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I have always been very interested in true crimes and murder cases, etc, and I was researching Elliot Rodger, the perp of the 2014 Isla Vista killings, and an article about his online presence led me to his wiki account, and what do you know, turns out you had a fight with a world famous serial killer!

/info/en/?search=User_talk:ElliotR1

Of course, if you tell anybody that story you might leave out the fact that it was on Wikipedia! Definitely not something you hear every day so I thought being a fellow Aussie I might let you know in case it interests you. -- Saruman-the-white ( talk) 11:19, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

I remember reading about this on good ol' Wikipediocracy. I never thought I'd be dealing with a "world famous serial killer" haha . A bit scary it is though, because I remember when it actually happened (the massacre) and reading Rodger's long manifesto released to the media (I too have an interest in crimes). I'm pleased to see that @ Materialscientist: gave them the block!

I suppose there's never a dull moment here on Wikipedia! — MelbourneStar☆ ^talk 06:47, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

I don't think this page is very clear regarding the retention of the Honourable title for life—as I understand it in Tasmania, former Ministers and presiding officers of three years standing are eligible to apply to the Governor to retain the title for life, but it is not automatic. The Gazette from 1990 confirms this unless the Royal Prerogative was changed recently (I know it was granted for life to future Governors from 2014). I was going on the House of Assembly List of Members, where the only former minister to be listed with the Honourable title is David Llewellyn, who was granted life use in 1992. -- Canley ( talk) 06:39, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

I understand, and so I'll try find an adequate source. I will undo my edit per this discussion. Kind regards, — MelbourneStar☆ ^talk 06:42, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll have a look too, for evidence either way! -- Canley ( talk) 06:43, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

There's a recent Government Notice from May 2014 in the Tasmanian Government Gazette, says it is authorised by the Governor on recommendation of the Premier. -- Canley ( talk) 06:47, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Hmmm fair enough, we shall leave the title out I suppose, considering we can't find any sources to verify whether or not Giddings was granted an honourific. Thanks for your assistance, — MelbourneStar☆ ^talk 10:11, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Hi do you know how to upload a file?( Bistymings ( talk) 03:20, 23 August 2015 (UTC))

Hi Bistymings and welcome to Wikipedia!

I already see that there has been some correspondence on your talk page ( here) in regards to how to upload an image. Your query is in relation toi the 3rd step, if I'm correct, which is in regards to the image's copyright status. To determine the image's source and or copyright status, please have a read of this, which carefully explains to you everything you will need to know about uploading images, and the respective copyright status. Hope that helps, best — MelbourneStar☆ ^talk 11:56, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

Please explain your reason for removing my edit on Australian Labor Party, a centre-left political party, where I edited the page to show the parties political position. Similarly, with the centre-right Coalition, I edited the page to show that the coalition was centre-right. Most political party wikipedia pages list where the party falls on the political spectrum and this makes it much easier to identify what kind of a party it is to people not familiar with the party. The logical exception to this is when parties do not fall clearly into the left-right spectrum which both parties clearly do. — Preceding unsigned comment added by VerisaddEmoboii ( talk • contribs) 14:27, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

Hi VerisaddEmoboii, and welcome to Wikipedia.

I undid your edit, because you added content which clearly required consensus on the article's talk page – as the note (which you removed also) specifically asked for. I understand where you are coming from, and I personally agree; however, consensus with other editors/the Wikipedia community as a whole, overrides our personal views. Hence, for future references, please discuss your edits on the talk, prior to making said edits against consensus. If you need any assistance in future, please let me know. Best, — MelbourneStar☆ ^talk 14:34, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

Please do tell me the information that I got wrong. Christie has signed for Celtic and Rangers were paying for players they couldn't afford. Thomskiyi ( talk) 07:28, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

Your edits are completely unsourced, unconstructive, and furthermore: your edit summaries are completely misleading. Please cease this. Thank you, — MelbourneStar☆ ^talk 07:31, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

So I assume you checked to make sure I was incorrect? If so, you would have clearly seen overwhelming evidence in my favour. It may not be popular to believe. But they cheated. The evidence is so overwhelming. Also, Christie has just signed for Celtic. I literally just watched him leave for a medical. Please elaborate. Perhaps you hold some kind of allegiance to this particular subject. Thomskiyi ( talk) 07:49, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

No, the onus is on you to make sure content is verifiable – not me. And you can think or believe they cheated – hey they may have even actually cheated. But this is an encyclopedia, not a forum, not a gossip site. Content must be verifiable, reliable and written in a neutral point of view. I hold allegiance to Wikipedia, nothing else. Regards, — MelbourneStar☆ ^talk 08:03, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

There is no dubiety or bias in my entry. My content is totally verifiable, they cheated, Christie has signed for Celtic. Whether you are a neutral or not makes no difference. The information is fact. Not slanted in any way. Thomskiyi ( talk) 09:44, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

Whether one is neutral or not, is the difference between whether your content with its wording can be published on Wikipedia, or not. Secondly, your content is not verifiable – if there are no reliable sources to back it up. — MelbourneStar☆ ^talk 09:50, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

Hi MelbourneStar, need your help with editing the content of LV Prasad Eye Institute wikipedia page.

Lvprasadeye ( talk) 10:39, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

Hi @ Lvprasadeye: welcome to Wikipedia!

A few things:

I've had to undo your most recent edit to the article L. V. Prasad Eye Institute as it removed content verified by sources, and you did not have an edit summary to make the case as to why it should be removed.

Barring that, I happen to have noticed that your usernmae bares the same name as the said article in question, minus the "Institute". In this regard, it may be best if you request your username to be changed to a more appropriate username, per our behavioral guideline on conficts of interest.

With that in mind, is there anything specific you need assistance with, in editing said article, that I can help with?

Kind regards, — MelbourneStar☆ ^talk 04:06, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

Hi

The Entertainment Weekly (EW) article states:

"speculation mounted" [about it referencing Zimmerman] and,
"In fact, the SVU writers have taken things one step further and combined two of the year’s biggest headlines: The trial of Zimmerman over the killing of Florida teen Trayvon Martin and the Paula Deen scandal."

The Deen scandal was about derogatory use of a word, while this is shooting someone, and the article does not explain how the episode directly relates to Deen.
That, is the only mention of her.

No where does it go on to mention her again, or expound why it is "a fact" - like perhaps including how it is related, or why they think it is a fact, or quote someone related to the show, as they do with other statements and quotes in their article.

To me that seemed like it might be dubious as a ref, and perhaps need a little clarity on how the two (Deen incident and TV programme) are related.

The ABC News article is "via Good Morning America" (whatever that means?) and references the EW one as it's source, so I pretty much discounted that one.

I was initially tempted to revert, as I am challenging the ref, but thought maybe you would like to see my reasoning and then let you decide how to proceed?

Thanks Chaosdruid ( talk) 19:05, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

I understand that; however, considering there are multiple reliable sources noting a correlation between the episode plot, and the Zimmerman/Deen cases, we aught to at least mention that. Instead of basing it on fact, we can say "X, Y, Z news contends the episode is based on Zimmerman/Dean". A compromise. — MelbourneStar☆ ^talk 04:05, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

Compromise !?! *cough* *cough* consensus! *cough*

That would be an agreeable solution :¬)

Cheers Chaosdruid ( talk) 12:38, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

Compromises are what makes this world spin . Sweet, thank you! — MelbourneStar☆ ^talk 13:17, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

Hello, I want to change and add new content to a company page but I get this messages:

Hello, I'm MelbourneStar. I noticed that you recently removed some content from Arctic S.A.  with this edit, without explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, the removed content has been restored. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. —MelbourneStar☆talk 07:04, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Please do not add commentary or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles, as you did to Arctic S.A.. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. Thank you. —MelbourneStar☆talk 07:20, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Warning icon Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to violate Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy by adding commentary and your personal analysis into articles, as you did to Arctic S.A. with this edit, you may be blocked from editing. —MelbourneStar☆talk 07:40, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Can you help me, please! Thanks! Adrian — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adrian bucuresti ( talk • contribs) 08:11, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi @ Adrian bucuresti: welcome to Wikipedia!

I've had to undo a lot of your edits on the Arctic S.A. article, as it contained a lot of promotional material seemingly advertising the subject of the article. I'll pin-point some of the concerns I have, and I'll also suggest what you can do to assist with your editing:

• This edit contains material that appears to be unsourced (ie. there are no reliable sources cited to verify the content). If you were to add such content to the article, it will need to include verifiable reliable sources which are independent of Arctic S.A. (and therefore more likely to be neutral).
• The latter edit, is also written in a non-neutral point of view. In Wikipedia articles, it is important that content is written in a neutral point of view in order to avoid biasness, and adveritising/promotion. If you are closely connected to the subject of the article, it may be best you read this before you proceed to editing said article.
• Please ensure the content you are adding to the article is written in your own words and not copy and pasted, especially without permission.
• Whilst a small issue, it is still important to always use edit summaries, in order to explain your edits adequately.

I hope this answers your questions!

All the best, — MelbourneStar☆ ^talk 08:24, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

I probably would have just leave them be, since they really can't do anything after the block, but since you requested I closed down their talk page privileges. bibliomaniac 1 5 08:21, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

@ Bibliomaniac15: Thank you. I didn't want to be a pain, but also, I just didn't believe said communication was appropriate to be left on the talk page. But it all appears to be sorted, so again, thanks for that! Best, — MelbourneStar☆ ^talk 08:25, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

By any chance can someone explain to me what happened on my talk page? I was asleep during this time and have no clue as to what was said. GamerPro64 12:42, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

By going through my emails I can already see it wasn't pleasant. GamerPro64 12:53, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

@ GamerPro64: Well you certainly missed out on some good entertainment, that's for sure!

I haven't been cussed out like that in a long time haha — MelbourneStar☆ ^talk 13:24, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Yeah I'm sorry about whatever happened. I warned the IP before but it was clear that it was fruitless. GamerPro64 13:33, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

You don't need to apologise, you did nothing wrong at all! :) I think they ought to should they return following their block. My parents taught me the valuable lesson that "if one has nothing nice to say - say nothing at all"; it's a pity that some people missed out on that lesson, it seems. — MelbourneStar☆ ^talk 13:46, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

With this ever dramatic world including WikiDrama, here's a cup of tea to alleviate your day! This e-tea's remains have been e- composted SwisterTwister talk 06:30, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

@ SwisterTwister: Thank you for the tea, I shall drink up!

And not to worry, drama has never been a deterrence for me... it adds a bit of spice to the day! ;)

Hope all is well with you! Regards, — MelbourneStar☆ ^talk 10:40, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi! I was wondering 2 things. Firstly, how can I get my username to appear in a different colour like yours? And secondly, how can I prevent un-autoconfirmed users from ediing my user page. Get back to me as soon as you can! Thanks in advance!

Will2022 ( talk) 13:19, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

Hey Will!

I'll show you what my username looks like in raw: —[[User:MelbourneStar|<b style="color:#E22">Mel</b><b style="color:#F20">bourne</b><b style="color:#F73">Star</b>]]<font color="#FF9F00">☆</font>[[User talk:MelbourneStar|<sup style="color:#407">'''''talk'''''</sup>]] ← that translates into this: — MelbourneStar☆ ^talk

Whilst I know this may seem a little complex to understand now, once you figure out what it is, where everything goes, etc., it's actually quite easy to get the hang of. In the above raw username of mine, you can see where it says "font color=#FF9F00". The "FF9F00" is the colour yellow.

You can, by all means, use this as a template for your own username if you like:

• Will2022 ( talk)

Regarding your second query, if vandalism is occuring on your user page or user talk page, you may request it be protected over on this noticeboard.

If you need any further assistance, please let me know. — MelbourneStar☆ ^talk 15:13, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi there,

Thanks for the note. I am the one that initially posted the picture, whose legend I then corrected. After reviewing my notes yesterday, I believe this is not fermented tofu but stinky tofu (the difference is subtle: they both taste horrible). Hence my correction. I still need to go over other occurences to double check but long story short: it was a valid edit. Cheers, Popo le Chien ^{throw a bone} 10:39, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

@ Popo le Chien: My sincere apologies. After the radiant things I've seen today in the past hour or two on Huggle, I took the term "stinky", literal. According to your sentiments expressed above, though, I can assume stinky tofu also stinks!

Regards, — MelbourneStar☆ ^talk 10:44, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

Hello, MelbourneStar. You have new messages at Zhuyifei1999's talk page.
Message added 11:10, 26 October 2015 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Zhuyifei1999 ( talk) 11:10, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

Sir I have to ask you that how can I can upload a picture on the article — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.98.81.15 ( talk) 13:32, 26 October 2015 (UTC) I need to upload a picture what should i do.Please help me. 94.98.81.15 ( talk) 13:40, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi @ 94.98.81.15:, welcome to Wikipedia!

If you would like to upload an image to Wikipedia, I would urge you to create an account; In doing so, this will allow you to upload an image to Wikipedia (as an IP, you currently are unable to).

However, should you wish not to create an account, you will able to submit a request for an image to be uploaded. Please carefully read this, which will clearly explain to you how to request an upload. Regards, — MelbourneStar☆ ^talk 13:47, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

Well, what a name to give yourself and the trolling activity you appear to indulge in doesn't amaze me. A brief glance at what is written about me is slanted, as you well know. If anyone claims my rise to fame/infamy began in 1999 with my arrest is aware of only half the story - I try to correct the distortions but trolling impulses seem to emerge from nowhere and strike out my amendments, etc. It should be noted that my claim to fame began in 1985 when I made local, state and national news as having been dismissed from my teaching position and having become Australia's highest qualified school bus drive. Let me know when I can insert this fact into the Wikipedia entry because the way it stands, there is just one line about winning an appeal - Let's see if you have the moral and intellectual integrity to grapple this request - Melbourne Star! Best wishes. Fredrick — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.144.130.89 ( talk) 13:36, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

I'm not claiming anything – barring my reversal of your recent edit to said article, I have never previously edited said article. Now, with your trolling claim aside, you inserted legal jargon in your edit summary. That, on Wikipedia, is a very big no-no, and is almost always viewed dimly by administrators on here. I would suggest you retract that statement, and if you would like to see changes with the article, you discuss those changes here. Regards, — MelbourneStar☆ ^talk 13:52, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

Dear MelbourneStar, Thanks a lot for intimating that you have removed the external link. But I see that you have reverted the entire edit - I have just left a note to the previous editor Ireneshih informing the changes I have made - I have reorganised the structure as per wiki guidelines - added more references - added critical views - Is it possible to remove only the unwanted external link. As the other edits appropriate given the Following tag left by Ireneshih "This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. The neutrality of this article is disputed. (September 2015) This article contains content that is written like an advertisement. (September 2015) This article may be in need of reorganization to comply with Wikipedia's layout guidelines. (September 2015)" Tirutirutiru ( talk) 04:10, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi @ Tirutirutiru: welcome to Wikipedia!

I'd like to point out that in the edit summary for said edit to the Waswo X. Waswo article, you mention that you've reorganised the article per Wikipedia guidelines. Despite this, you opened the article with an inapropriate external link, which should not be there per our guideline on external links. Barring that, the biography section you added into said article is unsourced – in any biographies of living people it is imperative that all content is verified by reliable sources.

Whilst my reversal did also encompass your whole edit, I will note that you certainly did make some appropriate changes.

I would suggest that you heed the my suggestions regarding external links and references, and that you make individual edits to the article – that way, if one were to undo your work in response to any issues, individual changes to the article which are deemed appropriate can stay.

All the best, — MelbourneStar☆ ^talk 04:24, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

You are changing information that is not cited on Gus kenworthy. Nowhere does it say Gus is single in the cites article. I am the publicist Robin Macdonald. Also, Gus Kenworthy had nothing to do with the Sochi pup rescue, this is false information and it needs to be corrected. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drewcote ( talk • contribs) 04:52, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

@ Drewcote: with respect, I have no idea whatsover what you are doing on said article. You have made absolutely no edit summaries when editing said article, you've removed content without explaining why. Also, if you are Macdonald's publicist, you ought to read this, and perhaps suggest edits on the talk page here – instead of editing the article itself.

For future references, please always use edit summaries – because from an outside perspective, it looked like you were just removing content for no reason at all. — MelbourneStar☆ ^talk 05:01, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Jatavs are also yaduvanshi tribes.the information has been given in many books,one of the book is Rawat, Ramnarayan,Reconsidering Untouchability: Chamars and Dalit History in North India. Indiana University Press. ISBN  9780253222626. Jatav123 ( talk) 06:00, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi @ Jatav123: welcome to Wikipedia!

I undid your most recent edits to the Yadu article, as they removed content (and also the reference/notes section of the article) without explaining why. Please use an edit summary to adequately summarise what you're doing, for future references. Thanks, — MelbourneStar☆ ^talk 06:06, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Hello.

Sorry i didnt knew that i edited some. I think it was just a mistake or i did it un knowingly.

Thanks. Broneps1 ( talk) 10:51, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

@ Broneps1: That's okay! — MelbourneStar☆ ^talk 07:40, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

Deleted content from a page )peter dedevbo because there are general statements made like (he has developed many players currently playing in europe and the united states.) there is no evidence of that nor is there citation or proof of that.

There was also a statement that he is regarded as one of the best coaches in the world- that is a general statement without citation or proof.

There is also a statement that he coached successful womens teams in Nigeria- couldn't find citation for it - there is no page or link or citation that shows that he coached any team in Nigeria or won any championship. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 9jafootballwiki ( talk • contribs) 22:18, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi @ 9jafootballwiki: welcome to Wikipedia!

When editing and/or removing content to/from articles, it would be very helpful to any other editor if you could use an edit summary, to quickly summarise what exactly you're doing. Please consider doing this in future cases. All the best, — MelbourneStar☆ ^talk 07:43, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

I have no idea who the subject of this article is and made no changes to it. Why would this message come to me? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.4.21.140 ( talk) 16:39, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

@ 108.4.21.140: This edit was made from your IP address. If you did not do this, than somebody else probably did, hence suggesting your IP is shared. Regards, — MelbourneStar☆ ^talk 01:38, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

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Thank you @ Northamerica1000: hope you had a wonderful Halloween! best wishes to you, and Happy Halloween! — MelbourneStar ☠ ^{Happy Halloween!} 04:16, 2 November 2015 (UTC)