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"Hi Joe. Can I advise you that if you're going to upload new versions of pictures on Commons, you check which articles use them before doing so. For example, File:Peter Gabriel The Moonlight Knight (cropped).png is used on Genesis (band), a fairly high-traffic article, and the new version of commons makes the thumbnail image here very stretched and distorted, so I had to revert it. If you are planning to make any other changes, drop a note on any affected article's talk pages first and check there's a consensus first, otherwise readers will get a surprise."
Ok, I've already been warned and blocked, as you may not know I've vowed not to crop images anymore, and if I can upload free ones I will.
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I didn't mean to cause offence. Joe Vitale 5 ( talk) 12:00, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
Who Is Russavia?. Joe Vitale 5 ( talk) 12:09, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
I don't want to dig into something that seems to be personal, so this discussion is now closed. Joe Vitale 5 ( talk) 13:59, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi, Ritchie333, I'd like to add you to my friend list on my user page. (If you do so, it means I will discuss my edits more with you, and shall ask you for your help with edits, and I will if ever needed help you) Just let me know, all my best wishes and kind regards. Joe Vitale 5 ( talk) 12:05, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
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Harrias talk 12:02, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
Dear Ritchie,
Hope all is well.
I wish to resubmit the article. Small references given. This person is a well known public figure. I met him and Interviewed him. I gave a link to him and other refs. Please approve. If you could modify it yourself to make suitable for Wikipedia You are welcome to do that. Let me know. Thank you for your attention. Link https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User_talk:Ritchie333&oldid=641376749 — Preceding unsigned comment added by LAKULISH ( talk • contribs) 14:14, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi Ritchie333,
I would like to thank you for helping me submit Kathleen Andrews legacy to Wikipedia. Wow!!!!! You Made my day as I've been trying for a very long time!! THANK YOU!!!
Im very new to Wikipedia, so I am not sure how to do this but in Kathleen Andrews story, it listed her as First Female Dispatcher, and thats true, but she was also the First Female ETS Bus Operator, First Female Dispatcher and First Female in ETS Management. The emphasis on the First female Bus Operator should be first, if that's possible.
I look forward to hearing from you and a BIG THANK YOU for all of your help!!!
Take care
Lisa Andrews — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skylaa ( talk • contribs) 15:36, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
Nice expansion work! I guess you must have gotten your hands on a copy of her book? -- MelanieN ( talk) 17:35, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
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Want to help clean up the article Frank R. Beckwith? I found it at New Pages Patrol in sad shape, but an interesting and worthy subject. Interesting side point: At a book reference I found, the author was complaining about the lack of information about the subject and said "I could not find information about him in Wikipedia, which is unusual." That state of affairs is going to end. Are you in? -- MelanieN ( talk) 22:31, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
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Thanks very much for the well-thought-out and thorough review, Ritchie333. I've gone through and done my best to address your helpful recommendations. I've noted my responses in the edit summaries. I think the article looks a lot better now for it. Thanks again, — Cirt ( talk) 02:48, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for the Welcome! I do have question if you have minutes to spare. For my first edit I was hoping to update an outdated profile picture of Illustrator Rebecca Guay on her wiki page. How do I go about that? Thanks in advance!
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Hi Ritchie333. Goodness gracious, I never knew what I write is actually seriously! Next RfA that comes along, I'll remember to mention - no doubt completely out of context - Switched-On Bach, and hope that it will magically make it become available on CD. Pete AU aka -- Shirt58 ( talk) 09:01, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi Ritchie333. You wrote at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2015 January 15#Seth Andrews:
I did find a small amount of independent and reliable third-party coverage, but I don't think it was more than a few sentences. That's not enough to sustain a BLP.
At Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Seth Andrews, I found several sources that provided entire articles of coverage about Seth Andrews. See this article from Tulsa World, this article from the Abilene Reporter-News, and this article from Arizona Daily Sun. I think these sources are sufficient to establish notability. Do you consider these sources insufficient? Cunard ( talk) 19:19, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
I think the sources I found would meet these criteria.
I am not approaching this from the view "would Seth Andrews be upset if he didn't have a Wikipedia article" or "would he gain from having a Wikipedia presence"? I don't think those questions are relevant.
The only relevant related question would be "does Seth Andrews want his Wikipedia article deleted" in which case I would support deletion per subject's request. But that hasn't happened here.
Tulsa World is a major newspaper newspaper. I think the subject meets WP:GNG and WP:BIO but it seems like you have a stricter requirement.
If Sonia Poulton passes WP:GNG (I haven't checked), then I would support keeping. Cunard ( talk) 20:55, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
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Ritchie, I just don't understand what you're doing. I've addressed every issue you (or anyone else) has raised, and you've either endorsed what I've done or just not responded when I asked whether what I did is OK. I have to insist that you now either pass the article or say what specific thing in the article fails what specific point of GACR; otherwise maybe someone else should take over the review. Would that be better? Since Martinevans123 apparently made a pass over your comments once before (and commented here and there) maybe he'd be a good choice. EEng ( talk) 01:11, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
I don't have time for this. I have a family, children, job and limited spare time, which I like to spend improving articles, not answering seemingly neverending points of order. The problems with quotations and images are still there - I do not believe the article meets the GA criteria because of this and there are avenues you can peruse if you are unhappy. This discussion is now closed. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 14:15, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
Hey Ritchie333, I was wondering if you'd be able to help me promote " Alexander O'Neal" to at least GA, I've created like four or five articles for his albums some minor work on his actual page etc. and I was wondering if you'd like to help. Joe Vitale 5 ( talk) 20:57, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi, Ritchie! I have reviewed your DYK nomination Template:Did you know nominations/Mississippi Highway 548 and I have a couple of questions about the hook. Want to see if you or the author can resolve them? -- MelanieN ( talk) 02:35, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi again Ritchie,
Having dealt with Briarcliff Middle School, I was wondering whether you'd be up to reviewing its replacement, Briarcliff Manor School District. I'd really appreciate that.
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Harrias talk 12:02, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
For @ Fylbecatulous: - everyone loves a cat on the internet. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 12:08, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I see you passed Josh Walker for GA, but Checklinks shows four dead URLs. Prose such as "On 19 April 2012, Walker signed for the club on a permanent basis on free transfer on July 2012. Walker signed a one-year contract with them.[57]" seems not to make sense. Could you double-check? Thanks, C 679 15:23, 30 January 2015 (UTC)
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Ok, I've already been warned and blocked, as you may not know I've vowed not to crop images anymore, and if I can upload free ones I will.
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I didn't mean to cause offence. Joe Vitale 5 ( talk) 12:00, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
Who Is Russavia?. Joe Vitale 5 ( talk) 12:09, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
I don't want to dig into something that seems to be personal, so this discussion is now closed. Joe Vitale 5 ( talk) 13:59, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi, Ritchie333, I'd like to add you to my friend list on my user page. (If you do so, it means I will discuss my edits more with you, and shall ask you for your help with edits, and I will if ever needed help you) Just let me know, all my best wishes and kind regards. Joe Vitale 5 ( talk) 12:05, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
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Harrias talk 12:02, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
Dear Ritchie,
Hope all is well.
I wish to resubmit the article. Small references given. This person is a well known public figure. I met him and Interviewed him. I gave a link to him and other refs. Please approve. If you could modify it yourself to make suitable for Wikipedia You are welcome to do that. Let me know. Thank you for your attention. Link https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User_talk:Ritchie333&oldid=641376749 — Preceding unsigned comment added by LAKULISH ( talk • contribs) 14:14, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi Ritchie333,
I would like to thank you for helping me submit Kathleen Andrews legacy to Wikipedia. Wow!!!!! You Made my day as I've been trying for a very long time!! THANK YOU!!!
Im very new to Wikipedia, so I am not sure how to do this but in Kathleen Andrews story, it listed her as First Female Dispatcher, and thats true, but she was also the First Female ETS Bus Operator, First Female Dispatcher and First Female in ETS Management. The emphasis on the First female Bus Operator should be first, if that's possible.
I look forward to hearing from you and a BIG THANK YOU for all of your help!!!
Take care
Lisa Andrews — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skylaa ( talk • contribs) 15:36, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
Nice expansion work! I guess you must have gotten your hands on a copy of her book? -- MelanieN ( talk) 17:35, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
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Want to help clean up the article Frank R. Beckwith? I found it at New Pages Patrol in sad shape, but an interesting and worthy subject. Interesting side point: At a book reference I found, the author was complaining about the lack of information about the subject and said "I could not find information about him in Wikipedia, which is unusual." That state of affairs is going to end. Are you in? -- MelanieN ( talk) 22:31, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
Hello R. I saw your post about pings not working. I don't understand any of the technical details (which is why I've come to your talk page rather than posting there) but I wanted to let you know that using {{ping|NAME}} has not worked for me for over two months and that include at least 8 different editors on several different pages trying to contact me with it. {{u|NAME}} has worked consistantly. I have also seen {{reply to|NAME}} on several pages though no one has used it to contact me. Hopefully this is of some help to you. Cheers. MarnetteD| Talk 14:55, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
Thanks very much for the well-thought-out and thorough review, Ritchie333. I've gone through and done my best to address your helpful recommendations. I've noted my responses in the edit summaries. I think the article looks a lot better now for it. Thanks again, — Cirt ( talk) 02:48, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for the Welcome! I do have question if you have minutes to spare. For my first edit I was hoping to update an outdated profile picture of Illustrator Rebecca Guay on her wiki page. How do I go about that? Thanks in advance!
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Hi Ritchie333. Goodness gracious, I never knew what I write is actually seriously! Next RfA that comes along, I'll remember to mention - no doubt completely out of context - Switched-On Bach, and hope that it will magically make it become available on CD. Pete AU aka -- Shirt58 ( talk) 09:01, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi Ritchie333. You wrote at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2015 January 15#Seth Andrews:
I did find a small amount of independent and reliable third-party coverage, but I don't think it was more than a few sentences. That's not enough to sustain a BLP.
At Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Seth Andrews, I found several sources that provided entire articles of coverage about Seth Andrews. See this article from Tulsa World, this article from the Abilene Reporter-News, and this article from Arizona Daily Sun. I think these sources are sufficient to establish notability. Do you consider these sources insufficient? Cunard ( talk) 19:19, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
I think the sources I found would meet these criteria.
I am not approaching this from the view "would Seth Andrews be upset if he didn't have a Wikipedia article" or "would he gain from having a Wikipedia presence"? I don't think those questions are relevant.
The only relevant related question would be "does Seth Andrews want his Wikipedia article deleted" in which case I would support deletion per subject's request. But that hasn't happened here.
Tulsa World is a major newspaper newspaper. I think the subject meets WP:GNG and WP:BIO but it seems like you have a stricter requirement.
If Sonia Poulton passes WP:GNG (I haven't checked), then I would support keeping. Cunard ( talk) 20:55, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
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Given that Neelix is retired and the article is so close, I'd be willing to complete the changes and address the concerns if you would be willing to complete a review following its completion. From one editor to another, the work is indeed good and it will restore some faith in the community for Neelix. After all, Neelix has done a lot of work for Wikipedia. ChrisGualtieri ( talk) 16:53, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
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Ritchie, I just don't understand what you're doing. I've addressed every issue you (or anyone else) has raised, and you've either endorsed what I've done or just not responded when I asked whether what I did is OK. I have to insist that you now either pass the article or say what specific thing in the article fails what specific point of GACR; otherwise maybe someone else should take over the review. Would that be better? Since Martinevans123 apparently made a pass over your comments once before (and commented here and there) maybe he'd be a good choice. EEng ( talk) 01:11, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
I don't have time for this. I have a family, children, job and limited spare time, which I like to spend improving articles, not answering seemingly neverending points of order. The problems with quotations and images are still there - I do not believe the article meets the GA criteria because of this and there are avenues you can peruse if you are unhappy. This discussion is now closed. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 14:15, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
Hey Ritchie333, I was wondering if you'd be able to help me promote " Alexander O'Neal" to at least GA, I've created like four or five articles for his albums some minor work on his actual page etc. and I was wondering if you'd like to help. Joe Vitale 5 ( talk) 20:57, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi, Ritchie! I have reviewed your DYK nomination Template:Did you know nominations/Mississippi Highway 548 and I have a couple of questions about the hook. Want to see if you or the author can resolve them? -- MelanieN ( talk) 02:35, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi again Ritchie,
Having dealt with Briarcliff Middle School, I was wondering whether you'd be up to reviewing its replacement, Briarcliff Manor School District. I'd really appreciate that.
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For @ Fylbecatulous: - everyone loves a cat on the internet. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 12:08, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I see you passed Josh Walker for GA, but Checklinks shows four dead URLs. Prose such as "On 19 April 2012, Walker signed for the club on a permanent basis on free transfer on July 2012. Walker signed a one-year contract with them.[57]" seems not to make sense. Could you double-check? Thanks, C 679 15:23, 30 January 2015 (UTC)
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