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Hi :) I have removed two external links and two apparently promotional lines from the " Post-Digital Print" article. It has been a while since you had added them - 123 days. I'm using STiki to find edits that happened long in the past and might have been overlooked by other users. It's an interesting way of delving into the history of Wikipedia.
I personally think that external links, especially to smaller blogs and websites, are often not necessary to improve the quality of an article. Often, they are being used for promotion, advertising products or websites. In the case of your specific edit, I was sure that I'm dealing with the same kind of edits I've been reverting before - but then STiki told me that I am about to undo a change made by an experienced user with over 50 edits. That's why, instead of simply putting an unpersonal warning template on your talk page, I'm trying to explain my deletion.
When replying, to notify me of your answer, please use {{ping|ToBeFree}} or feel free to do so on my talk page, where I will certainly see it. If you reply on my talk page, please copy my original message over there too. :) ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 19:32, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
Hi :) To make this easier for you, and to allow you to modify large parts of the article without being stopped by people concerned about your conflict of interest, I have copied the article to User:David_Lusterman/sandbox. In a second edit, I have copied your suggested edits so that they can be easily compared to the original version.
To continue submitting your suggested changes, when you think that the sandbox article is done and you don't want to add further changes, you can add a message on the main article's talk page. Your edits will be then verified by experienced Wikipedia editors, and copied as far as possible. Promotional details, external links in the article body (except reference links to reliable third-party sources) and advertising language will likely not be copied; please keep it neutral. Thank you very much for your time and understanding. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 21:08, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
copied from User_talk:IronGargoyle ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 20:05, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi. I am replying to your message saying that you undid an edit you believed I had made to an entry for somebody called A. Charles Muller. I have never edited this entry and am worried about how my IP address could be associated with the edit you undid. Do you have any idea? I believe that this IP address is used only by me or by people who live in my house. I am the only person living here who edits Wikipedia and, as far as I can remember, it has been quite a long time since I edited anything. So, it looks as if somebody is spoofing my IP address on Wikipedia. I would have hoped that this kind of spoofing was not possible, but ... now I am confused. Any comment you can make would be welcome. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.60.194.167 ( talk) 15:22, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello again, Marlenekoenig.
Thank you for all your contributions so far. It might have seemed as if they'd be unwelcome, but we do appreciate every attempt to improve the encyclopedia, and removing outdated, wrong information from an biography of a living person is definitely such a good-faith attempt.
Some users might have called your edits "vandalism"; I personally disagree, as vandalism on Wikipedia is strictly defined as bad-faith, deliberate disruption. I do not believe that you have ever been acting in bad faith.
You have expressed some concerns that I would like to address, to help you with the next steps of the deletion discussion you've initiated.
"Use your own name.",
"Again, someone who does not use their own name ... shameful. Unprofessional.",
"None of you use real names."
"do not wish to be on Wikipedia". I can understand that it must feel weird and wrong to read a public article about yourself, written by someone else years ago, full of possibly outdated information. You tried to make other, more experienced editors aware of the problem, and their reaction just was "no consensus to delete the page". What an outrage!
I hope this helps. Feel free to ask any questions here; we're here to help you, and we're investing a lot of our personal free time to make this encyclopedia work the way it does. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 17:47, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
Why did *this* cause a ping?! The signature should have been old enough not to create one. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 18:14, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi
Thank you for all your contributions. I just wanted to note that using IMDb as your only source for information about living persons might be problematic, for these reasons:
Also, you might want to add your references as a footnote; adding them only in the edit summary would force users to search through the whole edit history to see the references. Some pages have a history of over 10,000 edits – imagine you had to dig through that. To do this, see Help:Footnotes -- your editor might already have a function doing this for you. Check if there's a "Cite" button above your editing box!
Have a nice day! ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 03:38, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
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Hi, I've noticed that you've edited the Trick-or-treating article recently. There's been a debate running for the last few days over the title of this article. Your input would be appreciated! — Smjg ( talk) 16:16, 26 October 2013 (UTC)
What about what I wrote do you consider vandalism? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.115.166.5 ( talk) 02:44, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
Hello,
I am sending you this message because you listed yourself on meta:Huggle/Members as a beta tester. We desperately need attention of testers, because since we resolved all release blockers, we are ready to release first official version of huggle 3! Before that happens, it would be nice if you could test it so that we can make sure there are no issues with it. You can download it packaged for your operating system (see Wikipedia:Huggle/Huggle3_Beta) or you can of course build it yourself, see https://github.com/huggle/huggle3-qt-lx for that. Don't forget to use always latest version, there is no auto-update message for beta versions!
Should you find any issue, please report it to wikimedia bugzilla, that is a central place for huggle bugs, where we look at them. That is i mportant, if you find a bug and won't report it, we can't fix it. Thank you for your work on this, if you have any questions, please send me a message on my talk page, I won't be looking for responses here. Thanks, Petrb ( talk) 15:18, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi ToBeFree, we are to release a new major version of huggle, but we did receive almost no feedback from our beta testing team, which you are a part of (see https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Huggle/Members). It would be of a great help if you could download it (if you have windows, all you need to do is getting http://tools.wmflabs.org/huggle/files/huggle3.1.0beta.exe and putting it to a folder where you have installed huggle) and test it. You can always get a help with making it @ #huggle connect!
Major changes:
In case you found a bug, please report it to bugzilla: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?product=Huggle&list_id=147663 thank you! Petrb ( talk) 10:15, 30 July 2014 (UTC)
Hey ToBeFree! You are receiving this message because you are subscribed at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Huggle/Members#Beta_testers
I have recently launched a new downloads for beta testers that contains nightly builds of huggle, eg. versions that are built every day from our master branch and contains latest huggle. These builds are currently provided only for Windows and Ubuntu. You can find them here: http://huggle.wmflabs.org/builds/
Please keep in mind that these don't have any automatic updates and if you download and start using nightly build, you will need to update it yourself! So don't get yourself to running old version, it's possible to install both stable and nightly huggle, which is what I suggest.
Keep the bug reports coming to phabricator: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/create/?projects=Huggle Many thanks! Petrb ( talk) 10:03, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
Unfortunately your automatic script must have flagged my edit as nonconstructive and vandalism, as no logical human would have interpreted it as such. Neither of which was my intention, and since your talk page has another member bringing this topic up, I urge you to consider making more fruitful, more manual edits to WikiPedia. I simply issued a image that I took into the public domain and embedded it into the article, which added context to the page. I doubt you'd even read this, but I guess this is why WikiPedia's active userbase has declined so much in recent years. Courtneymorris95 ( talk) 16:47, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
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Hi, It's Franklin Simon here from Franklin Simon Productions www.FranklinSimon.com. You made a change on the Live 8 article that we edited for Philadelphia because you said it was not constructive. I had edited because our web link to Franklin Simon Productions was not included. Also the word "reinforcement" was spelled in correctly. I have again fixed these errors and added the proper web link for Franklin Simon Productions for the purpose of constructive and complete fair content and coverage. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.115.184.58 ( talk) 17:21, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
Hi-Lift is a registered trademark owned by the Hi-Lift Jack Company. How do we appropriately add a reference to show ownership of "Hi-Lift" to Hi-Lift Jack Company, Bloomfield, Indiana? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dowdensl ( talk • contribs) 19:21, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
Hi. I made an edit to the "seven deadly sins" article and removed the 1 Corinthians 13:13 part. Yes, thanks to your link, i can read that the King James version contains the word "charity" instead of "love" BUT... I AM GREEK (!!!) and in the original Greek (and on all manuscripts) is "love". Funny thing is that just yestarday i watched half a dozen YouTube videos claiming that the King James version is (and should remain) the undisputed English standard (something i had no reason against -especially since i read the Bible in Greek, so it does not effect me- until... today!). Amyway, thanks for your message. P.S. sorry for my English. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:587:E904:A400:85AB:8D87:5DFD:B87F ( talk) 19:31, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
Goylem is a denotation of the following information as per multiple sources as I include after the following request to have the following information ratified into the description of Goylem within the etymology of Golem: denote a large hulking or an unintelligent non-jew whom is despised. The meanings and etymology of the words goy and golem are as such a connections of the words "goy" which is a charged word denoting a distasteful or even hated non-Jew for the reason of not being a Jew and a Golem a hulking and magick possessed pile of clay worked into the human image.
Evidence with sources:
(1) Golem: "(GO-lem) also: Goylem. Zombie graceless oaf; subnormal person. A "living" creature with no soul… http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Glossary/Yiddish_Words/yiddish_words.html#G And here the definition of Goy: "(goy) n. A non Jew; outsider… http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Glossary/Yiddish_Words/yiddish_words.html#G
(2) Golem: "Golem Clumsy; sluggish" http://kehillatisrael.net/docs/yiddish/yiddish.htm Goy: "Goy, der Any person who is not Jewish (Hebrew)" http://kehillatisrael.net/docs/yiddish/yiddish.htm Further context goyish kop denoting the relationship between the combination of goy and another word within the Hebrew grammar; a "Goyshe kop" Goy's (non-Jew's) kop (mind or head). "Goyshe kop: Opposite of Yiddishe kop. Generally used to indicate someone who is not particularly smart or shrewd: gullible, slow one (definitely offensive.) http://kehillatisrael.net/docs/yiddish/yiddish.htm Goyim: "di non-Jewish persons (Hebrew)" http://kehillatisrael.net/docs/yiddish/yiddish.htm Goyish(e): "Pertaining to goyim (Hebrew)" http://kehillatisrael.net/docs/yiddish/yiddish.htm kop: "Kop, der Head" http://kehillatisrael.net/docs/yiddish/yiddish.htm
(3) Connotations for the hostile and derogatory nature of the word "goy": "GOY: A derogatory term meaning gentile, goyim is the plural, and goyisher is the adjective. " http://www.sbjf.org/sbjco/schmaltz/yiddish_phrases.htm
Please respond with cited works as to why the evidence I've provided is wrong if you disagree, thank you. 2604:2000:7200:F00:B98F:48D3:849F:34AE ( talk) 21:27, 6 March 2018 (UTC)anon
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Golem&action=history
~ ToBeFree ( talk) 03:50, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
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Man nice work.
You did a pretty good job, dude. I thought that wikipedia just had bots but then you're all like: "Weird crypto currency" and I was like "Wow... this guy's pretty good at his job" Wikipedia really has their sh*t together. Have a nice day, buddy, love ya! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dr.Doocas ( talk • contribs) 00:05, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
Section Zina#Homosexuality_and_zina Look, I have a braintumor in my brainstem and cerebellum. I don't have the energy nor the time to edit (learn to) on Wikipedia. I mention this to explain why I don't take the time learning how to properly edit on Wikipedia. It's not because I'm lazy. Someone please take the time to check if what I am saying is true, take acceptable sources and make the proper edits to the article. I don’t want incorrect information about this verse on Wikipedia. Both Muslim extremists (who want justification in the Quran to harm homosexuals) and haters of Muslims want this verse to be referring to homosexuality when it is not. There is no (worldly) punishment for homosexuality or call to harm homosexuals in the Quran.
On the talk page of Zina I explained the reasons why I made my edits. I gave sources on the talk page and asked for help before I made any edits. When nobody replied, I just went ahead and made the edits. My changes were reverted asking for sources and saying that it was original research (it is not).
When someone put this translation of Surah 4, ayat 16 on Wikipedia
"If two (men) among you are guilty of lewdness, punish them both. If they repent and amend, Leave them alone; for Allah is Oft-returning, Most Merciful."| Qur'an, Sura 4 (Al-Nisa), ayat 16
did anyone check the source? I did. When you go to the link there are 3 different translations. Out of these, 2 translate Waallathani as "the two who" and only one (Yusuf Ali) with "two men". So even according to its own source (the majority of 3) it should be gender neutral "the two". The vast majority of other sources (10 out of 12 translations I know about, I give links at the end of this message) also translate it with “the two”, “both” or “twain”. It should not have been accepted on Wikipedia in the first place.
Also, chapter/surah An-Nisa (Arabic for women) deals with issues related to women such as marriage, divorce, dowry, inheritance of daughters and so on. Maybe this is original research according to Wikipedia but is it really wrong to mention that an ayat about an act between two men would be misplaced in this chapter about women? Simple logic. Do I really need a source to be able to say that? It just is the truth. It should be at least mentioned that the surah is called “Women” and is about issues related to women.
The third reason is that in ayat 16 the word yatiyaniha means “commit it” or “guilty thereof”. Something (bad) is done but there is no concrete meaning of what is done. It refers to something that is said before. Either you look at the previous ayat 15 to look for what is referred to by it/thereof and accept that what is referred to involves women who are explicitly mentioned in ayat 15, or you don’t look at the previous ayat and don’t know what ayat 16 is about.
The word yateeyaniha (commit it) used in ayat 16 is simply not the same as the words yateena alfahishata (commit indecency) in ayat 15. How can I possibly explain this? The exact literal translation would have been “commit it” but many translators have replaced “it” with “indecency” or ‘lewdness’ to make (somewhat) clear what ayat 16 was talking about. Even the source used by the person that inserted “if two men” into the article, has one (of 3) translation that says “guilty thereof”. Of other sources about half say “commit it”, “guilty thereof” or just “two who are guilty” without referring to a concrete act . It should be at least mentioned that “commit it”, “guilty thereof” are valid translations (and thus force the reader to look at the previous ayat 15 which is about women).
Translators using “two who” , “twain” or “both” and “commit it”, “guilty thereof” or just “two who are guilty” without referring to a concrete act are: Ahmad Raza Khan, Asad, Daryabadi, Maududi, Maulana Mohammad Ali, Pickthall, Qarai, Qaribullah & Darwish, Sahih International and Ali Unal.
http://tanzil.net/#trans/en.sahih/4:16 (multiple translators) https://quran.com/4/16 http://www.alquranenglish.com/quran-surah-an-nisa-16-qs-4-16-in-arabic-and-english-translation (multiple translators) http://www.quranexplorer.com/quran?Sura=4&FromVerse=15&ToVerse=16 82.75.118.49 ( talk) 06:40, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
Please be careful of speedy deletion nominations that are too speedy. You tagged Brad McCarthy within 1 minute of its creation. In general, a good rule of thumb is to allow a new article at least 15 minutes, to see if the author has more to add, before tagging for speedy deletion. Moving more quickly than that can seem very bitey. WikiDan61 ChatMe! ReadMe!! 16:06, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
G'day,
I'm unsure what your comment "
Disagree: I strongly disapprove of this request. See IP talk page.
" refers to as the only entries on the talk page are warnings. You're aware that
edit requests are for making edits and not to get additional privliges right? If they don't have actual changes presented, you can deny it there requesting they provide the changes they wish to make in an x = y format. I'd recommend using
WP:EPH to assist with handling edit requests. Cheers —
IVORK
Discuss 21:57, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
Hello sir, saw ur msg on my talk page. Can you please point out what information I added/subtracted without giving citation, you didn't give me the article name? Thank you ( Regent007 ( talk) 19:50, 20 March 2018 (UTC))
what you meant here.-- Dlohcierekim ( talk) 21:45, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
Hi, not sure if this is where we leave a message, not very user friendly. I want to update the logo of " /info/en/?search=Tea_Fort%C3%A9". The logo is very old and obsolete. Here you can see our logo: https://www.teaforte.com/. We have different ones for different purposes. I also would like to update the content because it is quite weak. Regards (David Ferreira) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidafranklin ( talk • contribs) 12:55, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
Because of recent cases of you vandalizing Honk, The Moose. It has been brought to my attention that I will have to ban you from editing on this software. I am sorry and have a nice day. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wiki editor ak koppP ( talk • contribs) 16:10, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
Hello, I just had a large portion of my page deleted and need it changed back. I got a message saying something about the term "garbage dump communities" being derogatory- we're a nonprofit that works in communities located in garbage dumps. I need this fixed immediately — Preceding unsigned comment added by Keen7777 ( talk • contribs) 17:35, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
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Also please note that editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. You said on my talk page that: "Hello, I just had a large portion of my page deleted and need it changed back. I got a message saying something about the term "garbage dump communities" being derogatory- we're a nonprofit that works in communities located in garbage dumps. I need this fixed immediately" (emphasis mine). This seems to imply that you are working for the subject of the article. It might even imply a shared account. Please be careful here; I didn't even think of this possibility, but your reaction suddenly unveiled these problems. Sorry for the inconvenience, but please read the links in this warning carefully. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 17:47, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
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- This is an encyclopedia. Encyclopedias are built by paraphrasing what reliable sources have said about a subject. It is unfortunate that no-one has noticed this before now, but the fact remains, the article in question here is totally unacceptable as an encyclopedia article as it stands. Please do not replace the unsourced content again. And also, you need to deal with the issues raised int the previous section. Are you in the employ of or otherwise associated with this organization? John from Idegon ( talk) 17:56, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
I'm an unpaid volunteer for the organization. Why would the page not be considered legitimate? I've looked at dozens of others of similarly sized nonprofits that have wikipedia pages. Our page has been up for years. What exactly is the problem that you felt the need to suddenly delete half of it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Keen7777 ( talk • contribs) 18:02, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
- It isn't "a page". It doesn't belong to the organization. It is, or should be, an encyclopedia article. You have a conflict of interest here. I would strongly suggest you follow the best practices outlined for COI editors above. The main problem is that it completely fails WP:V. The secondary problem is that you are acting like somehow this page belongs to or is for the organization. It isn't. There is no indication the article meets our standard for inclusion found at WP:ORG, and as it stands, without reliable secondary sources, it is nothing more than an advertisement for the organization. Therefore it also fails another pillar policy, WP:NOT. We are not social media, nor are we a webhost. If you want to disseminate information about your organization, get a website. An encyclopedia is to record and summarize what others have written about your organization. John from Idegon ( talk) 18:11, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
Quoted for talk page archive ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 18:23, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
Additional late note by ToBeFree, 02:35, 27 June 2018 (UTC): There was a response on 3 April 2018 that we both didn't notice, apparently. I'm not going to reheat this issue months later, though. Here is the reply, for the archive:
Please note that they're not complaining about my tone; the discussion has been between two other editors. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 02:36, 27 June 2018 (UTC)
18:38, 29 March 2018 Jimfbleak ( talk | contribs) deleted page International Samaritan ( G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion: no independent sources, no evidence of notability)
~ ToBeFree ( talk) 19:03, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I've added the source on the Becky Lynch thing, I hope it is ok, now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.60.129.51 ( talk) 19:12, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
ty — Preceding unsigned comment added by CSpookz ( talk • contribs) 22:12, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
Just wanted to send a quick thank you for reverting the IP's personal attack on List of Scooby-Doo characters! Much appreciated and not sure why they got so worked up over nothing lol. :) Katniss May the odds be ever in your favor ♥ 19:32, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
Hello, I got your response/comment to my post on Greg Rayburn's page. I don't know how best to provide a "reliable source" as it was actually and factually me (the veteran) who had dinner and drinks with Greg. He was spectacular, funny and I had a great time. The topic of his wikipedia page came up and he mentioned he didn't know how to fix things such as his birthday being wrong or how things got added. I told him the quickest way was to make a post and find out who the moderators were.
That said, my post was/is factual but there are some edit's he would like to have made.
Are you the best source for those changes? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dane0221 ( talk • contribs) 02:18, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
Also, In reference to Mr. Greg Rayburn, his birth date is incorrect. His correct Birthday is August 16, 1958 Not 1959. He has requested that be changed. I'm rather new to Wikipedia (clearly) but I do live my life in front of the screen so I offered to assist.
-D — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dane0221 ( talk • contribs) 02:22, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
Also, In reference to Mr. Greg Rayburn, his birth date is incorrect. His correct Birthday is August 16, 1958 Not 1959. He has requested that be changed. I'm rather new to Wikipedia (clearly) but I do live my life in front of the screen so I offered to assist.
-D — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dane0221 ( talk • contribs) 02:22, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
Have an awesome Thursday! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aharonovlaw ( talk • contribs) 21:54, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
Referring to the following edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Liv_Garfield&diff=834410419&oldid=833276909&diffmode=source ---- ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 14:55, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
I made the changes to show how a living person can use Wikipedia to advertise him/herself. You said my comment was not sourced. Sure, but almost the whole article about Liv Garfield is unsourced. It can be seen only as a puff piece, probably written by the person herself or her associates. If you wished to make similar edits to the whole article I would be most grateful — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.153.156.190 ( talk) 04:04, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
Sorry did not realise that we could leave messages This was because the allegation was not justified by anyone and as if the poem and the story are fictional - as we will see in the future the truth, I thought for a moment it is not a good gesture for the person to mark the scandal as if it was the truth. You know with the suicides in Korea and all that.. I was just being sensible, I suppose. Thanks anyways. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.239.81.94 ( talk) 09:08, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
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Hi, Yes, I am a researcher on 5G communications. The claim of radiation on the article that I removed was of baseless, without any solid academic reference found in existing literature. The concern raised in that section was linked with a "google drive" account. Anyway, I would advise to produce any academic reference on the radiation concern in reputed journal or other academic sources if the removed portion is reverted rather than placing a mere personal google drive link. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Srobidx ( talk • contribs) 16:20, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
Copied from
User_talk:Srobidx for convenience and my talk page archive
~ ToBeFree (
talk) 17:01, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
Note: I have not undone any edit by this editor, just visited the talk page because the deletion of an entire section at least made me raise an eyebrow.
Re:
Do you have any affiliations with the entities that you are discussing in your edits? Your edits and passionate defence of them have prompted concern from me. ViperSnake151 Talk 15:39, 2 March 2018 (UTC)
5G: Please disclose any affiliations now, or explicitly deny being affiliated.
Hi, now that you have also removed an entire "criticism" section from the 5G article, please explicitly answer the following question: Are you, in any way, affiliated with this topic? If yes, how/why? Do you work in this field? We appreciate your contributions, but please explain your relation to this subject. Thank you very much in advance. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 16:05, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
"This is a minor edit"( Tag: section blanking)
This was certainly not a "minor edit"; trying to hide it this way makes it suspicious. :)( Tag: Undo)
Reverted to revision 834455710 by 72.89.96.246: Restore IP version. While trying to hide it as "minor edit", the edit might actually be an improvement to the article. If someone else with more experience on this specific topic would like to keep the deleted part, they can revert my edit, justifying the addition themselves. ( TW)( Tag: Undo)
~ ToBeFree ( talk) 01:21, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
Dear To. Be. Frei:
I hope this finds you well. Our client, Nicole Lapin, consulted with us about her wikipedia page and content that has been published about her.
Controversy Lapin was one of many celebrities, sports stars, journalists and politicians that was outed by the New York Times for allegedly purchasing fake followers on social media network Twitter – some of whom used information stolen from real people – in order to overstate her following and influence. Lapin addressed the allegations recently stating, "I have a great social media team. I use special teams for my books and other project launches. Unfortunately, this was a staff level decision and I’ve addressed it so it won’t happen again. But the larger picture here is how reflective this narrative is of lessons we are all learning in this digital era."[58] [59][60]
The header seems to unfairly convey information that remains an allegation. Additionally, the content uses scathing vocabulary to describe the allegation in the most negative light.
While we respect that wikipedia publishes wish to include such information as pertinent to Ms. Lapin's biography, we kindly request that the header of "Controversy" be changed.
We respectfully suggest that the header and the content be revised to reflect a more objective account of the stipulated details.
Thank you in advance for your time and cooperation.
Sincerely,
Eyal Aharonov, Esq. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aharonovlaw ( talk • contribs) 21:07, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
Controversial topics are almost always listed separately. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blackbelt whitetails ( talk • contribs) 18:57, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
Disagree. She is responsible for her brand. Needs to be disclosed in its own section just like accolades and personal life. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.201.10.130 ( talk) 14:42, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
Ms. Lapin was cited in New York Times for purchasing social media followers. She does not denie this and in fact she still has fake followers on her Twitter account. I fail to see why this should not be included in her biography. Look at other individuals, controversial behaviors are frequently listed separately much like her accolades. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blackbelt whitetails ( talk · contribs) 18:23, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
Hi there, again.
I hope you're enjoying your weekend. I noticed that another user decided to re-add the section we discussed a few days back. If you don't mind, would you please kindly explain how the content re-appeared seemingly the same? I took the time to review the talk page and was surprised by the assertions made in order to preserve the information.
Your reply is greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time.
Eyal — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aharonovlaw ( talk • contribs) 00:30, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
No worries - waiting on word from you.
Thank you for taking the time! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aharonovlaw ( talk • contribs) 00:38, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
Following-Up Regarding Controversy Section - Nicole Lapin
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Seems that two users are still tugging at the information, so I believe I will follow your prudent advice.
Your time is very much appreciated.
Eyal — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aharonovlaw ( talk • contribs) 18:32, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
Disagree. She is responsible for her brand. Needs to be disclosed in its own section just like accolades and personal life. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.201.10.130 ( talk) 14:42, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
Ms. Lapin was cited in New York Times for purchasing social media followers. She does not denie this and in fact she still has fake followers on her Twitter account. I fail to see why this should not be included in her biography. Look at other individuals, controversial behaviors are frequently listed separately much like her accolades. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blackbelt whitetails ( talk • contribs) 18:23, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
"To find out more about Nicole, visit NicoleLapin.com or follow her on Twitter and Instagram @NicoleLapin", in my opinion, might be indicating a website accepting paid articles and article-like advertisements. The NY Times would probably not write that below one of their articles.
"Reporting was contributed by Manuela Andreoni, Jeremy Ashkenas, Laurent Bastien Corbeil, Nic Dias, Elise Hansen, Michael Keller, Manuel Villa and Felipe Villamor. Research was contributed by Susan C. Beachy, Doris Burke and Alain Delaquérière."
"Lapin was one of many celebrities, sports stars, journalists and politicians that was outed by the New York Times for allegedly purchasing fake followers on social media network Twitter – some of whom used information stolen from real people – in order to overstate her following and influence."( 1) ( 2)
"One of many": Positive, isn't it? She wasn't the only one, that's a positive message to me.
"celebrities, sports stars, journalists and politicians": Positive. Same here: Even sports stars (god beware, idols!) did this. She's just one of many.
"outed": "Outing" implies revealing something that has previously been hidden. This could be sexual orientation, a social taboo, or secret activities. "Controversy" and "outing" are two words belonging together, so at least some people will view "outed" things as being negative.
"allegedly": Positive. Questions the validity of the source.
"purchasing": Neutral
"fake": Neutral unless you know a "more" neutral word. It has a negative connotation, of course, but these followers have not been real individuals, and they have been using fake, stolen identities.
"followers": Neutral term used by the Twitter UI itself.
"social media network": Neutral, widely used term to describe Twitter.
"some of whom used information stolen from real people": It is clear to me that, no matter how accurate the list of celebrities in the NY Times article is, this specific statement is strongly sourced by a reliable source. It's not in a footnote, it is the Times article's main topic.
"in order to overstate her following and influence": (Emphasis mine.) Biased. Delete or modify. "Their", referring to the whole group, might be neutral enough. There is no source for this sentence when personally attributing it to one of the people in the list. We can't know if that was really the reason for Nicole Lapin to be involved in this matter.
Lapin was one of many celebrities, sports stars, journalists and politicians that was outed by the New York Times for allegedly purchasing fake followers on social media network Twitter – some of whom used information stolen from real people – in order to overstate her following and influence.
Lapin addressed the allegations recently stating, "I have a great social media team. I use special teams for my books and other project launches. Unfortunately, this was a staff level decision and I’ve addressed it so it won’t happen again. But the larger picture here is how reflective this narrative is of lessons we are all learning in this digital era."
We saw you listed on Perez Hilton with the likes of Lisa Rinna, Kathy Ireland and Michael Dell about buying twitter followers, basically every celeb from Kardashians on down does anything they can to rock the social game so it doesn’t seem like breaking news to us in 2018, but what happened there?
I have a great social media team. I use special teams for my books and other project launches. Unfortunately, this was a staff level decision and I’ve addressed it so it won’t happen again. But the larger picture here is how reflective this narrative is of lessons we are all learning in this digital era.
Please see my response below. Aharonovlaw ( talk) 00:29, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
Dear ToBeFree, thank you for taking the time to put forth a well-thought-out analysis.
In the interests of full disclosure, I have had several personal conversations with ToBeFree about my position on ToBeFree's talk page. At the time I involved the help desk, it was upon ToBeFree's guidance and assertion that ToBeFree would be taking the position of "neutral observer."
Furthermore, the individual contributor behind the numeric IP address contacted me offline, and we had a nice discussion about the reasoning, motive and purpose behind the content (and its re-addition over 3 consecutive months). By the end of the discussion, it was concluded by the user that he would "cease" (not intended to assert any legal position, as that was not my choice of word) re-posting the content and/or citations and he agreed that the content should remain off Ms. Lapin's page.
Back to ToBeFree's analysis. I appreciate the piecemeal analysis, but I fear it may be overlooking the greater issue. First, the sum of the content (and its position on Ms. Lapin's page) is what seems to be problematic. Individual words can fairly be analyzed, but there's no question that the content was meant to cast a negative light on Ms. Lapin (again, the individual contributor's position, not mine).
Since the NY Times article seems to be the one authority that is least problematic, I went ahead and did my Wiki research on the other individuals named in that article. As far as I got, I didn't see a single other individual's wiki page even mention the article or any applicable controversy relating to the alleged actions. More importantly, there was NO controversy section related to the alleged activity. I even went as far as to find a similar influencer with a similar celebrity status in a similar sector. I invite you to search for Britt McHenry, conservative writer and pundit.
In light of these facts, I believe that, if anything, fairly addressing Ms. Lapin's alleged involvement can only be accomplished by a simple factual statement under her career section stating that a NY Times article mentioned her. Other than that, and specifically because no other individual named in the article has been written about on Wiki, and it would seem to be unfair and, in the absence of the exact same treatment on other's Wiki pages, biased. I am certain that isn't the Wiki community's intention.
I hope that clarifies and respectfully addresses the above.
Most respectfully,
Aharonovlaw (
talk) 00:11, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
Many thanks, Mr. Aharonov. @
ToBeFree: I should hope I have not breached any neutral interest you have or had; that was neither my intent, nor, I should hope, the consequence of any action I have taken.
Having further examined the article, and having done some investigation myself, I'll note that Mr. Aharonov's claim is correct regarding the possible purchasing of followers: it's not noted on the pages for Ms McHenry, Lynn Tilton, Michael Dell, Brooke Magnanti, Ford O'Connell — cf. Richard Roeper, in which it is only mentioned due to further action being taken by the Chicago Sun-Times. As such, until and unless further action is precipitated, in the interests of
WP:NPOV regarding Wikipedia articles, I do believe that the removal of such a claim is quite clearly acceptable, pending consensus and future discussion. —
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@ToBeFree, thank you for all of your input. Thank you to all of the wiki community members I've connected with over the last few days. You were all wonderful - and above all else, extremely fair & professional. Aharonovlaw ( talk) 01:26, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
I feel a single line item is not significant enough to mention in its own section. Blackbelt whitetails ( talk) 14:02, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
I am sorry about that little prank. Hope you forgive me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.221.201.242 ( talk) 15:36, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
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18:09, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I added disclosure information in the description. I didn't see where I could add this information on the page. I used HACC's website ( hacc.edu¹) to update the information about the College. The information that is/was on the page before my changes is terribly outdated and inaccurate in many places. I did not write the content on the College's website. Please advise if there is more that I need to do. M.P. Saylor, newsroom@hacc.edu, a member of the College's Integrated Marketing Communications Department ithe Office of College Advancement. Thank you! Mpsaylor ( talk) 17:47, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
¹ref-tag converted to normal external link to prevent layout problems on my talk page :) ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 18:16, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
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Thank you for your message.
I have now added an updated version of my correction. I believe this new edit is even closer to the truth than my original edit.
Thank you kindly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8807:1101:1030:1407:C91A:A30:F81 ( talk) 16:32, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
as to what makes File:Lisa Law & unidentified woman.jpg a derivative work? The logo on the guys hat? The tee-shirt design? The bass Fender guitar head? Please explain what the image within the image is. Thanks, Einar aka Carptrash ( talk) 19:48, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
Actually it is my idea, not hers. Carptrash ( talk) 00:11, 15 April 2018 (UTC)
I really don't care much about your "warning", when you can't even tell me what it is about. How am I supposed to take you seriously then? mrloop ( talk) 15:57, 15 April 2018 (UTC)
Late additional note, added to the archive: I should have used the {{ Uw-3rr}} template instead of the {{ Uw-disruptive4}} template, to properly explain the problem. About the specific incident, please see this discussion ( permanent link) at WP:AN/EW. In a nutshell, the warning was justified. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 16:09, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
Thank you ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 20:08, 15 April 2018 (UTC)
I think you may have made a mistake with your revert. BrxBrx( talk)(please reply with { {re|BrxBrx}}) 14:42, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
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Your action illustrates how Wikipedia's procedures are weighted towards the preservation of scientific nonsense. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 32.214.161.117 ( talk) 15:29, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
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Thanks for helping with the edit war on that page about the shrine :) Eamesheard ( talk) 20:33, 17 April 2018 (UTC) |
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For your devoted and meritorious efforts to resolve the particular N—— L—— affair, done with wit, grace, and a lawyer's precision of word and phrase, it is my pleasure to award you this Barnstar of Diplomacy. — Javert2113 ( talk) 01:00, 19 April 2018 (UTC) |
“user top icon wikipedia”in Google, and tada! Template:Top_icon - this is really easy to use, feel free to copy the syntax from the bottom of my user page. I have put it there because it technically makes no difference where it appears in the code, but putting it at the bottom makes it easy to maintain and keeps the rest of the code easy to read. When it becomes a huuuge list of over 100 awards, you might want to take more sophisticated solutions like Oshwah's one instead, but I am far away from that. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 02:11, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
Original message by ToBeFree on Syedmqo's talk page:
Hi :) One question
Could you clarify if you meant "no 'no muslim'" instead of "no muslim" there? A double negative? Because your edit changed the meaning of the text
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Muslim_Mosque,_Inc.&diff=834282961&oldid=813954910&diffmode=source
Also, please check if the sources actually say something else than what is currently written in the article. Does the source say "no muslim", or did you change this because the term "white" is wrong there in your personal opinion? Please note that the term is re-used in the next sentence, and you have not changed that one. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 23:31, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
non muslims are not allowed. Your , however, was:
'no muslim' people were permitted. That's not the same, it's the opposite! ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 14:46, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
Hi, just FYI, if you look at the edits by this user they are all additions of characters from Jo-Jo's Bizarre Adventure to random pages about real life sports figures, WWII fliers, etc. It's one thing for joking vandalism of Wiki pages on sports, but it's pretty galling to insert fake names into articles on people who fought and sometimes died for their country. I don't need to AGF if an IP is clearly vandalizing. Cheers, Finktron ( talk) 02:26, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
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I am responding to your allegations of conflict of interest. Please assume good faith. In general, I would like you to refrain from making allegations of conflict of interest in response to good faith editors who remove unsupported defamation based on unreliable, self-published sources due to vandalism and as blatant misuse of Wikipedia as a webhost. The user whose information was removed clearly has more, albeit irrelevant, ties to ProBoards based on their own hosted subdomain, provided to them by ProBoards for use. In other words, I feel that removal of an entire section devoted to a single business complaint being irrelevant to an operations of any organization does not justify assumption of conflict of interest nor does it warrant a conflict of interest user notice tag, especially when it's obvious conflict of interest does not exist.
Thank you. 76.0.6.168 ( talk) 22:59, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
"Hi, I am aware of these policies and do not work for the company. I receive no compensation for my edits; this might have been a false alarm."
"Could you explain why you think that I might have a conflict of interest here?"
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Hi, sorry if I am wrong, but you have answered a question directed to that user, and you have responded instead of them on the AfD page. Your accounts have been created within the same hour, on the same four wikis.
If you are one person controlling both accounts, this can be okay, but needs to be done with
great care. In this case, where both editors edit the same article, it can be problematic. If you are using both accounts, I would suggest deciding which one you would like to keep, and to stop using the other for now. In this case, please add this text to the source code of John doe's talk page: {{User alternative account|Djumbo75}}
. This would nicely solve the situation, if it's true. There won't be any problems then, I think. You can see here how the message would look like:
Template:User alternative account
If you are related, maybe know each other and talked about this issue, please say so - that's okay, but also needs to be done carefully, to avoid it from being interpreted as "canvassing" or "meatpuppetry".
If there is absolutely no connection between you two, I'm sorry for the irrelevant question. I hope that you can see why I thought that there might be a connection, but I might well be wrong. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 00:56, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
Reason : unable to open the other. Hey! I wanted to answer you with my first account but I can not reopen it since, I can not find the password so I use more than this new account and only this one, the previous one can not anymore to be used, in your understanding. Now, I use this account: Djumbo75.
Note for talk page archive: The specific link to plus.wikimonde.com is not a mirror page, but the comment was true nevertheless: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Lemaire ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 02:35, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
I went to sleep, and this is what I had to see when I came back. ~ ToBeFree ( talk)
The following discussion involved unacceptable deletion of other users' discussion entries, which have been restored by ToBeFree.
Hi, please be aware that johndoe and Djumbo is one and only person, even if he said after it's a mistake, it's not. He did same this on Wikimonde. He created ware edition to talk to admin and said it was a problem to make page deleted. He also created fake account to make french page deleted. Just look at the vote : every people who voted wasn't active account, didnt vote to any vote before. Plus, the vote was months ago and the article was not the same in French than English, and there're many sources. I just wanted you to be aware that this page will be center of very personal opinions, settle accounts and POV, just because this person is middle of huge debate like same sex mariage and got many probleme with extrem right wing. - User was banned by Wikimonde because using fake account and trying to make credibile he was admin. (covnersation is here http://plus.wikimonde.com/wiki/Wikimonde:Bistro ) Tifftiff1234 ( talk) 11:05, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
ANSWER: It's very funny your comment because he knows very well who I am LMAO (no luck for you!) It is to him that I asked to change my account name can no longer use my old account! so I do not have several WP account as you pretend I have one and the one that helped me edit....(12:28, 29 April 2018 (UTC)) You do that his innuendo, there is nothing conclusive in article on Google, even another person says it from the US: :: "A quick Google search of Charles-Lemaire turns up no reliable sources on him. Absent other evidence, I would agree with your assessment: lack of notability". & Mdash; Javert2113 ( talk) 00:20, 29 April 2018 (UTC) — also, you have been banned from WP and Wikimonde okay not me! You only insinuate that it is you who create all the articles... And you are one and the same person on all WPs to create this page. Everything you report I did not even know !! You are in a conflict of the far right? or gay marriage, I did not know it ... The only thing you find about you is pedophilia cases on all Google pages and nothing else you write. But, I have only one account it is his which is dramatic. Do you make insinuations without proof, yours about your name... blogger? OK! For the short films nikon contests like thousands, just artistic agent... Ask yourself the right question, I'm talking about one thing for my part of eligibility. And I have nothing to do with any other WP I report facts. Preceding unsigned comment added by Djumbo75 ( talk • contribs)
PROOF => CheckUser note: The following accounts are sock puppets: Liloula2200 <==== :=), IamAGecko, Ninobalto222, and MangoZona account Tifftiff1234 and IP one only contrib. See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/IamAGecko.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:01, 14 December 2017 (UTC) Note Given this new information, I would like to highlight (apart from the fact that only the puppets seem to be ok with keeping the article) that 95% of the contribution to this article were made by these sock puppets, given a good information on its unreliability as well as its not notableness. Giorgio69 (talk) 18:23, 14 December 2017. LOONY!!! I may say that I am not those people they cite.. But he returns the situation to his advantage when several contributors have for several months since he was the only person who contributed to the article. Accuse me to be accounts that I am not! Ur masquerade it's so insane! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Djumbo75 ( talk • contribs) 18:47, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
the links provided are not serious: :: https://www.google.fr/search?q=%22benjamin+lemaire%22&rlz=1C5CHFA_enFR781FR781&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiX286F4d_aAhWOL1AKHYbQAaUQ_AUICigB&biw=1056&bih=718 the titles are => "The community manager of the stars in jail for corruption of minors" or "The legal disputes of the agent of youtubeurs Benjamin Lemaire" the others speak of a vinegrower of the same name (2 articles in the provided web links ), there is that short film of 2 minutes (different) ! Speaks only of judicial and only one recent article, so still not notability. Let believe that we speak only of him.-- Djumbo75 ( talk) 19:11, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
ToBeFree has opened an SPI case here: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Djumbo75
~ ToBeFree ( talk) 00:55, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Benjamin Charles-Lemaire
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16:18, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
I provided a citation for the chilean cuisine article, but it still got removed. What happened? — Preceding unsigned comment added by DiamondGamer lite ( talk • contribs) 21:09, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
I don't know how this works, I was simply trying to update the Elias WWE page to be accurate as his listed finishing move is very outdated. I watch wrestling every single week and he has been using "Drift Away" as his finishing move for about a year now. Here are some links, I'm not sure if they qualify as actual sources for you or where I'm supposed to look for said sources, but I hope this is enough to convince you that my information is correct.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtIQ73eV1Mo
"Drift Away (Swinging fisherman neckbreaker) – 2017–present" https://www.sportskeeda.com/player/elias-samson
Cheers
24.212.253.184 ( talk) 21:39, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
Adding references is easier than this might look like -- the simplest way to do it is:
<ref>https://www.example.com/my-reference.html</ref>
Oh, and thank you for taking the time to improve the article! ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 21:47, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
Hello,
I do apologize, I didn’t realize I had deleted important information by accident. I am the one who made the small changes in that article, however since I am very new to Wikipedia I accidentally destroyed some very important information. I will be much more careful in the future.
Thank you. Shadowrizer135 ( talk) 14:22, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
I see, yes, I did use an iPad with the visual editing feature, that may have caused a problem with the source code. I have watched the movie and have partial knowledge of Japanese so I do believe my corrections were... well, correct. I appreciate you reverting the damage I caused, but may I be allowed to edit it again? Thank you for your help. Also, should I sign my edits or only on talk pages? Shadowrizer135 ( talk) 15:04, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for your help, and I hope you have a fun day too! I’ll edit it on my computer this time in source code mode to make sure I don’t accidentally destroy it again! :) Shadowrizer135 ( talk) 15:14, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
Yeah, that was an actual constructive edit there. He left a link to a logo image, so I uploaded it and put the information in the infobox where it belongs. Raymie ( t • c) 02:27, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
Pagina web www.laromantica.com.mx y nuevo logo de año 2018 La Romántica 1170 am y 92.9 fm la música de tú corazón http://www.radiorama.mx/images/fotos/591_XHECD.png
Hi @ ToBeFree:,
Why you think that this edit is an unsourced? As per my view it is a pure vandalized edit by IP user. Thank you, Siddiqsazzad001 <Talk/> 15:44, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
Partly copied from Talk:Digital_rights_management 14:05, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
@
ToBeFree:, in the IBM article, would you say IBM, International Business Systems, also called Intentionally Braindamaged Machinery? We don't add insults in ledes made up by snarky critics. DRM stands for what it stands for. Please revert your fake definition of the acronym.
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Note by ToBeFree: This seems to be about
this edit. See page history and talk page at that time.
"The founder of an organization that is against copyright"-- You might be referring, wrongly, to Richard Stallman? If so, I'd like to correct that the whole "free software" principle, and copyleft licenses like the one Wikipedia uses as a foundation for its existence as a free encyclopedia, are based and relying on copyright. Stating that someone is "against copyright" does not appear to be a factual analysis, and in this specific case, it is really objectively and verifiably wrong.
"simply an insult"; there are actually being restrictions applied by DRM. It can also be argued that DRM is a "rights management" -- why would any of both terms be "wrong" or "right", based on any other criterion than usage frequency in media? Frequently used terms can be biased just as well as non-frequently-used terms can be.
"never a reason for reverting".
If the discussion has continued after that, it is available at Talk:Digital_rights_management. 14:06, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
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16:28, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
I absolutely had to copy this here. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 14:27, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
Did you make it? Aceing_Winter_Snows_Harsh_Cold ( talk) 06:55, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
Yes, I know I was trolling originally, but it's true, CCR was identifying as 'The Golliwogs' when they were younger. Also, I'm at school, so let me have fun, please!!!1!!!!!1!!11 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shlockvet ( talk • contribs) 17:33, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
@ Shlockvet: Welcome to Wikipedia. It makes me happy to see that you're having fun, and it's nice that you have created an account. Unfortunately, your edits have not been helpful so far. We're not trying to ruin your fun! Instead of trolling, here's something that might be fun and useful at the same time: Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Adventure -- ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 17:38, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
Shlockvet ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) has been banned on 17:53, 10 May 2018 by Widr with an expiration time of indefinite (account creation blocked) ( vandalism). ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 18:09, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I'd appreciate it if you'd stop changing solid facts on the Eoghan McDermott page. It is a subject very close to my heart and Eoghan himself has confirmed that he is, indeed, married, British and 40. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cmonccccmongogo ( talk • contribs) 17:50, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
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Thanks for creating Alte Brücke (Frankfurt), ToBeFree!
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For my talk page archive. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 19:19, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
Please ignore the following warnings. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 21:57, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
(removed last tests for the new Huggle config on en.wikipedia) ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 22:10, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
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For successfully beta testing and rolling out a comprehensive configuration for Huggle that will hopefully have a positive impact on the RC Patrollers on the project. Thanks for all the work you put in to make it happen! OhKayeSierra ( talk) 23:22, 13 May 2018 (UTC) |
This is about Diff 841072943/prev, which future readers might remember as "the day my Huggle warning list has suddenly completely changed." ;) ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 00:30, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
What's wrong with my edits, it's only the truth. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kappa789 ( talk • contribs) 16:39, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello, ToBeFree! I'm just here to thank you for all your help with new editors, and also to say that I'm borrowing some of your wiki mark-up. I hope you don't mind! — Javert2113 ( talk; please ping me in your reply on this page) 17:04, 14 May 2018 (UTC) |
What am I doing wrong on our page? Why is a teacher updating a page for the high school they work at a bad thing? Does Wikpedia not want current information on a page? Who else knows more about the school they work at than a teacher there? I haven't written anything thats not directly cited. All are facts. Help me understand how any of this is a conflict of interest? CflemLCHS ( talk) 17:16, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
editors with a COI are sometimes unaware of whether or how much it has influenced their editing.This sentence summarizes the whole "conflict" nicely, I think.
I think we are being a tad overzealous here. This is just a high school page. Thats it. Nothing posted anywhere is wrong or even written in a way that would be considered biased. All facts. Directly from the webpage. My registering that username I wanted to be transparent that I was updating it.. but based upon all of these suggestions I should have just registered an ambiguous name and made the edits. I deleted the flag because it was over 4 years old. All of this is too bad - makes it very hard to have accurate information out there. After talking to the principal, we are just gonna leave it alone... one more out of date page I guess... I really don't want to get attacked every time I try to update the page. I was pretty excited about fixing it. oh well... count me out. CflemLCHS ( talk) 18:09, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
I just wanted to apologize for talk-page stalking you. I probably should have asked your permission before doing so, but in my haste to respond, well, it slipped my mind. I hope you'll forgive me and we can resume being friends again; otherwise, I harbor no ill-will if you should choose to not do so. (By the way, if I didn't help, I'll take my whippings.)
Addendum: I don't mean to sound cheeky, but would you allow me to TPS in the future? Thank you. — Javert2113 ( talk; please ping me in your reply on this page) 17:57, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
Got your email. I wish I knew how to access that, but thanks for the link; I'll be saving that. Now, if you could only help me figure out why my userboxes keep getting pushed to the right... Thanks for your help! — Javert2113 ( talk; please ping me in your reply on this page) 18:54, 14 May 2018 (UTC) (Whoops, messed up earlier.) — Javert2113 ( talk; please ping me in your reply on this page) 18:56, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
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22:23, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello, I've just added a list of Countries where this writer was translated. It's been removed(!). I've also edited a translation of a statement she made which had been wrongly translated form Italin to English. One second after that, I've been sent this message:
Hello, I'm ToBeFree. Wikipedia is written by people who have a wide diversity of opinions, but we try hard to make sure articles have a neutral point of view. Your recent edit to Silvana De Mari seemed less than neutral to me, so I removed it for now. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 15:42, 15 May 2018 (UTC)
So must I assume that a list of Countries and a correct translation are now considered 'opinions'???!!! And you claim to be neutral???!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.41.122.22 ( talk • contribs) 16:03, 15 May 2018 (UTC)
"[...] defined by the President of the Order of Medical Doctors as not to be based on facts or scientific evidence. The disciplinary panel is in the process of evaluating whether De Mari's actions will result in any disciplinary measure"
"not matching what Medicine thinks today",
Alongside her fantasy production, she's also contributed to the italian academic debate o this literary genre through her activity as essayist and speaker.
sorrry mistake — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.198.174.195 ( talk) 00:52, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
Hector Vinent is a two time Olympic Champion and two time World Champion. There are only three boxers with three olympic gold medals (Papp, Stevenson, Savon). Just a step behind them is Vinent. So you can say he is one of most succesfull amateur boxers in history. You do not need any citations. You just have to take a look at his medals and have basic knowledge about amateur boxing. Kind regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Battlingsiki1986 ( talk • contribs) 19:45, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
Best knowing for its skill and speed he is one of most succesfull amateur boxers in history.
Heading added by me ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 19:57, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello ToBeFree, I made the change in request of Oscar Murillo, He wants to remove the picture he currently has in his Wikipedia Page, also remove the name of his spouse, as he is not currently with her any more. I would like to keep the changes that I had made. how do I support them if the source is the person himself? thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Donator25 ( talk • contribs) 19:51, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
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~ ToBeFree (
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My goal on the Griffin Guess page is to keep the exist information that has been edited by many since 2009 up in operating condition. However, this one user keeps vandalizing the page outright and I'm looking to experienced users to help block or band this user from obvious vandalism. Any assistance would be great. Sorry for creating issue specific to the page edit, layout format. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kelseykukui ( talk • contribs) 20:17, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
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That was not me who made the edits. It was someone else using my IP. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.31.201.20 ( talk) 02:19, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Dana_McKenzie&diff=842026127&oldid=842025966&diffmode=source
~ ToBeFree ( talk) 18:41, 19 May 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for the advice - I've greatly trunctated the addition it and moved the rest to talk page.
Hope that is ok. 5.198.10.236 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 16:40, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
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17:34, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I just contacting you to help me out with a modification into a Wikipedia Living Person Biography, In the current status of this personal appears as he's still married to Angelica Fernandes, unfortunately, that's no true, so I will request to remove this from the Oscar Murillos page, as is transgressing the Data Protection Act principle 4.
To comply with these provisions you should:
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thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Donator25 ( talk • contribs) 12:59, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
If you write Oscar Murillo in the google search the first that comes out to your browser is a Wikipedia screen where said that Oscar Murillo's wife is Angelica Fernandes. that is the wrong information. He is no longer married to that person, that is what is wrong in his information.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Donator25 ( talk • contribs) 19:54, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for your message on my talk page. i have never met Harry Oldmeadow nor do i have any interest in promoting him. I am just trying to improve his wikipedia page. Thanks. 82.27.90.157 ( talk) 18:27, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
(note: The following message has been added, maybe coincidentally with the right indentation, as result of an edit conflict. It has been written before my answer had appeared. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 18:31, 25 May 2018 (UTC))
This section of my talk page will later be archived and is only meant to document Phabricator task T105560, the related feature request, and its position in the timeline of my talk page. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 13:44, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
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My Name Is Billy Bob — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pvmsfca ( talk • contribs) 13:56, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
This edit should be marked as vandalism, not edit tests. It's a clear case. Abelmoschus Esculentus ( talk to me) 14:11, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
you make a mistake because i want — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.53.107.224 ( talk) 18:34, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi, TBF - I almost did the same thing you did re: the revert at sturgeon but I stopped to check for any IUCN updates, and there it was - so I reverted your revert. Anyway, thank you for looking out for our articles. Atsme 📞 📧 14:31, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
a page named Higher Secondary School Certificate is already on Wikipedia. There is no need for this page — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kashmiri1950 ( talk • contribs) 21:23, 1 June 2018 (UTC)
This section has been moved to the bottom of the talk page and merged with an update created under a new heading. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 15:30, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
...Yes, the reason I edited the page was to "change the meaning of the words." I effectively did just that. Grammarians do not talk about modifying sentences, which you said I should have been doing. It is always words which are modified. Despite this, you found my edit wanting in some mysterious fashion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.110.241.177 ( talk) 14:33, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
Note by ToBeFree, 14:59, 1 May 2018 (UTC): This seems to be about User talk:ToBeFree#Grammar and User talk:75.110.241.177
I find it in bad taste for you to dredge up discussion that I've had with other people, and then make remarks about them on my talk page. Clearly this is something you're set on doing. When you remark that I said a user should stop editing, you are wrong. I said this user should stop editing for grammar. You PROBABLY should know better than this, but English may be a barrier here, because you admit on your page that you speak only "advanced" English, and not near-perfect or professional (the other categories). In any case, if you think that you have the right to correct me in the fashion that you have, then you are mistaken. You are not a moderator here.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.110.241.177 ( talk) 14:55, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
before your edit | after your edit |
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<s>
at the beginning of your previous message. Then add </s>
after the first period, before "User:ToBeFree". Alternatively, you can re-word the sentence to be less aggressive. The rest of your statement seems to be very valid, and I thank you for taking the time to explain what I would have required more research for.
~ ToBeFree (
talk) 19:32, 1 May 2018 (UTC)I'm sorry for my initial hostile reaction. I have been clearly uncivil here, and I should not have let this incident stress me out. I had originally quoted a personal attack towards you, which is definitely not okay, and I had even originally marked it in bold to emphasize which part of the quoted discussion I considered to be "relevant". Before you had read the text (I hope), I quickly removed the bold text from the quote and reworded it to be less aggressive. I have also added an explanation of my edit on this occassion -- something I should have done as the very first thing, and in a much more polite way.
About two weeks later, I decided to remove the insulting quote from my talk page. Especially as I had complained about personal attacks between you and Khajidha in the discussion, my quote casted an embarrassingly bad light on the otherwise very friendly atmosphere I'm trying to establish here. That was a good first step, I think, but I feel that it has not been enough.
I have noticed that you have not edited since this discussion, and that your last edit has been made one month ago to my talk page. This is worrying me, because I might have discouraged a well-intending user from editing, something which I had ironically been complaining about to you above. I hope that the sudden stop of editing from your IP address, 75.110.241.177, has only been caused by a change of IP address, or by registration of a username.
Today, I would like to invite you to give Wikipedia, a huge project that can only continue to exist because of contributions like yours, a second chance. Specifically, I sincerly hope that you would like to give me, personally, a second chance as well. I'm sorry for having been rude in our discussion, and I will honestly do my best to prevent something like this from happening ever again.
If you would like to come back, please take one of these cookies:
They're still warm while you're reading this. No matter when you're reading this. They'll be waiting here, they will not be archived, and it would make me happy to hear from you again whenever you see this message. I sadly can't reach you via e-mail by leaving a message on your talk page, but maybe you're still reading Wikipedia as 75.110.241.177, and maybe you'll be looking at my talk page one day again. When you do, please let me know, even if you choose to refuse my apology. I know that I have messed up. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 23:56, 1 June 2018 (UTC)
I deleted it because it said how he did not like Donald Trump. When he in fact does like Donald Trump. Thats why Donald Trump endorsed him. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Liberty State Of Jefferson ( talk • contribs) 01:23, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
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I suppose I could request deletion, but do you have anything to say there? If not, that would be bureaucracy for its own sake. Redirects do not destroy any content. 24.7.14.87 ( talk) 01:08, 3 June 2018 (UTC)
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Can you possibly deal with that MOS issue at
human migration? I've reached out to them but am not sure if they are going to self-revert. I don't want to hit 3RR problems because I already reverted that new editor twice when they were an IP.
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here's the source, and i posted it in my edit: https://storywrite.com/story/7598601-what-would-franz-kafka-say-if-you-knock-on-his-toilet-door--by-sexy — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.187.167.105 ( talk) 18:31, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
here's the source and i already posted it, didn't you see it? https://storywrite.com/story/7598601-what-would-franz-kafka-say-if-you-knock-on-his-toilet-door--by-sexy — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.187.167.105 ( talk) 18:35, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
I am contacting you in regard to your contributions on Bastyr University. Neutrality. One word. Additionally, you are obviously are using this platform to slander an institution and also to advance the motives of Britt Helmes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PGND ( talk • contribs) 18:36, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
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I could use a hand with this Draft I'm writing up. I'm not really sure if the subjects pass WP:GNG such to warrant their own article, and, admittedly, I'm somewhat wary of running afoul of the administrators, given that an article about the subjects was deleted back in 2009.
Here's the article: User:Javert2113/sandbox/Katie and Eilish Holton.
Anyway, I'd like your opinion: here, if that suits you; on my talk page, if you want; on the talk page for the draft page, if it seems most judicious. Thank you for your time, TBF. — Javert2113 ( talk; please ping me in your reply on this page) 19:10, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
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21:54, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
This is currently just a note for myself. It is my first answer to an unblocking request.
User_talk:Liberty_State_Of_Jefferson#Hello_again
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User_talk:Liberty_State_Of_Jefferson&oldid=844765586
~ ToBeFree ( talk) 01:07, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
Copied from commons:Commons:Graphics_village_pump#SVG_text_rendered_incorrectly_despite_using_officially_supported_fonts ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 16:32, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi,
meta:SVG fonts explicitly mentions DejaVu Sans and Liberation Sans. Also, Wikimedia pages themselves use the "Linux Libertine" font for section headings. The heading of this section is rendered in Linux Libertine!
I have created four SVGs containing text in Inkscape. The text should be easily editable using a text editor, the file should stay PD-ineligible, and the file size should not increase too much. For these three reasons, I do not want the text to be replaced by paths. Instead, I would like to use a font that allows correct rendering of thumbnails. I tried the three fonts mentioned above and failed.
The four SVGs: File:Smartscreen-warning-1.svg, File:Smartscreen-warning-1-arrow.svg, File:Smartscreen-warning-2.svg, File:Smartscreen-warning-2-arrow.svg
The text in these images has characters which overlap each other for no apparent reason. Instead of a normal text flow, characters are incorrectly moved to the left/right, causing them to stick together visually. It almost looks as if these characters are stored in the SVG one-by-one, each with a specific (wrong) position. This, however, does not actually seem to be the case, as opening the SVG with a text editor shows.
I tried searching the village pump archive and the Help:SVG page, but I might have overlooked something. If the issue is known, I would be happy about someone pointing me to a relevant FAQ entry or previously solved case. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 16:15, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
Additional note: The "more info" text has a "text-decoration: underline;" CSS attribute, which is rendered correctly in Firefox when opening the SVG. The MediaWiki thumbnail renderer, however, appears to completely ignore it. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 16:19, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
librsvg
small font-size quantization bug:
Phab:T36947. Small font escapement and baseline placement have problems. For example, one of your files (
File:Smartscreen-warning-2-arrow.svg) uses font sizes of 2.82222223px, 4.23333311px, 6.3499999px, 10.58333302px, 16.93333244px. That's small enough to tickle the bug.serif
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.Thank for telling me this. In the future, I will make sure to not happen anymore. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Decemberboyl ( talk • contribs) 18:10, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for your welcome on my talk page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mech1949 ( talk • contribs) 18:41, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
Hello, You removed a link I provided for Automotive battery. This link directs to an informative web page about how to jump start a car flat battery and contains a lot of important information I believe can help many people. Why did you remove it? I think it's a mistake. Please put it back. Thank you BeitMeir ( talk) 11:50, 11 June 2018 (UTC)
This appears to be about this edit, 2018-06-11, 11:43, to Automotive battery. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 12:04, 11 June 2018 (UTC)
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21:55, 11 June 2018 (UTC)
When an IP adds some credible information, why revert? If you don't have time to look for a source, you could just add "citation required", no? I looked, and added a source. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:54, 12 June 2018 (UTC)
(Note: This appears to be about this edit to The Passenger (opera)) ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 20:30, 12 June 2018 (UTC)
As I understand it you are the one who undone my contribution. :)
What do you thing is better - unstylish truth or eloquent falsehood? I know the truth just because I have been living here for more than 30 years (check the IP). And you can just check the information with the Russian Wikipedia page. There never have been any settlement called Ugresha on this ground. There were four villages - Алексеевка, Денисьево, Кишкино, Гремячево - the names remaining as names of parts of our town - and you can see them on Google Maps. In the 30th a working settlement was created with the name of Dzerzhinsky which received the township status later. That's it.
And frankly, I do not understand why you do not require any corroboration for the glaring lie on this page and yet require it from me.
Finally, it is not my problem - I know the truth. It is the problem of those who will learn this lie reading Wikipedia. And it's you who created the problem. Adios! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.117.112.158 ( talk) 16:15, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
I did nothing.
Sincerely,
Donald Trump — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:249:800:415F:C4D5:D8AB:54AA:799E ( talk) 20:43, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
Per [58], the user just got checkuser-blocked. Which was no surprise at all... Guy ( Help!) 21:30, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
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21:47, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
Note: This seems to be about this edit to Moe (band) ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 15:25, 20 June 2018 (UTC)
The band is not "Moe" with a stylization to "moe.". "moe." is the band's name, and doesn't need to be explained in any different or ambiguous way. Your edit makes it seem like people have referred to them as "Moe" (capitalized and without the period) which is untrue. Please respond to the talk page if you feel that I am in error. Replacing a bad edit does not make the information correct. In fact, nowhere else in the article is the band referred to with capitalization AND without the period. ```` — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.44.170.115 ( talk) 14:55, 20 June 2018 (UTC)
Good catch on the comma, also. Have a great day! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.44.170.115 ( talk) 15:09, 20 June 2018 (UTC)
Talk:Moe_(band)#Requested_move_20_June_2018
15:05, 21 June 2018
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~ ToBeFree ( talk) 00:57, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
Sorry about the gratuitous rudeness. I don't know what got into me - you were probably a distraction/proxy target for some work issue or something ... oops, bad of me ... apologies and best wishes DBaK ( talk) 22:18, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
This has likely been about this discussion at Talk:Shon Faye ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 18:05, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
Thank you, best wishes to you too! ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 18:05, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
See phabricator:T197916:
Please do not copy "bdi" tags into generated wikitext
In the new "source editor" part of VisualEditor, when copying log entries into wikitext, a "bdi" html tag gets inserted around usernames. You can see this here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User_talk:ToBeFree&diff=846966722&oldid=846966405&diffmode=source
You can also see that it breaks the wikitext, so it's not just a style issue -- it's a real bug.
Thank you very much in advance. :)
~ ToBeFree ( talk) 00:56, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
This text has been moved to 🡺 Talk:Valora Noland#Editing requests by Kamitra1 🡸
~ ToBeFree ( talk) 21:23, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
stop deleting my stuff — Preceding unsigned comment added by I AM A FEMENIST ( talk • contribs) 17:07, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
17:10, 29 June 2018 There'sNoTime ( talk | contribs) blocked I AM A FEMENIST ( talk | contribs) with an expiration time of indefinite (account creation blocked) ( Vandalism-only account)
I made a factual edit about the expansion of Ballymoney High School, and you removed it. Why? Halilooladsmynameislauren ( talk) 13:18, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
~ ToBeFree ( talk) 02:47, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T198552
~ ToBeFree ( talk) 01:00, 2 July 2018 (UTC)
wikitech:Incident_documentation/20180615-phabricator-vandalism ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 18:37, 24 July 2018 (UTC)
Hi!
Why did you remove what i wrote on SarahMitchels82 page? It’s purely the Truth.
Sofianichols ( talk) 06:07, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
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You use STiki or Huggle now? ~ Abelmoschus Esculentus ( talk to me) 02:09, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
Copied from https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Special:Log/block&page=User%3A107.77.249.11
phabricator:T193414, phabricator:T197916 ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 15:58, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
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This is a copy for my talk page archive. Please reply at Talk:Valora Noland#Editing requests by Kamitra1 instead. Thank you! ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 19:39, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
This is a copy for my talk page archive. Please reply at
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The following text had originally been added to my user page. The "SO SORRY" is likely referring to this unusual place for a message. ;) ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 19:06, 21 June 2018 (UTC) SO SORRY! I don't know where to leave you a message about my edits on my Valora Noland page, so I'll put it here. When you answer, you can tell me where it should have been placed. Yes, Kamitra 1 is (now getting pretty old) Valora Noland. I wrote the original bio, or enlarged what was there, correcting stuff. Someone has been screwing around with this bio, put Dick Clayton's name as the name of the talent scout, and more. B.S. I know folks who have been in front of the camera are fun for people to make fun of, but I do wish it would stop. What, just what, do you not approve of? The one who was in show biz is the subject of the article, not the one who went on to other things, Baum family, or whatever. I think this bio should be kept to my experience with show business. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kamitra1 ( talk • contribs) 20:48, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
Message from Kamitra1 on June 20th Hello Again, I realized yesterday after Leaving long message in the wrong place again, that I should check my email before going to Wikipedia. There I did find multiple messages from you, and finally cognate that the button I need to click is on your talk page. I said there are a few typos in the current V. Noland bio. I think it would be better, first sentence, to use a period not a semi-colon. "Her mother ...." etc. At the end of bio, I think it would be better to end the paragraph after "Star Trek", as it was not a film but an episode in a TV series. At the very bottom you have mentioned my three books. "Horse Stories" should have quotation marks in its title, which indicates a special usage of the words Horse Stories. My book is not stories in the usual sense, but all about one horse. It can be bought as a print on demand book from Amazon. I'm sure you will locate what I wrote yesterday about Dick Clayton, and I think you will find a way to put it back, perhaps in your own words other than mine which you don't approve of. That the talent scout made it possible for me to meet with Dick Clayton, a top agent, and that Mr. Clayton decided to sign me up before I left the Pasadena Playhouse is show biz data, and as I said in my message yesterday, important. I think it is strange that you have decreed I should not have further access to my Wikipedia page. I am not the one who screwed it up, but if we can get it just fine as we both agree, and lock it from further changes by anyone, that would be good. I'm one of a small number of earthlings who don't have much fondness for computers and the internet, though I use both as necessary, these days going to the library to get on the net. So sometimes, I only check my email once a week. Thanks, (and I think there is still another typo than what I've just mentioned) Valora — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kamitra1 ( talk • contribs) 18:37, 20 June 2018 (UTC)
Message from 26 June 2018 (original title: "From Kamitra1 (Valora Noland)"; moved from ToBeFree's talk page 20:32, 26 June 2018 (UTC)) It has taken me some days to get back here. I am 76-1/2-yrs-old now, but not senile. I mention my age, for it may make some difference as to how interested one might be in spending one's days on the internet as you may be doing. A few things. "Not without a reliable source." This is as much as saying I must be lying. Who better than I who was in Hollywood during most of the 1960s and lived the life in question? "Horse Stories" is for sale on Amazon. If you want to see the title as it is, there is picture of the book cover on an Amazon site which shows the title with quotation marks, so please add them to the reference. What better proof than this? I actually studied with acting coach Sherman Marks as well as the other two I mentioned. Sherman was the last, and a kind man in comparison to Robert Gist. Jeff Cory's acting lab was something I started soon after moving to H. from the Playhouse. Need "reliable source"? I think you are a trouble maker first, and a Wikipedia editor second, or whoever took this out of my bio. As I already wrote, to say I had an agent (who just happened to be one of the top ones) before I left the Playhouse is important data, and Famous Artists could be contacted to verify I signed with them in 1961. No one may want to bother, but a sure verification is there. I think it is the act of a bully to take this out, or not to re-add it in other words. One could say: "...stage name. A talent scout spotted her in a Pasadena market and connected her to a top Hollywood agent, Dick Clayton, who agreed to represent her, all this before she left the Playhouse." I didn't remain with Dick Clayton, and he didn't stay perpetually with Famous Artists. I think it is also important and interesting show biz data that a fine agent is not always the best answer for an actor, as they may spend most of their time on their already successful clients, James Dean, Jane Fonda, Harrison Ford, and others. The "Jewish" paragraph I entered last week was in response to someone thinking it was important to link my show biz page to info on birth certificates and the Baum family, as though they were seeking to link me to Jewish, not always beneficial in this world. Bring out the greater truth whenever possible ........ (i.e., don't continue the idea of hand-me-down or genealogic Jewish identity. It is no different, as I see it, than saying someone is genealogically Catholic. I am not hiding behind a false name, have no need to. I think people who contribute or control on the internet and do not reveal their true name are hiding because they are not really okay to be doing what they are. Maybe okay as civil law sees it, but not in the greater sense. This is how I think it is with putting me in the sandbox, and messing with my page in the first place. It was quite alright as it was. Kamitra1 ( talk) 18:00, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
Valora Noland bio I see "Horse Stories" got its quotation marks. Thank you. It is just a lot of bother to fish for old records from Famous Artists which would verify that I started with that agency and Dick Clayton in 1961. I wrote you a possible other way of entering the info at the end of first paragraph. My changed version could finish with "agreed to represent her, giving her cause to leave the Playhouse." The Pasadena Playhouse was a 3-yr. course, and I regret leaving when I did to go to Hollywood. So, for those who might be interested in my brief career, it says why I landed in Hollywood when I did. It was because of the talent scout who should have left me alone ----- or, I should have asked Mr. Clayton if he would still represent me if I finished another year and a half. Would you like me to get old records which prove I attended the Playhouse? You are being unfair, but I have to let you do what you like. At the bottom you (I assume) have added Divine Machine two times. #5 is a duplicate, and would you please remove it? The Divine Machine was published by yours truly in a limited edition of 100 copies, and is available only from one small shop in San Francisco, and they don't mail copies. It has three fold-outs which I taped onto the relevant pages, and for this book to be mass-produced it will need very special print shop robots! Also, it is very expensive to print (a lot of color), and expensive to buy. It might be best to leave it off the page. Also, it seems this reference goes to a second line, so the full sub-title could be shown on the page. But again, maybe delete. Divine Machine. Capital "M" please on Machine. Thanks, Kamitra1 ( talk) 19:19, 2 July 2018 (UTC)
More from Kamitra1 Hello Again, Interesting 60 Minutes last night, about the bank robber who became a distinguished law professor. If we follow the Masters, we will come forward, a little or a lot. I see a message from you which says you want to know that I have read what you have written. I think I did, or have. I find all of this less than agreeable, as you have (or you and others) have delighted in taking important facts out of my bio. But my life has more chapters than the earliest one in Hollywood. My bio now says I have "authored books "Horse Stories", The Divine Machine, and Water Lily Ponds." I don't see any reason for having a reference for Divine Machine below, linked to Amazon. Amazon, and others I'm sure, has for MANY years had Divine Machine in its data base. It is a result of the isbn # leading them to list the book, but this does not mean there is a publication of the book. Also, the subtitle was/is not fully written there, missing the last part, "structure of life." So the fact that this mini publication is showing up on Amazon (and as unavailable), is because of automation. I think it would be appropriate to take this lower ref. (second mention of the book) off the page. Since you call yourself "ToBeFree", you might be interested in Divine Machine. In most cases, people copy knowledge from a book, as in to pass a test, but it doesn't go very deep. If we can come to new knowledge on our own without being told, then it enters the blood stream. D. M. offers this possibility. Kamitra1 ( talk) 18:46, 9 July 2018 (UTC)
More from Valora This text has been moved from my talk page. ToBeFree, 19:09, 12 July 2018 (UTC) I just read my bio again, and you have more than taken the color out of it. You don't know show business, or you would know why certain things were in the long-existing prior text. Please remove the incompletely worded Amazon reference to Divine Machine. I told you on the last comm. that it is only because I got an isbn # that Amazon is listing it, and this does not mean the book is available in book stores or anywhere (which it is not). The publication I did on DM is spiral bound and does not qualify for Library of Congress inclusion. It would have to be perfect bound. Nonetheless, homosapiens may make their own books if they like: there is no law against it. The reference at the bottom of the page does not make sense. Please remove it. You have disqualified a whole lot of interesting Valora Noland info no one would know except one who was living the life, such as that the improvised scene done for 5 Finger Exercise was cut BECAUSE the author of the play (which was on Broadway), had not put a scene like that in his script and didn't like it that it had been added by the director of the movie. But you think you know it all and have taken this and a whole lot else out, pretending I am not a reliable source. Absurd. I think you have other motivations than Wiki truth. Kamitra1 ( talk) 18:13, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
Third opinionI have looked through the history of this page and read the above. I'd like to thank the contributors for all their work so far. To Kamitra1, welcome, I hope to encourage you to contribute to this encyclopedia in ways that will be positive for you and for the encyclopedia. This has to include careful consideration of WP:AUTO and WP:RS, and your frustrations so far may possibly be remedied by a fuller understanding of these fundamental policies of Wikipedia. In particular, please note that we are limited to comments that can be reliably sourced - and, even though it's your own life, you don't count as a usable source. Nor does anyone else count as a reliable source for their own life, so it's only fair. IMDB is not normally considered a reliable source either - it's crowdsourced and not really checked. Furthermore, adding any facts, even reliably sourced ones, to your own page is not acceptable. If you have a reliable source, put it on the talk page with a draft of your suggested edit. Someone will be along very soon to consider it, and probably use it. If they aren't, feel free to ping myself or ask Wikipedia:Editor assistance/Requests. Looking at the page as it stands, almost none of it is, in our terms, reliably sourced. The only items that might possibly qualify are the book publications and, if I were in a position to check it, the three pages of Tom Lisanti's book. However, your own comments above about Mr Lisanti do not encourage me to classify him as entirely reliable. Personally I would probably encourage you to write your autobiography - elsewhere - and recommend this page for deletion. But the heart of this third opinion is, please read WP:AUTO and WP:RS carefully before making any more contributions. I do hope that this helps. Richard Keatinge ( talk) 20:23, 12 July 2018 (UTC) |
This is a copy for my talk page archive. Please reply at Talk:Valora Noland#Editing requests by Kamitra1 instead. Thank you! ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 19:39, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
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Hello. I just want to let you know that in the coming version of Huggle (3.4.5), there will be a new feature of editing pages directly inside Huggle using an edit form. The edit form functions same as the web one. The default shortcut for this is E and the shortcut for "Edit page in browser" (which previously was E) has changed to Alt+E. If you want more non-automated edits or you prefer editing pages in the browser, you can swap the shortcuts of the above. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me or Petrb. Thank you. ~ Abelmoschus Esculentus ( talk to me) 02:31, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
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fighting vandalism
Thank you for quality articles such as Alte Brücke (Frankfurt), translated from German, for welcoming new users, fighting vandalism with precise messages, for explaining in detail and resolving with diplomacy, for offering a cookie and recognition, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!
-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 22:00, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
Note: This is likely about this edit to Woodville, Texas ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 01:11, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
Adding a proud military vet serving his country from Woodville. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Persontr ( talk • contribs) 17:40, 16 July 2018 (UTC)
Time to archive your talk page. 330,000+ bytes wtf. ~ Abelmoschus Esculentus ( talk to me) 11:31, 16 July 2018 (UTC)
@ Abelmoschus Esculentus: Done ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 13:46, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
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14:05, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
Thanks, ToBeFree. I will check out that policy and make sure that I comply. However, the edits posted were meant to provide completely up-to-date, factual information on a change in Dominion's ownership and management. The company a U.S. company and the page no longer reflects whatever officer claims were on the existing page, which were not timely or accurate and were anonymously posted. A link was provided as further evidence of the factual nature of these changes, and several false claims were also removed. Therefore, you have actually blocked the correction and may be responsible for known harm to our company as long as this misinformation is allowed to be published on this site. As you must surely know, elections are being targeted by foreign adversaries looking to spread misinformation, and we really do need the help of the world to promote accurate information on U.S. elections and the businesses that support the voting process. In the meantime, I am going to check and see if we need to report this experience to our federal authorities who share our concerns. Thank you. HelloKay ( talk) 18:00, 2 August 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for doing the research, discussion and work to identify and cleanup the lepidoptera.eu links. I'd seen them added and was suspicious but hadn't taken the effort to address it. Thanks again and keep up the good work. SchreiberBike | ⌨ 01:00, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
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16:46, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I want to notice that I don’t receive any contributions with my account. Thank You!-- Ronco Liquidation ( talk) 17:33, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi, like a dais I’m not paid for my edits, I choose my account name just because I did want this name to edit. Thank You again!-- Ronco Liquidation ( talk) 17:47, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
(Copied back from User talk:Ronco Liquidation for context ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 18:12, 21 August 2018 (UTC))
I had copied the above message back to User talk:Ronco Liquidation, which had been cleared at that time, for context. When doing so, I added the following section as an explanation. ~ToBeFree
Notice about deletion of messages from your talk page
Don't worry: This is okay. You may remove any of these messages, whenever you like to, and you do not need to specify a reason. I also do not want to annoy you by adding stuff to a page you appear to prefer empty. I am only adding the above message because it was missing for context of the other messages. Feel free to delete that all as well. I personally prefer archiving instead of deleting messages, and I can set up an archive for you, if you like to. If this sounds interesting, just add a message on my talk page, I'll handle the rest. On my talk page, at the top, you can see how this would look like.
With your current username, but also in general, I personally would recommend adding a notice like "I am not affiliated with Ronco in any way, and I do not receive money or any kind of other compensation for my edits, broadly construed. I have chosen my username because I registered only to edit the Ronco article. My account is not shared with other people, and will never be." to your user page. Of course only if this is really true! :)
Have a nice day. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 17:57, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
(added "2" to the section heading; converted both to level 3 headings ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 18:10, 21 August 2018 (UTC))
👍-- Ronco Liquidation ( talk) 18:00, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
May I ask what your issue with the edits (like alumni, co-curricular are etc.); these are not opinion as much as facts, since they relate to numbers? I.e. the number of Rhodes Scholars, Australian Prime Ministers, High Court of Australia judges is an actual number and is actually higher than any other school in Australia. Many school pages like Scotch College, Eton College etc. discuss their alumni in the introduction, so doing it here is not really advertising.
i.e.
Is the issue that you want these claims to have references/be verified with sources? I provided sources above, see what you think. Also not sure how comments on Staff like 'Gary Audas' can be allowed when that is more opinionated and not verified either. Are you ok if I just delete this 'Staff' section and just add the reference to SGS having the highest number of High Court judges, Aus PM and Rhode Scholars? Thanks. ~gogomannn1 —Preceding undated comment added 01:45 (updated 02:26), 22 August 2018
"numerous knowledgeable staff", which is rather promotional than neutral. About this specific issue, please see Wikipedia:Neutral point of view.
"However, there are a few teachers well reputable for their strictness, one of which is [name]."This might, perhaps, be the most important page to read among all linked here: Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons
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Hi,
I received your message regarding our eternal link on Motlow community college. This is a useful resource for Motlow students and applicants. Would you prefer we list it in another location on the page? Tnecampus.org is the TN Board of regents site covering all online education programs by TBR institutions. Each institution has it's own page with easy access to online programs, accreditation, enrollment, etc. https://tnecampus.org/institutions/97/overview?institution=Motlow%20State%20Community%20College
Thanks,
Chris TBR — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.85.60.222 ( talk) 18:10, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
Hello, I noticed that you dramatically cut down the size of the Wikipedia article on Liferay in August 2018. I understand the need to maintain a neutral perspective, but it would be great if the Liferay entry at least included mention of our product offerings. This is particularly important since we just launched several new ones: Liferay Commerce and Liferay Analytics Cloud. See: https://www.itworldcanada.com/article/liferay-leaps-into-digital-customer-experience-market-seeks-growth-in-canada/406952. Full disclosure: I currently serve as the PR Manager for Liferay. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yotaml2 ( talk • contribs) 21:48, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
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ToBeFree, - Thank for your kind response and apologies for the delay in getting back to you. I will act on your recommendations as soon as I am able. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yotaml2 ( talk • contribs) 01:07, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
In April 2013, Liferay partnered with TIBCO Software to offer a series of Liferay enterprise Connectivity Adapters (eC Adapters) that use TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks with the intention of easing integration of Liferay Portal with multiple systems.
In 2018, Samsung released a top-quality, best-selling enterprise 970 series NVMeᵀᴹ SSD powered by the latest V-NAND technology, and equipped to deliver exceptional performance.
In 2018, the company released a new type of Solid State Drive, using vertical NAND technology. The internal flash memory cells of the drive are stacked vertically to achieve higher storage capacity.
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"had a son [...] who was unfortunately deported to Iraq"
I agree with your removal of the "reference" for the promotional reasons. However, the information it cites is in the given source: the heading of that ref's species-page reads "Kirinia epaminondas (Staudinger, 1887)", which is standard zoological notation for the taxon authority. Doesn't matter a lot for this specific case because those links *should* be removed, but figured I'd let you know in case you ever run into similar issues with references that don't have such a clear-cut reason for removal also applying. AddWitty NameHere 00:57, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
Hey there. Sorry for this, but it seems that I have a shared IP address. Someone else made the edit to the Connect Four page, for I haven't seen the Connect Four page at all. I hope that you understand that this is just a misunderstanding and I hope you have a wonderful day! :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.204.42.181 ( talk) 21:24, 4 August 2018 (UTC)
(this is probably about these two edits to Bowser (character): 1, 2) ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 19:28, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
Hello there! Thank you for helping me undo a mistake, I couldn't quite figure out how to undo it myself until just now. I need help though, im trying to replace an image on the page because the one that the page currently features is quite out of date. Where in the code is the image file where I can swamp it for another? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blatay ( talk • contribs) 19:16, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
Yes, the image used was outdated and used the character's old design, so I updated it for the character's current design. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blatay ( talk • contribs) 19:40, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
I see you recently accepted a pending change to July 4.
You're probably not aware of this change, but Days of the Year pages are no longer exempt from WP:V and direct sources are required for additions. For details see the WikiProject Days of the Year style guide. I looked for a source for this date of birth in the article Dorothy Head Knode that I could add to the DOY page and was able to add it to the DOY page.
Please do not accept additions to day of year pages where no direct source has been provided on that day of year page. The burden to provide sources for additions to these pages is on the editor who adds or restores material to these pages. Thank you. Toddst1 ( talk) 18:12, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
{{
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Thank you for your comments. I am strictly a volunteer member of non-profit organizations (university, government, etc.) with an interest in various artists. Attawaysmith ( talk) 18:05, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
User Cecilrrose is an art historian and subject matter expert on article(s) which I have written. Cecilrrose had never previously contributed to Wikipedia, but joined because of their in depth knowledge. Our collegial exchanges are in no way intended to violate WP:Meatpuppetry or WP:SOCK, but rather an effort to clean-up the writing. Our user pages will reflect that.
Article subject(s) have no affiliation other than that their art works are included in the collections of public institutions where cecilrrose and I have served as volunteer board members. As a new Wikipedian, I hope to be able to contribute to articles about other artists with whose work I am familiar.
Again, thank you for helping me to navigate Wikipedia. Attawaysmith ( talk) 20:18, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
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Thank you for the opportunity to clarify my role in editing on wikipedia. In response to your specific questions: 1) I receive no compensation for my edits 2)I am aware of the WP.SOCK policy an the meat puppetry guidelines. Attawaysmith and I are indeed different people 3)I have no conflict of interest regarding the subject of the of the article I have edited Cecilrrose ( talk) 13:27, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
Sorry, forgot to add the source here: http://www.guardiareal.org/Menu/Historia/resena/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.102.181.161 ( talk) 12:50, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
Excuse me,
I just wanna add some information to that page, and also i want to add the web as my reference. Can i edit the reference so i can put the website link? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Edo PD ( talk • contribs) 14:02, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
Hello! I've been (very) slowly transfering images from enWP to Commons. I stumbled across File:David Andelman 6-9-2012.jpg, which you and @ ShakespeareFan00: recommend transferring to Commons. The uploader claims to have taken the image, but also notes that it was published here at the subject's website. That website makes no claim to copyright. However I get the feeling that if I transfer it to Commons as is, I'll be asked for OTRS verification that the uploader (who hasn't edited for years) was the copyright holder. Am I missing anything here? I'm happy to ping the subject to request OTRS verification that the image is released under a compatible license if y'all think that's best. I just didn't want to jump ahead and create a mess for others to clean up. Any guidance is much appreciated. Happy editing! Ajpolino ( talk) 21:33, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
I am the copyright owner but my file has been previously published without a free license on a medium I can't alter.
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Thanks so much for your advice about the edits. It's my first time editing on Wikipedia and I'm still trying to figure things out. I tried to save the edits I wanted to upload, but not sure how to invite someone else to proof my edits? As such, I think they've all been reverted back to the original copy now. Also, how do I choose who best to approach for a proofread?
Really appreciate your advice and I'll do my best to follow all of Wikipedia's guidelines.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Óláfs%20saga%20Tryggvasonar&diff=859378561
The content is a summary of the main article , which is linked directly above - that is Óláfs_saga_Tryggvasonar_en_mesta. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.198.10.236 ( talk) 17:36, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
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15:23, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
Hello,
The first sentence under the meats section says the most popular meat in Armenian cuisine is "pork [5][20]". I am Armenian and we do not eat pork. Unfortunately, I do not have a source but if you look at any Authentic Armenian cookbook written by an Armenian you will notice that none of the meat recipes have pork in them. The most popular meat is lamb and certainly NOT pork. If you notice the two sources mentioned are NOT Armenian, one is Turkish and the other is an Encyclopedia of food. Well, Turks do eat pork because they are Asian. They came from central Asia where pork is very popular. In the second source, the encyclopedia of food it says "Armenians prefer pork because of the Russian influence". After the Armenian Genocide that was committed by Turks in 1915, Armenia became part of Russia so that explains the influence but pork is certainly not part of traditional Armenian Cuisine.
In fact, if you ever go to an Armenian church during the holidays, I assure you pork is NEVER served.
This is what it says right now under the meats section: "Armenians eat various meats like mutton, cattle and goat but the most popular meat in Armenian cuisine is pork.[5][20]"
Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.123.104.193 ( talk) 02:25, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
https://ejsandps.com/2018/04/27/temporary-relocation-of-e-j-sand/
Here are the links to the Holy Family school. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.228.44.220 ( talk) 21:06, 29 September 2018 (UTC)
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Hi! Thanks for the message - this was my first Wikipedia edit ever. You'll be happy to know that I do not have a conflict of interest, as you worried. The reason I responded is this: "Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes ( CinereousEagle ( talk) 19:02, 8 October 2018 (UTC)); this will automatically insert your username and the date." I see that the "History" tab does indeed have my username and date, even though I did not use four tildes. Can you clarify?
Also, I am curious why you flagged me as potentially having a conflict of interest.
Finally, am I using this "talk" section correctly? — Preceding unsigned comment added by CinereousEagle ( talk • contribs) 19:04, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
Thanks! CinereousEagle ( talk) 19:20, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
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Hello To Be. I noticed you removed all references to the accusations to Stalin K, although there is a reference and I officially represent Global Voices where we decided to cut relationships with him (as he worked for us several times) till the accusations are cleared. I think at least we should keep the accusations as it is referenced in the article, instead of removing all of them, for the sake of supporting safe spaces for our organizations. Thank you. Gohary 19:05, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
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Ok very sorry i make error — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.240.254.19 ( talk) 15:07, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
Thank you very much! Have a good day! (smile) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.240.254.19 ( talk) 17:09, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
Hi this user > User:TheOldJacobite send me message and told me I could be blocked from editing... :(( I just add title before name of character from movie Cop Land (1997) > Sheriff Freddy Heflin and title Sheriff was remove and add again Freddy Heflin but how is not error this is title and is take place before name of some hero from movie — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.240.254.19 ( talk) 16:59, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
i am not TheOldJacobite i have no profile reg here this TheOldJacobite send me message that I can be blocked in the future from editing in page of Cop Land (1997) because title how I added — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.240.254.19 ( talk) 18:12, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
Ok you talk with him for title ? is error ? in some pages from wikiepdia in movies you will find title Sheriff to take place before name of some hero in list cast — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.240.254.19 ( talk) 18:35, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
thanks you too — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.240.254.19 ( talk) 15:39, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
Adding this to my talk page history for reference and on-wiki chronology: phab:T207577 ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 03:39, 21 October 2018 (UTC)
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You kindly offered to proofread my re-drafted article before I resubmitted the piece. I would very much appreciate any advice you may have... /info/en/?search=Draft:DeVOL_Kitchens
Many thanks!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Clb060892 ( talk • contribs) 2018-10-26T13:30:10 (UTC)
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Hi,
I saw your message regarding removing a contribution on Bengt Lundvall's page. I didn't realize it was inappropriate to do that. I'm new to wikipedia. I'm not a paid advocate. I am voluntarily and freely creating a wikipedia page because I think it should be on wikipedia considering how active the person is in innovation policy. I also wanted to learn and experience how to make a page on wikipedia to contribute. Also, have I put this message in the right place? Terrified now of doing everything wrong! Gahh.-- Agent lonely ( talk) 20:56, 22 October 2018 (UTC)
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Hello — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:100D:B10D:D600:B1F9:FAC7:DFAC:AAE6 ( talk) 13:08, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
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Hello, Bonsaiburglar here regarding Special:Diff/868532788, I'd love to get it all cleared up! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bonsaiburglar ( talk • contribs) 20:21, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
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I believe you have to stopppp editing my pages I am a Harvard dropout and I think i'm more intellecct than you.Im only trying to be helpful to your original resume it generally identify as a Binary Red dwarf star and I find offensive that you are telling people to like at my home.Rigel is also very offended with your resume. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pocoyoy su amigo elfante ( talk • contribs) 10:35, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi. Long time no see. ― Abelmoschus Esculentus 16:10, 20 October 2018 (UTC) |
{{subst:u|ToBeFree}}: Per [[User talk:ToBeFree#Coffee by Abelmoschus Esculentus]] you stated that you might like to add a non-admin comment here. ~~~~
" below your request. The ping will only work if added together with a signature; you may want to enable "successful" and "failed" mention notifications in your preferences to get notified of this. I have noticed that this is very useful for me.Please explain how my last edit was biased....
Thanks!
Eric — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.220.58.237 ( talk • contribs) 11:56, 2018-12-06 (UTC)
This is a bit shocking.
I am a Professor at University College London, and The University of Iceland, and the CNRS in Toulouse France. CarbFix is a research program that I co-run. As an academic and scientist I am neutral and factual, this is my career. If I do not edit this page any number of misunderstandings and misinformations will occur.
How do you suggest I maintain the accuracy of this page without the right to edit?
Eric — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.220.58.237 ( talk) 13:26, 6 December 2018 (UTC)
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17:33, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
Your message is not constructive because I have no idea what you're referring to. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.89.137.198 ( talk) 22:39, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
You seem to agree that an encyclopedia is for facts not opinions. The fact in this case is that the sentence "Since pasteurization was not yet available, many children faced sickness from consuming raw milk." is coming from an anecdote. There is no scientific reference to this in the article. What part of this is my opinion? If you remove anecdotally the statement is being presented as fact. Just because someone wrote something in a newspaper article makes it fact? I think not. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.89.137.198 ( talk) 22:53, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
The Wawa dairy was born in 1890, when there was no pasteurization and children often got sick from raw milk. George Wood, a New Jersey businessman, bought 1,000 acres in Wawa and imported cows from the English Channel island of Guernsey. Then he hit upon a marvelous marketing strategy: He had a group of doctors certify that his milk was sanitary and safe.
The source is an anecdote. There is nothing scientific about it and it has no references of its own. What makes an "assertion of fact" presentable as fact in an encyclopedia? I'll go ahead and delete the sentence and add this to the talk page so you or others can explain why a purely anecdotal source can be cited as fact. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.89.137.198 ( talk) 23:11, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
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Why didn't you contact me before you removed my addition? My only agenda is to report the truth. If you don't believe causes of the protests include income inequality and corruption, you need to do some research. Upon doing your research, please add them to the Yellow Vest Movement page again. Thank you. EDively ( talk) 04:10, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
1. The causes of this movement are not relegated to France. That is where it began but protesters of each nation have their own reasons. 2. You did not address the income inequality cause you removed. 2. You did not address removing my submissions without discussing it with me first. 4. Unproven corruption is a cause for citizens to protest. Just because corruption has not been confirmed does not mean people won't protest.
You may not agree with a reason people are demonstrating but that doesn't mean it's not a legitimate cause. Please leave your agenda out of the truth. Thank you. EDively ( talk) 23:41, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
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You are awesome!
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Technically "resolved", but not in the way I expected it to end, and with a strange gut feeling. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 19:32, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
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hello tobefree
i thought that was the sandbox!? i just joined like 3 minites ago. can you show me where the sandbox is.
Thanks,
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Thank you for assisting me in program development and being a positive influence throughout the community. Your technical know-how and urgent help others makes you an impeccable choice for this barnstar. Best regards, Redactyll Letsa taco 'bou it, son! 23:52, 17 December 2018 (UTC) |
Hi! It's weirddactyll again. I've got the next task that I need for you to do to be able to have the bot to work. I left you a wee lil note on this page for what you can do to help. Please follow those directions, then after you click the rollback button that sends RAVSS data. The instructions for how to give data to the bot system can be found here: at this to-do page. Please ignore the rest of it, the part for you says ToBeFree: stuff for you here to do to give the data to RAVSS database to help the bot identify edits as good/bad. If you do this, the database receives stuff! To help you get through this, I've got a beer and some WikiLove incoming! THANK YOU for all of your help. You've been a huge help with RAVSS, and I'm putting you on the credits for the bot. I really appreciate it. If I can do ANYTHING at all to pay you back, if I can do anything for you at all, then I'll do it. I can't tell you how helpful you are. Best regards, Redactyll Letsa taco 'bou it, son! 04:47, 18 December 2018 (UTC) 04:47, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
More information I've been able to see ClueBot's ANN database, and taken inspiration from that. I use ORES score, CVN score, STiki Metadata, and RATTP protocol, and also match "neutral keys" in each of the rollbacked edits. In addition to this, I got people to help out by showing "rollbackable" and not just vandalism edits. Go ahead and add a year to the timeline, for every part, my dates were just plain unrealistic. I have 14 programmers who know Python who I for sure didn't get off of LinkedIn who I've got who are interested in making AI. This won't be a bot we're making, it's going to be a failure for the next billion times then a bot. I personally am investing my time into it, decided to use my sabbatical for it. Do note, the bot will be on [test.wikipedia.org] instead of EnWiki. I'll just keep trying again, and it will work soon, thanks to your extremely helpful advice and the huge group of RTRC users. Thanks. Best regards, Redactyll Letsa taco 'bou it, son! 05:00, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
Okay, about RTRC: I did use that tool in the past, but that was before I received the "rollback" flag. In the moment I switched from RTRC to Huggle, I suddenly became able to properly deal with the huge amount of edits happening at the same time, often 120 per minute. Using the ORES filter and having a tool that semi-automates the warnings and ANI reports, I am now often able to do real-time monitoring rather than picking a few edits out of an overwhelming queue. Time that was previously spent by opening a talk page and choosing the next warning template is now used by carefully checking if an edit should be rolled back or not. As a result, I am able to spend more time on evaluation while dealing with more edits. I didn't believe this to be possible before, but it is, and it greatly improves my false-positive and false-negative rates. I do about 100 rollbacks a day while maintaining pristine quality.
I adhere to a strict policy regarding the "Q" key, which makes Huggle do an uncommented "vandalism" rollback. The rollback summary is empty in this case, and this is only applicable if an edit is clearly vandalism. In most cases, I choose the "test edit" option, because most "vandalism" actually seems to be test edits. If I do use the "Q" key, there is a good reason for it. Please use my edit history, starting at, say, 2018-10-01 (to clearly remove the learning phase), and search for Huggle-rollbacks that do not contain an explanation. These are safe to feed into the bot. Doing so will give you a larger and higher-quality amount of data than we could achieve by making me wrestle with a tool that I abandoned for inefficiency long ago. A part of the quality is also that Huggle is fast, and that RTRC is slow. This needs to be taken into account. I can't "rollback" an edit via RTRC if someone came along with Huggle first. All that would be left for me are edits that a Huggler ignored. When I started dealing with vandalism, this happened very often. Trying to evade the problem by spending less time for evaluation would definitely be a bad idea. Using RTRC instead of Huggle would, for me, either mean additional frustration or lower quality reverts. That can't be good for the project, so let's use Huggle for my database input.
Carefully selecting a few active and experienced Huggle users to fill the database has two advantages:
They do what they always did, they need to sign up nowhere, their contributions are freely licensed, it's a win-win scenario. No need to look for volunteers who are willing to invest additional time; just look for these who already do it good every day. The only selection criterion you need is "conservative usage of Huggle's Q button". Not every Huggle user does that, some use "Q" very often. In extreme cases, rollback permissions are being removed, but "just good enough to avoid losing permissions" isn't good database input either. Don't blindly take all Huggle users, evaluate each individually. They're easy to find by the "Huggle" tag or the "HG" edit summary.
You may even take more sophisticated approaches than just selecting specific users. For example, I guess that rollback quality is best in the middle of a session, while it increases at the beginning and decreases to the end. We're humans and we do get tired. When we notice, we close Huggle, but the quality may already have decreased an hour ago. It may also take a while to "ramp up" at the beginning of a session. We're humans and we need a moment to "get into the flow". If you manage to feed that into your algorithms, you may be able to create a very-high-quality database, although it takes longer to collect the required amount of edits.
One last word to keep in mind: Pure vandalism may not be the right territory to start a new bot. You're trying to surpass ClueBot NG at what it does, but that may really be the wrong approach. If you're interested in delivering noticeable impact, creating a bot that catches 50% instead of 40% of all vandalism won't be reaching that goal. Maybe it would really be a good idea to do something else that ClueBot NG can't do, by design. As mentioned before, responding to BLP or SPAM edits could be more helpful to the community than catching 10% more vandalism. And: For all edits that you're feeding into the database, there was a human who catched and undid the edit. If I was to criticize the bot, my most powerful criticism would be "the whole database consists of proof that your bot isn't needed". ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 16:35, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi I’m Pipamidalton and need your help with controlling vandal edits on this page. This television series is trending, attracting several editors that use this Wikipedia article to vandalize the work done by other good faith editors. These unknown users edit such as changing descriptions using derogatory words. I’ve tried to contact the iserID’s involved but I get no response. Can you tag to restrict editing for extended confirm users and higher level editors only? Thank you Pipamidalton ( talk)
{{ admin help}} currently busy, can't take action. Will respond later. Please verify if this requires urgent action and remove the admin help tag afterwards, thanks ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 13:38, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
=== [[Halik_(TV_series)]] === * {{pagelinks|Halik_(TV_series)}} '''Semi-protection:''' High level of IP vandalism. ~~~~
Resolved per Special:Diff/870520931, Special:Diff/870522482 and the protection log. Thank you for the report. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 23:55, 25 November 2018 (UTC)
Sorry I thought that that was the sandbox and I was just messing around in it.Sorry that I fell in the floor and forgot the butter.-B — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bruh227 ( talk • contribs) 02:17, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
Butter Merging sections: heading converted to bold text ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 02:44, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
Speaking of butter,could you get me some? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bruh227 ( talk • contribs) 02:40, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
Ai, we need to sit down and have a laugh about those RAVSS deadlines. Thank you for your help, enjoy yourself while you try out RTRC and get me data. You deserve a nice treat for being a nice person. Oh yeah, just out my VSANs and am downloading a 14 tb file on a 800 dollar 20 tb hard drive that I've been keeping in the basement. Says it'll be fully downloaded in TWO WEEKS on dedicated storage based servers, whoo! I'll keep you posted, for now just rollback things via RTRC. Best regards, Redactyll Letsa taco 'bou it, son! 05:04, 18 December 2018 (UTC) |
uhh how do I do anything uhh how do I upload Access databases uhh how do I upload things in general? I agree to your terms, but I do have one question. Is once a week enough to be considered “recently” and do I have to make it humanly readable or can it just be raw data? Best regards, Redactyll Letsa taco 'bou it, son! 06:02, 18 December 2018 (UTC) Excited for when the information downloads and I can start pulling from more information!
Quick note @ Redactyll: my first name is "tobias" not "frei" :) ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 09:54, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
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Why even add to Wikipedia if all you're going to do is remove it :-/ Bleh. Whatever. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.20.209.15 ( talk) 01:05, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
I'm more than a little confused about the situation with my IP. I got messages today stating I had vandalised the Amundsen's South Pole expedition page ( User talk page here). I however haven't made any such change. The last change I made was removing vandalism from the Rick Owens article ( see here). I have known IP's to change but not to previously used addresses. I'm a little bit perturbed my address would change to this vandals one and would like a bit of clarification if possible about how this has happened. —Preceding undated comment added 11:26, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
This is a dynamically assigned IP address, as explained to me on [[User talk:ToBeFree]], 2018-12-22. I have been told that if this happens, I should replace all warning messages with this text. I am not the person who was meant to receive these warnings. ~~~~
"Great job handling everyday problems in a civil and helpful manner! For that, you get this cat! And... now to business. I’ve gotten the bot the bot bit on TestWiki, and I’m running a test soon. But, the real issue is that when I emailed you, I got an error message from the postmaster account. I’m wondering if there’s an alternative for file sending we could consider if I can’t fix the issue. Good progress on code is being made, should have the API scripts done by next week.
Best regards, Redactyll
Letsa
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Sent the COMPRESSED version to you. Hope you enjoy reading the compressed databits and so forth! Finally pushed out the commit. I provided non-snarky informative comments for you. Imagine: if that's the compressed version, what the living goodness is the real version? The response to that is "something exclusively for a LACIE 128 THUNDERBOLT hard drive and VSANS." We had to run servers to make that code since it's big! Thanks for sacrificing hard drive space on your computer-and giving us a second backup. The email is completely sent, it should be sent from lu*****@lu********ey.c**. I appreciate your frontier-spirit attitude and willingness to help! And, now it's time for an unrelated sidenote. Just decided I'd go play the music pieces on your userpage, they sound really nice. Thank you once again for the third time and happy reverting and hard-drive-sacrificing! Best regards, Redactyll Letsa taco 'bou it, son! 22:31, 23 December 2018 (UTC) on the wonderfully granted day and time of 22:31, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
1. Funding isn’t all me, I asked without begging 🤐 for funds, and got support from people. Some of my colleagues and family members were like “oh gosh this is cool factor 11,” running based on donations and my big big monthly donation. 2. I got the inspiration to start RAVSS from {{RAVSS SKIPPING EMOTIONAL BACKSTORY FOR READER SAFETY}}, a combination of this and seeing ClueBotNG’s weakness, if I use machine learning then I’ll be able to rectify NG’s inability for good faith edits and BLP violations as well as potentially libelous BLP content, while catching more vandalism. 3. Huh? ELEVEN EMAILS? uh... slightly off, thanks WMF. 4. The people on my team are the hired without permission Oshwah, and the hired without permission editors who assume the name “hugglers.” The officially hired people are 3 JS/Python/C##/C(insert two characters here)/Weird programming language that appears to me to have no form or anything like normal code, along with 2 data scientists, one overall nerd who does API, and one Wikitech Member, who works professionally and will help with the Mediawiki stuff. There are also volunteer helpers - defitnely not the “servant, SODA PLEASE” person. 5. (Will respond later, devs aren’t online and I need help) 6. Ah, goodness, you’re all too right. I am a low code knowledge person. My role is mainly providing oversight, shortening lunch breaks, and setting deadlines. To summarize, I am, yes, the “Manager with big ideas but limited coding experience.” 7. Let’s see if we can find a good source of good edits... it would seem weird if that big green button in Huggle did anything... or if thanked edits without the “Undo” or “Rollback” tag could be filtered... all good questions. I don’t know myself. A voice in my head told me those questions were hidden and slightly mysterious statements... but we won’t know, will we? 8. Statistics like end size will be calculated after the database collects a month of information, averaging weekly size growth for stats. 7.5 without sassy talking. My source of good non revert edits are through the logged and available records of thanked edits. Using SkyNet and Mr. Roboto technology I managed to get all the thanked edits, remove the ones marked as rollback or undo, then log the survivors as good edits. 9. We will find out false positives for the New Years dryrun on Testwiki, excited. 10. The technical documentation is there but “When process be initiate then it calls function,” apparently they don’t know how to program in detailed enough or proper English-heard it’s harder then JS to learn though. 11. I wouldn’t need to hire another developer, I can for minor things just get help from peers and 🤓 s on IRC Wikitech. 12. Oh, what programming language you ask? They code in the ultimate show off language which makes no sense to regular non weird people. They use a showoff language called Malboge and Glass or something like that. Why? uhm good question! On the matter of my glorious question responding to, if I missed a question, that’s likely. Korben Dallas should report missed questions via my notification bar if you ping me, and I’ll respond to those questions during morning and with dev assistance. Will do technical writing ASAP, and I’m sure there’s something we both don’t get about the weird fluid code blob with no spaces and weird weird things that’ll seem like a laugh soon. Over and out, Major Iceberg! P.S. on fire with the references to TFE today. Best regards, Redactyll Letsa taco 'bou it, son! 09:56, 24 December 2018 (UTC) on the weird time of 09:56, 24 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi Redactyll, thank you very much for taking the time to answer these questions. I think I'm slowly getting an overview. To avoid confusion, I'll respond to the numbers you've used in your comment, although they do not always seem to match my original ones.
This is extremely unlikely, as described in point 7. Are you sure that you managed to get a list of thanked edits?Let's keep it factual, despite all the fun. A few comments above, you wrote that the latest Huggle nightly build from Petrb's website contains "tracking code" to fill the bot.( diff) I had, surprisedly, asked for a clarification based on the open source project's commit history,( diff) but I sadly do not seem to have received an answer so far. I am not a programming guru, but even I with my limited coding knowledge noticed that something does not seem to add up there. Unlikely technical claims do not fuel my enthusiasm, they rather confuse me about the project.Using SkyNet and Mr. Roboto technology I managed to get all the thanked edits, remove the ones marked as rollback or undo, then log the survivors as good edits.
I'm not sure how this can be summarized other than "In its current state, the project is sadly prone to failure". Maybe a re-design is needed. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 03:17, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
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Greetings,
It’s Redactyll, and I’ve got the urge to enroll in
the CVUA academy. To help my chances of my acceptance letter being accepted once I send it to my requested counter-vandalism mentor, since you’ve been my peer in counter
vandalism efforts, I’m wondering if you could do a peer-reccomendation for me. I’d appreciate it, as it would likely increase my chances of acceptance heavily. Thank you in advance. Wish to see you again on
Huggle 3.4.6!
Best regards, Redactyll
Letsa
taco
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Redactyll: I do know the SI prefixes. I must.
To be nit-picking, "pico-cent" is probably 1×10-14 of the base currency units.Taking the CVUA exam definitely won't hurt. I like the idea of taking it "just to be sure" and to prove knowledge. Your account is relatively new; maybe there is a thing or two you didn't encounter yet, which they can still explain. No problem, you're welcome!
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talk) 00:29, 27 December 2018 (UTC)Hi ToBeFree, Greetings to you. There is a proposal at Village pump(proposal) regarding Reduce number of vandalism warning levels which you might be interested to join the discussion. cheers. CASSIOPEIA( talk) 22:14, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
@ Sir Sputnik: Is there any explanation regarding the following recent log entries?
2018-12-21T11:22:27 DGG (talk | contribs) protected Torry Harris Business Solutions [Create=Require administrator access] (indefinite) (Repeatedly recreated many times.) (hist) (thank)
2018-12-21T11:20:45 DGG (talk | contribs) deleted page Torry Harris Business Solutions (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion: G4: Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion, WP:XFD) (thank)
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Hi! So I recently made a few changes to the Shiki Novel Wiki Page. Looks like I haven't put edit summary on my edits. I deeply apologise if it looked like I had bad intentions. I just wanted to fix up some information that isn't completely true and to add some information that I see as important but wasn't put in. As for the main picture change I did, I think that Megumi Shimizu's picture would be way more appealing as the front pic of the whole page rather than the picture of Natsuno Yuuki. The background is pretty bland and the colors themself are pretty boring while the Vol Cover picture with Megumi is a lot more appealing and interesting. As I said I had no bad intentions. Just wanted to fix up some stuff to better (in my opinion). I felt like the change of the image would mean a lot as people probably come across Shiki in their recommendations but give up after they see a pretty boring cover picture, so some cool pink haired girl in my opinion would bring more eyes to this masterpiece! I feel like everyone who likes stuff with a deep message behind it should check Shiki out or even read the novel! One thing I noticed was that much info was rather true for the anime addaptation but I feel like there should also be info added for the novel (actual story). Please could you bring my edits back? ^^ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Megumishimizuwu ( talk • contribs) 21:23, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
Hi, please see [[Talk:Shiki (novel series)]]. Thanks! ~~~~
My little added text doesn't have a source except me. So I did not know what to say so I didn't say anything. Sorry for the mistake will not happen again.-HowDidIThinkOfMyUsername — Preceding unsigned comment added by HowDidIThinkOfMyUsername ( talk • contribs) 17:40, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
Ok ToBeFree, sorry for the trouble. HowDidIThinkOfMyUsername ( talk) 17:48, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
Hi ToBeFree,
I really appreciate your advice. I am planning on rebuilding the article on Zev Siegl in a userspace draft. Then do I submit it to one of the editors on the list you sent me?
There is one thing that is blatantly incorrect about the former article that would be an easy fix. Could you change Zev's birthplace back to Detroit, Michigan? He was born there and is a proud Detroiter.
Thank you so much for your help. I am just getting started on this and figured I was going to flop on my first try.
- Ang OLeary ( talk) 03:52, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
{{Edit request}} Please see [[User:Ang OLeary/sandbox/Zev Siegl]] for a replacement suggestion. My connection to the article subject is [...] ~~~~
Enjoy editing!
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talk) 05:49, 9 January 2019 (UTC)~ ToBeFree ( talk) 18:01, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
Heading added, sections merged ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 18:01, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
Dear ToBeFree!
What is my "four tildes" that I should sign with? I am all new to using Wikipedia beyond looking for and reading all the wonderful information here.
I saw your message, as follows to me: "Hello, I'm ToBeFree. I noticed that you made an edit concerning content related to a living (or recently deceased) person on Special:Diff/877244904, but you didn't support your changes with a citation to a reliable source, so Arjayay has correctly removed it. Wikipedia has a very strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate and clear. Thank you! ~ ToBeFree (talk) 18:57, 7 January 2019 (UTC)"
THANK YOU for responding to me. Where do I write my facts as "reliable source"? I have marriage certificates, divorce certificate (decree nisi) and our sons Birth certificate. Are they valid as proof? I noticed last night that on my ex husband´s page "Chaz Jankel", (with whom I am on very friendly terms with since forever) he had missed out on the right date when he moved to the US (Los Angeles), which was 1988 not 1986. I know this because we moved together and I was still in college in London in 1986...and he was working on his last album in his studio in London at the time.
I saw that Chaz had missed to mention his first marriage and our son, I think it is important for both his sons to be shown respect and to be honoured by them being mentioned in the text.
Maybe you think I neesd to bring this up with Chaz instead? If it is something which is against Wikipedia rules? This is what I wrote, which was taken away by signature Arjayay: I added the facts in the same way Chaz had written about his current wife and second son:
Jankel met his first wife Catharina Hemberg in Spain 1985. They moved to the US in 1988. In 1990 they got married and Jankel´s first son Tao Hemberg Jankel was born. Chaz and Catharina got divorced in 1993Elaine O'Halloran on the set of the 1989 film The Rachel Papers where she was assistant editor. [1] The couple have a son Lewis Shay Jankel (b. 1993), a DJ, record producer, singer and songwriter who uses the stage name Shift K3Y. [2] Jankel's sister Annabel Jankel is a film and TV director. [3]
Thank you for coming back to me when you can, ToBeFree! Love your signature, by the way. Best wishes! Catharina Hemberg
Hello again, ToBeFree! I noticed I had copied in the wrong text, speaking of the text that I added to the beginning of Chaz Jankels text on "Personal Life".
Jankel met his first wife Catharina Hemberg in Spain 1985. They moved to the US in 1988. In 1990 they got married and Jankel´s first son Tao Hemberg Jankel was born. Chaz and Catharina got divorced in 1993. Jankel met his current wife Elaine O'Halloran on the set of the 1989 film The Rachel Papers where she was assistant editor. [4] The couple also have a son Lewis Shay Jankel (b. 1993), a DJ, record producer, singer and songwriter who uses the stage name Shift K3Y. [5] Jankel's sister Annabel Jankel is a film and TV director. [3]
Do you find my added text is against the Wikipedia rules? Or is it just proof that is needed, of the documents; Marriage certificate, Divorce certificate (decree nisi) and Birth certificate of our son?
Looking forward to hear from you in order to learn more of Wikipedia´s rules. Best, Catharina Hemberg
Thanks so much for your reply, ToBeFree! I checked the references to the information in Chaz Jankel´s bio. There is no mention of his second son (Lewis Shay Jankel) in any of the referencies given. So does that mean att the person who the portrait on Wikipedia is about - may add facts without any reference to it? I checked up the reference of "Billboard"´s Biography, and I could not find the information to which this source of reference is refered. Could it have been there in the past, and Wikipedia doesn´t check if it´s still valid, or how does it work? Can the portrait-person choose to share facts about his/her life while living, without having to give a source for outside proof? I checked the link you posted in your reply about Wikipedias rules on Biographies but I did not the clearity I was looking for. I totally understand there must be a watch out for tabloid gossip and the likes, but when it comes to FACTS, such as Births (and Deaths) family members with documented proof..? Hope you will have time today to reply back to me. Now I´m going to end this message right, like you showed me how it´s done. Best! Catharina Hemberg " Catharina Hemberg ( talk) 09:10, 8 January 2019 (UTC)"
{{citation needed}}
at the end of each such statement. Per
WP:POINT, please take care not to remove correct information just because your proposed addition was declined. While theoretically based on policy, going too far in this regard could seem to be disruptive, at least if you personally know that the removed statements are true.Please also note that I am just one of many Wikipedia editors, and it may be helpful to discuss this at
Talk:Chaz Jankel too. To link to our previous discussion, you can use the following code:Previous discussion: [[User talk:ToBeFree/Archive 1#Queerie]]
Best regards,...for your reply and the information. :-) Catharina — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.112.231.68 ( talk) 10:22, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
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Pagelinks added for my archive; I will soon think of a better way of adding the pagelinks in the future. Maybe a nice box or something like that. Signature of the comment moved below its text; I hope this is okay. Feel free to undo. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 00:54, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
I believe I have now made the edit properly, please advise.
Thank you for your input and information :)
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You already message on my talk page,thanks for that, how to restore the deleted(tables) work on 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League( Mr.Mani Raj Paul ( talk) 06:29, 12 January 2019 (UTC))
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Hi ToBeFree,
I'd love your help in helping me update the Amethod Public Schools wikipedia page. I was contacted because a lot of the information is incorrect, but we of course want to be very objective and adhere to Wikipedia standards. Could you help me in reviewing our content below?
Edited by ToBeFree: Text removed: Copied from school's website: Promotional and seems to be a copyright violation. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 21:02, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Savvysasa ( talk • contribs) 20:45, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
this is the guy who added the thing that you removed from the geico article. thanks for the citation, but put it at the end of the sentence instead, thanks! P.S.: USE THIS FOR THE CITATION:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZazbQ8qIpM". CHECK IT OUT AFTER YOU ADD THAT. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:6000:130F:47A1:7D6F:9135:7C95:1353 ( talk) 19:39, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
"notable for the creation of the 'Maxwell the Pig' commercials", as written in Special:Diff/878426804? Or is this just your original research? In the latter case, please remove the original research statement. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 19:49, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
let me know if you added it and watched it. tell me what it is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:6000:130F:47A1:7D6F:9135:7C95:1353 ( talk) 19:42, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
hey there, thanks for letting me know, did you watch the video, and plus, I did not see the copyright violation coming. but do you have any trustworthy sources that you can suggest for me? if you do, please tell me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:6000:130F:47A1:7D6F:9135:7C95:1353 ( talk) 21:32, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
How about this: " https://www.adweek.com/creativity/when-pigs-fly-geico-brings-back-maxwell-airplane-ad-146197/". WEE! WEE! WEEEEEEEEEEE! remember? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:6000:130F:47A1:7D6F:9135:7C95:1353 ( talk) 21:42, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
hey do you remember me?im Bruh227!i forgot my password for it.could you go get it for me?and also i really need that butter — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bruh228 ( talk • contribs) 22:35, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
Many thanks for ansering my question, I sould have made it clear I only want to italicise part of the title as in a ship's name, eg. TSMV Brading. Murgatroyd49 ( talk) 21:16, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
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that edit was not page blanking, but not adhering to neutral point of view. Jannik Schwaß ( talk) 19:55, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
The Brilliant Idea Barnstar | |
Thank you and great work on thinking about simplifying the page protection instructions! Tom (LT) ( talk) 01:02, 18 January 2019 (UTC) |
"just install WP:TW". [1] It was very refreshing to hear that others had difficulties to use the page before gaining Twinkle access, too. We can't expect people to become autoconfirmed before giving them the ability to call for help. In urgent cases of vandalism, it can often be IP editors who happen to notice the problem first. Once, I almost told someone to use WP:RFPP for their report. After having a look at the unnecessarily complicated instructions there, I decided to do most of the work for them instead.As the work is not done yet, I won't add the barnstar to my page yet. That will be a nice reward at the end. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 22:19, 18 January 2019 (UTC)
If I may request your attention on another page that is VERY confusing to read, that would be thinking about how WP:TfD main page and instructions could be simplified. They sure need it! -- Tom (LT) ( talk) 01:03, 18 January 2019 (UTC)
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Heading added ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 23:05, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
Please read this article. This is where I got all that info from! The Man in the High Castle (TV series) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.65.90.61 ( talk) 22:55, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
Heading added ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 21:18, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
Excuse me, but how can u edit things so fast? PLus, it was grusome. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.134.82.165 ( talk) 21:06, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
hello,its the guy who you were talking with about the geico article. I added the newspaper citation about Maxwell, but I don't know how to remove that "citation needed" thing. could you help me remove that? thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:6000:130F:47A1:9DC6:FEBF:2BC8:AC54 ( talk) 15:15, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:6000:130F:47A1:9DC6:FEBF:2BC8:AC54 ( talk) 16:17, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
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18:15, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
Apparently I messed it up even worse than I thought. Now there is no ISIS (goddess) page! Could you fix that for me? It's all very confusing! Libertarianmoderate ( talk) 00:09, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for your help. I have a surprise waiting for you on my homepage. :-) Libertarianmoderate ( talk) 01:42, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
I think [185] is probably due for a block - or has either no english, or comprehension - JarrahTree 09:47, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
I know you didn't mean any harm with your comment at Libertarianmoderate's user talk, but I would gently suggest that you read WP:BEANS. If you say something like that, it might give them the idea to do it. 331dot ( talk) 17:37, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
Heading added, spaces at beginning of lines removed ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 01:50, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
"I was helping with Andrew Andraos Wikipedia page and I accept the merger with /info/en/?search=Draft:Andrew_Andraos" here: /info/en/?search=User:GarnerTracee subst:Uw-c&pmove|Draft:Andrew Andraos - Composer, Arranger, Music Producer|to=Draft:Andrew Andraos}}
I agree. Thank you GarnerTracee ( talk) 01:40, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
Hello, I helped with the Andrew Andraos Wikipedia page and I accept the merger with /info/en/?search=Draft:Andrew_Andraos" here: /info/en/?search=User:GarnerTracee
Thank you.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by GarnerTracee ( talk • contribs) 01:45, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly. |
Hi, When dealing with a recent help request, you left someone's email available on the page. I've removed it for you and alerted the oversight team. RhinosF1 (chat) (status) (contribs) 06:54, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
Sections merged. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 16:57, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
Heading added, spaces at the beginning of the second line removed ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 22:32, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
It took me many months to convince the people involved in building the new Catholic Cathedral that they have been using the wrong dates for the resurrection. I believe it was 2012 when Pope Benedict told the world that Dennis the small gave the world the wrong dates for birth and resurrection. What the builders of the Cathedral wanted was to have a sky scape over the arc showing the position of the stars, moon, etc. on the night of the resurrection. It probably would be easier to send you my paper on this subject. You need to accept and learn the Jewishness of God's Word. If you do a search on "WRAL New Special: The Cathedral" you will see the news report using 30 AD as the year of the resurrection and not 33 AD which they have used for approximately 1500 years.
? Rzb1967 ( talk) 22:23, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
Long heading converted to bold text below, heading added. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 16:43, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
Luke I describes the exact date of the Messiah's birth to see this you must understand the Hebrew culture. The Messiah was born in the Hebrew Biblical year 3756, the first day of Sukkot (Tshrei 15 and given his name on the eighth day of Sukkot) not to be confused with the Hebrew civil calendar which has been used since the time in exile in Babylon. The Messiah was sacrificed in the year 3790 at the age of 33 and 6 months on Nisan 14 and rose Nisan 18. If you want details, let me know
I am new to this process, so no doubt I have made errors in what I have done. I am trying to understand if I say the source for the information is God's Word as to why this is not a valid source? The worksheet I submitted is a simplified day by day account of events that determine the day of the Messiah's birth. The word Messiah has many forms in different languages. A few of the examples are Yeshua, Christ, Son of Man, Jesus, First Fruits, etc., some describe approximately 160 names referring to our Savior.
Any direction you can give would be well received.
K — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rzb1967 ( talk • contribs) 16:10, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
Hi ToBeFree,
Thank you for answering my questions in the Freenode IRC. It has come to my attention that I have edited an article for which I have a conflict of interest. I am not the original poster of the article (BTCPay Server). Therefore, I do not believe I can revert the pending article submittal to address this. In addition, I have reviewed your suggested article: 'Userspace Draft' which I do not think is appropriate since I am not the original author of the article, nor do I intend to author a majority of the article. My intent was mainly formatting and references. I believe the following is the course of action I should take, in order of my preference.
1. ToBeFree, can you please review my changes, to verify they are neutral and appropriate contributions for a person with a COI? 2. If not, should I revert my contributions and place them in the talk page? It appears to me that COI users should contribute to the talk pages, rather than a COI article.
Thank you for your help, Britttttk ( talk) 19:36, 31 January 2019 (UTC) (britttttk)
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Are you able to specify which parts of my edit were deemed to be original research? They're all direct quotes and tweets from him. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.164.19.145 ( talk) 19:18, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
I am sorry do that, just misclick. Hope you forgive me Hhkohh ( talk) 03:47, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
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18:45, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
I'm not engaging in an edit war. Your bot software caught me typing something naughty and I removed it so it would be legit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eddiehimself ( talk • contribs) 17:12, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
Greetings,
I am a grandson of Professor Vladimir A. Kotelnikov. We have put together the family archive of Prof. Kotelnikov on web site http://vakotelnikov.ru, which I wanted to link from the wikipedia page,
/info/en/?search=Vladimir_Kotelnikov.
You have removed the link. Would you mind adding the link please?
Thank you, Alexei Kotelnikov — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.6.238.153 ( talk) 23:28, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for answering my query so quickly, ToBeFree. Really appreciate it. Westwind175 ( talk) 02:55, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
Was El Mozote *not* a massive human rights violation/atrocity?
Did Elliot Abrams *not* seek to discredit eyewitness accounts from civilians who miraculously survived the massacre during Senate hearings, thus, de facto condoning it and other instances of US-trained paramilitary human rights violations?
Please advise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:2000:C653:AD00:E40D:82C6:AC81:DE19 ( talk) 02:03, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
Thanks EditorInChief260 ( talk) 03:15, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
I was just doing an experiment EditorInChief260 ( talk) 03:15, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
I apologize EditorInChief260 ( talk) 03:15, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
I'm having trouble understanding how to add citations. I tried to edit an article for the class I'm currently taking but it gets taken off since I don't add citations. please help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amaugeri26 ( talk • contribs) 01:15, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
"one of the most famous surgeons", for example, seems to be unnecessary puffery. A similar discussion has recently happened at Talk:Christopher Nolan. You may like to have a look at that talk page, to see potential issues that have been discussed there. Creating a new section on an article's talk page is always a nice alternative to editing the article directly, especially when you notice that others disagree with previous, similar edits. If there are questions left, feel free to ask again. Good luck! ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 01:32, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
There is no one to cite because its my personal belief. When i searched soal, only some random guys name came up. Is there a page that is simply "soal"? Christopherberryusa ( talk) 01:11, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
Since when did Wikipedia quit being open to new ideas and beliefs? Shame on you! take the credit, its not important. Ideas are for sharing not to mention this idea could possibly help someone on their pursuit to understand god as much as it has helped me. Furthermore, Soal has NO DEFINITION, positivity fueled my desire to publish it on your site. Christopherberryusa ( talk) 01:15, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
Its your right to be closed minded, though its a foul stance to take in life. Christopherberryusa ( talk) 01:36, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
The following sentence had originally been added to the above message. I have moved it, chronologically, below. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 01:48, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
I will continue to spread this understanding of "soal" with hopes of helping an individual understand their personal journey through life — Preceding unsigned comment added by Christopherberryusa ( talk • contribs) 01:44, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
for the article referring to YNW MELLY : https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/virtual-blue-balenciagas/1419601184?i=1419601193 And referring to Lil baby: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/no-socks-feat-lil-baby/1375110550?i=1375110680
Now put it back please. Dillydot3 ( talk) 20:30, 17 February 2019 (UTC)
"controversial uprising rapper",
"young artist",
"murder charges"and
"the main hook throughout the song". Please make sure not to add original research to the article. The statement beginning with
"They even have"seems to be your personal conclusion, not the verifiable statement of a reliable source. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 20:39, 17 February 2019 (UTC)
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23:13, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
hi thank u for your message. i just add two latin singers that i know. thank u To Be Free — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tito5918 ( talk • contribs) 02:22, 19 February 2019 (UTC)
Hi,
I like your Dashboard. May I have your permission to make another one for myself? Please! Xain36 ( talk) 05:17, 19 February 2019 (UTC)
I find it curious that not 12 hours after adding information to a page it is removed, despite being factual, non offensive and relevant. The source is national BBC radio and Twitter from last week and available for all to listen to and verify. I was not making a personal opinion about the individuals mentioned but merely reporting what discussion followed the interview. Removing additions, not edits, obviously means a lot to you so go ahead and keep it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Happily Helping ( talk • contribs) 09:29, 19 February 2019 (UTC)
Hi To-Be-Frei, vielleicht ist mein Beitrag jetzt nicht so erfrischend wie das mit den ach so leckeren Plätzchen - jummy - habe eine generelle Frage: Was tut man oder was tut frau wenn es zu einem Sachverhalt eine engl Darstellung und eine andere dt Version gibt, beides auch zusammen gehört - ich spreche aber nicht davon dass man einfach eine Seite übersetzen will. Blöd läuft das anscheined wenn es auch noch um Abkürzungen geht die historisch gewachsen ident sind - so stand HPLC früher mal für "high pressure liquid chromatography" - heute arbeitet man da gar nicht mehr mit hohen Druck aber man wollte diese berühmte Abkürzung einer Analysemethode beibehalten, so hat man sich gebogen und heute steht hinter HPLC "high perfomance liquid chromatography". Hmm, sowas scheint es öfter zu geben - so wird aus einer "Arbeitsgemeinschaft" einfach das Wort Association, und aus "Internationale" dann international. Und wenn jetzt noch die Donau im engl Danube heisst wird es wohl ein ober-wirrwar? Plötzlich ist eine IAD sowohl die Int Arbeitsgemeinschaft Donauforschung als auch Int Assoc Danube research - ich finde das auch alles nicht so toll - aber wie müsste man denn in Wikipedia da tun - wenn es alleinig um so einen Sachverhalt geht, dass A: Die Abkürzung dieselbe ist, und B: nun blöder Weise auch noch in verschiedenen Sprachen zsammen gehört es aber keine einfache inhaltliche Übersetzung ist. Danke für deine Antwort und noch viel Spass beim virtuellen Kecks Schmeckenlassen, oder sind es doch Cookies? -- Katrin Teubner ( talk) 11:43, 21 February 2019 (UTC)
Hi To-Be-Frei, bin es nochmal in einem Extra-Textfeld weil es nun ein anderes Thema ist. Hmmm, muss ich jetzt als Generalsekretärin bei der IAD zurücktreten - oder gibt es eine andere Möglichkeit, damit die IAD-Seite nicht gelöscht bleibt? Ich habe vollste Zustimmung und auch Respekt bezüglich der Regeln bei Wiki - ist ja auch nicht leicht bei der ehrlichen Offenlegung des Names da was zu finden - ich hatte aus Ehlichkeit meinen wahren Namen als user:name benutzt. Obwohl ich bitte sehr anerkenne dass ich hier auf einen ersten Blick mich hier nicht richtig verhalten habe, möchte ich dennoch hier um einen request bitten: Wäre es möglich von einem unabhängigen Editor/Administrator die Seite neu zu prüfen und dann bitte zu markieren wo es KEINE neutrale Darstellung vonseiten meiner Person (persönlich oder als gs) dort gibt. Seit Jahren - schon vor vielen Jahre - habe ich immer beim Anschauen der IAD-engl Seite gedacht, oh nein - wie schwach. Nur damals hätte ich nicht gewagt da was selbst zu ergänzen - erst meine Mitarbeit bei NeusiderseeWiki hat mich nun hier ermuntert (u ich hatte Pläne fernab von IAD in Wiki, wollte weisse Seiten mit füllen). Hmm, es gibt einige schwache Seiten in Wiki,ja sicher, u gewiss am Anfang, die dann oft besser werden. Bekomme ich eine zweite Chance? Es ging mir um die Donau! So wie wenn ich über Honig schreibe, es mir um den Honig ginge. Übrigens war diese WikiSeite über den Honig für mich ein Vorbild in der länderübergreifenden Darstellung in Wiki. Darf ich denn künftig überhaupt was zur Seenkunde in Wiki sagen, denn Seen (nicht Flüsse) sind mein wissenschaftliches Berufsfeld. Oder sollte ich mich da auch sehr zurück halten (dh besser gar nicht erst anfangen), wenn ich aus meinem konkreten Wissens-schatz da Fehler oder zu mangelhafte Refs in Wiki sehe. Ich hatte nämlich eigentlich vor mich mehr bei den Naturwissenschaften, konkret Umweltforschung in Wiki einzubringen. Das wäre mir wichtig vorab zu wissen - für einen Artikel zu recherchieren und dann einfach den gelöscht zu bekommen - hmm, da lass ich mir lieber Cookies genüsslich schmecken. Daher: In Anerkennung der Regeln bei Wikipedia, die ich selbst auch wirklich für gut erachte, trotzdem nun die Frage: Gibt es eine Möglichkeit die nicht-neutralen Textpassagen bei der engl IAD-Wiki zu markieren / heraus zu nehmen. Das würde mich ur-ur freuen - kein Schmäh - ich meine es wirklich so. Warum: Ich habe den Text für Wiki geschrieben - und dort fände ich den Text gut! Weiters (das war jetzt in Österr Sprache, ohje, noch eine Sprache) bitte aber noch eine Frage: Warum ist der engl IAD-Artikel nun auf Wikiwand - und dort inzwischen populär? Ich kenn mich nicht aus. Und sofern die engl IAD-Seite in Wikipedia blockiert bleibt (wenn dem leider so ist und keine erneute Prüfung möglich ist, in Kombination mit Änderung von meinem user:name), würde ich gern "meinen" Text und "mein" Foto in Wiki wieder löschen, um es dann alles 1:1 sauber (dh ohne Copyrightverletzung) woanders im Netz zu veröffentlichen. Ich bin ja Guachterin von Artikeln und weiss, dass bei Ablehnung eines Artikels die Autoren ihre Rechte zurück bekommen und sie so in einer anderen Zeitschrift denselben Artikel neu einreichen und dann auch veröffentlichen können. Völlig üblich: Die Zeitschrift "Nature" lehnt einen Artikel ab, Neueinreichung des unwesentlich geänderten Artikels in "Science" u der Artikel wird dort angenommen. Ein Glück auch, sonst würden sich Wissenschaftler und damit der Fortschritt irgendwie gegenseitig blockieren. So zählt in der Wissenschaft auch bitte nicht nur wo man seinen Artikel dann gedruckt bekommt, sondern viel mehr wie oft er gelesen und zitiert wird. Ich lese in Wikipedia sehr gern gut recherchierte Artikel. Es ist für mich oft der erste Anlaufpunkt, wenn ich mich nicht auskenne - die Referenzen ermöglichen es dann weiter zu lesen und sich ggf ein noch breiters Bild zu machen. So sei Dank allen WikiEditoren, so auch dir To-Be-Frie oder To-Be_Free dass du auf den auf den ersten Blick interpretierten MissStand überhaupt auch aufmerksam gemacht hast - egal wie das mit der engl IAD-Seite ausgeht - als Nutzer werde ich auf jeden Fall Wiki weiter gern nutzen.-- Katrin Teubner ( talk) 12:26, 21 February 2019 (UTC)
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It's like saying someone is human and having to prove it with a source. Everyone just knows, it's a default piece of knowledge, like a natural law. John Mulaney is an immortal, and you may do research to see for yourself. But I'll cite a source if that's what you wish. Call me Bichard ( talk) 01:59, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
sorry — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.149.240.238 ( talk) 02:11, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
हम लोकल गाइड गूगल के 13000 पॉइंट से सर् हम लोगो की हेल्प जो विकी पीडिया कर रहा है आप सब से जुड़ कर कुछ जानकारी देंगे जो हेल्प होगी — Preceding unsigned comment added by जादुगर आर आनंद ( talk • contribs) 04:16, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
जकड़ी जो है उसे सब मे जोर कर आगे लोगो की हेल्प में जादुगर आर आनंद ( talk) 04:33, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
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Hello — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pranaybalaga ( talk • contribs) 10:50, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
I've never visited the Paw Patrol page on Wikipedia, much less edited it; the notice I received indicated that no change was made anyway. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.95.134.253 ( talk) 03:53, 3 March 2019 (UTC)
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16:38, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
thank u for your help. :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tito5918 ( talk • contribs) 01:26, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
This had originally deleted by a friendly talk-page watcher. I am thankful for every second that other people help me to save for answering serious requests, and removing personal attacks is very welcome. Especially requesting revision-deletion of severe attacks is definitely very helpful. However, I do respond even to requests that other people might consider to be silly or lacking even the most basic competence that is required for editing Wikipedia. Unless someone personally attacks specific editors or sends a message that can not be normally replied to, I often prefer to keep these messages.
In this specific case, the user who sent the message has later been blocked for allegedly being either "competence challenged" or "intentionally trolling us all". See
the block log for reference.
Blocking someone for an alleged lack of competence is perhaps the most problematic and controversial type of blocking to do. I personally would avoid ever doing this. There are experienced administrators who are willing to do this, and they do a good job, but this specific type of block is extremely problematic in my eyes. Blocking someone based solely on the "
Competence is required" essay (!) will always be controversial, and enforcing such a block retroactively is definitely not something I will do on my talk page.
In a nutshell, thank you very much, and do feel free to continue helping, but this specific message really has a right to stay.
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You were very helpful, but some people are not. I'm about to be blocked for that nomination after users that have JUST WP:BULLY'd me complained and lied about arbitrary things. See my thread and my rebuttals on ANI titled: "I'm being accused of being a vandal". Three admins are now in the process of blocking me and refusing to give reasons. After posting this post, look what this user did on ANI after that. (Sorry, the ANI link is not working). I even have a new WP:MENTOR that recently said I'm WP:HERE. Oh well. Like I said, this started spiraling downhill after I said I watch Fox News. After just saying that too on that admin's page, they've now changed their mind and is now also blocking me instead of defending me. I am upset and think I will soon just get rid of my account and leave. I would like to report this incident to the bureaucrats that run WP, but I'm not sure where to go. I'll be looking around for that. -GDP ⇧ 09:22, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
"This page is not one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines, as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community."
A late update: GDP Growth has been unblocked, 2019-03-20T10:59:37. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 18:16, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
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You final-warned and I blocked simultaneously. Let me know if you think it's worth one more chance and I'll unblock. DMacks ( talk) 04:14, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
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I appreciate the links and advice - and cookies too! Thank you for taking the time to share these with me. Jollidee Jollidee ( talk) 22:55, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
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19:44, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
Why would you ruin my night, you big fat robot. Wait, is this a robot? I sure hope so, I really don't want to offend a real human person. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.204.10.228 ( talk) 23:44, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
Please don't change the status of SPI cases like this. I know you mean well, but all that actually accomplished was to make me think the page had been vandalized, since most unexplained status changes are vandalism. Leave the clerical work to the SPI clerks. Thanks. Sir Sputnik ( talk) 03:06, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
I am doing an essay on the UAE and I need the details for the foods. Please add the Emirati Foods.
Due/April/2/2019 (Guest User) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.90.86.242 ( talk) 14:00, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
Hi ToBeFree,
Sorry to disturb you again. Not sure if you saw this on the Talk page but I was wondering if we could add in a "recognition" section similar to what one of our competitors, Episerver has on their page?
Yotaml2 ( talk) 18:28, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
do you know how many hours I was researching on this? do you know how many books I referred to? I'm not a native English talker but I made sure everything was grammatically right, my edits was a complete copy of the Persian topic which was written by doctor ebrahim bastani parizi, shame on you shame Alizohrehkermani ( talk) 19:22, 23 March 2019 (UTC)
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18:05, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
Greetings ToBeFree. Thanked you for you feedback on Kai Staats and then realized I should have done that here. Anyway, I also left you a question about one of the "citation needed" flags. Hope to see you back on Talk:Kai_Staats soon. Thanks again. Astro3.142 ( talk) 19:14, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
{{subst:u|Username}}
). Adding this to any page automatically notifies the user if a signature is added with the same edit. The signature requirement prevents accidental notifications when editing or moving previous comments.The Chancellor gave me the information, even though it's similar to his bio, to use on his Wikipedia page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BKoan ( talk • contribs) 21:30, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
I spent three hours editing a document and it was deleted. how do I get it back with the changes I was working on? — Preceding unsigned comment added by BKoan ( talk • contribs) 20:06, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
How do I contact the volunteer team? — Preceding unsigned comment added by BKoan ( talk • contribs) 20:18, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
Hello ToBeFree,
I just received a message saying that I may have edited while being logged out of my account. I did not make any edits while I was logged out. My device is not shared with anyone else. The edits made by the IP address on March 24 were not by me, so I do not know if I have the same IP address as someone else (if that is even possible, which I do not think it is) or if something else is going on. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pillsberrydoo7 ( talk • contribs) 21:56, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
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Wie gehts Ihnen
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What am I missing? Freqmachine Freqmachine ( talk) 01:31, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Freqmachine ( talk • contribs) 01:31, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
Thank you so much!! Freqmachine ( talk) 15:14, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
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My addition is quite true, neutral and without malice, cant or humbug. It demonstrates "disagreement" as per the heading. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:3D08:157F:F550:E861:6F3F:70D1:D794 ( talk) 16:56, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
The placement was unintentional, but the content is a radio broadcasting industry reality. As in the article newspapers used the phrase to sell space. Radio countered the affirmation by agreeing with some of the contrary affirmations ... Chinese and otherwise as cited in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:3D08:157F:F550:E861:6F3F:70D1:D794 ( talk) 17:18, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
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Hello, I am trying to write a biography about myself. I was testing the page to see if my content will be acceptable. Any relevant sources need to support my work was to be added as i proceed with my work. i kindly therefore ask you to help approve my work so i can add more relevant sources as i progress with my work. if at the end of my biography no relevant information will have been published, then it will be well with me if the work is deleted. unit then, kindly support my work and let it be published. it will be of much value to me when people can research about me and find my work listed in the Wikipedia. i am a significant member of my society and an upcoming public figure. it is my wish to have my work published so that more people can get to know about me. kindly help. thank you in advance — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mashizaq ( talk • contribs) 15:56, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
Can you please explain what this edit is all about, as in why are you restoring another editors archiving, why did you leave personal information in the edit summary and so on. Thank you. - FlightTime Phone ( open channel) 13:59, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
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How did u catch me? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.61.216.207 ( talk) 23:07, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
Why were u on the concrete page anyway?
WHY — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.61.216.207 ( talk) 23:09, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
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16:27, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
Dear ToBeFree,
Can you please help me to understand what is incorrect in terms of my first article on Wikipedia.org? I left massages for you on my talk page. Can you please check them? KetijaM ( talk) 08:33, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
if the wiki page of the show isnt a good source than what is? - Master2121
As a matter of interest, what do you think was unnecessary or inappropriate about the links I added to the article on Zed Shaw? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vk2sky ( talk • contribs) 01:40, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for finding my error in reverting a bad edit to a different bad edit in this article. It happens occasionally though I try to be alert to it. I suppose it can be apparent even when using Huggle that there is a previous bad edit - or at least a clue as to one - but I missed it here. I thought I would leave a special thanks for your alertness. For whatever reason, that problem remained in the article for about six weeks. I am a bit embarrassed about making a mistake that was left in place for that long but I am glad you fixed it. Donner60 ( talk) 03:48, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
You deleted my edits on a school about the new principal and the new motto. Why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1014:b108:e389:c97f:da62:b16f:3af ( talk) 01:30, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
For the record, the above message ( Special:Diff/896518644) appears to be an admission to having made the unconstructive edit at Special:Diff/896516699. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 01:47, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
Hello,
On May 2nd, I contributed edits to the Artists Space wikipedia page and they were subsequently removed because of copyright violations. I mistakenly excluded quotations when paraphrasing the sources I cited. I do not believe that I copy/pasted any material, but it seems I was flagged for this. Further, I cited all of the sources I consulted, but I am wondering if I did this incorrectly?
Please advise me on how to fix my edits. I really want to help contribute to this page, as it is missing a lot of crucial information and is a noteworthy institution.
Thank you so much for your help!
Scilman ( talk) 15:20, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
Thank you both for your thoughtful explanations. I want to continue to edit the page, but I'm worried the content will be removed once more. Is it possible to submit a draft to you for your approval before posting? I want to make sure that there contains no copyright violations before publishing, and that I don't get blocked due to another violation.
Please let me know if this is possible.
Thank you! Scilman ( talk) 20:59, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
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Many thanks for submitting my David Stephenson page for review. As it turned out, it was reviewd (and accepted - phew!) in half an hour! /info/en/?search=David_Stephenson_(architect) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chris Warburton Brown ( talk • contribs) 14:52, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
thank you! [231] That is nice. Thank you! 78.55.22.17 ( talk) 21:29, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
To keep the message permanently meaningful when it is archived, I have replaced "cur" by "897413282" in your link above, to produce the following link: Special:Diff/897413282. The link would instead always point to the latest change. The original message can be seen at Special:Diff/897413711; feel free to undo. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 21:48, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
For the Kazakh SSR [232] I could remove the ISO code, but for Uzbek SSR not [233]. They use different templates, which is another issue. But for Uzbek I cannot find where UZ comes from. 78.55.22.17 ( talk) 22:00, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
For the record, per Special:Diff/897826618, the originally requested change has been implemented. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 02:37, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
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This is belated, but I owe a debt of gratitude to ToBeFree for extensive assistance with some difficult citation issues. Much appreciated! Astro3.142 ( talk) 18:47, 6 May 2019 (UTC) |
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Highly informative feedback on citations and sources, and very patient when explaining complicated policies. Thank you. Astro3.142 ( talk) 17:35, 9 May 2019 (UTC) |
Greetings ToBeFree,
You've spent so much time helping me out on Talk:Kai Staats that I wanted to stop by and address my primary motivation for accepting this editing job. You could probably extract this If you read the lengthy discussion on that page, but I'll save you some time here. I see you have a BSc in EE. Looked at EE myself but ended up in physics. Been an amateur astronomer for a long time so, like you, I have some grasp of what research the Staats article is talking about and felt qualified to take on that article.
I noticed you alluded to Staats being "(barely?) notable". I get that. When he came to me with a request to write that article I cautioned him about the notability criteria and explained that, even if we did this article, there's no guarantee some editor would object on the basis of notability and nominate the page for deletion. I also explained that I would need to disclose the fact that this was a paid article, and how that would raise certain flags prompting closer scrutiny.
He was OK with all that. So I told him to compile a list of verifiable sources I could use in the article. Some time later he sent me an extensive spreadsheet with way more than I needed or could actually use (tons of third party sources for example). But when I filtered out the sources I couldn't use, I was left with what I felt was an impressive body of work, both in science and film. And so I accepted the job.
I like your suggestion that maybe it's just best to leave some [third-party source needed] flags unchallenged. I see those flags all over Wiki, even on some very old articles. Staats may just have to accept that reality, but I'm going to give this one more shot with a response to you on his talk page. I think this time I've expressed my position more clearly regarding my use of those primary sources. I'll look forward to your (or Spintendo's) response.
Thanks again. Astro3.142 ( talk) 18:10, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi ToBeFree,
Thank you for your help in editing David Levy article to be neutral. There still seems to be a template that states, "A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject." What can be done to remove this template?
Thank you, (always learning KMH1011) Kmh1011 ( talk) 05:24, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for your response. I am not a Wikipedia expert, but a first time editor. I am however a Millet Scholar. I edited the incorrect kids section from 3 as it was to the 4 that the Millet's had and the one they lost Edwin. I am also a bit knowledgeable in the use of the English language, hence my carefully worded but hopefully clear comments about the Homosexuality claims made by the prior author. He is really one of very few who agree with his claims about Millet. But to support the comments with third party citations, which I agree are important, as well as personal scholarly expertise, I am attaching two quick items below. Possibly as a Wikipedia expert you can attach them appropriately. One is the Wikipedia citation and the other is from The History of English.
Mgsullivan ( talk) 16:47, 16 May 2019 (UTC)Michael Sullivan Mgsullivan ( talk) 16:47, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
My comment:
"It should be noted that in the 19th century language and personal relationships between people of the same gender were often expressed in language that by today's standards we would sexualize when in fact there was often no overt sexual behavior, homosexual or otherwise. Words used in communications during the 19th century and prior, were often elaborate and intimate in nature between close associates, unlike today's language which is comprised of short, often curt and simple words."
Please see: Romantic Friendship in Wikipedia as one supporting citation for my comments and the History of English under literary developments as a second citation.
A romantic friendship, passionate friendship, or affectionate friendship is a very close but typically non-sexual relationship between friends, often involving a degree of physical closeness beyond that which is common in the contemporary Western societies. It may include for example holding hands, cuddling, hugging, kissing, giving massages, and sharing a bed, or co-sleeping, without sexual intercourse or other physical sexual expression. In historical scholarship, the term may be used to describe a very close relationship between people of the same sex during a period of history when homosexuality did not exist as a social category. In this regard, the term was coined in the later 20th century in order to retrospectively describe a type of relationship which until the mid-19th century had been considered unremarkable but since the second half of the 19th century had become more rare as physical intimacy between non-sexual partners came to be regarded with anxiety.[1] Romantic friendship between women in Europe and North America became especially prevalent in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, with the simultaneous emergence of female education and a new rhetoric of sexual difference.[2]
And
https://www.thehistoryofenglish.com/history_late_modern.html
Literary Developments
A vast number of novels (of varying quality and literary value) were published in the 19th Century to satisfy the apparently insatiable appetite of Victorian Britain for romantic stories, ranging from the sublimity of Jane Austen’s works to the florid excesses and hackneyed phrasing typified by Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s famous opening lines “It was a dark and stormy night...” Due to the strictures of prudish Victorian society, an inventive list of euphemisms were popularized for body parts and other unmentionable concepts, a prudery perhaps epitomized by Thomas Bowdler’s “bowdlerization” of the works of Shakespeare in which offending words like strumpet, whore, devil, etc, were removed or toned down.
The early 19th century language of Jane Austen appears to all intents and purposes to be quite modern in vocabulary, grammar and style, but it hides some subtle distinctions in meaning which have since been lost (e.g. compliment usually meant merely polite or conventional praise; inmate connoted an inhabitant of any sort rather than a prisoner; genius was a general word for intelligence, and did not suggest exceptional prowess; regard encompassed a feeling of genuine affection; irritation did not carry its modern negative connotation, merely excitement; grateful could also mean gratifying; to lounge meant to stroll rather than to sit or slouch; to essay mean to attempt something; etc). To Austen, and other writers of her generation, correct grammar and style (i.e. "correct" according to the dictates of Robert Lowth's "Grammar") were important social markers, and the use of non-standard vocabulary or grammar would have been seen as a mark of vulgarity to be avoided at all costs.
New ideas, new concepts and new words were introduced in the early science fiction and speculative fiction novels of Mary Shelley, Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. Lewis Carroll began to experiment with invented words (particularly blended or "portmanteau" words) in poems like “Jabberwocky” (1872). Chortle and galumph are two words from the poem that made the jump to everyday English, but the work is jam-packed with nonsense words as may be seen from its first few lines: “Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: / All mimsy were the borogoves, / And the mome raths outgrabe”).
So to characterize Frank Millet in homosexual or bisexual terms maybe overstating the relationships since it is clearly documented that Millet had a long lasting and happy marriage with his wife Elizabeth ("Lily").
To Be Free you seem to be quite controlling for a "volunteer" and this system seems to be substantially complicated for corrections. As a Francis Davis Millet Scholar I made three corrections sometime ago and you asked for citations and then seem to have ignored them with you last comment being "these 'Look' like opinions." I also provided substantial content and context to my edits, and your comment was that as a volunteer it was too much for you to handle. Well I don't believe as a volunteer you have both the right or even the responsibility on an open source encyclopedia to block content from being posted because you don't want to deal with too much content or don't like the citations provided, let the users make the corrections if any are needed. So for example, on the simple edit of the fact that Wikipedia has it Wrong as to the number of Millet's children. There were 4 not 3 as it still shows. I provided both the genealogy and the citation to that genealogy and you continue to block its from being published as the correction I submitted. As to the more controversial correction of the sexual mores of the 19th century being interpreted by the current mores of the 21st century. I provided substantial content and context and the simple citations to two easily available sources. ONE being the currently posted Wikipedia on Romantic Friendship and the other to the History of the English Language. Whatever you think about it ....you don't have the responsibility or the right to block my posts from being uploaded to the Millet Wikipedia page. Let it post. Michael S. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mgsullivan ( talk • contribs) 21:31, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
https://www.geni.com/people/Francis-Millet/320389428450004739
Thanks for your response, as to the kids, I've added the geni.com citation shown above from their genealogy website again where I think it properly goes.
I know this is a cop out on my part, but I really am not in a position to try and take all the time it will take me to become proficient with Wikipedia editing. As I look at the system it just is too complicated for the time it will take and any further editing on my part, but I appreciate the necessity to keep content correct. I've never made an edit previously and probably never will again, since this is really the only area in which I have info to contribute. So if I've made the citation edit wrong again, I'm sorry but it is above, and possibly you or someone else can make it. If you look at Ancestry.com they have the same info as geni.com on live births, they do speculate on a 5th pregnancy which did not come to live birth. But none of the Millet scholars have any data on a 5th, in family records or other records but Edwin's birth and death at 4 months are certain and geni.com has it right. Thanks.
As to the several other language edits I made, most of them were just grammatical or for clarity and I think with general reading they will make the section better. So they can be used or not.
As to the sexual mores question. I'll just leave it too, since I understand the circular content challenges by citing Wikipedia on Romantic Friendship, someone else may provide good citations or possibly a forum, if there is one, could comment on the Romantic Friendship issues and the different views between now and the 19th century. Let me finish with the thought that the current content is disparaging to Frank Millet and decedents since the gentleman who posted the current content and his conclusions from his work as cited are also really just "personal opinions" as well. The homosexual relationship comments have no real foundation in documented fact from Millet papers and are really the author's personally "reading into history" his own opinions, even though he may cite his own writing, to the satisfaction of the Wikipedia citation standards. So I would suggest a compromise. JUST remove that paragraph from the Millet page, it really is just opinion as it currently stands and really adds nothing of merit to the history of the artist and his significant public contributions. It ought to be dropped.
Thank you for your time. I won't be able to do more for now. Hope this is enough.
To Be Free: I do have to chuckle about Wikipedia finding the worlds largest Geneaology resource to be "unreliable" and I know I said I was going to bow out....but the Edwin Millet's death not being recognized is troubling to me so, I hope the two new citations will satisfy the quirky rules of Wikipedia. Hopefully the Central Cemetery in East Bridgewater will do well enough...and Ms. Schafer's book, Soldier of Fortune will be considered acceptable as well. She was a decedent of Frank Millet.
Michael S.
Soon Millet’s family life was marred by an unexpected personal tragedy when Lily, Kate and the new baby contracted diphtheria.87 Lily and Kate recovered, but four-month old Edwin died on November 15.88 The loss of his infant son may have convinced Millet that it was time for a change in his life.
87 Booth and Millet, Chapter 6, p. 5, JAPM/AAA Reel 1100 note that Mrs. Millet, Kate and young Edwin contracted diphtheria. See also Sharpey-Schafer, Soldier of Fortune. p. 60; and Francis Davis
88 Birth and death dates for Edwin Austin Millet have been provided by the Central Cemetery in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, where the Millet family burial plot is located.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Mgsullivan ( talk • contribs) 23:53, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
They are the footnote citations from Gina D'Angelo's Thesis, as listed below, but are not relevant in this case other than they provide context to the citations to the birth and death of Edwin Millet at 4 months old, which are relevant to the issue at hand, that being if there were 3 or 4 children. There were 4 and Edwin died at 4 and is buried in Mass. But I wasn't sure if the cemetery note was enough since the two leading genealogy websites in the world were considered unreliable. So I also provided the Soldier of Fortune citation. But here is the full citation for Gina's Dissertation if you want that as well. Sincerely, Michael S.
FRANCIS DAVIS MILLET - THE EARLY YEARS OF “ A COSMOPOLITAN YANKEE,” 1846-1884 Unpublished Dissertation at the City University of New York, 2004 by Gina M. D ’Angelo Volume I, pg. 226
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Mgsullivan ( talk • contribs) 11:00, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
Sir: I have read the thesis, more than 500 pages of it and so can anyone if they want to go to ProQuest which is the Academic source for most Dissertations published in the US and most of the world. Generally, no PhD Thesis is "published" in the terms you are thinking. But they are publicly available at most major libraries around the world through ProQuest. Just type in the Title and author and you will find it. And anyone can buy a copy of Soldier of Fortune, on Amazon etc. and they can read that too. I also provided the Cemetery information and anyone who is interested can find the info on the family through any one of a number of cemetery web search sites. Or they can call the Cemetery in Mass. which is why I provided the info necessary. Also, I have tried to keep my own Millet scholarship out of the discussion since it seems that personal research and knowledge is also suspect in the Wikipedia sources.
So yes, this has been a very bad experience. In the future as both a professional communications/PR executive, for decades, and a Frank Millet Scholar, I will unfortunately have to carefully consider what seems to be a very suspect system and irrationally approved sources for the Wikipedia topics I read going forward.
The simple bottom line for this experience is that I now understand better how false information can so easily appear in Wikipedia and how hard it is to correct it once it is published. Sadly, Edwin Austin Millet will not be recognized as having lived or died in the "ever living internet." I can only imagine the immensity of poor or completely incorrect information that will live on forever in the internet encyclopedia that is Wikipedia.
It shows that not all things benefit from open-source wide area collaboration, as opposed to carefully researched and edited material gathered by trained and skilled individuals and teams that have often spent a lifetime, certainly a career, on finding and preserving the facts in a subject area.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Mgsullivan ( talk • contribs) 18:00, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
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Thank you. The edit works. Michael — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mgsullivan ( talk • contribs) 00:06, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
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15:33, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi ToBeFree, thank you for your feedback on my first wikipedia page about EQS Group. I worked on the draft based on your recommendations. Would you mind checking the page again? Draft:EQS Group
Thank you Alexander
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Hi, thanks for all the work you do. I just edited Annabelle Chvostek's page and you just flagged it for copyright infringement. I work with Annabelle and wrote the bio myself. I'm just updating her very outdated page. How can I prove this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tplanter ( talk • contribs) 01:57, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
Ok, thanks for clarifying. Makes sense what you say about the promotional language and conflict of interest. I'm new to this and hadn't even thought about it. I'm not getting paid, but I am helping Annabelle out with admin stuff. Should I declare that on my page? I'll work on some updates and run them by you first. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tplanter ( talk • contribs) 02:35, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi again, I tried to revert the page to what it was before my edits and it does not appear. Also, there's the copyright notice at the top of the page now too! Can the old version be restored? Can I not remove inaccurate info and add new, updated info to the existing text (new albums, new website,etc)? Am I banned from updating because I'm a family member? She is not a hugely popular musician and the page hadn't been updated in years.... Please help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tplanter ( talk • contribs) 16:29, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
Understood. Thank you. I sent the message yesterday via email to donate the text and have not heard back but, from what I understand, you're requesting me to make the text copyleft on the webpage itself, right? Thanks for your patience. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tplanter ( talk • contribs) 18:01, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
Thanks, I just added the CC license to the page. From what I understand, I can't use it anyways, right? I'm just adding it tor prove I didn't steal it. Is that correct? Tplanter ( talk) 18:53, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
Thank you again, ToBeFree. I see you've approved the copyright infringement removal and the new text I edited. How long does it take to go live? Why do I still see the old text and the copyright violation notice? Thank you! Tplanter ( talk) 20:39, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
Thank you, ToBeFree. I do not understand how my new text on Talk:Annabelle Chvostek is not neutral. It simply states facts (albums, awards, and collaborations) and has sources. I can wait for someone else to look at it, but I don't understand how her wikipedia page can say she was a child musical prodigy (which Annabelle herself says is false and somewhat embarrassing), but it is questionably neutral to say how many albums she's released, who she's worked with, and which awards she's won. May I ask what does not come across as neutral? Thank you for your help and your time. Tplanter ( talk) 20:54, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
You're right. I just visited the page again and the prodigy bit was (thankfully) gone. Thanks for helping me understand all this so patiently, and for all the work you do on the site. Tplanter ( talk) 21:07, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
Thanks, I'll keep it in mind :) Tplanter ( talk) 14:33, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
can you add a link to the article? https://www.redemptionwhiskey.com/about.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.220.10.13 ( talk) 00:17, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
Take a slice! Kick back and relax... you've been a huge help! I've seen your hard work in IRC and I'm glad I had you under my wing to help guide you through AFC. Hope you enjoy your weekend projects. :) Snowycats ( talk) 00:53, 2 June 2019 (UTC) |
Dear sir /mam I have added a reliable.information on multan sultan page and you kept on deleting.I am myself from multan and this is a reliable information.its sad to notice that you lack trust!You can search at facebook:Tiger and champs pakistan. It is a notable sports community of multan , really sad to see your attitude — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tiger&Champs ( talk • contribs) 22:01, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
Hi. Thank you for reinstating the AFD message on Allie Teilz's page. I'm curious as to why the other things that the vandal removed (the 'birth year based on age as of date' template and her birth year in the lead) were not re-added. You called it "challenged information" but I thought that, since it was removed during vandalism, it could be reincluded? I wanted to check because I don't want to put it back if I'm not supposed to. Thanks. Abbyjjjj96 ( talk) 17:25, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
Hello,
I am an employee of TMP Worldwide and I've been attempting to update outdated and inaccurate company information on behalf of TMP Worldwide, but my edits are being removed. If you look at what I'm trying to edit, I'm just making updates to basic company information. How can I go about making these necessary updates to the page?
Thank you,
Rmjpatt4 ( talk) 17:32, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
Hi,
Thank you for your reply to my previous message. I will post my suggested edits to the talk page going forward: /info/en/?search=Talk:TMP_Worldwide_Advertising_and_Communications. When I submit edits to this page, does someone from wikipedia review them? How long does the approval process take? Can you explain a little bit about what the process entails?
Thanks for all your help,
Rmjpatt4 ( talk) 18:44, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
Hello,
I am obviously new to this, so thank you for explaining the process. I have added a paid disclosure to my profile: /info/en/?search=User:Rmjpatt4. Is there anything else I need to add to my profile to make suggested edits to this page: /info/en/?search=Talk:TMP_Worldwide_Advertising_and_Communications?
Thanks again,
Rmjpatt4 ( talk) 17:52, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
No Edits has been done by me, — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.87.142.185 ( talk) 12:47, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
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my first submission was rejected. Can you help me what need to be changed pls?
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Hi, is there a problem with me editing the page about Arne Norell? :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Furnituresweden ( talk • contribs) 15:31, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
No I'm not being paid, but Arne Norell was my grandfather and it makes me sad seeing his legacy being so poorly depicted with such a poor biography and bad photos. Why did you remove my work? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Furnituresweden ( talk • contribs) 15:41, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
No I'm not being paid, but Arne Norell was my grandfather and it makes me sad seeing his legacy being so poorly depicted with such a poor biography and bad photos. The only thing I want is for a proper biography to be written (I have the best resource - his daughter Marie, who is my mother). Please let me know what I need to change in the edit I did for it to stay there. Was something wrong with the photos? I only want to carry on my grandfather's legacy and the designs and the company he established.
Hello? Can you please help me? :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blue46789 ( talk • contribs) 16:06, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
Thank you! :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blue46789 ( talk • contribs) 16:09, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
There isn't even a photo of my grandfather Arne Norell in the current wikipedia page. If you need a resource for the photo I can resource our family photo-album or the company website? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blue46789 ( talk • contribs) 16:12, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
Thank you for your answer, but to be honest I find all of this somewhat ridiculous.
I agree that perhaps my text was too flattering having mentioned words such as "success", but then how do you measure success? Can a Wikipedia article claim Mozart was a success when he died penniless? I would say Mozart was a success and some would agree and some would not. Do you mean only the author of a book knows what success is and the rest of us have no clue? My grandfather built his own business from nothing. I would call that being somewhat successful and I don't think that's just my opinion.
You're also saying that my mother is not the best resource. You're claiming a better resource would be a book or an article? But where do you think this so-called "more reliable resource" received it's information about Arne Norell from? My mother and the people who knew him of course. My grandfather is for example mentioned in the Swedish National Encyclopedia. I can email you a photo of the encyclopedia and the article since I'm holding it my hand as I'm typing. They made an interview with my mother to write that article, and you're saying the article is more reliable than my mother who lived close to Arne Norell for all her young life? Went on trips together with him, talked with him and knew exactly what inspired him?
I'm also holding his award in my own hands and would love to send you a photo. Could we please continue this nonsense via email instead of out in the open?
I'm happy to remove everything I've written about his "success" and so on. I know you think you are making everyone a favor, but you have made me very sad today. I'm only a grandchild wanting to carry on my grandfather's legacy in the best way. And I don't see why you people seem to enjoy making that work more difficult? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blue46789 ( talk • contribs) 22:49, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
I would also like to add one more thing,
You're saying that Wikipedia needs the information to be verifiable and that there are no citations in my removed text? But how can I (or anyone for that matter) quote something that has not yet been written? But to start writing a correct biography of a person when no books/articles are written, don't you start with the people who knew him the best? When there are no books or articles to turn to? Isn't that how all biographies start? Unfortunately, not so much has been written about my grandfather, but that is what I'm trying to change. None of the information I wrote is incorrect or false. But some of it I can only verify from my mother and grandmother or from articles based on interviews with my mother/grandmother.
Also, you're saying that a Wikipedia article about a person cannot be written by a family member? I also find this ridiculous because the text that has been on Wikipedia about Arne Norell for many, many years was written by my brother. And the source he is citing is the information they received from my mother. If it hasn't been a problem for so many years, why is it a problem now? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blue46789 ( talk • contribs) 23:14, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
Thank you for taking the time to help me, which I think you should since you're the one who initiated this process.
You're right in some parts. Arguing about this isn't going to lead anywhere, and Wikipedia should have rules and principles. But I tend to respect rules that fulfill their intended purpose. Perhaps, in this case, the principles are not wrong but how you decided to implement them was not to "humanities best benefit." Right now the end result of you following these principles is a wikipedia-page about my grandfather with not even a picture of him, less information about his life and photos of his design taken by an unverifiable third-party. How can you be sure the photos in the current article actually depict my grandfather's true design? There are many fake copies out there and as a family member, I'm really good at pointing out the fake ones. But according to the principles of Wikipedia I should not be involved. Rather an anonymous person with an iPhone-camera is better to judge. Yes, I find this ridiculous.
I will upload the photos again because I can guarantee you they are his true design, and the photo of my grandfather is also correct. I hope referencing the company website for the photos will be enough. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blue46789 ( talk • contribs) 06:45, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
Hi again,
Several of the photos I uploaded have been requested for deletion. The photo of Arne Norell that I uploaded, for example, is the original photo I scanned into my computer. I have full permission from my family to use this photo however I wish. What can I do to avoid it being deleted? How can I reference this photo since it's not in any book/article?
Thank you for your help :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blue46789 ( talk • contribs) 07:59, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
I've done some more editing. Before you remove all my work this time I would appreciate it if you could first try and tell me about any possible issues you might find in the text. And maybe we can work them out together. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blue46789 ( talk • contribs) 10:30, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
Hi,
Thank you for your reply.
Which information is unreferenced? Did you see the new resources I added including the Swedish National Encyclopedia? In there it is stated that Arne Norell was inspired by Danish design and that ‘sirocco’ is an example of it. As I see it all the information I’ve written is clearly sourced from the sources I’ve provided and the photos are taken by me personally of furniture designed by Arne Norell. The photo of Arne Norell is an original photo owned by me and my mother passed down from my grandmother. I don’t see what is the issue?
Kind regards, Philip — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blue46789 ( talk • contribs) 11:24, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
Thank you, that makes me so happy. I'm also sorry if I overreacted. Have a great day! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blue46789 ( talk • contribs) 13:21, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
Hello, thank you for helping me on my talk page regarding the actions of @ CLCStudent:. I've asked User:CLCStudent for an explanation of their actions on three occasions now, the third being directly on their own talk page now that it has been unprotected - yet they have edited over 30 times since my message and hence have ignored me again. How do I go about escalating this issue? Surely it is bad practice for this user to continuously ignore me - I'd really appreciate an explanation as I'm new to all of this! Thanks 31.205.11.76 ( talk) 17:43, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
"for discussion of urgent incidents and chronic, intractable behavioral problems."[1] The ANI header also contains advice about dealing with incivility, linking to Wikipedia:Civility#Dealing_with_incivility and Wikipedia:Dispute resolution.
No, it wasn't a test, and I wasn't messing. It should say 'section' because the signal was at the summit of the incline, to the north of the station. Raising the calling-on arm allowed the bankers (only) to follow a train down the bank 'on visual' before it had reached Bromsgrove. Best Regards. Chris 79.75.225.64 ( talk) 22:49, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
Sadly, I am having terrible difficulties in finding 'a reliable source'.
Just what is that?
Wikipedia is too difficult for me to understand so I feel I must abandon my efforts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andyboy390 ( talk • contribs) 08:23, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for the help. It seemed like a good idea to add his social accounts that he seems to manage. I'll look over the guidelines so I can minimize mistakes.
Thanks IdigiMan — Preceding unsigned comment added by IndigenousMan ( talk • contribs) 19:33, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
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This is for your valuable efforts for countering Vandalism and protecting Wikipedia from it's threats. I appreciate your effort. You are a defender of Wikipedia. Thank you. PATH SLOPU 16:28, 12 June 2019 (UTC) |
Please administrators should do something about saving DJ Kelblizz article from getting deleted It's so unfair that a newly approved article be considered for deletion.please everyone should help save these article — Preceding unsigned comment added by KelblizzRecords ( talk • contribs) 01:14, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
Hi ToBeFree,
Thanks so much for the message you sent me. I am new to editing on Wikipedia, so it was really helpful to have your guidance and suggestions. Although I am working for Lori Gruen, the edits I want to make are factual, not opinion based. In addition to the edits I made today, there is a significant amount of information that I plan to add to Lori Gruen's page (all of which I have citations for) which is all factual merely to improve the current lack of information on her current page. However, I understand how, by working for her, even if my edits are factual and not opinion based, I could still have a conflict of interest.
As I mentioned, there are further edits that I want to make for Lori Gruen. If you would be willing, I'd really appreciate you proof reading for me. What is the best way for me to send you a draft of my proposed work?
You also mentioned that my work is likely to get deleted because of my conflict of interest. I have checked the page and as of now (over two hours since publication) the edits I made are still up. How can I find out if my edits will be deleted? Also is there anything I can do retroactively to make them more credible so they will not be removed?
Lastly, in your message you mentioned Wikipedia's policies on edits made for reimbursement. Lori Gruen will be paying me for these edits, so I want to make sure I am in full compliance with these policies. I understand that I have to disclose this information. How am I supposed to disclose this in order to be in compliance with the policy?
Thanks so much for all your help. I really appreciate it.
IndiaFDixon — Preceding unsigned comment added by Indiafdixon ( talk • contribs) 01:22, 15 June 2019 (UTC)
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Hi :) I have removed two external links and two apparently promotional lines from the " Post-Digital Print" article. It has been a while since you had added them - 123 days. I'm using STiki to find edits that happened long in the past and might have been overlooked by other users. It's an interesting way of delving into the history of Wikipedia.
I personally think that external links, especially to smaller blogs and websites, are often not necessary to improve the quality of an article. Often, they are being used for promotion, advertising products or websites. In the case of your specific edit, I was sure that I'm dealing with the same kind of edits I've been reverting before - but then STiki told me that I am about to undo a change made by an experienced user with over 50 edits. That's why, instead of simply putting an unpersonal warning template on your talk page, I'm trying to explain my deletion.
When replying, to notify me of your answer, please use {{ping|ToBeFree}} or feel free to do so on my talk page, where I will certainly see it. If you reply on my talk page, please copy my original message over there too. :) ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 19:32, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
Hi :) To make this easier for you, and to allow you to modify large parts of the article without being stopped by people concerned about your conflict of interest, I have copied the article to User:David_Lusterman/sandbox. In a second edit, I have copied your suggested edits so that they can be easily compared to the original version.
To continue submitting your suggested changes, when you think that the sandbox article is done and you don't want to add further changes, you can add a message on the main article's talk page. Your edits will be then verified by experienced Wikipedia editors, and copied as far as possible. Promotional details, external links in the article body (except reference links to reliable third-party sources) and advertising language will likely not be copied; please keep it neutral. Thank you very much for your time and understanding. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 21:08, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
copied from User_talk:IronGargoyle ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 20:05, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi. I am replying to your message saying that you undid an edit you believed I had made to an entry for somebody called A. Charles Muller. I have never edited this entry and am worried about how my IP address could be associated with the edit you undid. Do you have any idea? I believe that this IP address is used only by me or by people who live in my house. I am the only person living here who edits Wikipedia and, as far as I can remember, it has been quite a long time since I edited anything. So, it looks as if somebody is spoofing my IP address on Wikipedia. I would have hoped that this kind of spoofing was not possible, but ... now I am confused. Any comment you can make would be welcome. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.60.194.167 ( talk) 15:22, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello again, Marlenekoenig.
Thank you for all your contributions so far. It might have seemed as if they'd be unwelcome, but we do appreciate every attempt to improve the encyclopedia, and removing outdated, wrong information from an biography of a living person is definitely such a good-faith attempt.
Some users might have called your edits "vandalism"; I personally disagree, as vandalism on Wikipedia is strictly defined as bad-faith, deliberate disruption. I do not believe that you have ever been acting in bad faith.
You have expressed some concerns that I would like to address, to help you with the next steps of the deletion discussion you've initiated.
"Use your own name.",
"Again, someone who does not use their own name ... shameful. Unprofessional.",
"None of you use real names."
"do not wish to be on Wikipedia". I can understand that it must feel weird and wrong to read a public article about yourself, written by someone else years ago, full of possibly outdated information. You tried to make other, more experienced editors aware of the problem, and their reaction just was "no consensus to delete the page". What an outrage!
I hope this helps. Feel free to ask any questions here; we're here to help you, and we're investing a lot of our personal free time to make this encyclopedia work the way it does. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 17:47, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
Why did *this* cause a ping?! The signature should have been old enough not to create one. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 18:14, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi
Thank you for all your contributions. I just wanted to note that using IMDb as your only source for information about living persons might be problematic, for these reasons:
Also, you might want to add your references as a footnote; adding them only in the edit summary would force users to search through the whole edit history to see the references. Some pages have a history of over 10,000 edits – imagine you had to dig through that. To do this, see Help:Footnotes -- your editor might already have a function doing this for you. Check if there's a "Cite" button above your editing box!
Have a nice day! ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 03:38, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
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Hi, I've noticed that you've edited the Trick-or-treating article recently. There's been a debate running for the last few days over the title of this article. Your input would be appreciated! — Smjg ( talk) 16:16, 26 October 2013 (UTC)
What about what I wrote do you consider vandalism? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.115.166.5 ( talk) 02:44, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
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I am sending you this message because you listed yourself on meta:Huggle/Members as a beta tester. We desperately need attention of testers, because since we resolved all release blockers, we are ready to release first official version of huggle 3! Before that happens, it would be nice if you could test it so that we can make sure there are no issues with it. You can download it packaged for your operating system (see Wikipedia:Huggle/Huggle3_Beta) or you can of course build it yourself, see https://github.com/huggle/huggle3-qt-lx for that. Don't forget to use always latest version, there is no auto-update message for beta versions!
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Hi ToBeFree, we are to release a new major version of huggle, but we did receive almost no feedback from our beta testing team, which you are a part of (see https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Huggle/Members). It would be of a great help if you could download it (if you have windows, all you need to do is getting http://tools.wmflabs.org/huggle/files/huggle3.1.0beta.exe and putting it to a folder where you have installed huggle) and test it. You can always get a help with making it @ #huggle connect!
Major changes:
In case you found a bug, please report it to bugzilla: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?product=Huggle&list_id=147663 thank you! Petrb ( talk) 10:15, 30 July 2014 (UTC)
Hey ToBeFree! You are receiving this message because you are subscribed at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Huggle/Members#Beta_testers
I have recently launched a new downloads for beta testers that contains nightly builds of huggle, eg. versions that are built every day from our master branch and contains latest huggle. These builds are currently provided only for Windows and Ubuntu. You can find them here: http://huggle.wmflabs.org/builds/
Please keep in mind that these don't have any automatic updates and if you download and start using nightly build, you will need to update it yourself! So don't get yourself to running old version, it's possible to install both stable and nightly huggle, which is what I suggest.
Keep the bug reports coming to phabricator: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/create/?projects=Huggle Many thanks! Petrb ( talk) 10:03, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
Unfortunately your automatic script must have flagged my edit as nonconstructive and vandalism, as no logical human would have interpreted it as such. Neither of which was my intention, and since your talk page has another member bringing this topic up, I urge you to consider making more fruitful, more manual edits to WikiPedia. I simply issued a image that I took into the public domain and embedded it into the article, which added context to the page. I doubt you'd even read this, but I guess this is why WikiPedia's active userbase has declined so much in recent years. Courtneymorris95 ( talk) 16:47, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
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Hi, It's Franklin Simon here from Franklin Simon Productions www.FranklinSimon.com. You made a change on the Live 8 article that we edited for Philadelphia because you said it was not constructive. I had edited because our web link to Franklin Simon Productions was not included. Also the word "reinforcement" was spelled in correctly. I have again fixed these errors and added the proper web link for Franklin Simon Productions for the purpose of constructive and complete fair content and coverage. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.115.184.58 ( talk) 17:21, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
Hi-Lift is a registered trademark owned by the Hi-Lift Jack Company. How do we appropriately add a reference to show ownership of "Hi-Lift" to Hi-Lift Jack Company, Bloomfield, Indiana? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dowdensl ( talk • contribs) 19:21, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
Hi. I made an edit to the "seven deadly sins" article and removed the 1 Corinthians 13:13 part. Yes, thanks to your link, i can read that the King James version contains the word "charity" instead of "love" BUT... I AM GREEK (!!!) and in the original Greek (and on all manuscripts) is "love". Funny thing is that just yestarday i watched half a dozen YouTube videos claiming that the King James version is (and should remain) the undisputed English standard (something i had no reason against -especially since i read the Bible in Greek, so it does not effect me- until... today!). Amyway, thanks for your message. P.S. sorry for my English. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:587:E904:A400:85AB:8D87:5DFD:B87F ( talk) 19:31, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
Goylem is a denotation of the following information as per multiple sources as I include after the following request to have the following information ratified into the description of Goylem within the etymology of Golem: denote a large hulking or an unintelligent non-jew whom is despised. The meanings and etymology of the words goy and golem are as such a connections of the words "goy" which is a charged word denoting a distasteful or even hated non-Jew for the reason of not being a Jew and a Golem a hulking and magick possessed pile of clay worked into the human image.
Evidence with sources:
(1) Golem: "(GO-lem) also: Goylem. Zombie graceless oaf; subnormal person. A "living" creature with no soul… http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Glossary/Yiddish_Words/yiddish_words.html#G And here the definition of Goy: "(goy) n. A non Jew; outsider… http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Glossary/Yiddish_Words/yiddish_words.html#G
(2) Golem: "Golem Clumsy; sluggish" http://kehillatisrael.net/docs/yiddish/yiddish.htm Goy: "Goy, der Any person who is not Jewish (Hebrew)" http://kehillatisrael.net/docs/yiddish/yiddish.htm Further context goyish kop denoting the relationship between the combination of goy and another word within the Hebrew grammar; a "Goyshe kop" Goy's (non-Jew's) kop (mind or head). "Goyshe kop: Opposite of Yiddishe kop. Generally used to indicate someone who is not particularly smart or shrewd: gullible, slow one (definitely offensive.) http://kehillatisrael.net/docs/yiddish/yiddish.htm Goyim: "di non-Jewish persons (Hebrew)" http://kehillatisrael.net/docs/yiddish/yiddish.htm Goyish(e): "Pertaining to goyim (Hebrew)" http://kehillatisrael.net/docs/yiddish/yiddish.htm kop: "Kop, der Head" http://kehillatisrael.net/docs/yiddish/yiddish.htm
(3) Connotations for the hostile and derogatory nature of the word "goy": "GOY: A derogatory term meaning gentile, goyim is the plural, and goyisher is the adjective. " http://www.sbjf.org/sbjco/schmaltz/yiddish_phrases.htm
Please respond with cited works as to why the evidence I've provided is wrong if you disagree, thank you. 2604:2000:7200:F00:B98F:48D3:849F:34AE ( talk) 21:27, 6 March 2018 (UTC)anon
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Golem&action=history
~ ToBeFree ( talk) 03:50, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
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Man nice work.
You did a pretty good job, dude. I thought that wikipedia just had bots but then you're all like: "Weird crypto currency" and I was like "Wow... this guy's pretty good at his job" Wikipedia really has their sh*t together. Have a nice day, buddy, love ya! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dr.Doocas ( talk • contribs) 00:05, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
Section Zina#Homosexuality_and_zina Look, I have a braintumor in my brainstem and cerebellum. I don't have the energy nor the time to edit (learn to) on Wikipedia. I mention this to explain why I don't take the time learning how to properly edit on Wikipedia. It's not because I'm lazy. Someone please take the time to check if what I am saying is true, take acceptable sources and make the proper edits to the article. I don’t want incorrect information about this verse on Wikipedia. Both Muslim extremists (who want justification in the Quran to harm homosexuals) and haters of Muslims want this verse to be referring to homosexuality when it is not. There is no (worldly) punishment for homosexuality or call to harm homosexuals in the Quran.
On the talk page of Zina I explained the reasons why I made my edits. I gave sources on the talk page and asked for help before I made any edits. When nobody replied, I just went ahead and made the edits. My changes were reverted asking for sources and saying that it was original research (it is not).
When someone put this translation of Surah 4, ayat 16 on Wikipedia
"If two (men) among you are guilty of lewdness, punish them both. If they repent and amend, Leave them alone; for Allah is Oft-returning, Most Merciful."| Qur'an, Sura 4 (Al-Nisa), ayat 16
did anyone check the source? I did. When you go to the link there are 3 different translations. Out of these, 2 translate Waallathani as "the two who" and only one (Yusuf Ali) with "two men". So even according to its own source (the majority of 3) it should be gender neutral "the two". The vast majority of other sources (10 out of 12 translations I know about, I give links at the end of this message) also translate it with “the two”, “both” or “twain”. It should not have been accepted on Wikipedia in the first place.
Also, chapter/surah An-Nisa (Arabic for women) deals with issues related to women such as marriage, divorce, dowry, inheritance of daughters and so on. Maybe this is original research according to Wikipedia but is it really wrong to mention that an ayat about an act between two men would be misplaced in this chapter about women? Simple logic. Do I really need a source to be able to say that? It just is the truth. It should be at least mentioned that the surah is called “Women” and is about issues related to women.
The third reason is that in ayat 16 the word yatiyaniha means “commit it” or “guilty thereof”. Something (bad) is done but there is no concrete meaning of what is done. It refers to something that is said before. Either you look at the previous ayat 15 to look for what is referred to by it/thereof and accept that what is referred to involves women who are explicitly mentioned in ayat 15, or you don’t look at the previous ayat and don’t know what ayat 16 is about.
The word yateeyaniha (commit it) used in ayat 16 is simply not the same as the words yateena alfahishata (commit indecency) in ayat 15. How can I possibly explain this? The exact literal translation would have been “commit it” but many translators have replaced “it” with “indecency” or ‘lewdness’ to make (somewhat) clear what ayat 16 was talking about. Even the source used by the person that inserted “if two men” into the article, has one (of 3) translation that says “guilty thereof”. Of other sources about half say “commit it”, “guilty thereof” or just “two who are guilty” without referring to a concrete act . It should be at least mentioned that “commit it”, “guilty thereof” are valid translations (and thus force the reader to look at the previous ayat 15 which is about women).
Translators using “two who” , “twain” or “both” and “commit it”, “guilty thereof” or just “two who are guilty” without referring to a concrete act are: Ahmad Raza Khan, Asad, Daryabadi, Maududi, Maulana Mohammad Ali, Pickthall, Qarai, Qaribullah & Darwish, Sahih International and Ali Unal.
http://tanzil.net/#trans/en.sahih/4:16 (multiple translators) https://quran.com/4/16 http://www.alquranenglish.com/quran-surah-an-nisa-16-qs-4-16-in-arabic-and-english-translation (multiple translators) http://www.quranexplorer.com/quran?Sura=4&FromVerse=15&ToVerse=16 82.75.118.49 ( talk) 06:40, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
Please be careful of speedy deletion nominations that are too speedy. You tagged Brad McCarthy within 1 minute of its creation. In general, a good rule of thumb is to allow a new article at least 15 minutes, to see if the author has more to add, before tagging for speedy deletion. Moving more quickly than that can seem very bitey. WikiDan61 ChatMe! ReadMe!! 16:06, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
G'day,
I'm unsure what your comment "
Disagree: I strongly disapprove of this request. See IP talk page.
" refers to as the only entries on the talk page are warnings. You're aware that
edit requests are for making edits and not to get additional privliges right? If they don't have actual changes presented, you can deny it there requesting they provide the changes they wish to make in an x = y format. I'd recommend using
WP:EPH to assist with handling edit requests. Cheers —
IVORK
Discuss 21:57, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
Hello sir, saw ur msg on my talk page. Can you please point out what information I added/subtracted without giving citation, you didn't give me the article name? Thank you ( Regent007 ( talk) 19:50, 20 March 2018 (UTC))
what you meant here.-- Dlohcierekim ( talk) 21:45, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
Hi, not sure if this is where we leave a message, not very user friendly. I want to update the logo of " /info/en/?search=Tea_Fort%C3%A9". The logo is very old and obsolete. Here you can see our logo: https://www.teaforte.com/. We have different ones for different purposes. I also would like to update the content because it is quite weak. Regards (David Ferreira) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidafranklin ( talk • contribs) 12:55, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
Because of recent cases of you vandalizing Honk, The Moose. It has been brought to my attention that I will have to ban you from editing on this software. I am sorry and have a nice day. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wiki editor ak koppP ( talk • contribs) 16:10, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
Hello, I just had a large portion of my page deleted and need it changed back. I got a message saying something about the term "garbage dump communities" being derogatory- we're a nonprofit that works in communities located in garbage dumps. I need this fixed immediately — Preceding unsigned comment added by Keen7777 ( talk • contribs) 17:35, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
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Also please note that editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. You said on my talk page that: "Hello, I just had a large portion of my page deleted and need it changed back. I got a message saying something about the term "garbage dump communities" being derogatory- we're a nonprofit that works in communities located in garbage dumps. I need this fixed immediately" (emphasis mine). This seems to imply that you are working for the subject of the article. It might even imply a shared account. Please be careful here; I didn't even think of this possibility, but your reaction suddenly unveiled these problems. Sorry for the inconvenience, but please read the links in this warning carefully. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 17:47, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
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- This is an encyclopedia. Encyclopedias are built by paraphrasing what reliable sources have said about a subject. It is unfortunate that no-one has noticed this before now, but the fact remains, the article in question here is totally unacceptable as an encyclopedia article as it stands. Please do not replace the unsourced content again. And also, you need to deal with the issues raised int the previous section. Are you in the employ of or otherwise associated with this organization? John from Idegon ( talk) 17:56, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
I'm an unpaid volunteer for the organization. Why would the page not be considered legitimate? I've looked at dozens of others of similarly sized nonprofits that have wikipedia pages. Our page has been up for years. What exactly is the problem that you felt the need to suddenly delete half of it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Keen7777 ( talk • contribs) 18:02, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
- It isn't "a page". It doesn't belong to the organization. It is, or should be, an encyclopedia article. You have a conflict of interest here. I would strongly suggest you follow the best practices outlined for COI editors above. The main problem is that it completely fails WP:V. The secondary problem is that you are acting like somehow this page belongs to or is for the organization. It isn't. There is no indication the article meets our standard for inclusion found at WP:ORG, and as it stands, without reliable secondary sources, it is nothing more than an advertisement for the organization. Therefore it also fails another pillar policy, WP:NOT. We are not social media, nor are we a webhost. If you want to disseminate information about your organization, get a website. An encyclopedia is to record and summarize what others have written about your organization. John from Idegon ( talk) 18:11, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
Quoted for talk page archive ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 18:23, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
Additional late note by ToBeFree, 02:35, 27 June 2018 (UTC): There was a response on 3 April 2018 that we both didn't notice, apparently. I'm not going to reheat this issue months later, though. Here is the reply, for the archive:
Please note that they're not complaining about my tone; the discussion has been between two other editors. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 02:36, 27 June 2018 (UTC)
18:38, 29 March 2018 Jimfbleak ( talk | contribs) deleted page International Samaritan ( G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion: no independent sources, no evidence of notability)
~ ToBeFree ( talk) 19:03, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I've added the source on the Becky Lynch thing, I hope it is ok, now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.60.129.51 ( talk) 19:12, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
ty — Preceding unsigned comment added by CSpookz ( talk • contribs) 22:12, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
Just wanted to send a quick thank you for reverting the IP's personal attack on List of Scooby-Doo characters! Much appreciated and not sure why they got so worked up over nothing lol. :) Katniss May the odds be ever in your favor ♥ 19:32, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
Hello, I got your response/comment to my post on Greg Rayburn's page. I don't know how best to provide a "reliable source" as it was actually and factually me (the veteran) who had dinner and drinks with Greg. He was spectacular, funny and I had a great time. The topic of his wikipedia page came up and he mentioned he didn't know how to fix things such as his birthday being wrong or how things got added. I told him the quickest way was to make a post and find out who the moderators were.
That said, my post was/is factual but there are some edit's he would like to have made.
Are you the best source for those changes? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dane0221 ( talk • contribs) 02:18, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
Also, In reference to Mr. Greg Rayburn, his birth date is incorrect. His correct Birthday is August 16, 1958 Not 1959. He has requested that be changed. I'm rather new to Wikipedia (clearly) but I do live my life in front of the screen so I offered to assist.
-D — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dane0221 ( talk • contribs) 02:22, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
Also, In reference to Mr. Greg Rayburn, his birth date is incorrect. His correct Birthday is August 16, 1958 Not 1959. He has requested that be changed. I'm rather new to Wikipedia (clearly) but I do live my life in front of the screen so I offered to assist.
-D — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dane0221 ( talk • contribs) 02:22, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
Have an awesome Thursday! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aharonovlaw ( talk • contribs) 21:54, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
Referring to the following edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Liv_Garfield&diff=834410419&oldid=833276909&diffmode=source ---- ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 14:55, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
I made the changes to show how a living person can use Wikipedia to advertise him/herself. You said my comment was not sourced. Sure, but almost the whole article about Liv Garfield is unsourced. It can be seen only as a puff piece, probably written by the person herself or her associates. If you wished to make similar edits to the whole article I would be most grateful — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.153.156.190 ( talk) 04:04, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
Sorry did not realise that we could leave messages This was because the allegation was not justified by anyone and as if the poem and the story are fictional - as we will see in the future the truth, I thought for a moment it is not a good gesture for the person to mark the scandal as if it was the truth. You know with the suicides in Korea and all that.. I was just being sensible, I suppose. Thanks anyways. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.239.81.94 ( talk) 09:08, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
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Hi, Yes, I am a researcher on 5G communications. The claim of radiation on the article that I removed was of baseless, without any solid academic reference found in existing literature. The concern raised in that section was linked with a "google drive" account. Anyway, I would advise to produce any academic reference on the radiation concern in reputed journal or other academic sources if the removed portion is reverted rather than placing a mere personal google drive link. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Srobidx ( talk • contribs) 16:20, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
Copied from
User_talk:Srobidx for convenience and my talk page archive
~ ToBeFree (
talk) 17:01, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
Note: I have not undone any edit by this editor, just visited the talk page because the deletion of an entire section at least made me raise an eyebrow.
Re:
Do you have any affiliations with the entities that you are discussing in your edits? Your edits and passionate defence of them have prompted concern from me. ViperSnake151 Talk 15:39, 2 March 2018 (UTC)
5G: Please disclose any affiliations now, or explicitly deny being affiliated.
Hi, now that you have also removed an entire "criticism" section from the 5G article, please explicitly answer the following question: Are you, in any way, affiliated with this topic? If yes, how/why? Do you work in this field? We appreciate your contributions, but please explain your relation to this subject. Thank you very much in advance. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 16:05, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
"This is a minor edit"( Tag: section blanking)
This was certainly not a "minor edit"; trying to hide it this way makes it suspicious. :)( Tag: Undo)
Reverted to revision 834455710 by 72.89.96.246: Restore IP version. While trying to hide it as "minor edit", the edit might actually be an improvement to the article. If someone else with more experience on this specific topic would like to keep the deleted part, they can revert my edit, justifying the addition themselves. ( TW)( Tag: Undo)
~ ToBeFree ( talk) 01:21, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
Dear To. Be. Frei:
I hope this finds you well. Our client, Nicole Lapin, consulted with us about her wikipedia page and content that has been published about her.
Controversy Lapin was one of many celebrities, sports stars, journalists and politicians that was outed by the New York Times for allegedly purchasing fake followers on social media network Twitter – some of whom used information stolen from real people – in order to overstate her following and influence. Lapin addressed the allegations recently stating, "I have a great social media team. I use special teams for my books and other project launches. Unfortunately, this was a staff level decision and I’ve addressed it so it won’t happen again. But the larger picture here is how reflective this narrative is of lessons we are all learning in this digital era."[58] [59][60]
The header seems to unfairly convey information that remains an allegation. Additionally, the content uses scathing vocabulary to describe the allegation in the most negative light.
While we respect that wikipedia publishes wish to include such information as pertinent to Ms. Lapin's biography, we kindly request that the header of "Controversy" be changed.
We respectfully suggest that the header and the content be revised to reflect a more objective account of the stipulated details.
Thank you in advance for your time and cooperation.
Sincerely,
Eyal Aharonov, Esq. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aharonovlaw ( talk • contribs) 21:07, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
Controversial topics are almost always listed separately. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blackbelt whitetails ( talk • contribs) 18:57, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
Disagree. She is responsible for her brand. Needs to be disclosed in its own section just like accolades and personal life. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.201.10.130 ( talk) 14:42, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
Ms. Lapin was cited in New York Times for purchasing social media followers. She does not denie this and in fact she still has fake followers on her Twitter account. I fail to see why this should not be included in her biography. Look at other individuals, controversial behaviors are frequently listed separately much like her accolades. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blackbelt whitetails ( talk · contribs) 18:23, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
Hi there, again.
I hope you're enjoying your weekend. I noticed that another user decided to re-add the section we discussed a few days back. If you don't mind, would you please kindly explain how the content re-appeared seemingly the same? I took the time to review the talk page and was surprised by the assertions made in order to preserve the information.
Your reply is greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time.
Eyal — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aharonovlaw ( talk • contribs) 00:30, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
No worries - waiting on word from you.
Thank you for taking the time! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aharonovlaw ( talk • contribs) 00:38, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
Following-Up Regarding Controversy Section - Nicole Lapin
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Seems that two users are still tugging at the information, so I believe I will follow your prudent advice.
Your time is very much appreciated.
Eyal — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aharonovlaw ( talk • contribs) 18:32, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
Disagree. She is responsible for her brand. Needs to be disclosed in its own section just like accolades and personal life. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.201.10.130 ( talk) 14:42, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
Ms. Lapin was cited in New York Times for purchasing social media followers. She does not denie this and in fact she still has fake followers on her Twitter account. I fail to see why this should not be included in her biography. Look at other individuals, controversial behaviors are frequently listed separately much like her accolades. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blackbelt whitetails ( talk • contribs) 18:23, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
"To find out more about Nicole, visit NicoleLapin.com or follow her on Twitter and Instagram @NicoleLapin", in my opinion, might be indicating a website accepting paid articles and article-like advertisements. The NY Times would probably not write that below one of their articles.
"Reporting was contributed by Manuela Andreoni, Jeremy Ashkenas, Laurent Bastien Corbeil, Nic Dias, Elise Hansen, Michael Keller, Manuel Villa and Felipe Villamor. Research was contributed by Susan C. Beachy, Doris Burke and Alain Delaquérière."
"Lapin was one of many celebrities, sports stars, journalists and politicians that was outed by the New York Times for allegedly purchasing fake followers on social media network Twitter – some of whom used information stolen from real people – in order to overstate her following and influence."( 1) ( 2)
"One of many": Positive, isn't it? She wasn't the only one, that's a positive message to me.
"celebrities, sports stars, journalists and politicians": Positive. Same here: Even sports stars (god beware, idols!) did this. She's just one of many.
"outed": "Outing" implies revealing something that has previously been hidden. This could be sexual orientation, a social taboo, or secret activities. "Controversy" and "outing" are two words belonging together, so at least some people will view "outed" things as being negative.
"allegedly": Positive. Questions the validity of the source.
"purchasing": Neutral
"fake": Neutral unless you know a "more" neutral word. It has a negative connotation, of course, but these followers have not been real individuals, and they have been using fake, stolen identities.
"followers": Neutral term used by the Twitter UI itself.
"social media network": Neutral, widely used term to describe Twitter.
"some of whom used information stolen from real people": It is clear to me that, no matter how accurate the list of celebrities in the NY Times article is, this specific statement is strongly sourced by a reliable source. It's not in a footnote, it is the Times article's main topic.
"in order to overstate her following and influence": (Emphasis mine.) Biased. Delete or modify. "Their", referring to the whole group, might be neutral enough. There is no source for this sentence when personally attributing it to one of the people in the list. We can't know if that was really the reason for Nicole Lapin to be involved in this matter.
Lapin was one of many celebrities, sports stars, journalists and politicians that was outed by the New York Times for allegedly purchasing fake followers on social media network Twitter – some of whom used information stolen from real people – in order to overstate her following and influence.
Lapin addressed the allegations recently stating, "I have a great social media team. I use special teams for my books and other project launches. Unfortunately, this was a staff level decision and I’ve addressed it so it won’t happen again. But the larger picture here is how reflective this narrative is of lessons we are all learning in this digital era."
We saw you listed on Perez Hilton with the likes of Lisa Rinna, Kathy Ireland and Michael Dell about buying twitter followers, basically every celeb from Kardashians on down does anything they can to rock the social game so it doesn’t seem like breaking news to us in 2018, but what happened there?
I have a great social media team. I use special teams for my books and other project launches. Unfortunately, this was a staff level decision and I’ve addressed it so it won’t happen again. But the larger picture here is how reflective this narrative is of lessons we are all learning in this digital era.
Please see my response below. Aharonovlaw ( talk) 00:29, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
Dear ToBeFree, thank you for taking the time to put forth a well-thought-out analysis.
In the interests of full disclosure, I have had several personal conversations with ToBeFree about my position on ToBeFree's talk page. At the time I involved the help desk, it was upon ToBeFree's guidance and assertion that ToBeFree would be taking the position of "neutral observer."
Furthermore, the individual contributor behind the numeric IP address contacted me offline, and we had a nice discussion about the reasoning, motive and purpose behind the content (and its re-addition over 3 consecutive months). By the end of the discussion, it was concluded by the user that he would "cease" (not intended to assert any legal position, as that was not my choice of word) re-posting the content and/or citations and he agreed that the content should remain off Ms. Lapin's page.
Back to ToBeFree's analysis. I appreciate the piecemeal analysis, but I fear it may be overlooking the greater issue. First, the sum of the content (and its position on Ms. Lapin's page) is what seems to be problematic. Individual words can fairly be analyzed, but there's no question that the content was meant to cast a negative light on Ms. Lapin (again, the individual contributor's position, not mine).
Since the NY Times article seems to be the one authority that is least problematic, I went ahead and did my Wiki research on the other individuals named in that article. As far as I got, I didn't see a single other individual's wiki page even mention the article or any applicable controversy relating to the alleged actions. More importantly, there was NO controversy section related to the alleged activity. I even went as far as to find a similar influencer with a similar celebrity status in a similar sector. I invite you to search for Britt McHenry, conservative writer and pundit.
In light of these facts, I believe that, if anything, fairly addressing Ms. Lapin's alleged involvement can only be accomplished by a simple factual statement under her career section stating that a NY Times article mentioned her. Other than that, and specifically because no other individual named in the article has been written about on Wiki, and it would seem to be unfair and, in the absence of the exact same treatment on other's Wiki pages, biased. I am certain that isn't the Wiki community's intention.
I hope that clarifies and respectfully addresses the above.
Most respectfully,
Aharonovlaw (
talk) 00:11, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
Many thanks, Mr. Aharonov. @
ToBeFree: I should hope I have not breached any neutral interest you have or had; that was neither my intent, nor, I should hope, the consequence of any action I have taken.
Having further examined the article, and having done some investigation myself, I'll note that Mr. Aharonov's claim is correct regarding the possible purchasing of followers: it's not noted on the pages for Ms McHenry, Lynn Tilton, Michael Dell, Brooke Magnanti, Ford O'Connell — cf. Richard Roeper, in which it is only mentioned due to further action being taken by the Chicago Sun-Times. As such, until and unless further action is precipitated, in the interests of
WP:NPOV regarding Wikipedia articles, I do believe that the removal of such a claim is quite clearly acceptable, pending consensus and future discussion. —
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@ToBeFree, thank you for all of your input. Thank you to all of the wiki community members I've connected with over the last few days. You were all wonderful - and above all else, extremely fair & professional. Aharonovlaw ( talk) 01:26, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
I feel a single line item is not significant enough to mention in its own section. Blackbelt whitetails ( talk) 14:02, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
I am sorry about that little prank. Hope you forgive me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.221.201.242 ( talk) 15:36, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
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18:09, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I added disclosure information in the description. I didn't see where I could add this information on the page. I used HACC's website ( hacc.edu¹) to update the information about the College. The information that is/was on the page before my changes is terribly outdated and inaccurate in many places. I did not write the content on the College's website. Please advise if there is more that I need to do. M.P. Saylor, newsroom@hacc.edu, a member of the College's Integrated Marketing Communications Department ithe Office of College Advancement. Thank you! Mpsaylor ( talk) 17:47, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
¹ref-tag converted to normal external link to prevent layout problems on my talk page :) ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 18:16, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
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Thank you for your message.
I have now added an updated version of my correction. I believe this new edit is even closer to the truth than my original edit.
Thank you kindly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8807:1101:1030:1407:C91A:A30:F81 ( talk) 16:32, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
as to what makes File:Lisa Law & unidentified woman.jpg a derivative work? The logo on the guys hat? The tee-shirt design? The bass Fender guitar head? Please explain what the image within the image is. Thanks, Einar aka Carptrash ( talk) 19:48, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
Actually it is my idea, not hers. Carptrash ( talk) 00:11, 15 April 2018 (UTC)
I really don't care much about your "warning", when you can't even tell me what it is about. How am I supposed to take you seriously then? mrloop ( talk) 15:57, 15 April 2018 (UTC)
Late additional note, added to the archive: I should have used the {{ Uw-3rr}} template instead of the {{ Uw-disruptive4}} template, to properly explain the problem. About the specific incident, please see this discussion ( permanent link) at WP:AN/EW. In a nutshell, the warning was justified. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 16:09, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
Thank you ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 20:08, 15 April 2018 (UTC)
I think you may have made a mistake with your revert. BrxBrx( talk)(please reply with { {re|BrxBrx}}) 14:42, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
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Your action illustrates how Wikipedia's procedures are weighted towards the preservation of scientific nonsense. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 32.214.161.117 ( talk) 15:29, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
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Thanks for helping with the edit war on that page about the shrine :) Eamesheard ( talk) 20:33, 17 April 2018 (UTC) |
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For your devoted and meritorious efforts to resolve the particular N—— L—— affair, done with wit, grace, and a lawyer's precision of word and phrase, it is my pleasure to award you this Barnstar of Diplomacy. — Javert2113 ( talk) 01:00, 19 April 2018 (UTC) |
“user top icon wikipedia”in Google, and tada! Template:Top_icon - this is really easy to use, feel free to copy the syntax from the bottom of my user page. I have put it there because it technically makes no difference where it appears in the code, but putting it at the bottom makes it easy to maintain and keeps the rest of the code easy to read. When it becomes a huuuge list of over 100 awards, you might want to take more sophisticated solutions like Oshwah's one instead, but I am far away from that. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 02:11, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
Original message by ToBeFree on Syedmqo's talk page:
Hi :) One question
Could you clarify if you meant "no 'no muslim'" instead of "no muslim" there? A double negative? Because your edit changed the meaning of the text
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Muslim_Mosque,_Inc.&diff=834282961&oldid=813954910&diffmode=source
Also, please check if the sources actually say something else than what is currently written in the article. Does the source say "no muslim", or did you change this because the term "white" is wrong there in your personal opinion? Please note that the term is re-used in the next sentence, and you have not changed that one. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 23:31, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
non muslims are not allowed. Your , however, was:
'no muslim' people were permitted. That's not the same, it's the opposite! ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 14:46, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
Hi, just FYI, if you look at the edits by this user they are all additions of characters from Jo-Jo's Bizarre Adventure to random pages about real life sports figures, WWII fliers, etc. It's one thing for joking vandalism of Wiki pages on sports, but it's pretty galling to insert fake names into articles on people who fought and sometimes died for their country. I don't need to AGF if an IP is clearly vandalizing. Cheers, Finktron ( talk) 02:26, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
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Hello,
I am responding to your allegations of conflict of interest. Please assume good faith. In general, I would like you to refrain from making allegations of conflict of interest in response to good faith editors who remove unsupported defamation based on unreliable, self-published sources due to vandalism and as blatant misuse of Wikipedia as a webhost. The user whose information was removed clearly has more, albeit irrelevant, ties to ProBoards based on their own hosted subdomain, provided to them by ProBoards for use. In other words, I feel that removal of an entire section devoted to a single business complaint being irrelevant to an operations of any organization does not justify assumption of conflict of interest nor does it warrant a conflict of interest user notice tag, especially when it's obvious conflict of interest does not exist.
Thank you. 76.0.6.168 ( talk) 22:59, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
"Hi, I am aware of these policies and do not work for the company. I receive no compensation for my edits; this might have been a false alarm."
"Could you explain why you think that I might have a conflict of interest here?"
Short summary: Multiple-account case noticed and solved peacefully without WP:SPI
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Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to Benjamin Charles-Lemaire. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism can result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. Shellwood ( talk) 23:44, 28 April 2018 (UTC)REASON = slight eligibility, controversial content on legal issues, does not meet the eligibility requirements on WP FR/ Wikiplus...
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Hi :) Do I understand this correct: you're more active on the French Wikipedia? And an article got deleted there? You could try this: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion instead of a speedy deletion tag and blanking a whole page without discussion. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 00:30, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
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Hi, sorry if I am wrong, but you have answered a question directed to that user, and you have responded instead of them on the AfD page. Your accounts have been created within the same hour, on the same four wikis.
If you are one person controlling both accounts, this can be okay, but needs to be done with
great care. In this case, where both editors edit the same article, it can be problematic. If you are using both accounts, I would suggest deciding which one you would like to keep, and to stop using the other for now. In this case, please add this text to the source code of John doe's talk page: {{User alternative account|Djumbo75}}
. This would nicely solve the situation, if it's true. There won't be any problems then, I think. You can see here how the message would look like:
Template:User alternative account
If you are related, maybe know each other and talked about this issue, please say so - that's okay, but also needs to be done carefully, to avoid it from being interpreted as "canvassing" or "meatpuppetry".
If there is absolutely no connection between you two, I'm sorry for the irrelevant question. I hope that you can see why I thought that there might be a connection, but I might well be wrong. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 00:56, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
Reason : unable to open the other. Hey! I wanted to answer you with my first account but I can not reopen it since, I can not find the password so I use more than this new account and only this one, the previous one can not anymore to be used, in your understanding. Now, I use this account: Djumbo75.
Note for talk page archive: The specific link to plus.wikimonde.com is not a mirror page, but the comment was true nevertheless: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Lemaire ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 02:35, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
I went to sleep, and this is what I had to see when I came back. ~ ToBeFree ( talk)
The following discussion involved unacceptable deletion of other users' discussion entries, which have been restored by ToBeFree.
Hi, please be aware that johndoe and Djumbo is one and only person, even if he said after it's a mistake, it's not. He did same this on Wikimonde. He created ware edition to talk to admin and said it was a problem to make page deleted. He also created fake account to make french page deleted. Just look at the vote : every people who voted wasn't active account, didnt vote to any vote before. Plus, the vote was months ago and the article was not the same in French than English, and there're many sources. I just wanted you to be aware that this page will be center of very personal opinions, settle accounts and POV, just because this person is middle of huge debate like same sex mariage and got many probleme with extrem right wing. - User was banned by Wikimonde because using fake account and trying to make credibile he was admin. (covnersation is here http://plus.wikimonde.com/wiki/Wikimonde:Bistro ) Tifftiff1234 ( talk) 11:05, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
ANSWER: It's very funny your comment because he knows very well who I am LMAO (no luck for you!) It is to him that I asked to change my account name can no longer use my old account! so I do not have several WP account as you pretend I have one and the one that helped me edit....(12:28, 29 April 2018 (UTC)) You do that his innuendo, there is nothing conclusive in article on Google, even another person says it from the US: :: "A quick Google search of Charles-Lemaire turns up no reliable sources on him. Absent other evidence, I would agree with your assessment: lack of notability". & Mdash; Javert2113 ( talk) 00:20, 29 April 2018 (UTC) — also, you have been banned from WP and Wikimonde okay not me! You only insinuate that it is you who create all the articles... And you are one and the same person on all WPs to create this page. Everything you report I did not even know !! You are in a conflict of the far right? or gay marriage, I did not know it ... The only thing you find about you is pedophilia cases on all Google pages and nothing else you write. But, I have only one account it is his which is dramatic. Do you make insinuations without proof, yours about your name... blogger? OK! For the short films nikon contests like thousands, just artistic agent... Ask yourself the right question, I'm talking about one thing for my part of eligibility. And I have nothing to do with any other WP I report facts. Preceding unsigned comment added by Djumbo75 ( talk • contribs)
PROOF => CheckUser note: The following accounts are sock puppets: Liloula2200 <==== :=), IamAGecko, Ninobalto222, and MangoZona account Tifftiff1234 and IP one only contrib. See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/IamAGecko.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:01, 14 December 2017 (UTC) Note Given this new information, I would like to highlight (apart from the fact that only the puppets seem to be ok with keeping the article) that 95% of the contribution to this article were made by these sock puppets, given a good information on its unreliability as well as its not notableness. Giorgio69 (talk) 18:23, 14 December 2017. LOONY!!! I may say that I am not those people they cite.. But he returns the situation to his advantage when several contributors have for several months since he was the only person who contributed to the article. Accuse me to be accounts that I am not! Ur masquerade it's so insane! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Djumbo75 ( talk • contribs) 18:47, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
the links provided are not serious: :: https://www.google.fr/search?q=%22benjamin+lemaire%22&rlz=1C5CHFA_enFR781FR781&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiX286F4d_aAhWOL1AKHYbQAaUQ_AUICigB&biw=1056&bih=718 the titles are => "The community manager of the stars in jail for corruption of minors" or "The legal disputes of the agent of youtubeurs Benjamin Lemaire" the others speak of a vinegrower of the same name (2 articles in the provided web links ), there is that short film of 2 minutes (different) ! Speaks only of judicial and only one recent article, so still not notability. Let believe that we speak only of him.-- Djumbo75 ( talk) 19:11, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
ToBeFree has opened an SPI case here: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Djumbo75
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16:18, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
I provided a citation for the chilean cuisine article, but it still got removed. What happened? — Preceding unsigned comment added by DiamondGamer lite ( talk • contribs) 21:09, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
I don't know how this works, I was simply trying to update the Elias WWE page to be accurate as his listed finishing move is very outdated. I watch wrestling every single week and he has been using "Drift Away" as his finishing move for about a year now. Here are some links, I'm not sure if they qualify as actual sources for you or where I'm supposed to look for said sources, but I hope this is enough to convince you that my information is correct.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtIQ73eV1Mo
"Drift Away (Swinging fisherman neckbreaker) – 2017–present" https://www.sportskeeda.com/player/elias-samson
Cheers
24.212.253.184 ( talk) 21:39, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
Adding references is easier than this might look like -- the simplest way to do it is:
<ref>https://www.example.com/my-reference.html</ref>
Oh, and thank you for taking the time to improve the article! ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 21:47, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
Hello,
I do apologize, I didn’t realize I had deleted important information by accident. I am the one who made the small changes in that article, however since I am very new to Wikipedia I accidentally destroyed some very important information. I will be much more careful in the future.
Thank you. Shadowrizer135 ( talk) 14:22, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
I see, yes, I did use an iPad with the visual editing feature, that may have caused a problem with the source code. I have watched the movie and have partial knowledge of Japanese so I do believe my corrections were... well, correct. I appreciate you reverting the damage I caused, but may I be allowed to edit it again? Thank you for your help. Also, should I sign my edits or only on talk pages? Shadowrizer135 ( talk) 15:04, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for your help, and I hope you have a fun day too! I’ll edit it on my computer this time in source code mode to make sure I don’t accidentally destroy it again! :) Shadowrizer135 ( talk) 15:14, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
Yeah, that was an actual constructive edit there. He left a link to a logo image, so I uploaded it and put the information in the infobox where it belongs. Raymie ( t • c) 02:27, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
Pagina web www.laromantica.com.mx y nuevo logo de año 2018 La Romántica 1170 am y 92.9 fm la música de tú corazón http://www.radiorama.mx/images/fotos/591_XHECD.png
Hi @ ToBeFree:,
Why you think that this edit is an unsourced? As per my view it is a pure vandalized edit by IP user. Thank you, Siddiqsazzad001 <Talk/> 15:44, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
Partly copied from Talk:Digital_rights_management 14:05, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
@
ToBeFree:, in the IBM article, would you say IBM, International Business Systems, also called Intentionally Braindamaged Machinery? We don't add insults in ledes made up by snarky critics. DRM stands for what it stands for. Please revert your fake definition of the acronym.
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Note by ToBeFree: This seems to be about
this edit. See page history and talk page at that time.
"The founder of an organization that is against copyright"-- You might be referring, wrongly, to Richard Stallman? If so, I'd like to correct that the whole "free software" principle, and copyleft licenses like the one Wikipedia uses as a foundation for its existence as a free encyclopedia, are based and relying on copyright. Stating that someone is "against copyright" does not appear to be a factual analysis, and in this specific case, it is really objectively and verifiably wrong.
"simply an insult"; there are actually being restrictions applied by DRM. It can also be argued that DRM is a "rights management" -- why would any of both terms be "wrong" or "right", based on any other criterion than usage frequency in media? Frequently used terms can be biased just as well as non-frequently-used terms can be.
"never a reason for reverting".
If the discussion has continued after that, it is available at Talk:Digital_rights_management. 14:06, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
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16:28, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
I absolutely had to copy this here. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 14:27, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
Did you make it? Aceing_Winter_Snows_Harsh_Cold ( talk) 06:55, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
Yes, I know I was trolling originally, but it's true, CCR was identifying as 'The Golliwogs' when they were younger. Also, I'm at school, so let me have fun, please!!!1!!!!!1!!11 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shlockvet ( talk • contribs) 17:33, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
@ Shlockvet: Welcome to Wikipedia. It makes me happy to see that you're having fun, and it's nice that you have created an account. Unfortunately, your edits have not been helpful so far. We're not trying to ruin your fun! Instead of trolling, here's something that might be fun and useful at the same time: Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Adventure -- ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 17:38, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
Shlockvet ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) has been banned on 17:53, 10 May 2018 by Widr with an expiration time of indefinite (account creation blocked) ( vandalism). ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 18:09, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I'd appreciate it if you'd stop changing solid facts on the Eoghan McDermott page. It is a subject very close to my heart and Eoghan himself has confirmed that he is, indeed, married, British and 40. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cmonccccmongogo ( talk • contribs) 17:50, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
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Thanks for creating Alte Brücke (Frankfurt), ToBeFree!
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For my talk page archive. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 19:19, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
Please ignore the following warnings. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 21:57, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
(removed last tests for the new Huggle config on en.wikipedia) ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 22:10, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
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For successfully beta testing and rolling out a comprehensive configuration for Huggle that will hopefully have a positive impact on the RC Patrollers on the project. Thanks for all the work you put in to make it happen! OhKayeSierra ( talk) 23:22, 13 May 2018 (UTC) |
This is about Diff 841072943/prev, which future readers might remember as "the day my Huggle warning list has suddenly completely changed." ;) ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 00:30, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
What's wrong with my edits, it's only the truth. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kappa789 ( talk • contribs) 16:39, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello, ToBeFree! I'm just here to thank you for all your help with new editors, and also to say that I'm borrowing some of your wiki mark-up. I hope you don't mind! — Javert2113 ( talk; please ping me in your reply on this page) 17:04, 14 May 2018 (UTC) |
What am I doing wrong on our page? Why is a teacher updating a page for the high school they work at a bad thing? Does Wikpedia not want current information on a page? Who else knows more about the school they work at than a teacher there? I haven't written anything thats not directly cited. All are facts. Help me understand how any of this is a conflict of interest? CflemLCHS ( talk) 17:16, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
editors with a COI are sometimes unaware of whether or how much it has influenced their editing.This sentence summarizes the whole "conflict" nicely, I think.
I think we are being a tad overzealous here. This is just a high school page. Thats it. Nothing posted anywhere is wrong or even written in a way that would be considered biased. All facts. Directly from the webpage. My registering that username I wanted to be transparent that I was updating it.. but based upon all of these suggestions I should have just registered an ambiguous name and made the edits. I deleted the flag because it was over 4 years old. All of this is too bad - makes it very hard to have accurate information out there. After talking to the principal, we are just gonna leave it alone... one more out of date page I guess... I really don't want to get attacked every time I try to update the page. I was pretty excited about fixing it. oh well... count me out. CflemLCHS ( talk) 18:09, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
I just wanted to apologize for talk-page stalking you. I probably should have asked your permission before doing so, but in my haste to respond, well, it slipped my mind. I hope you'll forgive me and we can resume being friends again; otherwise, I harbor no ill-will if you should choose to not do so. (By the way, if I didn't help, I'll take my whippings.)
Addendum: I don't mean to sound cheeky, but would you allow me to TPS in the future? Thank you. — Javert2113 ( talk; please ping me in your reply on this page) 17:57, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
Got your email. I wish I knew how to access that, but thanks for the link; I'll be saving that. Now, if you could only help me figure out why my userboxes keep getting pushed to the right... Thanks for your help! — Javert2113 ( talk; please ping me in your reply on this page) 18:54, 14 May 2018 (UTC) (Whoops, messed up earlier.) — Javert2113 ( talk; please ping me in your reply on this page) 18:56, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
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22:23, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello, I've just added a list of Countries where this writer was translated. It's been removed(!). I've also edited a translation of a statement she made which had been wrongly translated form Italin to English. One second after that, I've been sent this message:
Hello, I'm ToBeFree. Wikipedia is written by people who have a wide diversity of opinions, but we try hard to make sure articles have a neutral point of view. Your recent edit to Silvana De Mari seemed less than neutral to me, so I removed it for now. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 15:42, 15 May 2018 (UTC)
So must I assume that a list of Countries and a correct translation are now considered 'opinions'???!!! And you claim to be neutral???!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.41.122.22 ( talk • contribs) 16:03, 15 May 2018 (UTC)
"[...] defined by the President of the Order of Medical Doctors as not to be based on facts or scientific evidence. The disciplinary panel is in the process of evaluating whether De Mari's actions will result in any disciplinary measure"
"not matching what Medicine thinks today",
Alongside her fantasy production, she's also contributed to the italian academic debate o this literary genre through her activity as essayist and speaker.
sorrry mistake — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.198.174.195 ( talk) 00:52, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
Hector Vinent is a two time Olympic Champion and two time World Champion. There are only three boxers with three olympic gold medals (Papp, Stevenson, Savon). Just a step behind them is Vinent. So you can say he is one of most succesfull amateur boxers in history. You do not need any citations. You just have to take a look at his medals and have basic knowledge about amateur boxing. Kind regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Battlingsiki1986 ( talk • contribs) 19:45, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
Best knowing for its skill and speed he is one of most succesfull amateur boxers in history.
Heading added by me ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 19:57, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello ToBeFree, I made the change in request of Oscar Murillo, He wants to remove the picture he currently has in his Wikipedia Page, also remove the name of his spouse, as he is not currently with her any more. I would like to keep the changes that I had made. how do I support them if the source is the person himself? thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Donator25 ( talk • contribs) 19:51, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
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~ ToBeFree (
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My goal on the Griffin Guess page is to keep the exist information that has been edited by many since 2009 up in operating condition. However, this one user keeps vandalizing the page outright and I'm looking to experienced users to help block or band this user from obvious vandalism. Any assistance would be great. Sorry for creating issue specific to the page edit, layout format. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kelseykukui ( talk • contribs) 20:17, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
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Jezebel's Ponyo
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~ ToBeFree (
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That was not me who made the edits. It was someone else using my IP. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.31.201.20 ( talk) 02:19, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Dana_McKenzie&diff=842026127&oldid=842025966&diffmode=source
~ ToBeFree ( talk) 18:41, 19 May 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for the advice - I've greatly trunctated the addition it and moved the rest to talk page.
Hope that is ok. 5.198.10.236 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 16:40, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
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17:34, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I just contacting you to help me out with a modification into a Wikipedia Living Person Biography, In the current status of this personal appears as he's still married to Angelica Fernandes, unfortunately, that's no true, so I will request to remove this from the Oscar Murillos page, as is transgressing the Data Protection Act principle 4.
To comply with these provisions you should:
take reasonable steps to ensure the accuracy of any personal data you obtain; ensure that the source of any personal data is clear; carefully consider any challenges to the accuracy of information; and consider whether it is necessary to update the information.
thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Donator25 ( talk • contribs) 12:59, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
If you write Oscar Murillo in the google search the first that comes out to your browser is a Wikipedia screen where said that Oscar Murillo's wife is Angelica Fernandes. that is the wrong information. He is no longer married to that person, that is what is wrong in his information.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Donator25 ( talk • contribs) 19:54, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for your message on my talk page. i have never met Harry Oldmeadow nor do i have any interest in promoting him. I am just trying to improve his wikipedia page. Thanks. 82.27.90.157 ( talk) 18:27, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
(note: The following message has been added, maybe coincidentally with the right indentation, as result of an edit conflict. It has been written before my answer had appeared. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 18:31, 25 May 2018 (UTC))
This section of my talk page will later be archived and is only meant to document Phabricator task T105560, the related feature request, and its position in the timeline of my talk page. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 13:44, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
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12:40, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
My Name Is Billy Bob — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pvmsfca ( talk • contribs) 13:56, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
This edit should be marked as vandalism, not edit tests. It's a clear case. Abelmoschus Esculentus ( talk to me) 14:11, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
you make a mistake because i want — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.53.107.224 ( talk) 18:34, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi, TBF - I almost did the same thing you did re: the revert at sturgeon but I stopped to check for any IUCN updates, and there it was - so I reverted your revert. Anyway, thank you for looking out for our articles. Atsme 📞 📧 14:31, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
a page named Higher Secondary School Certificate is already on Wikipedia. There is no need for this page — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kashmiri1950 ( talk • contribs) 21:23, 1 June 2018 (UTC)
This section has been moved to the bottom of the talk page and merged with an update created under a new heading. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 15:30, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
...Yes, the reason I edited the page was to "change the meaning of the words." I effectively did just that. Grammarians do not talk about modifying sentences, which you said I should have been doing. It is always words which are modified. Despite this, you found my edit wanting in some mysterious fashion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.110.241.177 ( talk) 14:33, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
Note by ToBeFree, 14:59, 1 May 2018 (UTC): This seems to be about User talk:ToBeFree#Grammar and User talk:75.110.241.177
I find it in bad taste for you to dredge up discussion that I've had with other people, and then make remarks about them on my talk page. Clearly this is something you're set on doing. When you remark that I said a user should stop editing, you are wrong. I said this user should stop editing for grammar. You PROBABLY should know better than this, but English may be a barrier here, because you admit on your page that you speak only "advanced" English, and not near-perfect or professional (the other categories). In any case, if you think that you have the right to correct me in the fashion that you have, then you are mistaken. You are not a moderator here.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.110.241.177 ( talk) 14:55, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
before your edit | after your edit |
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<s>
at the beginning of your previous message. Then add </s>
after the first period, before "User:ToBeFree". Alternatively, you can re-word the sentence to be less aggressive. The rest of your statement seems to be very valid, and I thank you for taking the time to explain what I would have required more research for.
~ ToBeFree (
talk) 19:32, 1 May 2018 (UTC)I'm sorry for my initial hostile reaction. I have been clearly uncivil here, and I should not have let this incident stress me out. I had originally quoted a personal attack towards you, which is definitely not okay, and I had even originally marked it in bold to emphasize which part of the quoted discussion I considered to be "relevant". Before you had read the text (I hope), I quickly removed the bold text from the quote and reworded it to be less aggressive. I have also added an explanation of my edit on this occassion -- something I should have done as the very first thing, and in a much more polite way.
About two weeks later, I decided to remove the insulting quote from my talk page. Especially as I had complained about personal attacks between you and Khajidha in the discussion, my quote casted an embarrassingly bad light on the otherwise very friendly atmosphere I'm trying to establish here. That was a good first step, I think, but I feel that it has not been enough.
I have noticed that you have not edited since this discussion, and that your last edit has been made one month ago to my talk page. This is worrying me, because I might have discouraged a well-intending user from editing, something which I had ironically been complaining about to you above. I hope that the sudden stop of editing from your IP address, 75.110.241.177, has only been caused by a change of IP address, or by registration of a username.
Today, I would like to invite you to give Wikipedia, a huge project that can only continue to exist because of contributions like yours, a second chance. Specifically, I sincerly hope that you would like to give me, personally, a second chance as well. I'm sorry for having been rude in our discussion, and I will honestly do my best to prevent something like this from happening ever again.
If you would like to come back, please take one of these cookies:
They're still warm while you're reading this. No matter when you're reading this. They'll be waiting here, they will not be archived, and it would make me happy to hear from you again whenever you see this message. I sadly can't reach you via e-mail by leaving a message on your talk page, but maybe you're still reading Wikipedia as 75.110.241.177, and maybe you'll be looking at my talk page one day again. When you do, please let me know, even if you choose to refuse my apology. I know that I have messed up. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 23:56, 1 June 2018 (UTC)
I deleted it because it said how he did not like Donald Trump. When he in fact does like Donald Trump. Thats why Donald Trump endorsed him. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Liberty State Of Jefferson ( talk • contribs) 01:23, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
Note: 16:37, 3 June 2018 NeilN ( talk | contribs) blocked Liberty State Of Jefferson ( talk | contribs) with an expiration time of 1 week (account creation blocked) ( Disruptive editing)
I suppose I could request deletion, but do you have anything to say there? If not, that would be bureaucracy for its own sake. Redirects do not destroy any content. 24.7.14.87 ( talk) 01:08, 3 June 2018 (UTC)
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Reverting vandalism on some of my watchlist pages during May with Huggle. Iggy ( Swan) 10:20, 3 June 2018 (UTC) |
Can you possibly deal with that MOS issue at
human migration? I've reached out to them but am not sure if they are going to self-revert. I don't want to hit 3RR problems because I already reverted that new editor twice when they were an IP.
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Section heading changed (was: raw external URL) by ToBeFree, 19:59, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
here's the source, and i posted it in my edit: https://storywrite.com/story/7598601-what-would-franz-kafka-say-if-you-knock-on-his-toilet-door--by-sexy — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.187.167.105 ( talk) 18:31, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
here's the source and i already posted it, didn't you see it? https://storywrite.com/story/7598601-what-would-franz-kafka-say-if-you-knock-on-his-toilet-door--by-sexy — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.187.167.105 ( talk) 18:35, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
I am contacting you in regard to your contributions on Bastyr University. Neutrality. One word. Additionally, you are obviously are using this platform to slander an institution and also to advance the motives of Britt Helmes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PGND ( talk • contribs) 18:36, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
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I could use a hand with this Draft I'm writing up. I'm not really sure if the subjects pass WP:GNG such to warrant their own article, and, admittedly, I'm somewhat wary of running afoul of the administrators, given that an article about the subjects was deleted back in 2009.
Here's the article: User:Javert2113/sandbox/Katie and Eilish Holton.
Anyway, I'd like your opinion: here, if that suits you; on my talk page, if you want; on the talk page for the draft page, if it seems most judicious. Thank you for your time, TBF. — Javert2113 ( talk; please ping me in your reply on this page) 19:10, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
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21:54, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
This is currently just a note for myself. It is my first answer to an unblocking request.
User_talk:Liberty_State_Of_Jefferson#Hello_again
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User_talk:Liberty_State_Of_Jefferson&oldid=844765586
~ ToBeFree ( talk) 01:07, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
Copied from commons:Commons:Graphics_village_pump#SVG_text_rendered_incorrectly_despite_using_officially_supported_fonts ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 16:32, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi,
meta:SVG fonts explicitly mentions DejaVu Sans and Liberation Sans. Also, Wikimedia pages themselves use the "Linux Libertine" font for section headings. The heading of this section is rendered in Linux Libertine!
I have created four SVGs containing text in Inkscape. The text should be easily editable using a text editor, the file should stay PD-ineligible, and the file size should not increase too much. For these three reasons, I do not want the text to be replaced by paths. Instead, I would like to use a font that allows correct rendering of thumbnails. I tried the three fonts mentioned above and failed.
The four SVGs: File:Smartscreen-warning-1.svg, File:Smartscreen-warning-1-arrow.svg, File:Smartscreen-warning-2.svg, File:Smartscreen-warning-2-arrow.svg
The text in these images has characters which overlap each other for no apparent reason. Instead of a normal text flow, characters are incorrectly moved to the left/right, causing them to stick together visually. It almost looks as if these characters are stored in the SVG one-by-one, each with a specific (wrong) position. This, however, does not actually seem to be the case, as opening the SVG with a text editor shows.
I tried searching the village pump archive and the Help:SVG page, but I might have overlooked something. If the issue is known, I would be happy about someone pointing me to a relevant FAQ entry or previously solved case. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 16:15, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
Additional note: The "more info" text has a "text-decoration: underline;" CSS attribute, which is rendered correctly in Firefox when opening the SVG. The MediaWiki thumbnail renderer, however, appears to completely ignore it. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 16:19, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
librsvg
small font-size quantization bug:
Phab:T36947. Small font escapement and baseline placement have problems. For example, one of your files (
File:Smartscreen-warning-2-arrow.svg) uses font sizes of 2.82222223px, 4.23333311px, 6.3499999px, 10.58333302px, 16.93333244px. That's small enough to tickle the bug.serif
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.Thank for telling me this. In the future, I will make sure to not happen anymore. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Decemberboyl ( talk • contribs) 18:10, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for your welcome on my talk page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mech1949 ( talk • contribs) 18:41, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
Hello, You removed a link I provided for Automotive battery. This link directs to an informative web page about how to jump start a car flat battery and contains a lot of important information I believe can help many people. Why did you remove it? I think it's a mistake. Please put it back. Thank you BeitMeir ( talk) 11:50, 11 June 2018 (UTC)
This appears to be about this edit, 2018-06-11, 11:43, to Automotive battery. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 12:04, 11 June 2018 (UTC)
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21:55, 11 June 2018 (UTC)
When an IP adds some credible information, why revert? If you don't have time to look for a source, you could just add "citation required", no? I looked, and added a source. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:54, 12 June 2018 (UTC)
(Note: This appears to be about this edit to The Passenger (opera)) ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 20:30, 12 June 2018 (UTC)
As I understand it you are the one who undone my contribution. :)
What do you thing is better - unstylish truth or eloquent falsehood? I know the truth just because I have been living here for more than 30 years (check the IP). And you can just check the information with the Russian Wikipedia page. There never have been any settlement called Ugresha on this ground. There were four villages - Алексеевка, Денисьево, Кишкино, Гремячево - the names remaining as names of parts of our town - and you can see them on Google Maps. In the 30th a working settlement was created with the name of Dzerzhinsky which received the township status later. That's it.
And frankly, I do not understand why you do not require any corroboration for the glaring lie on this page and yet require it from me.
Finally, it is not my problem - I know the truth. It is the problem of those who will learn this lie reading Wikipedia. And it's you who created the problem. Adios! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.117.112.158 ( talk) 16:15, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
I did nothing.
Sincerely,
Donald Trump — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:249:800:415F:C4D5:D8AB:54AA:799E ( talk) 20:43, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
Per [58], the user just got checkuser-blocked. Which was no surprise at all... Guy ( Help!) 21:30, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
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21:47, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
Note: This seems to be about this edit to Moe (band) ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 15:25, 20 June 2018 (UTC)
The band is not "Moe" with a stylization to "moe.". "moe." is the band's name, and doesn't need to be explained in any different or ambiguous way. Your edit makes it seem like people have referred to them as "Moe" (capitalized and without the period) which is untrue. Please respond to the talk page if you feel that I am in error. Replacing a bad edit does not make the information correct. In fact, nowhere else in the article is the band referred to with capitalization AND without the period. ```` — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.44.170.115 ( talk) 14:55, 20 June 2018 (UTC)
Good catch on the comma, also. Have a great day! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.44.170.115 ( talk) 15:09, 20 June 2018 (UTC)
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Sorry about the gratuitous rudeness. I don't know what got into me - you were probably a distraction/proxy target for some work issue or something ... oops, bad of me ... apologies and best wishes DBaK ( talk) 22:18, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
This has likely been about this discussion at Talk:Shon Faye ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 18:05, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
Thank you, best wishes to you too! ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 18:05, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
See phabricator:T197916:
Please do not copy "bdi" tags into generated wikitext
In the new "source editor" part of VisualEditor, when copying log entries into wikitext, a "bdi" html tag gets inserted around usernames. You can see this here:
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You can also see that it breaks the wikitext, so it's not just a style issue -- it's a real bug.
Thank you very much in advance. :)
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stop deleting my stuff — Preceding unsigned comment added by I AM A FEMENIST ( talk • contribs) 17:07, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
17:10, 29 June 2018 There'sNoTime ( talk | contribs) blocked I AM A FEMENIST ( talk | contribs) with an expiration time of indefinite (account creation blocked) ( Vandalism-only account)
I made a factual edit about the expansion of Ballymoney High School, and you removed it. Why? Halilooladsmynameislauren ( talk) 13:18, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
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https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T198552
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Hi!
Why did you remove what i wrote on SarahMitchels82 page? It’s purely the Truth.
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The following text had originally been added to my user page. The "SO SORRY" is likely referring to this unusual place for a message. ;) ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 19:06, 21 June 2018 (UTC) SO SORRY! I don't know where to leave you a message about my edits on my Valora Noland page, so I'll put it here. When you answer, you can tell me where it should have been placed. Yes, Kamitra 1 is (now getting pretty old) Valora Noland. I wrote the original bio, or enlarged what was there, correcting stuff. Someone has been screwing around with this bio, put Dick Clayton's name as the name of the talent scout, and more. B.S. I know folks who have been in front of the camera are fun for people to make fun of, but I do wish it would stop. What, just what, do you not approve of? The one who was in show biz is the subject of the article, not the one who went on to other things, Baum family, or whatever. I think this bio should be kept to my experience with show business. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kamitra1 ( talk • contribs) 20:48, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
Message from Kamitra1 on June 20th Hello Again, I realized yesterday after Leaving long message in the wrong place again, that I should check my email before going to Wikipedia. There I did find multiple messages from you, and finally cognate that the button I need to click is on your talk page. I said there are a few typos in the current V. Noland bio. I think it would be better, first sentence, to use a period not a semi-colon. "Her mother ...." etc. At the end of bio, I think it would be better to end the paragraph after "Star Trek", as it was not a film but an episode in a TV series. At the very bottom you have mentioned my three books. "Horse Stories" should have quotation marks in its title, which indicates a special usage of the words Horse Stories. My book is not stories in the usual sense, but all about one horse. It can be bought as a print on demand book from Amazon. I'm sure you will locate what I wrote yesterday about Dick Clayton, and I think you will find a way to put it back, perhaps in your own words other than mine which you don't approve of. That the talent scout made it possible for me to meet with Dick Clayton, a top agent, and that Mr. Clayton decided to sign me up before I left the Pasadena Playhouse is show biz data, and as I said in my message yesterday, important. I think it is strange that you have decreed I should not have further access to my Wikipedia page. I am not the one who screwed it up, but if we can get it just fine as we both agree, and lock it from further changes by anyone, that would be good. I'm one of a small number of earthlings who don't have much fondness for computers and the internet, though I use both as necessary, these days going to the library to get on the net. So sometimes, I only check my email once a week. Thanks, (and I think there is still another typo than what I've just mentioned) Valora — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kamitra1 ( talk • contribs) 18:37, 20 June 2018 (UTC)
Message from 26 June 2018 (original title: "From Kamitra1 (Valora Noland)"; moved from ToBeFree's talk page 20:32, 26 June 2018 (UTC)) It has taken me some days to get back here. I am 76-1/2-yrs-old now, but not senile. I mention my age, for it may make some difference as to how interested one might be in spending one's days on the internet as you may be doing. A few things. "Not without a reliable source." This is as much as saying I must be lying. Who better than I who was in Hollywood during most of the 1960s and lived the life in question? "Horse Stories" is for sale on Amazon. If you want to see the title as it is, there is picture of the book cover on an Amazon site which shows the title with quotation marks, so please add them to the reference. What better proof than this? I actually studied with acting coach Sherman Marks as well as the other two I mentioned. Sherman was the last, and a kind man in comparison to Robert Gist. Jeff Cory's acting lab was something I started soon after moving to H. from the Playhouse. Need "reliable source"? I think you are a trouble maker first, and a Wikipedia editor second, or whoever took this out of my bio. As I already wrote, to say I had an agent (who just happened to be one of the top ones) before I left the Playhouse is important data, and Famous Artists could be contacted to verify I signed with them in 1961. No one may want to bother, but a sure verification is there. I think it is the act of a bully to take this out, or not to re-add it in other words. One could say: "...stage name. A talent scout spotted her in a Pasadena market and connected her to a top Hollywood agent, Dick Clayton, who agreed to represent her, all this before she left the Playhouse." I didn't remain with Dick Clayton, and he didn't stay perpetually with Famous Artists. I think it is also important and interesting show biz data that a fine agent is not always the best answer for an actor, as they may spend most of their time on their already successful clients, James Dean, Jane Fonda, Harrison Ford, and others. The "Jewish" paragraph I entered last week was in response to someone thinking it was important to link my show biz page to info on birth certificates and the Baum family, as though they were seeking to link me to Jewish, not always beneficial in this world. Bring out the greater truth whenever possible ........ (i.e., don't continue the idea of hand-me-down or genealogic Jewish identity. It is no different, as I see it, than saying someone is genealogically Catholic. I am not hiding behind a false name, have no need to. I think people who contribute or control on the internet and do not reveal their true name are hiding because they are not really okay to be doing what they are. Maybe okay as civil law sees it, but not in the greater sense. This is how I think it is with putting me in the sandbox, and messing with my page in the first place. It was quite alright as it was. Kamitra1 ( talk) 18:00, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
Valora Noland bio I see "Horse Stories" got its quotation marks. Thank you. It is just a lot of bother to fish for old records from Famous Artists which would verify that I started with that agency and Dick Clayton in 1961. I wrote you a possible other way of entering the info at the end of first paragraph. My changed version could finish with "agreed to represent her, giving her cause to leave the Playhouse." The Pasadena Playhouse was a 3-yr. course, and I regret leaving when I did to go to Hollywood. So, for those who might be interested in my brief career, it says why I landed in Hollywood when I did. It was because of the talent scout who should have left me alone ----- or, I should have asked Mr. Clayton if he would still represent me if I finished another year and a half. Would you like me to get old records which prove I attended the Playhouse? You are being unfair, but I have to let you do what you like. At the bottom you (I assume) have added Divine Machine two times. #5 is a duplicate, and would you please remove it? The Divine Machine was published by yours truly in a limited edition of 100 copies, and is available only from one small shop in San Francisco, and they don't mail copies. It has three fold-outs which I taped onto the relevant pages, and for this book to be mass-produced it will need very special print shop robots! Also, it is very expensive to print (a lot of color), and expensive to buy. It might be best to leave it off the page. Also, it seems this reference goes to a second line, so the full sub-title could be shown on the page. But again, maybe delete. Divine Machine. Capital "M" please on Machine. Thanks, Kamitra1 ( talk) 19:19, 2 July 2018 (UTC)
More from Kamitra1 Hello Again, Interesting 60 Minutes last night, about the bank robber who became a distinguished law professor. If we follow the Masters, we will come forward, a little or a lot. I see a message from you which says you want to know that I have read what you have written. I think I did, or have. I find all of this less than agreeable, as you have (or you and others) have delighted in taking important facts out of my bio. But my life has more chapters than the earliest one in Hollywood. My bio now says I have "authored books "Horse Stories", The Divine Machine, and Water Lily Ponds." I don't see any reason for having a reference for Divine Machine below, linked to Amazon. Amazon, and others I'm sure, has for MANY years had Divine Machine in its data base. It is a result of the isbn # leading them to list the book, but this does not mean there is a publication of the book. Also, the subtitle was/is not fully written there, missing the last part, "structure of life." So the fact that this mini publication is showing up on Amazon (and as unavailable), is because of automation. I think it would be appropriate to take this lower ref. (second mention of the book) off the page. Since you call yourself "ToBeFree", you might be interested in Divine Machine. In most cases, people copy knowledge from a book, as in to pass a test, but it doesn't go very deep. If we can come to new knowledge on our own without being told, then it enters the blood stream. D. M. offers this possibility. Kamitra1 ( talk) 18:46, 9 July 2018 (UTC)
More from Valora This text has been moved from my talk page. ToBeFree, 19:09, 12 July 2018 (UTC) I just read my bio again, and you have more than taken the color out of it. You don't know show business, or you would know why certain things were in the long-existing prior text. Please remove the incompletely worded Amazon reference to Divine Machine. I told you on the last comm. that it is only because I got an isbn # that Amazon is listing it, and this does not mean the book is available in book stores or anywhere (which it is not). The publication I did on DM is spiral bound and does not qualify for Library of Congress inclusion. It would have to be perfect bound. Nonetheless, homosapiens may make their own books if they like: there is no law against it. The reference at the bottom of the page does not make sense. Please remove it. You have disqualified a whole lot of interesting Valora Noland info no one would know except one who was living the life, such as that the improvised scene done for 5 Finger Exercise was cut BECAUSE the author of the play (which was on Broadway), had not put a scene like that in his script and didn't like it that it had been added by the director of the movie. But you think you know it all and have taken this and a whole lot else out, pretending I am not a reliable source. Absurd. I think you have other motivations than Wiki truth. Kamitra1 ( talk) 18:13, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
Third opinionI have looked through the history of this page and read the above. I'd like to thank the contributors for all their work so far. To Kamitra1, welcome, I hope to encourage you to contribute to this encyclopedia in ways that will be positive for you and for the encyclopedia. This has to include careful consideration of WP:AUTO and WP:RS, and your frustrations so far may possibly be remedied by a fuller understanding of these fundamental policies of Wikipedia. In particular, please note that we are limited to comments that can be reliably sourced - and, even though it's your own life, you don't count as a usable source. Nor does anyone else count as a reliable source for their own life, so it's only fair. IMDB is not normally considered a reliable source either - it's crowdsourced and not really checked. Furthermore, adding any facts, even reliably sourced ones, to your own page is not acceptable. If you have a reliable source, put it on the talk page with a draft of your suggested edit. Someone will be along very soon to consider it, and probably use it. If they aren't, feel free to ping myself or ask Wikipedia:Editor assistance/Requests. Looking at the page as it stands, almost none of it is, in our terms, reliably sourced. The only items that might possibly qualify are the book publications and, if I were in a position to check it, the three pages of Tom Lisanti's book. However, your own comments above about Mr Lisanti do not encourage me to classify him as entirely reliable. Personally I would probably encourage you to write your autobiography - elsewhere - and recommend this page for deletion. But the heart of this third opinion is, please read WP:AUTO and WP:RS carefully before making any more contributions. I do hope that this helps. Richard Keatinge ( talk) 20:23, 12 July 2018 (UTC) |
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Hello. I just want to let you know that in the coming version of Huggle (3.4.5), there will be a new feature of editing pages directly inside Huggle using an edit form. The edit form functions same as the web one. The default shortcut for this is E and the shortcut for "Edit page in browser" (which previously was E) has changed to Alt+E. If you want more non-automated edits or you prefer editing pages in the browser, you can swap the shortcuts of the above. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me or Petrb. Thank you. ~ Abelmoschus Esculentus ( talk to me) 02:31, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
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Note: This is likely about this edit to Woodville, Texas ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 01:11, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
Adding a proud military vet serving his country from Woodville. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Persontr ( talk • contribs) 17:40, 16 July 2018 (UTC)
Time to archive your talk page. 330,000+ bytes wtf. ~ Abelmoschus Esculentus ( talk to me) 11:31, 16 July 2018 (UTC)
@ Abelmoschus Esculentus: Done ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 13:46, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
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Thanks, ToBeFree. I will check out that policy and make sure that I comply. However, the edits posted were meant to provide completely up-to-date, factual information on a change in Dominion's ownership and management. The company a U.S. company and the page no longer reflects whatever officer claims were on the existing page, which were not timely or accurate and were anonymously posted. A link was provided as further evidence of the factual nature of these changes, and several false claims were also removed. Therefore, you have actually blocked the correction and may be responsible for known harm to our company as long as this misinformation is allowed to be published on this site. As you must surely know, elections are being targeted by foreign adversaries looking to spread misinformation, and we really do need the help of the world to promote accurate information on U.S. elections and the businesses that support the voting process. In the meantime, I am going to check and see if we need to report this experience to our federal authorities who share our concerns. Thank you. HelloKay ( talk) 18:00, 2 August 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for doing the research, discussion and work to identify and cleanup the lepidoptera.eu links. I'd seen them added and was suspicious but hadn't taken the effort to address it. Thanks again and keep up the good work. SchreiberBike | ⌨ 01:00, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
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16:46, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I want to notice that I don’t receive any contributions with my account. Thank You!-- Ronco Liquidation ( talk) 17:33, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi, like a dais I’m not paid for my edits, I choose my account name just because I did want this name to edit. Thank You again!-- Ronco Liquidation ( talk) 17:47, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
(Copied back from User talk:Ronco Liquidation for context ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 18:12, 21 August 2018 (UTC))
I had copied the above message back to User talk:Ronco Liquidation, which had been cleared at that time, for context. When doing so, I added the following section as an explanation. ~ToBeFree
Notice about deletion of messages from your talk page
Don't worry: This is okay. You may remove any of these messages, whenever you like to, and you do not need to specify a reason. I also do not want to annoy you by adding stuff to a page you appear to prefer empty. I am only adding the above message because it was missing for context of the other messages. Feel free to delete that all as well. I personally prefer archiving instead of deleting messages, and I can set up an archive for you, if you like to. If this sounds interesting, just add a message on my talk page, I'll handle the rest. On my talk page, at the top, you can see how this would look like.
With your current username, but also in general, I personally would recommend adding a notice like "I am not affiliated with Ronco in any way, and I do not receive money or any kind of other compensation for my edits, broadly construed. I have chosen my username because I registered only to edit the Ronco article. My account is not shared with other people, and will never be." to your user page. Of course only if this is really true! :)
Have a nice day. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 17:57, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
(added "2" to the section heading; converted both to level 3 headings ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 18:10, 21 August 2018 (UTC))
👍-- Ronco Liquidation ( talk) 18:00, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
May I ask what your issue with the edits (like alumni, co-curricular are etc.); these are not opinion as much as facts, since they relate to numbers? I.e. the number of Rhodes Scholars, Australian Prime Ministers, High Court of Australia judges is an actual number and is actually higher than any other school in Australia. Many school pages like Scotch College, Eton College etc. discuss their alumni in the introduction, so doing it here is not really advertising.
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Is the issue that you want these claims to have references/be verified with sources? I provided sources above, see what you think. Also not sure how comments on Staff like 'Gary Audas' can be allowed when that is more opinionated and not verified either. Are you ok if I just delete this 'Staff' section and just add the reference to SGS having the highest number of High Court judges, Aus PM and Rhode Scholars? Thanks. ~gogomannn1 —Preceding undated comment added 01:45 (updated 02:26), 22 August 2018
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"However, there are a few teachers well reputable for their strictness, one of which is [name]."This might, perhaps, be the most important page to read among all linked here: Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons
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Hi,
I received your message regarding our eternal link on Motlow community college. This is a useful resource for Motlow students and applicants. Would you prefer we list it in another location on the page? Tnecampus.org is the TN Board of regents site covering all online education programs by TBR institutions. Each institution has it's own page with easy access to online programs, accreditation, enrollment, etc. https://tnecampus.org/institutions/97/overview?institution=Motlow%20State%20Community%20College
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Hello, I noticed that you dramatically cut down the size of the Wikipedia article on Liferay in August 2018. I understand the need to maintain a neutral perspective, but it would be great if the Liferay entry at least included mention of our product offerings. This is particularly important since we just launched several new ones: Liferay Commerce and Liferay Analytics Cloud. See: https://www.itworldcanada.com/article/liferay-leaps-into-digital-customer-experience-market-seeks-growth-in-canada/406952. Full disclosure: I currently serve as the PR Manager for Liferay. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yotaml2 ( talk • contribs) 21:48, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
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ToBeFree, - Thank for your kind response and apologies for the delay in getting back to you. I will act on your recommendations as soon as I am able. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yotaml2 ( talk • contribs) 01:07, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
In April 2013, Liferay partnered with TIBCO Software to offer a series of Liferay enterprise Connectivity Adapters (eC Adapters) that use TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks with the intention of easing integration of Liferay Portal with multiple systems.
In 2018, Samsung released a top-quality, best-selling enterprise 970 series NVMeᵀᴹ SSD powered by the latest V-NAND technology, and equipped to deliver exceptional performance.
In 2018, the company released a new type of Solid State Drive, using vertical NAND technology. The internal flash memory cells of the drive are stacked vertically to achieve higher storage capacity.
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talk) 17:43, 28 August 2018 (UTC)Hey, I'm good friends with the son and it is painful having to go all the way to Iraq to see him. In fact, he is visiting London right now and is next to me, and confirms the information. change it back (infinity war was a prank lmao) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.98.65.66 ( talk) 13:37, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
"had a son [...] who was unfortunately deported to Iraq"
I agree with your removal of the "reference" for the promotional reasons. However, the information it cites is in the given source: the heading of that ref's species-page reads "Kirinia epaminondas (Staudinger, 1887)", which is standard zoological notation for the taxon authority. Doesn't matter a lot for this specific case because those links *should* be removed, but figured I'd let you know in case you ever run into similar issues with references that don't have such a clear-cut reason for removal also applying. AddWitty NameHere 00:57, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
Hey there. Sorry for this, but it seems that I have a shared IP address. Someone else made the edit to the Connect Four page, for I haven't seen the Connect Four page at all. I hope that you understand that this is just a misunderstanding and I hope you have a wonderful day! :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.204.42.181 ( talk) 21:24, 4 August 2018 (UTC)
(this is probably about these two edits to Bowser (character): 1, 2) ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 19:28, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
Hello there! Thank you for helping me undo a mistake, I couldn't quite figure out how to undo it myself until just now. I need help though, im trying to replace an image on the page because the one that the page currently features is quite out of date. Where in the code is the image file where I can swamp it for another? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blatay ( talk • contribs) 19:16, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
Yes, the image used was outdated and used the character's old design, so I updated it for the character's current design. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blatay ( talk • contribs) 19:40, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
I see you recently accepted a pending change to July 4.
You're probably not aware of this change, but Days of the Year pages are no longer exempt from WP:V and direct sources are required for additions. For details see the WikiProject Days of the Year style guide. I looked for a source for this date of birth in the article Dorothy Head Knode that I could add to the DOY page and was able to add it to the DOY page.
Please do not accept additions to day of year pages where no direct source has been provided on that day of year page. The burden to provide sources for additions to these pages is on the editor who adds or restores material to these pages. Thank you. Toddst1 ( talk) 18:12, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
{{
More citations needed}}
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WP:POINT.{{
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Thank you for your comments. I am strictly a volunteer member of non-profit organizations (university, government, etc.) with an interest in various artists. Attawaysmith ( talk) 18:05, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
User Cecilrrose is an art historian and subject matter expert on article(s) which I have written. Cecilrrose had never previously contributed to Wikipedia, but joined because of their in depth knowledge. Our collegial exchanges are in no way intended to violate WP:Meatpuppetry or WP:SOCK, but rather an effort to clean-up the writing. Our user pages will reflect that.
Article subject(s) have no affiliation other than that their art works are included in the collections of public institutions where cecilrrose and I have served as volunteer board members. As a new Wikipedian, I hope to be able to contribute to articles about other artists with whose work I am familiar.
Again, thank you for helping me to navigate Wikipedia. Attawaysmith ( talk) 20:18, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
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After that, feel free to remove any or all of my messages from your talk page, consider them "done, solved" and have a nice day. If there are any questions left, you are always welcome to ask at the Wikipedia:Teahouse or on my talk page. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 10:36, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for the opportunity to clarify my role in editing on wikipedia. In response to your specific questions: 1) I receive no compensation for my edits 2)I am aware of the WP.SOCK policy an the meat puppetry guidelines. Attawaysmith and I are indeed different people 3)I have no conflict of interest regarding the subject of the of the article I have edited Cecilrrose ( talk) 13:27, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
Sorry, forgot to add the source here: http://www.guardiareal.org/Menu/Historia/resena/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.102.181.161 ( talk) 12:50, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
Excuse me,
I just wanna add some information to that page, and also i want to add the web as my reference. Can i edit the reference so i can put the website link? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Edo PD ( talk • contribs) 14:02, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
Hello! I've been (very) slowly transfering images from enWP to Commons. I stumbled across File:David Andelman 6-9-2012.jpg, which you and @ ShakespeareFan00: recommend transferring to Commons. The uploader claims to have taken the image, but also notes that it was published here at the subject's website. That website makes no claim to copyright. However I get the feeling that if I transfer it to Commons as is, I'll be asked for OTRS verification that the uploader (who hasn't edited for years) was the copyright holder. Am I missing anything here? I'm happy to ping the subject to request OTRS verification that the image is released under a compatible license if y'all think that's best. I just didn't want to jump ahead and create a mess for others to clean up. Any guidance is much appreciated. Happy editing! Ajpolino ( talk) 21:33, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
I am the copyright owner but my file has been previously published without a free license on a medium I can't alter.
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Thanks so much for your advice about the edits. It's my first time editing on Wikipedia and I'm still trying to figure things out. I tried to save the edits I wanted to upload, but not sure how to invite someone else to proof my edits? As such, I think they've all been reverted back to the original copy now. Also, how do I choose who best to approach for a proofread?
Really appreciate your advice and I'll do my best to follow all of Wikipedia's guidelines.
Thanks! Emckenzie852 ( talk) 08:26, 10 September 2018 (UTC)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Óláfs%20saga%20Tryggvasonar&diff=859378561
The content is a summary of the main article , which is linked directly above - that is Óláfs_saga_Tryggvasonar_en_mesta. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.198.10.236 ( talk) 17:36, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
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15:23, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
Hello,
The first sentence under the meats section says the most popular meat in Armenian cuisine is "pork [5][20]". I am Armenian and we do not eat pork. Unfortunately, I do not have a source but if you look at any Authentic Armenian cookbook written by an Armenian you will notice that none of the meat recipes have pork in them. The most popular meat is lamb and certainly NOT pork. If you notice the two sources mentioned are NOT Armenian, one is Turkish and the other is an Encyclopedia of food. Well, Turks do eat pork because they are Asian. They came from central Asia where pork is very popular. In the second source, the encyclopedia of food it says "Armenians prefer pork because of the Russian influence". After the Armenian Genocide that was committed by Turks in 1915, Armenia became part of Russia so that explains the influence but pork is certainly not part of traditional Armenian Cuisine.
In fact, if you ever go to an Armenian church during the holidays, I assure you pork is NEVER served.
This is what it says right now under the meats section: "Armenians eat various meats like mutton, cattle and goat but the most popular meat in Armenian cuisine is pork.[5][20]"
Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.123.104.193 ( talk) 02:25, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
https://ejsandps.com/2018/04/27/temporary-relocation-of-e-j-sand/
Here are the links to the Holy Family school. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.228.44.220 ( talk) 21:06, 29 September 2018 (UTC)
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Hi! Thanks for the message - this was my first Wikipedia edit ever. You'll be happy to know that I do not have a conflict of interest, as you worried. The reason I responded is this: "Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes ( CinereousEagle ( talk) 19:02, 8 October 2018 (UTC)); this will automatically insert your username and the date." I see that the "History" tab does indeed have my username and date, even though I did not use four tildes. Can you clarify?
Also, I am curious why you flagged me as potentially having a conflict of interest.
Finally, am I using this "talk" section correctly? — Preceding unsigned comment added by CinereousEagle ( talk • contribs) 19:04, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
Thanks! CinereousEagle ( talk) 19:20, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
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22:40, 15 October 2018 (UTC)
Hello To Be. I noticed you removed all references to the accusations to Stalin K, although there is a reference and I officially represent Global Voices where we decided to cut relationships with him (as he worked for us several times) till the accusations are cleared. I think at least we should keep the accusations as it is referenced in the article, instead of removing all of them, for the sake of supporting safe spaces for our organizations. Thank you. Gohary 19:05, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
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Ok very sorry i make error — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.240.254.19 ( talk) 15:07, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
Thank you very much! Have a good day! (smile) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.240.254.19 ( talk) 17:09, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
Hi this user > User:TheOldJacobite send me message and told me I could be blocked from editing... :(( I just add title before name of character from movie Cop Land (1997) > Sheriff Freddy Heflin and title Sheriff was remove and add again Freddy Heflin but how is not error this is title and is take place before name of some hero from movie — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.240.254.19 ( talk) 16:59, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
i am not TheOldJacobite i have no profile reg here this TheOldJacobite send me message that I can be blocked in the future from editing in page of Cop Land (1997) because title how I added — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.240.254.19 ( talk) 18:12, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
Ok you talk with him for title ? is error ? in some pages from wikiepdia in movies you will find title Sheriff to take place before name of some hero in list cast — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.240.254.19 ( talk) 18:35, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
thanks you too — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.240.254.19 ( talk) 15:39, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
Adding this to my talk page history for reference and on-wiki chronology: phab:T207577 ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 03:39, 21 October 2018 (UTC)
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23:11, 22 October 2018 (UTC)
"You appear to be an experienced user."
That's interesting. How'd you know?
Benjamin ( talk) 08:29, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
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Hello,
You kindly offered to proofread my re-drafted article before I resubmitted the piece. I would very much appreciate any advice you may have... /info/en/?search=Draft:DeVOL_Kitchens
Many thanks!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Clb060892 ( talk • contribs) 2018-10-26T13:30:10 (UTC)
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20:08, 29 October 2018 (UTC)
Hi,
I saw your message regarding removing a contribution on Bengt Lundvall's page. I didn't realize it was inappropriate to do that. I'm new to wikipedia. I'm not a paid advocate. I am voluntarily and freely creating a wikipedia page because I think it should be on wikipedia considering how active the person is in innovation policy. I also wanted to learn and experience how to make a page on wikipedia to contribute. Also, have I put this message in the right place? Terrified now of doing everything wrong! Gahh.-- Agent lonely ( talk) 20:56, 22 October 2018 (UTC)
Conflict of interest (COI) editing involves contributing to Wikipedia about yourself, family, friends, clients, employers, or your financial and other relationships. Any external relationship can trigger a conflict of interest. That someone has a conflict of interest is a description of a situation, not a judgement about that person's opinions, integrity, or good faith.(see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest, an enormously useful page)
The following messages have been copied from User_talk:Agent_lonely#Response_regarding_question_on_paid_advocacy for my talk page archive.
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Hello — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:100D:B10D:D600:B1F9:FAC7:DFAC:AAE6 ( talk) 13:08, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
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Hello, Bonsaiburglar here regarding Special:Diff/868532788, I'd love to get it all cleared up! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bonsaiburglar ( talk • contribs) 20:21, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
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Hello, ToBeFree. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.
The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.
If you wish to participate in the 2018 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
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I hereby award you the
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I believe you have to stopppp editing my pages I am a Harvard dropout and I think i'm more intellecct than you.Im only trying to be helpful to your original resume it generally identify as a Binary Red dwarf star and I find offensive that you are telling people to like at my home.Rigel is also very offended with your resume. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pocoyoy su amigo elfante ( talk • contribs) 10:35, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi. Long time no see. ― Abelmoschus Esculentus 16:10, 20 October 2018 (UTC) |
{{subst:u|ToBeFree}}: Per [[User talk:ToBeFree#Coffee by Abelmoschus Esculentus]] you stated that you might like to add a non-admin comment here. ~~~~
" below your request. The ping will only work if added together with a signature; you may want to enable "successful" and "failed" mention notifications in your preferences to get notified of this. I have noticed that this is very useful for me.Please explain how my last edit was biased....
Thanks!
Eric — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.220.58.237 ( talk • contribs) 11:56, 2018-12-06 (UTC)
This is a bit shocking.
I am a Professor at University College London, and The University of Iceland, and the CNRS in Toulouse France. CarbFix is a research program that I co-run. As an academic and scientist I am neutral and factual, this is my career. If I do not edit this page any number of misunderstandings and misinformations will occur.
How do you suggest I maintain the accuracy of this page without the right to edit?
Eric — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.220.58.237 ( talk) 13:26, 6 December 2018 (UTC)
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17:33, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
Your message is not constructive because I have no idea what you're referring to. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.89.137.198 ( talk) 22:39, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
You seem to agree that an encyclopedia is for facts not opinions. The fact in this case is that the sentence "Since pasteurization was not yet available, many children faced sickness from consuming raw milk." is coming from an anecdote. There is no scientific reference to this in the article. What part of this is my opinion? If you remove anecdotally the statement is being presented as fact. Just because someone wrote something in a newspaper article makes it fact? I think not. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.89.137.198 ( talk) 22:53, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
The Wawa dairy was born in 1890, when there was no pasteurization and children often got sick from raw milk. George Wood, a New Jersey businessman, bought 1,000 acres in Wawa and imported cows from the English Channel island of Guernsey. Then he hit upon a marvelous marketing strategy: He had a group of doctors certify that his milk was sanitary and safe.
The source is an anecdote. There is nothing scientific about it and it has no references of its own. What makes an "assertion of fact" presentable as fact in an encyclopedia? I'll go ahead and delete the sentence and add this to the talk page so you or others can explain why a purely anecdotal source can be cited as fact. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.89.137.198 ( talk) 23:11, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
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Why didn't you contact me before you removed my addition? My only agenda is to report the truth. If you don't believe causes of the protests include income inequality and corruption, you need to do some research. Upon doing your research, please add them to the Yellow Vest Movement page again. Thank you. EDively ( talk) 04:10, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
1. The causes of this movement are not relegated to France. That is where it began but protesters of each nation have their own reasons. 2. You did not address the income inequality cause you removed. 2. You did not address removing my submissions without discussing it with me first. 4. Unproven corruption is a cause for citizens to protest. Just because corruption has not been confirmed does not mean people won't protest.
You may not agree with a reason people are demonstrating but that doesn't mean it's not a legitimate cause. Please leave your agenda out of the truth. Thank you. EDively ( talk) 23:41, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
All content must be verifiable. The burden to demonstrate verifiability lies with the editor who adds or restores material, and is satisfied by providing an inline citation to a reliable source that directly supports the contribution.
[[User talk:ToBeFree/Archive 1#Message by EDively]]
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When can you talk
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You are awesome!
www.dreamworks.com/trolls — Preceding
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2018-12-17T02:26:40 Mz7 blocked Stephen Wardell Curry ( talk | contribs) with an expiration time of indefinite (account creation blocked) ( Disruptive editing) ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 02:31, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
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Technically "resolved", but not in the way I expected it to end, and with a strange gut feeling. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 19:32, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
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hello tobefree
i thought that was the sandbox!? i just joined like 3 minites ago. can you show me where the sandbox is.
Thanks,
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Thank you for assisting me in program development and being a positive influence throughout the community. Your technical know-how and urgent help others makes you an impeccable choice for this barnstar. Best regards, Redactyll Letsa taco 'bou it, son! 23:52, 17 December 2018 (UTC) |
Hi! It's weirddactyll again. I've got the next task that I need for you to do to be able to have the bot to work. I left you a wee lil note on this page for what you can do to help. Please follow those directions, then after you click the rollback button that sends RAVSS data. The instructions for how to give data to the bot system can be found here: at this to-do page. Please ignore the rest of it, the part for you says ToBeFree: stuff for you here to do to give the data to RAVSS database to help the bot identify edits as good/bad. If you do this, the database receives stuff! To help you get through this, I've got a beer and some WikiLove incoming! THANK YOU for all of your help. You've been a huge help with RAVSS, and I'm putting you on the credits for the bot. I really appreciate it. If I can do ANYTHING at all to pay you back, if I can do anything for you at all, then I'll do it. I can't tell you how helpful you are. Best regards, Redactyll Letsa taco 'bou it, son! 04:47, 18 December 2018 (UTC) 04:47, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
More information I've been able to see ClueBot's ANN database, and taken inspiration from that. I use ORES score, CVN score, STiki Metadata, and RATTP protocol, and also match "neutral keys" in each of the rollbacked edits. In addition to this, I got people to help out by showing "rollbackable" and not just vandalism edits. Go ahead and add a year to the timeline, for every part, my dates were just plain unrealistic. I have 14 programmers who know Python who I for sure didn't get off of LinkedIn who I've got who are interested in making AI. This won't be a bot we're making, it's going to be a failure for the next billion times then a bot. I personally am investing my time into it, decided to use my sabbatical for it. Do note, the bot will be on [test.wikipedia.org] instead of EnWiki. I'll just keep trying again, and it will work soon, thanks to your extremely helpful advice and the huge group of RTRC users. Thanks. Best regards, Redactyll Letsa taco 'bou it, son! 05:00, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
Okay, about RTRC: I did use that tool in the past, but that was before I received the "rollback" flag. In the moment I switched from RTRC to Huggle, I suddenly became able to properly deal with the huge amount of edits happening at the same time, often 120 per minute. Using the ORES filter and having a tool that semi-automates the warnings and ANI reports, I am now often able to do real-time monitoring rather than picking a few edits out of an overwhelming queue. Time that was previously spent by opening a talk page and choosing the next warning template is now used by carefully checking if an edit should be rolled back or not. As a result, I am able to spend more time on evaluation while dealing with more edits. I didn't believe this to be possible before, but it is, and it greatly improves my false-positive and false-negative rates. I do about 100 rollbacks a day while maintaining pristine quality.
I adhere to a strict policy regarding the "Q" key, which makes Huggle do an uncommented "vandalism" rollback. The rollback summary is empty in this case, and this is only applicable if an edit is clearly vandalism. In most cases, I choose the "test edit" option, because most "vandalism" actually seems to be test edits. If I do use the "Q" key, there is a good reason for it. Please use my edit history, starting at, say, 2018-10-01 (to clearly remove the learning phase), and search for Huggle-rollbacks that do not contain an explanation. These are safe to feed into the bot. Doing so will give you a larger and higher-quality amount of data than we could achieve by making me wrestle with a tool that I abandoned for inefficiency long ago. A part of the quality is also that Huggle is fast, and that RTRC is slow. This needs to be taken into account. I can't "rollback" an edit via RTRC if someone came along with Huggle first. All that would be left for me are edits that a Huggler ignored. When I started dealing with vandalism, this happened very often. Trying to evade the problem by spending less time for evaluation would definitely be a bad idea. Using RTRC instead of Huggle would, for me, either mean additional frustration or lower quality reverts. That can't be good for the project, so let's use Huggle for my database input.
Carefully selecting a few active and experienced Huggle users to fill the database has two advantages:
They do what they always did, they need to sign up nowhere, their contributions are freely licensed, it's a win-win scenario. No need to look for volunteers who are willing to invest additional time; just look for these who already do it good every day. The only selection criterion you need is "conservative usage of Huggle's Q button". Not every Huggle user does that, some use "Q" very often. In extreme cases, rollback permissions are being removed, but "just good enough to avoid losing permissions" isn't good database input either. Don't blindly take all Huggle users, evaluate each individually. They're easy to find by the "Huggle" tag or the "HG" edit summary.
You may even take more sophisticated approaches than just selecting specific users. For example, I guess that rollback quality is best in the middle of a session, while it increases at the beginning and decreases to the end. We're humans and we do get tired. When we notice, we close Huggle, but the quality may already have decreased an hour ago. It may also take a while to "ramp up" at the beginning of a session. We're humans and we need a moment to "get into the flow". If you manage to feed that into your algorithms, you may be able to create a very-high-quality database, although it takes longer to collect the required amount of edits.
One last word to keep in mind: Pure vandalism may not be the right territory to start a new bot. You're trying to surpass ClueBot NG at what it does, but that may really be the wrong approach. If you're interested in delivering noticeable impact, creating a bot that catches 50% instead of 40% of all vandalism won't be reaching that goal. Maybe it would really be a good idea to do something else that ClueBot NG can't do, by design. As mentioned before, responding to BLP or SPAM edits could be more helpful to the community than catching 10% more vandalism. And: For all edits that you're feeding into the database, there was a human who catched and undid the edit. If I was to criticize the bot, my most powerful criticism would be "the whole database consists of proof that your bot isn't needed". ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 16:35, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi I’m Pipamidalton and need your help with controlling vandal edits on this page. This television series is trending, attracting several editors that use this Wikipedia article to vandalize the work done by other good faith editors. These unknown users edit such as changing descriptions using derogatory words. I’ve tried to contact the iserID’s involved but I get no response. Can you tag to restrict editing for extended confirm users and higher level editors only? Thank you Pipamidalton ( talk)
{{ admin help}} currently busy, can't take action. Will respond later. Please verify if this requires urgent action and remove the admin help tag afterwards, thanks ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 13:38, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
=== [[Halik_(TV_series)]] === * {{pagelinks|Halik_(TV_series)}} '''Semi-protection:''' High level of IP vandalism. ~~~~
Resolved per Special:Diff/870520931, Special:Diff/870522482 and the protection log. Thank you for the report. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 23:55, 25 November 2018 (UTC)
Sorry I thought that that was the sandbox and I was just messing around in it.Sorry that I fell in the floor and forgot the butter.-B — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bruh227 ( talk • contribs) 02:17, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
Butter Merging sections: heading converted to bold text ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 02:44, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
Speaking of butter,could you get me some? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bruh227 ( talk • contribs) 02:40, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
Ai, we need to sit down and have a laugh about those RAVSS deadlines. Thank you for your help, enjoy yourself while you try out RTRC and get me data. You deserve a nice treat for being a nice person. Oh yeah, just out my VSANs and am downloading a 14 tb file on a 800 dollar 20 tb hard drive that I've been keeping in the basement. Says it'll be fully downloaded in TWO WEEKS on dedicated storage based servers, whoo! I'll keep you posted, for now just rollback things via RTRC. Best regards, Redactyll Letsa taco 'bou it, son! 05:04, 18 December 2018 (UTC) |
uhh how do I do anything uhh how do I upload Access databases uhh how do I upload things in general? I agree to your terms, but I do have one question. Is once a week enough to be considered “recently” and do I have to make it humanly readable or can it just be raw data? Best regards, Redactyll Letsa taco 'bou it, son! 06:02, 18 December 2018 (UTC) Excited for when the information downloads and I can start pulling from more information!
Quick note @ Redactyll: my first name is "tobias" not "frei" :) ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 09:54, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
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Why even add to Wikipedia if all you're going to do is remove it :-/ Bleh. Whatever. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.20.209.15 ( talk) 01:05, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
I'm more than a little confused about the situation with my IP. I got messages today stating I had vandalised the Amundsen's South Pole expedition page ( User talk page here). I however haven't made any such change. The last change I made was removing vandalism from the Rick Owens article ( see here). I have known IP's to change but not to previously used addresses. I'm a little bit perturbed my address would change to this vandals one and would like a bit of clarification if possible about how this has happened. —Preceding undated comment added 11:26, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
This is a dynamically assigned IP address, as explained to me on [[User talk:ToBeFree]], 2018-12-22. I have been told that if this happens, I should replace all warning messages with this text. I am not the person who was meant to receive these warnings. ~~~~
"Great job handling everyday problems in a civil and helpful manner! For that, you get this cat! And... now to business. I’ve gotten the bot the bot bit on TestWiki, and I’m running a test soon. But, the real issue is that when I emailed you, I got an error message from the postmaster account. I’m wondering if there’s an alternative for file sending we could consider if I can’t fix the issue. Good progress on code is being made, should have the API scripts done by next week.
Best regards, Redactyll
Letsa
taco
'bou it, son! 06:48, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
(Heading added ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 21:39, 24 December 2018 (UTC))
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Sent the COMPRESSED version to you. Hope you enjoy reading the compressed databits and so forth! Finally pushed out the commit. I provided non-snarky informative comments for you. Imagine: if that's the compressed version, what the living goodness is the real version? The response to that is "something exclusively for a LACIE 128 THUNDERBOLT hard drive and VSANS." We had to run servers to make that code since it's big! Thanks for sacrificing hard drive space on your computer-and giving us a second backup. The email is completely sent, it should be sent from lu*****@lu********ey.c**. I appreciate your frontier-spirit attitude and willingness to help! And, now it's time for an unrelated sidenote. Just decided I'd go play the music pieces on your userpage, they sound really nice. Thank you once again for the third time and happy reverting and hard-drive-sacrificing! Best regards, Redactyll Letsa taco 'bou it, son! 22:31, 23 December 2018 (UTC) on the wonderfully granted day and time of 22:31, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
1. Funding isn’t all me, I asked without begging 🤐 for funds, and got support from people. Some of my colleagues and family members were like “oh gosh this is cool factor 11,” running based on donations and my big big monthly donation. 2. I got the inspiration to start RAVSS from {{RAVSS SKIPPING EMOTIONAL BACKSTORY FOR READER SAFETY}}, a combination of this and seeing ClueBotNG’s weakness, if I use machine learning then I’ll be able to rectify NG’s inability for good faith edits and BLP violations as well as potentially libelous BLP content, while catching more vandalism. 3. Huh? ELEVEN EMAILS? uh... slightly off, thanks WMF. 4. The people on my team are the hired without permission Oshwah, and the hired without permission editors who assume the name “hugglers.” The officially hired people are 3 JS/Python/C##/C(insert two characters here)/Weird programming language that appears to me to have no form or anything like normal code, along with 2 data scientists, one overall nerd who does API, and one Wikitech Member, who works professionally and will help with the Mediawiki stuff. There are also volunteer helpers - defitnely not the “servant, SODA PLEASE” person. 5. (Will respond later, devs aren’t online and I need help) 6. Ah, goodness, you’re all too right. I am a low code knowledge person. My role is mainly providing oversight, shortening lunch breaks, and setting deadlines. To summarize, I am, yes, the “Manager with big ideas but limited coding experience.” 7. Let’s see if we can find a good source of good edits... it would seem weird if that big green button in Huggle did anything... or if thanked edits without the “Undo” or “Rollback” tag could be filtered... all good questions. I don’t know myself. A voice in my head told me those questions were hidden and slightly mysterious statements... but we won’t know, will we? 8. Statistics like end size will be calculated after the database collects a month of information, averaging weekly size growth for stats. 7.5 without sassy talking. My source of good non revert edits are through the logged and available records of thanked edits. Using SkyNet and Mr. Roboto technology I managed to get all the thanked edits, remove the ones marked as rollback or undo, then log the survivors as good edits. 9. We will find out false positives for the New Years dryrun on Testwiki, excited. 10. The technical documentation is there but “When process be initiate then it calls function,” apparently they don’t know how to program in detailed enough or proper English-heard it’s harder then JS to learn though. 11. I wouldn’t need to hire another developer, I can for minor things just get help from peers and 🤓 s on IRC Wikitech. 12. Oh, what programming language you ask? They code in the ultimate show off language which makes no sense to regular non weird people. They use a showoff language called Malboge and Glass or something like that. Why? uhm good question! On the matter of my glorious question responding to, if I missed a question, that’s likely. Korben Dallas should report missed questions via my notification bar if you ping me, and I’ll respond to those questions during morning and with dev assistance. Will do technical writing ASAP, and I’m sure there’s something we both don’t get about the weird fluid code blob with no spaces and weird weird things that’ll seem like a laugh soon. Over and out, Major Iceberg! P.S. on fire with the references to TFE today. Best regards, Redactyll Letsa taco 'bou it, son! 09:56, 24 December 2018 (UTC) on the weird time of 09:56, 24 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi Redactyll, thank you very much for taking the time to answer these questions. I think I'm slowly getting an overview. To avoid confusion, I'll respond to the numbers you've used in your comment, although they do not always seem to match my original ones.
This is extremely unlikely, as described in point 7. Are you sure that you managed to get a list of thanked edits?Let's keep it factual, despite all the fun. A few comments above, you wrote that the latest Huggle nightly build from Petrb's website contains "tracking code" to fill the bot.( diff) I had, surprisedly, asked for a clarification based on the open source project's commit history,( diff) but I sadly do not seem to have received an answer so far. I am not a programming guru, but even I with my limited coding knowledge noticed that something does not seem to add up there. Unlikely technical claims do not fuel my enthusiasm, they rather confuse me about the project.Using SkyNet and Mr. Roboto technology I managed to get all the thanked edits, remove the ones marked as rollback or undo, then log the survivors as good edits.
I'm not sure how this can be summarized other than "In its current state, the project is sadly prone to failure". Maybe a re-design is needed. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 03:17, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
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Greetings,
It’s Redactyll, and I’ve got the urge to enroll in
the CVUA academy. To help my chances of my acceptance letter being accepted once I send it to my requested counter-vandalism mentor, since you’ve been my peer in counter
vandalism efforts, I’m wondering if you could do a peer-reccomendation for me. I’d appreciate it, as it would likely increase my chances of acceptance heavily. Thank you in advance. Wish to see you again on
Huggle 3.4.6!
Best regards, Redactyll
Letsa
taco
'bou it, son! 06:55, 26 December 2018 (UTC) 06:55, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
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Redactyll: I do know the SI prefixes. I must.
To be nit-picking, "pico-cent" is probably 1×10-14 of the base currency units.Taking the CVUA exam definitely won't hurt. I like the idea of taking it "just to be sure" and to prove knowledge. Your account is relatively new; maybe there is a thing or two you didn't encounter yet, which they can still explain. No problem, you're welcome!
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2018-12-21T11:22:27 DGG (talk | contribs) protected Torry Harris Business Solutions [Create=Require administrator access] (indefinite) (Repeatedly recreated many times.) (hist) (thank)
2018-12-21T11:20:45 DGG (talk | contribs) deleted page Torry Harris Business Solutions (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion: G4: Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion, WP:XFD) (thank)
taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Special:Log&page=Torry_Harris_Business_Solutions ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 19:59, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
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Hi! So I recently made a few changes to the Shiki Novel Wiki Page. Looks like I haven't put edit summary on my edits. I deeply apologise if it looked like I had bad intentions. I just wanted to fix up some information that isn't completely true and to add some information that I see as important but wasn't put in. As for the main picture change I did, I think that Megumi Shimizu's picture would be way more appealing as the front pic of the whole page rather than the picture of Natsuno Yuuki. The background is pretty bland and the colors themself are pretty boring while the Vol Cover picture with Megumi is a lot more appealing and interesting. As I said I had no bad intentions. Just wanted to fix up some stuff to better (in my opinion). I felt like the change of the image would mean a lot as people probably come across Shiki in their recommendations but give up after they see a pretty boring cover picture, so some cool pink haired girl in my opinion would bring more eyes to this masterpiece! I feel like everyone who likes stuff with a deep message behind it should check Shiki out or even read the novel! One thing I noticed was that much info was rather true for the anime addaptation but I feel like there should also be info added for the novel (actual story). Please could you bring my edits back? ^^ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Megumishimizuwu ( talk • contribs) 21:23, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
Hi, please see [[Talk:Shiki (novel series)]]. Thanks! ~~~~
My little added text doesn't have a source except me. So I did not know what to say so I didn't say anything. Sorry for the mistake will not happen again.-HowDidIThinkOfMyUsername — Preceding unsigned comment added by HowDidIThinkOfMyUsername ( talk • contribs) 17:40, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
Ok ToBeFree, sorry for the trouble. HowDidIThinkOfMyUsername ( talk) 17:48, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
Hi ToBeFree,
I really appreciate your advice. I am planning on rebuilding the article on Zev Siegl in a userspace draft. Then do I submit it to one of the editors on the list you sent me?
There is one thing that is blatantly incorrect about the former article that would be an easy fix. Could you change Zev's birthplace back to Detroit, Michigan? He was born there and is a proud Detroiter.
Thank you so much for your help. I am just getting started on this and figured I was going to flop on my first try.
- Ang OLeary ( talk) 03:52, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
{{Edit request}} Please see [[User:Ang OLeary/sandbox/Zev Siegl]] for a replacement suggestion. My connection to the article subject is [...] ~~~~
Enjoy editing!
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talk) 05:49, 9 January 2019 (UTC)~ ToBeFree ( talk) 18:01, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
Heading added, sections merged ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 18:01, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
Dear ToBeFree!
What is my "four tildes" that I should sign with? I am all new to using Wikipedia beyond looking for and reading all the wonderful information here.
I saw your message, as follows to me: "Hello, I'm ToBeFree. I noticed that you made an edit concerning content related to a living (or recently deceased) person on Special:Diff/877244904, but you didn't support your changes with a citation to a reliable source, so Arjayay has correctly removed it. Wikipedia has a very strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate and clear. Thank you! ~ ToBeFree (talk) 18:57, 7 January 2019 (UTC)"
THANK YOU for responding to me. Where do I write my facts as "reliable source"? I have marriage certificates, divorce certificate (decree nisi) and our sons Birth certificate. Are they valid as proof? I noticed last night that on my ex husband´s page "Chaz Jankel", (with whom I am on very friendly terms with since forever) he had missed out on the right date when he moved to the US (Los Angeles), which was 1988 not 1986. I know this because we moved together and I was still in college in London in 1986...and he was working on his last album in his studio in London at the time.
I saw that Chaz had missed to mention his first marriage and our son, I think it is important for both his sons to be shown respect and to be honoured by them being mentioned in the text.
Maybe you think I neesd to bring this up with Chaz instead? If it is something which is against Wikipedia rules? This is what I wrote, which was taken away by signature Arjayay: I added the facts in the same way Chaz had written about his current wife and second son:
Jankel met his first wife Catharina Hemberg in Spain 1985. They moved to the US in 1988. In 1990 they got married and Jankel´s first son Tao Hemberg Jankel was born. Chaz and Catharina got divorced in 1993Elaine O'Halloran on the set of the 1989 film The Rachel Papers where she was assistant editor. [1] The couple have a son Lewis Shay Jankel (b. 1993), a DJ, record producer, singer and songwriter who uses the stage name Shift K3Y. [2] Jankel's sister Annabel Jankel is a film and TV director. [3]
Thank you for coming back to me when you can, ToBeFree! Love your signature, by the way. Best wishes! Catharina Hemberg
Hello again, ToBeFree! I noticed I had copied in the wrong text, speaking of the text that I added to the beginning of Chaz Jankels text on "Personal Life".
Jankel met his first wife Catharina Hemberg in Spain 1985. They moved to the US in 1988. In 1990 they got married and Jankel´s first son Tao Hemberg Jankel was born. Chaz and Catharina got divorced in 1993. Jankel met his current wife Elaine O'Halloran on the set of the 1989 film The Rachel Papers where she was assistant editor. [4] The couple also have a son Lewis Shay Jankel (b. 1993), a DJ, record producer, singer and songwriter who uses the stage name Shift K3Y. [5] Jankel's sister Annabel Jankel is a film and TV director. [3]
Do you find my added text is against the Wikipedia rules? Or is it just proof that is needed, of the documents; Marriage certificate, Divorce certificate (decree nisi) and Birth certificate of our son?
Looking forward to hear from you in order to learn more of Wikipedia´s rules. Best, Catharina Hemberg
Thanks so much for your reply, ToBeFree! I checked the references to the information in Chaz Jankel´s bio. There is no mention of his second son (Lewis Shay Jankel) in any of the referencies given. So does that mean att the person who the portrait on Wikipedia is about - may add facts without any reference to it? I checked up the reference of "Billboard"´s Biography, and I could not find the information to which this source of reference is refered. Could it have been there in the past, and Wikipedia doesn´t check if it´s still valid, or how does it work? Can the portrait-person choose to share facts about his/her life while living, without having to give a source for outside proof? I checked the link you posted in your reply about Wikipedias rules on Biographies but I did not the clearity I was looking for. I totally understand there must be a watch out for tabloid gossip and the likes, but when it comes to FACTS, such as Births (and Deaths) family members with documented proof..? Hope you will have time today to reply back to me. Now I´m going to end this message right, like you showed me how it´s done. Best! Catharina Hemberg " Catharina Hemberg ( talk) 09:10, 8 January 2019 (UTC)"
{{citation needed}}
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Talk:Chaz Jankel too. To link to our previous discussion, you can use the following code:Previous discussion: [[User talk:ToBeFree/Archive 1#Queerie]]
Best regards,...for your reply and the information. :-) Catharina — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.112.231.68 ( talk) 10:22, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
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Pagelinks added for my archive; I will soon think of a better way of adding the pagelinks in the future. Maybe a nice box or something like that. Signature of the comment moved below its text; I hope this is okay. Feel free to undo. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 00:54, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
I believe I have now made the edit properly, please advise.
Thank you for your input and information :)
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Hi ToBeFree,
I'd love your help in helping me update the Amethod Public Schools wikipedia page. I was contacted because a lot of the information is incorrect, but we of course want to be very objective and adhere to Wikipedia standards. Could you help me in reviewing our content below?
Edited by ToBeFree: Text removed: Copied from school's website: Promotional and seems to be a copyright violation. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 21:02, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Savvysasa ( talk • contribs) 20:45, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
this is the guy who added the thing that you removed from the geico article. thanks for the citation, but put it at the end of the sentence instead, thanks! P.S.: USE THIS FOR THE CITATION:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZazbQ8qIpM". CHECK IT OUT AFTER YOU ADD THAT. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:6000:130F:47A1:7D6F:9135:7C95:1353 ( talk) 19:39, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
"notable for the creation of the 'Maxwell the Pig' commercials", as written in Special:Diff/878426804? Or is this just your original research? In the latter case, please remove the original research statement. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 19:49, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
let me know if you added it and watched it. tell me what it is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:6000:130F:47A1:7D6F:9135:7C95:1353 ( talk) 19:42, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
hey there, thanks for letting me know, did you watch the video, and plus, I did not see the copyright violation coming. but do you have any trustworthy sources that you can suggest for me? if you do, please tell me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:6000:130F:47A1:7D6F:9135:7C95:1353 ( talk) 21:32, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
How about this: " https://www.adweek.com/creativity/when-pigs-fly-geico-brings-back-maxwell-airplane-ad-146197/". WEE! WEE! WEEEEEEEEEEE! remember? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:6000:130F:47A1:7D6F:9135:7C95:1353 ( talk) 21:42, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
hey do you remember me?im Bruh227!i forgot my password for it.could you go get it for me?and also i really need that butter — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bruh228 ( talk • contribs) 22:35, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
Many thanks for ansering my question, I sould have made it clear I only want to italicise part of the title as in a ship's name, eg. TSMV Brading. Murgatroyd49 ( talk) 21:16, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
{{DISPLAYTITLE:TSMV ''Brading''}}
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that edit was not page blanking, but not adhering to neutral point of view. Jannik Schwaß ( talk) 19:55, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
The Brilliant Idea Barnstar | |
Thank you and great work on thinking about simplifying the page protection instructions! Tom (LT) ( talk) 01:02, 18 January 2019 (UTC) |
"just install WP:TW". [1] It was very refreshing to hear that others had difficulties to use the page before gaining Twinkle access, too. We can't expect people to become autoconfirmed before giving them the ability to call for help. In urgent cases of vandalism, it can often be IP editors who happen to notice the problem first. Once, I almost told someone to use WP:RFPP for their report. After having a look at the unnecessarily complicated instructions there, I decided to do most of the work for them instead.As the work is not done yet, I won't add the barnstar to my page yet. That will be a nice reward at the end. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 22:19, 18 January 2019 (UTC)
If I may request your attention on another page that is VERY confusing to read, that would be thinking about how WP:TfD main page and instructions could be simplified. They sure need it! -- Tom (LT) ( talk) 01:03, 18 January 2019 (UTC)
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Please read this article. This is where I got all that info from! The Man in the High Castle (TV series) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.65.90.61 ( talk) 22:55, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
Heading added ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 21:18, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
Excuse me, but how can u edit things so fast? PLus, it was grusome. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.134.82.165 ( talk) 21:06, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
hello,its the guy who you were talking with about the geico article. I added the newspaper citation about Maxwell, but I don't know how to remove that "citation needed" thing. could you help me remove that? thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:6000:130F:47A1:9DC6:FEBF:2BC8:AC54 ( talk) 15:15, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:6000:130F:47A1:9DC6:FEBF:2BC8:AC54 ( talk) 16:17, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
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18:15, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
Apparently I messed it up even worse than I thought. Now there is no ISIS (goddess) page! Could you fix that for me? It's all very confusing! Libertarianmoderate ( talk) 00:09, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for your help. I have a surprise waiting for you on my homepage. :-) Libertarianmoderate ( talk) 01:42, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
I think [185] is probably due for a block - or has either no english, or comprehension - JarrahTree 09:47, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
I know you didn't mean any harm with your comment at Libertarianmoderate's user talk, but I would gently suggest that you read WP:BEANS. If you say something like that, it might give them the idea to do it. 331dot ( talk) 17:37, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
Heading added, spaces at beginning of lines removed ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 01:50, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
"I was helping with Andrew Andraos Wikipedia page and I accept the merger with /info/en/?search=Draft:Andrew_Andraos" here: /info/en/?search=User:GarnerTracee subst:Uw-c&pmove|Draft:Andrew Andraos - Composer, Arranger, Music Producer|to=Draft:Andrew Andraos}}
I agree. Thank you GarnerTracee ( talk) 01:40, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
Hello, I helped with the Andrew Andraos Wikipedia page and I accept the merger with /info/en/?search=Draft:Andrew_Andraos" here: /info/en/?search=User:GarnerTracee
Thank you.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by GarnerTracee ( talk • contribs) 01:45, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
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Hi, When dealing with a recent help request, you left someone's email available on the page. I've removed it for you and alerted the oversight team. RhinosF1 (chat) (status) (contribs) 06:54, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
Sections merged. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 16:57, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
Heading added, spaces at the beginning of the second line removed ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 22:32, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
It took me many months to convince the people involved in building the new Catholic Cathedral that they have been using the wrong dates for the resurrection. I believe it was 2012 when Pope Benedict told the world that Dennis the small gave the world the wrong dates for birth and resurrection. What the builders of the Cathedral wanted was to have a sky scape over the arc showing the position of the stars, moon, etc. on the night of the resurrection. It probably would be easier to send you my paper on this subject. You need to accept and learn the Jewishness of God's Word. If you do a search on "WRAL New Special: The Cathedral" you will see the news report using 30 AD as the year of the resurrection and not 33 AD which they have used for approximately 1500 years.
? Rzb1967 ( talk) 22:23, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
Long heading converted to bold text below, heading added. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 16:43, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
Luke I describes the exact date of the Messiah's birth to see this you must understand the Hebrew culture. The Messiah was born in the Hebrew Biblical year 3756, the first day of Sukkot (Tshrei 15 and given his name on the eighth day of Sukkot) not to be confused with the Hebrew civil calendar which has been used since the time in exile in Babylon. The Messiah was sacrificed in the year 3790 at the age of 33 and 6 months on Nisan 14 and rose Nisan 18. If you want details, let me know
I am new to this process, so no doubt I have made errors in what I have done. I am trying to understand if I say the source for the information is God's Word as to why this is not a valid source? The worksheet I submitted is a simplified day by day account of events that determine the day of the Messiah's birth. The word Messiah has many forms in different languages. A few of the examples are Yeshua, Christ, Son of Man, Jesus, First Fruits, etc., some describe approximately 160 names referring to our Savior.
Any direction you can give would be well received.
K — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rzb1967 ( talk • contribs) 16:10, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
Hi ToBeFree,
Thank you for answering my questions in the Freenode IRC. It has come to my attention that I have edited an article for which I have a conflict of interest. I am not the original poster of the article (BTCPay Server). Therefore, I do not believe I can revert the pending article submittal to address this. In addition, I have reviewed your suggested article: 'Userspace Draft' which I do not think is appropriate since I am not the original author of the article, nor do I intend to author a majority of the article. My intent was mainly formatting and references. I believe the following is the course of action I should take, in order of my preference.
1. ToBeFree, can you please review my changes, to verify they are neutral and appropriate contributions for a person with a COI? 2. If not, should I revert my contributions and place them in the talk page? It appears to me that COI users should contribute to the talk pages, rather than a COI article.
Thank you for your help, Britttttk ( talk) 19:36, 31 January 2019 (UTC) (britttttk)
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Are you able to specify which parts of my edit were deemed to be original research? They're all direct quotes and tweets from him. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.164.19.145 ( talk) 19:18, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
I am sorry do that, just misclick. Hope you forgive me Hhkohh ( talk) 03:47, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
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18:45, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
I'm not engaging in an edit war. Your bot software caught me typing something naughty and I removed it so it would be legit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eddiehimself ( talk • contribs) 17:12, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
Greetings,
I am a grandson of Professor Vladimir A. Kotelnikov. We have put together the family archive of Prof. Kotelnikov on web site http://vakotelnikov.ru, which I wanted to link from the wikipedia page,
/info/en/?search=Vladimir_Kotelnikov.
You have removed the link. Would you mind adding the link please?
Thank you, Alexei Kotelnikov — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.6.238.153 ( talk) 23:28, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for answering my query so quickly, ToBeFree. Really appreciate it. Westwind175 ( talk) 02:55, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
Was El Mozote *not* a massive human rights violation/atrocity?
Did Elliot Abrams *not* seek to discredit eyewitness accounts from civilians who miraculously survived the massacre during Senate hearings, thus, de facto condoning it and other instances of US-trained paramilitary human rights violations?
Please advise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:2000:C653:AD00:E40D:82C6:AC81:DE19 ( talk) 02:03, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
Thanks EditorInChief260 ( talk) 03:15, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
I was just doing an experiment EditorInChief260 ( talk) 03:15, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
I apologize EditorInChief260 ( talk) 03:15, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
I'm having trouble understanding how to add citations. I tried to edit an article for the class I'm currently taking but it gets taken off since I don't add citations. please help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amaugeri26 ( talk • contribs) 01:15, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
"one of the most famous surgeons", for example, seems to be unnecessary puffery. A similar discussion has recently happened at Talk:Christopher Nolan. You may like to have a look at that talk page, to see potential issues that have been discussed there. Creating a new section on an article's talk page is always a nice alternative to editing the article directly, especially when you notice that others disagree with previous, similar edits. If there are questions left, feel free to ask again. Good luck! ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 01:32, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
There is no one to cite because its my personal belief. When i searched soal, only some random guys name came up. Is there a page that is simply "soal"? Christopherberryusa ( talk) 01:11, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
Since when did Wikipedia quit being open to new ideas and beliefs? Shame on you! take the credit, its not important. Ideas are for sharing not to mention this idea could possibly help someone on their pursuit to understand god as much as it has helped me. Furthermore, Soal has NO DEFINITION, positivity fueled my desire to publish it on your site. Christopherberryusa ( talk) 01:15, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
Its your right to be closed minded, though its a foul stance to take in life. Christopherberryusa ( talk) 01:36, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
The following sentence had originally been added to the above message. I have moved it, chronologically, below. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 01:48, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
I will continue to spread this understanding of "soal" with hopes of helping an individual understand their personal journey through life — Preceding unsigned comment added by Christopherberryusa ( talk • contribs) 01:44, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
for the article referring to YNW MELLY : https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/virtual-blue-balenciagas/1419601184?i=1419601193 And referring to Lil baby: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/no-socks-feat-lil-baby/1375110550?i=1375110680
Now put it back please. Dillydot3 ( talk) 20:30, 17 February 2019 (UTC)
"controversial uprising rapper",
"young artist",
"murder charges"and
"the main hook throughout the song". Please make sure not to add original research to the article. The statement beginning with
"They even have"seems to be your personal conclusion, not the verifiable statement of a reliable source. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 20:39, 17 February 2019 (UTC)
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23:13, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
hi thank u for your message. i just add two latin singers that i know. thank u To Be Free — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tito5918 ( talk • contribs) 02:22, 19 February 2019 (UTC)
Hi,
I like your Dashboard. May I have your permission to make another one for myself? Please! Xain36 ( talk) 05:17, 19 February 2019 (UTC)
I find it curious that not 12 hours after adding information to a page it is removed, despite being factual, non offensive and relevant. The source is national BBC radio and Twitter from last week and available for all to listen to and verify. I was not making a personal opinion about the individuals mentioned but merely reporting what discussion followed the interview. Removing additions, not edits, obviously means a lot to you so go ahead and keep it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Happily Helping ( talk • contribs) 09:29, 19 February 2019 (UTC)
Hi To-Be-Frei, vielleicht ist mein Beitrag jetzt nicht so erfrischend wie das mit den ach so leckeren Plätzchen - jummy - habe eine generelle Frage: Was tut man oder was tut frau wenn es zu einem Sachverhalt eine engl Darstellung und eine andere dt Version gibt, beides auch zusammen gehört - ich spreche aber nicht davon dass man einfach eine Seite übersetzen will. Blöd läuft das anscheined wenn es auch noch um Abkürzungen geht die historisch gewachsen ident sind - so stand HPLC früher mal für "high pressure liquid chromatography" - heute arbeitet man da gar nicht mehr mit hohen Druck aber man wollte diese berühmte Abkürzung einer Analysemethode beibehalten, so hat man sich gebogen und heute steht hinter HPLC "high perfomance liquid chromatography". Hmm, sowas scheint es öfter zu geben - so wird aus einer "Arbeitsgemeinschaft" einfach das Wort Association, und aus "Internationale" dann international. Und wenn jetzt noch die Donau im engl Danube heisst wird es wohl ein ober-wirrwar? Plötzlich ist eine IAD sowohl die Int Arbeitsgemeinschaft Donauforschung als auch Int Assoc Danube research - ich finde das auch alles nicht so toll - aber wie müsste man denn in Wikipedia da tun - wenn es alleinig um so einen Sachverhalt geht, dass A: Die Abkürzung dieselbe ist, und B: nun blöder Weise auch noch in verschiedenen Sprachen zsammen gehört es aber keine einfache inhaltliche Übersetzung ist. Danke für deine Antwort und noch viel Spass beim virtuellen Kecks Schmeckenlassen, oder sind es doch Cookies? -- Katrin Teubner ( talk) 11:43, 21 February 2019 (UTC)
Hi To-Be-Frei, bin es nochmal in einem Extra-Textfeld weil es nun ein anderes Thema ist. Hmmm, muss ich jetzt als Generalsekretärin bei der IAD zurücktreten - oder gibt es eine andere Möglichkeit, damit die IAD-Seite nicht gelöscht bleibt? Ich habe vollste Zustimmung und auch Respekt bezüglich der Regeln bei Wiki - ist ja auch nicht leicht bei der ehrlichen Offenlegung des Names da was zu finden - ich hatte aus Ehlichkeit meinen wahren Namen als user:name benutzt. Obwohl ich bitte sehr anerkenne dass ich hier auf einen ersten Blick mich hier nicht richtig verhalten habe, möchte ich dennoch hier um einen request bitten: Wäre es möglich von einem unabhängigen Editor/Administrator die Seite neu zu prüfen und dann bitte zu markieren wo es KEINE neutrale Darstellung vonseiten meiner Person (persönlich oder als gs) dort gibt. Seit Jahren - schon vor vielen Jahre - habe ich immer beim Anschauen der IAD-engl Seite gedacht, oh nein - wie schwach. Nur damals hätte ich nicht gewagt da was selbst zu ergänzen - erst meine Mitarbeit bei NeusiderseeWiki hat mich nun hier ermuntert (u ich hatte Pläne fernab von IAD in Wiki, wollte weisse Seiten mit füllen). Hmm, es gibt einige schwache Seiten in Wiki,ja sicher, u gewiss am Anfang, die dann oft besser werden. Bekomme ich eine zweite Chance? Es ging mir um die Donau! So wie wenn ich über Honig schreibe, es mir um den Honig ginge. Übrigens war diese WikiSeite über den Honig für mich ein Vorbild in der länderübergreifenden Darstellung in Wiki. Darf ich denn künftig überhaupt was zur Seenkunde in Wiki sagen, denn Seen (nicht Flüsse) sind mein wissenschaftliches Berufsfeld. Oder sollte ich mich da auch sehr zurück halten (dh besser gar nicht erst anfangen), wenn ich aus meinem konkreten Wissens-schatz da Fehler oder zu mangelhafte Refs in Wiki sehe. Ich hatte nämlich eigentlich vor mich mehr bei den Naturwissenschaften, konkret Umweltforschung in Wiki einzubringen. Das wäre mir wichtig vorab zu wissen - für einen Artikel zu recherchieren und dann einfach den gelöscht zu bekommen - hmm, da lass ich mir lieber Cookies genüsslich schmecken. Daher: In Anerkennung der Regeln bei Wikipedia, die ich selbst auch wirklich für gut erachte, trotzdem nun die Frage: Gibt es eine Möglichkeit die nicht-neutralen Textpassagen bei der engl IAD-Wiki zu markieren / heraus zu nehmen. Das würde mich ur-ur freuen - kein Schmäh - ich meine es wirklich so. Warum: Ich habe den Text für Wiki geschrieben - und dort fände ich den Text gut! Weiters (das war jetzt in Österr Sprache, ohje, noch eine Sprache) bitte aber noch eine Frage: Warum ist der engl IAD-Artikel nun auf Wikiwand - und dort inzwischen populär? Ich kenn mich nicht aus. Und sofern die engl IAD-Seite in Wikipedia blockiert bleibt (wenn dem leider so ist und keine erneute Prüfung möglich ist, in Kombination mit Änderung von meinem user:name), würde ich gern "meinen" Text und "mein" Foto in Wiki wieder löschen, um es dann alles 1:1 sauber (dh ohne Copyrightverletzung) woanders im Netz zu veröffentlichen. Ich bin ja Guachterin von Artikeln und weiss, dass bei Ablehnung eines Artikels die Autoren ihre Rechte zurück bekommen und sie so in einer anderen Zeitschrift denselben Artikel neu einreichen und dann auch veröffentlichen können. Völlig üblich: Die Zeitschrift "Nature" lehnt einen Artikel ab, Neueinreichung des unwesentlich geänderten Artikels in "Science" u der Artikel wird dort angenommen. Ein Glück auch, sonst würden sich Wissenschaftler und damit der Fortschritt irgendwie gegenseitig blockieren. So zählt in der Wissenschaft auch bitte nicht nur wo man seinen Artikel dann gedruckt bekommt, sondern viel mehr wie oft er gelesen und zitiert wird. Ich lese in Wikipedia sehr gern gut recherchierte Artikel. Es ist für mich oft der erste Anlaufpunkt, wenn ich mich nicht auskenne - die Referenzen ermöglichen es dann weiter zu lesen und sich ggf ein noch breiters Bild zu machen. So sei Dank allen WikiEditoren, so auch dir To-Be-Frie oder To-Be_Free dass du auf den auf den ersten Blick interpretierten MissStand überhaupt auch aufmerksam gemacht hast - egal wie das mit der engl IAD-Seite ausgeht - als Nutzer werde ich auf jeden Fall Wiki weiter gern nutzen.-- Katrin Teubner ( talk) 12:26, 21 February 2019 (UTC)
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It's like saying someone is human and having to prove it with a source. Everyone just knows, it's a default piece of knowledge, like a natural law. John Mulaney is an immortal, and you may do research to see for yourself. But I'll cite a source if that's what you wish. Call me Bichard ( talk) 01:59, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
sorry — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.149.240.238 ( talk) 02:11, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
हम लोकल गाइड गूगल के 13000 पॉइंट से सर् हम लोगो की हेल्प जो विकी पीडिया कर रहा है आप सब से जुड़ कर कुछ जानकारी देंगे जो हेल्प होगी — Preceding unsigned comment added by जादुगर आर आनंद ( talk • contribs) 04:16, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
जकड़ी जो है उसे सब मे जोर कर आगे लोगो की हेल्प में जादुगर आर आनंद ( talk) 04:33, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
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Hello — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pranaybalaga ( talk • contribs) 10:50, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
I've never visited the Paw Patrol page on Wikipedia, much less edited it; the notice I received indicated that no change was made anyway. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.95.134.253 ( talk) 03:53, 3 March 2019 (UTC)
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16:38, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
thank u for your help. :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tito5918 ( talk • contribs) 01:26, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
This had originally deleted by a friendly talk-page watcher. I am thankful for every second that other people help me to save for answering serious requests, and removing personal attacks is very welcome. Especially requesting revision-deletion of severe attacks is definitely very helpful. However, I do respond even to requests that other people might consider to be silly or lacking even the most basic competence that is required for editing Wikipedia. Unless someone personally attacks specific editors or sends a message that can not be normally replied to, I often prefer to keep these messages.
In this specific case, the user who sent the message has later been blocked for allegedly being either "competence challenged" or "intentionally trolling us all". See
the block log for reference.
Blocking someone for an alleged lack of competence is perhaps the most problematic and controversial type of blocking to do. I personally would avoid ever doing this. There are experienced administrators who are willing to do this, and they do a good job, but this specific type of block is extremely problematic in my eyes. Blocking someone based solely on the "
Competence is required" essay (!) will always be controversial, and enforcing such a block retroactively is definitely not something I will do on my talk page.
In a nutshell, thank you very much, and do feel free to continue helping, but this specific message really has a right to stay.
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You were very helpful, but some people are not. I'm about to be blocked for that nomination after users that have JUST WP:BULLY'd me complained and lied about arbitrary things. See my thread and my rebuttals on ANI titled: "I'm being accused of being a vandal". Three admins are now in the process of blocking me and refusing to give reasons. After posting this post, look what this user did on ANI after that. (Sorry, the ANI link is not working). I even have a new WP:MENTOR that recently said I'm WP:HERE. Oh well. Like I said, this started spiraling downhill after I said I watch Fox News. After just saying that too on that admin's page, they've now changed their mind and is now also blocking me instead of defending me. I am upset and think I will soon just get rid of my account and leave. I would like to report this incident to the bureaucrats that run WP, but I'm not sure where to go. I'll be looking around for that. -GDP ⇧ 09:22, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
"This page is not one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines, as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community."
A late update: GDP Growth has been unblocked, 2019-03-20T10:59:37. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 18:16, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
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You final-warned and I blocked simultaneously. Let me know if you think it's worth one more chance and I'll unblock. DMacks ( talk) 04:14, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
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19:44, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
Why would you ruin my night, you big fat robot. Wait, is this a robot? I sure hope so, I really don't want to offend a real human person. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.204.10.228 ( talk) 23:44, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
Please don't change the status of SPI cases like this. I know you mean well, but all that actually accomplished was to make me think the page had been vandalized, since most unexplained status changes are vandalism. Leave the clerical work to the SPI clerks. Thanks. Sir Sputnik ( talk) 03:06, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
I am doing an essay on the UAE and I need the details for the foods. Please add the Emirati Foods.
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Hi ToBeFree,
Sorry to disturb you again. Not sure if you saw this on the Talk page but I was wondering if we could add in a "recognition" section similar to what one of our competitors, Episerver has on their page?
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do you know how many hours I was researching on this? do you know how many books I referred to? I'm not a native English talker but I made sure everything was grammatically right, my edits was a complete copy of the Persian topic which was written by doctor ebrahim bastani parizi, shame on you shame Alizohrehkermani ( talk) 19:22, 23 March 2019 (UTC)
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18:05, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
Greetings ToBeFree. Thanked you for you feedback on Kai Staats and then realized I should have done that here. Anyway, I also left you a question about one of the "citation needed" flags. Hope to see you back on Talk:Kai_Staats soon. Thanks again. Astro3.142 ( talk) 19:14, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
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I spent three hours editing a document and it was deleted. how do I get it back with the changes I was working on? — Preceding unsigned comment added by BKoan ( talk • contribs) 20:06, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
How do I contact the volunteer team? — Preceding unsigned comment added by BKoan ( talk • contribs) 20:18, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
Hello ToBeFree,
I just received a message saying that I may have edited while being logged out of my account. I did not make any edits while I was logged out. My device is not shared with anyone else. The edits made by the IP address on March 24 were not by me, so I do not know if I have the same IP address as someone else (if that is even possible, which I do not think it is) or if something else is going on. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pillsberrydoo7 ( talk • contribs) 21:56, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
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Thank you so much!! Freqmachine ( talk) 15:14, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
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My addition is quite true, neutral and without malice, cant or humbug. It demonstrates "disagreement" as per the heading. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:3D08:157F:F550:E861:6F3F:70D1:D794 ( talk) 16:56, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
The placement was unintentional, but the content is a radio broadcasting industry reality. As in the article newspapers used the phrase to sell space. Radio countered the affirmation by agreeing with some of the contrary affirmations ... Chinese and otherwise as cited in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:3D08:157F:F550:E861:6F3F:70D1:D794 ( talk) 17:18, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
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Hello, I am trying to write a biography about myself. I was testing the page to see if my content will be acceptable. Any relevant sources need to support my work was to be added as i proceed with my work. i kindly therefore ask you to help approve my work so i can add more relevant sources as i progress with my work. if at the end of my biography no relevant information will have been published, then it will be well with me if the work is deleted. unit then, kindly support my work and let it be published. it will be of much value to me when people can research about me and find my work listed in the Wikipedia. i am a significant member of my society and an upcoming public figure. it is my wish to have my work published so that more people can get to know about me. kindly help. thank you in advance — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mashizaq ( talk • contribs) 15:56, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
Can you please explain what this edit is all about, as in why are you restoring another editors archiving, why did you leave personal information in the edit summary and so on. Thank you. - FlightTime Phone ( open channel) 13:59, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
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How did u catch me? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.61.216.207 ( talk) 23:07, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
Why were u on the concrete page anyway?
WHY — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.61.216.207 ( talk) 23:09, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
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16:27, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
Dear ToBeFree,
Can you please help me to understand what is incorrect in terms of my first article on Wikipedia.org? I left massages for you on my talk page. Can you please check them? KetijaM ( talk) 08:33, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
if the wiki page of the show isnt a good source than what is? - Master2121
As a matter of interest, what do you think was unnecessary or inappropriate about the links I added to the article on Zed Shaw? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vk2sky ( talk • contribs) 01:40, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for finding my error in reverting a bad edit to a different bad edit in this article. It happens occasionally though I try to be alert to it. I suppose it can be apparent even when using Huggle that there is a previous bad edit - or at least a clue as to one - but I missed it here. I thought I would leave a special thanks for your alertness. For whatever reason, that problem remained in the article for about six weeks. I am a bit embarrassed about making a mistake that was left in place for that long but I am glad you fixed it. Donner60 ( talk) 03:48, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
You deleted my edits on a school about the new principal and the new motto. Why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1014:b108:e389:c97f:da62:b16f:3af ( talk) 01:30, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
For the record, the above message ( Special:Diff/896518644) appears to be an admission to having made the unconstructive edit at Special:Diff/896516699. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 01:47, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
Hello,
On May 2nd, I contributed edits to the Artists Space wikipedia page and they were subsequently removed because of copyright violations. I mistakenly excluded quotations when paraphrasing the sources I cited. I do not believe that I copy/pasted any material, but it seems I was flagged for this. Further, I cited all of the sources I consulted, but I am wondering if I did this incorrectly?
Please advise me on how to fix my edits. I really want to help contribute to this page, as it is missing a lot of crucial information and is a noteworthy institution.
Thank you so much for your help!
Scilman ( talk) 15:20, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
Thank you both for your thoughtful explanations. I want to continue to edit the page, but I'm worried the content will be removed once more. Is it possible to submit a draft to you for your approval before posting? I want to make sure that there contains no copyright violations before publishing, and that I don't get blocked due to another violation.
Please let me know if this is possible.
Thank you! Scilman ( talk) 20:59, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
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Many thanks for submitting my David Stephenson page for review. As it turned out, it was reviewd (and accepted - phew!) in half an hour! /info/en/?search=David_Stephenson_(architect) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chris Warburton Brown ( talk • contribs) 14:52, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
thank you! [231] That is nice. Thank you! 78.55.22.17 ( talk) 21:29, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
To keep the message permanently meaningful when it is archived, I have replaced "cur" by "897413282" in your link above, to produce the following link: Special:Diff/897413282. The link would instead always point to the latest change. The original message can be seen at Special:Diff/897413711; feel free to undo. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 21:48, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
For the Kazakh SSR [232] I could remove the ISO code, but for Uzbek SSR not [233]. They use different templates, which is another issue. But for Uzbek I cannot find where UZ comes from. 78.55.22.17 ( talk) 22:00, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
For the record, per Special:Diff/897826618, the originally requested change has been implemented. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 02:37, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
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This is belated, but I owe a debt of gratitude to ToBeFree for extensive assistance with some difficult citation issues. Much appreciated! Astro3.142 ( talk) 18:47, 6 May 2019 (UTC) |
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Greetings ToBeFree,
You've spent so much time helping me out on Talk:Kai Staats that I wanted to stop by and address my primary motivation for accepting this editing job. You could probably extract this If you read the lengthy discussion on that page, but I'll save you some time here. I see you have a BSc in EE. Looked at EE myself but ended up in physics. Been an amateur astronomer for a long time so, like you, I have some grasp of what research the Staats article is talking about and felt qualified to take on that article.
I noticed you alluded to Staats being "(barely?) notable". I get that. When he came to me with a request to write that article I cautioned him about the notability criteria and explained that, even if we did this article, there's no guarantee some editor would object on the basis of notability and nominate the page for deletion. I also explained that I would need to disclose the fact that this was a paid article, and how that would raise certain flags prompting closer scrutiny.
He was OK with all that. So I told him to compile a list of verifiable sources I could use in the article. Some time later he sent me an extensive spreadsheet with way more than I needed or could actually use (tons of third party sources for example). But when I filtered out the sources I couldn't use, I was left with what I felt was an impressive body of work, both in science and film. And so I accepted the job.
I like your suggestion that maybe it's just best to leave some [third-party source needed] flags unchallenged. I see those flags all over Wiki, even on some very old articles. Staats may just have to accept that reality, but I'm going to give this one more shot with a response to you on his talk page. I think this time I've expressed my position more clearly regarding my use of those primary sources. I'll look forward to your (or Spintendo's) response.
Thanks again. Astro3.142 ( talk) 18:10, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi ToBeFree,
Thank you for your help in editing David Levy article to be neutral. There still seems to be a template that states, "A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject." What can be done to remove this template?
Thank you, (always learning KMH1011) Kmh1011 ( talk) 05:24, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for your response. I am not a Wikipedia expert, but a first time editor. I am however a Millet Scholar. I edited the incorrect kids section from 3 as it was to the 4 that the Millet's had and the one they lost Edwin. I am also a bit knowledgeable in the use of the English language, hence my carefully worded but hopefully clear comments about the Homosexuality claims made by the prior author. He is really one of very few who agree with his claims about Millet. But to support the comments with third party citations, which I agree are important, as well as personal scholarly expertise, I am attaching two quick items below. Possibly as a Wikipedia expert you can attach them appropriately. One is the Wikipedia citation and the other is from The History of English.
Mgsullivan ( talk) 16:47, 16 May 2019 (UTC)Michael Sullivan Mgsullivan ( talk) 16:47, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
My comment:
"It should be noted that in the 19th century language and personal relationships between people of the same gender were often expressed in language that by today's standards we would sexualize when in fact there was often no overt sexual behavior, homosexual or otherwise. Words used in communications during the 19th century and prior, were often elaborate and intimate in nature between close associates, unlike today's language which is comprised of short, often curt and simple words."
Please see: Romantic Friendship in Wikipedia as one supporting citation for my comments and the History of English under literary developments as a second citation.
A romantic friendship, passionate friendship, or affectionate friendship is a very close but typically non-sexual relationship between friends, often involving a degree of physical closeness beyond that which is common in the contemporary Western societies. It may include for example holding hands, cuddling, hugging, kissing, giving massages, and sharing a bed, or co-sleeping, without sexual intercourse or other physical sexual expression. In historical scholarship, the term may be used to describe a very close relationship between people of the same sex during a period of history when homosexuality did not exist as a social category. In this regard, the term was coined in the later 20th century in order to retrospectively describe a type of relationship which until the mid-19th century had been considered unremarkable but since the second half of the 19th century had become more rare as physical intimacy between non-sexual partners came to be regarded with anxiety.[1] Romantic friendship between women in Europe and North America became especially prevalent in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, with the simultaneous emergence of female education and a new rhetoric of sexual difference.[2]
And
https://www.thehistoryofenglish.com/history_late_modern.html
Literary Developments
A vast number of novels (of varying quality and literary value) were published in the 19th Century to satisfy the apparently insatiable appetite of Victorian Britain for romantic stories, ranging from the sublimity of Jane Austen’s works to the florid excesses and hackneyed phrasing typified by Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s famous opening lines “It was a dark and stormy night...” Due to the strictures of prudish Victorian society, an inventive list of euphemisms were popularized for body parts and other unmentionable concepts, a prudery perhaps epitomized by Thomas Bowdler’s “bowdlerization” of the works of Shakespeare in which offending words like strumpet, whore, devil, etc, were removed or toned down.
The early 19th century language of Jane Austen appears to all intents and purposes to be quite modern in vocabulary, grammar and style, but it hides some subtle distinctions in meaning which have since been lost (e.g. compliment usually meant merely polite or conventional praise; inmate connoted an inhabitant of any sort rather than a prisoner; genius was a general word for intelligence, and did not suggest exceptional prowess; regard encompassed a feeling of genuine affection; irritation did not carry its modern negative connotation, merely excitement; grateful could also mean gratifying; to lounge meant to stroll rather than to sit or slouch; to essay mean to attempt something; etc). To Austen, and other writers of her generation, correct grammar and style (i.e. "correct" according to the dictates of Robert Lowth's "Grammar") were important social markers, and the use of non-standard vocabulary or grammar would have been seen as a mark of vulgarity to be avoided at all costs.
New ideas, new concepts and new words were introduced in the early science fiction and speculative fiction novels of Mary Shelley, Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. Lewis Carroll began to experiment with invented words (particularly blended or "portmanteau" words) in poems like “Jabberwocky” (1872). Chortle and galumph are two words from the poem that made the jump to everyday English, but the work is jam-packed with nonsense words as may be seen from its first few lines: “Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: / All mimsy were the borogoves, / And the mome raths outgrabe”).
So to characterize Frank Millet in homosexual or bisexual terms maybe overstating the relationships since it is clearly documented that Millet had a long lasting and happy marriage with his wife Elizabeth ("Lily").
To Be Free you seem to be quite controlling for a "volunteer" and this system seems to be substantially complicated for corrections. As a Francis Davis Millet Scholar I made three corrections sometime ago and you asked for citations and then seem to have ignored them with you last comment being "these 'Look' like opinions." I also provided substantial content and context to my edits, and your comment was that as a volunteer it was too much for you to handle. Well I don't believe as a volunteer you have both the right or even the responsibility on an open source encyclopedia to block content from being posted because you don't want to deal with too much content or don't like the citations provided, let the users make the corrections if any are needed. So for example, on the simple edit of the fact that Wikipedia has it Wrong as to the number of Millet's children. There were 4 not 3 as it still shows. I provided both the genealogy and the citation to that genealogy and you continue to block its from being published as the correction I submitted. As to the more controversial correction of the sexual mores of the 19th century being interpreted by the current mores of the 21st century. I provided substantial content and context and the simple citations to two easily available sources. ONE being the currently posted Wikipedia on Romantic Friendship and the other to the History of the English Language. Whatever you think about it ....you don't have the responsibility or the right to block my posts from being uploaded to the Millet Wikipedia page. Let it post. Michael S. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mgsullivan ( talk • contribs) 21:31, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
https://www.geni.com/people/Francis-Millet/320389428450004739
Thanks for your response, as to the kids, I've added the geni.com citation shown above from their genealogy website again where I think it properly goes.
I know this is a cop out on my part, but I really am not in a position to try and take all the time it will take me to become proficient with Wikipedia editing. As I look at the system it just is too complicated for the time it will take and any further editing on my part, but I appreciate the necessity to keep content correct. I've never made an edit previously and probably never will again, since this is really the only area in which I have info to contribute. So if I've made the citation edit wrong again, I'm sorry but it is above, and possibly you or someone else can make it. If you look at Ancestry.com they have the same info as geni.com on live births, they do speculate on a 5th pregnancy which did not come to live birth. But none of the Millet scholars have any data on a 5th, in family records or other records but Edwin's birth and death at 4 months are certain and geni.com has it right. Thanks.
As to the several other language edits I made, most of them were just grammatical or for clarity and I think with general reading they will make the section better. So they can be used or not.
As to the sexual mores question. I'll just leave it too, since I understand the circular content challenges by citing Wikipedia on Romantic Friendship, someone else may provide good citations or possibly a forum, if there is one, could comment on the Romantic Friendship issues and the different views between now and the 19th century. Let me finish with the thought that the current content is disparaging to Frank Millet and decedents since the gentleman who posted the current content and his conclusions from his work as cited are also really just "personal opinions" as well. The homosexual relationship comments have no real foundation in documented fact from Millet papers and are really the author's personally "reading into history" his own opinions, even though he may cite his own writing, to the satisfaction of the Wikipedia citation standards. So I would suggest a compromise. JUST remove that paragraph from the Millet page, it really is just opinion as it currently stands and really adds nothing of merit to the history of the artist and his significant public contributions. It ought to be dropped.
Thank you for your time. I won't be able to do more for now. Hope this is enough.
To Be Free: I do have to chuckle about Wikipedia finding the worlds largest Geneaology resource to be "unreliable" and I know I said I was going to bow out....but the Edwin Millet's death not being recognized is troubling to me so, I hope the two new citations will satisfy the quirky rules of Wikipedia. Hopefully the Central Cemetery in East Bridgewater will do well enough...and Ms. Schafer's book, Soldier of Fortune will be considered acceptable as well. She was a decedent of Frank Millet.
Michael S.
Soon Millet’s family life was marred by an unexpected personal tragedy when Lily, Kate and the new baby contracted diphtheria.87 Lily and Kate recovered, but four-month old Edwin died on November 15.88 The loss of his infant son may have convinced Millet that it was time for a change in his life.
87 Booth and Millet, Chapter 6, p. 5, JAPM/AAA Reel 1100 note that Mrs. Millet, Kate and young Edwin contracted diphtheria. See also Sharpey-Schafer, Soldier of Fortune. p. 60; and Francis Davis
88 Birth and death dates for Edwin Austin Millet have been provided by the Central Cemetery in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, where the Millet family burial plot is located.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Mgsullivan ( talk • contribs) 23:53, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
They are the footnote citations from Gina D'Angelo's Thesis, as listed below, but are not relevant in this case other than they provide context to the citations to the birth and death of Edwin Millet at 4 months old, which are relevant to the issue at hand, that being if there were 3 or 4 children. There were 4 and Edwin died at 4 and is buried in Mass. But I wasn't sure if the cemetery note was enough since the two leading genealogy websites in the world were considered unreliable. So I also provided the Soldier of Fortune citation. But here is the full citation for Gina's Dissertation if you want that as well. Sincerely, Michael S.
FRANCIS DAVIS MILLET - THE EARLY YEARS OF “ A COSMOPOLITAN YANKEE,” 1846-1884 Unpublished Dissertation at the City University of New York, 2004 by Gina M. D ’Angelo Volume I, pg. 226
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Mgsullivan ( talk • contribs) 11:00, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
Sir: I have read the thesis, more than 500 pages of it and so can anyone if they want to go to ProQuest which is the Academic source for most Dissertations published in the US and most of the world. Generally, no PhD Thesis is "published" in the terms you are thinking. But they are publicly available at most major libraries around the world through ProQuest. Just type in the Title and author and you will find it. And anyone can buy a copy of Soldier of Fortune, on Amazon etc. and they can read that too. I also provided the Cemetery information and anyone who is interested can find the info on the family through any one of a number of cemetery web search sites. Or they can call the Cemetery in Mass. which is why I provided the info necessary. Also, I have tried to keep my own Millet scholarship out of the discussion since it seems that personal research and knowledge is also suspect in the Wikipedia sources.
So yes, this has been a very bad experience. In the future as both a professional communications/PR executive, for decades, and a Frank Millet Scholar, I will unfortunately have to carefully consider what seems to be a very suspect system and irrationally approved sources for the Wikipedia topics I read going forward.
The simple bottom line for this experience is that I now understand better how false information can so easily appear in Wikipedia and how hard it is to correct it once it is published. Sadly, Edwin Austin Millet will not be recognized as having lived or died in the "ever living internet." I can only imagine the immensity of poor or completely incorrect information that will live on forever in the internet encyclopedia that is Wikipedia.
It shows that not all things benefit from open-source wide area collaboration, as opposed to carefully researched and edited material gathered by trained and skilled individuals and teams that have often spent a lifetime, certainly a career, on finding and preserving the facts in a subject area.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Mgsullivan ( talk • contribs) 18:00, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
Completed dissertations or theses written as part of the requirements for a doctorate, and which are publicly available (most via interlibrary loan or from Proquest), can be used but care should be exercised, as they are often, in part, primary sources. Some of them will have gone through a process of academic peer reviewing, of varying levels of rigor, but some will not. If possible, use theses that have been cited in the literature; supervised by recognized specialists in the field; or reviewed by third parties. Dissertations in progress have not been vetted and are not regarded as published and are thus not reliable sources as a rule. Some theses are later published in the form of scholarly monographs or peer reviewed articles, and, if available, these are usually preferable to the original thesis as sources. Masters dissertations and theses are considered reliable only if they can be shown to have had significant scholarly influence.
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Thank you. The edit works. Michael — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mgsullivan ( talk • contribs) 00:06, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
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15:33, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi ToBeFree, thank you for your feedback on my first wikipedia page about EQS Group. I worked on the draft based on your recommendations. Would you mind checking the page again? Draft:EQS Group
Thank you Alexander
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Hi, thanks for all the work you do. I just edited Annabelle Chvostek's page and you just flagged it for copyright infringement. I work with Annabelle and wrote the bio myself. I'm just updating her very outdated page. How can I prove this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tplanter ( talk • contribs) 01:57, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
Ok, thanks for clarifying. Makes sense what you say about the promotional language and conflict of interest. I'm new to this and hadn't even thought about it. I'm not getting paid, but I am helping Annabelle out with admin stuff. Should I declare that on my page? I'll work on some updates and run them by you first. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tplanter ( talk • contribs) 02:35, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi again, I tried to revert the page to what it was before my edits and it does not appear. Also, there's the copyright notice at the top of the page now too! Can the old version be restored? Can I not remove inaccurate info and add new, updated info to the existing text (new albums, new website,etc)? Am I banned from updating because I'm a family member? She is not a hugely popular musician and the page hadn't been updated in years.... Please help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tplanter ( talk • contribs) 16:29, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
Understood. Thank you. I sent the message yesterday via email to donate the text and have not heard back but, from what I understand, you're requesting me to make the text copyleft on the webpage itself, right? Thanks for your patience. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tplanter ( talk • contribs) 18:01, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
Thanks, I just added the CC license to the page. From what I understand, I can't use it anyways, right? I'm just adding it tor prove I didn't steal it. Is that correct? Tplanter ( talk) 18:53, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
Thank you again, ToBeFree. I see you've approved the copyright infringement removal and the new text I edited. How long does it take to go live? Why do I still see the old text and the copyright violation notice? Thank you! Tplanter ( talk) 20:39, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
Thank you, ToBeFree. I do not understand how my new text on Talk:Annabelle Chvostek is not neutral. It simply states facts (albums, awards, and collaborations) and has sources. I can wait for someone else to look at it, but I don't understand how her wikipedia page can say she was a child musical prodigy (which Annabelle herself says is false and somewhat embarrassing), but it is questionably neutral to say how many albums she's released, who she's worked with, and which awards she's won. May I ask what does not come across as neutral? Thank you for your help and your time. Tplanter ( talk) 20:54, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
You're right. I just visited the page again and the prodigy bit was (thankfully) gone. Thanks for helping me understand all this so patiently, and for all the work you do on the site. Tplanter ( talk) 21:07, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
Thanks, I'll keep it in mind :) Tplanter ( talk) 14:33, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
can you add a link to the article? https://www.redemptionwhiskey.com/about.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.220.10.13 ( talk) 00:17, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
Take a slice! Kick back and relax... you've been a huge help! I've seen your hard work in IRC and I'm glad I had you under my wing to help guide you through AFC. Hope you enjoy your weekend projects. :) Snowycats ( talk) 00:53, 2 June 2019 (UTC) |
Dear sir /mam I have added a reliable.information on multan sultan page and you kept on deleting.I am myself from multan and this is a reliable information.its sad to notice that you lack trust!You can search at facebook:Tiger and champs pakistan. It is a notable sports community of multan , really sad to see your attitude — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tiger&Champs ( talk • contribs) 22:01, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
Hi. Thank you for reinstating the AFD message on Allie Teilz's page. I'm curious as to why the other things that the vandal removed (the 'birth year based on age as of date' template and her birth year in the lead) were not re-added. You called it "challenged information" but I thought that, since it was removed during vandalism, it could be reincluded? I wanted to check because I don't want to put it back if I'm not supposed to. Thanks. Abbyjjjj96 ( talk) 17:25, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
Hello,
I am an employee of TMP Worldwide and I've been attempting to update outdated and inaccurate company information on behalf of TMP Worldwide, but my edits are being removed. If you look at what I'm trying to edit, I'm just making updates to basic company information. How can I go about making these necessary updates to the page?
Thank you,
Rmjpatt4 ( talk) 17:32, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
Hi,
Thank you for your reply to my previous message. I will post my suggested edits to the talk page going forward: /info/en/?search=Talk:TMP_Worldwide_Advertising_and_Communications. When I submit edits to this page, does someone from wikipedia review them? How long does the approval process take? Can you explain a little bit about what the process entails?
Thanks for all your help,
Rmjpatt4 ( talk) 18:44, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
Hello,
I am obviously new to this, so thank you for explaining the process. I have added a paid disclosure to my profile: /info/en/?search=User:Rmjpatt4. Is there anything else I need to add to my profile to make suggested edits to this page: /info/en/?search=Talk:TMP_Worldwide_Advertising_and_Communications?
Thanks again,
Rmjpatt4 ( talk) 17:52, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
No Edits has been done by me, — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.87.142.185 ( talk) 12:47, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
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17:06, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
Hello,
my first submission was rejected. Can you help me what need to be changed pls?
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20:37, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
Hi, is there a problem with me editing the page about Arne Norell? :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Furnituresweden ( talk • contribs) 15:31, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
No I'm not being paid, but Arne Norell was my grandfather and it makes me sad seeing his legacy being so poorly depicted with such a poor biography and bad photos. Why did you remove my work? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Furnituresweden ( talk • contribs) 15:41, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
No I'm not being paid, but Arne Norell was my grandfather and it makes me sad seeing his legacy being so poorly depicted with such a poor biography and bad photos. The only thing I want is for a proper biography to be written (I have the best resource - his daughter Marie, who is my mother). Please let me know what I need to change in the edit I did for it to stay there. Was something wrong with the photos? I only want to carry on my grandfather's legacy and the designs and the company he established.
Hello? Can you please help me? :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blue46789 ( talk • contribs) 16:06, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
Thank you! :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blue46789 ( talk • contribs) 16:09, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
There isn't even a photo of my grandfather Arne Norell in the current wikipedia page. If you need a resource for the photo I can resource our family photo-album or the company website? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blue46789 ( talk • contribs) 16:12, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
Thank you for your answer, but to be honest I find all of this somewhat ridiculous.
I agree that perhaps my text was too flattering having mentioned words such as "success", but then how do you measure success? Can a Wikipedia article claim Mozart was a success when he died penniless? I would say Mozart was a success and some would agree and some would not. Do you mean only the author of a book knows what success is and the rest of us have no clue? My grandfather built his own business from nothing. I would call that being somewhat successful and I don't think that's just my opinion.
You're also saying that my mother is not the best resource. You're claiming a better resource would be a book or an article? But where do you think this so-called "more reliable resource" received it's information about Arne Norell from? My mother and the people who knew him of course. My grandfather is for example mentioned in the Swedish National Encyclopedia. I can email you a photo of the encyclopedia and the article since I'm holding it my hand as I'm typing. They made an interview with my mother to write that article, and you're saying the article is more reliable than my mother who lived close to Arne Norell for all her young life? Went on trips together with him, talked with him and knew exactly what inspired him?
I'm also holding his award in my own hands and would love to send you a photo. Could we please continue this nonsense via email instead of out in the open?
I'm happy to remove everything I've written about his "success" and so on. I know you think you are making everyone a favor, but you have made me very sad today. I'm only a grandchild wanting to carry on my grandfather's legacy in the best way. And I don't see why you people seem to enjoy making that work more difficult? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blue46789 ( talk • contribs) 22:49, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
I would also like to add one more thing,
You're saying that Wikipedia needs the information to be verifiable and that there are no citations in my removed text? But how can I (or anyone for that matter) quote something that has not yet been written? But to start writing a correct biography of a person when no books/articles are written, don't you start with the people who knew him the best? When there are no books or articles to turn to? Isn't that how all biographies start? Unfortunately, not so much has been written about my grandfather, but that is what I'm trying to change. None of the information I wrote is incorrect or false. But some of it I can only verify from my mother and grandmother or from articles based on interviews with my mother/grandmother.
Also, you're saying that a Wikipedia article about a person cannot be written by a family member? I also find this ridiculous because the text that has been on Wikipedia about Arne Norell for many, many years was written by my brother. And the source he is citing is the information they received from my mother. If it hasn't been a problem for so many years, why is it a problem now? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blue46789 ( talk • contribs) 23:14, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
Thank you for taking the time to help me, which I think you should since you're the one who initiated this process.
You're right in some parts. Arguing about this isn't going to lead anywhere, and Wikipedia should have rules and principles. But I tend to respect rules that fulfill their intended purpose. Perhaps, in this case, the principles are not wrong but how you decided to implement them was not to "humanities best benefit." Right now the end result of you following these principles is a wikipedia-page about my grandfather with not even a picture of him, less information about his life and photos of his design taken by an unverifiable third-party. How can you be sure the photos in the current article actually depict my grandfather's true design? There are many fake copies out there and as a family member, I'm really good at pointing out the fake ones. But according to the principles of Wikipedia I should not be involved. Rather an anonymous person with an iPhone-camera is better to judge. Yes, I find this ridiculous.
I will upload the photos again because I can guarantee you they are his true design, and the photo of my grandfather is also correct. I hope referencing the company website for the photos will be enough. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blue46789 ( talk • contribs) 06:45, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
Hi again,
Several of the photos I uploaded have been requested for deletion. The photo of Arne Norell that I uploaded, for example, is the original photo I scanned into my computer. I have full permission from my family to use this photo however I wish. What can I do to avoid it being deleted? How can I reference this photo since it's not in any book/article?
Thank you for your help :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blue46789 ( talk • contribs) 07:59, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
I've done some more editing. Before you remove all my work this time I would appreciate it if you could first try and tell me about any possible issues you might find in the text. And maybe we can work them out together. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blue46789 ( talk • contribs) 10:30, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
Hi,
Thank you for your reply.
Which information is unreferenced? Did you see the new resources I added including the Swedish National Encyclopedia? In there it is stated that Arne Norell was inspired by Danish design and that ‘sirocco’ is an example of it. As I see it all the information I’ve written is clearly sourced from the sources I’ve provided and the photos are taken by me personally of furniture designed by Arne Norell. The photo of Arne Norell is an original photo owned by me and my mother passed down from my grandmother. I don’t see what is the issue?
Kind regards, Philip — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blue46789 ( talk • contribs) 11:24, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
Thank you, that makes me so happy. I'm also sorry if I overreacted. Have a great day! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blue46789 ( talk • contribs) 13:21, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
Hello, thank you for helping me on my talk page regarding the actions of @ CLCStudent:. I've asked User:CLCStudent for an explanation of their actions on three occasions now, the third being directly on their own talk page now that it has been unprotected - yet they have edited over 30 times since my message and hence have ignored me again. How do I go about escalating this issue? Surely it is bad practice for this user to continuously ignore me - I'd really appreciate an explanation as I'm new to all of this! Thanks 31.205.11.76 ( talk) 17:43, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
"for discussion of urgent incidents and chronic, intractable behavioral problems."[1] The ANI header also contains advice about dealing with incivility, linking to Wikipedia:Civility#Dealing_with_incivility and Wikipedia:Dispute resolution.
No, it wasn't a test, and I wasn't messing. It should say 'section' because the signal was at the summit of the incline, to the north of the station. Raising the calling-on arm allowed the bankers (only) to follow a train down the bank 'on visual' before it had reached Bromsgrove. Best Regards. Chris 79.75.225.64 ( talk) 22:49, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
Sadly, I am having terrible difficulties in finding 'a reliable source'.
Just what is that?
Wikipedia is too difficult for me to understand so I feel I must abandon my efforts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andyboy390 ( talk • contribs) 08:23, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for the help. It seemed like a good idea to add his social accounts that he seems to manage. I'll look over the guidelines so I can minimize mistakes.
Thanks IdigiMan — Preceding unsigned comment added by IndigenousMan ( talk • contribs) 19:33, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
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This is for your valuable efforts for countering Vandalism and protecting Wikipedia from it's threats. I appreciate your effort. You are a defender of Wikipedia. Thank you. PATH SLOPU 16:28, 12 June 2019 (UTC) |
Please administrators should do something about saving DJ Kelblizz article from getting deleted It's so unfair that a newly approved article be considered for deletion.please everyone should help save these article — Preceding unsigned comment added by KelblizzRecords ( talk • contribs) 01:14, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
Hi ToBeFree,
Thanks so much for the message you sent me. I am new to editing on Wikipedia, so it was really helpful to have your guidance and suggestions. Although I am working for Lori Gruen, the edits I want to make are factual, not opinion based. In addition to the edits I made today, there is a significant amount of information that I plan to add to Lori Gruen's page (all of which I have citations for) which is all factual merely to improve the current lack of information on her current page. However, I understand how, by working for her, even if my edits are factual and not opinion based, I could still have a conflict of interest.
As I mentioned, there are further edits that I want to make for Lori Gruen. If you would be willing, I'd really appreciate you proof reading for me. What is the best way for me to send you a draft of my proposed work?
You also mentioned that my work is likely to get deleted because of my conflict of interest. I have checked the page and as of now (over two hours since publication) the edits I made are still up. How can I find out if my edits will be deleted? Also is there anything I can do retroactively to make them more credible so they will not be removed?
Lastly, in your message you mentioned Wikipedia's policies on edits made for reimbursement. Lori Gruen will be paying me for these edits, so I want to make sure I am in full compliance with these policies. I understand that I have to disclose this information. How am I supposed to disclose this in order to be in compliance with the policy?
Thanks so much for all your help. I really appreciate it.
IndiaFDixon — Preceding unsigned comment added by Indiafdixon ( talk • contribs) 01:22, 15 June 2019 (UTC)