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hi. Thanks for your offer. I was asked to start an RFC on the edit request I made. So I am thinking of doing that, if I understand correctly I have to start a new topic in the Talk India page and add the RFC tag? [[User:Roaly3|Roaly3]] ([[User talk:Roaly3|talk]]) 08:00, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
hi. Thanks for your offer. I was asked to start an RFC on the edit request I made. So I am thinking of doing that, if I understand correctly I have to start a new topic in the Talk India page and add the RFC tag? [[User:Roaly3|Roaly3]] ([[User talk:Roaly3|talk]]) 08:00, 23 August 2023 (UTC)

==Courage edit==

For the Courage page, I simply listed what songs were played during the credits of episodes 16 and 49. Is there something wrong with that? [[Special:Contributions/98.247.176.173|98.247.176.173]] ([[User talk:98.247.176.173|talk]]) 08:16, 23 August 2023 (UTC)

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Revert

I did explain why; see the edit summary. Please revert yourself and delete your message. Thank you. 86.88.105.173 (talk) 07:17, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The links come under WP:ELYES and WP:ELMAYBE. Your edit summary do not give an explanation, but rather just a pipe link to WP:EL. Kindly elaborate your reason and then discuss it in the talk page for consensus to remove external links. Thank you. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 07:22, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
You are responsible for the inclusion, so the burden is on you to get consensus for an exception to the longstanding unambiguous policy. If you disagree with the policy I am happy to discuss that. 86.88.105.173 (talk) 07:26, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Respectfully disagree. Kindly go through the page history to see who is the editor responsible for the inclusion. And as I said again, the links are under WP:ELYES and WP:ELMAYBE. I just reverted your removal under those guidelines. Thanks. The Herald (Benison) (talk)`
According to the page history, you are the editor who is responsible for the inclusion of those links because you reverted me after I got rid of 'em. Hope we can agree on that ;-) You mention ELYES and ELMAYBE but have you read ELMIN? And "Links in the "External links" section should be kept to a minimum."? Please start a new topic over at Talk:Miami_Vice_(film) and explain which links you think should be kept and why. You shouldn't have reverted because you are ignoring a very important part of the page you link to. 86.88.105.173 (talk) 07:38, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, WP:ELMIN is there. But kindly go through Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Film#External_links also and understand why a movie title is allowed to have such external links, as this page is under WikiProject Film. Thanks :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by The Herald (talk • contribs)

Unsurprisingly that is just one dude in 2009 being bold. He can't override consensus. 12

Do you want to include an external link to an website about a camera? https://web.archive.org/web/20100325191221/http://www.grassvalley.com/products/viper

Linking to the script is probably copyright infringement so I won't repeat that link here, but do you think that is a good idea?

Do you really want to have a random list of "Articles" with 50% 404s as a subheading of the External links section?

If we would want to link to websites like IMDb, AllMovie, Box Office Mojo and the Internet Movie Cars Database (which is a bad idea because Wikipedia is not intended to promote their websites) we should be using a nice template for that.

But I do not really see the point of linking to IMDb and AllMovie and the Internet Movie Cars Database because we can't even use them as sources because their content is usergenerated and full of errors (see WP:IMDB & WP:ALLMUSIC) 86.88.105.173 (talk) 08:12, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Nevertheless, MoS guidelines are to be followed, so you can go ahead a remove the urls you find that do not come under the guidelines. But the whole section, especially when they are linked to the sister projects, IMDB snd others (even though not exactly reliable, still is added in MoS. Thanks. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 08:16, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
WP:EL is to be followed, and has wide consensus. That one user does not and cannot overrule WP:EL. But I would not be surprised if that is moot because I would not be surprised if you agree with most of the removals except perhaps IMDb, AllMovie, Box Office Mojo and the Internet Movie Cars Database. Is that correct? Which links do you think are worth keeping? 86.88.105.173 (talk) 08:22, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I've made the changes. Thanks. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 08:46, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, that is a step in the right direction! Have you seen WP:CONLEVEL? Quote: "Consensus among a limited group of editors, at one place and time, cannot override community consensus on a wider scale. For instance, unless they can convince the broader community that such action is right, participants in a WikiProject cannot decide that some generally accepted policy or guideline does not apply to articles within its scope." And WP:NOCON? Quote: "In disputes over external links, disputed links are removed unless and until there is a consensus to include them.". I hope you can forgive me for getting rid of the links to the articles; if someone wants to read an article about a movie they can use Google. Is there something in those (rather boring) articles that we really should include in the Wikipedia article? Is this an acceptable solution for you? 86.88.105.173 (talk) 11:56, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
For me, so far, those links meet the notability criteria and verifiable ref criteria. There is no redundancy or other issues. They all comply with the WP:EL policies and guidelines. So IMO, they should stand. If you feel otherwise, you may remove them, after stating proper reason why it shouldn't be there. Thanks. Happy editing :) The Herald (Benison) (talk) 13:32, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I have already; more than once. I am not sure what you mean with "those links meet the notability criteria and verifiable ref criteria". Notability is whether a given topic warrants its own article. Verifiability means that other people using the encyclopedia can check that the information on Wikipedia comes from a reliable source. Neither applies to an external link. 86.88.105.173 (talk) 17:09, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I'll address the issue, if it still persists, this weekend. Real life caught up. In the meantime, feel free to revert the changes, with adequate summaries. Again, I am only adhering to the WP:EL guidelines and made the changes I felt was necessary. If you are still adamant about the removal of the entire section, feel free to do the same. Thanks. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 20:29, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for helping on Planetary science

Just dropping by to give you a (metaphorical) cup of coffee to thank you for your help on Planetary science. I am the one who kinda kicked that mess off by doing the original revert of the guest users' work and posting on the talk page. I appreciate the help of you and others in dealing with the edit-warring behavior and pushing them to discuss the edits on the talk page. GeogSage (⚔Chat?⚔) 18:19, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Uff...much needed coffee, lol. Anytime :") The Herald (Benison) (talk) 20:21, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Henry Wallace

Dear Sir, I am sorry about the Edit to my age, it is important as the Guinnes World Record can be broken by a day. I am 95 and my vision not the best. Ok to delete if you like Wal 122.106.129.80 (talk) 11:12, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. I'll edit it accordingly. But self promotion is not entertained in Wikipedia. Thanks. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 11:18, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for George Alagiah

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Edit on Cerulean

Hi you sent me a message to say my edit was a test but I don’t understand what you mean by that? There is an aberration (morphological difference within a species) on the Small Copper butterfly which has small blue spots on the wings.It is called ab.caerulescens and the word is derived from Cerulean blue. This is the first time I’ve attempted to edit anything on Wikipedia so apologies if I’ve done it incorrectly! Graham 2A00:8B43:9BA:0:5562:BAB:CDAF:7D66 (talk) 21:28, 27 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thank you for the edit. But the way you edited, even though was in good faith, had some errors. Kindly refer to MOS:LINKSTYLE for information on how to add blue links. Thanks. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 05:59, 28 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

Hello my friend! I am an editor of the (Arabic) Wikipedia, and there is an article that should be created on the English Wikipedia. It is about a singer named Kxllswxtch (abbreviated as KXL). The page should be created to link it to the rest of the pages and to the Arabic language page. my regards Linkaomy (talk) 11:22, 29 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. You can create an article and submit on AfC and wait for the review. Or alternatively, you can use your sandbox for making an article. Kindly make sure it meets notability criteria and you provide enough reliable sources for verification. You can use this page for further information how to create an article. Also adhere to these policies. Thank you. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 12:21, 29 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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What I have done wrong? - Stefan, 23:07 04-Aug-2023 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.1.20.0 (talk) 21:19, 4 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. It was removed as per the earlier revert. The link to help page seemed redundant as the link to the main page is already there. Also per Wikipedia:External links. Thanks. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 07:09, 5 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Does the help link in the interactive FP also work? - Stefan 15:52 05-Aug-2023 178.1.20.0 (talk) 13:54, 5 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Apparently, so. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 13:57, 5 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
This page must be displayed: Help page
- Stefan 18:40 05-Aug-2023 178.1.20.0 (talk) 16:41, 5 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
IMO, it's still redundant. @Dgpop: Comments? The Herald (Benison) (talk) 16:48, 5 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Originally I thought the added help link was the same as the one on the Interactive FP page. The latter doesn't exist and isn't archived, but the added help link isn't directly related to Interactive FP; it's a general help sheet for the language. Perhaps it would be be better as a top-level external link called "FP help sheet". Dgpop (talk) 15:57, 6 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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I left as it was without changing, a multi IP vandal deleted sources again 79.41.217.183 (talk) 15:39, 12 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Reverting my edits

Why did you revert my edits in the page Sanskar? I have given reference for the show and still you reverted it. Now this is very unfair treatment. 103.87.143.130 (talk) 06:26, 18 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, that was a redirect page. You removed that redirect page and made it an article about a television series. If you are interested in making a new article, please do so at WP:AFC, after following this page on how to create your first article. Thanks and happy editing. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 06:32, 18 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your InternetArchiveBot run appears to be stuck

FYI, just a heads-up: InternetArchiveBot batch run 14680, which you requested, appears to be stuck and unable to release the bot worker that was processing it. Could you maybe try killing and resubmitting the batch job so it doesn't keep clogging up the worker slot that it currently occupies? Thanx! Whoop whoop pull up Bitching Betty ⚧️ Averted crashes 03:18, 20 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done. But it says job done. I've killed it anyways. Thanks. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 03:57, 20 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Y'welks, and thanx! :-) Whoop whoop pull up Bitching Betty ⚧️ Averted crashes 09:22, 20 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Landmark School

I skimmed the PROD list and recognized this school at once. In North America, it's the leading school for kids with major learning disabilities. I dug up some potential refs and left them at Talk:Landmark School#Potential refs:.

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RFC

hi. Thanks for your offer. I was asked to start an RFC on the edit request I made. So I am thinking of doing that, if I understand correctly I have to start a new topic in the Talk India page and add the RFC tag? Roaly3 (talk) 08:00, 23 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Courage edit

For the Courage page, I simply listed what songs were played during the credits of episodes 16 and 49. Is there something wrong with that? 98.247.176.173 (talk) 08:16, 23 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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