User talk:AdventurousSquirrel

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Re: Captain marvel edits

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Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition

Hi AdventurousSquirrel, you recently marked the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition entry as advertisement. This was not my intention. If you have the time it would be great if you can demonstrate with an example where the problem is and how to change the entry's tone to an acceptable neutral one. Many thanks and happy new year! Samkange — Preceding unsigned comment added by Samkange (talk • contribs) 11:52, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for your explanation AdventurousSquirrel. Samkange —Preceding undated comment added 16:36, 19 January 2012 (UTC).

Hi AdventurousSquirrel, you've flagged the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition entry as using bare URLs for citations and being written like an advertisement. I tried to improve it based on your suggestions. Could you please review and take off the alerts if you feel that article is now satisfying? (If this is not the proper process for removing alerts, sorry for bothering you with this!). Many thanks, Samkange (talk • contribs)

Speedy deletion declined: Kristen Von Vella

Hello AdventurousSquirrel. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Kristen Von Vella, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Playing for the national football team passes A7. Thank you. Guerillero | My Talk 03:21, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for taking the time to write me a note explaining that. Now I won't make the mistake again. Cheers! AdventurousSquirrel (talk) 01:07, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Re: Secondary Suites

Hi AdventurousSquirrel! You recently undid a small edit I made to the "Secondary Suites" page. I provided a link to a relevant site to the "Further Reading" section. Your note said that it looked like the link might violate the Spam policy. I don't think it does, though I am involved in the site I linked to. This is my first edit to Wikipedia so I am totally open to input.

Here's where I was coming from... "secondary suites" -- also known as accessory dwelling units, granny flats, in-law suites, etc are a growing topic of interest among housing planners and advocates for the elderly. In fact the Wikipedia entries on this subject are pretty anemic and out of date. I planned on contributing more to them. But I thought I'd experiment by just adding a link. This was actually a relevant contribution because other than commercial sites (builders, architects, etc) and government sites (mostly containing local regulations) there until recently had been no single site on the web dedicated to topic. The site I linked to fills that role. It's also nonprofit, has no advertising, etc.

Anyway, I suppose it's true that I could have contributed cited text, as the no-spam policy suggests, but given the weakness of the current page, I thought that small addition was a good way to begin rather than rewriting a whole bunch of the page. Maybe I was wrong? Anyway let me know somehow. Cheers! -martin --Martinjohnbrown (talk) 06:01, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Wikimedia Stories Project

Aloha!

My name is Victor and I work with the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that supports Wikipedia. We're chronicling the inspiring stories of the Wikipedia community around the world, including those from readers, editors, and donors. Stories are absolutely essential for any non-profit to persuade new people to support the cause, and we know the vast network of people who use Wikipedia have so much to share.

I find stories that drive our annual fundraising efforts. It's important to convey the incredible diversity of people who've come to rely upon Wikipedia every day.

I'd really like the opportunity to interview you to tell your story, with the possibility of using it in our materials, on our community websites, or as part of this year’s fundraiser to encourage others to support Wikipedia. Please let me know if you're inclined to take part in the Wikipedia Stories Project and we'll set up a good time to discuss further.

Thank you,

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Victor Grigas (talk) 19:29, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Silly question, but...

How does one go about adding a link/footnote (i.e., a new reference) without making the link appear in the text? MCM0313 (talk) 22:30, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

No one's WP:BEFORE is perfect, and your withdawal at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Triggermen was both very gracious and most appreciated. If you ever have doubts about film articles, please feel free to ask about them over at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Film. We're always happy to assist. Thanks and best regards, Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 20:37, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Yea, it seemed like the only reasonable option. Thank you for the message, I will definitely take you up on that if I have questions on film articles in the future. I'm sure it will prevent premature nominations. AdventurousSquirrel (talk) 23:09, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

It was not me

It was my brother. He is really like that Troll uncle that EVERYONE have. Sorry for my sh... bad english! 187.56.214.68 (talk) 00:10, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

If you are interested in editing on Wikipedia, then the best advice I can give is to create an account. That way you can't get blocked for anything anyone else does. Unfortunately, if your brother does go on and vandalize under the IP again, the IP will be blocked. I think it might be courteous to delete the comment with all of the spoilers that he added on the Spoiler (media) talk page. Normally we don't delete talk page comments, but since it was vandalism I think it would be okay. AdventurousSquirrel (talk) 03:41, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

Mouawad Gallery

Thanks for your contribution to the article Mouawad. I agree with your contention that some of the images could be construed as advertising. I re-added the gallery; however, I removed four (4) of the images that could be construed as advertising. To clear up any confusion on the remaining images, I labeled the gallery as "one of a kind pieces" as these are not for sale. These are exclusives that were purchased by Mouawad over the years. While some did not make the Guiness Book of World Records, they are still notable no-doubt. Thank you again for your advice and contributions. Thanks. --Morning277 (talk) 23:51, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

quick question for you

Howdy! I saw you were a member of the politics wikiproject and I was wondering if anyone can join? I feel like there is probably a lot of controversy on these pages, just as the nature of the subject and what wikipedia is. So I was wondering if anyone can join, or do you need a list of articles edited or something like that. Thanks for your help!!Righteousskills (talk) 21:20, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, good luck!Righteousskills (talk) 18:06, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Re

Sorry I haven't noticed you started a discussion in the talk page of the article! I replied there... regards, Cavarrone (talk) 22:48, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

Some notes on Template:Wikify

Wikify was not the correct tag to use here, you should have used the overlinked tag. Not trying to be harsh here, but the wikify backlog gets very large if people misuse the wikify tag. Thanks for your understanding, Athleek123 (talk) 23:49, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

Hey I'm really sorry about putting the wrong tag. I actually had no idea that there was an overlink tag, which is why I thought wikify was the most appropriate (I just gave overlinking as the reason part of the tag). Thank you for the message. AdventurousSquirrel (talk) 17:07, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

It actually isn't too big of a deal. {{Wikify}} wasn't misused and was correctly placed; however, Athleek123 was correct that overlink was a bit more appropriate. Ryan Vesey Review me! 17:56, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

Okay, no problem. I appreciate the messages because I somehow didn't know about that overlink template. I feel like I should have come across it at some point since I've been here a while. Maybe I should browse through the list of templates to see if there are other good ones I can use. AdventurousSquirrel (talk) 18:00, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

Hi guys, I just thought I would drop by and say that it might be a bigger deal than you are putting it, Ryan, but anyways thanks for understanding AdventurousSquirrel. Also, you should try using Twinkle so you have all the templates in front of you and just have to check a box next to the ones you want to add. Athleek123 19:31, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

I actually did/do use twinkle. I just never noticed the overlink one, probably because wikify is at the top of the list and I thought it applied so I didn't scroll down to look for another one. I will use it from now on if it applies. AdventurousSquirrel (talk) 20:51, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

Ok, awesome! Athleek123 21:33, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

Deleted post

I accidentally deleted one of your posts on Talk:Political activities of the Koch family. I tried to follow the instructions for a reported edit conflict, but the system deleted it anyway. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 23:42, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

That's okay, I figured it was due to an edit conflict. I'm getting very frustrated with XB70. He is making wild accusations against me and I hope that a reasonable person who looks at the talk page can see that they are without merit. AdventurousSquirrel (talk) 23:44, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

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Delsorting...

Hi! If you're going to add topics to the deletion sorting lists on a regular basis--which I highly encourage, as I find it a very useful process--would you be so kind as to wikilink either the AfD or the article in your edit summary, so I can jump straight to the affected article from my watchlist? Jclemens (talk) 05:27, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Will do. Thanks for the tip! AdventurousSquirrel (talk) 17:44, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Re: Law of Love Ministries

Dear AdventurousSquirrel, Just in case you may like to comment, I have AfD'ed an article you recently tagged at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Law_of_Love_Ministries. Regards. Jschnur (talk) 04:36, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

Hey Jschnur, thanks for the notice. I came across a similarly themed article, Son of God vs. Son of Man. I was thinking of putting it up for AfD but wasn't sure which specific policies to cite. I guess maybe that it only has primary sources (Bible) and could be considered original research. There are significant articles on the separate topics of Son of God and Son of man though so I don't know if it could be expanded more. What are your thoughts on that article? AdventurousSquirrel (talk) 22:08, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

I'll have a look when I get a chance and get back to you. Might not be for a while though. Cheers. Jschnur (talk) 01:26, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

OK, I've AFD'ed this one too as per your suggestion of original research. See Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Son_of_God_vs._Son_of_Man. As far as I'm concerned, it doesn't belong in WP. Regards. Jschnur (talk) 04:01, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Hi again. I wonder if you might initiate a SPI of the editors of Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Son_of_God_vs._Son_of_Man. I would do it but I am severely time-challenged at the moment. If you do, take note of User:History2007 comments and findings for example at Person of Christ as extra evidence. I understand if you are unable or unwilling. Cheers. Jschnur (talk) 05:16, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

Hey, yea I was planning on doing that but like you I was also time challenged. It's been getting tougher to get on here as frequently as I used to. Looks like it was already taken care of though so it's all good. Happy editing. AdventurousSquirrel (talk) 00:12, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Page Curation newsletter

Hey AdventurousSquirrel. I'm dropping you a note because you used to patrol new pages. This is just to let you know that we've deployed and developed Page Curation, which augments and supersedes Special:NewPages - there are a lot of interesting new features if you want to get back into the swing of patrolling :). There's some help documentation here if you want to familiarise yourself with the system and start using it. If you find any bugs or have requests for new features, let us know here. Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 12:11, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

That's really cool! Thanks for the info, I'll definitely try it out when I have time. Cheers, AdventurousSquirrel (talk) 16:50, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Sally Season

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Sally Season. Viriditas (talk) 07:58, 25 October 2012 (UTC)Template:Z48

Documents at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum

hi

I work at the Gerald Ford Presidential Library and Museum, and we are uploading materials to Wikimedia Commons. We have a number of documents that might be of interest to you - they are located at Wikimedia, Category:Documents at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum.

If you are interested in writing articles/stubs, I may be able to provide you with pictures from our archives as well. We have a limited number of artifacts, to also at Wikimedia, Category:Artifacts at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum.

Let me know if I can help in any way, and please feel free to pass the word about these docs; I'd love to see some content generated around them....thanks! Bdcousineau (talk) 17:27, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

Awesome! Thank you for the information! I'm just coming back from a long break and this archive seems like a good place to start :) AdventurousSquirrel (talk) 05:45, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

Such great news, please let me know what I can supply you with to move this along.Bdcousineau (talk) 20:38, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Teabaggers

Hi AdventurousSquirrel,

I disagree with your reversion of my edits on the Tea Party movement page. I have very different memories about how the term "teabagger" was used, which seem to conflict with your memories. I wonder if at this point in time we could find documentation from the time of the beginning of the Tea Party movement to show which one of us is correct. I won't revert to my edits at the moment, but I'll file this away and revisit the issue when I have the time to do so. Because I think this should be sorted out, you know, for posterity. ;) --Spiff666 (talk) 19:36, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

(Below is your note to me)

Hello Spiff666,

I reverted your edits on the Tea Party movement page. I hope your edits were an honest mistake, as there is no evidence that the Tea Partiers referred to themselves as "teabaggers" before the term was applied to them pejoratively by the media. AdventurousSquirrel (talk) 16:25, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Proposed deletion

Hi AdventurousSquirrel, I saw your proposal but I respectfully disagree. The meme propagated almost 3 years ago and still signifies an important moment in the history of South Africa because it reflected the mood of the country after the murder of right wing president of the AWB. It has more than 4 million hits on Google, including articles from the BBC and others (adding now). And thirdly, there are many other memes from other countries that are represented on Wikipedia - as the most (or at least one of the most) notable memes from South Africa, I think this should be considered notable enough. Best, --Hfordsa (talk) 08:41, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Hello Hfordsa, and thank you for your polite discourse. While I don't doubt that it was a significant moment in the country's history, I think it will have to be demonstrated that the meme, rather than the event itself, requires its own unique article (rather than being included as a section in another related page) and meets Wikipedia's notability guidelines, by providing information from and links to reliable sources which show that the meme has received significant coverage in those reliable secondary sources. The notability guidelines you'll want to pay particular attention to in this case can be found at Wikipedia:Notability (web). If more of them exist, perhaps you may be able to help find and include non-English sources (I suspect there may be more in Afrikaans?), which are also perfectly acceptable as long as they meet the "reliable source" requirements. I apologize if this is all information you are already familiar with, but in case you might find it helpful, I will also post a table of links on your talk page that may be of value. Thank you again for your note, and let me know if you have any questions. Cheers! Respectfully, AdventurousSquirrel (talk) 10:06, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, AdventurousSquirrel :) I will work on it :) --Hfordsa (talk) 13:53, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Citation style

Hi , I noticed you cited my page for references and citation style . I'm not very proficient in these matters and could not post links because nothing from those days is on the web . I do have magazines , some video and other documentation . Thanks for your help and input . And sorry if I did this wrong 'cause I have a feeling I did this wrong . Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.229.67.189 (talk) 01:34, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

No worries! The tag is just there to implore anyone sees it to add the extra reference information...if you have that info readily available though, it would be really helpful if you could add it to the article. If you ever have any doubts about how to properly cite info you add, you can use the citation template in the RefToolbar at the top of the editing window - with the cursor blinking just after the information you want to cite, just click "Cite", then the "Templates" dropdown window, and select the type of source and fill out the fields. You'll find that there are additional fields for page numbers, etc for more complete citation. But feel free to ask if you have any questions, and again, thank you. Cheers! AdventurousSquirrel (talk) 02:00, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Akram Aylisli

Hi.

I put the statement, exactly how it is written in the source. I did not add any personal comment of my own, unlike the previous user User:MarshallBagramyan who put a comment (because nothing like that is written in the source itself) in front of the statement. I am afraid that the user is not acting neutrally in this matter, because of this. The article has to stay neutral and no personal comments shoud be added. In the future could you make shure that the content conforms to the source, and there are no personal comments slipped though.

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.224.24.75 (talk) 09:16, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Folly Wildlife Rescue

Thank you for all your help and advice. It's much appreciated and it appears that the tag for deletion has now been removed! :) Nunnsofunky (talk) 06:50, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Great! Congrats on your first save! But keep in mind that the removal of a speedy deletion tag isn't necessarily the end of the deletion process. Make sure to keep adding content from reliable sources to help demonstrate the notability of the topic. Cheers, and happy editing. AdventurousSquirrel (talk) 11:13, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Re: Homosexuality in football

I did not remove anything. I simply moved the Canada section to the bottom and renamed it to "US and Canada" due to the recent news of an MLS player coming out and then retiring. Because both countries share the same top-tier league of soccer it would be correct to move it below "Spain". 108.54.62.34 (talk) 04:52, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Oh I see, my apologies - I've reverted it now. In the future if you could please make sure to include a brief edit summary, it would be helpful for other editors. Cheers, and happy editing! AdventurousSquirrel (talk) 21:37, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

re: Mary Norris Dickinson

I don't understand the point of all the tags, merger proposals, and the brouhaha in general. Looks like an article that's making progress. I'll remove the tags and try to find some categories. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 19:47, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Well, I'm not hip to the reasoning behind the merger proposal, but I'd suspect it's because the editor who suggested it thought that perhaps Mary Norris Dickinson wasn't notable enough, or didn't have enough reliable sources covering her biographical information to suggest that the information required a standalone article to be presented effectively. I can say that the edit I made, however, was to revert some additions because the references provided didn't back the information that was added with them. AdventurousSquirrel (talk) 07:11, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

re: Emptiness

Hi, I'm kind of new to editing articles, so I forgot to add summary for that change but I added a section to the talk page of that article and I waited for a reaction but since nobody took action or replied I removed that section because it was unrelated to that article, it was the personal opinion of a random person with no logic behind it. I hope it was not only my subjective understanding of that paragraph. --Mindlogger (talk) 20:14, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

No worries! Yes, I understand there's a bit of a learning curve with many things here - I still often find myself learning new things here as well. It just helps other editors understand what your intent was if you include a brief edit summary with your edit; in the case that you commented in the talk page about your ideas/intents, as you did, you can also indicate that by saying something like "see talk page". Thanks, and happy editing. AdventurousSquirrel (talk) 20:57, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Jose Hernandez edit

Where in the reference links did you see that I copied directly from the source? Everything I typed was original content. --Azninva5in (talk) 02:16, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

I suppose that depends on your definition of "original". Large sections of your addition seem to be identical to documents like this or this, and you provide no attribution to any such source. The rest of it doesn't provide a reliable source, and/or is highly promotional. I suggest you review the links about Wikipedia's policy on copyright issues that I posted to your talk page. AdventurousSquirrel (talk) 02:43, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

Ah, I'm sorry, I was given a word document with the content and told to add the content in. I was unaware that it was not original content. Thanks for pointing that out, and I'll try to revise it to make it more neutral. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Azninva5in (talk • contribs) 02:55, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

Edit about Eddie Murphy

Hi, I already took down incorrect information before you took incorrect information about Eddie Murphy in a edit made by 198.7.241.85 down. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.69.129.12 (talk) 01:56, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Hello. I think you're confused. I didn't remove any information from Eddie Murphy, I just posted a template warning/explanation on 198.7.241.85's talk page. In any case, thank you for catching and removing that hoax, cheers. AdventurousSquirrel (talk) 04:41, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Mrs. Pakistan World

A fake controversy has nothing to do with the pageant... if a former miss usa murders someone, that has nothing to do with the pageant... i will remove it... but letting u know.... --Sonisona 04:58, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for the explanation, but it's most useful to include your explanation in the edit summary so that every user browsing the pages' edit history can understand why the changes were made. This is especially important when removing large sections of content, thanks. AdventurousSquirrel (talk) 05:04, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Nowikify

Template:Nowikify has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. GoingBatty (talk) 17:15, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

Google Glass

Hi AdventurousSquirrel. You've made an undo of my edition with this reason "Interesting claim, but it doesn't come from a reliable source. (TW))"

Sending you following information to consider to bring my editings back. I can send you many links on most popular and reliable Russian and Ukrainian news sites by your request. There are many news sites writes about this issue here. I've insert only one source - the Korrespondent in the article, as it's the biggest news-site in Ukraine. Unfortunately, there is no English sources yet, I think due too this is an international issue.