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A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar

I'm sorry for doing this in this way... I'm a new Argentinian member of wikipedia and I don't know how to fix an error in one of its articles .. furthermore, my english is not the best..

Please, if you can edit "Helium".. it says :"the largest use (about 22% of the total in 2008) is in cryogenic applications" but there is a graphic that shows a cryogenic use of 32%... I don't know what's wrong.

Thank you! SirLOGOS (talk) 02:57, 2 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome! I will leave a welcome message with some helpful links on your user talkpage. Your English is good enough for me.

I agree that the numbers look confusing! The values are described with details to explain the difference: 22% is 2008 worldwide, 32% is 2013 for US only. I do not have a reference available with current worldwide values. The US data is from a government report that is updated annually, so it is easy to keep the pie-chart updated. If you have ideas for emphasizing or clarifying the wording, please leave me a note and I can insert it in the article or help clean up English details.

The reason you cannot currently edit that article is because it is "protected" from edits by new editors. It was a popular target for vandalism:( After a certain number of days and making a certain number edits, you will automatically get the ability to edit many of the pages that are protected in this manner. DMacks (talk) 08:21, 2 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Category added in Oomen Chandy

You reverted 2 edits in the page Oommen Chandy. No content is added in the page but the category of Indian Christians is added. Is it necessary to give additional reference to add a category if there isn't any doubt. The person referred to in the article belongs to India and is a christian. Please explain your reverts - Rameshnta909 (talk) 19:12, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oommen Chandy (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I do not see the word "Christian" anywhere in the article, nor any discussion of his religion in general (but it might be buried in other text that I am not noticing?). It is absolutely necessary to have a cite (per WP:BLP policy). Having a Christian name is not enough (lots of my friends have names from various ethnicities and religions other than their own actual one). WP:BLPCAT (part of that policy) is very clear: "Categories regarding religious beliefs or sexual orientation should not be used unless the subject has publicly self-identified with the belief or orientation in question, and the subject's beliefs or sexual orientation are relevant to their public life or notability, according to reliable published sources." DMacks (talk) 19:21, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's been >6 hours now and you have not given a cite even after I explained the policy, so I have again removed this cat. The WP:BURDEN is on you to provide a cite if you wish to re-add it. DMacks (talk) 02:23, 4 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Here is the source for you. Don't revert again. http://www.veethi.com/india-people/oommen_chandy-profile-326-19.htm - Rameshnta909 (talk) 06:13, 4 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

~~I'm glad it was so easy for you to follow our policies. DMacks (talk) 06:20, 4 July 2014 (UTC)~~[reply]

No. I personally don't really care (cites on my talkpage don't help other readers, which is the whole point of the very serious WP:V policy. Again, it must be in the article, and it must be explained via independent sources why it's relevant. Read WP:BLPCAT carefully. You must clearly demonstrate why it is "relevant to their public life or notability". You are welcome to ask at WP:BLPN if you are unclear on the policy (or I can ask there getting additional input on whether your material is allowed). Let me know how you wish to proceed. DMacks (talk) 06:21, 4 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Added info in the article with above mentioned source - Rameshnta909 (talk) 06:42, 4 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Help on Siberian Tiger article

Hi, I am writing to ask for help on our Siberian Tiger article. 3 accounts, one registered and 2 IP addresses (one IP editor appears to relate to the registered one as they talked about the same Asian elephant article unrelated to Siberian tigers), continued to change the article to give readers a false impression that bears usually dominate tigers by selectively substituting or omitting the adverbs of frequency of occurrence and removing certain adjectives that define the conditions of the animals (e.g. age) from the sources. So common incidents became rare, rare incidents became common and incidents that have never happened appear to have happened after their problematic edits. Almost all existing sources in that article said otherwise (see talk). Also they gave undue weight to unimportant exceptional information about bears in the article. I raised that in talk but they don't listen. I just reached 3RR so would you please look into the issue and if possible put a semi-protection on it? I am one of the major contributors that work collaboratively to bring our tiger article into GA standard. Thanks! BigCat82 (talk) 23:22, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Monty Mason

You have continued to revert edits on Monty Mason's page. The edits describing his family are completely accurate and can stay on the page. Please see his personal biographies on his own website or other newspaper articles to verify. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Username1609 (talk • contribs) 14:04, 8 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Responded on User talk:Username1609 (note, User:DelMMason also involved). DMacks (talk) 17:19, 8 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies

Sorry I am new to wikipedia and did not realise I had changed the article. I am just trying to work out how to edit and how wikipedia works.The Cheeky Little Blighter (talk) 19:24, 9 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sock puppet

I suggest that 78.148.16.45 (talk) is a sock of LoyolaCool as they hit the same article. I have requested temporary semi-protection of those two articles due to consistent violation of WP:CRYSTAL and subsequent edit-warring. Elizium23 (talk) 20:53, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, almost certainly is the same user. I have to run for a few hr; let me know if RFPP doesn't get around to handling it or other users are involved (I don't know anything of the history of this topic and editors). DMacks (talk) 21:14, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, it was declined at WP:RFPP. In case you would like to know the real history of this topic, then please read the following discussions:

It really is an intractable problem because the disruption is spread among lots of one-time-only editors and IPs. Elizium23 (talk) 23:30, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Bush Park entry you deleted

DMacks,

I was surprised to see you removed the reference to Volunteer Litter pickup in George Bush Park. This is not a promotion, my family adopted the buffalo bayou waterway in Bush Park over 4 years ago and are partnered with Harris County Commissioner Precinct 3 who maintains the park. We are the only entity performing clean-ups in this park and any interested individual or civic organization are referred directly to us by the Commissioner's office. This is hardly "soapboxing" or "selling" vs. objective fact.

Sincerely, Carl Lazear Katy, TX — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cjlazear (talk • contribs) 01:57, 16 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

PS - you can call the Harris County Commissioner's office to confirm our agreement:

Steve Dorman Parks Superintendent Harris County Precinct 3 3535 War Memorial Dr. Houston, TX 77084 (281) 531-1592 Fax: (281) 870-9716 Web: www.pct3.hctx.net