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hello[edit]

You had left a note on my Scott Kosmachuk page that I am trying to create. I have added rfernces to the article, and if you can guide me in any way to improve the article, I would really appreciate it. I'm relatively new to editing on wikipedia, and this is the first entry I have ever created. Thanks.

WpgJets4Life (talk) 06:22, 3 June 2015 (UTC)WpgJets4Life[reply]

Thanks for adding references, I've reverted the deletion template. The article body could use more inline citations. See WP:FN and WP:CS. Ian (talk) 06:35, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Bumble App[edit]

I created the page and then created a new page with a better title and content Bumble_(app) are you able to delete the Bumble App page or let me know how? Jacquelyntwiki (talk) 15:52, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It should be deleted by an admin eventually. There's a different template for the creator to request deletion but it's probably not necessary. Ian (talk) 18:30, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Notice[edit]

Hello Ian Lancaster. Your account has been granted the "rollbacker" and "reviewer" user rights. These user rights allow you to review other users' edits on pages protected by pending changes and quickly revert the edits of other users.

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Information icon Hello Ian Lancaster. Thanks for patrolling new pages – it's a very important task! I'm just letting you know, however, that you shouldn't tag pages as lacking context (CSD A1), or content (CSD A3), moments after they are created. It's best to wait at least 10–15 minutes for more content to be added if the page is very short, and the articles should not be marked as patrolled. Tagging such pages in a very short space of time may drive away well-meaning contributors, which is not good for Wikipedia. Attack pages (G10), blatant nonsense (G1), copyright violations (G12) and pure vandalism/blatant hoaxes (G3) should of course be tagged and deleted immediately. Thanks.Adam9007 (talk) 23:49, 8 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Good catch[edit]

But NOT a good faith edit. Yours, Quis separabit? 01:43, 9 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. Ian (talk) 06:23, 9 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

changes[edit]

Hi - i have been asked to edit the page for Adam Fry by Adam Fry...

I am in the process of changing it...to a new profile. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theeditorphil (talk • contribs) 14:35, 9 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Open a discussion on the article's talk page or Wikipedia:Teahouse describing what you're trying to accomplish. Blanking the page is not constructive. Ian (talk) 17:30, 9 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Botulism[edit]

is there a reason you removed the nano gram source, other sources list 1ng as the ld50 for the toxin aswell.... Hda3ku (talk) 00:31, 10 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That's per kg body weight, and it depends on the method of exposure. See Botulinum toxin: when inhaled it is 10–13 ng/kg. That amounts to 800–1040ng or roughly one microgram per the average 80kg person. The source has similar amounts. Ian (talk) 01:54, 10 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks from KGSC[edit]

Hello Ian

I am the IT Infrastructure Manager and a teacher at Kelvin Grove State College. Since you reverted a clear example of vandalism on the KGSC Wikipedia page on the 9th June, I assume you have the best interests of our school at heart. Thank you. I also note the NeilN semi-protected the page until June 15th, however many vandalised items are still there. Clearly the College admin is keen for only current and legitimate information to be added to the site. Is there any way we can lock it down to one or more authorised editors that are known to and trusted by the school? Any help you can give would be appreciated. Thanks. Peter Pcoll9 (talk) 03:23, 12 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It's not possible to restrict editing in such a way, nor does the school have ownership over its Wikipedia article. See Wikipedia:Protection policy. Semi-protection offers good vandalism protection, as an editor needs to be registered for at least four days and perform some normal edits. If the vandalism persists after the protection expires, you can request an admin such as NeilN (talk) extend it indefinitely. If there are vandal edits still in the article I definitely encourage you (or anyone with a confirmed account) to fix them. Or submit a Wikipedia:Edit request. Regards, Ian (talk) 03:51, 12 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Ian. Will do. Pcoll9 (talk) 07:59, 12 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ian

I am trying to edit the page of 'Adam Fry-footballer' because all of the information within it is either incorrect or lacking detail.

I also want to add his new career to the page.

Can you explain how I go about this as every time I edit the page, I get a warning.

Phil Peterborough United — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theeditorphil (talk • contribs) 08:24, 12 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Canadian Armed Forces ranks and insignia[edit]

Those are pips taken from British tradition, not stars. SlightSmile 15:01, 12 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, reverted. Ian (talk) 15:25, 12 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Environmental DNA merge proposal[edit]

You proposed to merge Environmental DNA into Metagenomics, but I don't see any discussion started at Talk:Metagenomics. I've reverted your proposal for now- if you still want to merge it, you are more than welcome to re-propose that and start a discussion. Thanks. L235 (t / c / ping in reply) 17:36, 12 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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References[edit]

This is an excellently written source [1]. Unfortunately they have the authors of the piece wrong as it was written by Wikipedians rather than the two people listed.

We are seeing a lot of this lately were low quality journals are willing to publish plagiarized content from Wikipedia under other people's names. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 07:21, 9 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Doc James: Ah, I had a suspicion that was the case and tried to track back the sentence to before the paper, but it was added to Wikipedia around the same time. Very shady. Ian (talk) 14:26, 9 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Rzhev article[edit]

Hi, I'm the reviewer for the Battle of Rzhev GAN and I'd like to thank you for helping out the nominator with capitalizations and other minor fixes. However, I noticed that you changed his idiosyncratic cite style to sfn and also changed spellings to BritEng. As you may not know, the manual of style forbids editors from changing the existing style without establishing a consensus, so please don't do that sort of thing any more. People often feel strongly about these issues; if you'd done it to any article that I'd worked on, I'd have reverted you in a heartbeat as I despise sfn format.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 16:34, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

debra winger[edit]

Hey Ian, saw your revert. I guess I should have clarified in the summary that the Fox reference makes no mention of accusations, it says he took a plea bargain to avoid more serious charges. Grindty (talk) 05:04, 10 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Grindty: OK, although it would be better to phrase things more precisely from the source e.g. "plead guilty" etc. Ian (talk) 21:23, 10 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

memcached[edit]

Hi Ian, can you explain, why you reverted my change to "memcached"? GE — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.110.249.193 (talk) 10:45, 10 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@188.110.249.193: I thought it was confusing because it uses a client-server based architecture, not client-only. Using 'client-based' in the lead could be misinterpreted as related to end-user browser client, whereas the proper context is that of a server cluster. That's my understanding anyway, feel free to revert. Ian (talk) 21:23, 10 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Date of birth[edit]

hi, I made a change concerning D. Pingree's biography of Abu Masar that was reverted. We cannot simply omit Richard Lemay's study on the Liber Introductiorii maioris ad scientiam etc (Naples, Istituto Universitario Orientale, 1995, 9 vols.) In vol. I Lemay proves that Abu Masar was Persian and that he must have counted solar yearsas it was costumary in Persia not lunar years. If we count backwards from they year 886, when supposedly Abu Masar turned 100 years old, this gives us March 786 (vol. 1, p. 8, see also note 14 that dismisses Pingree's unscientific reading of a passage that he thought gave Abu Masar's horoscope). Moreover, in the Mudakarat, Abu Said Shadan has Abu Masar say that he didn't know the exact date of his birth, so he could not have had a horscope of his birth (apud Lemay, p. 9). It would be advisable to put a question mark on the date of birth in the main article and rely more on Lemay's scholarship. Pingree's shcolarship on the subject seems to be very dubious, and unfortunately it became part of the doxa. Thank you! Alex — Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.39.254.153 (talk) 15:32, 10 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@160.39.254.15: Here is the revision. Scholarly disagreements would best be addressed on the article's talk page or as a footnote next to the contested date. Editor comments cannot be part of the article body. Template:Circa and a footnote summarizing the info above should be fine. Ian (talk) 21:35, 10 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Slippery Slope[edit]

The article wasn't better. It's currently incorrect. There is no "fallacious form" of the slippery slope argument. It can be used fallaciously, but the form itself is still valid. What happens is that another fallacy is used, such as a false dichotomy, in the conditional chain leading to the conclusion. The intermediary steps are false, making the argument unsound but the argument itself is valid logic. The way the article is currently written is factually incorrect, and should probably be changed, as it causes confusion in people thinking that the slippery slope itself is or can be fallacious on its own.

I've reverted back to your edit but interjecting "but it..." in the middle of the lead's first sentence really breaks up the flow and causes confusion. The first sentence should ideally just cover the definition. The follow-up on fallacious usage is left until the end of the lead. Ian (talk) 18:47, 12 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

error[edit]

You removed my train edit but I was only following the RFC results. Please put it back. Tough sailor ouch (talk) 03:29, 3 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

oh, I see you reverted using a tool but you forgot to read the Talk pages to see the RFC results. Tough sailor ouch (talk) 03:32, 3 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't see it but regardless of the RfC, you need some revising of that edit. WP:FOOTNOTES and integration with the existing section content. As such I won't be re-adding it. Ian (talk) 04:00, 3 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, but make a correction in the warning on my talk page because you make be look like a bad person. Tough sailor ouch (talk) 04:04, 3 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I removed it since it was actually sourced, but please don't mistake the talk templates for personal judgement. Thanks, Ian (talk) 04:48, 3 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Church End, Brent[edit]

HI IAN

OK, I understand what you are saying, but this is truth about this area. What is the point of even having anything on wiki if it just mentions it has black and somalia s?

surely i should be able to write about what the estate consist of and what its like ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.142.168.178 (talk) 10:22, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia must be written from a neural point of view, not your opinion on the place. See WP:NOTSOAPBOX and WP:POV. Ian L. (talk) 10:32, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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