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Hello! Do you really find something like this helpful or constructive when the woman has lived (only) in the USA since 1946? I don't. Hard to find good faith in a thing like that. Looks more like disruption. -- SergeWoodzing ( talk) 02:03, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
Hi Sundayclose, neither is editing other users' userspace a "policy violation" by itself, nor is creating accounts for testing illegitimate by itself ( WP:TESTALT). I understand that having to provide advice to the same user again and again can be cumbersome, but that shouldn't lead to factually incorrect statements, I think. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 18:54, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
They just edited yesterday… 1/20/2023 KaytieKay ( talk) 01:44, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
(I am so sorry—please feel free to delete my comment above. It isn’t applicable. I thought we were talking about 80s Sam.! KaytieKay ( talk) 07:37, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
I know you’re going to be gone but hopefully you’ll see this. I’m too much of a newbie to warn. Can we just get rid of “80s Sam” already? He just made some idiot changes to Deen Castronovo’s wiki that are incorrect. The info was more accurate before he messed with him, as now he has made Deen a member in bands he was just associated with. (Which is what it said before he messes with it.) Furthermore, I’ve asked some his fans and his social media manager not to edit it so zealously. It was the like the Barbra Streisand effect. The more you try to hide something, the worse it gets. Now I am hesitant to change it back. Because Wikipedia and Google are now even more linked, excessive changes affect the algorithm of what is emphasized when searching for a celebrity. (Their Google knowledge panel.) I work for Meta—hopefully that doesn’t affect your opinion of me. Lol. Before that, I worked for Google. Knowledge panels are a big part of what I do. Not to be all braggy and stuff, but I just felt like I should put some credibility in my rambling. (And I’m SO SO sorry I did. The guy pi$$es me off. 2603:8001:3E00:3CF:5435:32CD:F54F:1640 ( talk) 01:31, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
I just noticed I wasn’t signed in. Hope I did. Lol. That shows you how new I am. He just edited Deen’s on the 20th so yesterday. KaytieKay ( talk) 01:35, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
(I didn’t even know how to reply to this. I probably did it wrong—that’s how new I am.) 😳 KaytieKay ( talk) 01:36, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
Thank you for leaving a message on my Talk page. I am replying here as suggested. You reverted my edit to Taxman. I assumed that the the preceding sentence and the links from from 'pound' and 'shilling' in the sentence I added were sufficient verification for the explanation; you obviously disagreed. Normal procedure here would be to add a 'citation needed’ tag, possibly with a message announcing that you’ve added the tag. Reverting is not normally necessary in situations like this, usually being reserved for vandalism and disruptive or bad faith edits: Wikipedia:Revert only when necessary
Also: 'False belief that the WP:Verifiability (WP:V) policy requires citations, much less particular citation formatting, for everything: Example: "Undid addition to discography section; no inline citation.” Policy: WP:V requires inline citations for all quotations and for any material challenged or likely to be challenged, not for all content, and the citations do not otherwise have to be formatted a certain way or be any more detailed than is necessary to identify the source. All content must be verifiable with reliable sources, but an uncontroversial statement is not actually required to be verified with a citation at all unless and until it is controverted.’ Wikipedia:Baby and bathwater
I have followed your suggestion and added a citation to a statement by George Harrison in an interview, which improves the article, so thank you for that, but you might want to consider the points I've raised before reverting a good faith edit in future. BTW - the entire introduction to this article is currently citation free. Robert P Connolly ( talk) 10:48, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
I think you made a mistake by restoring the lists of countries and organizations that was added to School Strike for Climate. You stated on LivingOrchid's talk page that they did not provide an adequate explanation of their edit, even though they very clearly did. The portion that they deleted was asserting that almost every single country in the world plus Antarctica supports the school strike, and that it's opposed by several Islamist organizations, with no citations. How does keeping this make the article better? Mounched ( talk) 02:25, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
Hi, apologies for my recent statement on M3GAN. I can see you’ve reverted my edit to the article’s current state. I didn’t know what I was thinking when trying to tell readers that they don’t need to know what exactly the titular character was using to kill someone.
There was some IPs that tried to state what was actually used, so I just added in that statement. I just thought that readers wouldn’t have to think of something else.
Again, my apologies. Edwordo13 ( talk) 20:43, 8 February 2023 (UTC)
Yes, you have made a mistake in reverting my edit to the Southern American English content. I did, in fact, state what the source was. The very map shown in the article from the Atlas of North American English, sources [22][23]. I will be re-adding my revisions accordingly. Estshr ( talk) 20:15, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
I added an additional reliable source for my edits. Estshr ( talk) 20:33, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
I've reverted your edit, but only because I found a rock solid piece of evidence to support the categorization. See the White House's profile on him here, and backed up by this. There's really no convenient place to put this information in the article though. Maybe you can come up with one? -- Hammersoft ( talk) 19:59, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
@ Hammersoft: As I've already said, if you want me to stop pinging you, stop messaging me. Yet another example of you thinking you're allowed to do things that the rest of us are not allowed to do. And if you consider that a personal attack, report me, but you might want to read WP:BOOMERANG first and think about your multiple violations of WP:V and your repeated accusations of my hostility just because I asked you to follow that policy. Someone else did your work for you by adding a source. I suppose you'll call that a personal attack. I never expected you to read anything I ping you about. But when you repeatedly message me, it's obvious that you are, in fact, reading it. Now, that will be my last ping unless you decide to drag this out even more. But my suggestion is drop the stick and move on. Sundayclose ( talk) 16:19, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
I'm old enough to remember the AmEng versus BritEng pronunciation confusion happening with Meg Griffin of Family Guy when fansites and episode guides made in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations invariably listed her first name as "Meghan" instead of the correct Megan. AUSPOLLIE ( talk) 22:37, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
I added a section about the sexual assaults in Lebanon, and I have added several citations about what happened (some of them are of course in Arabic since it happened in Lebanon), why has it been removed?? 77.246.75.81 ( talk) 13:56, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
hey, you recently removed by edit on The Beatles page, saying that the citation is a dead link. I cross checked and the link is working for me. please recheck the link: https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-of-all-time-artists/ Bhkkbey250 ( talk) 05:42, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
"And all quotation". In other words: I cant just say the constitution says something without providing proof along with its quotation where it states what your claiming specifically. Neither you or the op did such. Hence our current circumstances. PaUZz LYte ( talk) 15:38, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
you removed the timeline from the band members section yet it is simply a graphical representation of the info in the band members section. Why not just leave it with the notice of that you want a source? Mighty Midas ( talk) 15:33, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
Kinda wanted to apologize for the shit I spewed up earlier this morning. Not really the best guy and I let myself get into arguments that probably get me nowhere. I do apologize how I acted. Anyways. Thanks. Good day A.R.M. 00:32, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
Pardon, but OK? The source is reliable and is literally mentioned with the proper template in the text. 37.100.233.58 ( talk) 19:35, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
WP:BURDEN notes editors may object if you remove material without giving them time to provide references.
That's going to have to be me right now. The category was introduced only two days ago; I pointed to the existing sources at
Need-blind admission, promised you that I would add content to the articles with them, and asked for a bit of patience given the large task; and you can check my edit history to see that I've been actively doing so since then. Reverting the batch with the inaccurate summary Editor is taking their time fixing this problem
was an unnecessarily aggressive move, of a piece with your argumentative comments at my talk page.
Overall, I think you will have an easier time on Wikipedia if you approach editing in a bit more of a collegial manner. Personally, when editors add seemingly helpful but unsourced material, the first part of my comment to them is always to thank them for the contribution before even asking for a source, recognizing that Wikipedia is a work in progress where incremental improvements are helpful. The next time you encounter a similar situation, I think if you begin that way, and frame your ask in a less demanding way that respects that we are all volunteers, you will find others are a lot more amenable to help. Regards, {{u| Sdkb}} talk 19:09, 4 May 2023 (UTC)
At Untitled Beetlejuice sequel you reverted me without checking the sources about filming. The sources Collider and Variety clearly say filming began on May 10.
Collider states in 13th para under the section : "Following the initial reports that Beetlejuice 2, we also got an estimate on when the project is looking to begin filming. The film will begin production on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, in the UK. That being said, with the ongoing WGA strike, there is a chance that filming will be paused, but as of right now Warner Bros seems to be intent on moving forward regardless of the Strike."
Variety says: "There’s little information available about the follow-up to Tim Burton’s 1988 film about a pesky poltergeist, but the filmmaker is returning with Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice and Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz. Additional cast members include “Wednesday” star Jenna Ortega as the daughter of Ryder’s character, as well as Justin Theroux in a yet-to-be-revealed role. Production is expected to commence in London on May 10."
Neither says late May or early June. Linkin Prankster ( talk) 15:22, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
I've undone your revert of another user on Beetlejuice restoring the Untitled Beetlejuice sequel link. When the article is created, then it will be appropriate to add it. Until then it serves no purpose asides from confusing the reader. Linkin Prankster ( talk) 14:02, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
Do you have RS where she states that she prefers they/them pronouns? GLAAD uses she/her pronouns for Mattea Roach, and they should know.
MOS:GENDERID is clear: Refer to any person whose gender might be questioned with gendered words (e.g. pronouns, man/woman/person, waiter/waitress/server) that reflect the person's most recent expressed gender self-identification as reported in the most recent reliable sources, even if it does not match what is most common in sources.
We need Mattea's own words, her/their "SELF-identification", not what others say about it (I know there are a couple sources that say she uses they/their), even if it's RS. We need Mattea's own words in RS. -- Valjean ( talk) ( PING me) 04:27, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
I think this is a matter of OR, BLP, and attribution.
What is lacking is her actual SELF-description.
This leaves us with a conundrum because, according to the requirement for a self-description, we are currently violating OR and BLP. Should we start a centralized discussion somewhere? We need to clear this up and change our policy requirement for a self-description (with consequent serious BLP issues to follow). -- Valjean ( talk) ( PING me) 19:24, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
JeffSpaceman ( talk) 21:39, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
Thank you for your thanks! Sorry it was a revert at first before I added the link, as I was feeling lazy! All the best & have a great weekend! Stereorock ( talk) 15:49, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
Sundayclose, your trimming of the plot summary of The Kingdom (film) was well-intended, but misguided. You want to trim the plot of to avoid plot bloat, that's fine. But not in such a drastic matter like you did on it. We got to keep what was written. Find anything that is should be trimmed down and keep anything that is important and take it from there. BattleshipMan ( talk) 03:46, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
@ BattleshipMan: Reducing the plot summary to the size you did won't don't any good for me to get it down to 700 words. I'm going to get someone else to help out with this. BattleshipMan ( talk) 14:03, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
Disclosure, Battleshipman did ask for my input on my talk page. I used wordcounter.com and it comes out as 673 words so it is below the limit, the tag appears to be from when it was 1400 words. I am happy to give it a once over once I finish work to tighten it up but it being one long paragraph isn't appropriate or very readable or aesthetically interesting. Darkwarriorblake / Vote for something that matters 14:06, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
Hi Sundayclose, just to make sure the ping doesn't fail – your input would be welcome at Kesc4399's talk page. I'm sorry for the annoyance this may cause especially given your request for them not to message you again, but the annoyance of eventually having to argue at ANI for a block would probably have been greater. Thanks and best regards, ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 05:57, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
Walter Plecker's orginial 1943 list of surnames, including the Tennessee Melungeons, should be cited on this page in full for better comprehension as to how the term has been used in history. StephanieTree ( talk) 17:43, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
Why did you erase my valid source ciations for Walter Plecker's 1943 list and Will Allen Dromgoole's depiction of Calloway Collins? — Preceding unsigned comment added by StephanieTree ( talk • contribs) 18:12, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
I read the Spider-Man comics where he is said to have mentioned in some comics that his superhuman speed, is called "proportionate speed of a spider" and "spider-speed", you know that Spider-Man does have proportionate speed of a spider, not just agility. I have links to share this topic to you; https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/The-Spectacular-Spider-Man-1976/Issue-87?id=19204, https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/The-Amazing-Spider-Man-1963/Issue-40?id=4008, and https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Amazing-Fantasy-1962/Issue-15. This is the site called "readcomiconline" I read those and it's free, so ok, I'll never to editing war or repeat things back, but I can discuss this topic to you in Spider-Man talk page. But I have evidence where these Spider-Man comic books explain that Spider-Man really does have superhuman speed. Aaeliaba ( talk) 1:29, 20 June 2023 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by FlightTime ( talk • contribs)
I don't think you were right to revert, for the following reasons:
<!-- Additional items, unless attributed to Spooner, AND RELIABLY CITED as such, will be speedily removed.-->which is followed after the introductory text by
<!-- This section is RESTRICTED to the nine examples given by Lederer. Additions will be removed. -->, and then at the end of the Examples section there's a repeat of
<!-- Additional items, unless attributed to Spooner, AND RELIABLY CITED as such, will be speedily removed.-->. So, it brackets the Examples section. It refers to "this section", meaning the Examples section. But I was not editing that section. I was editing the Popular Use / Culture section, under Literature.
Card Zero (talk) 20:24, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
Thank you for explaining your revert of my edit, and for acknowledging that it was a good faith edit, and for giving your reason. I won't change it back, but I still think it looks weird for only that song in the sequence to not be linked.
And I apologize if this isn't the right place for this note. I'm still learning stuff. :) Yesthatbruce ( talk) 20:41, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
Hi Sundayclose. In these edits on Natalie Portman, you cited several sources that don't fully support the claim or demonstrate that the claim is due. Not all the journals cited verify the paper's release year, so the use of some to indirectly draw any connection is inappropriate. The other source cited, Oracle of Bacon, published a completely different number than what is neutrally claimed in the article. Are there reliable sources that highlight Portman's Erdős–Bacon number as uniquely meaningful and correlate it to a specific project that she's done? KyleJoan talk 02:28, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
Is there a reason you keep confronting socks on their talk pages and threatening to report them rather than just reporting? Seems like a waste of time to give them endless warnings after they've already been blocked a thousand times Someone who's wrong on the internet ( talk) 20:57, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
Hello, Sundayclose,
I realize that editor Totocugno is hitting all of your buttons but please do not get caught up in an edit war yourself. If necessary, file a report at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring rather than continuing to revert. I posted a warning to their talk page but they were just removed. I understand you are exasperated today but I just wanted to remind you that when two editors are involved with edit warring, they usually both face sanctions. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 00:28, 21 July 2023 (UTC)
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The information I put forth was in the Snopes article that was cited. I was merely adding more information from the same source. ErichoTTA ( talk) 22:26, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
It is probably better if we stop engaging with the KMart IP, who is a long-term block evader. They'll just keep trolling as long as they're getting attention. MrOllie ( talk) 01:18, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
The Friday the 13th franchise article overview content looks weird with different film merged together Milighuh ( talk) 21:17, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
I got a talk page message from Iss246 insisting on communicating with me by email, but they refuse to provide any explanation. When I hopped on their talk page, I caught a glimpse of them saying they emailed you. In the interest of transparency, I prefer keeping all correspondence regarding Wikipedia on Wiki. Seeing they were just in contact with me on my talk page about email and how they just emailed you suggest whatever it is might be related to psychology topic. I wonder why they refuse to discuss in the open. Graywalls ( talk) 01:44, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
I write to address a matter that arose because Graywalls unknowingly--I emphasize unknowingly--, because he is admittedly unfamiliar with IO psychology, made mistake that I hesitate to correct or address publicly. He refuses to have an email exchange with me. I thought I would write to you because you are a reasonable person. I say that and acknowledge that reasonable people can disagree about things. Sometimes our passions heat up an argument more than the argument merits.
On August 28 on the WikiProject Psychology talk page Graywalls criticized the stevenspector website on the grounds that Steven Spector is not a known researcher. I am an IO psychology insider. Like other IO insiders, I know that the stevenspector site was created by Steven and Paul Spector, a highly respected researcher with an h-index of 91 and more than 400 publications. Like other IO insiders, I know that Spector named the site to honor his son, Steven, who died long before his time. The site is a joint product of Steven and his dad.
I did not want to argue about about the site's name on the WikiProject Psychology talk page. It would be unseemly. If Spector or his wife would happen to see that argument, it could be painful. I don't want to add to that pain. Perhaps you can tactfully ensure that the website would remain in place. It is an excellent site and that it is not-for-profit.
iss246
Sundayclose ( talk) 12:40, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=List_of_Eagle_Scouts&diff=1174621102&oldid=1174620843
that is the second time you bogus templated me. Did you read the edit summary? NO. Did you read what I removed? NO Your BS post says I removed a template and I didn't. One of the bits is that he's an Eagle Scout and that's obvious by being on the list so it's fluff. so is being a 7th generation Texan. NOT NOTALBLE INFO FOR THE LIST. PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND STAY AWAY FROM ME AND LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.161.8.90 ( talk) 17:28, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
While I disagree that the term "role" only applies to film (Protagonist/antagonist/etc. are ways to describe a character's role in a story, written or otherwise), my reason for that edit was primarily to fix the incorrect grammar in that sentence. Using the word "character" does not grammatically follow the verb "appeared in" established in the first clause, i.e. "She appeared in [...] a supporting character" is incorrect, hence my edit. One can "appear in a role", but "appear in a character" sounds wrong and unnatural. If you insist on keeping the word "character", the sentence would need to be rewritten with an additional preposition or verb. Such as "She also appeared in Finders Keepers and End of Watch, and as a supporting character in The Outsider" or "[...] and was a supporting character in..." or something like that. Just my thoughts, thanks. Robber93 ( talk) 17:14, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
Sorry, an IP changed it back to the outdated information.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 15:56, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
Atomoxetine must be highly effective in improving school performance as it can enhance significantly their attention span, impulse control, academic performance, and peer relationships. As noted from the highly substantiated meta-analysis that it is equally efficacious as methylphenidate. It is logically impossible to entertain the possibility that it can be simultanously as effective as MTH yet have no benefit on school performance while MTH does therefore referencing single outdated 2014 study should be removed in my view. Димитрий Улянов Иванов ( talk) 20:02, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
Hello! You have added a WP:TECHNICAL tag to the Collatz conjecture article. Could you elaborate on what exactly you think is too technical about the article? Do you mean everything, including the lead? Did you understand what the problem is? If you have any specific suggestion for improvements, please leave your feedback in the talk page. -- Hugo Spinelli ( talk) 15:25, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
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Charlie Faust ( talk) 03:53, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
When you posted on my page about the "edit war", you accused me of removing the story on 16:17, 14 March 2024. But if you look at the history, you'll find it was Simonm223 talk contribs, who duly notes that "The quote from danse macabre was being misrepresented. King refers to the idea that an event he doesn't remember and that may not have happened when he was four as specious and little better than astrology."
You say I should "discuss, not edit war" (that shouldn't be used as a verb, but whatever.) I have tried to reach consensus on the story. Were the tale true King would, presumably, have mentioned it before or since Danse Macabre. On the talk page, I asked if anyone could find any subsequent interviews where King mentions it. No dice. Were it true, it would, presumably, be mentioned by King's family members in print (in Danse Macabre, it's presented as a secondhand anecdote, something his mother may have told once.) On the talk page, I asked if anyone knew of any direct quotes from family members that mention it. No dice.
Simonm duly notes on the talk page that King himself seems to have little faith in the story, that he told it once at a convention when asked what happened in his youth to make him write horror. That is a question he has offered other, simpler explanations to, and about which he admits he used to "confabulate." The page used to tell us that it may have "psychologically inspired some of King's darker works" (whatever that means.) But how could it have "psychologically inspired" King if he has no memory of it? And, in Danse Macabre itself, King dismisses the notion as "totally specious" and "little better than astrology." Simonm is again correct that the one source that counts in the case dismisses the notion that it inspired him, "psychologically" or otherwise.
You say it is "sourced", but is it reliably sourced? Who does Beahm cite as a reference? It's King in Danse Macabre, isn't it? That's unreliable, seeing how, in that book, King offers it as an explanation of what happened in his youth to make him write horror, a question he resented and about which he admits he used to "confabulate." And, crucially, King has not told the tale before or since. Earlier, you said I shouldn't remove it because "it has been in the article for years". And? That sounds like an appeal to groupthink, surely a dubious ethos for an encyclopedia. And there are things on WP which are flat wrong, some of which have been there for years. On the King page, under Personal life, we were told his wife staged an intervention "shortly after Cujo was published." But that's wrong: Cujo was published in 1981 and King's wife staged an intervention after The Tommyknockers, in 1987. That may have been in the article for years; it should never have been there at all. WP encourages us to "be bold" in making edits. If you see something wrong, it's gotta go, even if it's been there for years. Something having been on WP for years is no reason for its being there, especially if it should never have been there at all.
But your accusation that I removed the story on 6:17, 14 March 2024 is false. I didn't do it. Simonm223 did, duly noting that it's a silly story that the teller told once and even then didn't seem to have much faith in.. If you look at the history of the page, you'll see I'm right about this, but people on WP are apparently in the habit of commenting on things they haven't read. Charlie Faust ( talk) 01:56, 19 March 2024 (UTC)
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Hello! Do you really find something like this helpful or constructive when the woman has lived (only) in the USA since 1946? I don't. Hard to find good faith in a thing like that. Looks more like disruption. -- SergeWoodzing ( talk) 02:03, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
Hi Sundayclose, neither is editing other users' userspace a "policy violation" by itself, nor is creating accounts for testing illegitimate by itself ( WP:TESTALT). I understand that having to provide advice to the same user again and again can be cumbersome, but that shouldn't lead to factually incorrect statements, I think. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 18:54, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
They just edited yesterday… 1/20/2023 KaytieKay ( talk) 01:44, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
(I am so sorry—please feel free to delete my comment above. It isn’t applicable. I thought we were talking about 80s Sam.! KaytieKay ( talk) 07:37, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
I know you’re going to be gone but hopefully you’ll see this. I’m too much of a newbie to warn. Can we just get rid of “80s Sam” already? He just made some idiot changes to Deen Castronovo’s wiki that are incorrect. The info was more accurate before he messed with him, as now he has made Deen a member in bands he was just associated with. (Which is what it said before he messes with it.) Furthermore, I’ve asked some his fans and his social media manager not to edit it so zealously. It was the like the Barbra Streisand effect. The more you try to hide something, the worse it gets. Now I am hesitant to change it back. Because Wikipedia and Google are now even more linked, excessive changes affect the algorithm of what is emphasized when searching for a celebrity. (Their Google knowledge panel.) I work for Meta—hopefully that doesn’t affect your opinion of me. Lol. Before that, I worked for Google. Knowledge panels are a big part of what I do. Not to be all braggy and stuff, but I just felt like I should put some credibility in my rambling. (And I’m SO SO sorry I did. The guy pi$$es me off. 2603:8001:3E00:3CF:5435:32CD:F54F:1640 ( talk) 01:31, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
I just noticed I wasn’t signed in. Hope I did. Lol. That shows you how new I am. He just edited Deen’s on the 20th so yesterday. KaytieKay ( talk) 01:35, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
(I didn’t even know how to reply to this. I probably did it wrong—that’s how new I am.) 😳 KaytieKay ( talk) 01:36, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
Thank you for leaving a message on my Talk page. I am replying here as suggested. You reverted my edit to Taxman. I assumed that the the preceding sentence and the links from from 'pound' and 'shilling' in the sentence I added were sufficient verification for the explanation; you obviously disagreed. Normal procedure here would be to add a 'citation needed’ tag, possibly with a message announcing that you’ve added the tag. Reverting is not normally necessary in situations like this, usually being reserved for vandalism and disruptive or bad faith edits: Wikipedia:Revert only when necessary
Also: 'False belief that the WP:Verifiability (WP:V) policy requires citations, much less particular citation formatting, for everything: Example: "Undid addition to discography section; no inline citation.” Policy: WP:V requires inline citations for all quotations and for any material challenged or likely to be challenged, not for all content, and the citations do not otherwise have to be formatted a certain way or be any more detailed than is necessary to identify the source. All content must be verifiable with reliable sources, but an uncontroversial statement is not actually required to be verified with a citation at all unless and until it is controverted.’ Wikipedia:Baby and bathwater
I have followed your suggestion and added a citation to a statement by George Harrison in an interview, which improves the article, so thank you for that, but you might want to consider the points I've raised before reverting a good faith edit in future. BTW - the entire introduction to this article is currently citation free. Robert P Connolly ( talk) 10:48, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
I think you made a mistake by restoring the lists of countries and organizations that was added to School Strike for Climate. You stated on LivingOrchid's talk page that they did not provide an adequate explanation of their edit, even though they very clearly did. The portion that they deleted was asserting that almost every single country in the world plus Antarctica supports the school strike, and that it's opposed by several Islamist organizations, with no citations. How does keeping this make the article better? Mounched ( talk) 02:25, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
Hi, apologies for my recent statement on M3GAN. I can see you’ve reverted my edit to the article’s current state. I didn’t know what I was thinking when trying to tell readers that they don’t need to know what exactly the titular character was using to kill someone.
There was some IPs that tried to state what was actually used, so I just added in that statement. I just thought that readers wouldn’t have to think of something else.
Again, my apologies. Edwordo13 ( talk) 20:43, 8 February 2023 (UTC)
Yes, you have made a mistake in reverting my edit to the Southern American English content. I did, in fact, state what the source was. The very map shown in the article from the Atlas of North American English, sources [22][23]. I will be re-adding my revisions accordingly. Estshr ( talk) 20:15, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
I added an additional reliable source for my edits. Estshr ( talk) 20:33, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
I've reverted your edit, but only because I found a rock solid piece of evidence to support the categorization. See the White House's profile on him here, and backed up by this. There's really no convenient place to put this information in the article though. Maybe you can come up with one? -- Hammersoft ( talk) 19:59, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
@ Hammersoft: As I've already said, if you want me to stop pinging you, stop messaging me. Yet another example of you thinking you're allowed to do things that the rest of us are not allowed to do. And if you consider that a personal attack, report me, but you might want to read WP:BOOMERANG first and think about your multiple violations of WP:V and your repeated accusations of my hostility just because I asked you to follow that policy. Someone else did your work for you by adding a source. I suppose you'll call that a personal attack. I never expected you to read anything I ping you about. But when you repeatedly message me, it's obvious that you are, in fact, reading it. Now, that will be my last ping unless you decide to drag this out even more. But my suggestion is drop the stick and move on. Sundayclose ( talk) 16:19, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
I'm old enough to remember the AmEng versus BritEng pronunciation confusion happening with Meg Griffin of Family Guy when fansites and episode guides made in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations invariably listed her first name as "Meghan" instead of the correct Megan. AUSPOLLIE ( talk) 22:37, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
I added a section about the sexual assaults in Lebanon, and I have added several citations about what happened (some of them are of course in Arabic since it happened in Lebanon), why has it been removed?? 77.246.75.81 ( talk) 13:56, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
hey, you recently removed by edit on The Beatles page, saying that the citation is a dead link. I cross checked and the link is working for me. please recheck the link: https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-of-all-time-artists/ Bhkkbey250 ( talk) 05:42, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
"And all quotation". In other words: I cant just say the constitution says something without providing proof along with its quotation where it states what your claiming specifically. Neither you or the op did such. Hence our current circumstances. PaUZz LYte ( talk) 15:38, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
you removed the timeline from the band members section yet it is simply a graphical representation of the info in the band members section. Why not just leave it with the notice of that you want a source? Mighty Midas ( talk) 15:33, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
Kinda wanted to apologize for the shit I spewed up earlier this morning. Not really the best guy and I let myself get into arguments that probably get me nowhere. I do apologize how I acted. Anyways. Thanks. Good day A.R.M. 00:32, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
Pardon, but OK? The source is reliable and is literally mentioned with the proper template in the text. 37.100.233.58 ( talk) 19:35, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
WP:BURDEN notes editors may object if you remove material without giving them time to provide references.
That's going to have to be me right now. The category was introduced only two days ago; I pointed to the existing sources at
Need-blind admission, promised you that I would add content to the articles with them, and asked for a bit of patience given the large task; and you can check my edit history to see that I've been actively doing so since then. Reverting the batch with the inaccurate summary Editor is taking their time fixing this problem
was an unnecessarily aggressive move, of a piece with your argumentative comments at my talk page.
Overall, I think you will have an easier time on Wikipedia if you approach editing in a bit more of a collegial manner. Personally, when editors add seemingly helpful but unsourced material, the first part of my comment to them is always to thank them for the contribution before even asking for a source, recognizing that Wikipedia is a work in progress where incremental improvements are helpful. The next time you encounter a similar situation, I think if you begin that way, and frame your ask in a less demanding way that respects that we are all volunteers, you will find others are a lot more amenable to help. Regards, {{u| Sdkb}} talk 19:09, 4 May 2023 (UTC)
At Untitled Beetlejuice sequel you reverted me without checking the sources about filming. The sources Collider and Variety clearly say filming began on May 10.
Collider states in 13th para under the section : "Following the initial reports that Beetlejuice 2, we also got an estimate on when the project is looking to begin filming. The film will begin production on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, in the UK. That being said, with the ongoing WGA strike, there is a chance that filming will be paused, but as of right now Warner Bros seems to be intent on moving forward regardless of the Strike."
Variety says: "There’s little information available about the follow-up to Tim Burton’s 1988 film about a pesky poltergeist, but the filmmaker is returning with Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice and Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz. Additional cast members include “Wednesday” star Jenna Ortega as the daughter of Ryder’s character, as well as Justin Theroux in a yet-to-be-revealed role. Production is expected to commence in London on May 10."
Neither says late May or early June. Linkin Prankster ( talk) 15:22, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
I've undone your revert of another user on Beetlejuice restoring the Untitled Beetlejuice sequel link. When the article is created, then it will be appropriate to add it. Until then it serves no purpose asides from confusing the reader. Linkin Prankster ( talk) 14:02, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
Do you have RS where she states that she prefers they/them pronouns? GLAAD uses she/her pronouns for Mattea Roach, and they should know.
MOS:GENDERID is clear: Refer to any person whose gender might be questioned with gendered words (e.g. pronouns, man/woman/person, waiter/waitress/server) that reflect the person's most recent expressed gender self-identification as reported in the most recent reliable sources, even if it does not match what is most common in sources.
We need Mattea's own words, her/their "SELF-identification", not what others say about it (I know there are a couple sources that say she uses they/their), even if it's RS. We need Mattea's own words in RS. -- Valjean ( talk) ( PING me) 04:27, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
I think this is a matter of OR, BLP, and attribution.
What is lacking is her actual SELF-description.
This leaves us with a conundrum because, according to the requirement for a self-description, we are currently violating OR and BLP. Should we start a centralized discussion somewhere? We need to clear this up and change our policy requirement for a self-description (with consequent serious BLP issues to follow). -- Valjean ( talk) ( PING me) 19:24, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
JeffSpaceman ( talk) 21:39, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
Thank you for your thanks! Sorry it was a revert at first before I added the link, as I was feeling lazy! All the best & have a great weekend! Stereorock ( talk) 15:49, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
Sundayclose, your trimming of the plot summary of The Kingdom (film) was well-intended, but misguided. You want to trim the plot of to avoid plot bloat, that's fine. But not in such a drastic matter like you did on it. We got to keep what was written. Find anything that is should be trimmed down and keep anything that is important and take it from there. BattleshipMan ( talk) 03:46, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
@ BattleshipMan: Reducing the plot summary to the size you did won't don't any good for me to get it down to 700 words. I'm going to get someone else to help out with this. BattleshipMan ( talk) 14:03, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
Disclosure, Battleshipman did ask for my input on my talk page. I used wordcounter.com and it comes out as 673 words so it is below the limit, the tag appears to be from when it was 1400 words. I am happy to give it a once over once I finish work to tighten it up but it being one long paragraph isn't appropriate or very readable or aesthetically interesting. Darkwarriorblake / Vote for something that matters 14:06, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
Hi Sundayclose, just to make sure the ping doesn't fail – your input would be welcome at Kesc4399's talk page. I'm sorry for the annoyance this may cause especially given your request for them not to message you again, but the annoyance of eventually having to argue at ANI for a block would probably have been greater. Thanks and best regards, ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 05:57, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
Walter Plecker's orginial 1943 list of surnames, including the Tennessee Melungeons, should be cited on this page in full for better comprehension as to how the term has been used in history. StephanieTree ( talk) 17:43, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
Why did you erase my valid source ciations for Walter Plecker's 1943 list and Will Allen Dromgoole's depiction of Calloway Collins? — Preceding unsigned comment added by StephanieTree ( talk • contribs) 18:12, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
I read the Spider-Man comics where he is said to have mentioned in some comics that his superhuman speed, is called "proportionate speed of a spider" and "spider-speed", you know that Spider-Man does have proportionate speed of a spider, not just agility. I have links to share this topic to you; https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/The-Spectacular-Spider-Man-1976/Issue-87?id=19204, https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/The-Amazing-Spider-Man-1963/Issue-40?id=4008, and https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Amazing-Fantasy-1962/Issue-15. This is the site called "readcomiconline" I read those and it's free, so ok, I'll never to editing war or repeat things back, but I can discuss this topic to you in Spider-Man talk page. But I have evidence where these Spider-Man comic books explain that Spider-Man really does have superhuman speed. Aaeliaba ( talk) 1:29, 20 June 2023 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by FlightTime ( talk • contribs)
I don't think you were right to revert, for the following reasons:
<!-- Additional items, unless attributed to Spooner, AND RELIABLY CITED as such, will be speedily removed.-->which is followed after the introductory text by
<!-- This section is RESTRICTED to the nine examples given by Lederer. Additions will be removed. -->, and then at the end of the Examples section there's a repeat of
<!-- Additional items, unless attributed to Spooner, AND RELIABLY CITED as such, will be speedily removed.-->. So, it brackets the Examples section. It refers to "this section", meaning the Examples section. But I was not editing that section. I was editing the Popular Use / Culture section, under Literature.
Card Zero (talk) 20:24, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
Thank you for explaining your revert of my edit, and for acknowledging that it was a good faith edit, and for giving your reason. I won't change it back, but I still think it looks weird for only that song in the sequence to not be linked.
And I apologize if this isn't the right place for this note. I'm still learning stuff. :) Yesthatbruce ( talk) 20:41, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
Hi Sundayclose. In these edits on Natalie Portman, you cited several sources that don't fully support the claim or demonstrate that the claim is due. Not all the journals cited verify the paper's release year, so the use of some to indirectly draw any connection is inappropriate. The other source cited, Oracle of Bacon, published a completely different number than what is neutrally claimed in the article. Are there reliable sources that highlight Portman's Erdős–Bacon number as uniquely meaningful and correlate it to a specific project that she's done? KyleJoan talk 02:28, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
Is there a reason you keep confronting socks on their talk pages and threatening to report them rather than just reporting? Seems like a waste of time to give them endless warnings after they've already been blocked a thousand times Someone who's wrong on the internet ( talk) 20:57, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
Hello, Sundayclose,
I realize that editor Totocugno is hitting all of your buttons but please do not get caught up in an edit war yourself. If necessary, file a report at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring rather than continuing to revert. I posted a warning to their talk page but they were just removed. I understand you are exasperated today but I just wanted to remind you that when two editors are involved with edit warring, they usually both face sanctions. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 00:28, 21 July 2023 (UTC)
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The information I put forth was in the Snopes article that was cited. I was merely adding more information from the same source. ErichoTTA ( talk) 22:26, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
It is probably better if we stop engaging with the KMart IP, who is a long-term block evader. They'll just keep trolling as long as they're getting attention. MrOllie ( talk) 01:18, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
The Friday the 13th franchise article overview content looks weird with different film merged together Milighuh ( talk) 21:17, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
I got a talk page message from Iss246 insisting on communicating with me by email, but they refuse to provide any explanation. When I hopped on their talk page, I caught a glimpse of them saying they emailed you. In the interest of transparency, I prefer keeping all correspondence regarding Wikipedia on Wiki. Seeing they were just in contact with me on my talk page about email and how they just emailed you suggest whatever it is might be related to psychology topic. I wonder why they refuse to discuss in the open. Graywalls ( talk) 01:44, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
I write to address a matter that arose because Graywalls unknowingly--I emphasize unknowingly--, because he is admittedly unfamiliar with IO psychology, made mistake that I hesitate to correct or address publicly. He refuses to have an email exchange with me. I thought I would write to you because you are a reasonable person. I say that and acknowledge that reasonable people can disagree about things. Sometimes our passions heat up an argument more than the argument merits.
On August 28 on the WikiProject Psychology talk page Graywalls criticized the stevenspector website on the grounds that Steven Spector is not a known researcher. I am an IO psychology insider. Like other IO insiders, I know that the stevenspector site was created by Steven and Paul Spector, a highly respected researcher with an h-index of 91 and more than 400 publications. Like other IO insiders, I know that Spector named the site to honor his son, Steven, who died long before his time. The site is a joint product of Steven and his dad.
I did not want to argue about about the site's name on the WikiProject Psychology talk page. It would be unseemly. If Spector or his wife would happen to see that argument, it could be painful. I don't want to add to that pain. Perhaps you can tactfully ensure that the website would remain in place. It is an excellent site and that it is not-for-profit.
iss246
Sundayclose ( talk) 12:40, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=List_of_Eagle_Scouts&diff=1174621102&oldid=1174620843
that is the second time you bogus templated me. Did you read the edit summary? NO. Did you read what I removed? NO Your BS post says I removed a template and I didn't. One of the bits is that he's an Eagle Scout and that's obvious by being on the list so it's fluff. so is being a 7th generation Texan. NOT NOTALBLE INFO FOR THE LIST. PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND STAY AWAY FROM ME AND LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.161.8.90 ( talk) 17:28, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
While I disagree that the term "role" only applies to film (Protagonist/antagonist/etc. are ways to describe a character's role in a story, written or otherwise), my reason for that edit was primarily to fix the incorrect grammar in that sentence. Using the word "character" does not grammatically follow the verb "appeared in" established in the first clause, i.e. "She appeared in [...] a supporting character" is incorrect, hence my edit. One can "appear in a role", but "appear in a character" sounds wrong and unnatural. If you insist on keeping the word "character", the sentence would need to be rewritten with an additional preposition or verb. Such as "She also appeared in Finders Keepers and End of Watch, and as a supporting character in The Outsider" or "[...] and was a supporting character in..." or something like that. Just my thoughts, thanks. Robber93 ( talk) 17:14, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
Sorry, an IP changed it back to the outdated information.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 15:56, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
Atomoxetine must be highly effective in improving school performance as it can enhance significantly their attention span, impulse control, academic performance, and peer relationships. As noted from the highly substantiated meta-analysis that it is equally efficacious as methylphenidate. It is logically impossible to entertain the possibility that it can be simultanously as effective as MTH yet have no benefit on school performance while MTH does therefore referencing single outdated 2014 study should be removed in my view. Димитрий Улянов Иванов ( talk) 20:02, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
Hello! You have added a WP:TECHNICAL tag to the Collatz conjecture article. Could you elaborate on what exactly you think is too technical about the article? Do you mean everything, including the lead? Did you understand what the problem is? If you have any specific suggestion for improvements, please leave your feedback in the talk page. -- Hugo Spinelli ( talk) 15:25, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
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Charlie Faust ( talk) 03:53, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
When you posted on my page about the "edit war", you accused me of removing the story on 16:17, 14 March 2024. But if you look at the history, you'll find it was Simonm223 talk contribs, who duly notes that "The quote from danse macabre was being misrepresented. King refers to the idea that an event he doesn't remember and that may not have happened when he was four as specious and little better than astrology."
You say I should "discuss, not edit war" (that shouldn't be used as a verb, but whatever.) I have tried to reach consensus on the story. Were the tale true King would, presumably, have mentioned it before or since Danse Macabre. On the talk page, I asked if anyone could find any subsequent interviews where King mentions it. No dice. Were it true, it would, presumably, be mentioned by King's family members in print (in Danse Macabre, it's presented as a secondhand anecdote, something his mother may have told once.) On the talk page, I asked if anyone knew of any direct quotes from family members that mention it. No dice.
Simonm duly notes on the talk page that King himself seems to have little faith in the story, that he told it once at a convention when asked what happened in his youth to make him write horror. That is a question he has offered other, simpler explanations to, and about which he admits he used to "confabulate." The page used to tell us that it may have "psychologically inspired some of King's darker works" (whatever that means.) But how could it have "psychologically inspired" King if he has no memory of it? And, in Danse Macabre itself, King dismisses the notion as "totally specious" and "little better than astrology." Simonm is again correct that the one source that counts in the case dismisses the notion that it inspired him, "psychologically" or otherwise.
You say it is "sourced", but is it reliably sourced? Who does Beahm cite as a reference? It's King in Danse Macabre, isn't it? That's unreliable, seeing how, in that book, King offers it as an explanation of what happened in his youth to make him write horror, a question he resented and about which he admits he used to "confabulate." And, crucially, King has not told the tale before or since. Earlier, you said I shouldn't remove it because "it has been in the article for years". And? That sounds like an appeal to groupthink, surely a dubious ethos for an encyclopedia. And there are things on WP which are flat wrong, some of which have been there for years. On the King page, under Personal life, we were told his wife staged an intervention "shortly after Cujo was published." But that's wrong: Cujo was published in 1981 and King's wife staged an intervention after The Tommyknockers, in 1987. That may have been in the article for years; it should never have been there at all. WP encourages us to "be bold" in making edits. If you see something wrong, it's gotta go, even if it's been there for years. Something having been on WP for years is no reason for its being there, especially if it should never have been there at all.
But your accusation that I removed the story on 6:17, 14 March 2024 is false. I didn't do it. Simonm223 did, duly noting that it's a silly story that the teller told once and even then didn't seem to have much faith in.. If you look at the history of the page, you'll see I'm right about this, but people on WP are apparently in the habit of commenting on things they haven't read. Charlie Faust ( talk) 01:56, 19 March 2024 (UTC)