User talk:Farolif

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George Galloway

Really it should be in today's current events rather than Thursday's as the result was announced in the early hours of this morning, but I suppose there's an argument which says he had won from the moment the polls closed. Paul MacDermott (talk) 18:01, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

July 2012

In a recent edit to the page Fifty Shades of Grey, you changed one or more words or styles from one national variety of English to another. Because Wikipedia has readers from all over the world, our policy is to respect national varieties of English in Wikipedia articles.

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In view of that, please don't change articles from one version of English to another, even if you don't normally use the version in which the article is written. Respect other people's versions of English. They, in turn, should respect yours. Other general guidelines on how Wikipedia articles are written can be found in the Manual of Style. If you have any questions about this, you can ask me on my talk page or visit the help desk. Thank you. — JonC^ॐ 16:20, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Your recent editing history at United States foreign aid shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. Being involved in an edit war can result in you being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly.

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Nomination of List of countries by U.S. economic aid vs GDP for deletion

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Merge discussion for Central African Republic Bush War

An article that you have been involved in editing, Central African Republic Bush War, has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going to the article and clicking on the (Discuss) link at the top of the article, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Keitsist (talk) 17:43, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

April 2013

Your recent editing history at Economy of Greece shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. Being involved in an edit war can result in your being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly.

To avoid being blocked, instead of reverting please consider using the article's talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. See BRD for how this is done. You can post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection. Please do not keep removing useful references from the article. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 19:17, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

May 2013

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you.

You have deleted relevant material from Teen Witch that is supported under Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Film Box office: "Determine a consensus from objective (retrospective if possible) sources about how a film performed and why." The factual item in question displays box office competition and is one of many possible reasons why the film flopped at the box office, but is still popular 24 years after its release.

Your second deletion cites Wikipedia:Coatrack which is an essay not a guideline. "Essays may represent widespread norms or minority viewpoints. Consider these views with discretion. Essays are not Wikipedia policies or guidelines." Your first uncited deletion was subjective with the comment "remove irrelevant box office item, extra lines".

Your edits are unhelpful, please stop.009o9 (talk) 14:30, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

Your recent editing history at Economy of Greece shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. Being involved in an edit war can result in you being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly.

To avoid being blocked, instead of reverting please consider using the article's talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. See BRD for how this is done. You can post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection. One more revert at the article and I will report you at WP:3RRN for longterm edit-warring as well as a breach of WP:3RR Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 05:01, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Courtesy notice

The report at WP:3RRN concerning your edit-warring at Economy of Greece is here. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 00:38, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 24 hours for edit warring and disruptive editing, as you did at Economy of Greece. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first.  Bbb23 (talk) 01:21, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

Sir, Dame and Sheikh

Hi there,

Sorry, I don't get it what bothers you in the Sir, Dame and Sheikh titles. For me it's apparent that it differs from Mr as 'sheikh' is a title granted to a person by the sovereign (at least in the Middle Eastern monarchies in question, where some of their leaders hold that title), and 'Sir' is the style that signifies that the person was elevated to a knighthood. While on the other hand Mr is not a title, just a form of address. So could you please elaborate what confusion you think this causes? ZBukov (talk) 17:16, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

OK, "Mr." is not the strongest example. But what about my other presented case of "Dr."? Not to mention "Atty", "Rev.", or a slew of other titles that are earned by the person in question?

Also, 'Sheikh' isn't always a title granted to a person from a sovereign. The word can also denote a scholar of Islam, as well as a person's actual name, as in the case of Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina - hence my reasoning for the title being confusing to some. Farolif (talk) 17:30, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Reverend is not a title either, just a style (form of address). The sheikhs in question apparently hold this title as members of ruling families. But even if they gained their title by virtue of being scholars, this is just no confusion, as they are prime minister or emir nevertheless. The fact that there is a Liberian politician called Prince Johnson (Prince being his given name) doesn't change the fact that there are people who bear the royal title of prince. So still this seems to be no reason to delete valid information from Wikipedia. ZBukov (talk) 19:36, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Nor is there any reason to impose this information on the various articles about state leaders (this one and this one, at current count). Which brings up my alternate point from my first edits to this effect that the titles are unnecessary in the context of these pages. Valid or not, the trivia seems to serve no real purpose, since the persons are "prime minister or emir nevertheless".

(BTW - Reverend is a title. The WP article even acknowledges it as such based on some sources. And why do you continue to ignore my example of the title of "Dr."?) Farolif (talk) 22:19, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

And in response to your comments in the latest edit summaries, I can just as easily advise you to create a whole new article about formal stylings and titles for current state leaders - including the various UN protocols. Farolif (talk) 23:03, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

September 28

Your recent editing history at Hun Sen shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. Being involved in an edit war can result in you being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly.

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If a citation is reliable, and the one you are reverting is, your opinion of that mainstream media presentation does not constitute a reason for you to revert or undue that information. Earl King Jr. (talk) 22:35, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

"13 years old"

Btw the study I linked to is not thirteen, but five, years old. It was published in 2008. --Yalens (talk) 19:55, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

I didn't say the study was 13 years old, I was referring to the 1999-2000 data which it was based on. Farolif (talk) 20:04, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Your submission at AfC United States Congress members who died in office was accepted

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Thanks

I apologize if my remarks on any of the wiki talk pages were inappropriate. My comments were made in the hope that they would contribute towards the betterment of the article in whose talk page they occurred. I shall do my utmost to abide by the rules.

Is it appropriate to highlight any factual errors that may exist in an article?

Sincerely,

Vilhelmo. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vilhelmo (talk • contribs) 13:29, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

As long as you can cite the sources that dispute an article's claims, and aren't simply playing semantics or sharing your opinion on the subject, then you can introduce any factual errors you believe to exist on Wikipedia. Also, it would have been acceptable to respond to this discussion on your own talk page. Farolif (talk) 20:06, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

Edit warring at List of current state leaders by date of assumption of office

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The full report of this case is at WP:AN3#User:Zoltan Bukovszky reported by User:Farolif (Result: Both blocked). Thank you, EdJohnston (talk) 22:49, 21 November 2013 (UTC)

Harold Ramis

Thanks for making it worse. Rusted AutoParts 00:41, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

No, not worse. I have attempted a temporary fix that retains information. Schmidt, ^{Michael Q.} 01:34, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

Source of spending data for the table at Federal taxation and spending by state

Hi. Last november you updated the tables at Federal taxation and spending by state. Thanks for doing that. I'm having difficulty verifying the values in the spending column from the source for that column, http://www.transparency.gov/state-summary-tabular?tab=By+Location&tabletype=statesummary. Did you have another source or has the format changed since November? I'm going to solve the issue by updating to the most current year, but that source now only shows trillions in one decimal place accuracy and your changes included updating the column to display whole millions and I'd rather not lose accuracy by using one decimal trillions for both columns. Thanks, Celestra (talk) 21:41, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

It looks like the source's methodology for calculating the per state spending data had changed. I've updated the tables accordingly. Farolif (talk) 08:01, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

Cool. Thanks! Celestra (talk) 13:44, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

United States Congress members who died in office Article

I have proposed that the United States Congress members who died in office article you were involved in the creation of should be expanded to include members who died prior to the 1990s. If you have any additional information regarding members of Congress in office prior to 1990, I would encourage you to add it to the article. --TommyBoy (talk) 01:54, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

June 2014

Please do not add original research or novel syntheses of published material to articles as you apparently did to Wonderland murders. Please cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. Thank you. -- Winkelvi ● ✉ ✓ 16:46, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

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by-elections

Sorry, but I think you'll find by-elections do come under the remit of Current events. We have a long-standing consensus of covering them here, in whichever country they happen to take place, and yesterday's was probably more notable than most because of the outcome. This is Paul (talk) 19:36, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

You clearly know nothing about UK politics or the events that are notable in that country, and seem to be just being disruptive for the sake of it. Please stop removing content from pages because you don't personally like it. There has been consensus to include these events for as long as I can remember, and if you don't agree with that you need to discuss it at the appropriate venue. I would also draw your attention to the three revert rule as someone else restored the content, which you promptly removed again. This is Paul (talk) 23:50, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

And what is the venue where this consensus which you speak of was reached? Farolif (talk) 00:16, 11 October 2014 (UTC)

You're certainly demonstrating a degree of ineptitude. I found several international sources (Washington Post, New Zealand Herald, The Australian, etc) mentioning this topic within a couple of minutes. You obviously didn't look. This is Paul (talk) 00:31, 11 October 2014 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure Commonwealth Realms are still sufficiently attached to the UK to report on political ongoings in the motherland. As for Washington Post, the story is found on their world portal parked behind the headline about dozens of people dying from toxic poisoning during Eid celebrations in Pakistan. Yet there is no attempt to mention that story on the Current Events page, is there? Farolif (talk) 00:45, 11 October 2014 (UTC)