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I edited innotechive as a site/blog name but you reverted it . Innotechive is not a name of shop .
ANd what about safety rate in this town , I had visited there once..— Preceding unsigned comment added by Thevigilante053 ( talk • contribs)
Phil, you deleted Kathi Darbar(Kshatriya) by renaming it without leaving a redirect. Unfortunately, you broke multiple links and redirects to this page in the process. The article had been at that mis-spaced title since 2010. Because the title is so old, it does not qualify for speedy deletion (which is exactly what you did), but instead needs discussion at WP:Redirects for discussion before being deleted. I've restored the redirect, but in the future, do not move without redirects unless the old name qualifies for speedy deletion. Also, do not move without a redirect without fixing incoming links. Thank you, Oiyarbepsy ( talk) 17:28, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
Does this need any copyedit? Jim Carter 07:13, 19 December 2014 (UTC)
Hello Philg88,
You helped me before on Teahouse with a question about the Janice Lourie Wikipedia page, so I am returning with a follow on question. The page has been tagged with an orphan tag, however it is only a week old. It doesn't make sense to me that it should have internal links. The page has many external references to insure its notability.
Janice Lourie is pending AFC submission. (Just added the pending status in case that is relevant to me request)
Would it be appropriate for me to select undo and remove the tag? Jan Janvermont ( talk) 13:43, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
Jan for the addition Janvermont ( talk) 14:57, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
I want to learn to do what you did in adding the link to my Janice Lourie pending page. Who, I.e., what page originates the creation of the link. What is behind the motivation. Can you outline the creation process for me enough for me to do one or more myself. Where is the link. In your case is it in the Longy school article or in Janice Lourie. Appreciatively,Jan Janvermont ( talk) 16:48, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
I went to the Longy article and found you added my name to the alumni and student list. Now I have a specific link which I would like to have, but not sure if it can be done. Herman Goldstine who ha a Wikipedia page, commented in his book on page 20, the computer from Pascal to Von Neumann, about the significance of one of my patents. The book is listed in his publication section. Is there a way to use this as a link?
Jan Janvermont ( talk) 16:57, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
Many thanks for helping out,
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Hi, Phil! About that article Sunil Kumar Verma that you nominated for DYK: I want to let you know that I am changing a word in the article, and also in the DYK hook (which is currently in the prep area). I changed it to say "assignment to a known species source," rather than "assignation". The most common meaning of "assignation" is a meeting - particularly a secret meeting, like a lovers' rendezvous. [1] I hope you don't mind this change. I notified the author also. -- MelanieN ( talk) 22:19, 21 December 2014 (UTC)
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It's a little while now since you left me a talk page message about ScotlandsPeople. I've not had a mail about an account, and if one was sent, it would need to be sent again. Charles Matthews ( talk) 16:15, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
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Harrias talk 00:01, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
Dear Philg88, I see that DYK for Verma is reviewed very positively by another editor/admin. Congratulations on this! Also @ Ivanvector has given me article rescue barnstar for this work on my talk page. It is a good feeling!
However, I just noticed that one user named Inder neal has added the deletion tag on this article by giving a reason which was thoroughly discussed, reviewed and administered during the rescue process. He seems to be playing with the article Sunil Kumar Verma again and again and he seems to be biased and personal. Please see and take action as appropriate. I shall be thankful for the same.
Hope the matter with inder neal is resolved soon. Thanks in advance. Educationtemple ( talk) 10:00, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
Cheers Dear Philg88 and Jim Carter. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2015!! Educationtemple ( talk) 11:34, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi Phil, something weird has happened with my account on Scotland's People. I'm fairly certain after receiving your e-mail and following the instructions, I logged on and the credits had been applied to my account, but they've vanished and it's insisting that I buy more credits. Are you able to assist with this ? Thanks, Nick ( talk) 18:46, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
Can you see this article? I have just removed some parts of it, as they were likely unsourced and offered some negative synthesis. Huáng Cháo Qǐyì means Huáng Cháo Revolution or Huáng Cháo Uprising? Both can be two different words at times. Also if you can help making this article better, it has been tagged for more than 3 years. Bladesmulti ( talk) 07:32, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
Why was my edit in this page reverted? At least you should have mentioned the reason in your edit summary. The source I added is a blog source but the article is well researched and hence can be considered an exception as per WP:ELNO. The page is that of a well known school whose whose name featured in news media for publishing scholarly articles through their web page. Malayala Sahityam ( talk) 11:51, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
This was a correct revert since history of Kerala has nothing to do with this proposed blog. 124.123.146.102 ( talk) 13:21, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
Well, the article is a writeup on history of Kerala. So I don't understand why it should be irrelevant. Anyway I'm not concerned much about this. You can consider this discussion closed. Thanks Malayala Sahityam ( talk) 16:07, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
Hello Philg88,
MelanieN mentioned your language skills. I am hoping that editors who read Chinese might comment, on either side of the question, at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2010 Hebei tractor rampage. A search for possible Chinese language sources would be useful. Thank you. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 05:00, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
Hey Phil. Just wanted to alert you that our planned mentorship space, the Co-op is starting up soon. If you are interested in mentoring, please sign up here and feel free to peruse, make suggestions, or ask questions about how the Co-op will work. I'd be happy to hear any ideas or thoughts you might have. Thanks a bunch (and Happy New Year!), I, JethroBT drop me a line 05:42, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
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Hello master, can you please polish this article. Thank you, Jim Carter 13:42, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
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Hi Philg88.
I saw you just closed the discussion at WP:ANI. Let me ask you something. Suppose a person self-puclishes a conspiracy book that, among other things, claims that an Italian Renaissance text says "X". Now suppose the actual text is available online and says "not X" (in Italian). Also an old translation into english is available online and says "not X".
Do you believe it is "original research" to change the wikipedia Article from "Italian guy said X is true" to "Italian guy said X is not true"?
If you believe it is not, please visit Talk:Pope_Leo_X and restore sanity. Thanks in advanced. El Huinca ( talk) 10:06, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi, Philg88. A few days ago I started a straw poll at Talk:Satyananda Saraswati on the material that was the subject of controversy because I was fairly sure there was a consensus and wanted to confirm it (I know all the caveats about polling and wrote a preamble detailing them). Could you suggest how long the poll should remain open? I was thinking seven days. Does that seem reasonable? If so, would you consider closing the poll at your convenience anytime after 17:00 EST on January 2? -- Rrburke ( talk) 18:15, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
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Moved to User:Philg88/Barnstars. Philg88 ♦ talk 07:00, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
There is something really strange going on with the OneClickArchiver now. I noticed it some days ago, and it's only getting worse. Your archiving this morning caused two notifications to me to your archive, and that page (34) does not have any headings on my browser. Check it out. Same thing happened to me yesterday when I was trying to archive on Educationtemple's talk page. Once I added {{clear}} between the sections, it looked normal again. Don't know what's going on, but I've sort of had it with that archiver. Best, w.carter -Talk 09:16, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
Added a pic of the thing in case all the other editors in all those sections also got pings and are wondering what is going on. Also ping @ Technical 13: who is the keeper of the OCA to let him know. w.carter -Talk 09:54, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
Please move Summerslam 2015 to SummerSlam (2015). At first you must link SummerSlam (2015) from other pages. Sorry for interrupting once again! Do I have to ask you to move pages like this for every wrestling events? Ikhtiar H ( talk) 11:59, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi Philg88. I've seen some of your edits and noted that you are a co-ordinator of the copy editor's guild, so I thought you'd be an appropriate person to ask this question. I'm currently involved in a minor dispute with another editor regarding when italics should/should not be used. I currently have an article nominated for GA ( Jill Valentine), and while overhauling the article I placed the names of all websites and TV networks (such as IGN and Spike) in italics. The other editor states that sources like websites and TV sites should not be placed in italics. They cite Wikipedia:Tutorial/Formatting, which I note makes no mention of other forms of media such as websites or print magazines, rather only stating "Italics may be used for the names of books, movies, albums, and computer or video game titles." However, I note this guideline doesn't say when italics should not be used. Is there a set standard of whether websites, TV networks, print magazines or newspapers should be placed in italics? If so I will edit that guideline to say so, so as to avoid any confusion for other editors. Thanks for your time. Freikorp ( talk) 13:41, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi,
Any chance of a steer on Wikipedia_talk:Requested_moves#Chequered_skipper? William Avery ( talk) 23:42, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
Hey Philg88. First off, thanks for your administrative assistance at WP:RMTR. I just wanted to let you know that when you move a page, the talk page should be moved with it as well. I'm not sure if you are aware that the destination's talk page is not deleted prior to your moves of the page, but if I understand how the administrative tools work, the talk page at the destination should be deleted per speedy deletion criterion G8 (in addition to the requested title) before moving the page. Steel1943 ( talk) 06:33, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
Since it is a part of the Trade, I have fixed up this article a bit. Would you mind taking a look at it with some ce? I don't think any of us major dabblers on that article are native Eng. ;) w.carter -Talk 16:31, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
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Thanks for taking care of that. I put full pp on for 48 hours on Friday and didn't hand out any blocks because I hoped (stupidly) that they might actually discuss in the meantime. But no, wait for the protection to end and back to square 1. I suspect it will continue and more blocks ensue. Nthep ( talk) 08:54, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
You are right, I was also hoping that an of the people that kept in deleting the content added was going to come forward to have a real discussion but it didn't really work. Sorry that I requested a third party opinion. It seemed to be like the best next step. I will follow your advise using one of the other approaches. What do you recommend we should do next. Basically followers of the person in question are trying to avoid some of the content revealed in a public hearing to be added to the bio. Any suggestions are welcomed. Totocol ( talk) 09:29, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
article. Bladesmulti In the talk page you say you are removing my additions because your oppinion is that they are a random allegation. Proper references were provided. Can you explain why official proceedings from a royal commission are random allegations in your oppinion? Can you also explain why the fact that I haven't signed it for a while is important in any way? Totocol ( talk) 09:35, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for intervening again. I hope the result is that the editors that are trying to delete new information with valid references are not able to continue deleting the new information added. Totocol ( talk) 18:52, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for your message. Can you explain how trying to ensure that factual information with proper references is kept is disruptive? Is it the fact that a number of followers of the person in mention are trying to avoid others from being able to access official records that can lead to criminal proceedings? I fail to see my wrongdoing. Can an alternative method be used to check that information is factual and is properly referenced? Totocol ( talk) 09:11, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
Thanks For the response Phil. I strongly disagree as it is very clearly mentioned that these are currently at allegations stage. I and sure other editors will appear at different points to add that information back. I will abstain from updating until January 15 when the first report will be published. Thanks again for responding so quickly Totocol ( talk) 12:45, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
@
Rrburke: I don't intend to become
involved and of course I'll keep an eye on what's happening with the article intervening where appropriate. Hopefully we'll see a lot less disruption over the next week as people become too drunk and overfed to edit. Best,
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I was not aware that you are having a discussion on the Satyananda article here. I would like to protest for not being invited and included in those discussions. It seems almost as if user Totocol is trying to influence the judgment of administrators. That's not acceptable. Enigmafay ( talk) 15:51, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
I have been participating very actively in the discussion page of the Satyananda article. How is it possible that you have not been aware of me? To me it look as if user Totocol is trying here to gain your favor by writing on your personal page. When the real discussions, are taking place on the talk page of the article. Enigmafay ( talk) 18:32, 25 December 2014 (UTC) |
I request that you reopen the poll and give people the proper time to vote. Enigmafay ( talk) 02:48, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
We do not agree that the allegations should be included and this is a constructed consensus that does not represent reality. Enigmafay ( talk) 22:46, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
Firstly, I would like to inform you that I have edited the allegations paragraph in a way that would satisfy both parties. However, those additions were deleted. That is why resorted to deleting the whole paragraph again. Please check the history of the article to see my changes.
Secondly, I was threatened by 2 administrators and 2 users that they will ban me, if I continue to edit the Satyananda Article, because I was disruptive. I don't see how my edits were disruptive and those of the other parties were not.
Thirdly, it is my right as any other wikipedia user to say my opinion and to edit the articles accordingly. You should know better than me, that a Straw Poll is not a substitute for consensus and that Wikipedia is not a democracy.
Fourthly, I do not know how to use wikipedia well and instead for the administrators here to help me learn, they are trying to scare me and to threaten me out. I will not tolerate any more threats from anyone. It is your duty to solve this dispute in a fair way, and not to take sides.
Fifth: The way the allegations paragraph now stands is misleading and implying that Swami Satyananda was a child molester. It is omitting very serious information thus compromising the NEUTRAL POINT OF VIEW. Swami Satyananda was NEVER convicted and never brought to a court of justice. You cannot simply imply that he was. In order for the readers not to be misled, we have to include that "Prior to these investigations the allegations had not been proven and Swami Satyananda Saraswati was never convicted during his life." ALSO, we must remove this
"The Commission heard evidence from former child residents that Shishy, a former senior member of the ashram, allegedly subjected them to fierce beatings, and summoned teenage girls for sex with Akhandananda"
which is provocative and outrageous. This violates the policy of Neutral Point of View, invokes a disgusting emotional response and giving false impressions to the readers.
Sixth: I consider the Straw Poll to have had a very bad influence on this discussion. It just allowed everyone to rage and rant.
Seventh: Administrator Philg88 threatened to ban me, if I continue to edit the article since I am a minority. I would like to inform him that I am not a minority. In fact I am talking on behalf of more than 200 people who are backing my position up on the article. It is just unfortunate that these people cannot use wikipedia as it is so difficult to use. But we are signing a petition that will go directly to the head of wikipedia, hoping that someone will take us seriously.
Already 228 people have signed and more are signing every day.
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/petition_54aac7cc8309f/
Eighth: Instead of people concentrating on finding out and reporting in which ways Swami Satyananda contributed to the his society since 1964 to the day of his death, through the University institutions he established, the scientific research in collaboration with prestigious medical and educational facilities, the recognition from the Indian government, the charities and the development of the region of Bihar, it looks like the sole interest of the editors here is how to show that he was guilty of crimes he never committed. That to me is another sign of a hidden agenda behind this whole dispute.
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You think if this page move [7] was correct? To me it is, and these asana pages were moved by a particular user without making any discussion. What if the actual word, though having less amount of results include diacritic and the non-diacritic word has more results? What should be our choice for a page move. As these page moves took place during 2013, I would probably like to revert every move with the summary undiscussed page move, just like I have done at least 5 by now. Bladesmulti ( talk) 05:13, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
I can see an argument for some of this edit to Wusong, since it is MOS-standard to place a limited number of foreign-language names directly into the lead sentence instead of using a footnote. All the same, if you're active in Chinese articles, you should be aware that {{ zh}} is a terrible template that should pretty much never be introduced into new articles. It's short, that's made it common, and being common makes people overlook its mistakes. It doesn't just format simplified and traditional Chinese as (needlessly long and badly capitalized) separate languages: it ridiculously formats pinyin as a separate language as well. The scriptor's been made aware of these mistakes but refuses to see how unhelpful it is, in part because he doesn't mind formatting pinyin at the same grammatical level as Tibetan and French and in part because he doesn't realize how commonly other languages appear with Chinese.
If you're reformatting text that has already corrected {{ zh}}'s faults, kindly don't reintroduce them. Instead, {{ Chinese}} is a better solution all around, moving the text to a better-looking infobox that provides cleaner text and easier formatting and expansion. — LlywelynII 13:05, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
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I edited innotechive as a site/blog name but you reverted it . Innotechive is not a name of shop .
ANd what about safety rate in this town , I had visited there once..— Preceding unsigned comment added by Thevigilante053 ( talk • contribs)
Phil, you deleted Kathi Darbar(Kshatriya) by renaming it without leaving a redirect. Unfortunately, you broke multiple links and redirects to this page in the process. The article had been at that mis-spaced title since 2010. Because the title is so old, it does not qualify for speedy deletion (which is exactly what you did), but instead needs discussion at WP:Redirects for discussion before being deleted. I've restored the redirect, but in the future, do not move without redirects unless the old name qualifies for speedy deletion. Also, do not move without a redirect without fixing incoming links. Thank you, Oiyarbepsy ( talk) 17:28, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
Does this need any copyedit? Jim Carter 07:13, 19 December 2014 (UTC)
Hello Philg88,
You helped me before on Teahouse with a question about the Janice Lourie Wikipedia page, so I am returning with a follow on question. The page has been tagged with an orphan tag, however it is only a week old. It doesn't make sense to me that it should have internal links. The page has many external references to insure its notability.
Janice Lourie is pending AFC submission. (Just added the pending status in case that is relevant to me request)
Would it be appropriate for me to select undo and remove the tag? Jan Janvermont ( talk) 13:43, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
Jan for the addition Janvermont ( talk) 14:57, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
I want to learn to do what you did in adding the link to my Janice Lourie pending page. Who, I.e., what page originates the creation of the link. What is behind the motivation. Can you outline the creation process for me enough for me to do one or more myself. Where is the link. In your case is it in the Longy school article or in Janice Lourie. Appreciatively,Jan Janvermont ( talk) 16:48, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
I went to the Longy article and found you added my name to the alumni and student list. Now I have a specific link which I would like to have, but not sure if it can be done. Herman Goldstine who ha a Wikipedia page, commented in his book on page 20, the computer from Pascal to Von Neumann, about the significance of one of my patents. The book is listed in his publication section. Is there a way to use this as a link?
Jan Janvermont ( talk) 16:57, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
Many thanks for helping out,
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Hi, Phil! About that article Sunil Kumar Verma that you nominated for DYK: I want to let you know that I am changing a word in the article, and also in the DYK hook (which is currently in the prep area). I changed it to say "assignment to a known species source," rather than "assignation". The most common meaning of "assignation" is a meeting - particularly a secret meeting, like a lovers' rendezvous. [1] I hope you don't mind this change. I notified the author also. -- MelanieN ( talk) 22:19, 21 December 2014 (UTC)
I wish you all happiness, a peaceful Holiday and a prosperous New Year. All the best, w.carter -Talk 09:59, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
It's a little while now since you left me a talk page message about ScotlandsPeople. I've not had a mail about an account, and if one was sent, it would need to be sent again. Charles Matthews ( talk) 16:15, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
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Harrias talk 00:01, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
Dear Philg88, I see that DYK for Verma is reviewed very positively by another editor/admin. Congratulations on this! Also @ Ivanvector has given me article rescue barnstar for this work on my talk page. It is a good feeling!
However, I just noticed that one user named Inder neal has added the deletion tag on this article by giving a reason which was thoroughly discussed, reviewed and administered during the rescue process. He seems to be playing with the article Sunil Kumar Verma again and again and he seems to be biased and personal. Please see and take action as appropriate. I shall be thankful for the same.
Hope the matter with inder neal is resolved soon. Thanks in advance. Educationtemple ( talk) 10:00, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
Cheers Dear Philg88 and Jim Carter. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2015!! Educationtemple ( talk) 11:34, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi Phil, something weird has happened with my account on Scotland's People. I'm fairly certain after receiving your e-mail and following the instructions, I logged on and the credits had been applied to my account, but they've vanished and it's insisting that I buy more credits. Are you able to assist with this ? Thanks, Nick ( talk) 18:46, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
Can you see this article? I have just removed some parts of it, as they were likely unsourced and offered some negative synthesis. Huáng Cháo Qǐyì means Huáng Cháo Revolution or Huáng Cháo Uprising? Both can be two different words at times. Also if you can help making this article better, it has been tagged for more than 3 years. Bladesmulti ( talk) 07:32, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
Why was my edit in this page reverted? At least you should have mentioned the reason in your edit summary. The source I added is a blog source but the article is well researched and hence can be considered an exception as per WP:ELNO. The page is that of a well known school whose whose name featured in news media for publishing scholarly articles through their web page. Malayala Sahityam ( talk) 11:51, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
This was a correct revert since history of Kerala has nothing to do with this proposed blog. 124.123.146.102 ( talk) 13:21, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
Well, the article is a writeup on history of Kerala. So I don't understand why it should be irrelevant. Anyway I'm not concerned much about this. You can consider this discussion closed. Thanks Malayala Sahityam ( talk) 16:07, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
Hello Philg88,
MelanieN mentioned your language skills. I am hoping that editors who read Chinese might comment, on either side of the question, at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2010 Hebei tractor rampage. A search for possible Chinese language sources would be useful. Thank you. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 05:00, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
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Hello master, can you please polish this article. Thank you, Jim Carter 13:42, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
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Hi Philg88.
I saw you just closed the discussion at WP:ANI. Let me ask you something. Suppose a person self-puclishes a conspiracy book that, among other things, claims that an Italian Renaissance text says "X". Now suppose the actual text is available online and says "not X" (in Italian). Also an old translation into english is available online and says "not X".
Do you believe it is "original research" to change the wikipedia Article from "Italian guy said X is true" to "Italian guy said X is not true"?
If you believe it is not, please visit Talk:Pope_Leo_X and restore sanity. Thanks in advanced. El Huinca ( talk) 10:06, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi, Philg88. A few days ago I started a straw poll at Talk:Satyananda Saraswati on the material that was the subject of controversy because I was fairly sure there was a consensus and wanted to confirm it (I know all the caveats about polling and wrote a preamble detailing them). Could you suggest how long the poll should remain open? I was thinking seven days. Does that seem reasonable? If so, would you consider closing the poll at your convenience anytime after 17:00 EST on January 2? -- Rrburke ( talk) 18:15, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
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Moved to User:Philg88/Barnstars. Philg88 ♦ talk 07:00, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
There is something really strange going on with the OneClickArchiver now. I noticed it some days ago, and it's only getting worse. Your archiving this morning caused two notifications to me to your archive, and that page (34) does not have any headings on my browser. Check it out. Same thing happened to me yesterday when I was trying to archive on Educationtemple's talk page. Once I added {{clear}} between the sections, it looked normal again. Don't know what's going on, but I've sort of had it with that archiver. Best, w.carter -Talk 09:16, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
Added a pic of the thing in case all the other editors in all those sections also got pings and are wondering what is going on. Also ping @ Technical 13: who is the keeper of the OCA to let him know. w.carter -Talk 09:54, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
Please move Summerslam 2015 to SummerSlam (2015). At first you must link SummerSlam (2015) from other pages. Sorry for interrupting once again! Do I have to ask you to move pages like this for every wrestling events? Ikhtiar H ( talk) 11:59, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi Philg88. I've seen some of your edits and noted that you are a co-ordinator of the copy editor's guild, so I thought you'd be an appropriate person to ask this question. I'm currently involved in a minor dispute with another editor regarding when italics should/should not be used. I currently have an article nominated for GA ( Jill Valentine), and while overhauling the article I placed the names of all websites and TV networks (such as IGN and Spike) in italics. The other editor states that sources like websites and TV sites should not be placed in italics. They cite Wikipedia:Tutorial/Formatting, which I note makes no mention of other forms of media such as websites or print magazines, rather only stating "Italics may be used for the names of books, movies, albums, and computer or video game titles." However, I note this guideline doesn't say when italics should not be used. Is there a set standard of whether websites, TV networks, print magazines or newspapers should be placed in italics? If so I will edit that guideline to say so, so as to avoid any confusion for other editors. Thanks for your time. Freikorp ( talk) 13:41, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi,
Any chance of a steer on Wikipedia_talk:Requested_moves#Chequered_skipper? William Avery ( talk) 23:42, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
Hey Philg88. First off, thanks for your administrative assistance at WP:RMTR. I just wanted to let you know that when you move a page, the talk page should be moved with it as well. I'm not sure if you are aware that the destination's talk page is not deleted prior to your moves of the page, but if I understand how the administrative tools work, the talk page at the destination should be deleted per speedy deletion criterion G8 (in addition to the requested title) before moving the page. Steel1943 ( talk) 06:33, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
Since it is a part of the Trade, I have fixed up this article a bit. Would you mind taking a look at it with some ce? I don't think any of us major dabblers on that article are native Eng. ;) w.carter -Talk 16:31, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
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Thanks for taking care of that. I put full pp on for 48 hours on Friday and didn't hand out any blocks because I hoped (stupidly) that they might actually discuss in the meantime. But no, wait for the protection to end and back to square 1. I suspect it will continue and more blocks ensue. Nthep ( talk) 08:54, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
You are right, I was also hoping that an of the people that kept in deleting the content added was going to come forward to have a real discussion but it didn't really work. Sorry that I requested a third party opinion. It seemed to be like the best next step. I will follow your advise using one of the other approaches. What do you recommend we should do next. Basically followers of the person in question are trying to avoid some of the content revealed in a public hearing to be added to the bio. Any suggestions are welcomed. Totocol ( talk) 09:29, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
article. Bladesmulti In the talk page you say you are removing my additions because your oppinion is that they are a random allegation. Proper references were provided. Can you explain why official proceedings from a royal commission are random allegations in your oppinion? Can you also explain why the fact that I haven't signed it for a while is important in any way? Totocol ( talk) 09:35, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for intervening again. I hope the result is that the editors that are trying to delete new information with valid references are not able to continue deleting the new information added. Totocol ( talk) 18:52, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for your message. Can you explain how trying to ensure that factual information with proper references is kept is disruptive? Is it the fact that a number of followers of the person in mention are trying to avoid others from being able to access official records that can lead to criminal proceedings? I fail to see my wrongdoing. Can an alternative method be used to check that information is factual and is properly referenced? Totocol ( talk) 09:11, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
Thanks For the response Phil. I strongly disagree as it is very clearly mentioned that these are currently at allegations stage. I and sure other editors will appear at different points to add that information back. I will abstain from updating until January 15 when the first report will be published. Thanks again for responding so quickly Totocol ( talk) 12:45, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
@
Rrburke: I don't intend to become
involved and of course I'll keep an eye on what's happening with the article intervening where appropriate. Hopefully we'll see a lot less disruption over the next week as people become too drunk and overfed to edit. Best,
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I was not aware that you are having a discussion on the Satyananda article here. I would like to protest for not being invited and included in those discussions. It seems almost as if user Totocol is trying to influence the judgment of administrators. That's not acceptable. Enigmafay ( talk) 15:51, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
I have been participating very actively in the discussion page of the Satyananda article. How is it possible that you have not been aware of me? To me it look as if user Totocol is trying here to gain your favor by writing on your personal page. When the real discussions, are taking place on the talk page of the article. Enigmafay ( talk) 18:32, 25 December 2014 (UTC) |
I request that you reopen the poll and give people the proper time to vote. Enigmafay ( talk) 02:48, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
We do not agree that the allegations should be included and this is a constructed consensus that does not represent reality. Enigmafay ( talk) 22:46, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
Firstly, I would like to inform you that I have edited the allegations paragraph in a way that would satisfy both parties. However, those additions were deleted. That is why resorted to deleting the whole paragraph again. Please check the history of the article to see my changes.
Secondly, I was threatened by 2 administrators and 2 users that they will ban me, if I continue to edit the Satyananda Article, because I was disruptive. I don't see how my edits were disruptive and those of the other parties were not.
Thirdly, it is my right as any other wikipedia user to say my opinion and to edit the articles accordingly. You should know better than me, that a Straw Poll is not a substitute for consensus and that Wikipedia is not a democracy.
Fourthly, I do not know how to use wikipedia well and instead for the administrators here to help me learn, they are trying to scare me and to threaten me out. I will not tolerate any more threats from anyone. It is your duty to solve this dispute in a fair way, and not to take sides.
Fifth: The way the allegations paragraph now stands is misleading and implying that Swami Satyananda was a child molester. It is omitting very serious information thus compromising the NEUTRAL POINT OF VIEW. Swami Satyananda was NEVER convicted and never brought to a court of justice. You cannot simply imply that he was. In order for the readers not to be misled, we have to include that "Prior to these investigations the allegations had not been proven and Swami Satyananda Saraswati was never convicted during his life." ALSO, we must remove this
"The Commission heard evidence from former child residents that Shishy, a former senior member of the ashram, allegedly subjected them to fierce beatings, and summoned teenage girls for sex with Akhandananda"
which is provocative and outrageous. This violates the policy of Neutral Point of View, invokes a disgusting emotional response and giving false impressions to the readers.
Sixth: I consider the Straw Poll to have had a very bad influence on this discussion. It just allowed everyone to rage and rant.
Seventh: Administrator Philg88 threatened to ban me, if I continue to edit the article since I am a minority. I would like to inform him that I am not a minority. In fact I am talking on behalf of more than 200 people who are backing my position up on the article. It is just unfortunate that these people cannot use wikipedia as it is so difficult to use. But we are signing a petition that will go directly to the head of wikipedia, hoping that someone will take us seriously.
Already 228 people have signed and more are signing every day.
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/petition_54aac7cc8309f/
Eighth: Instead of people concentrating on finding out and reporting in which ways Swami Satyananda contributed to the his society since 1964 to the day of his death, through the University institutions he established, the scientific research in collaboration with prestigious medical and educational facilities, the recognition from the Indian government, the charities and the development of the region of Bihar, it looks like the sole interest of the editors here is how to show that he was guilty of crimes he never committed. That to me is another sign of a hidden agenda behind this whole dispute.
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You think if this page move [7] was correct? To me it is, and these asana pages were moved by a particular user without making any discussion. What if the actual word, though having less amount of results include diacritic and the non-diacritic word has more results? What should be our choice for a page move. As these page moves took place during 2013, I would probably like to revert every move with the summary undiscussed page move, just like I have done at least 5 by now. Bladesmulti ( talk) 05:13, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
I can see an argument for some of this edit to Wusong, since it is MOS-standard to place a limited number of foreign-language names directly into the lead sentence instead of using a footnote. All the same, if you're active in Chinese articles, you should be aware that {{ zh}} is a terrible template that should pretty much never be introduced into new articles. It's short, that's made it common, and being common makes people overlook its mistakes. It doesn't just format simplified and traditional Chinese as (needlessly long and badly capitalized) separate languages: it ridiculously formats pinyin as a separate language as well. The scriptor's been made aware of these mistakes but refuses to see how unhelpful it is, in part because he doesn't mind formatting pinyin at the same grammatical level as Tibetan and French and in part because he doesn't realize how commonly other languages appear with Chinese.
If you're reformatting text that has already corrected {{ zh}}'s faults, kindly don't reintroduce them. Instead, {{ Chinese}} is a better solution all around, moving the text to a better-looking infobox that provides cleaner text and easier formatting and expansion. — LlywelynII 13:05, 10 January 2015 (UTC)