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Hey there, I undid your undoing of my edit to Trespass in English Law. I came across that page when casually going through it. I am studying English law from the University of London International Academy, and I made the edit in line with what I have and am studying in English Criminal Law and English Tort Law, respectively. I found the earlier version to be factually incorrect. If you think my edit is factually incorrect, feel free to tell me that. I do not wish to engage in an edit war, I never have; I did that with the best of intentions and beliefs. Kind regards Ahmer Jamil Khan Who? Chat? 10:53, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
Under English criminal and tort law, an assault simply means to act in such a way that the claimant or victim believes they are about to be attacked
Thoughts? Ironholds ( talk) 19:38, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
An RfC has been opened at RfC to physically restrict access to the Helper Script. You are invited to comment. -- Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 17:02, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi! Can you please see in which guideline does it mention that sources are not required to be online? I need to show it to one contributor that insists on replacing a dead link rather then removing it, and I failed to find archived copy of it. Many thanks.-- Mishae ( talk) 16:59, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
indeed, that's a major edit. And frankly, Mishae, the repeated problems around very basic issues suggest that, "don't template the regulars" would not be appropriate here. Perfection is not expected, but basic logical reasoning should answer most of the disputes you keep running into. Ironholds ( talk) 22:38, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
I reversed the revision you made to my edit about linking the movie to the actual movie article. even though im new to this, i believe there is value in linking references to works to the actual works article page. I am curious as to why you would remove the link
Thanks for the explanation... Im pretty new to this and im interested in actually starting some pages myself and creating my user page. Is there a way you can guide me a creating a page for a Canadian Hip hop group? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cordesir ( talk • contribs) 17:09, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
Dear Ironholds
I am writing to you because it was you who warned me on my talk page that the page Chamambra edited by me would be subject to speedy deletion, which in fact did happen.
I am asking for help on restoring the page first, and then I would like to re-write it so that it meets the requirements.
Thank you for your help in advance.
Yours Dajes13 ( talk) 08:35, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
The newspaper was specifically selected by the State Library of New South Wales and the National Library of Australia for digitisation on the basis of its notability, as part of a national project among state libraries and the National Library to conserve important newspapers for posterity. There were many, many short-lived regional newspapers in Australian history; very few of them have been singled out as part of the project, but this one was. To me, being singled out by specialists in the area for its significance renders it notable.
There is a secondary issue here, in that the service it is digitised through (Trove), which is an incredibly heavily used service, relies upon Wikipedia to provide the generalised histories of each newspaper, and directly uses our content on their site. There is an active project to improve coverage of these specific historic newspapers for that reason. The Drover's Wife ( talk) 13:09, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
Hello Ironholds. I can see where you came from when reversing my original, rather terse, amendment to the paragraph re Spilsury's objectivity. In fact, doubts about Spilsbury's objectivity emerged in the later 1920s and there are published criticisms from near-contemporary pathologists, sources which I'll identify, plus more recent observations in print. With this in mind, I'll redraft this edit. At present, the paragraph only refers to one source, which gives a misleading impression of the weight of critical comment. Juliasimpkinson ( talk) 11:51, 22 February 2015 (UTC)Juliasimpkinson
I've read SELFCITE and of course I'm aware of the importance of an author not unreasonably selfpromoting his/her work. The problem (if there is one) is that this a limited field - there are only three full-length biographies of Spilsbury in existence, by Browne & Tullett (a hagiography of 1950), Colin Evans (broadly favourable) and my title, which is a highly critical review of Spilsbuty's career as prosecution witness in capital cases. As indicated in my last note, that paragraph needs re-editing (it's not factually accurate, with reference to recent re-appraisal, given that criticism of Spilsbury is of long standing and from various sources). Anyway, you know who I am - one problem with SELFCITE must be the temptation for unscrupulous authors to promote via a third party. How do you stop that happening?10:38, 23 February 2015 (UTC)Juliasimpkinson — Preceding unsigned comment added by Juliasimpkinson ( talk • contribs)
Thanks for letting me know about copy editing, totally forgot to reorganize it. I think its safe to remove the tag now?-- Mishae ( talk) 18:45, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi Ironholds. I know that drive-by tagging is discouraged in new page patrolling, but I was curious what an experienced new page patroller like yourself generally does when faced with new pages with significant issues. Is it enough to tag the page and post on the user's talk page with more details about the problems, or is the patroller expected to address the issues they encounter (when possible)? For example, if I'm experienced with copy-editing and encounter a page that would be fairly acceptable with some copy-editing, am I contributing more by tagging the page and informing the user of the issue then moving onto reviewing more pages, or by addressing the problem myself (and obviously reviewing fewer pages on average as a result)? I guess I'm just really curious how efficient tagging is at encouraging users to improve their own pages, versus how effective new page patrolling is at convincing other users to just tackle problems themselves and collaboratively improve the page. Thanks! Fisheriesmgmt ( talk) 16:23, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
Can you be kind to see if I fixed copyvio in this article? Thanks.-- Mishae ( talk) 19:16, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
Hello. I was told you might be involved in making the database dumps available at
[1]. When I downloaded svwiki-20150224-pages-meta-current.xml.bz2
and extracted with 7-Zip as I usually do, it said "Data error in 'svwiki-20150224-pages-meta-current.xml'. File is broken.".
Nirmos (
talk) 00:51, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi user:Ironholds, I have one question. Some was so rude to me. he made a user name very similar to my username with different word that was so rude. I request to change my username. Now, when i search my old username, is shown user:Samaneh-davoudi is changed to user:viator313. I want to remove my old user name (samaneh-davoudi). I don't want that anyone knows the user samaneh-davoudi is redirected to viator313. Is it possible to removing samaneh-davoudi and moved edits to my new user name viator313? I don't want to know any one that samaneh-davoudi change to viator313. I'm afraid someone was rude to me and caused me to change my user name, find me again and misbehave me. please guide me. What should i do? Thanks! Viator313 ( talk) 12:25, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
First, I don't fault Coffee for the block; he was merely the messenger of an inevitable AE close. But this?? "I can count on one hand the number of administrators actually willing to block Eric". That's the biggest load of sheep-dip I've seen uttered on wiki in ages. You can lawyer your way out of it, no doubt. Just don't expect me to buy what you're shoveling. You used to be an administrator - I expected better from you. As far as my reply to Floq - it's called ' seeing the forest for the trees'. I'm not interested in a prolonged debate here, but you now know where I stand on the matter. Feel free to do with it what you will, including deleting my post here. — Ched : ? 20:49, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (March 2015)
Does this means that we need to enter few text from the quoted References to support particular line in article? ( Karantsingh ( talk) 05:11, 4 March 2015 (UTC))
Thank you a lot for the review. -- Lagoset ( talk) 07:02, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
I've just seen this posted, supposedly a quote from you on IRC:
12:59 am <Ironholds> if Eric and Giano didn't have gender discussions to compare to the Gestapo or offend or inflame, they'd find something else, because they are essentially self-centred trolls.
12:59 am <Ironholds> it's not about gender, to them. It's about why is nobody nice to them?
For very personal reasons, I don't often make Nazi analogies, so could you give me a diff for the instance you are referring regarding the gender discussions. I won't comment on your other insults towards me (you're entitled to your opinion) but a diff for the Gestapo would be helpful, as I would be loathe to repeat it - even unintentionally. Thanks Giano (talk) 21:20, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
Yes, when something concerns you we will hear from you; we are aware of that. I, at least, am frankly tired of it, because you always seem to consider volume an adequate replacement for having something substantive to say. I hear a lot from you, in this conversation and everywhere else you loudly - what's the word? Ah yes, "pontificate", thank you - about how important the mainspace it is. About how necessary it is for you and Eric and everyone in your class of user to contribute there, and how much people are harming the wiki by insisting on distracting you by taking issue with things like you making Nazi analogies or deliberately goading and trolling contributors or calling them all sorts of offensive names.
If you really believe that, stop doing it. Stop giving people the ammunition. Spend your energies in the mainspace. Spend your energies not trying to tweak noses just to see if you can get away with it. Consider, even if you think you're perfectly in the right and everyone you hang around with is perfectly in the right, the impact of the methods you pick. Because until then, you don't look like a productive Wikipedian, or a valuable contributor to keep around - you look like a troll with an abnormally large vocabulary. And until you do any of those things, get the hell off my talkpage. I'm done entertaining you, which seems to be all you really think other people exist for. Ironholds ( talk) 09:20, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
Had an edit conflict - I was just adding the citation. I will be working on this article today. Lightbreather ( talk) 19:57, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi Ironholds, could you please look at starting a page for Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. TIA 66.185.221.210 ( talk) 04:58, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Template:Did you know nominations/Imna Arroyo at the Did You Know nominations page is not complete; see step 3 of the nomination procedure. If you do not want to continue with the nomination, tag the nomination page with {{ db-g7}}, or ask a DYK admin. Thank you. DYKHousekeepingBot ( talk) 07:00, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
Thanks Ironholds, yes I would like some help to reach the wiki standards for the article, your advise would be very helpful thanks. let me know what I need to do please.
Joan Bozoky — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joan Bozoky ( talk • contribs) 08:41, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
Thanks, unfortunately on the original paper version of the article regarding Arancina the name is on the article header of the photo were is Chris Vinante. The online version has just Chris Vinante Photo on it mentioning him just as a singer. Don't know what to do about it. For the rest i will add more sources and links specially about the Political career. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joan Bozoky ( talk • contribs) 22:42, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
Back when this was the worst thing wrong with RfA. Res Mar 01:58, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
Thanks very much Ndstead ( talk) 17:59, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
March 28 - Pollard Memorial Library and UMass Lowell Library Edit-a-Thon #4 (final one) - You're invited | |
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Yours, -- LibraryGurl ( talk) 18:04, 18 March 2015 (UTC) |
On 20 March 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Imna Arroyo, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the art of Imna Arroyo is based on the theme of "women's energy"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Imna Arroyo. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 00:02, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
HI user:Ironholds. I've been working on this article to expand the content and make it less promotional. I think you had placed an alert on it because the content came across as overly promotional. I wondered if you would mind having a look now and seeing if you think it reads better. If there are aspects where you feel it still needs to be changed please do let me know. Thanks in advance Fbell74 ( talk) 04:02, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Template:Did you know nominations/Terry Acebo Davis at the Did You Know nominations page is not complete; see step 3 of the nomination procedure. If you do not want to continue with the nomination, tag the nomination page with {{ db-g7}}, or ask a DYK admin. Thank you. DYKHousekeepingBot ( talk) 10:36, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
I don't wanna brag about my awards but for some unknown to me reason at least a half of them just disappeared from my top row of my userpage. I checked for vandalism, but didn't find any missing yet the top row is half full. Can you see what went wrong? Thanks.-- Mishae ( talk) 18:35, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
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Thanks. Mike Peel ( talk) 21:05, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
It must be hard.
Begoon
talk 23:48, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
My real name isn't a secret. Never has been. It's Jim Dunn. A blind man could find that with no effort. What's your point? I think you've behaved atrociously. You're welcome to think the same of me. We can compare, if you like. Begoon talk 23:53, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
Ok. I genuinely tried. Done now. Have a nice day. Begoon talk 00:15, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
Hi Ironholds. I have question about validity of the picture: In People's Name.jpg. I think some rules of wikimedia for Uploading this picture have not been met. How can I make sure? Please help me? Best regards! ن.عامری ( talk) 06:56, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
Hi again. Thanks for your response! This image is a caricature. and the source of the picture is a facebook page of the caricaturist and publishing the picture is not free. In fact it is the offense about one Yemeni groups. This picture was uploaded by
fair use under united state law. Is this law applicable to this case (caricature)? --
ن.عامری (
talk) 05:39, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Template:Did you know nominations/Prozess gegen die Juden von Trient at the Did You Know nominations page is not complete; see step 3 of the nomination procedure. If you do not want to continue with the nomination, tag the nomination page with {{ db-g7}}, or ask a DYK admin. Thank you. DYKHousekeepingBot ( talk) 07:06, 19 April 2015 (UTC)
I'd just like you to know that I am unblocked, and that I am making useful contributions to Wikipedia. If you'd like to see my contributions, go right ahead. G'day mate. Nick2crosby ( talk) 14:52, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
Can you point me to death threats, please? -- Anthonyhcole ( talk · contribs · email) 23:03, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
Swarm we ♥ our hive 16:45, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
Did you know ... that a church's 1510
spiral of justice declares: "Justice suffered in great need. Truth is slain dead. Faith has lost the battle"?
-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:49, 24 April 2015 (UTC)
On 3 May 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Terry Acebo Davis, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Terry Acebo Davis, an artist and full-time nurse, is a lecturer on the Filipino identity? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Terry Acebo Davis. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Harrias talk 19:05, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
We are preparing to take a closer look at Featured articles promoted in 2004–2010 that may need a review. We started with a script-compiled list of older FAs that have not had a recent formal review. The next step is to prune the list by removing articles that are still actively maintained, up-to-date, and believed to meet current standards. We know that many of you personally maintain articles that you nominated, so we'd appreciate your help in winnowing the list where appropriate.
Please take a look at the sandbox list, check over the FAs listed by your name, and indicate on the sandbox talk page your assessment of their current status. Likewise, if you have taken on the maintenance of any listed FAs that were originally nominated by a departed editor, please indicate their status. BLPs should be given especially careful consideration.
Thanks for your help! SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 01:07, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
Please respond at Wikipedia talk:Unreviewed featured articles/sandbox#Pinging next round; thanks! SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 01:07, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi, You participated in the previous Persondata RfC. I just wanted to notify you that a new RfC regarding the methodical removal of Persondata is taking place at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals). Thanks, — Msmarmalade ( talk) 08:14, 6 May 2015 (UTC)
You've been given a Texas barbecue dinner. Bon appétit, TransporterMan ( TALK) 14:51, 8 May 2015 (UTC) |
Re this. Hey, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to insult you or your work. I'm just not a believer in talking critically about someone else's work without giving them a chance to weigh in and/or to tell me that I'm missing the point (as I'm quite capable of doing). No offense intended and I apologize for the unintended jab. Best regards, TransporterMan ( TALK) 14:51, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
On 9 May 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Don Vincente, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that bibliomaniac ex-monk Don Vincente murdered a bookseller, a priest, a judge, and an alderman to get his hands on some of their books? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Don Vincente. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— Crisco 1492 ( talk) 14:40, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi Ironholds, wrt multilingual search at www.wikipedia.org, I have collected some stats, links, competitors etc at de:Benutzer:Atlasowa/multilingual_search, have a look. -- Atlasowa ( talk) 19:23, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
Hey, Ollie. How do you bureaucracy-mad Brits keep track of dead people in Britain, and in England in particular? Do you have some sort of central database like the Social Security Death Index in the States? Swimmer Irene Pirie was a four-time British Empire Games medallist for Canada, swam in the 1932 and 1936 Olympics, and married British swimmer and water polo player Frederick Milton some time during the 1930s. Her full name was Irene Catherine Pirie Milton, and she apparently died in Cheltenham, Goucestershire, sometime in December 1998. Can you point me in the right direction? Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 22:00, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
Oliver, I know that you were recently leading the charge to make changes to certain guidelines to clarify that mention of sexual orientation in the lead was permissible when it was necessary to puttthe life of the subject in context, or words to similar effect. I also know that under pre-existing guidelines discussion of race and ethnicity were also discouraged in the lead, except to the extent they were relevant to the subject notability, and that these guidelines were either the same or over-lapped. Can you provide a quick list of the guidelines that touch on these issues? My reason for asking is the Infobox sportsperson has an "ethnicity" parameter which probably ought not be there, and I wanted to review all of the relevant guidelines before I request that it be removed, so that I might quote chapter and verse if necessary. Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 01:08, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi Ironholds! There is a picture at Commons that was taken by a person. I want to crop the picture and use it, but i don't know that is allowed or not. If it is legal, which License can be used for uploading of the Cropped pictures? Best regards! Savior59 ( talk) 09:23, 14 May 2015 (UTC)
Hey do you know where you add a tag to have a userscript deleted (U1 stuff, not someone else's)? To wit: User:Protonk/IRCNick.js. I think I can create User:Protonk/IRCNick but I don't know if creating that to add a tag works. Protonk ( talk) 14:30, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
Done Keilana| Parlez ici 16:00, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
The DYK Medal | ||
Hey! You hit the big 2-0-0 recently--and rather too quietly, in my humble opinion. You've truly achieved the rank of DYK master, dude! Keep on keepin' on. Fisheriesmgmt ( talk) 23:27, 17 May 2015 (UTC) |
Would you please help me with https://quarry.wmflabs.org/query/1337 ? In particular I would like to get actual page views for a more informative sort. Also please tell me which automated measure of reading level is best. Thank you. EllenCT ( talk) 02:14, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
On 25 May 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Prozess gegen die Juden von Trient, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Lessing J. Rosenwald instructed his literary agent to spend any amount necessary to prevent Prozess gegen die Juden von Trient from falling into Nazi hands? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Prozess gegen die Juden von Trient. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Cas Liber ( talk · contribs) 18:47, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
Thank you! - It's also featured on Portal:Germany, - if you have more DYK related to Germany please feel free to place it there yourself, -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:25, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
Please do not
delete or edit legitimate talk page comments. Such edits are disruptive and appear to be
vandalism. If you would like to experiment, please use the
sandbox. Thank you. Mea culpa.
¡Boz
zio! 18:03, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
You can now link Deadname. Later today I'll make sure it's actually mentioned as a term there. Skyerise ( talk) 18:05, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 1 | ← | Archive 4 | Archive 5 | Archive 6 | Archive 7 | Archive 8 |
Hey there, I undid your undoing of my edit to Trespass in English Law. I came across that page when casually going through it. I am studying English law from the University of London International Academy, and I made the edit in line with what I have and am studying in English Criminal Law and English Tort Law, respectively. I found the earlier version to be factually incorrect. If you think my edit is factually incorrect, feel free to tell me that. I do not wish to engage in an edit war, I never have; I did that with the best of intentions and beliefs. Kind regards Ahmer Jamil Khan Who? Chat? 10:53, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
Under English criminal and tort law, an assault simply means to act in such a way that the claimant or victim believes they are about to be attacked
Thoughts? Ironholds ( talk) 19:38, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
An RfC has been opened at RfC to physically restrict access to the Helper Script. You are invited to comment. -- Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 17:02, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi! Can you please see in which guideline does it mention that sources are not required to be online? I need to show it to one contributor that insists on replacing a dead link rather then removing it, and I failed to find archived copy of it. Many thanks.-- Mishae ( talk) 16:59, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
indeed, that's a major edit. And frankly, Mishae, the repeated problems around very basic issues suggest that, "don't template the regulars" would not be appropriate here. Perfection is not expected, but basic logical reasoning should answer most of the disputes you keep running into. Ironholds ( talk) 22:38, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
I reversed the revision you made to my edit about linking the movie to the actual movie article. even though im new to this, i believe there is value in linking references to works to the actual works article page. I am curious as to why you would remove the link
Thanks for the explanation... Im pretty new to this and im interested in actually starting some pages myself and creating my user page. Is there a way you can guide me a creating a page for a Canadian Hip hop group? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cordesir ( talk • contribs) 17:09, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
Dear Ironholds
I am writing to you because it was you who warned me on my talk page that the page Chamambra edited by me would be subject to speedy deletion, which in fact did happen.
I am asking for help on restoring the page first, and then I would like to re-write it so that it meets the requirements.
Thank you for your help in advance.
Yours Dajes13 ( talk) 08:35, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
The newspaper was specifically selected by the State Library of New South Wales and the National Library of Australia for digitisation on the basis of its notability, as part of a national project among state libraries and the National Library to conserve important newspapers for posterity. There were many, many short-lived regional newspapers in Australian history; very few of them have been singled out as part of the project, but this one was. To me, being singled out by specialists in the area for its significance renders it notable.
There is a secondary issue here, in that the service it is digitised through (Trove), which is an incredibly heavily used service, relies upon Wikipedia to provide the generalised histories of each newspaper, and directly uses our content on their site. There is an active project to improve coverage of these specific historic newspapers for that reason. The Drover's Wife ( talk) 13:09, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
Hello Ironholds. I can see where you came from when reversing my original, rather terse, amendment to the paragraph re Spilsury's objectivity. In fact, doubts about Spilsbury's objectivity emerged in the later 1920s and there are published criticisms from near-contemporary pathologists, sources which I'll identify, plus more recent observations in print. With this in mind, I'll redraft this edit. At present, the paragraph only refers to one source, which gives a misleading impression of the weight of critical comment. Juliasimpkinson ( talk) 11:51, 22 February 2015 (UTC)Juliasimpkinson
I've read SELFCITE and of course I'm aware of the importance of an author not unreasonably selfpromoting his/her work. The problem (if there is one) is that this a limited field - there are only three full-length biographies of Spilsbury in existence, by Browne & Tullett (a hagiography of 1950), Colin Evans (broadly favourable) and my title, which is a highly critical review of Spilsbuty's career as prosecution witness in capital cases. As indicated in my last note, that paragraph needs re-editing (it's not factually accurate, with reference to recent re-appraisal, given that criticism of Spilsbury is of long standing and from various sources). Anyway, you know who I am - one problem with SELFCITE must be the temptation for unscrupulous authors to promote via a third party. How do you stop that happening?10:38, 23 February 2015 (UTC)Juliasimpkinson — Preceding unsigned comment added by Juliasimpkinson ( talk • contribs)
Thanks for letting me know about copy editing, totally forgot to reorganize it. I think its safe to remove the tag now?-- Mishae ( talk) 18:45, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi Ironholds. I know that drive-by tagging is discouraged in new page patrolling, but I was curious what an experienced new page patroller like yourself generally does when faced with new pages with significant issues. Is it enough to tag the page and post on the user's talk page with more details about the problems, or is the patroller expected to address the issues they encounter (when possible)? For example, if I'm experienced with copy-editing and encounter a page that would be fairly acceptable with some copy-editing, am I contributing more by tagging the page and informing the user of the issue then moving onto reviewing more pages, or by addressing the problem myself (and obviously reviewing fewer pages on average as a result)? I guess I'm just really curious how efficient tagging is at encouraging users to improve their own pages, versus how effective new page patrolling is at convincing other users to just tackle problems themselves and collaboratively improve the page. Thanks! Fisheriesmgmt ( talk) 16:23, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
Can you be kind to see if I fixed copyvio in this article? Thanks.-- Mishae ( talk) 19:16, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
Hello. I was told you might be involved in making the database dumps available at
[1]. When I downloaded svwiki-20150224-pages-meta-current.xml.bz2
and extracted with 7-Zip as I usually do, it said "Data error in 'svwiki-20150224-pages-meta-current.xml'. File is broken.".
Nirmos (
talk) 00:51, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi user:Ironholds, I have one question. Some was so rude to me. he made a user name very similar to my username with different word that was so rude. I request to change my username. Now, when i search my old username, is shown user:Samaneh-davoudi is changed to user:viator313. I want to remove my old user name (samaneh-davoudi). I don't want that anyone knows the user samaneh-davoudi is redirected to viator313. Is it possible to removing samaneh-davoudi and moved edits to my new user name viator313? I don't want to know any one that samaneh-davoudi change to viator313. I'm afraid someone was rude to me and caused me to change my user name, find me again and misbehave me. please guide me. What should i do? Thanks! Viator313 ( talk) 12:25, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
First, I don't fault Coffee for the block; he was merely the messenger of an inevitable AE close. But this?? "I can count on one hand the number of administrators actually willing to block Eric". That's the biggest load of sheep-dip I've seen uttered on wiki in ages. You can lawyer your way out of it, no doubt. Just don't expect me to buy what you're shoveling. You used to be an administrator - I expected better from you. As far as my reply to Floq - it's called ' seeing the forest for the trees'. I'm not interested in a prolonged debate here, but you now know where I stand on the matter. Feel free to do with it what you will, including deleting my post here. — Ched : ? 20:49, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (March 2015)
Does this means that we need to enter few text from the quoted References to support particular line in article? ( Karantsingh ( talk) 05:11, 4 March 2015 (UTC))
Thank you a lot for the review. -- Lagoset ( talk) 07:02, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
I've just seen this posted, supposedly a quote from you on IRC:
12:59 am <Ironholds> if Eric and Giano didn't have gender discussions to compare to the Gestapo or offend or inflame, they'd find something else, because they are essentially self-centred trolls.
12:59 am <Ironholds> it's not about gender, to them. It's about why is nobody nice to them?
For very personal reasons, I don't often make Nazi analogies, so could you give me a diff for the instance you are referring regarding the gender discussions. I won't comment on your other insults towards me (you're entitled to your opinion) but a diff for the Gestapo would be helpful, as I would be loathe to repeat it - even unintentionally. Thanks Giano (talk) 21:20, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
Yes, when something concerns you we will hear from you; we are aware of that. I, at least, am frankly tired of it, because you always seem to consider volume an adequate replacement for having something substantive to say. I hear a lot from you, in this conversation and everywhere else you loudly - what's the word? Ah yes, "pontificate", thank you - about how important the mainspace it is. About how necessary it is for you and Eric and everyone in your class of user to contribute there, and how much people are harming the wiki by insisting on distracting you by taking issue with things like you making Nazi analogies or deliberately goading and trolling contributors or calling them all sorts of offensive names.
If you really believe that, stop doing it. Stop giving people the ammunition. Spend your energies in the mainspace. Spend your energies not trying to tweak noses just to see if you can get away with it. Consider, even if you think you're perfectly in the right and everyone you hang around with is perfectly in the right, the impact of the methods you pick. Because until then, you don't look like a productive Wikipedian, or a valuable contributor to keep around - you look like a troll with an abnormally large vocabulary. And until you do any of those things, get the hell off my talkpage. I'm done entertaining you, which seems to be all you really think other people exist for. Ironholds ( talk) 09:20, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
Had an edit conflict - I was just adding the citation. I will be working on this article today. Lightbreather ( talk) 19:57, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi Ironholds, could you please look at starting a page for Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. TIA 66.185.221.210 ( talk) 04:58, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
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Thanks Ironholds, yes I would like some help to reach the wiki standards for the article, your advise would be very helpful thanks. let me know what I need to do please.
Joan Bozoky — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joan Bozoky ( talk • contribs) 08:41, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
Thanks, unfortunately on the original paper version of the article regarding Arancina the name is on the article header of the photo were is Chris Vinante. The online version has just Chris Vinante Photo on it mentioning him just as a singer. Don't know what to do about it. For the rest i will add more sources and links specially about the Political career. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joan Bozoky ( talk • contribs) 22:42, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
Back when this was the worst thing wrong with RfA. Res Mar 01:58, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
Thanks very much Ndstead ( talk) 17:59, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
March 28 - Pollard Memorial Library and UMass Lowell Library Edit-a-Thon #4 (final one) - You're invited | |
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Yours, -- LibraryGurl ( talk) 18:04, 18 March 2015 (UTC) |
On 20 March 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Imna Arroyo, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the art of Imna Arroyo is based on the theme of "women's energy"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Imna Arroyo. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 00:02, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
HI user:Ironholds. I've been working on this article to expand the content and make it less promotional. I think you had placed an alert on it because the content came across as overly promotional. I wondered if you would mind having a look now and seeing if you think it reads better. If there are aspects where you feel it still needs to be changed please do let me know. Thanks in advance Fbell74 ( talk) 04:02, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
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I don't wanna brag about my awards but for some unknown to me reason at least a half of them just disappeared from my top row of my userpage. I checked for vandalism, but didn't find any missing yet the top row is half full. Can you see what went wrong? Thanks.-- Mishae ( talk) 18:35, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
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Thanks. Mike Peel ( talk) 21:05, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
It must be hard.
Begoon
talk 23:48, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
My real name isn't a secret. Never has been. It's Jim Dunn. A blind man could find that with no effort. What's your point? I think you've behaved atrociously. You're welcome to think the same of me. We can compare, if you like. Begoon talk 23:53, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
Ok. I genuinely tried. Done now. Have a nice day. Begoon talk 00:15, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
Hi Ironholds. I have question about validity of the picture: In People's Name.jpg. I think some rules of wikimedia for Uploading this picture have not been met. How can I make sure? Please help me? Best regards! ن.عامری ( talk) 06:56, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
Hi again. Thanks for your response! This image is a caricature. and the source of the picture is a facebook page of the caricaturist and publishing the picture is not free. In fact it is the offense about one Yemeni groups. This picture was uploaded by
fair use under united state law. Is this law applicable to this case (caricature)? --
ن.عامری (
talk) 05:39, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
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I'd just like you to know that I am unblocked, and that I am making useful contributions to Wikipedia. If you'd like to see my contributions, go right ahead. G'day mate. Nick2crosby ( talk) 14:52, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
Can you point me to death threats, please? -- Anthonyhcole ( talk · contribs · email) 23:03, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
Swarm we ♥ our hive 16:45, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
Did you know ... that a church's 1510
spiral of justice declares: "Justice suffered in great need. Truth is slain dead. Faith has lost the battle"?
-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:49, 24 April 2015 (UTC)
On 3 May 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Terry Acebo Davis, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Terry Acebo Davis, an artist and full-time nurse, is a lecturer on the Filipino identity? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Terry Acebo Davis. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Harrias talk 19:05, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
We are preparing to take a closer look at Featured articles promoted in 2004–2010 that may need a review. We started with a script-compiled list of older FAs that have not had a recent formal review. The next step is to prune the list by removing articles that are still actively maintained, up-to-date, and believed to meet current standards. We know that many of you personally maintain articles that you nominated, so we'd appreciate your help in winnowing the list where appropriate.
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Thanks for your help! SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 01:07, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
Please respond at Wikipedia talk:Unreviewed featured articles/sandbox#Pinging next round; thanks! SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 01:07, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi, You participated in the previous Persondata RfC. I just wanted to notify you that a new RfC regarding the methodical removal of Persondata is taking place at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals). Thanks, — Msmarmalade ( talk) 08:14, 6 May 2015 (UTC)
You've been given a Texas barbecue dinner. Bon appétit, TransporterMan ( TALK) 14:51, 8 May 2015 (UTC) |
Re this. Hey, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to insult you or your work. I'm just not a believer in talking critically about someone else's work without giving them a chance to weigh in and/or to tell me that I'm missing the point (as I'm quite capable of doing). No offense intended and I apologize for the unintended jab. Best regards, TransporterMan ( TALK) 14:51, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
On 9 May 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Don Vincente, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that bibliomaniac ex-monk Don Vincente murdered a bookseller, a priest, a judge, and an alderman to get his hands on some of their books? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Don Vincente. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— Crisco 1492 ( talk) 14:40, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi Ironholds, wrt multilingual search at www.wikipedia.org, I have collected some stats, links, competitors etc at de:Benutzer:Atlasowa/multilingual_search, have a look. -- Atlasowa ( talk) 19:23, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
Hey, Ollie. How do you bureaucracy-mad Brits keep track of dead people in Britain, and in England in particular? Do you have some sort of central database like the Social Security Death Index in the States? Swimmer Irene Pirie was a four-time British Empire Games medallist for Canada, swam in the 1932 and 1936 Olympics, and married British swimmer and water polo player Frederick Milton some time during the 1930s. Her full name was Irene Catherine Pirie Milton, and she apparently died in Cheltenham, Goucestershire, sometime in December 1998. Can you point me in the right direction? Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 22:00, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
Oliver, I know that you were recently leading the charge to make changes to certain guidelines to clarify that mention of sexual orientation in the lead was permissible when it was necessary to puttthe life of the subject in context, or words to similar effect. I also know that under pre-existing guidelines discussion of race and ethnicity were also discouraged in the lead, except to the extent they were relevant to the subject notability, and that these guidelines were either the same or over-lapped. Can you provide a quick list of the guidelines that touch on these issues? My reason for asking is the Infobox sportsperson has an "ethnicity" parameter which probably ought not be there, and I wanted to review all of the relevant guidelines before I request that it be removed, so that I might quote chapter and verse if necessary. Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 01:08, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi Ironholds! There is a picture at Commons that was taken by a person. I want to crop the picture and use it, but i don't know that is allowed or not. If it is legal, which License can be used for uploading of the Cropped pictures? Best regards! Savior59 ( talk) 09:23, 14 May 2015 (UTC)
Hey do you know where you add a tag to have a userscript deleted (U1 stuff, not someone else's)? To wit: User:Protonk/IRCNick.js. I think I can create User:Protonk/IRCNick but I don't know if creating that to add a tag works. Protonk ( talk) 14:30, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
Done Keilana| Parlez ici 16:00, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
The DYK Medal | ||
Hey! You hit the big 2-0-0 recently--and rather too quietly, in my humble opinion. You've truly achieved the rank of DYK master, dude! Keep on keepin' on. Fisheriesmgmt ( talk) 23:27, 17 May 2015 (UTC) |
Would you please help me with https://quarry.wmflabs.org/query/1337 ? In particular I would like to get actual page views for a more informative sort. Also please tell me which automated measure of reading level is best. Thank you. EllenCT ( talk) 02:14, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
On 25 May 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Prozess gegen die Juden von Trient, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Lessing J. Rosenwald instructed his literary agent to spend any amount necessary to prevent Prozess gegen die Juden von Trient from falling into Nazi hands? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Prozess gegen die Juden von Trient. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Cas Liber ( talk · contribs) 18:47, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
Thank you! - It's also featured on Portal:Germany, - if you have more DYK related to Germany please feel free to place it there yourself, -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 19:25, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
Please do not
delete or edit legitimate talk page comments. Such edits are disruptive and appear to be
vandalism. If you would like to experiment, please use the
sandbox. Thank you. Mea culpa.
¡Boz
zio! 18:03, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
You can now link Deadname. Later today I'll make sure it's actually mentioned as a term there. Skyerise ( talk) 18:05, 5 June 2015 (UTC)