In the Scripps ITN you state "One can merely write the same sentence after every single nomination". Please substantiate that with diffs or redact it. That's "the same sentence" and "every single nomination". I need the evidence so I can defend it please. The Rambling Man ( talk) 21:59, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
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could you edit that post on the countries to separate line item bullet points? it is hard to read or se the impact as is. thanks. μηδείς ( talk) 00:59, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Jayron,
I've responded to your reply at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Non-admin_closures_of_controversial_RM_discussions_-_appropriate.3F by continuing at Wikipedia_talk:Requested_moves#Continued. Your reply was unexpected, and I am interested in further replies.
The conversation did take an unexpected direction. I have always considered a WP:NAC to be reviewable by any admin, but my unstated point was that in the absence of any admin criticising the NAC, it was not a matter for WP:ANI. Questioning whether an admin may review a NAC of an RM was unexpected and unprepared, but I am fairly sure that it is desirable to have as an option. -- SmokeyJoe ( talk) 03:21, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
Love your work, however you need to make changes to the Eu page. Croatia just joined the Eu yesterday, so, the changes are yet to be made. When I tried to do so, it seemed I could not, coz u protected the page. So could you plz make the necessary changes? — Preceding unsigned comment added by M4pires ( talk • contribs) 06:37, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Jayron32,
Since you seem to be around, can you take a look at Valeant Pharmaceuticals and either post or close? It's been sitting marked ready for a while -- IP98 ( talk) 17:28, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
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Hi -- I think you might have misread option 7 of the RFC. It is proposing to ban any question that has anything whatsoever to do with medicine or the law, not just advice. Regards, Looie496 ( talk) 01:14, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
And here I thought the expression was "baisse mon cul". Bielle ( talk) 02:39, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
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Jayron, I am trying to get some assistance with the Plainview, New York article. An unregistered editor, User talk:108.6.204.178, has been updating the article with unsubstantiated claims. I've tried deleting, modifying, his text, etc. I've also tried to engage him/her their talk page as well as the article's talk page, with no success. I'd like to get the page restricted to registered users. Can you let me know how to proceed? ButtonwoodTree ( talk) 11:56, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
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Brilliant remark, you really cut me off at the knees there. Did you actually read my post, below the header? It attempted to drum up business for a less sexy ANI attempt to protect the integrity of Wikipedia articles by topic-banning a long-running self-promoting sock/meat-puppet. How was that WP:POINTY exactly? Bishonen | talk 21:23, 6 June 2013 (UTC).
Sorry about this, edit conflict issues, again.-- ukexpat ( talk) 16:42, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
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[1]. Misclick whilst trying to close it myself. Apologies, and thanks for ending the thread. Pedro : Chat 22:08, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
Since you are raised Roman Catholic, I am just wondering if you know about Old Catholics and Traditionalist Catholics. First of all, did you cancel your membership with the Roman Catholic Church by writing a letter to your bishop or the pope? Did they ask you why you were departing or wonder about your "unsaved soul" due to exiting the church? If you had become affiliated with a non-Christian religion or become completely nonreligious, then, in the eyes of the Roman Catholic Church, would you be considered "unsaved"? Do you think Old Catholics and Traditionalist Catholics are genuine Catholics or Protestants? So-called "Protestants" typically refer to the splinter groups of the Protestant Reformation; however, it seems that later splinter groups are just called Catholics? Sneazy ( talk) 19:47, 22 June 2013 (UTC)
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I was wondering about your church choir. Who sings in the choir? Do you encourage everyone in the congregation to participate or only a selected number of individuals with the best singing voices? If the latter, what would happen to those voices who want to participate but are discouraged due to the perceived lack of singing talent in pop music? What if a person is better at singing classical and children's songs rather than upbeat pop music or country music? Sneazy ( talk) 16:44, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
Hola. You know I understand the BLP concern--I am the first to hat or delete. Did you think I would post something that wasn't already published in every source in Britain plus a few elsewhere. See the sources I provided at the talk page, and please restore the question. Thanks. μηδείς ( talk) 02:55, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi again,
Why did you become a Southern Baptist? What is so attractive about this denomination that makes you want to leave your previous one? Why not stay loyal to the religious denomination of your birth? Has there been anyone in your life who asked you about your choice as a Southern Baptist? Did you baptize your children in the Roman Catholic denomination or the Baptist denomination? If you baptized your children in the Southern Baptist denomination, what did the Roman Catholic priest think of that? If you baptized your children in the Catholic denomination, what did the Baptist pastor think of that? And how would you react if your children reject Christianity altogether and seek another religious denomination, another religion, or become nonreligious?
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Hi Jayron32,
I saw your name listed as a volunteer for peer review - particularly for articles related to sports. We are working on expanding the article on Swedish footballer Emilia Appelqvist to ensure it is not deleted and also to improve the article to a higher assessment class. Would you be willing to take a look at the article and provide feedback? Thank you. Hmlarson ( talk) 16:58, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
I have provided the information you requested at the AN discussion Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Is_it_this_easy.... Regards Taroaldo ✉ 05:01, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
I think I have a problem with Sola Scriptura. The truth is, it is not easy making a judgment without knowledge on how the document comes to be. I am no expert on the Bible or ancient Semitic cultures. For instance, in Genesis 2:17, God tells the first man (Adam) and the first woman (Eve) that if they eat from the fruit, they would surely die -- but they don't! What is going on here? Sola Scriptura will probably not work for me, because what's the use of making up my own interpretations? Instead of making up my own interpretations, I think I should just try to see how many different people interpret the case. It's probably impossible to sample everybody, so whatever answer I get, the answer will always be biased. But hey, at least it's still an answer!
Another concern is that I do not understand how the Bible can possibly be treated as one book, and make a coherent theology out of it without biasing or favoring one part of the Bible over another. First of all, why treat the Bible as one book in the first place when really the Bible comes from many different and separate sources that are compiled together in narratives? Second of all, why base a theology on the "whole Bible" when the structure of the canon varies and the sources come from different places? Maybe favoring one passage to support a particular doctrine is not so bad as religious people think (i.e. the fact that Roman Catholics use a verse from John and not Matthew to support the doctrine of Transubstantiation), because I am not sure how the Bible can be read as a coherent work.
Since I assume you are a practicing Christian, how do you manage to reconcile all of this? Or have you ever thought of this issue before? Do you just take for granted that the Bible can be understood by scripture alone and without consultation from many different scholars from various denominations and sects? Sneazy ( talk) 03:04, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
I noticed that you help to settle contentious issues in various discussions, so I was hoping you could look at this thread I started on Toddst1's talk page and provide your input. I'm just worried he might threaten me with a block. So I was hoping you could be a neutral admin to help settle the matter, so that it doesn't unnecessarily turn into a major battle over a minor issue (again). This admin and I butted heads in May, but have had no contact since then. Until he came to my talk page today regarding this matter. Thanks. -- 76.189.109.155 ( talk) 08:32, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
76. has now raised this issue on User:Toddst1's talk page and on mine.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 14:58, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
We are down to our final 16: the 2013 semi-finals are upon us. A score of 321 was required to survive round 3, further cementing this as the most competitive WikiCup yet; round 3 was survived in 2012 with 243 points, in 2011 with 76 points and in 2010 with 250 points. The change may in part be to do with the fact that more articles are now awarded bonus points, in addition to more competitive play. Reaching the final has, in the past, required 573 points (2012, a 135% increase on the score needed to reach round 4), 150 points (2011, a 97% increase) and 417 points (2010, a 72% increase). This round has seen over a third of participants claiming points for featured articles (with seven users claiming for multiple featured articles) and most users have also gained bonus points. However, the majority of points continue to come from good articles, followed by did you know articles. In this round, every content type was utilised by at least one user, proving that the WikiCup brings together content contributors from all corners of the project.
Round 3 saw a number of contributions of note. Figureskatingfan ( submissions) claimed the first featured topic points in this year's competition for her excellent work on topics related to Maya Angelou, the noted American author and poet. We have also continued to see high-importance articles improved as part of the competition: Ealdgyth ( submissions) was awarded a thoroughly well-earned 560 points for her featured article Middle Ages and 102 points for her good article Battle of Hastings. Good articles James Chadwick and Stanislaw Ulam netted Hawkeye7 ( submissions) 102 and 72 points respectively, while 72 points were awarded to Piotrus ( submissions) for each of Władysław Sikorski and Emilia Plater, both recently promoted to good article status. Collaborative efforts between WikiCup participants have continued, with, for example, Casliber ( submissions) and Sasata ( submissions) being awarded 180 points each for their featured article on Boletus luridus.
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You closed it before I could brag about my psychic powers.— Kww( talk) 04:51, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Jayron. I was wondering if you would help us out over here, where I've contested a lot of controversial material that is sourced primarily to press releases from the plaintiff (I have a COI). You came to mind because of your lifting of the author's block here. I would like to both prevent my COI from doing any harm to Wikipedia, while hopefully facilitating a better understanding of our verification policies.
I do understand that there is a substantial amount of stuff to write about that is genuinely neutral and properly sourced, but feel currently it is written primarily based on press releases from the plaintiff and from the plaintiff's POV. What's the best way to proceed? I've marked the press releases with "better source needed" templates. CorporateM ( Talk) 00:54, 7 July 2013 (UTC)
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We're halfway through this year's penultimate round, and the competition is moving along well. Pool A's Sasata ( submissions) currently leads overall, while Pool B's Sturmvogel_66 ( submissions) is second. Both leaders are WikiCup veterans, and both have already scored over 600 points this month. If the round were to end today, Miyagawa ( submissions), with 274 points, would be the lowest-scoring participant to make it through. This indicates that participants will need a score comparable to last year's (573, the highest ever) to qualify for the final. The high scores this year are a testament both to the quality of participants and to the increased focus on significant content (eligible for bonus points) in this year's competition. So far this round, both Sasata and Cwmhiraeth ( submissions) have made up over half of their score through bonus points, with, for example, high importance FA koala earning Sasata a total of 440 points (from a multiplier of 4.4) and high-importance GA sea earning Cwmhiraeth a total of 216 points (from a multiplier of 7.2). Other articles on important topics submitted this round include a featured article on the Norman conquest of England by Ealdgyth ( submissions), and good articles on Nobel laureate in literature Henryk Sienkiewicz, Nobel laureate in physics Hans Bethe, and the noted Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū. These articles are by Piotrus ( submissions), Hawkeye7 ( submissions) and Sturmvogel_66 respectively.
Other than that, there is not much to report! If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn ( talk • email) and The ed17 ( talk • email) 23:23, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
Nice catch on that timing detail - it really was a crucial element, and I won't forget to look for that in future. You're a very constructive admin. -- Scray ( talk) 12:43, 4 August 2013 (UTC)
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Gutsy. -- tariqabjotu 00:50, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
Why closing it? -- George Ho ( talk) 00:50, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
Since you undid the closure, can you at least improve consensus by voting to make up a premature closure? -- George Ho ( talk) 02:22, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
Hi Jayron, please revert your close of the RM. BD2412 and two other admins have already agreed to oversee and close it; see the post directly below yours. [2] SlimVirgin (talk) 00:53, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
Why this? -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 11:05, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
Greetings! I wondered if you would be willing to help with a peer review of Jefferson Davis. I recently got it up to Good Article status, and want to keep going, and I saw your name on the volunteers list. Any input you could provide would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Omnedon ( talk) 20:11, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
This year's final is upon us. Our final eight, in order of last round's score, are:
We say goodbye to eight great participants who did not qualify for the final: Piotrus ( submissions), Figureskatingfan ( submissions), ThaddeusB ( submissions), Dana boomer ( submissions), Status ( submissions), Ed! ( submissions), 12george1 ( submissions), Calvin999 ( submissions). Having made it to this stage is still an excellent achievement, and you can leave with your heads held high. We hope to see you all again next year. Signups are now open for the 2014 WikiCup, which will begin on 1 January. All Wikipedians, whatever their interest or level of experience, are warmly invited to participate in next year's competition.
This last month has seen some incredible contributions; for instance, Cwmhiraeth's Starfish and Ealdgyth's Battle of Hastings—two highly important, highly viewed pages—made it to featured article status. It would be all too easy to focus solely on these stunning achievements at the expense of those participants working in lower-scoring areas, when in fact all WikiCup participants are doing excellent work. A mention of everything done is impossible, but here are a few: Last round saw the completion of several good topics (on the 1958, 1959 and 1962 Atlantic hurricane seasons) to which 12george1 had contributed. Calvin999 saw "S&M" (song), on which he has been working for several years, through to featured article status on its tenth try. Figureskatingfan continued towards her goal of a broad featured/good topic on Maya Angelou, with two featured and four good articles. ThaddeusB contributed significantly to over 20 articles which appeared on the main page's "in the news" section. Adam Cuerden continued to restore a large number of historical images, resulting in over a dozen FP credits this round alone. The WikiCup is not just about top-importance featured articles, and the work of all of these users is worthy of commendation.
Finally, the usual notices: If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn ( talk • email) and The ed17 ( talk • email) 05:30, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
Hello. I have suggested to move Paris aire urbaine to Paris Metropolitan Area. Feel free to give your opinion. You can see the discussion here: Talk:Paris_aire_urbaine#Requested_move. Der Statistiker ( talk) 16:54, 5 September 2013 (UTC)
I presume this is intended to be ironic:
ROTFL! Amandajm ( talk) 18:39, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
...compensation....
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Can you please redirect the Simpsons character Armin_Tamzarian to the Principal_Skinner article? Seymour is Armin and they are the same fictions character so I think linking the 2 articles makes sense. Venustar84 ( talk) 05:15, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
Letting you know that rather than respond to it, I templated your personal remark on the Hiroshi Yamauchi thread at ITN. μηδείς ( talk) 18:35, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
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Thank You dear.Please help me understand these points, Is there any wiki policy which restricts editing Wikipedia Articles with a malafide intention? Is there any wiki Policy which punish editors from editing destructively? Means If I am editing with a motive and posses a hidden bad intention but hide my editing under the cover of wiki policies then I can be exposed ? Also tell if many times I am opposed by various other editors then Can I be punished if found guilty? Much obliged. Msoamu ( talk) 05:13, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
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In 30 days, we will know the identity of our 2013 WikiCup champion. Cwmhiraeth ( submissions) currently leads; if that lead is held, she will become the first person to have won the WikiCup twice. Sasata ( submissions), Hawkeye7 ( submissions)—who has never participated in the competition before—and Casliber ( submissions) follow. The majority of points in this round have come from a mix of good articles and bonus points. This final round is seeing contributions to a number of highly important topics; recent submissions include Phoenix (constellation) (FA by Casliber), Ernest Lawrence (GA by Hawkeye7), Pinniped, and red fox (both GAs by Sasata).
The did you know (DYK) eligibility criteria have recently changed, meaning that newly passed good articles are accepted as "new" for did you know purposes. However, in the interests of not changing the WikiCup rules mid-competition, please note that only articles eligible for DYK under the old system (that is, newly created articles or 5x expansions) will be eligible for points in this year's WikiCup. We do, however, have time to discuss how this new system will work for next year's competition; a discussion will be opened in due course. On that note, thoughts are welcome on changes you'd like to see for next year. What worked? What didn't work? What would you like to see more of? What would you like to see less of? All Wikipedians, new or old, are also warmly invited to sign up for the 2014 WikiCup.
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I'm writing an essay right now, so I don't have time to write an article or make a nomination. Do you think the car chase/woman killed by police outside the capitol building story is big enough for ITN? It was certainly treated as a serious threat and she had previously attempted to pass a barricade near the white house [3]. It might be a bit too early though to determine if this is worthy of an article. Ryan Vesey 21:58, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
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I've been digging around in the Wikipedia archives, learning about Esperanza, what it tried to be, going back into its page histories to see what it was before the pages were blanked and redirected, reading over the MfDs and I came across your essay User:Jayron32/Orthodoxy and heresy at Wikipedia which was linked to from an old Overhaul page. Of course, I had to come and see if you were still active on WP and I'm pleased to see you are, 7 years later.
I'm not sure what happened in 2005 to generate so many community-oriented projects (and few since then) but then I'm just learning about Wikipedia's history. It's clear the groups meant quite a lot to the people who participated in them and I'm glad that not everyone left when they were shut down.
Anyway, I just wanted to let you know I read your essay, liked it and thought I'd tell you so! Happy editing! Liz Read! Talk! 23:49, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
Hi Jay. Please review and fix " Fluorine". If it's too long, a section would still help.-TCO — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.127.137.171 ( talk) 14:21, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
The WikiCup is over for another year! Our champion, for the second year running, is Cwmhiraeth ( submissions). Our final nine were as follows:
All those who reached the final win prizes, and prizes will also be going to the following participants:
Prizes will be handed out in the coming weeks. Please be patient!
Congratulations to everyone who has been successful in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and a particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have achieved this year. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition. While it has been an excellent year, errors have opened up the judges' eyes to the need for a third judge, and it is with pleasure that we announce that experienced WikiCup participant Miyagawa will be acting as a judge from now on. We hope you will all join us in welcoming him to the team.
Next year's competition begins on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; it is open to all Wikipedians, new and old. Brainstorming and discussion remains open for how next year's competition will work, and straw polls will be opened by the judges soon. Those interested in friendly competition may also like to keep an eye on the stub contest, being organised by Casliber. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2014 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn ( talk • email) and The ed17 ( talk • email) 00:31, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
Any objections to me removing the semi-protection on Harry M. Rubin? It's been almost three years. Kafziel Complaint Department: Please take a number 22:28, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
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Thank you. It was helpful. And if it's not too earlier, may I add, a merry Christmas. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.240.77.215 ( talk) 05:36, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
...this gratuitous, insulting and pointless comment from a user who should know better. [4] Or, tell me where the right page is to make such a request. Thank you. ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 16:59, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
Since you seem to be opposed to the addition of excessive details and unnecessary info to the United States article per your contribution to the Talk page, it would be really helpful if you could also indicate your opposition in the surveys on the three proposed additions to the article. Those issues had already been settled weeks ago when people accepted leaving them out, but one person is stirring the pot again and trying to have their way. If you indicated your opposition it would be helpful in bringing clearer consensus so these issues can finally be settled and would be greatly appreciated. Thank you :) Cadiomals ( talk) 04:55, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi Jayron. You might have missed it because it got transcluded, but I asked you a question here Regards, -- Viennese Waltz 19:43, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
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At least some people recognize it when they see it! It's utterly absurd we have gone up to a three-line blurb on Turing's pardon, and anything less than hyperbole will be ignored. Given you've recognized my gambit, why not comment on the merits? μηδείς ( talk) 06:43, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi Jayron. I was notified this week by another dental editor about article Ken Hebel and the creating editor, user:shebel13, whose talk page either identical or near identical to the contents of the aforementioned article. Hebel seems to be a mildly more known person than perhaps the average dentist, but I gather that he does not fit notability requirements for Wikipedia standards. I was wondering if having posted his autobiography from his talk page in the article space constitutes enough of a COI violation to strike both the article as well as his userpage, but both wanted your assistance as an admin for such a determination, as well as for admin powers to achieve such a move, should you think it appropriate. DRosenbach ( Talk | Contribs) 04:28, 29 December 2013 (UTC)
You've been mentioned at this ANI /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#User:The_Rambling_Man. μηδείς ( talk) 04:33, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
Hey Jayron32! Can I request if you could peer review for Football in the Philippines? Any suggestion for improving it are welcome and there is no rush, you can take a look if you have your free time. Cheers! FairyTailRocks ( talk) 15:05, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
You have listed yourself as a peer review volunteer interested in music articles. Would you like to support the quest to counter systemic bias on Wikipedia? Would you like to read an interesting article about something different? If so, you are invited to give a thorough review of the article Kelvin Tan, which is about a blind Singaporean Mandopop singer. The article is very short and should not take long to review. Hope you enjoy reviewing it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Thanks! 谢谢!Terima kasih! நன்றி! -- J.L.W.S. The Special One ( talk) 12:27, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
Because you have edited Wikipedia:No consensus, your input is requested in the discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#Wikipedia:NO CONSENSUS and Wikipedia:NOCONSENSUS. Cheers! bd2412 T 14:40, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
In 2008 you deleted The Laundry after a Prod. Mind userifying it and putting it in my userspace - I think I've got enough to create an article on the subject and pass the GNG - but would like to see what was done last time and work from there (or rather the time before last - there's been an A1 since). Thanks. Neonchameleon ( talk) 03:49, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
Hello....I am new to wiki and found that I need to get a new article I put reviewed. Could you take a look? Quad_City_Raiders — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shivors ( talk • contribs) 14:31, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
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File:Oseberg ship head post.jpg Hello, Jayron32.
An animal-head post found in the Oseberg vikingship, an example of
Nordic art
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The
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The 2014 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with, at time of writing, 138 participants. The is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2010. If you are yet to join the competition, don't worry- the judges have agreed to keep the signups open for a few more days. By a wide margin, our current leader is newcomer Godot13 ( submissions), whose set of 14 featured pictures, the first FPs of the competition, was worth 490 points. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:
Featured articles, featured lists, featured topics and featured portals are yet to play a part in the competition. The judges have removed a number of submissions which were deemed ineligible. Typically, we aim to see work on a project, followed by a nomination, followed by promotion, this year. We apologise for any disappointment caused by our strict enforcement this year; we're aiming to keep the competition as fair as possible.
Wikipedians interested in friendly competition may be interested to take part in The Core Contest; unlike the WikiCup, The Core Contest is not about audited content, but, like the WikiCup, it is about article improvement; specifically, The Core Contest is about contribution to some of Wikipedia's most important article. Of course, any work done for The Core Contest, if it leads to a DYK, GA or FA, can earn WikiCup points.
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The
life sciences involve the study of living organisms
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You'll notice, Jayron, that it was the OP himself who deleted the question. See. You might also look at talk. Given you're an admin, would you please at least comment on the user's talk page? User:Great Time? μηδείς ( talk) 06:19, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
This staircase is an
impossible object
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Model of a German SAR-Lupe
reconnaissance satellite inside a Cosmos-3M rocket
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It's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
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An example of the
human skeleton
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And so ends the most competitive first round we have ever seen, with 38 points required to qualify for round 2. Last year, 19 points secured a place; before that, 11 (2012) or 8 (2011) were enough. This is both a blessing and a curse. While it shows the vigourous good health of the competition, it also means that we have already lost many worthy competitors. Our top three scorers were:
Other competitors of note include:
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Because it is so vast, there are a large number of different cultures involved in
Prehistoric Asia
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this isn't going to happen here either.-- Jayron 32 22:38, 4 March 2014 (UTC) |
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It's been tried before; didn't work. Writ Keeper ⚇ ♔ 22:10, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
When you tell lies you really need to be pulled up on it, not try and hide. Eric Corbett 22:42, 4 March 2014 (UTC) Trying to hide the truth seems to be the new fashion among admins. Did you all get together and have a union meeting at which it was agreed you were all infallible? Eric Corbett 23:38, 4 March 2014 (UTC) |
That 140 user seems to ask a lot of questions about religion which are a bit "off" in their premises. Assuming the questions are in good faith (pardon the metaphor), and knowing that you're strongly religious, would you consider interacting with him directly? He might benefit from an extended discussion on the matter instead of the piecemeal approach. I might benefit likewise, by observing. I learn new information from you every day. ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 02:55, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
Hey! I saw that you are one of the volunteers willing to help in PR. Can I request if you can review the article above? I want to nominate it as a good article, and I noticed it has a potential for having a GA promotion. Any suggestions for further improving the article are welcome. Thanks! FairyTailRocks ( talk) 11:54, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
Jayron, I greatly appreciated your comment on WV drivers licenses and the whole issue of "illegals". Some might see the comment as a matter of POV, but it seems factually accurate to me. Marco polo ( talk) 15:51, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
Where am I het arbiter of what should be here? I feel it shouldn't , I challenged it, it was rejected and I accepted that. Im not arguing. Im perfectly in my right to challenge it. QUITE IT forcing other people to adhere to your whim and threaten.
Instead I was saying the content IS valid (of you bother to read(!), just that it needs another location. Further read BOLD...that is separate from an edit war! Where iam I coercing anything?
Further I have created many articles too with cntent some deleted/merged/redirected/stayed. In each instance other editor have right to suggest alternatives too without warring. Which is what I did in each instance!!!! So stop 'threatening;;;!!!( Lihaas ( talk) 15:23, 13 March 2014 (UTC)).
Thank you... Rollback button on a phone, whoopsies. Kevin Gorman ( talk) 02:08, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi. You have commented on Draft v1 or v2 in the Arbitration Committee's 2013 review of the discretionary sanctions system. I thought you'd like to know Draft v3 has now been posted to the main review page. You are very welcome to comment on it on the review talk page. Regards, AGK [•] 00:22, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
The knee of a patient is examined with help of radiography after an
injury.
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A quick update as we are half way through round two of this year's competition. WikiCup newcomer Godot13 ( submissions) (Pool E) leads, having produced a massive set of featured pictures for Silver certificate (United States), an article also brought to featured list status. Former finalist Adam Cuerden ( submissions) (Pool G) is in second, which he owes mostly to his work with historical images, including a number of images from Urania's Mirror, an article also brought to good status. 2010 champion (Pool C) is third overall, thanks to contributions relating to naval history, including the newly featured Japanese battleship Nagato. Cliftonian ( submissions), who currently leads Pool A and is sixth overall, takes the title for the highest scoring individual article of the competition so far, with the top importance featured article Ian Smith.
With 26 people having already scored over 100 points, it is likely that well over 100 points will be needed to secure a place in round 3. Recent years have required 123 (2013), 65 (2012), 41 (2011) and 100 (2010). Remember that only 64 will progress to round 3 at the end of April. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page; if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn ( talk • email), The ed17 ( talk • email) and Miyagawa ( talk • email) 22:55, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
An
April Fools' Day hoax marking the construction of the Copenhagen Metro in 2001.
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I've sent you an e-mail. ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 19:22, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
Sorry about the rollback earlier. I just noticed it on my contributions. It was accidental when browsing my watchlist on a tablet. Agathoclea ( talk) 05:53, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
Lobamba is the traditional and legislative capital of Swaziland.
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The proposed move of The Beatles (album) to The White Album has been altered slightly, to the simpler White Album. I'm letting you know in case you'd like to review your vote. D ralwi k| Have a Chat 01:05, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
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I just sent you an e-mail, on a totally different topic. ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 04:25, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
Says here you are admin. And yet you think its your job to pathetically attempt to ridicule people and call them stupid.
Complaint is on its way. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.101.41.108 ( talk) 21:15, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
Be polite, and welcoming to new users Assume good faith Avoid personal attacks For disputes, seek dispute resolution
Jayron32 - Calls new posters stupid and admits to attempting to ridicule them.
Can you see the discrepancy here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.101.41.108 ( talk) 21:17, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
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Entertainers at a
festival
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You're an admin. I put up with enough bullshit at the ref desk for you to be making jokes at my expense. And not even funny. If you want me to take your advice seriously, delete your comment. μηδείς ( talk) 03:02, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
Take a look at the contributions of Indiafriend and let me know if you think our old friend Soccermeko is back. His grammar certainly seems to have improved, but his experience level with Wikipedia would make him seem to be an old hand, and his knowledge of my past actions with Nicole Wray articles seems suspicious to me.— Kww( talk) 23:34, 17 April 2014 (UTC)
I thought I recalled you liking baseball. So when I ran across this, I thought you might like to see it. Dismas| (talk) 12:58, 19 April 2014 (UTC)
Kazimierz Nowak on
exploration through the Rwenzori Mountains in Africa
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Thanks for shutting the thread down - I was just about to raise it at WP:AN, and ask that it be closed as clearly off-topic. I somehow doubt we've seen the last of LCcritic though... AndyTheGrump ( talk) 00:11, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
Fresh produce in a
grocery store
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Hello: As the admin who blocked the most recent previous sock of perennial puppeteer Otto4711, User:Buck Winston, I thought you might be interested in pinning the tail on the current donkey, User:Jerry Pepsi, whom Alison has determined to be "Likely". (Personally, I think the behavioral evidence and WikiStalker report are pretty darn conclusive, but then I'm not a CU who has to be somewhat circumspect in their pronouncements.) You'll find the SPI here. BMK ( talk) 07:39, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
There is a discussion here about William Penn's 1683 treaty with the Lenape Indians, and specifically whether Voltaire's famous quote ("...a treaty never written, never broken") from his 1764 Dictionnaire philosophique was incorrect. Could you please take a look at it? Thanks! -- Guy Macon ( talk) 16:51, 3 May 2014 (UTC)
Round 3 of the 2014 WikiCup has just begun; 32 competitors remain. Pool G's Adam Cuerden ( submissions) was Round 2's highest scorer, with a large number of featured picture credits. In March/April, he restored star charts from Urania's Mirror, lithographs of various warships (such as SMS Gefion) and assorted other historical media. Second overall was Pool E's Godot13 ( submissions), whose featured list Silver certificate (United States) contains dozens of scans of banknotes recently promoted to featured picture status. Third was Pool G's ChrisGualtieri ( submissions) who has produced a large number of good articles, many, including Falkner Island, on Connecticut-related topics. Other successful participants included Cliftonian ( submissions), who saw three articles (including the top-importance Ian Smith) through featured article candidacies, and Caponer ( submissions), who saw three lists (including the beautifully-illustrated list of plantations in West Virginia) through featured list candidacies. High-importance good articles promoted this round include narwhal from Reid,iain james ( submissions), tiger from Cwmhiraeth ( submissions) and The Lion King from Igordebraga ( submissions). We also saw our first featured topic points of the competition, awarded to Czar ( submissions) and Red Phoenix ( submissions) for their work on the Sega Genesis topic. No points have been claimed so far for good topics or featured portals.
192 was our lowest qualifying score, again showing that this WikiCup is the most competitive ever. In previous years, 123 (2013), 65 (2012), 41 (2011) or 100 (2010) secured a place in Round 3. Pool H was the strongest performer, with all but one of its members advancing, while only the two highest scorers in Pools G and F advanced. At the end of June, 16 users will advance into the semi-finals. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn ( talk • email), The ed17 ( talk • email) and Miyagawa ( talk • email) 17:57, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
Filming of a
travel documentary
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I saw that you blocked 10.68.16.31 in April because of it being a logged off bot. It's at it again. -- AmaryllisGardener talk 19:16, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
Something concerning you is on the Administrators noticeboard. Hope you can forgive me. I'm truly sorry for my 19-year-old immatureness. -- 190.178.156.205 ( talk) 21:33, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
Hopetoun Falls in Beech Forest, a
forest in Australia
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is using 172.56.3.93 again.Can it be re-blocked, perhaps for longer? BMK ( talk) 02:03, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
Hello, I would like to ask you about the deletion of BullGuard Wiki Page. You considered it as Promotional Page. The page was written in a neutral way, and it didn't promote any product in a direct way. It was only for public information. It also contained a section about "Criticism", so not only data about the company's products. All the information there was documented with external links,(big journals, forums, etc) and it was structured in the same way the others Wiki pages from IT security industry are created (see: Bitdefender Wiki Page, Norton Antivirus, Kaspersky Internet Security, etc)
I would greatly appreciate if you kindly give me some feedback on this issue, and give me the reasons why BullGuard page was considered "Unambiguous advertising or promotion" while the other similar pages are not.
Thank you very much! Saab 00 ( talk) 09:22, 13 May 2014 (UTC)Sabina Datcu
The Battle of Varoux, part of the
French Revolutionary Wars
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Hi Jayron,
I'm the poster who started the "Gay adoption versus heterosexual adoption" question on the science reference desk. As I clarified in my last edit, I was neither trying to start a debate on same-sex adoption nor was I "looking for affirmation rather than information". In fact, while I don't have an opinion on same-sex adoption if anything my bias pushes me to support it rather than oppose it. However, I like my political opinions to be based on objective fact as much as possible, and as I see it the most rigorous way of assessing the impact of same-sex adoption is through systematic studies that compare (using objective criteria like IQ, crime rate, etc.) adults adopted as children by a same-sex couple with adults adopted as children by a heterosexual couple -- hence my question. I apologize if my dismissal of the Farr, Forsell, and Patterson study sounded like I was ignoring inconvenient information, but I'm just not convinced by studies that rely on either self-reports or third-party subjective assessments.
Respectfully, I'd appreciate it if you could re-open the discussion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.92.7.8 ( talk) 02:06, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
I looked through the history to see what happened and saw that you removed some duplicate information. I saw that the same thing had to be done with earlier questions. This seems to be where it happened.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 19:45, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
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In the Scripps ITN you state "One can merely write the same sentence after every single nomination". Please substantiate that with diffs or redact it. That's "the same sentence" and "every single nomination". I need the evidence so I can defend it please. The Rambling Man ( talk) 21:59, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
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could you edit that post on the countries to separate line item bullet points? it is hard to read or se the impact as is. thanks. μηδείς ( talk) 00:59, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Jayron,
I've responded to your reply at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Non-admin_closures_of_controversial_RM_discussions_-_appropriate.3F by continuing at Wikipedia_talk:Requested_moves#Continued. Your reply was unexpected, and I am interested in further replies.
The conversation did take an unexpected direction. I have always considered a WP:NAC to be reviewable by any admin, but my unstated point was that in the absence of any admin criticising the NAC, it was not a matter for WP:ANI. Questioning whether an admin may review a NAC of an RM was unexpected and unprepared, but I am fairly sure that it is desirable to have as an option. -- SmokeyJoe ( talk) 03:21, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
Love your work, however you need to make changes to the Eu page. Croatia just joined the Eu yesterday, so, the changes are yet to be made. When I tried to do so, it seemed I could not, coz u protected the page. So could you plz make the necessary changes? — Preceding unsigned comment added by M4pires ( talk • contribs) 06:37, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Jayron32,
Since you seem to be around, can you take a look at Valeant Pharmaceuticals and either post or close? It's been sitting marked ready for a while -- IP98 ( talk) 17:28, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
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Hi -- I think you might have misread option 7 of the RFC. It is proposing to ban any question that has anything whatsoever to do with medicine or the law, not just advice. Regards, Looie496 ( talk) 01:14, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
And here I thought the expression was "baisse mon cul". Bielle ( talk) 02:39, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
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Jayron, I am trying to get some assistance with the Plainview, New York article. An unregistered editor, User talk:108.6.204.178, has been updating the article with unsubstantiated claims. I've tried deleting, modifying, his text, etc. I've also tried to engage him/her their talk page as well as the article's talk page, with no success. I'd like to get the page restricted to registered users. Can you let me know how to proceed? ButtonwoodTree ( talk) 11:56, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
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Brilliant remark, you really cut me off at the knees there. Did you actually read my post, below the header? It attempted to drum up business for a less sexy ANI attempt to protect the integrity of Wikipedia articles by topic-banning a long-running self-promoting sock/meat-puppet. How was that WP:POINTY exactly? Bishonen | talk 21:23, 6 June 2013 (UTC).
Sorry about this, edit conflict issues, again.-- ukexpat ( talk) 16:42, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
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[1]. Misclick whilst trying to close it myself. Apologies, and thanks for ending the thread. Pedro : Chat 22:08, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
Since you are raised Roman Catholic, I am just wondering if you know about Old Catholics and Traditionalist Catholics. First of all, did you cancel your membership with the Roman Catholic Church by writing a letter to your bishop or the pope? Did they ask you why you were departing or wonder about your "unsaved soul" due to exiting the church? If you had become affiliated with a non-Christian religion or become completely nonreligious, then, in the eyes of the Roman Catholic Church, would you be considered "unsaved"? Do you think Old Catholics and Traditionalist Catholics are genuine Catholics or Protestants? So-called "Protestants" typically refer to the splinter groups of the Protestant Reformation; however, it seems that later splinter groups are just called Catholics? Sneazy ( talk) 19:47, 22 June 2013 (UTC)
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I was wondering about your church choir. Who sings in the choir? Do you encourage everyone in the congregation to participate or only a selected number of individuals with the best singing voices? If the latter, what would happen to those voices who want to participate but are discouraged due to the perceived lack of singing talent in pop music? What if a person is better at singing classical and children's songs rather than upbeat pop music or country music? Sneazy ( talk) 16:44, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
Hola. You know I understand the BLP concern--I am the first to hat or delete. Did you think I would post something that wasn't already published in every source in Britain plus a few elsewhere. See the sources I provided at the talk page, and please restore the question. Thanks. μηδείς ( talk) 02:55, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi again,
Why did you become a Southern Baptist? What is so attractive about this denomination that makes you want to leave your previous one? Why not stay loyal to the religious denomination of your birth? Has there been anyone in your life who asked you about your choice as a Southern Baptist? Did you baptize your children in the Roman Catholic denomination or the Baptist denomination? If you baptized your children in the Southern Baptist denomination, what did the Roman Catholic priest think of that? If you baptized your children in the Catholic denomination, what did the Baptist pastor think of that? And how would you react if your children reject Christianity altogether and seek another religious denomination, another religion, or become nonreligious?
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Hi Jayron32,
I saw your name listed as a volunteer for peer review - particularly for articles related to sports. We are working on expanding the article on Swedish footballer Emilia Appelqvist to ensure it is not deleted and also to improve the article to a higher assessment class. Would you be willing to take a look at the article and provide feedback? Thank you. Hmlarson ( talk) 16:58, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
I have provided the information you requested at the AN discussion Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Is_it_this_easy.... Regards Taroaldo ✉ 05:01, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
I think I have a problem with Sola Scriptura. The truth is, it is not easy making a judgment without knowledge on how the document comes to be. I am no expert on the Bible or ancient Semitic cultures. For instance, in Genesis 2:17, God tells the first man (Adam) and the first woman (Eve) that if they eat from the fruit, they would surely die -- but they don't! What is going on here? Sola Scriptura will probably not work for me, because what's the use of making up my own interpretations? Instead of making up my own interpretations, I think I should just try to see how many different people interpret the case. It's probably impossible to sample everybody, so whatever answer I get, the answer will always be biased. But hey, at least it's still an answer!
Another concern is that I do not understand how the Bible can possibly be treated as one book, and make a coherent theology out of it without biasing or favoring one part of the Bible over another. First of all, why treat the Bible as one book in the first place when really the Bible comes from many different and separate sources that are compiled together in narratives? Second of all, why base a theology on the "whole Bible" when the structure of the canon varies and the sources come from different places? Maybe favoring one passage to support a particular doctrine is not so bad as religious people think (i.e. the fact that Roman Catholics use a verse from John and not Matthew to support the doctrine of Transubstantiation), because I am not sure how the Bible can be read as a coherent work.
Since I assume you are a practicing Christian, how do you manage to reconcile all of this? Or have you ever thought of this issue before? Do you just take for granted that the Bible can be understood by scripture alone and without consultation from many different scholars from various denominations and sects? Sneazy ( talk) 03:04, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
I noticed that you help to settle contentious issues in various discussions, so I was hoping you could look at this thread I started on Toddst1's talk page and provide your input. I'm just worried he might threaten me with a block. So I was hoping you could be a neutral admin to help settle the matter, so that it doesn't unnecessarily turn into a major battle over a minor issue (again). This admin and I butted heads in May, but have had no contact since then. Until he came to my talk page today regarding this matter. Thanks. -- 76.189.109.155 ( talk) 08:32, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
76. has now raised this issue on User:Toddst1's talk page and on mine.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 14:58, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
We are down to our final 16: the 2013 semi-finals are upon us. A score of 321 was required to survive round 3, further cementing this as the most competitive WikiCup yet; round 3 was survived in 2012 with 243 points, in 2011 with 76 points and in 2010 with 250 points. The change may in part be to do with the fact that more articles are now awarded bonus points, in addition to more competitive play. Reaching the final has, in the past, required 573 points (2012, a 135% increase on the score needed to reach round 4), 150 points (2011, a 97% increase) and 417 points (2010, a 72% increase). This round has seen over a third of participants claiming points for featured articles (with seven users claiming for multiple featured articles) and most users have also gained bonus points. However, the majority of points continue to come from good articles, followed by did you know articles. In this round, every content type was utilised by at least one user, proving that the WikiCup brings together content contributors from all corners of the project.
Round 3 saw a number of contributions of note. Figureskatingfan ( submissions) claimed the first featured topic points in this year's competition for her excellent work on topics related to Maya Angelou, the noted American author and poet. We have also continued to see high-importance articles improved as part of the competition: Ealdgyth ( submissions) was awarded a thoroughly well-earned 560 points for her featured article Middle Ages and 102 points for her good article Battle of Hastings. Good articles James Chadwick and Stanislaw Ulam netted Hawkeye7 ( submissions) 102 and 72 points respectively, while 72 points were awarded to Piotrus ( submissions) for each of Władysław Sikorski and Emilia Plater, both recently promoted to good article status. Collaborative efforts between WikiCup participants have continued, with, for example, Casliber ( submissions) and Sasata ( submissions) being awarded 180 points each for their featured article on Boletus luridus.
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You closed it before I could brag about my psychic powers.— Kww( talk) 04:51, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Jayron. I was wondering if you would help us out over here, where I've contested a lot of controversial material that is sourced primarily to press releases from the plaintiff (I have a COI). You came to mind because of your lifting of the author's block here. I would like to both prevent my COI from doing any harm to Wikipedia, while hopefully facilitating a better understanding of our verification policies.
I do understand that there is a substantial amount of stuff to write about that is genuinely neutral and properly sourced, but feel currently it is written primarily based on press releases from the plaintiff and from the plaintiff's POV. What's the best way to proceed? I've marked the press releases with "better source needed" templates. CorporateM ( Talk) 00:54, 7 July 2013 (UTC)
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We're halfway through this year's penultimate round, and the competition is moving along well. Pool A's Sasata ( submissions) currently leads overall, while Pool B's Sturmvogel_66 ( submissions) is second. Both leaders are WikiCup veterans, and both have already scored over 600 points this month. If the round were to end today, Miyagawa ( submissions), with 274 points, would be the lowest-scoring participant to make it through. This indicates that participants will need a score comparable to last year's (573, the highest ever) to qualify for the final. The high scores this year are a testament both to the quality of participants and to the increased focus on significant content (eligible for bonus points) in this year's competition. So far this round, both Sasata and Cwmhiraeth ( submissions) have made up over half of their score through bonus points, with, for example, high importance FA koala earning Sasata a total of 440 points (from a multiplier of 4.4) and high-importance GA sea earning Cwmhiraeth a total of 216 points (from a multiplier of 7.2). Other articles on important topics submitted this round include a featured article on the Norman conquest of England by Ealdgyth ( submissions), and good articles on Nobel laureate in literature Henryk Sienkiewicz, Nobel laureate in physics Hans Bethe, and the noted Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū. These articles are by Piotrus ( submissions), Hawkeye7 ( submissions) and Sturmvogel_66 respectively.
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Nice catch on that timing detail - it really was a crucial element, and I won't forget to look for that in future. You're a very constructive admin. -- Scray ( talk) 12:43, 4 August 2013 (UTC)
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Gutsy. -- tariqabjotu 00:50, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
Why closing it? -- George Ho ( talk) 00:50, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
Since you undid the closure, can you at least improve consensus by voting to make up a premature closure? -- George Ho ( talk) 02:22, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
Hi Jayron, please revert your close of the RM. BD2412 and two other admins have already agreed to oversee and close it; see the post directly below yours. [2] SlimVirgin (talk) 00:53, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
Why this? -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 11:05, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
Greetings! I wondered if you would be willing to help with a peer review of Jefferson Davis. I recently got it up to Good Article status, and want to keep going, and I saw your name on the volunteers list. Any input you could provide would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Omnedon ( talk) 20:11, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
This year's final is upon us. Our final eight, in order of last round's score, are:
We say goodbye to eight great participants who did not qualify for the final: Piotrus ( submissions), Figureskatingfan ( submissions), ThaddeusB ( submissions), Dana boomer ( submissions), Status ( submissions), Ed! ( submissions), 12george1 ( submissions), Calvin999 ( submissions). Having made it to this stage is still an excellent achievement, and you can leave with your heads held high. We hope to see you all again next year. Signups are now open for the 2014 WikiCup, which will begin on 1 January. All Wikipedians, whatever their interest or level of experience, are warmly invited to participate in next year's competition.
This last month has seen some incredible contributions; for instance, Cwmhiraeth's Starfish and Ealdgyth's Battle of Hastings—two highly important, highly viewed pages—made it to featured article status. It would be all too easy to focus solely on these stunning achievements at the expense of those participants working in lower-scoring areas, when in fact all WikiCup participants are doing excellent work. A mention of everything done is impossible, but here are a few: Last round saw the completion of several good topics (on the 1958, 1959 and 1962 Atlantic hurricane seasons) to which 12george1 had contributed. Calvin999 saw "S&M" (song), on which he has been working for several years, through to featured article status on its tenth try. Figureskatingfan continued towards her goal of a broad featured/good topic on Maya Angelou, with two featured and four good articles. ThaddeusB contributed significantly to over 20 articles which appeared on the main page's "in the news" section. Adam Cuerden continued to restore a large number of historical images, resulting in over a dozen FP credits this round alone. The WikiCup is not just about top-importance featured articles, and the work of all of these users is worthy of commendation.
Finally, the usual notices: If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn ( talk • email) and The ed17 ( talk • email) 05:30, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
Hello. I have suggested to move Paris aire urbaine to Paris Metropolitan Area. Feel free to give your opinion. You can see the discussion here: Talk:Paris_aire_urbaine#Requested_move. Der Statistiker ( talk) 16:54, 5 September 2013 (UTC)
I presume this is intended to be ironic:
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Can you please redirect the Simpsons character Armin_Tamzarian to the Principal_Skinner article? Seymour is Armin and they are the same fictions character so I think linking the 2 articles makes sense. Venustar84 ( talk) 05:15, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
Letting you know that rather than respond to it, I templated your personal remark on the Hiroshi Yamauchi thread at ITN. μηδείς ( talk) 18:35, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
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Thank You dear.Please help me understand these points, Is there any wiki policy which restricts editing Wikipedia Articles with a malafide intention? Is there any wiki Policy which punish editors from editing destructively? Means If I am editing with a motive and posses a hidden bad intention but hide my editing under the cover of wiki policies then I can be exposed ? Also tell if many times I am opposed by various other editors then Can I be punished if found guilty? Much obliged. Msoamu ( talk) 05:13, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
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In 30 days, we will know the identity of our 2013 WikiCup champion. Cwmhiraeth ( submissions) currently leads; if that lead is held, she will become the first person to have won the WikiCup twice. Sasata ( submissions), Hawkeye7 ( submissions)—who has never participated in the competition before—and Casliber ( submissions) follow. The majority of points in this round have come from a mix of good articles and bonus points. This final round is seeing contributions to a number of highly important topics; recent submissions include Phoenix (constellation) (FA by Casliber), Ernest Lawrence (GA by Hawkeye7), Pinniped, and red fox (both GAs by Sasata).
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I'm writing an essay right now, so I don't have time to write an article or make a nomination. Do you think the car chase/woman killed by police outside the capitol building story is big enough for ITN? It was certainly treated as a serious threat and she had previously attempted to pass a barricade near the white house [3]. It might be a bit too early though to determine if this is worthy of an article. Ryan Vesey 21:58, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
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I've been digging around in the Wikipedia archives, learning about Esperanza, what it tried to be, going back into its page histories to see what it was before the pages were blanked and redirected, reading over the MfDs and I came across your essay User:Jayron32/Orthodoxy and heresy at Wikipedia which was linked to from an old Overhaul page. Of course, I had to come and see if you were still active on WP and I'm pleased to see you are, 7 years later.
I'm not sure what happened in 2005 to generate so many community-oriented projects (and few since then) but then I'm just learning about Wikipedia's history. It's clear the groups meant quite a lot to the people who participated in them and I'm glad that not everyone left when they were shut down.
Anyway, I just wanted to let you know I read your essay, liked it and thought I'd tell you so! Happy editing! Liz Read! Talk! 23:49, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
Hi Jay. Please review and fix " Fluorine". If it's too long, a section would still help.-TCO — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.127.137.171 ( talk) 14:21, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
The WikiCup is over for another year! Our champion, for the second year running, is Cwmhiraeth ( submissions). Our final nine were as follows:
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Thank you. It was helpful. And if it's not too earlier, may I add, a merry Christmas. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.240.77.215 ( talk) 05:36, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
...this gratuitous, insulting and pointless comment from a user who should know better. [4] Or, tell me where the right page is to make such a request. Thank you. ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 16:59, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
Since you seem to be opposed to the addition of excessive details and unnecessary info to the United States article per your contribution to the Talk page, it would be really helpful if you could also indicate your opposition in the surveys on the three proposed additions to the article. Those issues had already been settled weeks ago when people accepted leaving them out, but one person is stirring the pot again and trying to have their way. If you indicated your opposition it would be helpful in bringing clearer consensus so these issues can finally be settled and would be greatly appreciated. Thank you :) Cadiomals ( talk) 04:55, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi Jayron. You might have missed it because it got transcluded, but I asked you a question here Regards, -- Viennese Waltz 19:43, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
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At least some people recognize it when they see it! It's utterly absurd we have gone up to a three-line blurb on Turing's pardon, and anything less than hyperbole will be ignored. Given you've recognized my gambit, why not comment on the merits? μηδείς ( talk) 06:43, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi Jayron. I was notified this week by another dental editor about article Ken Hebel and the creating editor, user:shebel13, whose talk page either identical or near identical to the contents of the aforementioned article. Hebel seems to be a mildly more known person than perhaps the average dentist, but I gather that he does not fit notability requirements for Wikipedia standards. I was wondering if having posted his autobiography from his talk page in the article space constitutes enough of a COI violation to strike both the article as well as his userpage, but both wanted your assistance as an admin for such a determination, as well as for admin powers to achieve such a move, should you think it appropriate. DRosenbach ( Talk | Contribs) 04:28, 29 December 2013 (UTC)
You've been mentioned at this ANI /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#User:The_Rambling_Man. μηδείς ( talk) 04:33, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
Hey Jayron32! Can I request if you could peer review for Football in the Philippines? Any suggestion for improving it are welcome and there is no rush, you can take a look if you have your free time. Cheers! FairyTailRocks ( talk) 15:05, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
You have listed yourself as a peer review volunteer interested in music articles. Would you like to support the quest to counter systemic bias on Wikipedia? Would you like to read an interesting article about something different? If so, you are invited to give a thorough review of the article Kelvin Tan, which is about a blind Singaporean Mandopop singer. The article is very short and should not take long to review. Hope you enjoy reviewing it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Thanks! 谢谢!Terima kasih! நன்றி! -- J.L.W.S. The Special One ( talk) 12:27, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
Because you have edited Wikipedia:No consensus, your input is requested in the discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#Wikipedia:NO CONSENSUS and Wikipedia:NOCONSENSUS. Cheers! bd2412 T 14:40, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
In 2008 you deleted The Laundry after a Prod. Mind userifying it and putting it in my userspace - I think I've got enough to create an article on the subject and pass the GNG - but would like to see what was done last time and work from there (or rather the time before last - there's been an A1 since). Thanks. Neonchameleon ( talk) 03:49, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
Hello....I am new to wiki and found that I need to get a new article I put reviewed. Could you take a look? Quad_City_Raiders — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shivors ( talk • contribs) 14:31, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
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File:Oseberg ship head post.jpg Hello, Jayron32.
An animal-head post found in the Oseberg vikingship, an example of
Nordic art
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The 2014 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with, at time of writing, 138 participants. The is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2010. If you are yet to join the competition, don't worry- the judges have agreed to keep the signups open for a few more days. By a wide margin, our current leader is newcomer Godot13 ( submissions), whose set of 14 featured pictures, the first FPs of the competition, was worth 490 points. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:
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The
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You'll notice, Jayron, that it was the OP himself who deleted the question. See. You might also look at talk. Given you're an admin, would you please at least comment on the user's talk page? User:Great Time? μηδείς ( talk) 06:19, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
This staircase is an
impossible object
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Model of a German SAR-Lupe
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Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
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An example of the
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And so ends the most competitive first round we have ever seen, with 38 points required to qualify for round 2. Last year, 19 points secured a place; before that, 11 (2012) or 8 (2011) were enough. This is both a blessing and a curse. While it shows the vigourous good health of the competition, it also means that we have already lost many worthy competitors. Our top three scorers were:
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Because it is so vast, there are a large number of different cultures involved in
Prehistoric Asia
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this isn't going to happen here either.-- Jayron 32 22:38, 4 March 2014 (UTC) |
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It's been tried before; didn't work. Writ Keeper ⚇ ♔ 22:10, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
When you tell lies you really need to be pulled up on it, not try and hide. Eric Corbett 22:42, 4 March 2014 (UTC) Trying to hide the truth seems to be the new fashion among admins. Did you all get together and have a union meeting at which it was agreed you were all infallible? Eric Corbett 23:38, 4 March 2014 (UTC) |
That 140 user seems to ask a lot of questions about religion which are a bit "off" in their premises. Assuming the questions are in good faith (pardon the metaphor), and knowing that you're strongly religious, would you consider interacting with him directly? He might benefit from an extended discussion on the matter instead of the piecemeal approach. I might benefit likewise, by observing. I learn new information from you every day. ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 02:55, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
Hey! I saw that you are one of the volunteers willing to help in PR. Can I request if you can review the article above? I want to nominate it as a good article, and I noticed it has a potential for having a GA promotion. Any suggestions for further improving the article are welcome. Thanks! FairyTailRocks ( talk) 11:54, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
Jayron, I greatly appreciated your comment on WV drivers licenses and the whole issue of "illegals". Some might see the comment as a matter of POV, but it seems factually accurate to me. Marco polo ( talk) 15:51, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
Where am I het arbiter of what should be here? I feel it shouldn't , I challenged it, it was rejected and I accepted that. Im not arguing. Im perfectly in my right to challenge it. QUITE IT forcing other people to adhere to your whim and threaten.
Instead I was saying the content IS valid (of you bother to read(!), just that it needs another location. Further read BOLD...that is separate from an edit war! Where iam I coercing anything?
Further I have created many articles too with cntent some deleted/merged/redirected/stayed. In each instance other editor have right to suggest alternatives too without warring. Which is what I did in each instance!!!! So stop 'threatening;;;!!!( Lihaas ( talk) 15:23, 13 March 2014 (UTC)).
Thank you... Rollback button on a phone, whoopsies. Kevin Gorman ( talk) 02:08, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi. You have commented on Draft v1 or v2 in the Arbitration Committee's 2013 review of the discretionary sanctions system. I thought you'd like to know Draft v3 has now been posted to the main review page. You are very welcome to comment on it on the review talk page. Regards, AGK [•] 00:22, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
The knee of a patient is examined with help of radiography after an
injury.
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A quick update as we are half way through round two of this year's competition. WikiCup newcomer Godot13 ( submissions) (Pool E) leads, having produced a massive set of featured pictures for Silver certificate (United States), an article also brought to featured list status. Former finalist Adam Cuerden ( submissions) (Pool G) is in second, which he owes mostly to his work with historical images, including a number of images from Urania's Mirror, an article also brought to good status. 2010 champion (Pool C) is third overall, thanks to contributions relating to naval history, including the newly featured Japanese battleship Nagato. Cliftonian ( submissions), who currently leads Pool A and is sixth overall, takes the title for the highest scoring individual article of the competition so far, with the top importance featured article Ian Smith.
With 26 people having already scored over 100 points, it is likely that well over 100 points will be needed to secure a place in round 3. Recent years have required 123 (2013), 65 (2012), 41 (2011) and 100 (2010). Remember that only 64 will progress to round 3 at the end of April. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page; if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn ( talk • email), The ed17 ( talk • email) and Miyagawa ( talk • email) 22:55, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
An
April Fools' Day hoax marking the construction of the Copenhagen Metro in 2001.
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I've sent you an e-mail. ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 19:22, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
Sorry about the rollback earlier. I just noticed it on my contributions. It was accidental when browsing my watchlist on a tablet. Agathoclea ( talk) 05:53, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
Lobamba is the traditional and legislative capital of Swaziland.
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I just sent you an e-mail, on a totally different topic. ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 04:25, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
Says here you are admin. And yet you think its your job to pathetically attempt to ridicule people and call them stupid.
Complaint is on its way. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.101.41.108 ( talk) 21:15, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
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Can you see the discrepancy here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.101.41.108 ( talk) 21:17, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
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Entertainers at a
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You're an admin. I put up with enough bullshit at the ref desk for you to be making jokes at my expense. And not even funny. If you want me to take your advice seriously, delete your comment. μηδείς ( talk) 03:02, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
Take a look at the contributions of Indiafriend and let me know if you think our old friend Soccermeko is back. His grammar certainly seems to have improved, but his experience level with Wikipedia would make him seem to be an old hand, and his knowledge of my past actions with Nicole Wray articles seems suspicious to me.— Kww( talk) 23:34, 17 April 2014 (UTC)
I thought I recalled you liking baseball. So when I ran across this, I thought you might like to see it. Dismas| (talk) 12:58, 19 April 2014 (UTC)
Kazimierz Nowak on
exploration through the Rwenzori Mountains in Africa
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Thanks for shutting the thread down - I was just about to raise it at WP:AN, and ask that it be closed as clearly off-topic. I somehow doubt we've seen the last of LCcritic though... AndyTheGrump ( talk) 00:11, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
Fresh produce in a
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Hello: As the admin who blocked the most recent previous sock of perennial puppeteer Otto4711, User:Buck Winston, I thought you might be interested in pinning the tail on the current donkey, User:Jerry Pepsi, whom Alison has determined to be "Likely". (Personally, I think the behavioral evidence and WikiStalker report are pretty darn conclusive, but then I'm not a CU who has to be somewhat circumspect in their pronouncements.) You'll find the SPI here. BMK ( talk) 07:39, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
There is a discussion here about William Penn's 1683 treaty with the Lenape Indians, and specifically whether Voltaire's famous quote ("...a treaty never written, never broken") from his 1764 Dictionnaire philosophique was incorrect. Could you please take a look at it? Thanks! -- Guy Macon ( talk) 16:51, 3 May 2014 (UTC)
Round 3 of the 2014 WikiCup has just begun; 32 competitors remain. Pool G's Adam Cuerden ( submissions) was Round 2's highest scorer, with a large number of featured picture credits. In March/April, he restored star charts from Urania's Mirror, lithographs of various warships (such as SMS Gefion) and assorted other historical media. Second overall was Pool E's Godot13 ( submissions), whose featured list Silver certificate (United States) contains dozens of scans of banknotes recently promoted to featured picture status. Third was Pool G's ChrisGualtieri ( submissions) who has produced a large number of good articles, many, including Falkner Island, on Connecticut-related topics. Other successful participants included Cliftonian ( submissions), who saw three articles (including the top-importance Ian Smith) through featured article candidacies, and Caponer ( submissions), who saw three lists (including the beautifully-illustrated list of plantations in West Virginia) through featured list candidacies. High-importance good articles promoted this round include narwhal from Reid,iain james ( submissions), tiger from Cwmhiraeth ( submissions) and The Lion King from Igordebraga ( submissions). We also saw our first featured topic points of the competition, awarded to Czar ( submissions) and Red Phoenix ( submissions) for their work on the Sega Genesis topic. No points have been claimed so far for good topics or featured portals.
192 was our lowest qualifying score, again showing that this WikiCup is the most competitive ever. In previous years, 123 (2013), 65 (2012), 41 (2011) or 100 (2010) secured a place in Round 3. Pool H was the strongest performer, with all but one of its members advancing, while only the two highest scorers in Pools G and F advanced. At the end of June, 16 users will advance into the semi-finals. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn ( talk • email), The ed17 ( talk • email) and Miyagawa ( talk • email) 17:57, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
Filming of a
travel documentary
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I saw that you blocked 10.68.16.31 in April because of it being a logged off bot. It's at it again. -- AmaryllisGardener talk 19:16, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
Something concerning you is on the Administrators noticeboard. Hope you can forgive me. I'm truly sorry for my 19-year-old immatureness. -- 190.178.156.205 ( talk) 21:33, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
Hopetoun Falls in Beech Forest, a
forest in Australia
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is using 172.56.3.93 again.Can it be re-blocked, perhaps for longer? BMK ( talk) 02:03, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
Hello, I would like to ask you about the deletion of BullGuard Wiki Page. You considered it as Promotional Page. The page was written in a neutral way, and it didn't promote any product in a direct way. It was only for public information. It also contained a section about "Criticism", so not only data about the company's products. All the information there was documented with external links,(big journals, forums, etc) and it was structured in the same way the others Wiki pages from IT security industry are created (see: Bitdefender Wiki Page, Norton Antivirus, Kaspersky Internet Security, etc)
I would greatly appreciate if you kindly give me some feedback on this issue, and give me the reasons why BullGuard page was considered "Unambiguous advertising or promotion" while the other similar pages are not.
Thank you very much! Saab 00 ( talk) 09:22, 13 May 2014 (UTC)Sabina Datcu
The Battle of Varoux, part of the
French Revolutionary Wars
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Hi Jayron,
I'm the poster who started the "Gay adoption versus heterosexual adoption" question on the science reference desk. As I clarified in my last edit, I was neither trying to start a debate on same-sex adoption nor was I "looking for affirmation rather than information". In fact, while I don't have an opinion on same-sex adoption if anything my bias pushes me to support it rather than oppose it. However, I like my political opinions to be based on objective fact as much as possible, and as I see it the most rigorous way of assessing the impact of same-sex adoption is through systematic studies that compare (using objective criteria like IQ, crime rate, etc.) adults adopted as children by a same-sex couple with adults adopted as children by a heterosexual couple -- hence my question. I apologize if my dismissal of the Farr, Forsell, and Patterson study sounded like I was ignoring inconvenient information, but I'm just not convinced by studies that rely on either self-reports or third-party subjective assessments.
Respectfully, I'd appreciate it if you could re-open the discussion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.92.7.8 ( talk) 02:06, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
I looked through the history to see what happened and saw that you removed some duplicate information. I saw that the same thing had to be done with earlier questions. This seems to be where it happened.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 19:45, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
Roger Ebert, well known for his contributions to
film criticism.
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Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 06:47, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
Hello, i am in need of asking for the opinion of more experienced wikipedia users and administrators, the issue is wheter, regarding data about a country official sources must be favored over unnoficial ones, i oppened a case in the main noticeboard for administrators but barely got any answer [5], do you know if there is a guideline for issues like this?. Thank you Aergas ( talk) 03:48, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
The
Amazon Basin, pictured in yellow, holds the largest rainforest in the world.
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