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I'm contacting you here since I'm interested in discussing programming type info that most other contributors to the project won't follow.
Several months back, in addition to problems with slow editing, we started having problems with transclusion of the map into the main page. We did a variety of changes to reduce the size of both the map and the main page, most only having a temporary benefit. Finally we were able to reduce the size by about 200 000 characters, largely by reducing info that we would have rather kept, so the map transcluded into the main page for maybe a month, before again failing. (Failing meaning that the reference index at the bottom no longer worked.)
We then decided to access the map as a separate page, which has eliminated the transclusion problem.
Having the map as a template without transclusion gives a considerable space margin for future expansion without having to continually closely watch the size of the map, or the page into which it is transcluded. So I suggest that there be a policy that this type of template be considered a special case, as it is easily distinguished from other templates which may be better transcluded into a regular page.
The advantage of having a map as a template is that it could be initially transcluded, but if and when it becomes large enought to cause space problems, it could be readily used as a separate page without changing the map itself. Indeed, it is possible that other much smaller pages (than the main syrian civil war page) could continue to transclude the map page. (There was at least one other page doing so 6 months ago.)
Nothing in my comments is meant to say that I am definitely against again transcluding the map. Rather I think that the decision in such a case should be left to the main editors of the page. In this case, essentially Tradedia (originator of the project) and Luthar, collaborator from the beginning, as well as a few others. I stand with them. Note that they have accepted a number of my (essentially technical) recommendations to improve the map.
Another reason to write you here :
Being a programmer, I had thought of rewriting the templates used by our map template, to reduce the footprint, and make various other improvements. But not being familiar with WP code, and lacking the time, I hadn't yet looked at it. I do appreciate the efforts you have done in that regard.
There are enhancements to the sub-templates I would like to see, which would be advantageous for display on the map. A few examples :
Note that many links were broken in order to reduce the map size. Most have not yet been corrected. (It is a lot of work to do.)
When they are all corrected, the map will probably be much bigger, using the current programming.
Ideally, the map would eventually be transcluded again, but only after we have a considerable margin that ensures that we will not encounter transclusion problems again. This could never happen, since if we had never had space problems, the main page would be considerably larger than it is now. (It is essentially tables with a very high density of references.) So it is not only the size of the map itself.
Changing to/from transclusion is a disruption (for editors and ordinary users of the page and associated map), and we are already kept very busy keeping the map up to date.
These are are just some of my ideas on the subject. I would appreciate any feedback you can give. Including any tools I could use to test the memory footprint, for example. Thanks :)
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03:35, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
So I suggest that there be a policy that this type of template be considered a special case, as it is easily distinguished from other templates which may be better transcluded into a regular page.If it's not getting transcluded, it's not really being a template. It might as well just have a lead and References section added and moved to mainspace.
The current location template allows displaying the label associated with an icon only "left", "right" (default), "top" (centered) or "bottom" (centered) of the icon. However often other orientations would be better, to avoid conflict with other items on the (very crowded) map. Such as top-to-left-of-centre (maybe coded as "nw"), bottom-to-right-of-centre ("se"), etc.I was focusing on fixing the performance. I wasn't trying to add the functionality. You or someone else can do that if that's desired.
Coding size (from a non-programmer view) could be shortened, both to reduce typos and hopefully reduce the footprint. In the location template, we have the parameter "position" for label position relative to the icon. "lpos" (for label position) might be better.That doesn't count against the footprint, so that would reduce readability without benefit.
Icons (or at least certain types) seem to be displayed just above the geographic position, instead of being centered on the positions. This is noticed in positioning of labels around an icon. If the label is positioned above, it is much closer than if positioned below. It affects at least animated .gif and filled circle .svg icons. So it seems that something in the icon definitions or location template (or sub-templates) needs to be corrected. Or maybe it is the label display code, since it seems to vary with the size of the label.Everything is still displayed exactly the way it was before my rewrite, so I really don't know what to say about this.
Local variables, if and when available could be used to reduce typos, and hopefully reduce the size of the interpreted map, particularly if transcluded. References to targets in the main page are very frequent. A very useful local variable in the map would be $scw = "Cities_and_towns_during_the_Syrian_civil_war". It would be used hundreds of times, in the form $scw#aziz , $scw#manjib , etc.We'd need a redirect for that to work. Unfortunately, the one we had was deleted ([ [1]]).
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18:56, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
actually, i cannot tell you. it is all based on /info/en/?search=File:Crimea_location_map.svg with some more details in the harbour regions taken from a couple of raster maps. sorry i cannot help you. -- DLommes ( talk) 01:35, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
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09:20, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
Note that @media screen
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they should be alphabetical :-) D P 00:24, 4 April 2014 (UTC)
I see that you're working on making it possible to move category pages. Thank you! I had almost given up hope. — Scott • talk 19:29, 4 April 2014 (UTC)
Over the past 8 years of working with the map templates, there have been many changes, and your continual edit-warring over the prior templates is just making progress very difficult. The current Lua fork, installed as Template:Location_map is broken for various browsers, and it is sad that you cannot comprehend that fact. However, deleting the better map templates is not the answer, except in your twisted view. Step 1: Restore Template:Location_map_any to the original location, not a fly-by-night sandbox version which invites experimentation about the features. Your actions are just completely over-the-top unbearable crap and you really need to learn to be more cooperative. - Wikid77 ( talk) 16:24, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
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08:00, 7 April 2014 (UTC)
..for identifying/fixing the mistake on Ramla, and I´ll try to post my question the right place next time. See; that´s how clueless I am: didn´t even know where to post it..... just knew that Ramla has never, ever been in Jordan!
Cheers, and thanks again, Huldra ( talk) 22:44, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
having blank parameters should not throw an error ... Frietjes ( talk) 15:49, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
Dear Sir,
Do you need any reference material or source for my claim to add christianity religion in the above said page?
Regards Camilo — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chronicleof COGRLAHEPETA ( talk • contribs) 16:49, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
Would you please provide a link there? SYSS Mouse ( talk) 01:19, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
Please get a life! you have a terrible ego problem! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.167.204.75 ( talk) 05:47, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
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07:18, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
I've seen and declined your G6 requests at {{ Location map Algeria}} and {{ Location map Africa}} — simply because I'm not sure what effect this would have. If we leave them as they are, redirects to the module talk subpage, or if we redirect them to pages of the current modules that accomplish the same purpose, will there be problems? In other words, will we actively be better off if we delete them? I'm just concerned that deletion would break old page histories, especially since these have been very heavily used in the past. By the way, I'd really appreciate a talkback, since I'll forget to reply otherwise. Nyttend ( talk) 03:47, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
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Thank you for fixing the map at Don Bolles! It was unexpected and out of the blue and I greatly appreciate what you've done. You're awesome! Crtew ( talk) 12:31, 15 April 2014 (UTC) |
Thank you for notice me Malikus Saleh Airport is already created — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bappeda lhokseumawe ( talk • contribs) 18:28, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
Hello I had written article about Alliance Warfare ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_Warfare) but it has deleted because it was about "web content and it's without any reason of being important" as you said. Actually It was about web game I saw this page ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikariam) and other pages about such games so why those are still on Wikipedia but my page has deleted. You could improve rather than deletion. Thanks a lot. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Miladrahimi93 ( talk • contribs) 15:15, 17 April 2014 (UTC)
Hello, Jackmbarn:
I added something to User:Seattle/vector.css ( [49]) to change the font back to the old style. I went to Wikipedia today and it's changed back. Do you know how to write something to change it back? Thank you. Seattle ( talk) 12:16, 18 April 2014 (UTC)
Why was this page tagged for speedy deletion, as this was a sandbox........? WooHoo! • Talk to me! 17:52, 18 April 2014 (UTC)
how could WP:NOTNEWS not be sufficient? 115.187.78.204 ( talk) 23:58, 18 April 2014 (UTC)
Dear Jack,
Re: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/American_Free_Soil_Party
Thank you for you help. I guess I can resubmit it after we have been around awhile, correct?
JamesClifton ( talk) 00:37, 19 April 2014 (UTC) Pastor James Clifton April 18, 2014
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I've removed the CSD from Template:Submit an edit request/semi-preload pending more information regarding the deletion. After reviewing the linked pages, I found a few pages that were still using this template. Please let me know when these have been unlinked, or if you have any additional information, so I may proceed with the procedural deletion of this template. Thanks! Nakon 05:19, 19 April 2014 (UTC)
Hello — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.73.137.170 ( talk) 01:50, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi there. Did you just update Module:Documentation without testing it in the sandbox first, thereby bypassing my beautiful suite of test cases? Because you should probably check the code against those before you put it up live... — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 15:53, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
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08:34, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
I am having this problem with an article I am trying to create and it has an automated filter and semi-protection. I have to tried to save the page but will not allow me too. I found that the article name itself is the problem, can you remove the filter and semi-protection. 2602:30A:2E55:C520:45BF:E5D4:B1B6:849B ( talk) 16:33, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at
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07:23, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
You made some recent changes here that may have affected the functionality. The "distinct pages" portion no longer works. Can you try to restore that? BollyJeff | talk 17:51, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi, when responding to protected edit requests, please don't damage existing page content, as you did with this edit. I've seen Technical 13 doing the same thing before, so presumably the two of you are using a script which is buggy. -- Redrose64 ( talk) 20:16, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
I would like to return your attention to template:Location map Israel incident, where Sepsis II modified a long-standing version of Israeli map to "1949 borders" version without any discussion, suspiciously naming it File:Neutral Israel location map.svg instead of File:Israel location map.svg. I would like your feedback at WP:ANI following your remarks at the talk page. I shall also inform other administrators and editors involved in that incident, now posted at ANI - Gaming the system. GreyShark ( dibra) 18:07, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
Hello Jack. Can you review what I did with your request and see if it is what you expected? I assume you're already considered the Whatlinkshere and that it's OK. Thanks, EdJohnston ( talk) 00:32, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
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07:29, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
Per your recent revert to a page I edited, check out this discussion at my user talk page. Thanks, NorthAmerica 1000 03:48, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
see the script errors in the recently added examples in the doc. Frietjes ( talk) 18:06, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi Jack, sorry to take so long to reply about Antônio Petrus Kalil. I wasn't around when you posted it and it's taken me a while to look at it. You asked whether it could be unprotected. I added protection because it was so problematic for such a long time. If you want to edit it, and you're willing to watch that no BLP violations creep in, I'd be willing to unprotect it for you. SlimVirgin (talk) 00:34, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
While Kashmir is disputed territory as per UN announcements are resolutions, Why Wikipedia is not reflecting the same in their pages?. Is Wikipedia is biased towards india?. While Wikipedia itself showing it a dispute in its other pages. /info/en/?search=Kashmir_dispute
Please reflect true situation regarding Jammu and Kashmir. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aqeel73 ( talk • contribs) 13:45, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
Change was accidental Jack, many thanks for reversion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leopardtail ( talk • contribs) 20:12, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
I accidentally moved my page to Wikipedia:Giants, but capitalize Giants (all caps) and that's actually a redirect to the NFL team's subpage. The Ultimate New England Patriots Guy ( talk) 04:11, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
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I'm contacting you here since I'm interested in discussing programming type info that most other contributors to the project won't follow.
Several months back, in addition to problems with slow editing, we started having problems with transclusion of the map into the main page. We did a variety of changes to reduce the size of both the map and the main page, most only having a temporary benefit. Finally we were able to reduce the size by about 200 000 characters, largely by reducing info that we would have rather kept, so the map transcluded into the main page for maybe a month, before again failing. (Failing meaning that the reference index at the bottom no longer worked.)
We then decided to access the map as a separate page, which has eliminated the transclusion problem.
Having the map as a template without transclusion gives a considerable space margin for future expansion without having to continually closely watch the size of the map, or the page into which it is transcluded. So I suggest that there be a policy that this type of template be considered a special case, as it is easily distinguished from other templates which may be better transcluded into a regular page.
The advantage of having a map as a template is that it could be initially transcluded, but if and when it becomes large enought to cause space problems, it could be readily used as a separate page without changing the map itself. Indeed, it is possible that other much smaller pages (than the main syrian civil war page) could continue to transclude the map page. (There was at least one other page doing so 6 months ago.)
Nothing in my comments is meant to say that I am definitely against again transcluding the map. Rather I think that the decision in such a case should be left to the main editors of the page. In this case, essentially Tradedia (originator of the project) and Luthar, collaborator from the beginning, as well as a few others. I stand with them. Note that they have accepted a number of my (essentially technical) recommendations to improve the map.
Another reason to write you here :
Being a programmer, I had thought of rewriting the templates used by our map template, to reduce the footprint, and make various other improvements. But not being familiar with WP code, and lacking the time, I hadn't yet looked at it. I do appreciate the efforts you have done in that regard.
There are enhancements to the sub-templates I would like to see, which would be advantageous for display on the map. A few examples :
Note that many links were broken in order to reduce the map size. Most have not yet been corrected. (It is a lot of work to do.)
When they are all corrected, the map will probably be much bigger, using the current programming.
Ideally, the map would eventually be transcluded again, but only after we have a considerable margin that ensures that we will not encounter transclusion problems again. This could never happen, since if we had never had space problems, the main page would be considerably larger than it is now. (It is essentially tables with a very high density of references.) So it is not only the size of the map itself.
Changing to/from transclusion is a disruption (for editors and ordinary users of the page and associated map), and we are already kept very busy keeping the map up to date.
These are are just some of my ideas on the subject. I would appreciate any feedback you can give. Including any tools I could use to test the memory footprint, for example. Thanks :)
André437 (
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03:35, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
So I suggest that there be a policy that this type of template be considered a special case, as it is easily distinguished from other templates which may be better transcluded into a regular page.If it's not getting transcluded, it's not really being a template. It might as well just have a lead and References section added and moved to mainspace.
The current location template allows displaying the label associated with an icon only "left", "right" (default), "top" (centered) or "bottom" (centered) of the icon. However often other orientations would be better, to avoid conflict with other items on the (very crowded) map. Such as top-to-left-of-centre (maybe coded as "nw"), bottom-to-right-of-centre ("se"), etc.I was focusing on fixing the performance. I wasn't trying to add the functionality. You or someone else can do that if that's desired.
Coding size (from a non-programmer view) could be shortened, both to reduce typos and hopefully reduce the footprint. In the location template, we have the parameter "position" for label position relative to the icon. "lpos" (for label position) might be better.That doesn't count against the footprint, so that would reduce readability without benefit.
Icons (or at least certain types) seem to be displayed just above the geographic position, instead of being centered on the positions. This is noticed in positioning of labels around an icon. If the label is positioned above, it is much closer than if positioned below. It affects at least animated .gif and filled circle .svg icons. So it seems that something in the icon definitions or location template (or sub-templates) needs to be corrected. Or maybe it is the label display code, since it seems to vary with the size of the label.Everything is still displayed exactly the way it was before my rewrite, so I really don't know what to say about this.
Local variables, if and when available could be used to reduce typos, and hopefully reduce the size of the interpreted map, particularly if transcluded. References to targets in the main page are very frequent. A very useful local variable in the map would be $scw = "Cities_and_towns_during_the_Syrian_civil_war". It would be used hundreds of times, in the form $scw#aziz , $scw#manjib , etc.We'd need a redirect for that to work. Unfortunately, the one we had was deleted ([ [1]]).
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18:56, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
actually, i cannot tell you. it is all based on /info/en/?search=File:Crimea_location_map.svg with some more details in the harbour regions taken from a couple of raster maps. sorry i cannot help you. -- DLommes ( talk) 01:35, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
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09:20, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
Note that @media screen
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20:05, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
they should be alphabetical :-) D P 00:24, 4 April 2014 (UTC)
I see that you're working on making it possible to move category pages. Thank you! I had almost given up hope. — Scott • talk 19:29, 4 April 2014 (UTC)
Over the past 8 years of working with the map templates, there have been many changes, and your continual edit-warring over the prior templates is just making progress very difficult. The current Lua fork, installed as Template:Location_map is broken for various browsers, and it is sad that you cannot comprehend that fact. However, deleting the better map templates is not the answer, except in your twisted view. Step 1: Restore Template:Location_map_any to the original location, not a fly-by-night sandbox version which invites experimentation about the features. Your actions are just completely over-the-top unbearable crap and you really need to learn to be more cooperative. - Wikid77 ( talk) 16:24, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
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08:00, 7 April 2014 (UTC)
..for identifying/fixing the mistake on Ramla, and I´ll try to post my question the right place next time. See; that´s how clueless I am: didn´t even know where to post it..... just knew that Ramla has never, ever been in Jordan!
Cheers, and thanks again, Huldra ( talk) 22:44, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
having blank parameters should not throw an error ... Frietjes ( talk) 15:49, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
Dear Sir,
Do you need any reference material or source for my claim to add christianity religion in the above said page?
Regards Camilo — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chronicleof COGRLAHEPETA ( talk • contribs) 16:49, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
Would you please provide a link there? SYSS Mouse ( talk) 01:19, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
Please get a life! you have a terrible ego problem! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.167.204.75 ( talk) 05:47, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
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Thanks for maintaining the integrity of Wikipedia's articles, as you did with the Indian pop star Adithya Srinivasan. It might take a while to teach all of India Wikipedia's guidelines, so thanks for contributing to the effort. Blue Rasberry (talk) 14:11, 14 April 2014 (UTC) |
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07:18, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
I've seen and declined your G6 requests at {{ Location map Algeria}} and {{ Location map Africa}} — simply because I'm not sure what effect this would have. If we leave them as they are, redirects to the module talk subpage, or if we redirect them to pages of the current modules that accomplish the same purpose, will there be problems? In other words, will we actively be better off if we delete them? I'm just concerned that deletion would break old page histories, especially since these have been very heavily used in the past. By the way, I'd really appreciate a talkback, since I'll forget to reply otherwise. Nyttend ( talk) 03:47, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
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Thank you for fixing the map at Don Bolles! It was unexpected and out of the blue and I greatly appreciate what you've done. You're awesome! Crtew ( talk) 12:31, 15 April 2014 (UTC) |
Thank you for notice me Malikus Saleh Airport is already created — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bappeda lhokseumawe ( talk • contribs) 18:28, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
Hello I had written article about Alliance Warfare ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_Warfare) but it has deleted because it was about "web content and it's without any reason of being important" as you said. Actually It was about web game I saw this page ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikariam) and other pages about such games so why those are still on Wikipedia but my page has deleted. You could improve rather than deletion. Thanks a lot. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Miladrahimi93 ( talk • contribs) 15:15, 17 April 2014 (UTC)
Hello, Jackmbarn:
I added something to User:Seattle/vector.css ( [49]) to change the font back to the old style. I went to Wikipedia today and it's changed back. Do you know how to write something to change it back? Thank you. Seattle ( talk) 12:16, 18 April 2014 (UTC)
Why was this page tagged for speedy deletion, as this was a sandbox........? WooHoo! • Talk to me! 17:52, 18 April 2014 (UTC)
how could WP:NOTNEWS not be sufficient? 115.187.78.204 ( talk) 23:58, 18 April 2014 (UTC)
Dear Jack,
Re: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/American_Free_Soil_Party
Thank you for you help. I guess I can resubmit it after we have been around awhile, correct?
JamesClifton ( talk) 00:37, 19 April 2014 (UTC) Pastor James Clifton April 18, 2014
Howdy,
I've removed the CSD from Template:Submit an edit request/semi-preload pending more information regarding the deletion. After reviewing the linked pages, I found a few pages that were still using this template. Please let me know when these have been unlinked, or if you have any additional information, so I may proceed with the procedural deletion of this template. Thanks! Nakon 05:19, 19 April 2014 (UTC)
Hello — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.73.137.170 ( talk) 01:50, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi there. Did you just update Module:Documentation without testing it in the sandbox first, thereby bypassing my beautiful suite of test cases? Because you should probably check the code against those before you put it up live... — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 15:53, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
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08:34, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
I am having this problem with an article I am trying to create and it has an automated filter and semi-protection. I have to tried to save the page but will not allow me too. I found that the article name itself is the problem, can you remove the filter and semi-protection. 2602:30A:2E55:C520:45BF:E5D4:B1B6:849B ( talk) 16:33, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
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07:23, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
You made some recent changes here that may have affected the functionality. The "distinct pages" portion no longer works. Can you try to restore that? BollyJeff | talk 17:51, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi, when responding to protected edit requests, please don't damage existing page content, as you did with this edit. I've seen Technical 13 doing the same thing before, so presumably the two of you are using a script which is buggy. -- Redrose64 ( talk) 20:16, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
I would like to return your attention to template:Location map Israel incident, where Sepsis II modified a long-standing version of Israeli map to "1949 borders" version without any discussion, suspiciously naming it File:Neutral Israel location map.svg instead of File:Israel location map.svg. I would like your feedback at WP:ANI following your remarks at the talk page. I shall also inform other administrators and editors involved in that incident, now posted at ANI - Gaming the system. GreyShark ( dibra) 18:07, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
Hello Jack. Can you review what I did with your request and see if it is what you expected? I assume you're already considered the Whatlinkshere and that it's OK. Thanks, EdJohnston ( talk) 00:32, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
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07:29, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
Per your recent revert to a page I edited, check out this discussion at my user talk page. Thanks, NorthAmerica 1000 03:48, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
see the script errors in the recently added examples in the doc. Frietjes ( talk) 18:06, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi Jack, sorry to take so long to reply about Antônio Petrus Kalil. I wasn't around when you posted it and it's taken me a while to look at it. You asked whether it could be unprotected. I added protection because it was so problematic for such a long time. If you want to edit it, and you're willing to watch that no BLP violations creep in, I'd be willing to unprotect it for you. SlimVirgin (talk) 00:34, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
While Kashmir is disputed territory as per UN announcements are resolutions, Why Wikipedia is not reflecting the same in their pages?. Is Wikipedia is biased towards india?. While Wikipedia itself showing it a dispute in its other pages. /info/en/?search=Kashmir_dispute
Please reflect true situation regarding Jammu and Kashmir. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aqeel73 ( talk • contribs) 13:45, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
Change was accidental Jack, many thanks for reversion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leopardtail ( talk • contribs) 20:12, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
I accidentally moved my page to Wikipedia:Giants, but capitalize Giants (all caps) and that's actually a redirect to the NFL team's subpage. The Ultimate New England Patriots Guy ( talk) 04:11, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
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