User talk:Grk1011

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Hey, Grk1011. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Lepricavark (talk) 16:13, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

Thanks!!!! Grk1011 (talk) 01:12, 7 March 2017 (UTC)

Mary Livermore

Hi. I won't edit war with you regarding Mary Livermore's name.[1] But note that she *is* referred to as Mary Ashton Rice Livermore in a lot of historical and present-day sources.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] [12]-[13]-Rosiestep (talk) 19:03, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

I took a look and I don't think it's clear cut either way. It depends on the type of source. The historical sources seem to list the longer version of her name, but I believe that is just out of convention, not because that was what she went by. For everyday life, I've found "Mary A. Livermore" much more prevalent considering that's what they used when they named buildings, schools, ships, etc after her. Grk1011 (talk) 22:22, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

Apology

Hello. I am writing this to sincerely apologise for my completely unacceptable comments under my former user-name "Golden Sugarplum" on your talk-page in January 2010. Not that this is an excuse, but I was 18 back then. I have been wanting to write this a long time now. I am looking forward to hearing from you regarding this apology. Thank you for your time. Anima Sola (talk) 19:33, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

Apology accepted! Grk1011 (talk) 13:57, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

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Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest

Hi there! I just wanted to inform you about the fact that one IP is again undoing my edits, claiming similar reasons as the user before. I have added back the 2015, citeable history, but it was again changed by the IP. Could you please help me? Thank you very much! Cartoon network freak (talk) 14:40, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

I'm just concerned that since you have the article up for GA review and have been waiting months for the review to start, that it could be an auto-fail for "unstable". I hope the person decides to discuss rather than revert. Grk1011 (talk) 17:54, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

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See also section

Your understanding of WP:TRIVIA is incorrect, as I was not adding multiple facts in a list. I was clearly adding a WP:See also section, which is allowed, to link another Wikipedia article related to the subject. The policy states, "The links in the 'See also' section might be only indirectly related to the topic of the article because one purpose of "See also" links is to enable readers to explore tangentially related topics." Even if it was trivia, the correct action would have been to add the information to the article's body, not just delete it. Per WP:TRIVIA, "Trivia sections should be avoided. If they must exist, they should in most cases be considered temporary, until a better method of presentation can be determined." I won't revert your edit because I don't want to cause an edit war. —Brian Halvorsen (talk) 21:58, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

A "see also" section features links to other relevant articles. Sort of like a "further reading" section. You added a sentence saying that they sponsored an event. Shaw's and Star have sponsored countless events over the years and this fact might be perfect for a philanthropy section, but instead, it was haphazardly added to the end of the article. I might have been hasty in removing the fact, but as the editor most familiar with the subject, you should have incorporated it into the article itself from the get go. Grk1011 (talk) 22:23, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

My point stands that you deleted the info for no reason. It wouldn't be philanthropy since it wasn't an act of goodwill. It was a sponsored event in which they were advertised heavily. It was relevant to the topic since they had their name on it for four seasons and even sponsored the league MVP award. Per WP:See also, "Editors should provide a brief annotation when a link's relevance is not immediately apparent [...] The links in the "See also" section might be only indirectly related to the topic of the article because one purpose of "See also" links is to enable readers to explore tangentially related topics." It wasn't haphazard, it was completely according to policy. —Brian Halvorsen (talk) 23:53, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

You didn't link anything. You added a seemingly random unsourced sentence to the bottom of the article. See here. Grk1011 (talk) 00:03, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

It was clearly an oversight. I was linking the article on other pages including the Boston Celtics#See also. Instead of being helpful and linking the article, you deleted it wholesale. —Brian Halvorsen (talk) 00:08, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

Malou

If possible, could you help me moving the Malou Prytz (singer) article to Malou Prytz. Much appreciated. BabbaQ (talk) 14:13, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

An administrator would normally need to merge them to preserve the edit history. Given that you just made the article yesterday, it might make sense to just copy/paste the article to the old name and redirect the (singer) article there. Grk1011 (talk) 14:19, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Even though I do not care personally all material at talk page should be archived. Not simply removed. Just for future reference. --BabbaQ (talk) 11:16, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!

Thanks! Grk1011 (talk) 14:01, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

Eurovision Song Contest 2019

Hi, I’ve added several extra sources about the ticket prices concerning the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. Also, I’ve found sources that are talking about a temporary stop on ticket sales because of irregularities. Could/would you perhaps back me up in this topic? You can find the discussion here: Talk:Eurovision_Song_Contest_2019#Ticket_prices. Whatever you decide, it is much appreciated. Kind regards,「Robster1983」^{☞ Life's short, talk fast ☜} 15:13, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

I was already involved in that discussion, so I've added some additional thoughts. Grk1011 (talk) 17:08, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

It seems that everything is OK now. Many thanks for your input. 🙂 「Robster1983」^{☞ Life's short, talk fast ☜} 19:36, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

South African born American Singers

I will forgive your American pride, but per your edit summary, I suppose it is impossible for an American singer to be born in South Africa, isn't it?

Also It is sourced, but due to the stupid captcha system at wikipedia not being usable for my screen-reader, I can't in-line cite it. so next time you want to show your new yawk pride, please double check your likelyhood scale again, because one can always point to an example where you are wrong. So again, per your K.S. edit summary about American singers not being born in South Africa, my fello-born African would beg to differ. and I say this as myself an Eritrean-born Londoner who lives in Canada.

199.101.62.225 (talk) 19:30, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

Unfortunately you must in-line cite it or it can't be included since it is a biographical article. I didn't say it was impossible, but it seems like a rather bold claim to make without any proof to back it up. I didn't replace it with anything saying she was born elsewhere, just that she grew up in NYC, which was already in the article. Please know that like Wikipedia, Discogs is also maintained by editors like you and I, so it does not qualify as a reliable source. Grk1011 (talk) 14:43, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

How the heck am i supposed to in-line cite when due to accessability i can't complete the captcha? I'm not creating an account because I am having privacy issues with my e-mail address at the moment and they aren't fixed yet. also to create account I hav eto complete a captcha as well. You guys have no right to expect blind people to do the in-line citation with the present captcha system in effect, nor do you have a right to expect us to create accounts just so you can add us to another stat and say "we have x amount of blind users." You guys ar eeffectively saying that our edits will always be reverted unless we do in-line citations, and because of the captchas being exclusively visual, we can't. way to go America, your Wikipedia site is for sure not violating the ADA (even though I am an Eritrean-born londone rliving in Canada, but you're a U.S. company/organization/I hav eon clue). It just looks like American pride to me when you say unsourced aditions on a singer who identifies as American. 199.101.62.225 (talk) 03:21, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

Look nothing against American pride, but let's not have it cloud judgements ok? Be proud for being American, I am proud to be British, but tha tdoesn't mean I am going to make edits that I can't prove. I just have to use the edit summary because of your guys's stupid visual captcha system. Look, let's keep out spammers and bots, but let' snot shut out the blind and say that thye must in-line cite and create accoutns. 199.101.62.225 (talk) 03:25, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

May I be on record for also stating that I am not against sources. on Shelly Poole I removed all references to the name "Michelle Lena" because I can't find anything that says her real name is Michelle Lena Poole, and that Shelly is a nicname. If somebody can show me a source then ok, I'll view it and say, "this is where you got it from."

I do the same thing where I put a source in the edit summary, hence why you saw where I got my ource for Kim Sozzi from. When people revert my edits, I explain why I am unable to in-line cite but I always provide that I have a source I put in the summary. Should one choose to copy the link for me, lend me a bit of a hand in that way and in-line cite it themselves, where they can do the visual captcha, then that is cool. but don't just revert and demand me to in-line it. thanks. 199.101.62.225 (talk) 03:30, 12 June 2019 (UTC)