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Regarding Roseturnip2

Looks like his last autoblock expired and he made a new account. I also think his block should be indef, and not 31 hours. Command and Conquer Expert! ^{speak to me...}_{review me...} 07:00, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've reblocked this userid with an indefinite expiry. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 07:55, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've opened a quick request on WP:SPI so a checkuser can get his underlying IP and impose a longer block. Command and Conquer Expert! ^{speak to me...}_{review me...} 08:00, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Citation

How do I add citations

Canefreak2001 (talk) 08:06, 22 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:CITE and Help:Footnotes. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 08:08, 22 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Tagalog

Talk:Tagalog move request to restore the old location, if you're interested. — kwami (talk) 04:18, 25 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Rickover

No harm, no foul...but your reversion of my edit to Rickover's page has in turn been reverted. The small addition I've made to the article directly links to how Rickover created NR as a dual-hatted entity (U.S. Navy and Atomic Energy Commission). This was the most abbreviated way to add this material to the Rickover article, and it is any case highly relevant.

Cheers,

--2602:306:BC24:A1E0:4:E378:D8C8:EF97 (talk) 23:24, 26 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm... I did that reversion from WP:Huggle, a vandal-fighting tool, after a quick look through a small porthole at a single edit. After taking a second and longer look, I conclude that this isn't at all related to vandalism. I have my doubts about whether that lengthy quote over at Naval Reactors#NR's creation as a "dual-hatted" entity meets WP:FUC, but that is outside of my usual areas of concern (as, for that matter, is this whole topical area) and I won't quibble about it now. The point may be raised by others, though. Cheers, Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 00:46, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Comfort women/Archive 6#Diary written by Korean worker at comfort stations found

"Is there a suggestion for a change to the article content based on info from this article and supported by citing it?" See Talk:Diary of a Japanese Military Brothel Manager―― Phoenix7777 (talk) 11:14, 3 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to have to bail out on this unless it becomes a discussion item on the article talk page -- and perhaps even then; I've got too much real life stuff competing for my time presently. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 12:09, 3 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Moving Burma to Myanmar - new 2015 poll

You participated in a Burma RM in the past so I'm informing you of another RM. I hope I didn't miss anyone. New move attempt of Burma>Myanmar Fyunck(click) (talk) 09:11, 7 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There is a move discussion in progress on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Burma (Myanmar) which affects the recently renamed page Myanmar. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. Sawol (talk) 16:22, 20 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Bare Behind Bars?

You gave me a level 2 warning, what the fuck is that all about...

You one of these power drunk admins? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.137.246.226 (talk • contribs) 10:44, September 5, 2015‎

Actually, no; I'm not one of these power drunk admins. However, if you cannot be civil, I suggest that you just go away.

Let's see ... you are editing anonymously and your IP address is 86.137.246.226. Looking at my editing history, it looks as if this concerns this revert. That revert removed some content which you added saying in Wikipedia's editorial voice, "Think of it as a Brazilian Robin Asquith Film, meets City of God" as an incomplete sentence without closing punctuation. That appears to be personal statement, and is an inappropriate comment in Wikipedia's editorial voice. Removal of your inappropriate addition of unencyclopedic content and issuance of a warning was clearly justified. Have a nice day. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 11:53, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You love the Devil and worship him.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.137.246.226 (talk • contribs) 21:56, September 5, 2015‎

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/2015_September_10&action=history

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/2015_September_10&action=history please for the love of god i need your help here with User talk:Shhhhwwww!!--68.231.26.111 (talk) 05:06, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

the same biased opinion story has been moved to sept 9 and edit war there please help--68.231.26.111 (talk) 05:40, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have issued a level 4 warning here. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 07:05, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Revert of a question

Hi Bill, you blocked my comment on Honda. It was a legitimate question and not vandalism. Honda needs to take this seriously. Also, other people could find this information helpful. I personally would want to think about it before buying a Honda. That you blocked it is violation of my free speech and inherently against the whole idea of Wikipedia. I think you really need to consider your actions and amend them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.107.57.119 (talk) 03:12, 12 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I moved this here from the top and added a header (see instructions at the top of this page). Questions, legitimate or noot, do not belong in Wikipedia articles. See Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 03:18, 12 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hapkido

Hi mr. Wtmitchell

I am new to wikipedia and i will like to learn how and where to place the source so that my edits may have a chance to be read and if they are removed how do create a citation so that my edit can be placed back. i need to learn

thank's xavier0023 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xavier0023 (talk • contribs) 22:22, 15 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for asking. The answer to your specific question is in Help:Footnotes, but first, look at WP:Your first article and WP:Wikitext (I've reformated your question above because leading whitspace is significant in wikitext -- search for Leading space in that last article I wikilinked).

I looked back in my edit history, and this seems to have grown out of this revert. I see that there is a source cited at the end of the paragraph affected by the revert, and you could follow that same format. For details, see Template:Cite web, Template:Cite book, etc.. Cheers, Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 22:52, 15 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Refugee Law

Hi,

I added this short innocuous paragraph to this wiki topic, Refugee Law, but strangely you deleted it:

'This definition of a refugee is contrary to common sense: "a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of [. . .]" excludes people seeking refuge simply because of war. The definition also excludes those who having fled their country then refuse to remain in under-resourced or overly-restricted circumstances and set off to find sanctuary in a third country (e.g. Europe's new refugees from Africa and Asia, 2011 to the present).'

I have just added it again, this time making these three points (restricted by the character limit) at the bottom of the edit page:

'(1) Stressing what the legal definition excludes is warranted if only because it shows how inadequate are the 1951 & 1967 efforts. (2) My paragraph also draws attention to how law is lagging behind widespread suffering. (3) Removing my paragraph was wrong.'

Why do you think the paragraph shouldn't be there? On the history part of the page you refer to 'good faith'. My addition has obviously been made in good faith; moreover it accurately describes both the two legal statements & what is happening today in parts of three continents.

I'm not in the habit of altering wiki pages, hence not having my own wiki-user page & why I'm writing to you here. If you are still of the same view would you please be courteous enough to explain why you think my addition shouldn't be there.

Thanks,

Calum 95.91.217.87 (talk) 14:52, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi.

I see from your editing history that you are new to Wikipedia (as least using the IP address from which you made the changes at issue). Please read WP:NOTFORUM, WP:NOR and WP:V. Wikipedia is not an appropriate venue to air your viewpoint on its article topics. I am going to add a citation needed tag to the material you have reinserted (but please also read WP:BRD and WP:BURDEN). Also, as I suggested in the edit summary of my ~~previous edit~~ revert, the article's talk page is available to discuss matters related to presentation of content in the article -- post your thoughts there in order to get wider input from other editors with an interest in the topic. WP:DUE, (part of the WP:NPOV policy does provide that differing points of view supported by cited reliable sources should be represented. Welcome to Wikipedia. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 22:26, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hapkido

Why is it that Hapkido article that state whole lies and half truth can't be edited corrected with the whole truth without being deleted. if i am the source; what do i need to do for the edit to remain and not be changed by other who what to hide the truth. about articles and/or fame they don't rightly have but use wikipedia as there truth place.

                     xavier0023Xavier0023 (talk) 01:48, 19 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This appears to have grown out of this revert. Please read WP:V. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 02:24, 19 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

battle born studios

Hi, I think you should allow the edit I made to Battle Born Studio. It is a constructive change because it shows the character of the studio-- Pangea is a band very much in the same vein musically as the Killers and Imagine Dragons who recorded there. A listen to the album will tell you that. The edit is accurate, verifiable, and offers info that is lacking; maybe the edit should say that it is an EP instead of an album. Please consider all of this and let me know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jostler8 (talk • contribs) 02:08, 20 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I'm not going to undo by reversion. I probably won't remove it again if you add it back, though someone else might. The edit has several problems, two of which are (1} the source cited does not meet reliable source verifiability criteria and (2) it's formatted as an inline link and not as a footnote. I don't normally edit entertainment industry articles because they are rife with such problems; I happened to do this revert during a WP:Huggle session and when I took a second look at it after seeing this comment I saw that the the revert was an error on my part; I would have undone it except that on that second look I saw the problems I mentioned here. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 05:41, 20 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

hapkido

 I just like to say thank's for your answer. I have much to learn on how to do edit on WP.
        Xavier0023 (talk) 01:08, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Centimetre–gram–second system of units corrections

A'am not to spoil the article but it should be somehow marked that there is obvious mistake in the statvolt unit value, just compare with the value on the 'statvolt' page. So I just wanted to attract your or other editor's attantion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.160.252.44 (talk) 13:53, 24 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ahmed Mohamed clock incident

Hi there! I have undone your reverts.

I'm going to justify my edits as I believe the wikipedia seeks reflecting the truth. Also I understand this is a politizied issue in tue United States, but take care that I am not American (You can trace my Ip if you want to and you will see that I'm Spanish) so I am not really interested in the ongoing debate regarding the Islamophobia in the usa.

1) Here you have a video on the procedure to build an "ahmed's clock": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHk_6Vh4Qeo You will notice that the guy takes the guts of a comercial clock, and place them into a briefcase style pencil box. So I think my first edit stated what ahmed did in a much precise way (and it was referenced).

Also this guy who is arab (if this is important) exposes that the underlying technology of the clock is a commercial clock ripped of. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRAPO806PGA

2) In the same last video, at minute 2:51, ahmed says: “I closed [the ‘clock’] with a cable, I didn’t want to lock it to make it seem like a threat … so it won’t look that much suspicious.” So, obviously Ahmed understood it could be "mistaken" for a hoax bomb.

Texas law stipulates that a person who commits a hoax bomb offense is one who "knowingly manufactures, sells, purchases, transports, or possesses a hoax bomb with intent to use" it or intentionally causes alarm or reaction.

Irving Police Chief Larry Boyd released this statment about the case through Associated Press: "The student showed the device to a teacher who was concerned it was possibly the infrastructure for a bomb. School resource officers questioned the student about his intentions, and the reason he brought the device to the school. The student would only say that it was a clock and was not forthcoming at that time about any other details. Having no other information to go on, and taking into consideration the devices suspicious appearance and the safety of the students and the staff at MacArthur High School, the student was taken into custody for possession of a hoax bomb. Under Texas law, a person is guilty of possessing a hoax bomb if he possesses a device that is intended to cause anyone to be alarmed, or in reaction of any time by law enforcement officers. Follow the standard procedures that we have, the student was handcuffed for his safety, and for the safety of the officers, and transported to a juvenile processing center here at the police station. Recognizing additional facts were required, the student was released to his parents until further investigation could be completed."

So I wrote this: Mohamed, studying at MacArthur High School, was taken into custody by police to clarify if he deliberately made an hoax bomb by making it look like a suspicious device and trying to lead the school to think he had a bomb.

But I can agree to change it to: Mohamed, studying at MacArthur High School, was taken into custody by police to clarify if he deliberately made an hoax bomb and try to lead the school to think he had a bomb.

I can agree to that change because the police statment says that their intention was to know if he broke this (http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/txstatutes/PE/10/46/46.08) specific law, so it is fair to say they wanted to clarify that.