idea who you're messing with. Stay out of DNHS politics. You're too green for this game, kid. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.109.249.144 ( talk) 03:37, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
Hi. Thank you very much for the review of majdelyoun. I am philbous. Can you please remove the redirect from majdelyoun to Sidon District when I go and search under google for majdelyoun, you see it as a link; when you click on it, it redirects your to sidon district. Majdelyoun is a town within the Sidon District. It should not be redirected to any page. Please help me with this. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Philbous ( talk • contribs)
Just an FYI, but ☯ Bonkers The Clown has been indefinitely blocked, partially for articles like this that were promoted in DYK. The "community" in AN had a very different understanding of his fondness for the N-word. This particular article is also involved in a heated AfD discussion. So, yeah, there was some backlash. Liz Read! Talk! 17:00, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
dj spice Please stop deleting content added by me i am spice i am adding content about me , the article was you say is copyright was actually on wikipedia first until an admin like yourself deleted it. i own the site i have emaild wikipedia giving permission to use. please leave me alone — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raveguideuk ( talk • contribs)
you delete me for the exact same self promotion you do on your own page you are a hypocrite if you believe i have done anything wrong because your page is the same
I hereby affirm that [I, (David Boakye), am]] the creator and/or sole owner of the exclusive copyright of [the djspice.com website] I agree to [publish that work under the free license "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported" and GNU Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts).] I acknowledge that by doing so I grant anyone the right to use the work in a commercial product or otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws. I am aware that this agreement is not limited to Wikipedia or related sites. I am aware that I always retain copyright of my work, and retain the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be claimed to have been made by me. I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project. David Boakye [copyright-holder, director, appointed representative of, djspice.com] 26th September 2013
Hi Please restore the link I added, which is to official FB support site, monitored by attorneys. If you need to confirm that, please check via http://www.jshfirm.com/LoriLVoepel or http://www.kimerer.com/michaelkimerer.html
Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.173.239.65 ( talk) 10:54, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
Hi IronGargoyle. This is just to inform you that the IP user 64.30.242.253 has, after your last warning to them, vandalized another article on the writer, Nicholas Sparks 1st published book. I know that you had warned them previously for vandalism, so I am just apprising you of the vandalism that they did after that warning. Regards, Steve. Stevenmitchell ( talk) 04:21, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
![]() | On 28 September 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bandit (Yomiuriland), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bandit, formerly the world's fastest roller coaster, races by hundreds of blossoming cherry trees and is called the fastest " flower viewing" in the world? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bandit (Yomiuriland). You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
— Crisco 1492 ( talk) 08:04, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
Do not touch ANYTHING that I edit on the Trillion dollar coin page. We are the school of thought that PUSHED the trillion dollar coin and the reason the wikipedia page for it exists at all (due to us pushing it and getting it popularized). I was surprised to see that some idiot and not someone associated with us wrote the part on inflation, which was completely wrong and actually talked about QE instead of the coin, which is simply ridiculous. And you want to revert to that? Come on now, why don't you actually stick to the things you actually understand, and leave the rest to us PhDs. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DaRkJaWs ( talk • contribs) 21:23, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
They are not "reliable sources". The content you are defending doesn't even talk about the inflationary effects of the Coin. It talks about the inflationary effects of QE. If you don't know the difference, then maybe you should leave it to an expert to decide. As I told you elsewhere, I'm an ABD PhD candidate at UMKC, and if anyone would know about the mechanics of the coin, it's those of us associated with UMKC. There is no conflict of interest, the conflict is about facts. Why don't you actually read the content you're defending instead of consistently blocking my attempts at fixing what are huge factual errors? I'm not the one edit-warring, you are. You have no way to ascertain whether an article is "dubious" or not unless you actually did some research. Did you bother to look up Joe Firestone, the author of the article I linked to? Did you see what other articles he's written on the Platinum coin option? I didn't think so. Why don't you do that before you start problems. DaRkJaWs ( talk) 22:41, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
There are many complaints about encyclopedia dramatica, and I would like to know why you would deem links to the site hosting their domain and links to more info on the site to be "inappropriate." — Preceding unsigned comment added by There is no joseph evers ( talk • contribs) 20:45, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
Hi, you removed my edit, with the following message:
"User talk:132.248.13.5 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia October 2013[edit]
Hello, I'm IronGargoyle. I wanted to let you know that I removed an external link you added to the page Moringa because it seemed inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thanks. IronGargoyle (talk) 20:25, 2 October 2013 (UTC)"
I am an academic and the world authority on the Moringa family Moringaceae (I'm the only specialist :), so it isn't hard). Please see my publications at http://www.moringaceae.org/moringa-publications.html
and my Moringa Home Page at http://www.explorelifeonearth.org/moringahome.html
My new moringaceae.org blog is designed to answer numerous questions that I receive daily regarding moringa, and is designed to be an authoritative source of information regarding the family. Such a resource is currently lacking, even from Wikipedia, because of the enormous volume of either uniformed and well meaning users uploading erroneous information, e.g. on the distribution of Moringa oleifera, or because of the intentional uploading of misleading or unproved information on the part of vendors.
Thanks and best wishes
187.195.50.203 ( talk) 00:28, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
I have added the links back as well as a cite. I wonder about the link
because, while it does have links to some useful primary information, there is a lot of hype on it and it is essentially a commercial site (with ripped off images from my site!). 187.195.53.130 ( talk) 16:18, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
![]() | On 5 October 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lina Beecher, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Lina Beecher's Flip Flap Railway (pictured) was tested with monkeys and sandbags but still produced injuries because of its circular loop, an issue which was corrected with later looping coasters at Coney Island, Atlantic City, and Olentangy Park? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 16:03, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
![]() | On 5 October 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Flip Flap Railway, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Lina Beecher's Flip Flap Railway (pictured) was tested with monkeys and sandbags but still produced injuries because of its circular loop, an issue which was corrected with later looping coasters at Coney Island, Atlantic City, and Olentangy Park? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Flip Flap Railway. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 16:03, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
![]() | On 5 October 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Loop the Loop (Coney Island), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Lina Beecher's Flip Flap Railway (pictured) was tested with monkeys and sandbags but still produced injuries because of its circular loop, an issue which was corrected with later looping coasters at Coney Island, Atlantic City, and Olentangy Park? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 16:03, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
![]() | On 5 October 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Loop the Loop (Young's Million Dollar Pier), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Lina Beecher's Flip Flap Railway (pictured) was tested with monkeys and sandbags but still produced injuries because of its circular loop, an issue which was corrected with later looping coasters at Coney Island, Atlantic City, and Olentangy Park? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 16:03, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
![]() | On 5 October 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Loop the Loop (Olentangy Park), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Lina Beecher's Flip Flap Railway (pictured) was tested with monkeys and sandbags but still produced injuries because of its circular loop, an issue which was corrected with later looping coasters at Coney Island, Atlantic City, and Olentangy Park? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 16:03, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
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for your edit summary to Architecture Amandajm ( talk) 02:16, 7 October 2013 (UTC) |
IronGargoyle, I hope that I am responding in the right section. No one has ever contacted me about my editing before. This has to do with the Grant Balfour article, which I felt was opinionated in spots. One of the things that I did was change "He acts like a baby" to something like "He has a reputation for acting out..." I just changed it to remove the bias. I am not an A's fan and not a fan of his, but if I see something like that I change it. Opinion articles should be saved for blogs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.65.124.68 ( talk) 16:48, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
Hello IronGargoyle, I added a resource to Skyhook Wireless. The link goes to a site that is currently using the technology in its application. Not meant to be link spam. Thanks. Alherd1 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alherd1 ( talk • contribs) 21:28, 9 October 2013 (UTC)
As you participated in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Breeze Barton, you may be interested to learn that I have opened a discussion to propose merging the article's contents to List of Marvel Comics characters: B. Feel free to comment. Taylor Trescott - my talk + my edits 20:54, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
Nice to see you at DRV again. All the best— S Marshall T/ C 21:30, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
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For your efforts to keep Greg Hunt clean of silly vandalism. Bearian ( talk) 20:04, 28 October 2013 (UTC) |
I would ask that you do the following per your recent WP:DRV close:
Thank you. Dogmaticeclectic ( talk) 16:18, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
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I guess I understand?I am new to this so could you help me out a litte? Gumbelly ( talk) 22:53, 9 December 2013 (UTC) |
I deleted the section below
"The descent of the Chang'e 3 spacecraft is expected to increase the content of lunar dust in the tenuous lunar exosphere, as well as introduce gases from engine firings during landing. This provides an opportunity for the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission to examine possible changes to the baseline readings of the Moon's exosphere and could allow it to study how dust and spent propellant gases settle around the Moon after a landing.[25][38] For example, one of the combustion byproducts will be water vapor, and LADEE may be able to observe how lunar water is deposited in cold traps near the poles."
because the Chang'e 3 descent hasn't started yet.The possible consequences mentioned in the section are just personal views by some academics.They're not proved facts and these consequences haven't been verified. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mentor of mankind ( talk • contribs) 15:36, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
dear ironGargoyle, i deleted the content of my page concerning dgheim number wich is a new dimensionless number published in a famous international journal after your suggestions. I choose wikipedia because i beleave that this number will be usefull & interesting for the new researchers. Please let me know what is the procedure to reedit it in your website. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dgheimjoseph ( talk • contribs)
hello, my name is Sharon & I'm the General Manager of Seattle Hempfest. I went in and updated our wiki peida adding some info for 2012 & 2013 and updating budget figures and adding our facebook & twitter info. You deleted it all and I do not understand why. I spent a long time figuring out how to update this and am frustrated it was immediatly taken down. Wikipedia is listing very outdated info - why was this all deleted? Thank you!!!!! [email redacted] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.160.41.181 ( talk • contribs)
Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention It's backlogged now! Feel free to help! ///EuroCar GT 04:41, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
I don't understand why my reference is considered as "poor", it is the video which backs my edit. Do you prefer an article from the dailymirror ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.118.223.249 ( talk) 02:53, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
Hello IronGargoyle, I'm trying to find out why my article/page was deleted. All info are totally legitimate. Earlier today I tried to correct my last name as it was spelled with a lower "m" instead of a capital letter "M" and perhaps my efforts to rectify that created some confusions and raised a red flag? Would you please be kind to let me know why you deleted me and if it is anyway possible to correct the last name to Majocchi?/ (instead of majocchi). With many thanks, Nicola Majocchi — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nmajocchi ( talk • contribs) 22:37, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
Hello Iron Gargoyle, the reason I made those "edits" is because those pages were not showing the changes made on the roster templates (roster moves), so, by erasing and then readding the templates, they rebooted now with the changes. Like turning off and on a computer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 187.252.103.226 ( talk) 00:28, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
Warning was not meant for you, We both edited the same time, you were a bit faster. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bentogoa ( talk • contribs)
Just 2 mins ago, I've added an external link to the page Child_care, which is legit for child care information. Can you tell why its inappropriate? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 111.91.24.199 ( talk) 15:33, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi there I'm not sure if I'm putting this in the wrong place (i'm new to Wikipedia) sorry. I just added a link to an attraction in Pembrokeshire "Kayak-King" but you removed it. I was wondering what I did wrong? Kayak-King is an attraction the same as the ones listed above it. Many thanks and apologese in advance, Ant — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.107.182.63 ( talk) 16:47, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
(coincidence, or . . . ...... something else?) you have showed up on my watchlist a bunch this morning, most notably at the Toll Brothers. I was the one who ( I think) originally discovered the legal threat and I chose to remove the logo and then posted something about it and it was picked up by more knowledgeable folks such as yourself who really dealt with it. Thank you for doing so. Einar aka Carptrash ( talk) 16:22, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
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It's often frustrating having to deal with the seemingly endless supply of vandals, but it's people like you that keep the project moving forward without any hesitation. Thank you for all your efforts :) — MusikAnimal talk 19:05, 9 January 2014 (UTC) |
You deleted ISTOBAL based on the fact that it was blatantly promotional. I disagree. I do agree that it was probably improper for a user named ISTOBAL to create the article named ISTOBAL, and that the company may or may not be notable, but I reworked the article to clean up the citations and formatting, and as I did so, I did not find that the article was overtly promotional. It appeared to be a statement of facts about the company: its foundation and recent expansions. Is it possible to get a WP:REFUND on this one? I understand that the notability of the company may be in doubt, but given that there are some independent sources presented, I think the notability issue would require an AFD discussion. WikiDan61 ChatMe! ReadMe!! 13:47, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi! I was all excited to see I had a message on Wikipedia when I visited it today...(wasn't aware there were ever direct messages to someone). Thanks for letting me know.
I received this message from you:
Hello, I'm IronGargoyle. I wanted to let you know that I removed an external link you added to the page Mobile business intelligence because it seemed inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thanks. IronGargoyle (talk) 21:56, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
While I agree with you that our link would be inappropriate in the context of a fact-based or pedagogic section of the article, the heading under which I placed the link said this:
Products[edit]
A number of BI vendors and niche software vendors offer mobile BI solutions. Some notable examples include:
It's simply a list, and I believe we have as much right to be there as anyone else on that list. At the very least, we are certainly a "niche software vendor", and a quick check of our web site would confirm that we offer a highly relevant, targeted offering to this topic. When we have received visits to our web site from Wikipedia (when the link was there, it was frequently our top referrer), the engagement on our site was amongst the highest we experience, proving that the content was highly relevant to visitors to this post on Wikipedia.
The nature of "Mobile Business Intelligence" is completely commercial (it's right in the name!), and while the category of topic is appropriate for an encyclopedia, we feel that a dedicated page on cafe moba on Wikipedia would, in fact, be purely commercial and any other similar company that does post a page on the site is being, in spirit, at least, not appropriate to an encyclopedia. In that way, our link, under an appropriate heading in a relevant entry, is more in line with the spirit of an (online) encyclopedia than the other companies who are listed there.
Thank you for contacting me (I was wondering where our link kept disappearing to...), and thank you for providing me an opportunity to plead our case! Obviously, I am interested in maintaining a presence on Wikipedia within this article, so if you can suggest an alternate way I can do that I would appreciate it.
CafemobaCMGR ( talk) 21:58, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
I clicked "Edit" rather than new section...
Rookie mistake.
CafemobaCMGR ( talk) 22:02, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for reverting the vandal on my talk page. XXX antiuser eh? 00:01, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
I noticed this edit of yours. A bit of background here, here and here, if you're interested. -- Hoary ( talk) 02:24, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
you removed my edit that said that transphobia was against all trans people, and replaced it saying it was only against trans women. why? it is possible to be a trans man, and it is possible to be transphobic against them — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.49.26.113 ( talk) 03:06, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
Two new editors on that rarely-edited page on the same day, I suspect there may be a publicist at work, but going about it the wrong way. Thanks for keeping a watchful eye. -- Ohc ¡digame! 13:25, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
Hello there. I have a question on how to process with something that's been bugging me for a couple of days now. Seeing as I'm not sure on where to ask (my issue doesn't seem to meet RFC/U requirements), and I've seen you being active (read: being faster reverting in Huggle than I was), I thought I'd ask you.
Here's a quick outline of my situation: About two weeks ago, there was a user named Animalgatekeeper who was valiantly removing content from the RSPCA page, despite being reverted many times by various users. After he was finally blocked, I got an e-mail from the user through the Wiki, in which the user claimed to be the Head of Communications at the RSPCA. After discussing with the folks on IRC about the possibility of a fake, and verifying that there really is a person with that name and position at the company, I decided to give it a go and replied to the e-mail. It turns out that this person was indeed who he claimed he is. In the e-mail, I tried to explain to him what he did wrong and how he should proceed instead to the best of my knowledge. He seemed to understand what the issue was, and I figured the issue over. (PS: I uploaded a copy of the e-mail exchange here) However, a couple of days ago, out of curiousity, I checked up on the RSPCA page.
In the meantime, there seem to have been various edits done by two similarily named users, AdamB21 and RichB6. These two users seem to be desperate trying to mend some of the criticism in the article. A lot of the edits seem rather dubious to me. However, my entire "life" on Wikipedia is being a gnome, really, and I feel very insecure when it comes to editing of any kind.
For that very reason, I wanted to look for outside help. What would you say the right course of action from here would be?
PS: If you can't be bothered, which I'd fully understand of course, I'd greatly appreciate it if you could point me in the right direction on where to ask. :-)
In any case, thanks a lot. ~ | twsx | talk cont | ~ 16:29, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
I don't know if anyone is going to remove the prod but I 100% support your rationale and even previously included the article in an AfD discussion about these types of articles. Even though I'm a WP:WINE member, I do believe these types of articles (of which we sadly have many) do not conform to the purpose behind WP:LIST and merely serve as free advertisement for non-notable wineries, breweries and distilleries to have a WP:PHONEBOOK entry on Wikipedia. Agne Cheese/ Wine 17:41, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
YOU HAVE MAD A MISTAKE IN BLCKIN ME I WILL HAUNT YUR DREmbs
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I've recently declined your following prods for:
In the event you haven't considered this before, please strongly consider searching for reliable sources that provide significant coverage about topics prior to proposing them for deletion. Information regarding source searching can be perused at WP:IRS and section D of WP:BEFORE. It was quite easy to find sources for these articles that demonstrate topic notability.
Also, per WP:NRVE, topic notability is based upon the availability of sources, rather than the state of sourcing within Wikipedia articles. Thank you for your consideration. Northamerica1000 (talk) 14:14, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
Dear Sir, since january the first 2014, Airbus Group headquarters are located in Toulouse, not in Leiden. Please check before removing, thank you Antoine Blondin ( talk) 16:59, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
Greetings, IronGargoyle. I have restored the deleted entries in "List of breweries in Illinois", while removing all the linkspam. I have started a discussion about this. Feel free to join in, at Talk:List of breweries in Illinois#Notability, and links. — Mudwater ( Talk) 14:18, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
Can you please re write this with your own words in international child abduction? Make your that this is not plagiarism.
http://www.international-divorce.com/Top-Ten-Tips-for-Expats.htm
If you’re overseas and pregnant, and not 1000% confident that you’ll always want to live in the overseas country, consider very seriously getting out of there now. If your baby is born overseas, whether in Sweden or Saudi Arabia, the child’s “habitual residence” for purposes of the Hague Convention will be Sweden or Saudi Arabia – and that can create terrible problems if you want to take your baby “back home.”
Before you move overseas, realize that if you have children in a new country you may find yourself trapped there. An example: Angie the American and Gus the Greek (from Cyprus) moved to Cyprus with their baby. Life in Cyprus didn’t work out for Angie. In fact, she hates it there. But Gus refuses to leave and he refuses to allow Angie to take the baby back to the States to live. Since both Cyprus and the U.S. are parties to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, Angie will be in big trouble if she takes the child back to the States without Gus’ permission. Angie wishes she had consulted an international family lawyer before she moved overseas. Now she’s stuck there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.151.9.245 ( talk) 20:16, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
Greetings IronGargoyle: I went to the former List of Breweries in Vermont to use it because it was a fast way to find a particular brewery. I was going there because I had discovered a lovely New York Times citation, but I wanted to save time in searching out the brewery. What do I find? You've removed the list by redirection to Brewing in Vermont. However in your move and subsequent edits, you lost the list of all Vermont breweries (even the blue wiki-linked provably notable ones) and left in the article shameless plugs for a few. If your goal is to remove promotion, then why did you remove all the other Vermont breweries on a really well-organized page that used to contain a list, ( [2]) to a stripped down page ( [3]) only promoting a few companies? I see nothing on the talk pages to indicate that you sought consensus prior to these bold changes. I also see that you have started to do similar in California and other states. Brewing is a big business now and growing at an impressive rate in states across the U.S. To give only one example:
In 2013 California, craft brewing added $1.7 billion in wages, $850 million in taxes, and grew 20% by volume over 2012. The state brews more craft beer than any other state and has 12 of the largest craft breweries (by volume) in the U.S. (source: David Richey & Bart Watson, California Craft Brewing, Economic Impact Report, California Craft Brewers Association, 2013, 15 pages)
Based on the economic importance of this sector of non-durable manufacturing in a nation which has lost much of its manufacturing base, I do not understand gutting pages and tossing tags around without seeking consensus on talk pages. I see you replied to an editor who said he agreed with you but I also that several other Wikieditors have come to your page with concerns about your mass actions on the U.S. Brewery pages, but I do not see replies or changes to editing style relative to their communications. My concern is the lack of usual Wikipedia behavior of notify, talk, wait, talk some more, then do things. I see from your edit history that you make hundreds of edits a day. I hope you are not caught up in some kind of edit count leader-boarding at the expense of the overall project. Perhaps it is time to slow down and smell the roses, state your vision on the talk pages and reply to the editors with concerns before doing more? Ellin Beltz ( talk) 16:13, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
Actually all the blue-linked entries from the list that used to be on that page are NOT still there. The list formerly included:
Only the two shown in italics are still included on Brewing in Vermont. Thus your statement above "The blue-linked entries are still there. They are just in the body of the text" is incorrect.
My suggestion that you are going too fast is not an assumption of bad faith as you assumed, but an observation based on the speed, lack of attention to detail, and national application of your read of the guidelines and policies prior to obtaining community consensus. Redirecting the lists pages before consensus makes it very hard to check if the former material was incorporated or lost - as was the case with Brewing in Vermont. I am approaching this discussion from a place of concern for you and the project, however your "my way or the highway" rigidity on the topic is not evident of WP:NPOV or WP:CONSENSUS. I see you are continuing this one editor crusade across all the states of the United States even as multiple editors ask you to stop and talk. Might I ask you to stop single-handedly rearranging the topic and seek consensus? Ellin Beltz ( talk) 17:27, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
It didn't take long to find reliable sources that provide significant coverage for this microbrewery. In the event you haven't already done so, please consider searching for sources and adding them to articles, rather than just proposing articles for deletion. Thank you for your consideration. Northamerica1000 (talk) 15:32, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
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On account of your beating me to the revert so many @#(&*!$# times! :-) Thanks for protecting the wiki! Cogito-Ergo-Sum (14) ( talk) 23:00, 21 January 2014 (UTC) |
Hi, i notice you undid the modification that I made. If you go on the 2014 australian open under the section single player, women singles point after, you can see she actually is 18, just behind Sam Stosur and in front of Maria kirilenko who pulled out of the current tournament
Thank you very much
Catherine — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.218.29.172 ( talk) 00:38, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
Hello! I just wanted to thank you for fixing up the List of people from Uttar Pradesh article :) 140.177.205.223 ( talk) 01:53, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
Can you explain exactly why the album page for Bliss Wishes was removed? I realize that you're a Wiki expert who knows more than I. Still, I'd like to understand better please enlighten. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.173.101.145 ( talk) 03:11, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
Ok. Can you tell me how to go about re-post the page in the proper way? or point me to an explanation of how to do so without breaking proper methods? have created a version in my sandbox with improved references which can be seen here: /info/en/?search=User:Etrangere/sandbox Thank you - Etrangere
or if that page isn't viewable I've created a tentative page in my user space at: /info/en/?search=User:Etrangere/Bliss_Wishes Etrangere
Why were the Mississippi Breweries removed from the List of breweries in Mississippi wiki? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Soupermirl ( talk • contribs) 04:44, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
Can they remain until sources are made and each site has a linked wiki page?
This site should be able to allow that form of editing as this is not a job for us and we edit as time allows. I will work on it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Soupermirl ( talk • contribs) 16:02, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
OK, references added for each brewery and all breweries from multiple sites. Please let me know if that is sufficient before removing. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Soupermirl ( talk • contribs) 16:37, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi again. I am writing you once again to ask that you not continue to delete information from beer-related lists including List of breweries in California. It doesn't help the project to delete information before other editors have a chance to source it properly. I quote here from Template:Citation needed: The {{Citation needed}} template is intended for use when there is a general question of the verifiability of a statement, or when an editor believes that a reference verifying the statement should be provided. Other templates are available... Being specific about the nature of the problem will help other editors correct it.If you have the time and ability to find an authoritative reference, please do so. Then add the citation yourself, or correct the article text. After all, the ultimate goal is not to merely identify problems, but to fix them. (emphasis mine)
It would be helpful if you could not revert every edit to those pages immediately when made, but instead place a citation needed tag on any entry which you feel needs it and another editor will come along and clean it up asap. I understand completely the sections of policy which you have quoted before, but you cannot also ignore the policy that says we are here to build an encylopedia, not rip out the pages of the subjects we don't like. Ellin Beltz ( talk) 23:52, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
Is a link to a Convention and Visitors Bureau that lists the brewery considered sufficient? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stjeanp ( talk • contribs) 04:05, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi. After Special:Contributions/86.144.46.233's vandalism on the WP:CVU page, I noticed that it wasn't protected. The IP attacked the main page and two other subpages of CVU; even after reverting all three, the main page still is displaying the damage. I assume it takes time to update or something, hope I'm not wrong. Would you kindly semi-protect all of it? Ugog Nizdast ( talk) 20:51, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
The page is Advisorshares, which you have edited before. The username in question is "AdvisorShares". Wikipedia's rules are clear that users aren't supposed to chose names of corporations. Also, paid employees aren't supposed to edit their own company's Wikipedia page. I informed the user of this on their talk page. Someone should get this account deleted.
/info/en/?search=Wikipedia:BFAQ#ACCOUNTETFeditor 18:57, 15 February 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Etfcanadian ( talk • contribs)
So Patrick's own words are not neutral? And the fact is that all copyrighted information can be used in various circumstances including scholarly works. You seem like such a non-neutral person, kind of corporate. You have made the process boring and not about what the truth is at all. It is his stance and his words. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.181.248.22 ( talk • contribs)
Why? Many that you removed do have references, and why remove any of them anyway? If your concern is that they are unreferenced, use the citation needed tag. Pdfpdf ( talk) 02:37, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
Why you reverted my edits on Voltaire without reading my explanation? on talk page. Septate ( talk) 16:00, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
I saw the tag 'He also stole $100 from a fan" and simply changed it to "allegedly," as we are all innocent until proven guilty. And there are plenty of sites documenting it such as http://parappathescammer.blogspot.com that document the whole thing. it has been picked up by reputable sites as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.247.232.182 ( talk) 00:18, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
Again... the comment was already there and was bordering on defamation. All I did was add "allegedly" and moved it to a new sentence, since the previous editor had it bundled with the previous comment making it look like it had a reference when it did not. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.247.232.182 ( talk) 14:42, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
The details in that page are properly sourced and cited. So, please do not remove cited info — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.228.200.36 ( talk) 23:29, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
Info is properly sourced and cited. Do not edit please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.228.200.36 ( talk) 23:30, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
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