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PT-76

Why PT-76 section that i added deleted? i was copied russian wikipedia. the russian wikipedia is reilable. https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%A2-76 , see this. the Object 740 (PT-76) is K-90 prototype tank upgraded version. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hrqa (talk • contribs)

@Hrqa: Wikipedias in other languages can not be used as sources on the English language Wikipedia. See WP:Reliable sources for what can be used and not used. Thomas.W ^talk 14:21, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Lord Laitinen

• Regarding my Jaguar XF photo, I understand your opinion. I will not return the picture again, and I will tell you why. You were polite, unlike the other disrespectful users. Perhaps if they had explained their opinion in a nice and polite manner, an edit/revert war would not have happened at all. I truly appreciate your respect. Go with God. Lord Laitinen (talk) 16:54, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

Albanian land forces

Hello there , just writing to inform you that i did undo , one of your edits in the albanian land forces thread . In fact the edits that the user had done were absolutely right . Albania is a NATO member , operating in missions in Afghanistan , previously also Iraq etc.etc. and those APCs and vehicles are an integral part of the albanian armed forces . For more visit the albanian armed forces website or see some videos and photos . Sources will be added by me . Regards , Gjirokastra15 (talk) 16:49, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

• See message on user's own talk page. Thomas.W ^talk 17:13, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Baggböle Manor

Materialscientist (talk) 01:22, 15 June 2014 (UTC)

Vikings article intro

Re: (Undid revision 613128173 by Pjamescowie (talk) That wasn't "streamlining", but an edit that introduced factual errors: Vikings weren't "knows as" Norsemen, they WERE Norse people)

Evening, Thomas.W: I don't dispute that Vikings WERE / ARE Norse people, nor did my edit today assert otherwise. Contrary to your opinion, therefore, I don't believe that I introduced a factual error into the overly-long introduction for the Viking article. The fact is that in the English-speaking world at least, for good or for bad, 'Vikings' is by far and away the more common designation for Norse seafarers of the 'Viking Age'. My balanced edit simply pointed out that Vikings are also commonly (and alternatively) known as "Norsemen", which - in the English speaking world - is absolutely true. As a result, I don't see what problem you could have had with it. As regards "streamlining", that was my over-riding intent: to prune the extended discussion of Viking / Norse sea-faring technologies within the intro of the Vikings article - this level of detail more properly belongs in the longship article, to which my edit carefully pointed. Paul James Cowie (talk) 21:37, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

@Pjamescowie: Hello. Before making any more attempts to "streamline" the article please read the discussions on the talk page, including the suggestions there about what ought to be in Vikings and what ought to be in Norsemen. As for the common misconception that Vikings and Norsemen are synonymous, we can't let the misconceptions of "people in general" take over. "Vikings" were only a small subset of the Norse people. Thomas.W ^talk 21:51, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

Peugeot

Re: Peugeot. I changed the right hand column info. to be consistent with the body of the article. All the changes come from info. in the first 10 paragraphs. Why do you sabotage somebody's work without doing your homework first? Do you need to be reported? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.29.206.51 (talk) 18:25, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

• Replied on IP's talk page. Thomas.W ^talk 18:41, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

Precious

chasing vandals
Thank you, Thomas, proud for a good reason, for spending most of your "time on WP chasing vandals and socks", for fighting vandalism and misconceptions, for precision in language and linguistic, imagine polychoral praise: you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:06, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

Thank you, Gerda Arendt. Such praise almost makes me blush, even at my age... Thomas.W ^talk 09:21, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

Nothing wrong with blushing ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:27, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

Removal of Link on Ferrari Page

Thomas, first thank you for taking the time to review edits and changes to wiki articles. But I would like to ask why my link, regarding maintenance costs for Ferrari vehicles, was removed from the "Ferrari" page? Up to date maintenance costs for a variety of Ferrari models are included in the article, which serves no commercial purpose, other than to inform interested parties in the actual costs of owning and running one of these vehicles. It is a factually written piece with references from am actual Ferrari dealer for legitimate, real world pricing. It helps clear the air of all of the rumors surrounding ownership of these cars. Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing from you. 64.69.210.188 (talk) 18:04, 25 June 2014 (UTC)Mike R.

what to do with copyright infringing articles

Hi Thomas. I noticed your comments on A.Minkowiski's page. I dealt with the issue informally, mostly because I'm unsure about the proper procedure. For future references, could you advice on what should be done? Thank you, Kirin13 (talk) 19:12, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

@Kirin13: Hi. If you look at WP:Copyright violations you'll find information about Wikipedia's policies regarding copyright violations, and also information about what to do when you spot a copyright violation. There's also an "instruction manual" or "how-to" at WP:Text Copyright Violations 101, that will take you through the process step by step. Just make s ure that it really is a copyright violation, just like you did with A.Minkowiski's copy-pasted article today, before accusing anyone of copyright violation. Hope that helps, if not, feel free to ask again. Thomas.W ^talk 19:27, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

Thanks Thomas. Kirin13 (talk) 21:13, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

Hi Thomas. I'm not sure what actions are needed. The new article Synchronization of TV Transmitter and Receiver seems to at least be partially derived from course notes which themselves seem to be derived from book (I found scanned pages of book online - not sure if it's appropriate to link here - but wasn't able to figure out title/author of book). Sentence 2, 4, 6, 7 (out of seven sentences) seem to be from these notes, with sections of sentences re-ordered. To me, re-ordering sentence from 1-2-3 to 2-3-1 is still copyright violation but some may try to argue that it's paraphrasing. Once again, user has ref's but doesn't include ref's he's copy&pasted from.
User has also started another new page: Routing in cellular networks. Though I haven't looked into it - and some editing is being done by a few other contributors already - I'm concerned that if it is copy&paste that derivative work being done is "tainted".
Could you please look into these two pages? Thanks, Kirin13 (talk) 01:33, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

BMD-4

This is a recent article that was created. I thought that maybe you wanted to rate its class. Khazar (talkedit ) 22:34, 28 June 2014 (UTC)

Famous Shops

Hi Thomas. W . You removed my edit for famous shop. The entry i made was not promotional. District Computer Point is really a famous shop here in hanumangarh. How can i assure you to keep this entry on that Page Hanumangarh Somansh Arora (talk) 11:16, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

@Somansh Arora: You can't. We don't list shops or other companies unless they're notable enough by our standards to get an own article here, because Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, not the Yellow Pages or a business directory. And getting an article here requires, generally speaking, being world famous, being famous in Hanumangahr, or any other town or city for that matter, isn't enough. Thomas.W ^talk 12:15, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

David Hedlund

Thomas, Your recent comments to David are a bit over the top. Please assume good faith and back off a bit. Things will get worked out. Thanks, JoeSperrazza (talk) 14:07, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

No, they're not a bit over the top. He obviously still doesn't understand that he has caused a lot of work for other people here, and also needs to be reminded that this is a collaborative project. Thomas.W ^talk 14:12, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Well, we'll agree to disagree. Even if we grant everything you say is true (which may be), I think we can get better results with a bit of encouragement now that he's been blocked. Happy editing, JoeSperrazza (talk) 14:15, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

/* July 2014 */ - User Thomas. W deleting sourced content on Article *** Jai Prakash Menon ***

Dear [[[User:Thomas. W]]]

A page has been created on Wikipedia BLP: notice board to discuss the recent deletion of sourced content from you on article [[[Jai Prakash Menon]]]

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard#Jai_Prakash_Menon

[[[User:theamigosinc]]] 5 June, 2014 10:03 (IST) — Preceding undated comment added 04:33, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

• Replied there. Thomas.W ^talk 10:51, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

Modern equipment and uniform of the Pakistan Army

Please join the discussion to move the article to Equipment of Pakistan Army - Rameshnta909 (talk) 11:55, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

BTR-4 edit

Hi, thank you for your welcome message. As you can see i have cited source about rejected Iraqi batch, i may add more if needed, since it's a "clamorous" case. Recognizing them by camo paintings doesn't require any source, since everyone can see for himself, at least, it just needs a comparative picture between Iraqi BTR-4 and Ukrainian ones, that in reality it is well known that they are the same (but i still have to learn how to upload images on wiki). I think that you incorrectly removed all my edit, when instead only the last part, the one about RPG hits, could have been removed. RiccardoTheBeAst (talk) 16:21, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

Chill Out!

Chill out, man. . .i'm just trying to passionately transfer my anger to jews, okey? the jew after all was that fucked up. . .not that i know about that. 36.82.4.100 (talk) 19:12, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

McGeddon

Thomas.W what i am doing is no different to what McGeddon "the troll" is doing to me!!!! Any changes i make he undoes, so i'm showing him how it feels!!!! Thandi moyo (talk) 13:37, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

@Thandi moyo: Which is harassment. You can not revert an edit unless there's a good reason for it; you should also provide a good explanation in the edit summary for every revert you make. But sofar today you reverted more than 20 edits by McGeddon, without explaining why for a single one of them. So stop. Thomas.W ^talk 13:56, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

@Thomas.W: I agree with you, McGeddon's editing is vindictive and heavy handed. If you look at his talk page many would also agree with me, even though he removes the bad comments about himself!!! He is an unproductive troll vindictively ruining peoples hard work. I edit under another name now because of him!!! He harassed me while i was editing the profile of Conor Mccreedy, now it's on his watch list so if anyone makes any changes he vindictively undoes the changes and adds loads of citations!!! Poor Conor Mccreedy is getting his page mucked up and he doesn't even know what's going on!!! I feel responsible because troll McGeddon thinks i have a connection to Conor Mccreedy. Thandi moyo (talk) 14:06, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

Why do you keep removing my edits?

Why? You've reverted all my edits. You can't be an expert in all the things I edit. How do you know they are wrong? Grbccdhbubdhuscdshjcn (talk) 16:03, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

@Grbccdhbubdhuscdshjcn: Part intuition and experience, part being able to read. The Mars bar was invented in 1932, not 1923 as you changed it to, and since that edit was clearly wrong (a type of vandalism we call date change vandalism...), I checked other things too. So stop. Thomas.W ^talk 16:01, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

check your facts the mats bar was invented in 1923, but wasn't released until 1932Grbccdhbubdhuscdshjcn (talk) 16:03, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

@Grbccdhbubdhuscdshjcn: Prove it, or you can't make the edit. So read Wikipedia's rules about reliable sources and verifiability before editing again. Thomas.W ^talk 16:06, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

I was there, is that enough proof.Grbccdhbubdhuscdshjcn (talk) 16:09, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

@Grbccdhbubdhuscdshjcn: No, that's original research, which is also against the rules. You can't beat the system, so you might as well stop trying. Thomas.W ^talk 16:11, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Gr~is right [1]. Sorry. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 16:12, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

@Joshua Jonathan: No he's not, that's a different chocolate bar, not the one featured in the article. As the article you linked to says: "there are two different Mars bars"... Thomas.W ^talk 16:17, 8 July 2014 (UTC) (P.S. Gr~has just been blocked as a sock and VOA by Bbb223)

It looks like a complicated history... Reminds me of the Beatles and Stones discographies, with different issues in the UK and the USA. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 18:57, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

Excuse me for butting in but this source says the Mars bar was invented in 1932. So does this source. Forbes magazines suggests it happened in the 1930s. Another source says In 1932, tradition says, Frank Mars gave Forrest $50,000, the foreign rights to Milky Way and other Marl) bars,.... --Tomwsulcer (talk) 19:35, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

On my side of the Pond there's only one Mars bar, the original British one from 1932. Which was the one and only Mars bar not only in the UK but all over the world, except for the US... Thomas.W ^talk 20:11, 8 July 2014 (UTC) (Rule, Britannia, Britannia rule the waves...)

Okay, convinced! The waves, or the Mars bars? Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 22:28, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Civility Barnstar
	Thank you for your support of me during a recent situation regarding another editor. I really appreciate it, Daniellagreen (talk) (cont) 23:46, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: User:Cristiandouce/Medizeen

Hello Thomas.W, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of User:Cristiandouce/Medizeen, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: already up for MFD. Appears as attempted draft. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. the panda ₯’ 11:39, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

@DangerousPanda: I nominated it for CSD since it's a blatantly promotional previously deleted article that was moved to user space a while ago, and then just left there, with no attempt to make it "encyclopaedic" or add sources to it (and chose U5 since the username isn't promotional, and it therefore didn't qualify for G11...). Thomas.W ^talk 11:45, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

It was a) already nominated for MFD before you CSD'd it, and b) was obviously an attempted draft of an article (G13). Since the MFD was already underway, that process made more sense ... it'll end up in the same place anyway the panda ₯’ 11:47, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

Chhattisgarh edit : Andhra Pradesh Removal

Thanks for your edit. But, I have re-reverted you revert because the Kammam Mandals in andhra region don`t share border with Chattisgarh you can check it on last amendment to Constitution of India and on Chhattisgarh portal. And if you have any proof please include in reference. Prymshbmg (talk) 18:37, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

@Prymshbmg: And I have re-reverted your re-revert since I'm right, and have also added references even though it's unusual for a thing like that. Next time I suggest you check the articles about neighbouring states before removing material about which other states a state borders on, because the article about Andhra Pradesh clearly states that it borders on Chhattisgarh. Thomas.W ^talk 18:47, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for your edit and reference included I appreciate your attention on this matter. Kindly feel free to correct me on my other edits. Prymshbmg (talk) 19:03, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

Audi A1

Hi , i saw your message , if you don't believe me let see those pictures : http://www.netcarshow.com/audi/2011-a1/21.htm and look at the name of designer — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chriss306 (talk • contribs) 15:32, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

@Chriss306: That's not a reliable source. How do you know that "Leffler" was the actual designer of the car, and not just some subordinate person in the design department who was good at making sketches? Designing a car involves a lot more than just making a few sketches, so unless you have a reliable source that supports it, such as a page on Audi's web site clearly stating that Jürgen Leffler designed the Audi A1, you can't add it. Thomas.W ^talk 15:41, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

Frog cakes

Croak, croak

Have some frog cakes! Bishonen | talk 21:57, 19 July 2014 (UTC).

List of universities in Albania

Hi, sorry for not explaining my changes in the article. I am not a very experienced user at wiki. The universities that I removed were private universities that were put in the list of public ones, while being at the list of private ones also. As I understood the article was divided in public and then private universities, so my changes were correct following this logic. even the wiki pages of the universities that I removed state that they are private universities. To double check you can have a look at the Albanian public accreditation agency for higher education for private universities [2] and public ones [3]. It is also a good source for updating the article.

Sock user

@Thomas.W: There's something going on please have a look at this page by the sock user.--Vin09 (talk) 14:43, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

• @Vin09: Since he's adding a tag that says that he wants a page that he created himself speedily deleted, addding the tag is OK. Adding it more than once is overdoing it a bit, though. Thomas.W ^talk 14:52, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

Philoumenos (Hasapis) of Jacob's Well

Dear Thomas,

The reasons for my reverts to Philoumenos (Hasapis) of Jacob's Well, which had been left in peace for many months, are given in its edits history.

They are as follows:

1. At least one of the sources is a third-party WP:RS, see below.

2. Another Wikipedian misquotes these sources and keeps using "allegedly", inter alia, which is a weasel word, see its wiki def and talk page.

3. The other Wikipedian keeps introducing sloppy mistakes: "Greej Orthodox Church"

4. From what I noticed, this other Wikipedian had been warned by other Wikipedians about his/her POV edit wars, which concentrate on Israeli topics.

Ad 1. The third-party reference, The Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity, says verbatim: "was murdered by Zionist extremists determined to remove Christians entirely from this sacred Jewish site", which is quoted in the Wikipedia ref itself for good measure: [...] {{cite book|last=Ken Parry, David J. Melling, Dimitri Brady, Sidney H. Griffith and John F. Healey|title=The Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity|year=2001|isbn=9780631232032|url=http://www.blackwellreference.com/public/book?id=g9780631232032_9780631232032%7Cquote="was murdered by Zionist extremists determined to remove Christians entirely from this sacred Jewish site" [...]

Here is the direct URL with this quote: http://www.blackwellreference.com/public/tocnode?id=g9780631232032_chunk_g978063123203220_ss1-39 and here is its archive: https://archive.today/ai3gy

That is why I kindly request that you revert to its previous state, which had been agreed to on the article's talk page.

Zezen (talk) 18:54, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

@Zezen: If the source (which I, for the time being at least, will assume is neutral, even though it's a site dedicated exclusively to Eastern Christianity, and not a neutral news source) says "was murdered by Zionist extremists determined to remove Christians entirely from this sacred Jewish site", then why do you write "After his guard left home, Philoumenos was hacked to death with axes by Jewish Zionists"? That's either "original research" or "synthesis of published sources", neither of which is allowed here on WP. As I wrote on your talk page you can only write what the sources say, not add gory details or anything else to it. It's already past nine PM where I live, and I don't feel like spending the rest of the evening on that article, but I'll take a look at it tomorrow. Including looking at the edits made by your "opponents" (who don't seem to be neutral either, BTW, so I'm not putting all blame on you...). Thomas.W ^talk 19:15, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

Dear Thomas,

Thank you for your objectivity and your efforts. It's almost 11 pm. in my time zone, too. The edits may wait. The bit about his guard leaving the temple, the tools (axes) are taken from the other quoted and archived sources: see the referenced English article, for example.

FYI, I am not Orthodox, or Christian for that matter, nor do I represent any of the ethnic sides in the conflict, so I do not have a religious etc. ax to grind. By pure chance, I visited the site of the murder in person some years ago as a tourist, and I talked to the current priest. When back home, incredulous and astounded, I researched third-party sources about this event, and then decided to reedit this often censored article in Wikipedia (see its history).

Good night. Zezen (talk) 21:00, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

Dear Thomas,

Have you analyzed by now? Will you revert your own edit by now, or should I do it?

Good night again.

178.182.130.55 (talk) 22:20, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks

Dear Thomas, I will not add again, but I want to say that it is not my family picture
best wishes
Aftab Banoori ^(Talk) 17:11, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for talk page stalking

Mr. Thomas, Thanks for your input on James B. Watson's talk page. It seems you found the smoking gun with your translation. Thanks for the help. 208.54.35.169 (talk) 18:07, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

Please do not impose your views

Regarding your abrupt revert on the Vikings page, please do not impose your views on other contributors in such a way. Please contribute to the talk page and wait for other contributions before we finalise this. Wikifiveoh (talk) 10:36, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

"Abrupt revert"? I reverted your edit changing the geographical name "the British isles" to "Britain", a political entity that didn't exist at that time, on Vikings, since it was plain wrong. But let's keep the discussion on Talk:Vikings, where I have replied, and where the discussion should be, so that others can join to. Thomas.W ^talk 09:45, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

The Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina and laws of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Dear Thomas W.

The Constitution is the basic initial and most important act of a state.

When we are talking about a country and he needs to stand the constitution because of the constitution depends on many things, many constitutionally guaranteed rights and duties of the state towards the citizens, and the citizens of the state.

Link to a constitutional one, I put it in the English language, as last amended in 2009 years it was our last Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

As for the link to the laws of Bosnia and Herzegovina, it is a unique place where you can find the most important laws of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the English language, which is of paramount importance for all foreigners who want to have accurate knowledge of some very important laws in B&H, there are laws which are of great help, especially to keep in mind that they are all 100% in English (currently valid).

By law in the English language, it is almost impossible to reach, and access to such laws is to be paid, and here you have everything for free.

Receive sincere greetings from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Best regards, Numanovic Semso, --109.175.101.41 (talk) 11:26, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

I reverted your edit because you added links to a law firm in Bosnia. Adding a link to an official government site with the text of the constitution would be fine, but adding multiple links to a law firm, advertising their services, is not OK. Thomas.W ^talk 11:38, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

Dear Thomas W.

Okay, you can put a link to the constitution, but nowhere on the internet you will not find a constitution with amendments from 2009

Then you can just put a link to the laws of Bosnia and Herzegovina, because this is the only place on the Internet where there are all the laws of Bosnia and Herzegovina in English (over 100 laws in force).

I really was not aimed at anyone advertise, but there is no better place to laws, all links are correct and all current laws, World Bank for Reconstruction and Development uses their laws, you can see: http://wbl.worldbank.org/data/exploreeconomies/bosnia-and-herzegovina/2013?topic=using-property#protecting-women-from-violence

http://wbl.worldbank.org/data/exploreeconomies/bosnia-and-herzegovina/2013?topic=using-property#using-property

Can I just put a link to the laws of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and there is then immediately and the Constitution as the first?

Not exist any one government body in Bosnia and Herzegovina which has more than 3-4 laws in English, you can check.

Best regards, Numanovic Semso, --Numanovicsemso (talk) 11:45, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

"Vandalism" charge

On the Mehdi Abeid page, I replaced some specific dates with alternate phrasing like "a few days" because it was clunky to repeatedly state "September __, 2011" in the same paragraph. Let's take another look at this paragraph, which you have "saved" from my "vandalism":

In September 2011, Abeid said that he was considering an offer to switch allegiances and represent Algeria at under-23 level.[1] On September 30, 2011, sports daily Le Buteur announced that Abeid had spoken to Algeria's under-23 coach Azzedine Aït Djoudi and confirmed that he would be joining the team for a training camp in October.[10] On October 8, 2011, he made unofficial debut for the team as a starter in a friendly against USM Alger.[11] On November 13, 2011, he made his official debut as a starter in a 2-0 win against South Africa.[12] On November 16, 2011, he was selected as part of Algeria's squad for the 2011 CAF U-23 Championship in Morocco.[13]

There are no less than six mentions of the year 2011, which is absurdly repetitive. In addition, no less than four sentences commence with the bland "On [date]" formulation. A well-written encyclopedia does not do this. Finally, in an encyclopedia article focused on Mr. Abeid's entire life, we do not need to add every little bit of innuendo, like confirmations "that he would be joining the team for a training camp in October." That is the work of an overzealous fan adding too much detail.

The quality of writing in Wikipedia is frequently shaky, and I try where possible to refine it. It's disappointing that you interpret that as "vandalism". Are you going to tell me with a straight face that the above paragraph is well-written, containing nothing but relevant information? 108.254.160.23 (talk) 06:41, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

Your IP, whether it's just you using the IP or multiple editors, has a history of unexplained and dubious/strange edits, such as this edit changing announced to proposed, totally changing the meaning of the sentence, and this unsourced and unexplained edit on Bosnia and Herzegovina changing the percentage of muslims, catholics and protestants in the country, which isn't "improving the quality of writing in Wikipedia". So you shouldn't be surprised if an edit changing a number of exact dates to "some days later" and similar fuzzy expressions is interpreted as vandalism. If you start explaining what you're doing/trying to achieve, and start providing sources for your edits, especially potentially contentious edits (such as edits regarding religions in the Balkans, which is a very contentious issue...), I'm sure you will be treated with the respect you feel you deserve. Thomas.W ^talk 09:43, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

Talk:Vikings

Hi, Thomas. You seem to be getting hot under the collar about minor matters on Talk:Vikings. That'll never do, especially if some things are done expressly to irritate you, as you suggest they might be. Rise above, please. I would recommend disengaging on that talkpage. On a related matter, I'm a bit surprised that nobody has offered the edit warring new user a 3RR template on their page. As long as they haven't had that, it's perhaps not surprising that they keep reverting. I've just posted one now, with some further advice. Bishonen | talk 08:38, 25 July 2014 (UTC).

Since I took a dive into the discussion, I also suggest you just don't reply to baseless accusations and the likes. If continues or gets worse, take it to Wikifiveoh's talkpage.

Peter ^Isotalo 13:18, 25 July 2014 (UTC)

Edits on live role-playing games

Hello, I received a message from you stating that I added a spam link to the Live role-playing games article. I definitely do not recall posting any such link, and would like to know what exactly the link was for (as I fear I have been somehow phished). Thank you for letting me know of this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.118.109.134 (talk • contribs)

Don't worry. If you check the date of the message on your talk page you'll find that it was posted on 5 July 2013, i.e. more than a year ago. So it's history. Thomas.W ^talk 19:31, 25 July 2014 (UTC)

Miss Multiverse

Greetings, would you kindly take a look and see why is it that Miss Multiverse is once again put for delete, i have read the wikipedia policies and the article meets the policies and it also states that once an article is approved by an administrator it cannot put for delete again. Jose Cuello (talk) 06:40, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

• @Jose Cuello:It is seen as an attempt to promote a beauty pageant, one of many, that isn't really notable yet, even though it might become notable. The current version of the article has been toned down quite a bit, and is far less promotional than when it was first created (thanks to other editors here on WP, not you), but having been deleted multiple times before as pure promotion isn't helping. So don't count on me helping you to keep the article on WP, because even though I haven't !voted in the AfD, and have no plans to do so, a !vote from me would not be "keep". Thomas.W ^talk 06:58, 1 August 2014 (UTC)