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Please note, Wikipedia:Featured_article_review/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956/archive1 Fifelfoo ( talk) 14:56, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
I've been bringing the AC, 33rd AC & the Deed up to date.
The AC had the 33rd legal time line there in point form so it was out front in the AC vs relying on people going to the 33rd AC page or having to do a lot of reading in the AC page to find out there is a major legal issue taking place in AC history...now over 18 mths worth.
I'm new at Wikipedia so I would like to understand how people can work together vs ending up in a copy & paste battle over content importance & placement.
Cheers, Vanburner —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vanburner ( talk • contribs) 18:19, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
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(outdent) I've created an article for BMW ORACLE Racing 90. If you'd can get a photo and add it, that would be super. It is just a stub article for now, so feel free to improve it.-- Paul ( talk) 00:55, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
Paul, thank you very much for your clarification of Kornreich's clarification of her earlier decision on changing rules. I knew that I had to add something about that, but had not yet decided how to word it. When I saw Cory Friedman's post this morning, I knew that that was the right wording. So I was pleased to see that you had added that before I was able to get around to it.-- Gautier lebon ( talk) 11:28, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
Paul, thank you for having spotted and corrected my mistakes re the hydroplanes that will be used by Alinghi. I had indeed misread both press releases (I skimmed them too quickly) and had also misread the Notice of Race. I thought that real-time weather telemetry was allowed, but it is not. Consistent with RSS 41, the wind info from the hydroplanes can be transmitted only prior to the start. So the item is not particularly interesting and should not be included at this stage. Thanks again.-- Gautier lebon ( talk) 11:51, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
Hello. Glad to see somebody else besides me, Tholzel, and some IPs clearly corresponding to one person are involved recently at George Mallory. I don't know if you've noticed, but the talk page has turned to mush, due to near-constant edits by the IP, which started with some speculation by IP regarding cameras, and has become incomprehensible as a result (check the history). I'm about to leave the page for fear that I'm going to be misunderstood there, as I believe has already occurred (Tholzel somehow now thinks I'm arguing with him, too). How do you get an IP to sign his own posts, leave them alone, and leave the posts of others alone? If you have time and are still bored, some help would be appreciated. Steveozone ( talk) 03:35, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
I would appreciate your comments on Talk:Sailing_faster_than_the_wind#Prillen.27s_edit_of_23_February_2010.-- Gautier lebon ( talk) 15:38, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
Hey Paul, re your edits on the 2007 AC page, would you mind going back and doing similar ones to the previous Cups - I dont mind which way they are listed as long as they are consistent! Mattlore ( talk) 01:39, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
You can link to a section in an article like this: Weatherly. However, there is enough info on both Weatherly and Gretel at the AC-Cyclopaedia site linked in the External Links section of the 1962 article to make dedicated articles for both of the boats.-- Paul ( talk) 13:44, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi Paul, A big well done for your America's Cup related work which has made a big difference in accurately capturing all the info and making the articles very readable and undestandable.
Also I want to review the use of meter versus metre in the 12 meter/metre related articles. We are into an area of differences in national spelling of words ie US english versus british english. The ISAF call the class the 12-metre class. Similarly for 5.5 metre, 6 metre etc The class association refer to their class as a 12-metre similarly for the other metre boats. So I would like to make a proposal that we move to accuracy and consistency in all 'metre boat' related articles to evolve articles to 'metre', probably with a note in the article talk page to explain.
A good analogy in wiki relates to naval ranks where in Germany a Captain is a Kapitan hence articles refering to a german captain are consitantly Kapitan XXXXXX and articles refering to a US captain are Captain XXXXXX even if written by a german in germany for the english wiki. Hence the rank of the person in the article does not revert to the nationality of the author or editor of the article. (sorry to ramble on so much but I am sure you get my point).
Are you OK with the above?? Boatman ( talk) 12:32, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
As is clear from the banner and the talkpage, this article is under construction. Decisions about images are still being taken, and it is likely that some, e.g. Toscanini (who succeeded Mahler in New York) and Hugo Wolf (his Conservatory buddy), won't make the cut. Decisions on this and other matters are best made when the draft is complete and in reviewable form. I see you have pre-empted consideration by deleting Toscanini, justifying this in your edit summary. Edit summaries should not be used in this way - you should use the talk page to make your point, which is a fair one, rather than making pre-emptive decisions. Thank you. Brianboulton ( talk) 08:08, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
Re this:
Hi. I hope you don't mind me asking, but what happened here? Thanks. — The Earwig (talk) 21:10, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
Paul: since I greatly respect your wisdom and experience as a Wikipedia editor, I wonder whether you would be willing to comment on the dispute at Talk:Robin_Hood_(2010_film)#Historical_inaccuracies.-- Gautier lebon ( talk) 06:01, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
Paul, another skeptic has seriously modified the article on sailing faster than the wind. This is one more person who asserts, without evidence, that downwind VMG cannot exceed wind speed. Instead of just posting doubts to the discussion page, he has significantly modified the article. I reverted the edits, which were not supported by any citations. But he has now reverted them back. Isn't this an editing war that should be avoided? Can you please suggest how to proceed? Pleasee see talk:sailing_faster_than_the_wind#reversions. Thanks.-- Gautier lebon ( talk) 12:03, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
I have proposed Mahler for Today's Featured Article for 7 July, his 150th birthday. Any support for this would be very welcome. Brianboulton ( talk) 22:55, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
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Based upon your edit summary, it appears that you inadvertently reverted my edit which restored "human rights activist" (taken out earlier this morning by another user). Drrll ( talk) 13:36, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
Are you really, seriously, going to insist the source tags remain on the outcomes and secret ingredients for each battle, when you know perfectly well that the broadcast of the time sourced them, and that Wikipedia considers that reliable? It's utterly and completely different than mass adding scores, some as much as four years old, long after broadcast. Those scores need sources. The rest doesn't, and use of those tags for retaliatory purposes rises to the level of vandalism. Drmargi ( talk) 15:44, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
Replied on my talk. EyeSerene talk 19:45, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
Let's revisit the cited ranking. I was tired and misunderstood the FBI Advice Against Ranking - they were talking about ranking law enforcement agency performance, not per capita city rankings. So the last sentence and cite aren't OR.-- Lexein ( talk) 19:12, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
Paul, I've already added sources indicating that there were already Chinese people in the area by the 1840s. Ah Toy had worked the streets as a prostitute during the 1840s, and by 1850 owned and operated 2 brothels of her own. The area was most likely laid out prior to that time. 2 of the sources I've included are both excellent books, incl. one about life in Chinatown betw. 1840-1950. Regards, MM —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.115.155.107 ( talk) 18:45, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
Hello, Paul.h. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Wikiquette alerts regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. MilborneOne ( talk) 22:47, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
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Hey Paul, do you mind making this point also on the editor's talk page? They are making way too many such changes. Thanks, Drmies ( talk) 04:35, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
There have been some minute changes to Option #1. Please view at Talk:Sarah Palin. Thank you Buster Seven Talk 12:39, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi! My name is Annie Lin - I'm the Campus Team Coordinator at the Wikimedia Foundation. I'm contacting you because you're listed as a resident of San Francisco, and we're currently looking for a friendly Wikipedian to teach students in a University of San Francisco class how to use/edit Wikipedia. This is a role titled the "Wikipedia Campus Ambassador," and you'll basically be doing in-class presentations about Wikipedia, running Wikipedia labs/workshops, and in general providing face-to-face Wikipedia help for the professor and the students in the class. The time commitment is about 3-5 hours a week (with variations throughout the semester), and for this particular University of San Francisco class, most of the workload will be between March and May.
Please let me know if you're interested!
Thanks. Annie Lin (Campus Team Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation) ( talk) 19:47, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
Sorry, I misunderstood. I made the mistake of basing my reversion on your edit summary rather than your edit. Owen ( talk) 19:52, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
You removed the "Sister Cities" section at "San Francisco". I am new to wiki-editing. Could you please tell me why that section was removed? Vikram8 ( talk) 02:33, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
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I did not read that in any of the media regarding the notice, do you have a ref? talk→ WPPilot 17:29, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
It's in the protocol, and mentioned in this article... "The transition to a new Challenger of Record is expected to be a carefully managed process as prescribed by the Protocol. 'We have given 90 day's notice of our intention to withdraw as we are required to do under the Protocol,' says Murray. Given that there is either a backup Challenge believed to be from a Canadian club or either Kungliga Svenska Segel Sällskapet (Artemis Racing - SWE) or Yacht Club Italiano (Luna Rossa - ITA), the new Challenger of Record will be named by the Defender, Golden Gate Yacht Club. " http://www.sail-world.com/USA/Americas-Cup:-Iain-Murray-explains-reasons-for-Australian-withdrawal/124684 -- Paul ( talk) 17:48, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
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Please note, Wikipedia:Featured_article_review/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956/archive1 Fifelfoo ( talk) 14:56, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
I've been bringing the AC, 33rd AC & the Deed up to date.
The AC had the 33rd legal time line there in point form so it was out front in the AC vs relying on people going to the 33rd AC page or having to do a lot of reading in the AC page to find out there is a major legal issue taking place in AC history...now over 18 mths worth.
I'm new at Wikipedia so I would like to understand how people can work together vs ending up in a copy & paste battle over content importance & placement.
Cheers, Vanburner —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vanburner ( talk • contribs) 18:19, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
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(outdent) I've created an article for BMW ORACLE Racing 90. If you'd can get a photo and add it, that would be super. It is just a stub article for now, so feel free to improve it.-- Paul ( talk) 00:55, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
Paul, thank you very much for your clarification of Kornreich's clarification of her earlier decision on changing rules. I knew that I had to add something about that, but had not yet decided how to word it. When I saw Cory Friedman's post this morning, I knew that that was the right wording. So I was pleased to see that you had added that before I was able to get around to it.-- Gautier lebon ( talk) 11:28, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
Paul, thank you for having spotted and corrected my mistakes re the hydroplanes that will be used by Alinghi. I had indeed misread both press releases (I skimmed them too quickly) and had also misread the Notice of Race. I thought that real-time weather telemetry was allowed, but it is not. Consistent with RSS 41, the wind info from the hydroplanes can be transmitted only prior to the start. So the item is not particularly interesting and should not be included at this stage. Thanks again.-- Gautier lebon ( talk) 11:51, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
Hello. Glad to see somebody else besides me, Tholzel, and some IPs clearly corresponding to one person are involved recently at George Mallory. I don't know if you've noticed, but the talk page has turned to mush, due to near-constant edits by the IP, which started with some speculation by IP regarding cameras, and has become incomprehensible as a result (check the history). I'm about to leave the page for fear that I'm going to be misunderstood there, as I believe has already occurred (Tholzel somehow now thinks I'm arguing with him, too). How do you get an IP to sign his own posts, leave them alone, and leave the posts of others alone? If you have time and are still bored, some help would be appreciated. Steveozone ( talk) 03:35, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
I would appreciate your comments on Talk:Sailing_faster_than_the_wind#Prillen.27s_edit_of_23_February_2010.-- Gautier lebon ( talk) 15:38, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
Hey Paul, re your edits on the 2007 AC page, would you mind going back and doing similar ones to the previous Cups - I dont mind which way they are listed as long as they are consistent! Mattlore ( talk) 01:39, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
You can link to a section in an article like this: Weatherly. However, there is enough info on both Weatherly and Gretel at the AC-Cyclopaedia site linked in the External Links section of the 1962 article to make dedicated articles for both of the boats.-- Paul ( talk) 13:44, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi Paul, A big well done for your America's Cup related work which has made a big difference in accurately capturing all the info and making the articles very readable and undestandable.
Also I want to review the use of meter versus metre in the 12 meter/metre related articles. We are into an area of differences in national spelling of words ie US english versus british english. The ISAF call the class the 12-metre class. Similarly for 5.5 metre, 6 metre etc The class association refer to their class as a 12-metre similarly for the other metre boats. So I would like to make a proposal that we move to accuracy and consistency in all 'metre boat' related articles to evolve articles to 'metre', probably with a note in the article talk page to explain.
A good analogy in wiki relates to naval ranks where in Germany a Captain is a Kapitan hence articles refering to a german captain are consitantly Kapitan XXXXXX and articles refering to a US captain are Captain XXXXXX even if written by a german in germany for the english wiki. Hence the rank of the person in the article does not revert to the nationality of the author or editor of the article. (sorry to ramble on so much but I am sure you get my point).
Are you OK with the above?? Boatman ( talk) 12:32, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
As is clear from the banner and the talkpage, this article is under construction. Decisions about images are still being taken, and it is likely that some, e.g. Toscanini (who succeeded Mahler in New York) and Hugo Wolf (his Conservatory buddy), won't make the cut. Decisions on this and other matters are best made when the draft is complete and in reviewable form. I see you have pre-empted consideration by deleting Toscanini, justifying this in your edit summary. Edit summaries should not be used in this way - you should use the talk page to make your point, which is a fair one, rather than making pre-emptive decisions. Thank you. Brianboulton ( talk) 08:08, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
Re this:
Hi. I hope you don't mind me asking, but what happened here? Thanks. — The Earwig (talk) 21:10, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
Paul: since I greatly respect your wisdom and experience as a Wikipedia editor, I wonder whether you would be willing to comment on the dispute at Talk:Robin_Hood_(2010_film)#Historical_inaccuracies.-- Gautier lebon ( talk) 06:01, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
Paul, another skeptic has seriously modified the article on sailing faster than the wind. This is one more person who asserts, without evidence, that downwind VMG cannot exceed wind speed. Instead of just posting doubts to the discussion page, he has significantly modified the article. I reverted the edits, which were not supported by any citations. But he has now reverted them back. Isn't this an editing war that should be avoided? Can you please suggest how to proceed? Pleasee see talk:sailing_faster_than_the_wind#reversions. Thanks.-- Gautier lebon ( talk) 12:03, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
I have proposed Mahler for Today's Featured Article for 7 July, his 150th birthday. Any support for this would be very welcome. Brianboulton ( talk) 22:55, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
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Based upon your edit summary, it appears that you inadvertently reverted my edit which restored "human rights activist" (taken out earlier this morning by another user). Drrll ( talk) 13:36, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
Are you really, seriously, going to insist the source tags remain on the outcomes and secret ingredients for each battle, when you know perfectly well that the broadcast of the time sourced them, and that Wikipedia considers that reliable? It's utterly and completely different than mass adding scores, some as much as four years old, long after broadcast. Those scores need sources. The rest doesn't, and use of those tags for retaliatory purposes rises to the level of vandalism. Drmargi ( talk) 15:44, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
Replied on my talk. EyeSerene talk 19:45, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
Let's revisit the cited ranking. I was tired and misunderstood the FBI Advice Against Ranking - they were talking about ranking law enforcement agency performance, not per capita city rankings. So the last sentence and cite aren't OR.-- Lexein ( talk) 19:12, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
Paul, I've already added sources indicating that there were already Chinese people in the area by the 1840s. Ah Toy had worked the streets as a prostitute during the 1840s, and by 1850 owned and operated 2 brothels of her own. The area was most likely laid out prior to that time. 2 of the sources I've included are both excellent books, incl. one about life in Chinatown betw. 1840-1950. Regards, MM —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.115.155.107 ( talk) 18:45, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
Hello, Paul.h. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Wikiquette alerts regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. MilborneOne ( talk) 22:47, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for uploading File:Pier 26 San Francisco Embarcadro October 2010.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the file. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.
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Hey Paul, do you mind making this point also on the editor's talk page? They are making way too many such changes. Thanks, Drmies ( talk) 04:35, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
There have been some minute changes to Option #1. Please view at Talk:Sarah Palin. Thank you Buster Seven Talk 12:39, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi! My name is Annie Lin - I'm the Campus Team Coordinator at the Wikimedia Foundation. I'm contacting you because you're listed as a resident of San Francisco, and we're currently looking for a friendly Wikipedian to teach students in a University of San Francisco class how to use/edit Wikipedia. This is a role titled the "Wikipedia Campus Ambassador," and you'll basically be doing in-class presentations about Wikipedia, running Wikipedia labs/workshops, and in general providing face-to-face Wikipedia help for the professor and the students in the class. The time commitment is about 3-5 hours a week (with variations throughout the semester), and for this particular University of San Francisco class, most of the workload will be between March and May.
Please let me know if you're interested!
Thanks. Annie Lin (Campus Team Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation) ( talk) 19:47, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
Sorry, I misunderstood. I made the mistake of basing my reversion on your edit summary rather than your edit. Owen ( talk) 19:52, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
You removed the "Sister Cities" section at "San Francisco". I am new to wiki-editing. Could you please tell me why that section was removed? Vikram8 ( talk) 02:33, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
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I did not read that in any of the media regarding the notice, do you have a ref? talk→ WPPilot 17:29, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
It's in the protocol, and mentioned in this article... "The transition to a new Challenger of Record is expected to be a carefully managed process as prescribed by the Protocol. 'We have given 90 day's notice of our intention to withdraw as we are required to do under the Protocol,' says Murray. Given that there is either a backup Challenge believed to be from a Canadian club or either Kungliga Svenska Segel Sällskapet (Artemis Racing - SWE) or Yacht Club Italiano (Luna Rossa - ITA), the new Challenger of Record will be named by the Defender, Golden Gate Yacht Club. " http://www.sail-world.com/USA/Americas-Cup:-Iain-Murray-explains-reasons-for-Australian-withdrawal/124684 -- Paul ( talk) 17:48, 21 July 2014 (UTC)