User talk:Thomas.W

Maharana Pratap

ThomasW I move matter from one section to another and still moving. In the middle of editing. Please cooperate Da. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rajamundhry reddy (talk • contribs) 21:48, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

• That's not what your edit summary said, so I'm going to keep an eye on what you're doing on the article. Thomas.W ^talk 22:04, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

Why did you remove matter which was sourced properly? Look at this first line which you removed is proper aint it? It is recorded in historical annals that as he lay dying, Pratap made his son and successor, Amar Singh, swear to maintain eternal conflict against the Mughals.

Or you point a fault with this source. How can you remove it?

why did you remove poetry by Tagore? He is a nobel laureate from India and people know him all over the world? Do you not know him?

are you trying to harass me ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rajamundhry reddy (talk • contribs)

• Harass you? Did you really believe that adding {{cn}}-tags to the material you added would excuse you from the requirement that all material that is added must be sourced? Did you expect other editors to find the sources for you, or did you hope that no-one would notice? You also removed sourced material, twice, claiming here after first being reverted that you were moving it to another section, but then not adding it anywhere. The text you added is also unencyclopaedic POV, the articles here on Wikipedia don't exist to glorify people, places or things, but to reflect what reliable sources say about people, places and things. And it's up to the person who adds the material to provide the sources for it, when adding the material. So read Wikipedia's rules about citing sources, verifiability and neutral point of view. Thomas.W ^talk 22:39, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

You have still not said what is the mistake in Romesh Chandra book reference which you deleted without rhyme or reason? I am asking you for the second time.

Secondly I have the references for the "cn" tags that I had put put. If you notice carefully for one of the "cn" tags the original poster had provided a citation but it was "red" and i removed it thinking of supplying a better reference which I do have now.

Since you have removed the matter I cannot add the citations.

Why are you not allowing breathing room to people? Are you at a war here or a few minutes or hours so difficult to grant? I am indeed feeling harassed and not comfortable with your attitude. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rajamundhry reddy (talk • contribs) 01:03, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

OK, I'll tell you why I'm not going to give you a few hours of "breathing room". A) The source you give for some of your edits is not verifiable, a book by that name was published in 1943, but the name of the author is not the name that you give in your "reference", a "reference" that, in the exact same form as you write it, down to the page number, can been found on various forums and more or less nationalistic Wikis on the 'Net, which is where I believe you found it. And since the name of the author is wrong and no mention of it can be found in other places it looks very much like a fake reference. B) Most of your edits aren't sourced at all, you even added "citation needed"-tags to the material yourself, probably to make it look as if it had been there for a while. C) Moving text from one section to another doesn't take hours, not even minutes, so the time I gave you was more than enough for making such a move, but no move was made, what you did was deleting sourced material without adding it back anywhere. Thomas.W ^talk 12:21, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

References

bergspider.net

please help me to remove my website Dirk Beetstra put my domain from the blacklist yourself GawenBerg (talk) 18:31, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

• No, I'm not going to help you remove bergspider.net from the spam blacklist since it was repeatedly spammed here by very persistent Romanian and Pakistani IPs. And even if it was removed from the spam blacklist it wouldn't be allowed as a reference here, since it clearly isn't a reliable source by Wikipedia's standards, it also wouldn't be allowed as an external link since it doesn't fulfill any of the criteria for that (see WP:ELNO), so I see no use for it here. The only one who would benefit from a whitelisting, and having links on Wikipedia, is you, since it would improve your rating at Google, but Wikipedia doesn't exist to help site owners get more traffic. Thomas.W ^talk 19:06, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

GawenBerg

@Thomas.W Kindly remove my website from blacklist: bergspider.net. Someone has been posting my website on Wikipedia which is very embarassing for me. My website adds value to its visitors by giving them relevant and up-to-date information on the latest technologies. I share the same vision as is of Wikipedia to make information accessible to more and more people. As we share the common goals so it would be kind action on your part remove my website from blacklist: bergspider.net.. Thanking You, — Preceding unsigned comment added by GawenBerg (talk • contribs)

• @GawenBerg: Again, no. Your site was repeatedly spammed here, is not a reliable source and does not add anything worthwhile as an exterior link. As you have been repeatedly told. Your attempt to remove your site from the blacklist yourself and your falsification of a request in my name to remove your site on MediaWiki Spam Blacklist doesn't improve your case either. So I'm not going to help you remove it, not now, not ever. Thomas.W ^talk 07:48, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Precious again

chasing vandals
Thank you, Thomas, proud for a good reason, for spending most of your "time on WP chasing vandals and socks", for fighting vandalism and misconceptions, for precision in language and linguistic, imagine polychoral praise: you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:06, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

A year ago, you were the 896th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:03, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Time flies, Gerda <sigh>. Or maybe it's just me getting slower and slower... Thomas.W ^talk 14:08, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

beqa

heorgians have 21 mi -24

 see this page   http://defense-update.com/20131229_georgian_helicopters.html  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.43.226.251 (talk) 16:13, 1 July 2015 (UTC) 

Nope. That's a reference from 2013 saying that Georgia once "had 21 Mi-24" and that they were being retired. Which is not the same as Georgia now having 21 Mi-24, as you changed it to. What Georgia have now is 9 Mi-24, just as "World Air Forces 2015" says. Thomas.W ^talk 16:46, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

GOT IT!

...... where you belong i.e. Sure you decide what's to be on "your talk". I was asking something and you could have answered on "my Talk". I clearly asked if you could do so on "my this ip's talk" and not yours. I don't care whether you retain my message on your Talk or not, provided you read, ingested, digested, assimilated, contemplated, and then replied. Fun monitoring "South Asian" crap isn't it??? My message wasn't so much fun however even if South Asian and you went ooouch I can see! NOW, I PROMISE you on the very life of your british creed, I will approach whoever I need to, till I get this WIKI petition/movement started, and shall proliferate it in the months to come. Ciao. 117.194.252.10 (talk) 10:42, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Maybe you did, but you most probably got it wrong. I'm neutral on Wikipedia in all matters that relate to India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and that part of the world, and intend to stay neutral. Thomas.W ^talk 10:48, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Gratified that you replied and that's the sole reason I came back one final time. In fact, I wouldn't have, but your answer seems to imply I accused you of taking sides in South Asian matters. I think my English was plain enough for anybody to see IN THE FIRST PLACE, that your stance on South Asian politics was not even an issue, as evidenced by my earlier message, which you removed and ignored COMPLETELY, TWICE over. I have zero doubts about your neutrality on India/Pakistan/Afghanistan issues - and that is as you say so - not that your being otherwise would bother me in the least really. And you can be on whichever side you wish to be if you were to not stay neutral. I still couldn't care less. I speak as an Indian and every other "South-Asian" non-Indian. And I speak as a Hindu/Sikh/Buddhist/Jain/Muslim/Christian/Jew/Parsi/Bahai/etc. Maintain your neutrality on South Asian matters as you please. Myself, I am also quite neutral and righteous, on whether the shameless brits should keep their loot or not. And shall not rest till I get WIKI users' signatures on my petition. Good day to you. 117.194.252.10 (talk) 11:13, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

I noticed that you only posted your petition on my talk page, why me and noone else? Thomas.W ^talk 11:22, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Well I will try not to get sucked in a loop with this. Hopefully my last reply. But of course you have the knack to give those little tweaks to things. All of what I entail were already there in my first post. a) I have been seeing your special interest in South Asian (political) pages; b) this has been the case for a year; c) you are not Asian; and most importantly d) therefore I thought I could take the liberty of asking you how' to start such a petition. how. I NEVER started one. I cannot if I don't know how to obviously. So asking you (or anybody) to sign on a non-existent thing would be BS. Being a non-Asian, a longtime editor and who takes interest in the present-day South-Asian political scenario (maybe 80% of which is a direct fallout of colonialism), I thought you might want to help with the same. But I now find myself though on another trajectory altogether. 117.194.252.10 (talk) 11:36, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Post a question on Wikipedia talk:Noticeboard for India-related topics and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject South Asia and ask there, but start with a shorter question, not with a wall of text. Those talk pages are your best chance, both for getting help with starting it and for getting support for it. And I'm sorry if I was a bit too much on my guard. Thomas.W ^talk 12:17, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Well that's spoken like a true genteel and thanks for the same. And I too apologize if in my earliest message I seemed like directing my vituperative towards you as I was not. Of course that language would come seeing the mess that the region is in. I will do as you have suggested and shall obviously cut out the flab. Hopefully WIKI will give a positive response on that and it will be a known thing over the months to come. Regards. 117.194.254.196 (talk) 13:06, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Faisalabad

Hello Mr Thomas. W,

I wish to make Faisalabad a good article. Can you guide Mr Potto so we can clean the article but not remove alot of the data that was worked on. History section has all been removed, pictures, and geology section too. This is causing problems on the page. --Ellanorani (talk) 12:34, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

As you can see on his talk page I've already noted that he might not really know what he's doing, so I'll take a closer look at the article later today. Thomas.W ^talk 12:44, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

Thank you. The Early History section has been fully deleted. A number of pictures have also been remained and/or removed. You might want to look back over the course of the month to see the changed. Some changes like wording is good but entire sections should not be deleted altogether. --Ellanorani (talk) 13:29, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

Megacity

Thank you for your help and the useful information you provided me with. I have never added information to Wikipedia before and was still working on what I was adding so I will review what I need to post and re-post under the proper guidelines, with proper sources, and under a proper username. UOIT EnergyEng (talk) 19:10, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

formation of andhra state is different from formation of Andhra pradesh

Hi There I have Removed Fomration of Andhra state details from Telangana page as it has nothing to do with state of Telangana Formation of Andhra pradesh can be in the History of Telangana because Andhra state and 10 districts of Hyderabad state formed Andhra Pradesh . Formation of Andhra state in 1953 Cannot be part of Telangana History but should be in the history of Andhra Pradesh and Andhra State. After the Death of Potti sri ramulu in 1953 after Andhra state was existing as independent state for 3 yrs there was a state Reorgination Act which resulted in Andhra Pradesh state.

Hence history of Andhra state is irrelevant in Telangana page. History of Hyderabad state would be more relevant. Facts should not be distorted by added unnecessary information on a Page — Preceding unsigned comment added by K.n.narin (talk • contribs) 21:57, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

That's an acceptable reason for removing it from Telangana. If you had explained it when you removed it the first time I wouldn't have reverted you. The text could be of interest in an article about the history of erstwhile Madras State too, though, since the areas were carved out of that state. Thomas.W ^talk 22:12, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

true thank you, and yes it makes more sensible if we add that in Madras state . — Preceding unsigned comment added by K.n.narin (talk • contribs) 22:28, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

Differential (mechanical device)

Hi Thomas. Perhaps you might like to reconsider deleting the Chocholek reference in the above article. If you read the referenced page you will see that it was written by an employee of the company that developed it (Gleason Corporation), and appears to have been originally published by the IMechE. I would suggest therefore that the article is both notable and reliable. Its appearance on the "Z car club" page may be odd, but it seems that the club has sourced a number of good articles from elsewhere. The key fact being that Gleason Corporation, Chocholek and the IMechE are a citable authority, not the Z club who merely provide a site on which the page is reproduced. Regards, Martin of Sheffield (talk) 21:35, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

The links weren't deleted because the website looked odd but because it's just a bunch of information with no mention of where that information comes from, which means it isn't verifiable. I noticed the page when a very persistent new user account tried to add a bunch of trivia with a link to zhome.com on Z, and decided to check if others had spammed it too. I'll look at the page you mentioned, but the best solution would be to try to find the same information on a reliable site somewhere, or the book or whatever Z-Club got it from, instead of going by way of their club page. Thomas.W ^talk 21:42, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

I am in two minds

If you look at the talk page of Acorn Mobility I have flagged the individual connected contributors as being connected. I have never decided whether the COI banner in addition is overkill or not when the {{Connected contributor}} template is used on the talk page. I suspect my thinking is that it matters to those to whom it matters. Fiddle Faddle 08:18, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

The {{COI}} tag shows that some of the information on the page should be taken with a grain of salt, and that the article might need a rewrite. The other IP, 99.232.13.165, is probably also connected to Acorn, BTW, since it geolocates to Toronto, where Acorn's office in Canada is (in Missisauga, a suburb of Toronto). As for Acorn being notable enough to have an article or not I don't have an opinion strong enough to !vote in the AfD. I'd say it's a borderline case, a case where most editors would probably !vote keep. Thomas.W ^talk 08:30, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

Kashmir conflict

Hey there - just as an FYI regarding the proposals the IP has made for the text in the article - if you have some time, read over the DRN thread, specifically, where the statements by Sayeed Mufti and the "EU" (actually one MEP of the EU speaking of their own volition as shown by another reference) were shown as personal opinions (the one of Sayeed rejected by members of their own party) and thus fell under undue weight. Just thought you should have the whole picture. Steven Zhang ^{Help resolve disputes!} 07:07, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

Hello

I saw you reverted my one Edit on Future of the Indian Navy well, I was searching for Reliable references and in between you reverted me. Anyway, I am Googling Reliable sources for that Boris Lewis (talk) 14:22, 11 July 2015 (UTC) Boris Lewis (talk) 14:22, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

@Boris Lewis: Reliable sources should be added when you add the material, not afterwards. The reason I reverted you, and will look through the other edits you've made, is that blogs and forums, such as defenceforum.in that you used as reference, per Wikipedia's rules regarding reliable sources can't be used as sources at all, and defencenews.in is of dubious reliability. It's an aggregator site with no links to where their information comes from, making their information unverifiable, their stated purpose "We want the world to look at India as a military super power of the 21st century and not just as a country of software professionals." also gives the impression of them being more of a propaganda site than a reliable news outlet. Thomas.W ^talk 14:27, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

@ Thomas.W I agree with you about the defenceforum. But the defencenews.in is a reliable source, you can see. Infact they even mentioned the information is it from india times Although I will add the info after few minutes with multiple reliable sources, then don't revert me again. Boris Lewis (talk) 14:39, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

@Boris Lewis: I saw the reference to "India Times" but am far less impressed by it than you seem to be. If they had written "Times of India" and had provided a date, and preferably a link, it would with all probability be reliable, but "indiatimes.com" isn't a reliable newspaper but a web site mainly publishing gossip about Indian celebrities and Bollywood movies, and not a reliable source for more serious news. As evident by the article you linked to, which is pure speculation about what could possibly happen in the future. Thomas.W ^talk 15:09, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

References

MyITreturn edits undo

I was informed by 'Mean as custard' that website links should not be done. THis has been removed. When you undid the posts on myitreturn, there were some external references that were undone. So, undoing. Thanks. Taxexpert01 (talk) 14:19, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

• @Taxexpert01: The message from Mean as custard has nothing to do with the material I removed, they gave you a warning for spamming external links ([1], [2], [3]) on multiple articles. So I have reverted your addition of promotional material again. Thomas.W ^talk 14:33, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

Hindi and related edits.

Hi, I'm not sure if you are from India. If you are my sincere apologies. For future reference, just stating that Hindi is not an official language anywhere outside of Himachal Pradesh, Harayana, Gujarat, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh. It is the official language of the Government of India and the states govts of the above mentioned states. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 10:08, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

@Rsrikanth05: No, I'm not from India, nor anywhere else in that part of the world, for that matter; the main reason I'm active on articles relating to the Indian subcontinent is that the times of day when there's most activity on those articles usually fit the times of day when I can be most active on WP. As for official languages I go by what NCML, the National Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, say in their almost-annual report (the AFAIK latest of which can be downloaded from here: http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM50thReport.pdf ), an official government report that lists both which languages are spoken as majority and minority languages where, and what the offical and sub-official/supplementary languages are in every state and nationally administered area in India. Down to separate districts if they differ from the state as a whole. So I have a fairly good picture of which languages are official where in India. The NCML report is very handy when dealing with "language warriors", since it's easy to check if their edits are correct or not (which they usually aren't...). Thomas.W ^talk 11:34, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

That works well too. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 15:45, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Moreover, in many urban blocks local bodies makes different laws, for example, cities having large urdu speaking population, local municipal corporation of city passes law that both Hindi and Urdu are official languages of city council and they release their every document in both Hindi and Urdu, they name every government building in both Hindi and Urdu though official language of state can be just Hindi. So many times we revert when some IPs writes official language of that city other than Hindi, we say that "official language of the state is just Hindi". I'm confused regarding this issue whether to revert such edits because we don't know what is happening in their city council. These city councils are equally important. We must check website of that city council. City council also has elected representatives from all wards of the city. --Human3015 knock knock • 18:08, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

@Human3015: The infobox should include the official language, and under a separate heading possibly also sub-official/secondary/supplementary languages, if that is known. And please note that locally recognized languages decided upon by city councils etc are never official languages, only supplementary in that specific location. Sub-official/secondary/supplementary languages on district level decided upon by the state legislatures can be found in the NCLM report, see for example what the report says about official language in West Bengal. It states that Bengali is the only official language in all of West Bengal state, but also says that Nepali and English are both secondary official languages in Darjeeling and two other districts bordering Nepal, so the NCLM report includes everything we need to know for the infobox of articles on state and district level. Thomas.W ^talk 18:32, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

I struck part of what I wrote about Darjeeling since it has changed since the previous report, which is what is used as source in Darjeeling. The currently latest report says that both Bengali and Nepali are official languages in Darjeeling and Kurseong sub-divisions of the district of Darjeeling, but only there, so Bengali is the only official language in the rest of the state. The report also says that Hindi, Urdu, Santhali, Oriya and Punjabi have been declared as "Additional Official Languages" in the state, that is secondary official languages. Which gives us everything we need to know for both the state of West Bengal and all subdivisions of it. Thomas.W ^talk 19:03, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Yes, thanks for your clarification. IPs or new users are mainly involved in changing "official language" of the city and adding names of schools and colleges, about which we don't have any idea. Watching cities is interesting task. --Human3015 knock knock • 19:15, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

B. V. Sreekantan

I have added the name of B. V. Sreekantan under Notable alumni section of TIFR article. The article on Sreekantan is being created and the inclusion was for crosslinking. Cheers!!--jojo@nthony (talk) 14:09, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

@Tachs: Then please add the link to the list after you're finished with the article, so that it isn't a redlink. Names without an existing article are being routinely removed since 99% of them are clearly non-notable, and have been added by themselves or their families or friends. I don't doubt that Sreekantan is notable, though, since you're creating an article about him, but there's an above 50% chance that it won't be long before someone else removes it if I add the redlink back again. Thomas.W ^talk 14:18, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

The article on B. V. Sreekantan is created. Please have a look at it when you have time. Thanks for your patience; Have a great wikilife!! Cheers mate!!--jojo@nthony (talk) 16:55, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

It looks good, well done. Thomas.W ^talk 17:12, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Thanks Mate!--jojo@nthony (talk) 17:14, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

With due respect

I added sourceful addition to 'Ameen Faheem' which is more than a fact regarding him being the Chairman of Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarians and Former Chairman of Alliance of Restoration of Democracy. It would simply be an act to undermine his achievements by editing and hiding his traits. Derasindh24 (talk) 20:58, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

You have made repeated unsourced edits with deliberately misleading edit summaries ("Grammatical correction in accordance with Wikipedia, historical addition with strong reference", "Historical addition with strong reference" etc as edit summaries on edits with no reference/source whatsoever). That's what you have been warned for. Thomas.W ^talk 21:03, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Further comment: One of your edits on Ameen Faheem added material with a link to another article, saying that viewers could look at that for reference, but a) other Wikipedia articles cannot be used as references, and b) the article you linked to is totally unsourced, so there's no source for your edit even there. Thomas.W ^talk 21:10, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Filling a sock report

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Hello could you please kindly tell me how to undertake a sock puppet investigation [4] this user is a notorious sock of Knightwarrior23 who always asks for help and then messages you for help I wanted to make sure he is banned before he damages more articles with his indian pov sock edits. ShivaParvati587 (talk) 13:43, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

FYI, I've already filed the SPI. Mar4d (talk) 14:08, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

Asks me for help? If you look five sections up on this page you'll find that I reverted a number of edits that user made, and showed/explained why the sources he had used were worthless. That's not getting help from me... Thomas.W ^talk 14:50, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

I said his basic give away trait is that he messages you first begging for help etc not that actually aid the sock I appreciate that you cannot recognise socks immediately I am not accusing you sheeesh stop being so defensive! ShivaParvati587 (talk) 15:57, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

@ShivaParvati587: Anyway, whose sock you are? --Human3015 knock knock • 16:55, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

If you're going to fight do the fighting somewhere else, not on my talk page. Thomas.W ^talk 17:06, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

Ah yes Human3015 the sock supporter who covers for the pov pushing Indians you will eventually be found out for what you really are no matter how long you play your "neutral loving" edit game I have seen your previous edits a snake with two heads fits your description. ShivaParvati587 (talk) 17:26, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Not adding unreliable sources

Why are you reverting my edits. I have cited a source from the official site of Indian Telly Awards. It can't be an unreliable one. If any source is unreliable you can simply fix Citation needed instead of completely removing that content Vibhss (talk) 20:41, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

@Vibhss: A blog on Weebly and a link to a Youtube-video are not reliable sources, and even if they were they would provide references for only part of what you've repeatedly added to Kasamh Se. Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, not a fanblog, so stop treating it as if it were. Thomas.W ^talk 20:52, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

Delhi

Dear Thomas, I updated the delhi information about villages but not for total population of Villages and City. There are 364 villages in Delhi, which is a fixed count and can not be changed. Out of 364 villages 225 villages are Jat dominated. Cities count can change but villages count in Delhi will always be fixed. I have given you the refrence of biggest newspaper and most trusted newspapers of India specially Delhi. So please have a look upon this. As i have mentioned that this is village's information of delhi.Prashant 015 (talk) 09:38, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prashant 015 (talk • contribs) 09:33, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

@Prashant 015: I have checked the references, but just saying that 225 out of 364 villages, i.e. ~62%, within the NCT are dominated by Jats is misleading since Jats, per the same sources, only make up about 10% of Delhi's population, mainly living in farming communities at the outskirts of Delhi. So it isn't what you say in your edit that is the problem, it is what you don't say in your edit, giving the readers the impression that Jats make up a far larger part of Delhi's population than they do. Adding it to the lead/lede of the article is also WP:UNDUE since it's not a defining characteristic of Delhi, your repeated edits also place all references in the wrong places (they do not belong at the very top of the article...), remove the protection tag, etc., etc. So stop. Thomas.W ^talk 09:49, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

As Thomas.W says, please stop your disruptive editing on the Delhi article to avoid suspension of your editing rights. Thanks.  Philg88 ^♦talk 11:10, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

Gondophares

July 2015

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Gondophares, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Constantine .H ^talk 14:21, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

• Well, hello Spalagdama. You're either seriously overestimating your own skills and intelligence or seriously underestimating ours. The edit you repeatedly make on Gondophares with ever new socks, both named account and IPs, is qualified POV BS, not supported by any sources. Which is why you are repeatedly being blocked for it. Thomas.W ^talk 14:32, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

Storm Model Management

She is indeed a model with Storm Model Management in their private european sector. I have seen her comp cards on the models wall when I went to their hq a week ago. She is underage so therefore they don't give her a profile online until she is 16. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.38.85.114 (talk • contribs) 14:56, 24 July 2015‎ (UTC)

• Come on, I'm not half as stupid as you seem to think. You were reverted because it's a hoax edit that is regularly repeated by you, that is indefinitely blocked user Jemima West. Thomas.W ^talk 15:41, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

Explainer videos & CC licence

What Alcohol Does to Your Body

Thank you for reviewing my edits. I'm fine with your feedback regarding Bitcoin, but for the rest, you can see below each video on YT that they're all CC licensed. Besides, you can see the same information here (https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListFiles/Simpleshow_foundation&ilshowall=1). Can you revert your changes then? Or is there still missing something in licensing terms? Jack Matelot (talk) 15:54, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

@Jack Matelot: Hello. The problem isn't the licensing but the things I mentioned on your talk page, that you need to discuss it first on the talk page of each article, and give other editors a chance to check the content, both for neutrality (see WP:NPOV) and factual accuracy (which is especially important on medical articles). Thomas.W ^talk 15:59, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

Hey Jack. Thanks for the videos. It is great having people working on them. I took a look at the one on alcoholism and placed it on that page under signs and symptoms. I also placed it at the top of Alcohol and health

Typically we only have one image / video in the lead of medical articles. Further such content should go in the body. Will look at your other work :-) Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 21:46, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

By the way do you know how to upload subtitles for the videos you are working on? I see subtitles listed here [5]. Videos on commons have subtitle files here [6]

This would allow Wikipedians to translate the subtitle files into other languages. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 21:48, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

Okay have readded to CPR and HIV/AIDS. User:Jack Matelot happy to keep working with you on adding other health related videos to Wikipedia. With respect to other topic areas might be best to simply post these videos on the talk pages initially. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 22:15, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

Regarding Removal from Spam list

Hello Thomas

Recently when i am trying to add a reference for an article i found that the website has bee blacklisted and on spam list because of an unusual activity by a person called venu ... But sir www.teluguone.com is the only major resource which is available on internet for telugu related articles on all categories and more over it is a very old website sir and a prestigious website . It is looking like someones deliberate attempt to get it on to the blacklist .. Please guide me procedure for removal of this url from spam list — Preceding unsigned comment added by Queendivz (talk • contribs) 10:21, 28 July 2015‎

@Queendivz: The site was blacklisted because of repeated spamming by multiple IPs and throw-away accounts, trying all tricks in the book and then some to get links into articles here (see MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist#teluguone.com), not because of the activities of a single user. The site is also not a reliable source per Wikipedia's rules, and cannot be used as a reference, so the odds are against getting the site off the blacklist. If there's a legitimate need (by Wikipedia's rules/standards) for specific links to teluguone.com to be added to articles, whitelisting of such links can be requested at MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist. Just follow the instructions on the page. Thomas.W ^talk 10:37, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

@Thomas : Thankyou Thomas — Preceding unsigned comment added by Queendivz (talk • contribs) 10:45, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

Another user to review

So as not to give the sock master attention, I won't add this to the SPI. Please review the edits of Chad the Monkey (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log). --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 09:30, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

Please ignore: I see you are already dealing with this. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 09:36, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

• @Hroðulf: See this. Thomas.W ^talk 09:39, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

About University of Delhi page

I'm not very expert in editing pages. I just want to add logo of our university whose file is Logo_of_University_of_Delhi.png I don't know why the rest of the page is being disturbed by it. I request you could you please add logo for me. I'll be really thankful to you. ISahilBhaskar (talk) 18:26, 31 July 2015 (UTC)

@ISahilBhaskar: Hello. The edits you made were reverted because they replaced certain characters in the articles with codes, making all references unreadable for the system. So I'll add the logo for you. Thomas.W ^talk 18:51, 31 July 2015 (UTC)

And yeah sir thanks a lot! Idek how to reply on wiki but somehow I'm doing! Ur really great! If I have knew u personally I must had given u a present.--ISahilBhaskar (talk) 18:56, 31 July 2015 (UTC)

I appreciate sir you tried fulfilling what I was trying to do! But you did it wrong!! You replaced the seal of University with its logo! Watch the page of University of Oxford page! It should be done that way! And undone this change--ISahilBhaskar (talk) 19:13, 31 July 2015 (UTC)

Fixed. Thomas.W ^talk 19:36, 31 July 2015 (UTC)

Someone had made vandal changes to University of Delhi page. Please do revert those changes. ISahilBhaskar (talk) 13:23, 1 August 2015 (UTC)

@ISahilBhaskar: I have restored the previous version of the article, but the edits that IP made were not vandalism, they were an attempt to repair this edit by IP 49.201.115.159, an edit that introduced the exact same coding errors as your edits did yesterday, making me believe it was you. So do not make any more edits to the article using the computer you have been recently been using, since it obviously uses a non-standard editor with a non-standard character set, an editor and a character set that isn't compatible with the English language Wikipedia. Thomas.W ^talk 13:32, 1 August 2015 (UTC)

Kyivs'ka Rus'

if so, why it is called in Russian? And why not specify the name of the Ukrainian, because modern Ukraine largely in Kyivan Rus. How would you feel if article applies to Ukraine, it is not necessary to consider the opinion of the Ukrainian, backed by sources? Sorry for google transl--Бучач-Львів (talk) 10:13, 2 August 2015 (UTC) Please, read Kyi, Shchek and Khoryv

@Бучач-Львів: This is the English language Wikipedia, and Kievan Rus' is the English name for that historical political entity, which is why the article has that title. The Ukraine didn't exist back then, nor did the modern Ukrainian language, so the modern Ukrainian name for Kievan Rus' belongs no more in the lede of the article than the modern Scandinavian names for it, or the modern name in any other language than English. The names for it in other languages that are in the lede are in relevant languages of that period, i.e. Old Slavonic and Old Norse. So don't try to take your campaign to change Kiev to Kyiv everywhere on the English Wikipedia to articles that predate both the Ukraine and the (modern) Ukrainian language. Thomas.W ^talk 11:40, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

Too bad you did not understand that the name - in Russian. Kyi was founder of Kyiv, not Kiev. And to Kievan Rus has more to do with Ukraine. And do not indicate in the article the modern Ukrainian name - wrong. Regarding as you said my campaign to replace - I do it only on the basis of sources. --Бучач-Львів (talk) 11:44, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

Kyi, Shchek and Khoryv is a legend, not a historical fact, and the article about that legend here on en-WP is very badly sourced, and to a large extent unsourced, so it's totally irrelevant to this discussion. Kiev is the name used in English, the Scandinavian languages, German and just about every other language, not just in Russian. And as long as Kiev is the common name in English it will be the name that is used on the English language Wikipedia. Whether you like it or not. Thomas.W ^talk 11:53, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

You have not understood what I was saying.--Бучач-Львів (talk) 12:16, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

In that case you haven't explained it well enough. Kiev being called Kyiv in Ukrainian doesn't matter on the English language Wikipedia, since we go by what the common name in English is, not by the what the name is in the language spoken there. And Kiev is not in any way unique, there are hundreds of cities, regions and countries around the world that have a name in English that differs from the native name, and an article here on en-WP that uses the common name in English, and not the native name. Some of those cities are Rome (Roma), Copenhagen (København), Vienna (Wien), Prague (Praha), Warsaw (Warszawa), Venice (Venezia), Lisbon (Lisboa), Florence (Firenze) and Munich (München), and I have never seen anyone from those places make a fuss about it, the way you do. Thomas.W ^talk 12:36, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

Deletion discussion

After reviewing Atsme's actions, I have decided that her actions as a whole do not look good, but I have also decided to nominate this article for deletion, as it seems to be not notable and not more than a dictionary entry.--Müdigkeit (talk) 17:57, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

Note: Closed as speedy keep... Thomas.W ^talk 09:52, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

I mean it

Do not pile onto things I am trying to do. I do not play GANG games. So do not follow on to me. Please strike what you wrote at MONGO's page or open your own section. I cannot tell you how ugly it looks. My writing there was already delicate and you just dropped a dead pig on it. Jytdog (talk) 19:33, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

@Jytdog: I'm not piling on to anything you write and I do not follow you around, I run my own race, and, quite frankly, care more about the catfish articles and the current system for articles about species than about the rest of the mess around Atsme. The reason I posted on MONGO's talk page is this discussion on Atsme's talk page, which is all about species articles, and has absolutely nothing to do with the rest of it. So don't try to tell me what I can and can't do when it comes to subjects that concern me. And no, I'm not going to strike the post I made on MONGO's talk page. Thomas.W ^talk 20:10, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

I really didn't like that. Open your own damned thread especially if your issue is distinct from mine. If you follow behind me again on some Atsme issue I will kick harder next time. I do not play GANG games and I will not be seen to be playing GANG games - and you seem oblivious to the latter. If you insist on being un-clueful do that at your expense, not mine. Jytdog (talk) 20:14, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

(edit conflict) @Jytdog: I'm not part of a gang, never have been and never will be. My post on MONGO's talk page was an attempt to make them realise that there's no point in encouraging Atsme, because they're not going to be able to change the system, and that he ought to stay out of this, and not post on her talk page about it. Just like I haven't posted on her talk page after she got blocked. Thomas.W ^talk 20:21, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

I just separated your post from mine at MONGO's page. Please let that stand. Jytdog (talk) 20:23, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

Guys...I combined the two threads to address the issues...if Jytdog wishes me to restore Thomas.W heading I can.--MONGO 00:15, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

Thomas W I owe you an apology. I was too harsh above and I am sorry for that. I am grateful to you MONGO for dealing with that gracefully. Jytdog (talk) 12:44, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

Apology accepted. Thomas.W ^talk 13:16, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

Kievan Rus'

I've started a discussion about Kievan Rus' on the Wikipedia Adminitrators' noiceboard.

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.

--Elevencontortionist (talk) 12:03, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

• A complaint that was promptly dismissed. Thomas.W ^talk 19:08, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

Schola Medica Salernitana

• These changes will not pass unnoticed . Your actions do not conform to the rules of wikipedia .--95.245.23.206 (talk) 18:29, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

• Out of curiosity I checked what the Italian Wikipedia say, and their take on it is "è considerata da molti come l'antesignana delle moderne università", or in English "it is considered by many to be the forerunner/predecessor of modern universities" (my emphasis), i.e. not even the Italian Wikipedia claim that Schola Medica Salernitana was a university, only a predecessor to it, one stop on the way to what later became universities as we know them today. While the claim repeatedly made by you is "The Schola Medica Salernitana (Principality of Salerno) is the first university in Europe and Western World" (my emphasis). Or in other words, not even the people on the Italian Wikipedia agree with you. Thomas.W ^talk 18:40, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

Hello, we understand your reasons but I think you should not insist(Thomas.W). The sources are in English and are very reliable and accurate.--79.18.109.65 (talk) 12:37, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

It's you who shouldn't insist. Salerno was not founded as a university, period. Thomas.W ^talk 13:27, 9 August 2015 (UTC) (For further reading see Talk:Schola Medica Salernitana)

Encyclopaedia Britannica and "The subversion of Australian universities, edited by John Biggs and Richard Davis, 2002 define clearly the content; it makes no sense to insist (Thomas.W)--79.35.108.101 (talk) 01:05, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

Personal biasness shown by Cyphoidbomb

I had a talk page disscussion over article balouchistan Pakistan where my position was oposite from User Cyphoidbomb. All ended with a concensus. After that for another article Baluchistan I am here on DRN against User Cyphoidbomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard#Talk:Balochistan.23Recent_changes, but with out being relevant to another article's (Khyber Paktunkhwa) dispute (between me and User Jasimkhanum 10 on maintaning pre dispute version of article), Cyphoidbomb started persanol revenge game. 1. He misrepresented me on ANI read https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AAdministrators%27_noticeboard%2FEdit_warring&type=revision&diff=675320060&oldid=675310006 2. He deleted pre dispute version of Khyber Pakhtunkha and took Jasimkhanum 10 side and voilated WP principle that in case of dispute a pre dispute version will be maintaned. Zmaghndstakun (talk) 03:34, 10 August 2015 (UTC)