User talk:Rms125a@hotmail.com

Words of wisdom from a cherished source

Robert - feel free to blank this again, as is your right, but can I just ask you to slow down for a minute and step back from this? You're fast approaching old territory again. I know you mean well here, and I've supported you in the past. Just ... chill, take it easy, and careful with the comments about others - Alison ^❤ 22:02, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

REGARDING MY USERNAME

To anyone who has a question about my username please read the following. I have no intention of changing the username. It makes no sense since so far several editors (including admins, who should know better, whom I call "badmins") have gone to the trouble of unearthing past history which had nothing to do with whatever was going on at the moment. As I am never to be allowed to put my past behind me without it being brought up like a weapon to assail me for others' tactical or rhetorical advantage, I have decided to follow the advice I received from another editor and "embrace" it.

Robert is one of the few editors who is not obliged to change his username, as his account was created many years before the rules were changed - Alison ^❤ 02:50, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Jakiw Palij

Please do not make statements attacking people or groups of people. Wikipedia has a strict policy against personal attacks. Attack pages and images are not tolerated by Wikipedia and are speedily deleted. Users who continue to create or repost such pages and images in violation of our biographies of living persons policy will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Thank you.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag - if no such tag exists then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hangon tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. The-Pope (talk) 16:40, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

It is an automated message when you nominate a "negative page about a living person that is completely unsourced". See WP:CSD#G10 for the criteria. I know that it is not an attack page, but that's the CSD group that negative, unreferenced BLPs fall under. I probably should have read the message that the automated program left and edited it. By all means remove the tag, but you MUST source the article from a verifiable and reliable source. I am simply patrolling unreferenced biographies of living people.The-Pope (talk) 16:47, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

@ Rms - The-pope looks like he used the standard template for an attack page, which is technically valid (tho I would have hoped that he would have written you a non-templated message). It is unsourced, and does paint the subject in a negative light. I don't think it reflects badly on you in any way, but someone else should make that determination. Since I reverted to the G10 notice, I don't feel I should make that determination in my role as an admin. Syrthiss (talk) 16:51, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

I don't think I've done many G10s before, mainly A7 or G3s, so I should have checked what message was left... but it was only 4 minutes between my tagging and the response on my page, so it wasn't much time for me to check what was written. In future, for G10s like this (negative UBLPs, not attack pages) I'll definitely manually leave the message or at least edit away the automated one. The-Pope (talk) 16:58, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Yep, its not a problem (at least on my end). Typically what I do for established users is still use the template, but write a quick message before I subst in the template. Syrthiss (talk) 17:05, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

I'd personally prefer you supply the sources (even in a general sense, for the moment) on the talk page. Yes, blanking in the last 10 minutes after the page has been up for 2 years really isn't going to do much to protect him from possible libel but I'd rather err on the side of caution. Its not like people can't look into the history. Syrthiss (talk) 16:54, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Oh I see it now. Well, lets go and put a message on his / her talkpage instead. :D Syrthiss (talk) 17:07, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Looks like HJ Mitchell has deleted it. I was unable to view your link because when you cut and pasted it, it has a ... in the middle like the browser thought it was too long. I'll do a search in a minute. Syrthiss (talk) 17:15, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Jakiw Palij

Hi, please don't take offence, but I'm afraid I've had to delete that article as an unsourced BLP that makes negative claims (ie, being a concentration camp guard) about its subject. The source you provided on the talk page was a dead link and I'm afraid I can't leave that kind of thing lying around. That said, this isn't an assumption of bad faith and I'm not questioning the factual accuracy of the statement, it just needs a reliable source attributed to it. If you can find one, I'll be happy to restore the article or you can start it again. Similarly, if anybody accuses you of creating an attack page based on this, let me know and I'll try to set the record straight, since this was deleted under the second half of G10 (negative BLP, not attack page). Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:19, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Here are full URLs to the NY Times articles that bracket the time (there were 2 more on my search, one of which was mostly a rehash once he had been stripped of citizenship). I don't know how much of this was or wasn't included in the article. Syrthiss (talk) 17:22, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/21/nyregion/accused-nazi-guard-speaks-out-denying-he-had-role-in-atrocities.html?scp=1&sq=Jakiw%20Palij&st=cse http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/22/nyregion/nyc-give-up-chase-for-nazis-not-so-fast.html?scp=2&sq=Jakiw%20Palij&st=cse

Userfied to User:Rms125a@hotmail.com/Jakiw Palij. Please add those sources to it now, then you can work on it there at your leisure. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:32, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

I did a first pass. I don't have a source for the birth date or name, but everything else seems supported by the article I have linked. Syrthiss (talk) 17:47, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Paul Ryan Rudd

Thanks your your help on Paul Ryan Rudd. I am just letting you know that I had to partially revert your edits on the page since the some of the references were messed up in the process. Basically I had to go back to the version before you made your first edit, but manually re-added what you did without changing the references. —CodeHydro 15:59, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Good Call

On Hector's name TY! my bad! LOL DocOfSoc (talk) 14:42, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Another good call

You're right on Kit Hoover--thanks for catching that. Now I'm off to get reading glasses. Drmies (talk) 19:19, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Elaine Paige

Hello. Just to clear up why I wanted to keep the original wording;

This quote from this source backs up that her theatre commitments kept her from having children, as stated by Paige herself; http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/3023422/Elaine-Paige-Sex-drugs-and-musicals.html "Yes, I regret in a way not having my own family, not having kids. I never imagined I wouldn't have a family. But I wouldn't have had this career if I had done that. I am quite single-minded. I love the idea of waking up and having breakfast over the newspapers, rather than making idle conversation with someone. Is that such a crime?"

And responding to a question about reading reviews on her shows; http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2007/may/22/theatre2

"Do you read your reviews?

No. I don't find it helpful to hear too many people's opinions."

Would you therefore concur with the revision to the original wording? With the paragraph concerning her never having children, I wanted a way of linking the two sentences (her career and subsequent lack of children) together. Thanks. Eagle Owl (talk) 15:40, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

I can see your points. We may aswell leave the article as it is for now. Thanks. Eagle Owl (talk) 18:44, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

September 2010

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Before saving your changes to an article, please provide an edit summary, which you forgot to do before saving your recent edit to Maude Farris-Luse. Doing so helps everyone to understand the intention of your edit (and prevents legitimate edits from being mistaken for vandalism). It is also helpful to users reading the edit history of the page. Thank you. I dream of horses If you reply here, please leave me a {{Talkback}} message on my talk page. @ 19:05, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

After a mere 32,000 edits, it's about time you got edit-summary-templated...! The Rambling Man (talk) 19:15, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Barto and Mann

Thank you for your edits. Are the changes in format on the edit page the correct way to format? I'm still learning. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bradford Smith (talk • contribs) 21:45, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

Fort Caroline

The information was perhaps sourced to the actual paper book mentioned? Did you read that book to verify that it wasn't. Wikipedia does not require that only online sources be used as references. Also historical information is not subject to the libel-based concerns of BLP. At any rate it took me about a minute to run a two word google search and find another and online source for the material in the first non-wiki result returned - which you could have done yourself and so improved the encyclopedia. Removing information should never be the first step - at least a minimum effort at verification or disproval should be. Rmhermen (talk) 00:35, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Flora MacLeod of MacLeod

I notice you added the coat of arms to the article Flora MacLeod of MacLeod, but I think it's incorrect. See Talk:Flora MacLeod of MacLeod#Arms. Opera hat (talk) 01:08, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

No need to be rude

I worked on it for a few hours today. You're welcome to it.Cadwallader (talk) 19:18, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

Morgan Griffith

The HPV thing is a very minor issue. It's not necessary.--Jerzeykydd (talk) 01:08, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

Cathy Harvin

Hi Cathy Harvin succeeded her husband Charles Alexander Harvin in the South Carolina House of Representatives. It makes sense to start an article on Alex Harvin also. Many thanks-RFD (talk) 22:51, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Sir Shane Lesie, Bt.

Re your edit revisions to the above. Baronetcies cannot be disclaimed (there is no equivalent provision of the Peerage Act 1963) and, additionally, have to be registered for the holder to inherit - they do not pass automatically. Shane would, therefore, have been required to register with the Standing Council of the Baronetage. Counter-revolutionary (talk) 09:47, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

Gerrittsen Beach Volunteer Fire Department

The proper name of the fire department is the GerriTTsen Beach Volunteer Fire Department. Here is their website: http://www.gbfd.net/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blarg56 (talk • contribs) 08:01, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Hi, This is an image of the fire departments sign, spelled with two t's[[1]] Blarg56 (talk) 20:46, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Politico blog post

That post, when I looked at it, merely said "Police identified...", with no explanation of who did so, and when. Not good enough for a BLP source. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 21:41, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

Tag removal

Please do not remove citation tags that have been there for several months. You also seem to be changing the date to other tags for some reason? Please stop. Regards Monkeymanman (talk) 20:36, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

If something has been tagged sinced 2008 or 2009 and still not cited then the text should be removed. Thats the process that i have seen applied. Contentious material that remains in an article should be sourced, tagged or removed. A tag should remain on a contentious statement or sentence until it has been sourced. The tag date shows when the material has originaly been contested to give an idea how long it has remained unsourced. Not when it has been last checked.Monkeymanman (talk) 20:58, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

RE

Let's keep it simple. Category:Victims of political repression is not an article about Soviet Union (and I did not edit it). Thanks for reminding. Biophys (talk) 22:50, 9 January 2011 (UTC)