In this edit, you said that noms should go with local time, yet the "How to nominate an item" section says "Find the correct section below for the date of the event (not the date nominated) in UTC." Which is right? Nixinova T C 04:50, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
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Hey Masem, just a quick note to point out that this commment was not intended as a dig at you. I was intending to note that you had already answered the question (quite succinctly) before I had done so on the article talkpage; not indicate that there was any problem with you doing so. Apologies for the clumsy phrasing. Cheers, -- Jack Frost ( talk) 10:06, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
Masem, I'm trying to remember my various policies and guidelines. At the top level my concern is when editors say things like "Mr Smith falsely claimed he would go to Washington". In a sentence like that, "falsely" clearly indicates that the object of the sentence, the claim is not correct. What isn't clear is if Mr Smith intended to mislead. My concern is that "false" one of the definitions of false includes an intent to mislead. Thus it is unclear from my sentence if Mr Smith just wasn't able to make it to Washington (his car broke down) or if that was never his destination and he was trying to mislead (he headed to Boston instead). I feel like we have some policies/guidelines that would address this sort of case. First, something about avoiding ambiguous terms that might imply something not supported by sources. Second, something implying something to readers. Crafting a sentence in a way that would lead to a false conclusion. Third would be something about words/phrases to watch for. However, I can't see to find the right policies/guidelines. Do you have any suggestions where to look? Springee ( talk) 18:34, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
Do not combine material from multiple sources to reach or imply a conclusion not explicitly stated by any of the sources.In these cases we are combining: a) Person A claimed X. b) X (later found to be) not true; to reach c) A intended to deceive. There are, however, editors for whom this ambiguity appears to be a feature, not a bug. - Ryk72 talk 19:05, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
WP:SYNTH isn't typically an issue, since reliable sources are generally pretty good at accurately identifying and labeling false claims (e.g. [1]). No WP:SYNTH is required, because the reliable source is directly labeling the claim "false", and we just need to honestly convey the source's content. My concern is that reliable sources are often very clear about these sorts of falsehoods, but editors then scramble to find reasons to suppress or bowdlerize the sources' content out of either a mistaken understanding of neutrality, or out of active partisanship. Our project's goal is to accurately reflect knowledge, not to simply parrot random claims, so I'm much more worried that we're concealing reliably sourced assessments of veracity from readers—and thus becoming a vector for misinformation—than I am that we're over-labeling.
Hypothetically, if a prominent person makes a claim which is self-serving but clearly false, how would you propose we describe that to readers? MastCell Talk 19:14, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
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Masem, I've got a question regarding how to interpret the 1 revert per 24hr rule. Take a stable article. An editor adds a controversial edit. I revert it. That editor immediately restores the edit (with our without talk page discussion). Certainly I would violate the 24hr restriction if I revert again. However, did the other editor violate the rules by restoring the challenged edit? This is a violation of BRD but did it violate the 1 revert rule? Does it create a loop hole where a contested edit can be restored with impunity? Springee ( talk) 12:48, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
Senua’s Saga II: Hellblade was confirmed to run only on Series X at the Game Awards 2019. It will be releasing sometime after Xbox One exclusive time is dropped. Please revert the edit. I am not signed in but please revert this edit as it is fake news. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2606:A000:100F:89A1:6D35:8525:3829:92BA ( talk) 18:49, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
Hi Masem. Could you take a look at this file? It's be recently updated, but it's more of a case of overwriting than updating since the newer version is technically a different file from the one it's replacing. It does appear that the logo has been change from looking at the source website, but this newer version seem much simpler than the older one and it might actually be OK per c:COM:TOO United States given that the country of origin is the US. This new version of the file also appears to be a duplicate of File:Immortals logo.svg, which again is not needed if the file is truly PD. If, by chance, the older version is also PD, then overwriting it is a really bad idea. If it needs to be non-free, then it will be deleted per WP:F5 or WP:F7 depending upon the copyright status of the new logo. Not sure what to do here. Just let the bot delete the older one, and convert the newer one to PD-logo? -- Marchjuly ( talk) 10:11, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
I noticed you've been making some edits to this article. I just wanted to let you know I've had a draft for a rewritten Far Side article that has a ton of info you could use. JOE BRO 64 18:35, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
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Masem, a while back we discussed this editor's failure to follow BRD and their questionable edits. Recently I reverted this edit [ [3]]. Activist immediately reverted thus ignoring BRD and NOCON. I opened a talk page discussion but the replies from Activist were focused on the editor, not the concerns I had with the edits.[ [4]] I'm concerned that every interaction I've had with this editor from the very start has followed this pattern. They make a very questionable edit then go into a full on personal attack mode when an editor challenges the edit. I know they will claim hounding but there are two issues with that. First, I haven't just followed their every edit and second hounding applies when there isn't an editorial problem already. Anyway, would you please help with some mediation? Thank you. Springee ( talk) 11:10, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
In the future, should you find yourself at some random article where you disagreed with me and wanting to discuss it, that would be fine with me. I would be happier if you weren't erasing so much of my work, but instead rather discussing differences of opinion. If you think I need to be topic banned, then you have options, but please don't personally impose a de facto ban on my edits to AP2 topic articles, repeatedly scrubbing the same text with no discussion except a subject line. If I see a change in the prior behavior, which I have found to be incredibly aggravating and destructive, I'll be fine with discussing what you propose. How does that sound? And again, thanks to Masem for his or her sage advice, and I hope we can follow it together. Activist ( talk) 15:00, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
Activist is still having issues with following BRD as well as FOC vs the editor. Please note my concerns here [ [6]]. Springee ( talk) 13:44, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
Hi Masem. I'm wondering what's your take on this. It appears to actually be two photos (possibly taken by the uploader at the same event) combined in a user-generated collage. There's no EXIF data and no real source image provided with might verify the provenence of each image. Same editor also uploaded File:Joel Neoh.jpg and created Joel Neoh Eu-Jin so they all might be connected. Anyway, the file is tagged for a move to Commons, but I think there's quite a bit of uncertainty about it that it will end up deleted per c:COM:PCP if it's ever moved there. The uploader no longer seems to be editing, so asking for clarification or requesting OTRS verification seems unlikely to help resolve things. I cam across this file by chance because for some reason it's also being used in Ron Shlien. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 01:58, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
Hi Masem. This file has a couple of problems, but I’m also wondering if it would be considered replaceable non-free use. There is a free image being used in the article, but it shows the person sitting with some others looking away from the camera. The WP:F4 and WP:F6 issues could possibly be resolved relatively easy, but a WP:F7 issue would mean that the file would need to be deleted. — Marchjuly ( talk) 12:23, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
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Masem, what policies/guidelines help decide if an arrest for an alleged crime should make it into the lead of a BLP? My feeling is that, in almost all cases no, an arrest for a crime, regardless of the severity of the accusation, should not be in the lead. The only exception I can think of would be a case where the events of the arrest themselves are significant. So if a hypothetical, well known football player were charged with domestic abuse and turned themselves in with no fuss, I would say that should not be in the article lead. It probably should be in the body, in particular if there were previous incidents/allegations that perhaps didn't pan out. An exception might be a case like OJ Simpson's. If we could rewind in time to after the slow speed chase but before the actual trial, I could see adding the chase to the lead at that time. The chase was widely covered and became a cultural event in the US. Even if the trial had resulted in a clear exoneration for OJ (vs just, "not found guilty") I think the chase could arguably be in the lead. Currently I'm concerned where a notable person with a long bio was recently arrested. We have almost no details yet the arrest is added to the BLP lead. I'm curious what policies/guidelines would apply. It seems UNDUE in my book but often DUE/UNDUE for the lead (vs just the body) turn into opinion battles. Thanks for any pointers to places that might help! Springee ( talk) 15:16, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
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yeah, I get that WP has its own rules for things. It bothers me though, when they decide a grammar, wording or punctuation rule that is not in accord with the best examplars, and general knowledge of the language. This is the case for closing quotes and periods or commas. WP is not in accord with the accepted rules in American English. I only apply this rule when the article is about something that's pretty clearly American leaning in content, subject or origin. It bothers me a lot that WP makes its own rules like this. What if it decided that the first word of every sentence should not be capitalized? Then folks like you would enforce that I suppose, whether or not it's accepted English practice. Chafe66 ( talk) 22:30, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
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Hello, Masem. I am certain that you have much better things to do, but I was wondering if this user's "I didn't hear that" behaviour is bad enough for a tempblock. Keeps adding unsourced content randomly into articles despite quite a few warnings. See this talk page conversation. Kind regards from PJvanMill) talk( 14:50, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
This looks like it might be canvassing, but it does not appear to have borne fruit. SPECIFICO talk 21:59, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi Masem. I'm wondering what you think about the file being discussed at User talk:Debitpixie#Question about an edit you made to File:Bharti Airtel Limited logo.svg. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 10:22, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
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Let’s play? Looks like we both tried to move at the same time. --
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Since your original discussion stalled in February, I recently tried experimenting with this idea which is the same concept, only using invisible inline comments instead of the template itself. I was immediately reverted, accused of instruction creep, and told that my idea was bad because it wasn't "common", a fallacious argument if I ever heard one. Although I planned on ignoring the nattering nabobs as I always do, because they are usually always wrong, I reviewed your idea and found myself liking it more than my own. How do we get started implementing this and making it happen?
One other thing I just remembered: I'm fairly certain we had this functionality in the past, either in this template or another one. Since there is little documentation and institutional memory, I might take a deep dive in the template history of this and other templates to see if I can find the original code. I remember seeing it a long time ago, and it feels like we are reinventing the wheel over and over again. Viriditas ( talk) 03:01, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
Hi Masem, i have a question, im not really sure who to ask, what is the difference between (arcade system board) and a (platform) are they the same thing? is an arcade system board a platform? — Preceding unsigned comment added by EzeeWiki ( talk • contribs) 00:36, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
yeah its kinda confusing, aha, what would be the difference between arcade system board and platform? in your opinion? EzeeWiki ( talk) 00:45, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
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Why are Wikia wikis are not appropriate? Wikipedia:External links states that wikis with a "substantial history of stability" are acceptable. The Weird Al Wiki has been around since early 2006 and has an extensive amount of pages relating to the subject matter. TheThingy Talk 18:12, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
Forgive the intrusion, but I've noticed your work on US Supreme Court cases, and I had a question for you about sources for similar articles. I'm thinking about writing an article about Uber Technologies Inc v Heller, a recent landmark case in the Supreme Court of Canada. A fair number of the in-depth secondary sources (not unsurprisingly) are law firm alerts for their clients. What do you think about the use of those sources? They strike me as not great, but not that much worse than, say, an article in mid-level law journal. Would be great to hear your thoughts, whenever you have a moment. AleatoryPonderings ( talk) 18:59, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
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Hi Masem. Since you’re active at BLPN and also experienced with images, I'm wondering what you think about the photo being used in Sarah York. It's not a flattering photo in any way (she's leaning up against a dirty car and possibly holding a beer or something) and she actually appears to not be aware that someone was taking her photo. While I understand its licensing is probably OK, it seems like it might be better to not have any photo at all than to use this one per WP:MUG. — Marchjuly ( talk) 14:19, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
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Hi there. I was looking at the Warner Bros Interactive page and I noticed it is still part of Home Entertainment. Other pages state that it is part of Warner Bros Entertainment directly while Home Entertainment is moved to WarnerMedia Commercial. Which one is true? WarnerBros.com site states it is still a division of Home Entertainment. Is that an error? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Galagahunt ( talk • contribs) 15:06, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
The warning comments about not changing the lead seem to have been ignored repeatedly. As someone who was involved in the previous consensus discussion could you please take a look at it Talk:Ghostbusters_(2016_film)#Summary_of_critical_response and possibly revert to an acceptable version. -- 14:02, 28 September 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.78.211.204 ( talk)
Riddler009 has added a "Television Appearances" section to all the pages of the Doctors mentioned in the title. I agree with you saying it's unnecessary as there are episode lists where you can easily find out what episodes a Doctor appears/makes a cameo/is referenced in. Is there a way to stop Riddler009 from adding these "Television Appearances" sections as I tried to remove one of these sections from a Doctors page but Riddler009 added it back again and I don't want to keep doing that forever.
If you're able to find a way to fully stop these sections from being added then that will save us some time and trouble.
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Hey, I saw you help newcomers when it comes to FA. I am new and would love your help on " Cups" and how it can get FA status. If you can't, I totally understand! Thank you! The Ultimate Boss ( talk) 06:49, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
Don't we need a source first if we want to add something about him? Was this just announced? - GoatLordServant ( Talk) 14:06, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
its legit - GoatLordServant ( Talk) 14:09, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
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Pardon the off-channel ping. Any luck on that composite three member image? I think the articles are good for homepage and are good to go. Ktin ( talk) 03:41, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
I'm salving my conscience for dithering on contributing to the recent MfD case until it was too late by writing to let you know that I agreed with everything you said. I think that some important principles are being compromised and double standards and subjective reasoning displayed. ← ZScarpia 15:34, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
I didn't know a thing about that case and even if I did I'm not sure I would have said anything about it. However, I'm one again impressed with your strong, principled stance on these issues. I wish more people would understand the difference between accepting something on principle vs supporting the thing itself. I wish more admins understood this. Springee ( talk) 02:50, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
I posted campaign links to campaign videos of politicians listed on YouTube. I got accused of soapboxing by other editors. I never intended to spam or troll. I thought that links to campaign videos would be admissible because links to campaign websites and campaign Twitter feeds were already accepted. Plus the posted YouTube videos were made by the candidates themselves. Even if I am wrong, I feel words could have been used which were less inflammatory against me. I am also deeply traumatized by the editor, Smuckola who has accused me of being a spammer in the past. Whatever links I have posted have always been related to the topic posted. Right or wrong, I never intended to spam. Regardless. Currently, Smuckola has mentioned that I am posting nonsense. I feel that the words used by Smuckola were in poor taste. Even if they dislike my post, they could have simply said that they my links were unacceptable for whatever reason they believed. However by trying to invalidate me and my writing, Smuckola was quite insensitive and disrespectful. I wish that editors within the wikipedia community would be more responsible with language and not accuse people of spamming in such blunt terms. If somebody posts links which are off topic , they should be told the link is off topic. Blanket terms such as soapboxing, nonsense or spamming are weaponized to both invalidate and even ban people who may have simply been mistaken in thinking a post was relevant. Please look into my complaint with DemonDays64 and Smuckola who have used hurtful and weaponized language against me. I feel that Tartan357 was also unjust to accuse me of posting inappropriate material, when the link I posted was only a campaign video of Jo Jorgensen on the list of external links for the Jo Jorgensen wikipedia page. Waferpedia ( talk) 00:43, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
I saw the header on the PB page and wanted to contribute, did not intend to infer that you said anything about the fascist label. The disingenuous and deflection response to that and similar material has been go find a source that says otherwise. The reason is because as posted Jorm knows that they are neo fascist(a word with no academic standing, see talk neo fascism /info/en/?search=Talk:Neo-fascism). Sorry for the confusion. After rereading. your was obviously the incorrect pronoun of choice. Sorry again.
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Masem, I've got a question that I've seen come up in a number of discussions and thought I would ask you how it might be best raised to a larger audience. How do we draw the line between true Op-Ed articles vs commentary articles vs articles that mix fact based reporting and commentary vs 100% facts? RS seems to only allow for "Op-Ed" or "facts" and editors seem to put the first two article types into OpEd and thus excluded from many Wiki articles while the latter two are seen as reliable for claims/statements (sometimes with attribution) and thus included when DUE. Is this a reasonable way to split sources?
I don't think many would disagree with the claim that more and more news stories are mixing commentary with factual reporting. At the same time I'm not sure that all commentary articles are "Op-Eds". As far as I've seen, true OpEds columns normally have lower standards for fact checking and certainly allow wider lattituded in terms of deciding that conclusions can be reached. Often they say something like "views are not those of the editorial board". I've always assumed those were the cases that drove the creation of the OpEd restrictions. However we also have a lot material where the reporter is commenting/analyzing the facts. We seem to be split on how to handle these and it doesn't seem that logical to me. For example lets say the Chicago Times sports section releases a story citing insider documents saying pitcher Smith is being traded to the Braves (a fact based claim). The paper then talks about the history of Smith's difficulty with the team citing other articles as examples but also including the writer's analysis that Smith is a Type A player and the Cubs are a Type B team and etc. Basically the reporter is telling the reader why the trade is happening based on his synthesis of available information and offering his opinion (this is good for the Cubs because Smith is the problem). I would view such an article as a mix of reliable facts and subjective analysis.
Now a paper in Atlanta responds to the article. They didn't do any original gathering of facts. They treat the factual claims of the Chicago paper as true. However, they argue the analysis was wrong and offer a counter analysis. Smith and the Cubs are both Type B but the pitching coach has never been able to get along with players who have certain personality types etc. The real issue is with the Cubs not Smith.
Now editors writing about Smith cite the Chicago paper's article because it's a RS. Another editor wants to cite the article out of Atlanta but they are told no because it's just an opinion article. It seems to me that both papers are offering commentary/analysis and I'm not sure why we would favor one vs the other.
TLDR/ Where/how can we have a discussion about the line between commentary/analysis in a factual article and a similar article that looks at the same facts but offers just the commentary/analysis? Why would/should we favor the analysis of the source that did the original work (or at least re-reports the same facts other sources first reported) vs the source that just focuses on the analysis end of things? My personal feeling is commentary/analysis that is subject to the same editorial process as fact based reporting (ie goes through the same news room as the news) should be treated the same way regardless of if the source was a "factual news" story or a "analysis/commentary" story. Any thoughts? Sorry for the excessive length. Springee ( talk) 16:37, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
Masem, it's about WikiAgent013. I also reverted the user's edits on Die Hard 2, like you did in Die Hard and Die Hard with a Vengeance. When I did so, this is what WikiAgent013 said to me on my talk page and he reverted the article back to it. BattleshipMan ( talk) 21:18, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
That's right! Stop vandalizing my edits and making trouble. If you don't like my contributions you can get you webpage. Stop harassing me or I will report you! - WikiAgent013
1) Trying to intimidate me to not report harassment is harassment! 2) The Special Edition content is part of the movie! 3) If special edition details are not normally included on Wiki then they should be because they are part of the film's history. Mention of any and all special features are a legitimate contribution on Wiki! Therefor, its removal is NOT in line. 4) Do not vandalize my work! It took time to research all of the extra features for this movie. If you have a problem with my contributions then contact me first. Don't just delete other people's legitimate work simply because you think that what they have to say is not relevant. I have been a fan of this franchise for more than 30 years. Who are you to suddenly come along and dictate what I can or can not contribute? I made these contributions so that new fans of the franchise can expand their experience and learn more about these movies. Do not vandalize my work! — Preceding unsigned comment added by WikiAgent013 ( talk • contribs) 21:43, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
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This is exactly why I take such long breaks from Wikipedia. There's plenty in there that isn't essential to the plot, but you reverted mine, because that edit is easier.
Take your win, Power Trip. +1 to your edit total.
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Hi Masem. Would you mind taking a look at this? I was going to boldly remove the image gallery and suggest an alternative that links to the individual articles about each province or with links to the emblems instead of displaying them, but then thought about whether these might be PD for some reason. Do you think these have to be non-free? — Marchjuly ( talk) 11:43, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
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Hello. Can you please tell me about this archived review? There's a date saying May 11, 2001. I believe it's the date the review was published, but some other users say the date is for something else. What do you think? 172.250.44.165 ( talk) 04:14, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
For your great work and useful edits Mhiz Destiny Mhiz Destiny ( talk) 14:37, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
I would drop a barnstar or something, but I don't know which one. Your recent comments on Jimbotalk have provided more clarity than a hundred threads anywhere else, do you fancy collaborating on an essay? Guy ( help! - typo?) 20:50, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
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If a video game franchise does not have a new installment for 10+ years and there hasn't been any news of one either, is it okay to refer to the franchise's latest installment as the last installment? Wubzy ( talk) 00:34, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
I'm honestly having trouble understanding your first sentence: "And those the laptop story is mostly all myth, it is of DUE to at least document the facts of the controversy around it." Is it a problem with me not understanding it, or did you mean to type "And though the laptop story is mostly all myth, it is our DUTY to at least document the facts of the controversy around it"? -- llywrch ( talk) 18:42, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
The Great Depression started in the 1929, and lasted throughout the 1930s. This is arguably common knowledge, but if you disagree on that point due to poor education, even the most minimal research would have revealed this to you. I hear there's even a resource online called Wikipedia!
Hi Masem. You might want to look at c:COM:VPC#Photograph of Ezra Pound since you seem to have been involved in a 2014 Commons discussion about this file. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 06:36, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
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I see a long discussion where people disagreed until many just gave up participating in it, too much stuff to read through. [8] Where was there any agreement to add in your bits to the notability guideline page [9] that contradict what is clearly written on the top of the page and has been for many years now? Dream Focus 23:10, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
Hi there: Please can I ask for you for help with an image zoom and crop. The article / image in question can be found here Seymour Topping. I am thinking zooming into just his face would go below the required resolution, so having a couple of other participants should be alright. Thanks. Ktin ( talk) 19:47, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
Hi Masem, I saw you'd written a Reception section for the Xbox Series X and S pages, and was just wondering if you were intending to write one also for the PlayStation 5 page, as reviews for that console were published soon after? Wikibenboy94 ( talk) 21:42, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
Hi Masem. It seems odd that the two logos in BBC Kids aren’t licensed the same way since they’re practically identical. If one is OK as {{ PD-ineligible-USonly}}, then both should be OK under such a license, shouldn’t they? That is, unless the infobox image is non-free because it’s a vector version. In that case, however, it seems like it would fail FREER per WP:NFC#Multiple restrictions, wouldn’t it? — Marchjuly ( talk) 19:52, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
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I was just curious what part of the Epic's Claims section I added to the case did not meet the guidelines of not pointing to court documents. I am keen to get this added to the page as I have researched this case heavily for my law class and feel as if the details regarding what Epic is claiming against Apple are actually missing. Thank you for your input so far. This has been a great learning experience for me. -- Hbagdy1 ( talk) 16:46, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
Ok I will look into making it so it follows the guidelines you have informed me about. Thanks again. -- Hbagdy1 ( talk) 18:08, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
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I see you reverted my edit on the PS5 page. I want to know why. There is nothing wrong with my edits.
Hi again, so not only you revert the edits again but you say i expand "too much". How can you expand "too much" on an enyclopedia article?! And unreliable sources? Please show me what sources are "unreliable" - if you mean the talk of the PS5 not being fully RDNA2 compatible, I have removed that.
You also say I added "fluff". I believe that is your opinion. I believe that I have made the article more informative than before. Nothing I have added is "fluff".
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Remember when we had that discussion about WP:NFF at Talk:Ghostbusters: Afterlife#Redirect? Well, I’d like to hear your input. You see, I created a draft about a film that’s in pre-production titled Draft:Wash Me in the River. I’ve also created a redirect of the same name that redirects to Randall Emmett, who will direct the film. Since the draft has 11 reliable sources, should I submit the draft for review or should I wait until more reliable sources are published that will officially confirm that principal photography of the film is underway? Hitcher vs. Candyman ( talk) 16:16, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
You reverted an edit stating that This person doesnt seem to be any identifyable expert. The person being Bret Devereaux who has a PhD in history - you can read his CV here.
The person clearly is educated in history and his research area is specifically weapons and armor. Is there a mechanism by which his CV or something like that could be associated with the citation - or are you arguing that him being a history researcher doesn't reach the threshold for what you consider an expert?~
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Hi Masem:
Following up from our previous interaction. I managed to get in touch with the gallery and they were very kind and have uploaded a picture of Anjum Singh here File:1605980398183_0_Anjum.jpg. Please can you have a look to see if all is good with this one? If it is good, can I bother you to help with an appropriate crop and upload onto the article? Thanks in advance. Ktin ( talk) 17:54, 21 November 2020 (UTC)
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Hey there, I've left a couple of comments on the talk page for The Core. Can you clarify there what the reason for your revert was? I have gone through the entire movie twice now, with the specific intent of watching for any reference to "DESTINI", and as far as I can see, there is none. While the acronym is catchy, I don't think there's any verification for this spelling in the source material. Despayre tête-à-tête
Sorry for reverting you on TX v PA, I clicked a bit too fast there, heh. Was just about to revert myself with a comment about it, but you beat me to it! Ah, well, apologies regardless! WhoAteMyButter ( 📬│ ✏️) 04:27, 13 December 2020 (UTC)
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Hi. I’m not going to argue that you withdraw my edition on the PlayStation 5 page. I decided that it might be worth mentioning on the page because we’re talking about the official Polish partners of Sony, not just ordinary scalpers. At the moment, I can’t show you evidence that these are official Polish partners as the PS5 (and it’s accessories) is unavailable in Poland, and neither are the store links on their official site that were available a few days ago (and the Wayback Machine didn’t have time to archive it in time as it dispersed in the blink of an eye, just minutes after its appearance). Perhaps, based on this information, you’ll consider restoring the changes I’ve made on the page. But if not I won’t argue about it. In any case, thanks for the revert and, first of all, sorry for my terrible English! Pottero ( talk) 03:06, 25 December 2020 (UTC)
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Hi Masem:
Happy Holidays and advance wishes for a wonderful new year ahead! Needed your help with some images while we are working Lorraine Monk for WP:ITNRD and WP:DYK.
Please can you have a look at this photostrip [10] and if it not too much of a bother, please can you help extract image 10 (row 2, column 2), image 15 (row 3, column 3), and image 17 (row 3, column 4). Also, it seems like higher resolution images might be available at the National Archives, do you know how one might get that image for use at Lorraine Monk?
Also, found these images in page 18 of this PDF from the Ford Museum. PDF.
Copying @ AleatoryPonderings:.
Thanks a ton in advance. Ktin ( talk) 09:00, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
Update: Also, found one additional photostrip [11] - Not too many images from here that can be used - except perhaps 5a. Ktin ( talk) 09:08, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
I'm confused about this addition. Is it true {{ multiple image}} can now respect user scaling preferences? That was said to be unsupported in 2015, 2018. Template:Multiple image says in the intro at the top (twice) that the template can't support user preferences and only hard codes image sizes.
I don't mean to start a discussion of this on your user page but I wanted to make sure this wasn't an error. If it's not then I'll request documenting how to use the new feature at Template talk:Multiple image. -- Dennis Bratland ( talk) 19:34, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi Masem. Happy New Year!
Would you mind taking a look at WP:MCQ#Non-free album covers? I think the two files in question might have been tagged for speedy deletion by mistake. The editor who tagged them might have done so in good faith, but they've only got a handful of edits to their credit and none of them seem to be related to files. The files are cover art for cover versions of Your Song and the way English Wikipedia deals with cover versions and the way Russian Wikipedia deal with cover versions might be completely different. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 08:53, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
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Because I don't. "Kensuke Tanabe at E3 2013.JPG" needs to have the image re-uploaded with the two other people cropped out for Paper Mario: The Origami King. I don't have access to Wikimedia Commons, and I was wondering if you could do it for me? (Tanabe is in the center). Thanks in advance. You can find the image here [12]. Le Panini [🥪] 20:01, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Masem, several admins have edited the ITN notice about the Washington riots, but you're the only single one who has edit warred. That is unbecoming, in my opinion. Bishonen | tålk 23:21, 6 January 2021 (UTC).
"A 'revert' means any edit .. that reverses the actions of other editors, in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material".My bolding. And you call your reverts, where you repeatedly removed the central part of MastCell's change, "copy edits", really? I'm sorry I even tried to talk with you. Goodbye. Bishonen | tålk 11:11, 7 January 2021 (UTC).
...I dedicate this edit to you. Drmies ( talk) 02:51, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
Kindly stop following my contributions to appear everywhere I do. Dream Focus 01:29, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
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I decided to post this here (rather than the Village pump page; too many people are apparently wanting to excuse any example I give)....a good example (I think) of what you were talking about as far as NOT#NEWS and RECENTISM and how it gets abused on politics pages: [15]. Although this has been changed since, the mentioning of the insider trading stuff is still in the LEAD. And this seems completely inappropriate for the LEAD considering the main body. (And was put there in a run off for obvious reasons. And I say this as someone who has never touched that page.)
This sort of stuff goes on all the time. Thanks again for hearing me. Rja13ww33 ( talk) 19:34, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
On 13 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Death to 2020, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Cristin Milioti appears in Death to 2020 as a stereotypical " Karen", having previously worked with its creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones in Black Mirror episode " USS Callister"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Death to 2020. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Death to 2020), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Hey Masem, just a quick note to point out that this commment was not intended as a dig at you. I was intending to note that you had already answered the question (quite succinctly) before I had done so on the article talkpage; not indicate that there was any problem with you doing so. Apologies for the clumsy phrasing. Cheers, -- Jack Frost ( talk) 10:06, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
Masem, I'm trying to remember my various policies and guidelines. At the top level my concern is when editors say things like "Mr Smith falsely claimed he would go to Washington". In a sentence like that, "falsely" clearly indicates that the object of the sentence, the claim is not correct. What isn't clear is if Mr Smith intended to mislead. My concern is that "false" one of the definitions of false includes an intent to mislead. Thus it is unclear from my sentence if Mr Smith just wasn't able to make it to Washington (his car broke down) or if that was never his destination and he was trying to mislead (he headed to Boston instead). I feel like we have some policies/guidelines that would address this sort of case. First, something about avoiding ambiguous terms that might imply something not supported by sources. Second, something implying something to readers. Crafting a sentence in a way that would lead to a false conclusion. Third would be something about words/phrases to watch for. However, I can't see to find the right policies/guidelines. Do you have any suggestions where to look? Springee ( talk) 18:34, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
Do not combine material from multiple sources to reach or imply a conclusion not explicitly stated by any of the sources.In these cases we are combining: a) Person A claimed X. b) X (later found to be) not true; to reach c) A intended to deceive. There are, however, editors for whom this ambiguity appears to be a feature, not a bug. - Ryk72 talk 19:05, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
WP:SYNTH isn't typically an issue, since reliable sources are generally pretty good at accurately identifying and labeling false claims (e.g. [1]). No WP:SYNTH is required, because the reliable source is directly labeling the claim "false", and we just need to honestly convey the source's content. My concern is that reliable sources are often very clear about these sorts of falsehoods, but editors then scramble to find reasons to suppress or bowdlerize the sources' content out of either a mistaken understanding of neutrality, or out of active partisanship. Our project's goal is to accurately reflect knowledge, not to simply parrot random claims, so I'm much more worried that we're concealing reliably sourced assessments of veracity from readers—and thus becoming a vector for misinformation—than I am that we're over-labeling.
Hypothetically, if a prominent person makes a claim which is self-serving but clearly false, how would you propose we describe that to readers? MastCell Talk 19:14, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
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Masem, I've got a question regarding how to interpret the 1 revert per 24hr rule. Take a stable article. An editor adds a controversial edit. I revert it. That editor immediately restores the edit (with our without talk page discussion). Certainly I would violate the 24hr restriction if I revert again. However, did the other editor violate the rules by restoring the challenged edit? This is a violation of BRD but did it violate the 1 revert rule? Does it create a loop hole where a contested edit can be restored with impunity? Springee ( talk) 12:48, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
Senua’s Saga II: Hellblade was confirmed to run only on Series X at the Game Awards 2019. It will be releasing sometime after Xbox One exclusive time is dropped. Please revert the edit. I am not signed in but please revert this edit as it is fake news. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2606:A000:100F:89A1:6D35:8525:3829:92BA ( talk) 18:49, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
Hi Masem. Could you take a look at this file? It's be recently updated, but it's more of a case of overwriting than updating since the newer version is technically a different file from the one it's replacing. It does appear that the logo has been change from looking at the source website, but this newer version seem much simpler than the older one and it might actually be OK per c:COM:TOO United States given that the country of origin is the US. This new version of the file also appears to be a duplicate of File:Immortals logo.svg, which again is not needed if the file is truly PD. If, by chance, the older version is also PD, then overwriting it is a really bad idea. If it needs to be non-free, then it will be deleted per WP:F5 or WP:F7 depending upon the copyright status of the new logo. Not sure what to do here. Just let the bot delete the older one, and convert the newer one to PD-logo? -- Marchjuly ( talk) 10:11, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
I noticed you've been making some edits to this article. I just wanted to let you know I've had a draft for a rewritten Far Side article that has a ton of info you could use. JOE BRO 64 18:35, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
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Masem, a while back we discussed this editor's failure to follow BRD and their questionable edits. Recently I reverted this edit [ [3]]. Activist immediately reverted thus ignoring BRD and NOCON. I opened a talk page discussion but the replies from Activist were focused on the editor, not the concerns I had with the edits.[ [4]] I'm concerned that every interaction I've had with this editor from the very start has followed this pattern. They make a very questionable edit then go into a full on personal attack mode when an editor challenges the edit. I know they will claim hounding but there are two issues with that. First, I haven't just followed their every edit and second hounding applies when there isn't an editorial problem already. Anyway, would you please help with some mediation? Thank you. Springee ( talk) 11:10, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
In the future, should you find yourself at some random article where you disagreed with me and wanting to discuss it, that would be fine with me. I would be happier if you weren't erasing so much of my work, but instead rather discussing differences of opinion. If you think I need to be topic banned, then you have options, but please don't personally impose a de facto ban on my edits to AP2 topic articles, repeatedly scrubbing the same text with no discussion except a subject line. If I see a change in the prior behavior, which I have found to be incredibly aggravating and destructive, I'll be fine with discussing what you propose. How does that sound? And again, thanks to Masem for his or her sage advice, and I hope we can follow it together. Activist ( talk) 15:00, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
Activist is still having issues with following BRD as well as FOC vs the editor. Please note my concerns here [ [6]]. Springee ( talk) 13:44, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
Hi Masem. I'm wondering what's your take on this. It appears to actually be two photos (possibly taken by the uploader at the same event) combined in a user-generated collage. There's no EXIF data and no real source image provided with might verify the provenence of each image. Same editor also uploaded File:Joel Neoh.jpg and created Joel Neoh Eu-Jin so they all might be connected. Anyway, the file is tagged for a move to Commons, but I think there's quite a bit of uncertainty about it that it will end up deleted per c:COM:PCP if it's ever moved there. The uploader no longer seems to be editing, so asking for clarification or requesting OTRS verification seems unlikely to help resolve things. I cam across this file by chance because for some reason it's also being used in Ron Shlien. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 01:58, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
Hi Masem. This file has a couple of problems, but I’m also wondering if it would be considered replaceable non-free use. There is a free image being used in the article, but it shows the person sitting with some others looking away from the camera. The WP:F4 and WP:F6 issues could possibly be resolved relatively easy, but a WP:F7 issue would mean that the file would need to be deleted. — Marchjuly ( talk) 12:23, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
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Hey, it's me, your helper on your project. I was adding onto the timeline the other day and tried to add a section about important games in mobile gaming history. However, it seems that adding another section exceeds the timeline's image size. This would mean one of three options, we replace a section with mobile gaming, we merge it with another section or we don't add it to the timeline all together. I'm asking you because this is your project and you seem to be more knowledgeable about making timelines on Wikipedia. Thanks! Captain Galaxy 23:24, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
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Masem, what policies/guidelines help decide if an arrest for an alleged crime should make it into the lead of a BLP? My feeling is that, in almost all cases no, an arrest for a crime, regardless of the severity of the accusation, should not be in the lead. The only exception I can think of would be a case where the events of the arrest themselves are significant. So if a hypothetical, well known football player were charged with domestic abuse and turned themselves in with no fuss, I would say that should not be in the article lead. It probably should be in the body, in particular if there were previous incidents/allegations that perhaps didn't pan out. An exception might be a case like OJ Simpson's. If we could rewind in time to after the slow speed chase but before the actual trial, I could see adding the chase to the lead at that time. The chase was widely covered and became a cultural event in the US. Even if the trial had resulted in a clear exoneration for OJ (vs just, "not found guilty") I think the chase could arguably be in the lead. Currently I'm concerned where a notable person with a long bio was recently arrested. We have almost no details yet the arrest is added to the BLP lead. I'm curious what policies/guidelines would apply. It seems UNDUE in my book but often DUE/UNDUE for the lead (vs just the body) turn into opinion battles. Thanks for any pointers to places that might help! Springee ( talk) 15:16, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
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yeah, I get that WP has its own rules for things. It bothers me though, when they decide a grammar, wording or punctuation rule that is not in accord with the best examplars, and general knowledge of the language. This is the case for closing quotes and periods or commas. WP is not in accord with the accepted rules in American English. I only apply this rule when the article is about something that's pretty clearly American leaning in content, subject or origin. It bothers me a lot that WP makes its own rules like this. What if it decided that the first word of every sentence should not be capitalized? Then folks like you would enforce that I suppose, whether or not it's accepted English practice. Chafe66 ( talk) 22:30, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
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Hello, Masem. I am certain that you have much better things to do, but I was wondering if this user's "I didn't hear that" behaviour is bad enough for a tempblock. Keeps adding unsourced content randomly into articles despite quite a few warnings. See this talk page conversation. Kind regards from PJvanMill) talk( 14:50, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
This looks like it might be canvassing, but it does not appear to have borne fruit. SPECIFICO talk 21:59, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi Masem. I'm wondering what you think about the file being discussed at User talk:Debitpixie#Question about an edit you made to File:Bharti Airtel Limited logo.svg. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 10:22, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
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Since your original discussion stalled in February, I recently tried experimenting with this idea which is the same concept, only using invisible inline comments instead of the template itself. I was immediately reverted, accused of instruction creep, and told that my idea was bad because it wasn't "common", a fallacious argument if I ever heard one. Although I planned on ignoring the nattering nabobs as I always do, because they are usually always wrong, I reviewed your idea and found myself liking it more than my own. How do we get started implementing this and making it happen?
One other thing I just remembered: I'm fairly certain we had this functionality in the past, either in this template or another one. Since there is little documentation and institutional memory, I might take a deep dive in the template history of this and other templates to see if I can find the original code. I remember seeing it a long time ago, and it feels like we are reinventing the wheel over and over again. Viriditas ( talk) 03:01, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
Hi Masem, i have a question, im not really sure who to ask, what is the difference between (arcade system board) and a (platform) are they the same thing? is an arcade system board a platform? — Preceding unsigned comment added by EzeeWiki ( talk • contribs) 00:36, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
yeah its kinda confusing, aha, what would be the difference between arcade system board and platform? in your opinion? EzeeWiki ( talk) 00:45, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
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Why are Wikia wikis are not appropriate? Wikipedia:External links states that wikis with a "substantial history of stability" are acceptable. The Weird Al Wiki has been around since early 2006 and has an extensive amount of pages relating to the subject matter. TheThingy Talk 18:12, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
Forgive the intrusion, but I've noticed your work on US Supreme Court cases, and I had a question for you about sources for similar articles. I'm thinking about writing an article about Uber Technologies Inc v Heller, a recent landmark case in the Supreme Court of Canada. A fair number of the in-depth secondary sources (not unsurprisingly) are law firm alerts for their clients. What do you think about the use of those sources? They strike me as not great, but not that much worse than, say, an article in mid-level law journal. Would be great to hear your thoughts, whenever you have a moment. AleatoryPonderings ( talk) 18:59, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
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Hi Masem. Since you’re active at BLPN and also experienced with images, I'm wondering what you think about the photo being used in Sarah York. It's not a flattering photo in any way (she's leaning up against a dirty car and possibly holding a beer or something) and she actually appears to not be aware that someone was taking her photo. While I understand its licensing is probably OK, it seems like it might be better to not have any photo at all than to use this one per WP:MUG. — Marchjuly ( talk) 14:19, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
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Hi there. I was looking at the Warner Bros Interactive page and I noticed it is still part of Home Entertainment. Other pages state that it is part of Warner Bros Entertainment directly while Home Entertainment is moved to WarnerMedia Commercial. Which one is true? WarnerBros.com site states it is still a division of Home Entertainment. Is that an error? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Galagahunt ( talk • contribs) 15:06, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
The warning comments about not changing the lead seem to have been ignored repeatedly. As someone who was involved in the previous consensus discussion could you please take a look at it Talk:Ghostbusters_(2016_film)#Summary_of_critical_response and possibly revert to an acceptable version. -- 14:02, 28 September 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.78.211.204 ( talk)
Riddler009 has added a "Television Appearances" section to all the pages of the Doctors mentioned in the title. I agree with you saying it's unnecessary as there are episode lists where you can easily find out what episodes a Doctor appears/makes a cameo/is referenced in. Is there a way to stop Riddler009 from adding these "Television Appearances" sections as I tried to remove one of these sections from a Doctors page but Riddler009 added it back again and I don't want to keep doing that forever.
If you're able to find a way to fully stop these sections from being added then that will save us some time and trouble.
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Hey, I saw you help newcomers when it comes to FA. I am new and would love your help on " Cups" and how it can get FA status. If you can't, I totally understand! Thank you! The Ultimate Boss ( talk) 06:49, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
Don't we need a source first if we want to add something about him? Was this just announced? - GoatLordServant ( Talk) 14:06, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
its legit - GoatLordServant ( Talk) 14:09, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
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Pardon the off-channel ping. Any luck on that composite three member image? I think the articles are good for homepage and are good to go. Ktin ( talk) 03:41, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
I'm salving my conscience for dithering on contributing to the recent MfD case until it was too late by writing to let you know that I agreed with everything you said. I think that some important principles are being compromised and double standards and subjective reasoning displayed. ← ZScarpia 15:34, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
I didn't know a thing about that case and even if I did I'm not sure I would have said anything about it. However, I'm one again impressed with your strong, principled stance on these issues. I wish more people would understand the difference between accepting something on principle vs supporting the thing itself. I wish more admins understood this. Springee ( talk) 02:50, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
I posted campaign links to campaign videos of politicians listed on YouTube. I got accused of soapboxing by other editors. I never intended to spam or troll. I thought that links to campaign videos would be admissible because links to campaign websites and campaign Twitter feeds were already accepted. Plus the posted YouTube videos were made by the candidates themselves. Even if I am wrong, I feel words could have been used which were less inflammatory against me. I am also deeply traumatized by the editor, Smuckola who has accused me of being a spammer in the past. Whatever links I have posted have always been related to the topic posted. Right or wrong, I never intended to spam. Regardless. Currently, Smuckola has mentioned that I am posting nonsense. I feel that the words used by Smuckola were in poor taste. Even if they dislike my post, they could have simply said that they my links were unacceptable for whatever reason they believed. However by trying to invalidate me and my writing, Smuckola was quite insensitive and disrespectful. I wish that editors within the wikipedia community would be more responsible with language and not accuse people of spamming in such blunt terms. If somebody posts links which are off topic , they should be told the link is off topic. Blanket terms such as soapboxing, nonsense or spamming are weaponized to both invalidate and even ban people who may have simply been mistaken in thinking a post was relevant. Please look into my complaint with DemonDays64 and Smuckola who have used hurtful and weaponized language against me. I feel that Tartan357 was also unjust to accuse me of posting inappropriate material, when the link I posted was only a campaign video of Jo Jorgensen on the list of external links for the Jo Jorgensen wikipedia page. Waferpedia ( talk) 00:43, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
I saw the header on the PB page and wanted to contribute, did not intend to infer that you said anything about the fascist label. The disingenuous and deflection response to that and similar material has been go find a source that says otherwise. The reason is because as posted Jorm knows that they are neo fascist(a word with no academic standing, see talk neo fascism /info/en/?search=Talk:Neo-fascism). Sorry for the confusion. After rereading. your was obviously the incorrect pronoun of choice. Sorry again.
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Masem, I've got a question that I've seen come up in a number of discussions and thought I would ask you how it might be best raised to a larger audience. How do we draw the line between true Op-Ed articles vs commentary articles vs articles that mix fact based reporting and commentary vs 100% facts? RS seems to only allow for "Op-Ed" or "facts" and editors seem to put the first two article types into OpEd and thus excluded from many Wiki articles while the latter two are seen as reliable for claims/statements (sometimes with attribution) and thus included when DUE. Is this a reasonable way to split sources?
I don't think many would disagree with the claim that more and more news stories are mixing commentary with factual reporting. At the same time I'm not sure that all commentary articles are "Op-Eds". As far as I've seen, true OpEds columns normally have lower standards for fact checking and certainly allow wider lattituded in terms of deciding that conclusions can be reached. Often they say something like "views are not those of the editorial board". I've always assumed those were the cases that drove the creation of the OpEd restrictions. However we also have a lot material where the reporter is commenting/analyzing the facts. We seem to be split on how to handle these and it doesn't seem that logical to me. For example lets say the Chicago Times sports section releases a story citing insider documents saying pitcher Smith is being traded to the Braves (a fact based claim). The paper then talks about the history of Smith's difficulty with the team citing other articles as examples but also including the writer's analysis that Smith is a Type A player and the Cubs are a Type B team and etc. Basically the reporter is telling the reader why the trade is happening based on his synthesis of available information and offering his opinion (this is good for the Cubs because Smith is the problem). I would view such an article as a mix of reliable facts and subjective analysis.
Now a paper in Atlanta responds to the article. They didn't do any original gathering of facts. They treat the factual claims of the Chicago paper as true. However, they argue the analysis was wrong and offer a counter analysis. Smith and the Cubs are both Type B but the pitching coach has never been able to get along with players who have certain personality types etc. The real issue is with the Cubs not Smith.
Now editors writing about Smith cite the Chicago paper's article because it's a RS. Another editor wants to cite the article out of Atlanta but they are told no because it's just an opinion article. It seems to me that both papers are offering commentary/analysis and I'm not sure why we would favor one vs the other.
TLDR/ Where/how can we have a discussion about the line between commentary/analysis in a factual article and a similar article that looks at the same facts but offers just the commentary/analysis? Why would/should we favor the analysis of the source that did the original work (or at least re-reports the same facts other sources first reported) vs the source that just focuses on the analysis end of things? My personal feeling is commentary/analysis that is subject to the same editorial process as fact based reporting (ie goes through the same news room as the news) should be treated the same way regardless of if the source was a "factual news" story or a "analysis/commentary" story. Any thoughts? Sorry for the excessive length. Springee ( talk) 16:37, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
Masem, it's about WikiAgent013. I also reverted the user's edits on Die Hard 2, like you did in Die Hard and Die Hard with a Vengeance. When I did so, this is what WikiAgent013 said to me on my talk page and he reverted the article back to it. BattleshipMan ( talk) 21:18, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
That's right! Stop vandalizing my edits and making trouble. If you don't like my contributions you can get you webpage. Stop harassing me or I will report you! - WikiAgent013
1) Trying to intimidate me to not report harassment is harassment! 2) The Special Edition content is part of the movie! 3) If special edition details are not normally included on Wiki then they should be because they are part of the film's history. Mention of any and all special features are a legitimate contribution on Wiki! Therefor, its removal is NOT in line. 4) Do not vandalize my work! It took time to research all of the extra features for this movie. If you have a problem with my contributions then contact me first. Don't just delete other people's legitimate work simply because you think that what they have to say is not relevant. I have been a fan of this franchise for more than 30 years. Who are you to suddenly come along and dictate what I can or can not contribute? I made these contributions so that new fans of the franchise can expand their experience and learn more about these movies. Do not vandalize my work! — Preceding unsigned comment added by WikiAgent013 ( talk • contribs) 21:43, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
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This is exactly why I take such long breaks from Wikipedia. There's plenty in there that isn't essential to the plot, but you reverted mine, because that edit is easier.
Take your win, Power Trip. +1 to your edit total.
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Hi Masem. Would you mind taking a look at this? I was going to boldly remove the image gallery and suggest an alternative that links to the individual articles about each province or with links to the emblems instead of displaying them, but then thought about whether these might be PD for some reason. Do you think these have to be non-free? — Marchjuly ( talk) 11:43, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
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Hello. Can you please tell me about this archived review? There's a date saying May 11, 2001. I believe it's the date the review was published, but some other users say the date is for something else. What do you think? 172.250.44.165 ( talk) 04:14, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
For your great work and useful edits Mhiz Destiny Mhiz Destiny ( talk) 14:37, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
I would drop a barnstar or something, but I don't know which one. Your recent comments on Jimbotalk have provided more clarity than a hundred threads anywhere else, do you fancy collaborating on an essay? Guy ( help! - typo?) 20:50, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
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If a video game franchise does not have a new installment for 10+ years and there hasn't been any news of one either, is it okay to refer to the franchise's latest installment as the last installment? Wubzy ( talk) 00:34, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
I'm honestly having trouble understanding your first sentence: "And those the laptop story is mostly all myth, it is of DUE to at least document the facts of the controversy around it." Is it a problem with me not understanding it, or did you mean to type "And though the laptop story is mostly all myth, it is our DUTY to at least document the facts of the controversy around it"? -- llywrch ( talk) 18:42, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
The Great Depression started in the 1929, and lasted throughout the 1930s. This is arguably common knowledge, but if you disagree on that point due to poor education, even the most minimal research would have revealed this to you. I hear there's even a resource online called Wikipedia!
Hi Masem. You might want to look at c:COM:VPC#Photograph of Ezra Pound since you seem to have been involved in a 2014 Commons discussion about this file. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 06:36, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
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I see a long discussion where people disagreed until many just gave up participating in it, too much stuff to read through. [8] Where was there any agreement to add in your bits to the notability guideline page [9] that contradict what is clearly written on the top of the page and has been for many years now? Dream Focus 23:10, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
Hi there: Please can I ask for you for help with an image zoom and crop. The article / image in question can be found here Seymour Topping. I am thinking zooming into just his face would go below the required resolution, so having a couple of other participants should be alright. Thanks. Ktin ( talk) 19:47, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
Hi Masem, I saw you'd written a Reception section for the Xbox Series X and S pages, and was just wondering if you were intending to write one also for the PlayStation 5 page, as reviews for that console were published soon after? Wikibenboy94 ( talk) 21:42, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
Hi Masem. It seems odd that the two logos in BBC Kids aren’t licensed the same way since they’re practically identical. If one is OK as {{ PD-ineligible-USonly}}, then both should be OK under such a license, shouldn’t they? That is, unless the infobox image is non-free because it’s a vector version. In that case, however, it seems like it would fail FREER per WP:NFC#Multiple restrictions, wouldn’t it? — Marchjuly ( talk) 19:52, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
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I was just curious what part of the Epic's Claims section I added to the case did not meet the guidelines of not pointing to court documents. I am keen to get this added to the page as I have researched this case heavily for my law class and feel as if the details regarding what Epic is claiming against Apple are actually missing. Thank you for your input so far. This has been a great learning experience for me. -- Hbagdy1 ( talk) 16:46, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
Ok I will look into making it so it follows the guidelines you have informed me about. Thanks again. -- Hbagdy1 ( talk) 18:08, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
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I see you reverted my edit on the PS5 page. I want to know why. There is nothing wrong with my edits.
Hi again, so not only you revert the edits again but you say i expand "too much". How can you expand "too much" on an enyclopedia article?! And unreliable sources? Please show me what sources are "unreliable" - if you mean the talk of the PS5 not being fully RDNA2 compatible, I have removed that.
You also say I added "fluff". I believe that is your opinion. I believe that I have made the article more informative than before. Nothing I have added is "fluff".
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Remember when we had that discussion about WP:NFF at Talk:Ghostbusters: Afterlife#Redirect? Well, I’d like to hear your input. You see, I created a draft about a film that’s in pre-production titled Draft:Wash Me in the River. I’ve also created a redirect of the same name that redirects to Randall Emmett, who will direct the film. Since the draft has 11 reliable sources, should I submit the draft for review or should I wait until more reliable sources are published that will officially confirm that principal photography of the film is underway? Hitcher vs. Candyman ( talk) 16:16, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
You reverted an edit stating that This person doesnt seem to be any identifyable expert. The person being Bret Devereaux who has a PhD in history - you can read his CV here.
The person clearly is educated in history and his research area is specifically weapons and armor. Is there a mechanism by which his CV or something like that could be associated with the citation - or are you arguing that him being a history researcher doesn't reach the threshold for what you consider an expert?~
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Hi Masem:
Following up from our previous interaction. I managed to get in touch with the gallery and they were very kind and have uploaded a picture of Anjum Singh here File:1605980398183_0_Anjum.jpg. Please can you have a look to see if all is good with this one? If it is good, can I bother you to help with an appropriate crop and upload onto the article? Thanks in advance. Ktin ( talk) 17:54, 21 November 2020 (UTC)
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Hey there, I've left a couple of comments on the talk page for The Core. Can you clarify there what the reason for your revert was? I have gone through the entire movie twice now, with the specific intent of watching for any reference to "DESTINI", and as far as I can see, there is none. While the acronym is catchy, I don't think there's any verification for this spelling in the source material. Despayre tête-à-tête
Sorry for reverting you on TX v PA, I clicked a bit too fast there, heh. Was just about to revert myself with a comment about it, but you beat me to it! Ah, well, apologies regardless! WhoAteMyButter ( 📬│ ✏️) 04:27, 13 December 2020 (UTC)
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Hi. I’m not going to argue that you withdraw my edition on the PlayStation 5 page. I decided that it might be worth mentioning on the page because we’re talking about the official Polish partners of Sony, not just ordinary scalpers. At the moment, I can’t show you evidence that these are official Polish partners as the PS5 (and it’s accessories) is unavailable in Poland, and neither are the store links on their official site that were available a few days ago (and the Wayback Machine didn’t have time to archive it in time as it dispersed in the blink of an eye, just minutes after its appearance). Perhaps, based on this information, you’ll consider restoring the changes I’ve made on the page. But if not I won’t argue about it. In any case, thanks for the revert and, first of all, sorry for my terrible English! Pottero ( talk) 03:06, 25 December 2020 (UTC)
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Hi Masem:
Happy Holidays and advance wishes for a wonderful new year ahead! Needed your help with some images while we are working Lorraine Monk for WP:ITNRD and WP:DYK.
Please can you have a look at this photostrip [10] and if it not too much of a bother, please can you help extract image 10 (row 2, column 2), image 15 (row 3, column 3), and image 17 (row 3, column 4). Also, it seems like higher resolution images might be available at the National Archives, do you know how one might get that image for use at Lorraine Monk?
Also, found these images in page 18 of this PDF from the Ford Museum. PDF.
Copying @ AleatoryPonderings:.
Thanks a ton in advance. Ktin ( talk) 09:00, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
Update: Also, found one additional photostrip [11] - Not too many images from here that can be used - except perhaps 5a. Ktin ( talk) 09:08, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
I'm confused about this addition. Is it true {{ multiple image}} can now respect user scaling preferences? That was said to be unsupported in 2015, 2018. Template:Multiple image says in the intro at the top (twice) that the template can't support user preferences and only hard codes image sizes.
I don't mean to start a discussion of this on your user page but I wanted to make sure this wasn't an error. If it's not then I'll request documenting how to use the new feature at Template talk:Multiple image. -- Dennis Bratland ( talk) 19:34, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi Masem. Happy New Year!
Would you mind taking a look at WP:MCQ#Non-free album covers? I think the two files in question might have been tagged for speedy deletion by mistake. The editor who tagged them might have done so in good faith, but they've only got a handful of edits to their credit and none of them seem to be related to files. The files are cover art for cover versions of Your Song and the way English Wikipedia deals with cover versions and the way Russian Wikipedia deal with cover versions might be completely different. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 08:53, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
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On 4 January 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Dawn Wells, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Step hen 19:51, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Because I don't. "Kensuke Tanabe at E3 2013.JPG" needs to have the image re-uploaded with the two other people cropped out for Paper Mario: The Origami King. I don't have access to Wikimedia Commons, and I was wondering if you could do it for me? (Tanabe is in the center). Thanks in advance. You can find the image here [12]. Le Panini [🥪] 20:01, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Masem, several admins have edited the ITN notice about the Washington riots, but you're the only single one who has edit warred. That is unbecoming, in my opinion. Bishonen | tålk 23:21, 6 January 2021 (UTC).
"A 'revert' means any edit .. that reverses the actions of other editors, in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material".My bolding. And you call your reverts, where you repeatedly removed the central part of MastCell's change, "copy edits", really? I'm sorry I even tried to talk with you. Goodbye. Bishonen | tålk 11:11, 7 January 2021 (UTC).
...I dedicate this edit to you. Drmies ( talk) 02:51, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
Kindly stop following my contributions to appear everywhere I do. Dream Focus 01:29, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
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I decided to post this here (rather than the Village pump page; too many people are apparently wanting to excuse any example I give)....a good example (I think) of what you were talking about as far as NOT#NEWS and RECENTISM and how it gets abused on politics pages: [15]. Although this has been changed since, the mentioning of the insider trading stuff is still in the LEAD. And this seems completely inappropriate for the LEAD considering the main body. (And was put there in a run off for obvious reasons. And I say this as someone who has never touched that page.)
This sort of stuff goes on all the time. Thanks again for hearing me. Rja13ww33 ( talk) 19:34, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
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