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The redirect

There's nothing wrong with the redirect. Those notability tags are for articles, not redirects going to articles and they don't require sources. And I checked wikipedia info on redirects that I linled in the summary-it's not breaking any rules and doesn't meet their deletion policy because it's fine. I've being doing redirects for a couple of years and learning off admins and users that have been here for way longer. Grangehilllover (talk) 08:51, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

Major Edit to Babes (band)

Hello there, how do you do? I just created the article Babes (band) and I noticed you added an Under Construction tag to it. If you're working on the article now, I wanted to reach out in the spirit of collaboration as I have collected materials and notes related to the subject matter that I will be working off of to gradually improve the article over time. Is there any way I can help with your edits, and perhaps we can compare notes and stay in contact as we move forward? I find a step-by-step approach to the creation and development of new articles to work best for me. Mbroderick271 (talk) 05:26, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

@Mbroderick271: Hi! Yes, I'm editing the page, adding some content that I researched. Thanks for reaching out to me. I'm glad to have you continue contribution to the article and to bounce content/notes off of eachother. Let's continue talking on the article's talk page.Formal Dude (talk) 05:33, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

Taiwanese films

No, these information platforms about Taiwanese films.Zenk0113 (talk) 05:50, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

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Replaceable fair use File:All members of Babes (band).jpg

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Regarding Bi-Mart in the Pay 'n' Save article

Regarding the need for giving a source for Bi-Mart being an employee-owned company: Done. It's from Bi-Mart's official page. Johnnysama (talk) 19:50, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

Help me decide image copyright label

I want to upload an image or two to South Jordan Fitness and Aquatics Center, specifcally this one for the page's infobox, from their website, here. I'm not sure how I should go about this. Looking for someone to help me out with what the copyright should be for the images. —Formal Dude (talk) 19:39, 22 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi there, which images precisely are you talking about? I notice that at the bottom of the webpage you linked to, it says "Copyright © 2017 City of South Jordan Utah All rights reserved", which means that it can't be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, as it is not licensed under a free licence, such as a Creative Commons licence. However, they may be able to be uploaded directly to Wikipedia under the fair use procedure. But, I cannot say for sure if these images can be used under this. A good place to ask this question for a more detailed answer may be the copyright village pump at Commons. You may also wish to contact the South Jordan Utah website and ask if they'd be happy to license some images under a license which could be used on Commons, such as a CC-BY-SA-4.0 license - more information about this should be asked for at the copyright village pump. If you need more help, I'd definitely recommend asking at the copyright village pump, or you can you can click this link to ask a question, or just leave a message on my talk page.  Seagull123  Φ  20:11, 22 July 2017 (UTC)
Hi again, the copyright of this image is held by the City of South Jordan Utah, and so can't be used on Wikimedia Commons. Again, you may wish to explore the options about fair use (however, I doubt that this would be allowed under fair use), or asking the copyright holder to license the image under a compatible license. Again, you should probably ask at the copyright village pump for more information about this. Also, just as a side note, you added the direct link to the image to your original comment, but - on Wikipedia - you shouldn't (generally) change comments on talk pages, even your own, after someone's replied, so you should probably have added this link below my reply. This isn't a big problem though - just letting you know! (See here for more information about this).  Seagull123  Φ  20:24, 22 July 2017 (UTC)
@Seagull123: Thanks for telling me that, I didn't know. I don't think fair use would be allowed either. I'm taking the route of contacting them directly and attempting to get a free license. Thank you so much for your help, it has been much appreciated. —Formal Dude (talk) 20:34, 22 July 2017 (UTC)
Hi, I've found a Wikipedia help page which may be useful to you, here, especially the For images subsection. You may also wish to look at this page regarding boilerplate messages you can use for this purpose.  Seagull123  Φ  21:08, 22 July 2017 (UTC)
That was extremely helpful, thank you. —Formal Dude (talk) 21:18, 22 July 2017 (UTC)

Help Me: edit code for a custom signature

I've created a custom signature on User:FormalDude/Sig, and I have it placed in my preferences. However, when I sign it, it includes the timestamp in the same format as my talk button. I want the timestamp to show up as normal text, separate from my talk 'button'. How do I do this?

Can you sign here to give an example? Darylgolden(talk) Ping when replying 08:17, 25 July 2017 (UTC)
I have tweaked the syntax slightly. It should work the way you want it now110.227.64.82 (talk) 09:11, 25 July 2017 (UTC)
You may also want to add a </small>. Personally I think making the "talk" so small that it's unreadable defeats the purpose, but meh. Huon (talk) 17:57, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

@Darylgolden: @110.227.64.82: @Huon: I'm still having the issue, the time stamp is in the red circle: FormalDude talk 19:02, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

Yup, it's the missing </small>. I've fixed it above; you can check the diff of this edit. Huon (talk) 19:10, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

Awesome, thanks! FormalDude talk 19:15, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of page for Rachel Justine Pries

Thanks for the note, FormalDude. I am not the subject of this article! The subject was elected a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) in the class of 2018, one of the most prestigious honors a living American mathematician can receive. Pages have been routinely created for all fellows of the AMS, many by User:David Eppstein. Mvitulli (talk) 00:13, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

@Mvitulli: The article was apparently half-way done and did not have many of the references you've added to it. To prevent this in the future you can add a maintenance tag to the article to indicate you are still working on it. FormalDude talk 19:42, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

How do you add a maintenance tag? I've never used this tag before. Thanks for the info. Mvitulli (talk) 03:42, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

@Mvitulli: Some of the ones for information tags/templates are: Template:GOCEinuse, Template:In use, Template:New unreviewed article, and Template:Under construction. If you use twinkle, it automates the process, otherwise you can just add them to articles by pasting the code. FormalDude talk 04:50, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

Pending Changes

Hi, you just accepted an edit from an editor (which was a good faith one) however was untrue as the source provided says that I5 will connect RPR-DEL however the website and timetable tell a different story.Take care and thanks! Bingobro (Chat) 10:34, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

@Bingobro: Thanks for the info, but it is not required for pending changes reviewers to ensure verifiability (as stated here). It would also be helpful for you to include the name or link of the article you were referring too. Thanks though! FormalDude talk 00:23, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Cannabis in Korea disambiguates two separate pages

Please remove your tag. Goonsquad LCpl Mulvaney (talk) 09:00, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

Signature syntax

Hey. I noticed your signature has a span tag that doesn't have it's closing tag. Looks like there's a closing font tag instead. Just a friendly note! -- ferret (talk) 03:02, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

@Ferret: Thanks! Is it making my signature appear weirdly? I'm not quite sure the exact spot your referring to. If you could fix it for me that would be great. It's on User:FormalDude/Sig. Thanks again! —FormalDude(talk) 03:16, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
It threw off syntax highlighting but that's all. I fixed it. -- ferret (talk) 03:18, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Masterclass.com

Hello FormalDude. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Masterclass.com, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Makes a claim to significance ($15M in funding and notable teaches) and it isn't so spammy that it can't be fixed. Consider AfD instead. . Thank you. TonyBallioni (talk) 17:11, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

Saint Petersburg

It seems good to me to discuss the issue of the bombing in Saint Petersburg and reach a consensus.

Although, I am sure that if this attack had occurred in New York, in Houston, in Ottawa, or in some European city (especially in Western Europe), the issue would not be subject to discussion.

Even small incidents star may feature by lone wolves are motive for creating an article, as long as they occur in United States or the United Kingdom, or a nearby country.

Even, I do not even know whether to say a geographically or culturally near country, because look that an attack in Australia would receive more attention than an attack in Israel.

By the way, the article about the bombing in the supermarket is still incomplete. I still have to finish it.

Even, I do not even know whether to say a country that is geographically or culturally near, because look that an attack in Australia would receive more attention than an attack in Israel.

But well.

Maybe you think like I'm discussing negatively, but no, it's just my point of view. I do not know if you will agree.

And, maybe you have already noticed,, I´m not English native speaker.

Greetings, and Happy New Year.--Gustavo Parker (talk) 15:49, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

@Gustavo Parker: I do agree that the location of the city can cause bias in events like these. However, I'd like you to know my nomination was premature based on WP:RAPID. I moved for a speedy keep (WP:KEEP), you can see the discussion here. Sense the story is still developing, it is unable to tell whether it will warrant an article or not, so the general consensus is to keep it and decide when there is more info. In the meantime, I suggest improving the article and adding more sources. You may want to read WP:YFA. —FormalDude(talk) 20:39, 31 December 2017 (UTC)
Yes, I had just forgotten to tell you. I still had not finished writing the article, and I still not finish. Although, anyway thanks for the links to the manuals.--Gustavo Parker (talk) 21:07, 31 December 2017 (UTC)
@Gustavo Parker: If you'd like, you can move the article to draftspace to finish it. —FormalDude(talk) 21:10, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

new section

To put it quite clear you should be ashamed of yourself for altering the removal of data that I cleared!

On the vagabound listing it FALSELY listed that people were put in concentration camps in germany for being vagabond which is LIES! THEY WERE INNOCENT CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS ! NOT CRIMINALS!

SHAME UPON ALL OF YOU AT WIKIPEDIA FOR RESTORING IT BACK AND THEN WHEN I REMOVE IT ALL FALSE INFO YOU RESTORE IT AGAIN SHAME UPON YOU ALL!

When people are REMOVING SOMETHING it is BECAUSE IT IS FALSE! Stop restoring HURTFUL LIES AND FALSEHOODS! And do NOT put your warning notices on every page obstructing my use of wikipedia!And STOP listing peoples IP addresses publicly or you will get sued! DO NOT post ANY IP address of a person editing and I mean it! I am sick of abusive people hacking me or others for editing pages!

They have CRIMINAL and POLITICAL AGENDAS and if people REMOVE the FALSE HISTORY then they get attacked so STOP publicly displaying IP addresses!

ALL of the HISTORY on royal lines and of EUROPE has been changed to altered history and LIES ALL falsehoods! NEEDS REMOVED and CORRECTED! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.183.142.112 (talk) 04:02, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. As for your concern, Wikipedia automatically logs the IP address of users who are not signed making edits. If you do not want your IP posted, you could create an account. —FormalDude(talk) 04:13, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Corey Maison

Hello FormalDude, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Corey Maison, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Article claims coverage in reliable sources. If you are interested in learning more about how speedy deletion works, I have compiled a list of helpful pages at User:SoWhy/SDA. You can of course also contact me if you have questions. Thank you. SoWhy 11:20, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

new section

To put it quite clear you should be ashamed of yourself for altering the removal of data that I cleared!

On the vagabound listing it FALSELY listed that people were put in concentration camps in germany for being vagabond which is LIES! THEY WERE INNOCENT CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS ! NOT CRIMINALS!

SHAME UPON ALL OF YOU AT WIKIPEDIA FOR RESTORING IT BACK AND THEN WHEN I REMOVE IT ALL FALSE INFO YOU RESTORE IT AGAIN SHAME UPON YOU ALL!

When people are REMOVING SOMETHING it is BECAUSE IT IS FALSE! Stop restoring HURTFUL LIES AND FALSEHOODS! And do NOT put your warning notices on every page obstructing my use of wikipedia!And STOP listing peoples IP addresses publicly or you will get sued! DO NOT post ANY IP address of a person editing and I mean it! I am sick of abusive people hacking me or others for editing pages!

They have CRIMINAL and POLITICAL AGENDAS and if people REMOVE the FALSE HISTORY then they get attacked so STOP publicly displaying IP addresses!

ALL of the HISTORY on royal lines and of EUROPE has been changed to altered history and LIES ALL falsehoods! NEEDS REMOVED and CORRECTED! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.183.142.112 (talk) 04:02, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. As for your concern, Wikipedia automatically logs the IP address of users who are not signed making edits. If you do not want your IP posted, you could create an account. —FormalDude(talk) 04:13, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Corey Maison

Hello FormalDude, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Corey Maison, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Article claims coverage in reliable sources. If you are interested in learning more about how speedy deletion works, I have compiled a list of helpful pages at User:SoWhy/SDA. You can of course also contact me if you have questions. Thank you. SoWhy 11:20, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

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Please don't post templates threatening to block editors who are already blocked. This is incredibly pointless. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 09:05, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
@Serial Number 54129: I will continue to write custom messages on user's talk pages to let them know when their comments may be interpreted as a violation of WP:PG. While my comment was a template, I completely changed the wording for clarity. It seems like you just saw my comment title and a twinkle tag and couldn't wait to tell someone WP:DTTR. Ironic that you chose to use a template to convey that point.
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Even if my comment was about the reason they were blocked, I would still warn the user, as it's applicable to any future decision(s) to block or unblock them. The only time it is "pointless" to warn another user is if they've already been warned about the same edit. —FORMALDUDE(talk) 02:12, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
@FormalDude:Please stop tagging me in posts all across wikipedia, its getting annoying. For what its worth I’m on Serial #’s side on this one, I don’t think your warning was valid and if you think my restoration of it counts as an endorsement you are sorely mistaken. Horse Eye Jack (talk) 16:21, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
Horse Eye Jack I wasn't implying you endorsed my comment, I was implying there was no reason to delete the talk page comment. I'm surprised there issue's with my suggestion you shouldn't pan another editor because their English vernacular. —FORMALDUDE(talk) 23:03, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

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Removing posts from a talk page

Hi, I noticed your revert at User talk:Charlie6017 and just wanted to make you aware that editors can remove posts from their own talk page, including warnings, and it isn't appropriate to revert those removals. (See WP:OWNTALK for details and exceptions.) Schazjmd (talk) 00:22, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

@Schazjmd I believe this instance was appropriate given the warnings had been added minutes before and this user was making repeated bad-faith edits. Wikipedia:Removing warnings states "Removing warnings for vandalism from one's talk page is also considered vandalism. However, after a reasonable time has elapsed, archiving one's talk page, including the vandal warning, is acceptable." Am I misunderstanding this? —FORMALDUDE(talk) 00:29, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Um...did you see the notice at the top of WP:Removing warnings where it says Please note that this page contradicts current practice, so use caution when citing it. and This page is currently inactive and is retained for historical reference.? The current guidance is WP:OWNTALK. Schazjmd (talk) 00:46, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Whack!

You've been whacked with a wet trout.

Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.
I'll be taking one of these now.—FORMALDUDE(talk) 01:12, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Ha! No biggie, this is how we learn. Schazjmd (talk) 01:15, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Epoch Times reference at Webull

Hi. Please do not use the Epoch Times as you did at Webull. It is not a reliable source. See WP:RSP. Kind regards, Robby.is.on (talk) 10:20, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Webull

Hello FormalDude,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Webull for deletion, because it seems to be promotional, rather than an encyclopedia article.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

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Hatchens (talk) 04:01, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Dear Robby.is.on, Kindly do not remove this message/notice from the creator's page via rollback's rights. How he will come to know about the CSD tags on one of his articles? - Hatchens (talk) 09:34, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
I'm very sorry. I didn't do it on purpose. I've also posted to your Talk page. Kind regards, Robby.is.on (talk) 09:47, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
Robby.is.on, no worries. just be careful. "With great power comes great responsibility". - Hatchens (talk) 10:05, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
Absolutely. I think it has happened about a handful of times since 2007. Robby.is.on (talk) 10:07, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Power Rangers In Space

I Find the word "Eccentric" to be the wrong case for the professor. I Prefer "Odd" or wacky. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.193.175.208 (talk) 00:52, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

@68.193.175.208: Good suggestion. Just so you know, whenever you believe an article needs improvement, please feel free to change it. We encourage you to be bold in updating pages, since wikis like ours develop faster when everybody edits. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes—they're likely to be found and corrected quickly (as you may have noticed lol). Personally I think considering the tone here is important, as we want to sound impartial. In my opinion eccentric is fine, but it could also be replaced with unconventional or slightly strange. —FORMALDUDE(talk) 00:54, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
@FormalDude: Actually, I just find the word "Eccentric" to be stupid in general. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.193.175.208 (talk)

February 2021

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Steve Braun

He was a villain and the leader of the extreme sports punks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.193.175.208 (talk) 15:25, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

@68.193.175.208: Your edit is not objective or encyclopedic. —FORMALDUDE(talk) 03:18, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

Abu Dharr

I gave three books of sifat [attributes] of the Sahabah. All of the descriptions in which I gave had chains going back to Abu Dharr himself, and there is no issue. So, may I ask you, what isn't credible? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Salafusalih (talk • contribs) 16:04, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

@Salafusalih: Content merely being true, or even verifiable, does not automatically make something suitable for inclusion in the encyclopedia. Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. Physical descriptions of people are extremely difficult to be unbiased, and your attributation is not either. —FORMALDUDE(talk) 03:32, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

Thanks

I did not know there was a page with useful notes to the original editor when I an reverting an edit by that person. I have written my own notes on occasion, but using the templates will save time. I did notice a pattern in the notes by some other editors when vandalism was an issue for a particular article, but I did not know where those posts were stored. Now I do, thanks. - - Prairieplant (talk) 04:13, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

@Prairieplant: Smiley You're welcome!　　　—FORMALDUDE(talk) 07:30, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

Elizabeth Mathis

Thanks for the help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.193.175.208 (talk) 18:20, 18 June 2021 (UTC)

@68.193.175.208: No problem. Don't forget to remember to sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions! —FORMALDUDE(talk) 20:25, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

Show'N Tell

It looks like you were right about that source. Good job! :-) ♟♙ (talk) 16:46, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

Thank you —FORMALDUDE (talk) 20:58, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

Tagging pages for speedy deletion

Hello, FormalDude,

Please do not tag any more pages for speedy deletion until you are more familiar with the criteria. Please review Criteria for Speedy Deletion so you know what criteria apply to which subjects. If you have questions, please visit the Teahouse where experienced editors can help you out. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 21:04, 26 June 2021 (UTC)

@Liz: I'm not seeing any policies that suggest CSD does not apply to roadways. To the contrary, the only articles that seem to be exempt are redirects. Can you please provide a link to the text of the policy that you're referring to in your edit summary on Bringelly Road? —FORMALDUDE (talk) 21:15, 26 June 2021 (UTC)
I've reverted the A7, as well as the A3, neither of which applies. If I ever see you either abusing speedy tags or edit-warring with another user when they remove a tag, I will block you. Your "logic" about CSD criteria is absolutely wrong-headed. A criterion applies only to what it says it applies to; the fact that there is no policy that says that it doesn't apply is absolutely irrelevant and wrong-headed. BTW, a road is not the only type of article that A7 does not apply to.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:10, 26 June 2021 (UTC)
 Works for me —FORMALDUDE (talk) 22:41, 26 June 2021 (UTC)
Since I posted the message above, which I did in a bit of a hurry, I realized I could have done a better job explaining WP:A7 policy, which you should read very carefully before using it again. At the outset, it lists the kinds of articles that are eligible for A7. Places, e.g., roads, are not listed. Then, it says "This criterion applies only to articles about the listed subjects" (bolding in original). From your perspective, that concludes the matter. You can't tag places with A7 because they are not one of the "listed subjects". It then goes on to highlight certain types of articles that are more frequently improperly tagged for speedy deletion. It doesn't list places, but that's only because very few editors tag places with A7. I hope this is more helpful than my original explanation.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:05, 27 June 2021 (UTC)
Thanks @Bbb23, I do understand now. I'm not sure why it wasn't getting through to me that they are topic restricted. I apologize for my precipitous reverts. —FORMALDUDE (talk) 02:42, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

Cesar Chavez

Chavez did not spell his name with diacritics nor does the Cesar Chavez foundation nor does the Federal designated proclamation. Someone changed it in March with no discussion whatsoever. Fyunck(click) (talk) 07:57, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

My mistake, sorry about that. ––FORMALDUDE(talk) 08:00, 6 July 2021 (UTC)


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Conor McGregor

Hi FormalDude, pls note that your edit has been reverted. The fight method is as per Sherdog based on Wikipedia WP:MMA guidelines.04:13, 12 July 2021 (UTC) Cassiopeia(talk) 04:13, 12 July 2021 (UTC)

Student Press Law Center

It's great that you are improving articles. I see you added this sentence: " Their efforts have produced bills in ten states that are under consideration in Hawaii, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Iowa, Tennessee, West Virginia and Texas." Can you also add a citation? I couldn't find anything current listing those still under consideration. Thanks! Ihaveadreamagain 17:48, 12 July 2021 (UTC)

@Ihaveadreamagain: I added several citations. A lot of sources can be found via splc.org/new-voices. ––FORMALDUDE(talk) 20:23, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
Yes, I see that. Primary sources are disfavored on Wikipedia, so you will want to try to find secondary sources such as articles written by news sources. See WP:RS Ihaveadreamagain 20:25, 14 July 2021 (UTC)
@Ihaveadreamagain: I think for verifying that new voices bills exist, citing the different state legislatures' bills is sufficient. Is that still considered a primary source since the state legislatures are not affiliated with SPLC? Either way I'm sure there's some news articles about these bills as well that could be added, I'll try to find some. ––FORMALDUDE(talk) 02:36, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
Interestingly enough there is a similar question being asked for the Southern Poverty Law Center at RS/N. ––FORMALDUDE(talk) 04:07, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
Citing legislation is fine just to show they exist as long as the organization is mentioned in the legislation, otherwise you'll need a news article or source not related to the organization.Ihaveadreamagain 17:18, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

Regarding Lord Atum

They're just a troll. The incivility is uncalled for despite their disruption, and they are likely trying to provoke this kind of response. Deny them and don't insult them. It only encourages their behavior. --Chris (talk) 07:08, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

Sorry, @Crazycomputers, my comment was certainly in poor taste. By the way, did you have a chance to review the disputed edits on Conor McGregor? ––FORMALDUDE(talk) 08:34, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
Yes, I've applied a partial block as per my comment at WP:AN3. Unless that's not what you are asking? --Chris (talk) 08:36, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
@Crazycomputers: Thank you, I did see that, does that imply you disagree with their disputed edits? I'm just wondering if you think it's okay to now correct the disputed edits as per discussion on Talk: Conor McGregor. The blocked user was the only one dissenting, but only one other editor weighed in supporting my contributions, so I'd like to get more of a consensus. ––FORMALDUDE(talk) 08:41, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
Expressing an opinion on the content dispute would make me involved in the dispute, which is inappropriate when I have recently taken administrative action related to the dispute. I generally will not comment on the substance of a content dispute after using administrative tools to address the conduct of a content dispute. --Chris (talk) 08:47, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
Ah, yes, I should've realized that. Thanks again! ––FORMALDUDE(talk) 08:50, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
No problem. If you are looking to solicit more opinions to help resolve the dispute, see WP:CONTENTDISPUTE and WP:DRR for several avenues you could try. Cheers! --Chris (talk) 08:53, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

DRN

'All is good then - TKO (leg injury) on fight method and "due to doctor stoppage" in the note section.'

At present, the fight record is not in accordance with the DRN. Please make that so or reopen the DRN. It should say TKO (leg injury) and the rest in the notes.NEDOCHAN (talk) 11:12, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

Done, thank you for pointing that out. ––FORMALDUDE(talk) 11:17, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
Not at all. NEDOCHAN (talk) 11:25, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

Pittsburgh crime family

Thank you for reverting your mistake, most people would just revert it without researching KyleDJF34 (talk) 07:33, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

No problem! I'm still getting used to Huggle and slipped up when reviewing your edits. ––FORMALDUDE(talk) 07:55, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

Nice revert

Thanks for the revert here, I don't know how long I would've found the message if you haven't done so. Justiyaya 05:22, 17 July 2021 (UTC)

Happy to stalk for you haha. ––FORMALDUDE(talk) 05:27, 17 July 2021 (UTC)

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Thank you, much appreciated! This is my first ever Barnstar. ––FORMALDUDE(talk) 12:25, 17 July 2021 (UTC)

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A kitten for you!

As your new talk page stalker, I would like to reward you this kitten, for a great user page, btw I love the daily quotes (if you make the daily quotes on a separate page, I'll probably steal copy it as a template and put it onto my userpage too) and for stalking my user page. Thank you for your work, I really appreciate it and keep it up.

Justiyaya 14:27, 18 July 2021 (UTC)

 Thank you very much! That's a great idea to make a separate page for the quotes, it will make it easier to update. I just did it: User:FormalDude/Daily Quote. ––FORMALDUDE(talk) 14:48, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
Thank you (it's on my user page, and it'll probably be there forever) Justiyaya 15:28, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
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