User talk:Alansohn

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Joel M.==

Im Dark.Reaper.Hx the user who is editing the content on Saviour of the World from Planetshakers why do you continue to remove the content when it is TRUE. Everyone should know that Planetshakers removed the song and they should re add the song again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dark.reaper.hx (talk • contribs) 03:08, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Paul Kondratuk

I'm the user that keeps deleting the play house 22 section of the East Brunswick, NJ article. It was a relevant and necessary edit because I live in East Brunswick and the it's been announced that the project for rebuilding playhouse 22 has been stopped and the playhouse will no longer be an attraction to our town. So please do not block me for making important edits. If you have any questions or comments please email me @ paulkondratuk@hotmail.com. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.46.70.48 (talk • contribs)

RfA thank you

Alansohn, I wish to say thanks for your support in my successful request for adminship, which ended with 82 supports, 3 opposes, and 1 neutral. I will do my best to live up to your expectations. I would especially like to thank Rlevse for nominating me and Wizardman for co-nominating me.
                                                  — JGHowes ^talk - 19 August 2008

Hey

Don't revert things before i do. --J. Comb (talk) 21:44, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Jeff Behar

I didnt know how to email you, for the information about Jeff behar and hillsborogh

Professional bodybuilders | Mister-olympia, see: http://mister-olympia.bganzeige.de/professional-bodybuilders

also see:

http://botw.org/top/Sports/Strength_Sports/Bodybuilding/Personal_Page/

You can also just google him, jeff behar writer, jeff behar bodybuilder, jeff Behar NASA, jeff Behar ceo of Musclemagfitness.com

He graduated from hillsboro, 1983.

U can also see him on TV, on comedy central by googling his name and comedy central or going here:

http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=70301&title=golds-gym

U can also confirm by checking the hillsboro area at classmates.com

Sorry for having to wroite in here. I did not know how else to email you back with the information you requested.

DYK for Asher Lopatin

Number 262 (154 create/expand - 108 nominations)

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BorgQueen (talk) 07:52, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

You've just sent a message about some sort of vandalism to an airline article (British Caledonian). This is a shared computer (one of 52) in the new library in Crawley, West Sussex, UK, mate! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.194.221.231 (talk) 18:32, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

for reverting my talk page! --Cyfal (talk) 23:45, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

It's a pleasure to be able to watch your back. Alansohn (talk) 02:53, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Helmut Friedlaender

Number 269 (161 create/expand - 108 nominations)

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DYKBot (talk) 16:02, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Edits to Crack Cocaine

Hi, I made an edit to Crack Cocaine earlier and didn't realize I wasn't logged in. However, I noticed I couldn't leave a message on your talk page as it was semi-protected. I certainly don't mean for this to unkind at all, but it might be a good idea to try and keep mistakes using huggle to a minimum if unregistered users have no way of contacting you. Thanks for your efforts on vandalism, CCG _(T-C) 02:04, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Notice about potential legal issue on a WPNJ page

FYI. shirulashem (talk) 01:21, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Fifth Avenue Synagogue

Number 270 (162 create/expand - 108 nominations)

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BorgQueen (talk) 14:42, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Emanuel Rackman

Number 271 (163 create/expand - 108 nominations)

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BorgQueen (talk) 14:42, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting vandal on my talk page :) BigDunc^Talk 19:55, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Always a pleasure to help out another Wikipedian. Alansohn (talk) 00:46, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Joseph Margiotta

Number 272 (164 create/expand - 108 nominations)

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BorgQueen (talk) 23:32, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Email

Will that make my email public?Historicist 15:04, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

I looked at "my preferences" and I am confused. I would like to oblige, but I am really reluctant to do this if my email address (and identiy) will be discoverable. I'll chcek back later today for you advice on how to fillout "my preferences" to enable email without revealing my address.Historicist 15:09, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

So, do I type historicist after ssingnture? and do I check the small box? Signature:

  Raw signature (If unchecked, the contents of the box above will be treated as your nickname and link automatically to your user page. If checked, the contents should be formatted with Wiki markup, including all links. Do not use images, templates, or external links in your signature.)

Thanks

For reverting the vandalism on my user page. --Captain-tucker (talk) 01:32, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

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Sandbox revert

This revert looks like a mistake to me, the testing user only added a few random characters to the sandbox. I think you might have just checked the edit without looking at the page. Cheers,--Ashbey ₮ 02:37, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

You are correct. I realized this after the fact. Alansohn (talk) 02:46, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for reverting

Thanks for reverting vandalism on my talk page. ... discospinster _talk 03:11, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

It's the least I could do. Alansohn (talk) 04:06, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Raymond F. Lederer

Number 273 (165 create/expand - 108 nominations)

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DYKBot (talk) 02:01, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for A. Bernard Ackerman

Number 274 (166 create/expand - 108 nominations)

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BorgQueen (talk) 20:17, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Note

"which would have made a 5x expansion far more challenging. Article expansion should be about adding prose, not infoboxes, tables, block quotes or ancillary content."

The final clause in the proposal states that such lists, infoboxes, etc, would not count in the expansion from the original. Ottava Rima (talk) 02:02, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Also, how are blockquotes not meaningful? Look at an article like Prometheus Unbound (Shelley), where the blockquotes are 100% needed. That, and Samson Agonistes, which was denied because the blockquotes from Milton were discounted. It was stated that Milton's own words shouldn't be used because they aren't "original". Milton, one of the great English writers, shouldn't be used to explain his writing? Ottava Rima (talk) 02:04, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

No objection to infoboxes, but not as a DYK criterion. Alansohn (talk) 02:47, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

We aren't talking about infoboxes. Blockquotes are quotations that are within a text that include more than 2 lines. It was claimed that any quoting doesn't count as prose, even though WP:SIZE and other places defining prose say that they do. This has only to do with quoting sources directly. None of my pages use infoboxes. Ottava Rima (talk) 02:59, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Have a barnstar. Not only because you deserve it for being such a efficient vandal revert, but I see you a star to steer by in regards to the number of DYK temps and your general philosophy described on your user page. Call me Bubba (talk) 02:57, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Warren M. Robbins

Number 275 (167 create/expand - 108 nominations)

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BorgQueen (talk) 04:18, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for William Rosenwald

Number 276 (168 create/expand - 108 nominations)

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BorgQueen (talk) 16:27, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Jonah Wise

Number 277 (169 create/expand - 108 nominations)

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BorgQueen (talk) 16:27, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for United Jewish Appeal

Number 278 (170 create/expand - 108 nominations)

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BorgQueen (talk) 16:27, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Mark Rosenberg

Number 279 (171 create/expand - 108 nominations)

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BorgQueen (talk) 04:37, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Robert Shapiro (film producer)

Number 280 (172 create/expand - 108 nominations)

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BorgQueen (talk) 04:37, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much

Thank you very much for your generous offer to call on you for free access to the New York Times archive. I greatly appreciate this. Ecoleetage (talk) 16:09, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Ecoleetage (talk) has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend, Go on smile! Cheers, and Happy editing!=)
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December 2008

Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent edit you made to World government has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, please ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thank you.

Fuck you! read the bloody message. this is not to cite your own info. source it!

Francesco Barbaro

Hi, I got your message about the F. Barbaro page. I think some where down the line there was a mixup with reverting since the page I brought up has a very good sourcing for francesco Barbaro that is cited. It is the link of Bucher that you can see for yourself.. I think the problem in the past may have been that people did not open the BARBARO.htm link once you get to the Bucher link...but if you do, you will see that all info is coming from Bucher and cited as such... it is a good source to use and with much more excellent facts about his writings and associations. Thanks63.26.48.122 (talk) 19:46, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

No problem, have a great holiday and new year!!!63.26.134.182 (talk) 20:49, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for New York Board of Rabbis

Number 281 (173 create/expand - 108 nominations)

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BorgQueen (talk) 22:52, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

I Think You Have Earned One of These Shiny Things...

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		I hereby award Alansohn this barnstar for being so helpful on vandal patrol. Nice work :)! ¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 22:56, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

For reverting vandalism on my userpage

		The Special Barnstar
		Thanks much for reverting the userpage vandalism in my userspace. I really appreciate it. Cheers! KV5 • Squawk box • Fight on! 01:03, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

New article

Wooden synagogue I only wish I had photos of some of the more elaborate examples.Historicist (talk) 22:28, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting vandal :-) BigDunc^Talk 22:53, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

As always, it's my pleasure t be able to help another editor. Alansohn (talk) 15:22, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Jimmy Hoffa

Can you help me? The Jimmy Hoffa page has been edited by Stephen J. Anderson. The information I put on there is for public use. Charles Brandt and I have been working together on this case for two years. Stephen seems to be taking that personally by saying things like "Another investigation that went nowhere." I would like to have this information I provided for the public left alone.--Spectre7277 (talk) 04:10, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Why the delete?

You deleted my external link, and its just a blog that offers sales techniques. There is another blog already listed there that offers the same thing. Why hasn't it been deleted then?!? —Preceding unsigned comment added by StephenHenderson (talk • contribs) 19:14, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

What's your problem?

What kind of external links are allowed then? Now you go and delete ALL of them? What the hell is the point of having a section for external links? I have a blog for a very specific group of people that I'm sure would be much appreciative of being able to find the information.

From Wikipedia guidelines... There are several things that should be considered when adding an external link.

   * Is the site content accessible to the reader?
   * Is the site content proper in the context of the article (useful, tasteful, informative, factual, etc.)?
   * Is the link functional and likely to remain functional?

The blog I linked is a "Yes" to all of these. What's the issue? —Preceding unsigned comment added by StephenHenderson (talk • contribs) 19:21, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

New Jersey County Colleges

i was assessing nj articles and came across New Jersey County Colleges. Should this be a list? shirulashem (talk) 21:14, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

User page vandalism - thanks

Thanks for reverting vandalism to my page. It seems to be something you do regularly, so keep up the good work! JRawle (Talk) 22:12, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

It's always a pleasure to watch a fellow Wikipedian's back.

DYK for 730 (transport)

Number 282 (174 create/expand - 108 nominations)

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BorgQueen (talk) 23:32, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

The edits on nazi Philosophers

See the talk page for this, we agreed to shift the headings to ones that made sense for the article

• Understood. I will leave it unchanged. Alansohn (talk) 15:08, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Distraction!

• Creates a distraction while he reverts* hehe. You're real good at using Huggle. Nice job. Until It Sleeps 17:07, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
  • Thanks. It's always a pleasure to revert vandalism, though I'd love to get rid of the vandals in the first place. Alansohn (talk) 17:55, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Shanty Hogan

Number 283 (175 create/expand - 108 nominations)

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BorgQueen (talk) 17:47, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

• Just wanted to say nice work on this article. :-) Wickethewok (talk) 17:55, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
  • Thanks for the notice. I found Hogan through Andy Cohen (baseball), and it was clear that Hogan was a great subject for an article. Alansohn (talk) 18:02, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

I thank you for the explanation and for looking into my edits regarding the Jimmy Hoffa page. If it is deemed NOR and I am unable to put the information there myself, would you be able to place the info there if you find it important? Your help would be most appreciated. --Spectre7277 (talk) 19:39, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Robin Toner

Number 284 (175 create/expand - 109 nominations)

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BorgQueen (talk) 23:55, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Table to Table

Number 285 (175 create/expand - 110 nominations)

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BorgQueen (talk) 05:58, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Speculation

Please see the discussion at Talk:United States House of Representatives special elections in Illinois, 2009#Remove speculation.—Markles 15:22, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for William Stevens

Number 286 (176 create/expand - 110 nominations)

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BorgQueen (talk) 18:07, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Frank Prewitt page needs deletion

It appears the author of the "Frank Prewitt" page is no other than J. Frank Prewitt himself. He is an individual with at least a 15-year history of questionable behavior who has admitted on the stand during a federal trial of one of the criminal defendants that he committed illegal acts. He claims that he did not become a government informant under pressure, but instead acted as a good citizen. Little exists to substantiate that claim. In an extraordinary act of self-justification, he authored a poorly written book to exonerate himself and recast himself as the hero of the whole affair. As part of his page, the book jacket, both cover and promotional text, are included.

I have made attempts to correct his page to reflect reality, but he has it on a watch list and amends each correction to again promote himself.

His page exemplifies what is prohibited by Wikipedia, self-promotion, conflict of interest and advertising. After my attempts to delete it, in whole or part, you have reverted my deletions without reading or taking a moment to understand my reasons for having done so. I see nothing to be proud of. You are not preventing vandalism, but in fact are assisting anti-Wikipedia content policies. There is no reason that Wikipedia should be supporting this individual's web page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Activist (talk • contribs) 15:29, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Talk page

Thanks for the revert. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 18:08, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Andy Cohen (baseball)

Number 287 (177 create/expand - 110 nominations)

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BorgQueen (talk) 18:27, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Request for speedy deletion

Despite your rationalization for keeping the Frank Prewitt page, you have ignored Wikipedia criteria. Notability alone does not merit inclusion. The page is question is wholly self-promotion, represents the clearest expression of conflict of interest, and contains intact advertising for the author's book with a picture of the cover and entire blurb from the back of the book. All three of these are valid reasons for speedy deletion of the entire page. It can't be "fixed." Its continued inclusion would be tantamount to allowing OJ Simpson to author a page based on his "If I Did It" book, complete with advertising materials, as your argument of "notability" could be easily made. This is not a hypothetical premise: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_I_Did_It

I did consider the accepted reasons for speedy deletion before I deleted it. Here's one: "Blatant advertising. Pages which exclusively promote some entity and which would need to be fundamentally rewritten to become encyclopedic. Note that simply having a company or product as its subject does not qualify an article for this criterion."

I would appreciate it if you would set aside your investment in your reversion and instead carefully consider the page in question objectively. If you set about the task of fixing it, how would you begin? What parts of it would be worthy of preservation? Why should anyone be allow to invent and perpetuate a myth about him or herself, and to control the content almost free of criticism? He is not doing this just on Wikipedia, but has done the same thing with review of his pathetic book (I've read it, of course) on Amazon, forcing Amazon to remove legitimate criticism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Activist (talk • contribs) 19:30, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Bayeux War Cemetery

Number 288 (177 create/expand - 111 nominations)

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BorgQueen (talk) 00:33, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Anti-vandalism efforts

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Repeatedly beating me to the Q button on Huggle. Carry on fighting! Optakeover (talk) 03:48, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind words. Keep up the fight yourself. Alansohn (talk) 04:15, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Message on talk page

Just because I edit under an IP doesn't mean that I am a vandal. You should really be more careful next time. 71.213.211.133 (talk) 03:56, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Mildred Constantine

Number 289 (178 create/expand - 111 nominations)

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BorgQueen (talk) 18:51, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Recent Change

Alanson, on the Subject of History of Terrorism you will find on the discussion section my very valid reason for the change in the Irish Republican Army. Auto reverting to something that is wrong should not be a policy on wikipedia.Slowey55 (talk) 21:17, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

• The best way to ensure that these changes wion't be reverted, especially when reliable sources are removed, is to provide a clear and concise explanation of your changes in the edit summary. Edits that remove source and that offer no explanations are cardinal examples of vanalism. Alansohn (talk) 21:19, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

I realise that now and have rectified the summary, but unfortunately something has gone wrong with the font format. Could tell me how fix that please?Slowey55 (talk) 21:32, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

• In which article? Alansohn (talk) 21:33, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

The History of TerrorismSlowey55 (talk) 21:36, 22 December 2008 (UTC) Thank youSlowey55 (talk) 21:40, 22 December 2008 (UTC) I have been accused of disruptive editing and vandalism. Where did this come from when my edits have been good intentional and constructive?

Ed Snider

Cut me a break. Nothing in what I wrote is untrue. I sourced everthing. I will cut out some of the "personal comments", but the facts should stand as they are.--12.147.221.46 (talk) 22:30, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Provide the material in objective fashion. Your edit, as you wrote it, is vandalism. Alansohn (talk) 22:32, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

I just did as you asked.--12.147.221.46 (talk) 22:33, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi

Hi, what is short?? it was a quote!! in wikipedia enciclopedy is not forbidden the quotes!!! i dont' understand beacause you and El greco erase it! --Denver85 (talk) 00:40, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Use of rather non-standard formatting using the math functions, with inconsistent capitalization from a user with a very small number of edits is probably what did it. I would suggest using standard formatting and providing clear edit summaries to expalin your edits. Alansohn (talk) 00:43, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

RE: Odette Yustman

Hey there! I stumbled upon what might be a misunderstanding between you and an IP editor concerning his contributions to Odette Yustman concerning a recent revealing poster for her upcoming film Unborn. The IP editor believes you kept on reverting his edits in spite of his providing a citation. Could you please address this here to clear up any possible confusion? Thanks. — Cinemaniac (talk • contribs) 02:23, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

The point is

The article is really on cracked.com as you can see by the link.. not so good for wikipedia I think --93.146.192.42 (talk) 04:21, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Agreed. Alansohn (talk) 04:25, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Peace

Hello, Alansohn. I know that we bumped heads once or twice before on AFD/DRV's, and I wanted to mention that I have noticed your persistent contributions and improvements to wikipedia. I hope that there are no hard feelings about the time or two that we argued. I respect you as a wikipedian, and would like to consider you an ally. Thanks, Jerry delusional ¤ kangaroo 05:09, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

My goal has always been to make Wikipedia better by adding and improving articles. I hope I have not offended you at any time in the past and that we can all work together to build a better encyclopedia. Alansohn (talk) 14:47, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Warning

Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. One of the core policies of Wikipedia is that articles should always be written from a neutral point of view. A contribution you made to Muhammad Ali Jinnah appears to carry a non-neutral point of view, and your edit may have been changed or reverted to correct the problem. Please remember to observe our core policies. Thank you. Stop adding the sect of Muhammad Ali Jinnah over here on Wikipedia we only provide the religion and already written islam is okay for the readers. There are a number of references which quote Muhammad Ali Jinnah as sunni and sometimes as shia but others also refer to as Ismailee. BurhanAhmed (talk • contribs) 05:29, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

This appears to be related to the Huggle revert of an edit that removed sourced details from the article in question without explanation via edit summary. The explanation provided here address why the content was removed. Alansohn (talk) 14:47, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Carol Chomsky

Number 290 (179 create/expand - 111 nominations)

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BorgQueen (talk) 06:46, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Julius Fast

Number 291 (180 create/expand - 111 nominations)

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BorgQueen (talk) 19:27, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Warning

I replaced "fraud" with "rigging the presidential election" since voter fraud in every single precinct is much less likely than miscounting the votes.

I failed to use an edit summary, but next time see what edit was actually made before using overly friendly templates to assert that the edit is vandalism on my talk page. Thank you. 99.161.110.123 (talk) 02:49, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

I did read the edit in question. The word "fraud" is far more accurate in the situation, and the alck of an edit summary combined with an IP address raised a red flag. Alansohn (talk) 02:50, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Max Elbin

Number 292 (181 create/expand - 111 nominations)

On 24 December, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Max Elbin, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 07:36, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for List of Nashville Sounds no-hitters

Number 293 (181 create/expand - 112 nominations)

On 24 December, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article List of Nashville Sounds no-hitters, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 13:42, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Mensch's Barnstar

After searching last night to find an appropriate barnstar for you, I was too quick to settle on the good-old multipurpose Special Barnstar. So this morning I created a new barnstar with you in mind to replace the one from yesterday. Here it is! shirulashem (talk) 14:05, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

		The Mensch's Barnstar
		For being a real mensch. shirulashem (talk) 14:05, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

The barnstar and the graphics are greatly appreciated, but its the thought behind it that counts most. I hope I did what anyone else would have done in the same situation and I hope we can continue to work together to improve our encyclopedia. Alansohn (talk) 15:33, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

In RE to attempted compromise

I keep trying to tell you -- there *will be NO* newspaper articles that confirm the existence of two grandchildren. Doug Chandler is the one who lied to the "Times." Because he lied to the "Times" and he's the one who quoted the "Times" I propose that the "Times" obit not be allowed as a source at this time.

Aside from newspaper articles and books, what sources are fine? Birth certs? ZOHCLE (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 17:03, 24 December 2008 (UTC).

A birth certificate presents problems in terms of being sure that there is a direct connection to Robert Chandler, but the bigger problem is that there is no way for any other editor (including me) to verify its accuracy. I've seen other articles that list details, but none that provide any other details regarding grandchildren. I am trying to understand and address this issue, but the issue of providing reliably sourced material is a fundamental Wikipedia principle. Alansohn (talk) 23:37, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Wow do you beat me to vandalism everytime. Keep up the good work! Iamawesome800 20:17, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Advertisements for himself...

Infringement on Norman Mailer's title seems appropriate here.

So the question I put was, should the Frank Prewitt page be subject to speedy deletion, or is there some exception to Wikipedia guidelines that lets this poster not only author his own page, to ignore Wikipedia guidelines, to promote himself, to not only "exonerate" himself on the webpage for his past illegal behavior, but allows him to extensively advertise his self-published, third-rate book written with the same self-aggrandizing aims?

I'm not sure why I can't get a straight answer here. Is there some appeal process for contesting unwarranted reverts of legitimate deletions? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.237.144.254 (talk) 22:58, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

You can go to WP:BLPN to raise issues with inappropriate biographical content. Remember that notability has nothing to do with being a nice guy; I'm pretty sure that there's an Adolf Hitler article. Frank Prewitt is covered by reliable and verifiable sources. If there are specific issues they should be addressed by making changes that are clearly described and explained; Simply cutting away sourced material will likely be reverted. Alansohn (talk) 23:35, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Well, another Wiki editor has removed the improper placement of Prewitt's book from his autobiographical page. Thank goodness! My question was whether or not Prewitt should be allowed to author his own page and delete material added by others that is properly sourced but does not feed his ego and fantasy life? Activist (talk) 15:34, 28 December 2008 (UTC)Activist

Merry Christmas

Hello Alansohn! I just wanted to wish you and your family a merry Christmas! May this Christmas be full of great cheer and holiday spirit. Again, merry Christmas! Ashbey 00:58, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

If you don't celebrate Christmas, then happy holidays!

Natalya Rudakova

What did I do wrong? The article was nominated for deletion three times within a month by the same editor, and it failed badly all three times. I was just removing the notice because it is no longer up for deletion. Why am I in trouble? Jayhawk of Justice (talk) 01:54, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

Ted Kennedy

My addition to the article is NOT vandalism. I have cited the article that was in the New York Times. Rather than simply reverting the article, you should have discussed this issue with me on either my talk page or on the Discussion section of the article itself. It is editors like you who give Wikipedia a bad name. If this is not resolved within the next few hours, I will file a complaint.--68.236.45.130 (talk) 02:21, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

The text you added made the assertion as a factual statement. The "source" you provided is a copy of a Volkswagen ad parody; it is not a valid source for the statements you added to the article. Alansohn (talk) 02:24, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for reverting the profane vandalism made to my userpage!

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DYK for Robert Chandler (network executive)

Number 294 (182 create/expand - 112 nominations)

On 26 December, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Robert Chandler (network executive), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 14:11, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue

Number 295 (183 create/expand - 112 nominations)

On 27 December, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Cbl62 08:26, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Possible WP:COI issue on Steve Lonegan

I see that you have editted this article and know that you edit many of these articles related to local New Jersey politics/government. I think there is a possible conflict of interests issue on the Steve Lonegan article. Please see my comment on Talk:Steve Lonegan and comment there. Thanks.--Jersey Devil (talk) 11:23, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for John E. Sprizzo

Number 296 (184 create/expand - 112 nominations)

On 27 December, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John E. Sprizzo, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 14:31, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Scott McBrien

Number 297 (184 create/expand - 113 nominations)

On 27 December, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Scott McBrien, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 14:33, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Re: David Margolis DYK nom

Hello! Your submission of David Margolis at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Dabomb87 (talk) 16:09, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Good fix, everything checks out now. Dabomb87 (talk) 17:22, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Golf House

Hello! Your submission of Golf House at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! ➨♀♂Candlewicke _S^T _# :) 17:02, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Crips

Not vandalism -- 100% true, do your research. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.219.236.26 (talk) 22:47, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

• Interesting to see a person who is doing nothing but spell words incorrectly tell you to "do your research". Niteshift36 (talk) 23:23, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
  • I saw you had reverted the same article. You have to admire a blatant vandal who has the guts to insist that we're wrong. Or not. Alansohn (talk) 04:33, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Page deletion

how can i delete a page — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zapateiro (talk • contribs)

What page do you want to delete? Alansohn (talk) 00:11, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Joseph Kahn (shipping executive)

Number 298 (185 create/expand - 113 nominations)

On 29 December, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Joseph Kahn (shipping executive), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

DYK for Howard Pack

Number 299 (186 create/expand - 113 nominations)

On 29 December, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Howard Pack, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

DYK for William Kaufmann

Number 300 (187 create/expand - 113 nominations)

On 29 December, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article William Kaufmann, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 15:18, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi, Can you please say your opinion here --Bayrak (talk) 18:28, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Valentin Berlinsky

Number 301 (188 create/expand - 113 nominations)

On 30 December, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Valentin Berlinsky, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 03:21, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm impressed

Dude, good job on reverting vandalism. I'm now doing new pages patrol and every time I try to revert something, you do it before me. Orane (talk) 05:13, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure what happens, but I seem to get into synch just behind another vandal fighter every now and then where all of my reverts are just too late. Unfortunately, there's more than enough vandalism for all of us. Keep up the good fight. Alansohn (talk) 14:56, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

What???

I have just created the page Manuel de Montiano, and hence, I find difficult to believe that I'm vandalizing it when incorporating new information. Please check CAREFULLY your statements before making them. Thanks... --218.186.12.200 (talk) 05:22, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

My apologies. An IP user deleting content from an article without an edit summary is a red flag for vandalism. Please be sure to use an edit summary for all edits so that other editors can better understand your intentions. Again, please accept my apologies for the revert and the warning. Alansohn (talk) 14:54, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Formula one rule changes since 1950

Number 302 (188 create/expand - 114 nominations)

On 30 December, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Formula one rule changes since 1950, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky 09:27, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for David Margolis

Number 303 (189 create/expand - 114 nominations)

On 30 December, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article David Margolis, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Cirt (talk) 15:31, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Carl Kotchian

Number 304 (190 create/expand - 114 nominations)

On 30 December, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Carl Kotchian, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Cirt (talk) 15:31, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Alansohn, you have falsely reverted my edit on October 23

Alansohn, exactly what part of my text is vandalism? The Meiji Era started on October 23, 1968. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.191.177.96 (talk) 17:13, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

You're off by 100 years. "The Meiji period (明治時代, Meiji-jidai?), or Meiji era, denotes the 45-year reign of the Meiji Emperor, running, in the Gregorian calendar, from 23 October 1868..." Alansohn (talk) 17:18, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

WOlf

Feel free to work on breira (organization), it also needs a DYK. Also the various progressive rabbis have no mention/link of each other on their pages, even through they all worked together. --Jayrav (talk) 18:36, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

It may not be DYK-eligible, but I will try to devote some time to tweaking the article. Alansohn (talk) 18:42, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

You also may want to work on Walter Wurzburger, Eugene Borowitz, Robert Gordis, Joseph Lookstein, Jacob B Agus- they are all stubs or dont exist. --Jayrav (talk) 18:47, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

I created the Emanuel Rackman article just a few weeks ago and Walter Wurzburger was his successor at Shaaray Tefilla. I will try my best to work on these articles. Alansohn (talk) 20:59, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Kopaonik

But, what is problem, i explained? About Kopaonik. Mountain is in Serbia only??

Tadija (talk) 22:08, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Its not its in Kosovo aswell, cuz of u "unhappy" serbs we had to approve the Kosovo pozition on Kopaoniks and other Mountains page, but Kosovo is independent and as is a state. Tryly yours a noble albanian who saw what serbs did to his ppl with his own eyes...IllyrianPrince —Preceding undated comment was added at 22:12, 30 December 2008 (UTC).

Well, Kosovo is only partitionly recognized, so, it cant be written as independent here, it is violation of WP:NPOV! At least it is 53 vs. 139 for Kosovo is Serbia!!

))

Tadija (talk) 16:03, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

FLQ on Quebec lead

The FLQ involved likely less than 100 people in all, maybe less than 20. Putting at that place a false statement about 100,000 terrorists (out of 7 millions Quebecers) is misleading. Anyway Quebecers are used to Quebec-bashing and this paragraph is typical. Those misleading statements attempt to give FLQ more power than it actually had (souverainty gained in popularity because of charism of Rene Levesque, not because of the FLQ). I lived in Quebec all my life since 1956. While some people were killed by either FLQ or RCMP bombs in the 1963-1973 time period, they were minor incidents. The mobster war in the 1990s killed more people and much more persons were involved in the various gangs. As repeated in the discussion area, the FLQ part has nothing to do in that page.

The French also sent many donnes to Canada, many were killed but one man eustaush lambert became a powerful donne that protected the natives and became the first Canadian general.

The above statement is some noise. Eustache Lambert was born about 1617 and was a merchant. Calling him a general is misleading. And the donnés (given) were there to assist priests AFTER the early settlement, not BEFORE like implied in that paragraph. Likely inserted by someone who just never read about that topic.

The capitulation of New France occured in 1760 (Battle of Montreal), not 1759. And the battle of the plain occured after a siege of many months. Summarizing the war to one battle is misleading but desserves the Quebec bashing promoters. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.252.80.31 (talk) 05:16, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm sorry

I was venting emotions. Do you forgive me? ISayHelloYouSayGoodbye (talk) 04:55, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

I guess I would have forgiven you if the vandalism stopped after the warnings. Alansohn (talk) 15:51, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

User page vandalism

Hey. Thanks for reverting that vandalism to my user page. ~~ [ジャム]^[t - c] 10:00, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Sorry to have to deal with vandals, but its always a pleasure to help another editor. Alansohn (talk) 15:49, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Stuart Campbell

Hi, sorry about the lack of edit summary, but basically there's one disruptive editor that keeps impeding attempts to rewrite the article to better standards and has been repeatedly putting back in disputed sections without valid sources that everyone's decided would be best to remove for the time being. I was removing one such section. Have a read of the talk page for more background if you like. --88.108.243.214 (talk) 18:49, 31 December 2008 (UTC) "I will review the subject further. Thanks for the message. Alansohn (talk) 18:51, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

The editor above is, not to put too fine a point on it, simply lying. Examination of the entry's discussion page will clearly show his assertions to be untrue, indeed in most cases to be the precise opposite of the truth. They are not seeking to improve standards, but merely repeating crude vandalisms to the entry which have been attempted on numerous occasions in the past and removed after debate. This can also be verified from the entry's discussion page. An RfP has been filed in an attempt to prevent this vandalism, and the editor should not be deleting sections until that request has been adjudicated. 83.67.217.135 (talk) 22:31, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Friendly note.

Hi. Regarding this note, this is not vandalism. Very best!, NonvocalScream (talk) 20:11, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. I have no idea whatsoever why this change would have appeared to be vandalism or why I reverted the change. My sincerest apologies for the mistake. Alansohn (talk) 20:13, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Not a problem. Continue the good work! NonvocalScream (talk) 20:19, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Happy New Year

Dear Alansohn,
I just wanted to wish you and your family a happy new year, however you're celebrating it. Whether 2008 was a good year for you, or if it wasn't the greatest year, hopefully 2009 will be better. Cheers, and happy editing in 2009 :-),

 Ashbey  Ӝ  00:30, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Happy New Year!

Christmas was yesterday: Happy New Year!

---

Happy new Headcheese!-hexaChord² 02:48, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

I wonder why someone would be so determined to try and put laxatives in the botan rice candy? Happy New Year! Have a very fine '09. ChildofMidnight (talk) 03:49, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Hello, Alansohn. You have new messages at Versus22's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

DYK for Robert J. Marshall

Number 305 (191 create/expand - 114 nominations)

On 1 January, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Robert J. Marshall, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 15:39, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Thomas Congdon

Number 306 (192 create/expand - 114 nominations)

On 1 January, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Thomas Congdon, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Spumante

why Spumante is uncostrutive and Champagne not!!!? I want add this voice! tell me why robyc73 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Robyc73 (talk • contribs) 02:23, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Spumante is already covered separately in the sparkling wine article. If you believe that Spumante justifies a standalone article, that should be discussed at the talk page. Alansohn (talk) 02:26, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

• Chiming as a member of WP:WINE. A long time ago, the members of the wine project decided it was much more constructive to include all the different types of sparkling wine into one coherent article. It provides much better context for the reader than a litany of stub/start class articles. This is no slack on the part of spumante or Italian sparkling wines. If you notice, the German Sekt, Spanish Cava and South African Cap Classique also serve as redirect to the main sparkling wine article. Agne^Cheese/^Wine 02:28, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

but you see this voice http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_Spumante and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asti_Spumante It better use voice spumante and sub voice for Asti,and other.... User Talk:Robyc73 —Preceding undated comment was added at 02:32, 2 January 2009 (UTC). Champagne have more space and details in voice of sparkling wine!!! User Talk:Robyc73 —Preceding undated comment was added at 02:35, 2 January 2009 (UTC).

That is in proportion to the worldwide recognition of Champagne verses the lesser known sparkling wines. In fact, Champagne is even used as a "shorthand" for all sparkling wines....even Spumante, as evidence by the many blog entries dated from yesterday with their tasting notes on the "Champagne" Martini & Rossi Asti Spumante :p. Again, this is nothing to slight spumante, but considering the worldwide audience of Wikipedia everything should be kept in proportion and due weight to the grand scheme of things. If you would like to converse further, why don't we take this to Talk:Sparkling wine so as not to bug the heck out of Alan with the little yellow message boxes. :) Agne^Cheese/^Wine 03:20, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Charice Pempengco

It appears you accidentally (I believe) restored a bad version from that IP. Also, I don't think those edits were bad from Archiemr4. Just thought I let you know about those issues. Versus22 (talk) 02:49, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Oh, just the signature was bad. Versus22 (talk) 02:51, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

There had been a signature inserted among other issues. My revert rolled back to a bad version. Thanks for spotting -- and correcting -- the issue I created. Alansohn (talk) 02:53, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Re:Huggle message "Reverted unsourced content "

In Huggle, go to System -> Options -> Reverting, and you can add specific edit summaries that will appear under the list for "Revert this revision" (i.e., the arrow next to the big red sphere). You can also add them by going to your huggle.css page and changing the code per these variables. Note that I am using 0.7.12, but I don't think that the newer versions are much different. Hope this helps. ... discospinster _talk 04:19, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Yeah unfortunately I don't know if you can add custom "revert + warn" entries. You have to do them separately by adding entries to System -> Options -> Reverting and System -> Options -> Templates. And then you have to revert and warn separately. Bit of a pain but it's not too bad. ... discospinster _talk 18:48, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Lockwood Smith

Could you please reconsider your reversion of the edit to Lockwood Smith and warning to the anon editor who made it. The editor appears to be a long-term IP editor who has copyedited many articles on New Zealand politicians, and all their edits to date have been in good faith. I believe the edit in this case was also beneficial to the article.-gadfium 04:48, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks.-gadfium 17:31, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

I had meant to reply to you as well, but thanks for watching. Alansohn (talk) 17:32, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Pattern Day Trading

Please reconsider your reversion of the edit to Pattern Day Trading. You claimed it "appeared unconstructive" but it was a completely legitimate addition to the finance topic. Inkerman —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.252.50.41 (talk) 17:46, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Warning removed, but issues still exist. See User talk:68.252.50.41 for response. Alansohn (talk) 18:54, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

So I can't add Spumante voice at Wikipedia!!!Huggle is a fantastic program!!

Goodbye!!!Good censured at all!!!Robyc73 —Preceding undated comment was added at 18:29, 2 January 2009 (UTC).

This is an issue that should be addressed at WP:WINE. Alansohn (talk) 19:01, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Misunderstanding

Believe it or not, "Loserpeg" is an actual nickname for Winnipeg, Manitoba... people use it all the time. I'm not sure but it might be a play on the "Win" part of "Winnipeg."Alexradio (talk) 20:18, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

I will search for sources. Thanks for the note. Alansohn (talk) 20:37, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Bill Struth

The comments about Bill Struth are sourced and well known. Perhaps if you researched it you would have saved yourself the humiliation of seeming like an over zealous member of the politburo —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.102.233.188 (talk) 20:28, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

It's common knowledge. Tell you what, why don't you wikipedia it?.....oh no wait —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.102.233.188 (talk) 20:32, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Allegations of the nature you added must be supported by strong reliable and verifiable sources. In their absence, the material will be removed. "Common knowledge" does not obviate the need for sources, and should make your task of finding and supplying them that much simpler. Alansohn (talk) 20:37, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Alvah Chapman, Jr.

Hello! Your submission of Alvah Chapman, Jr. at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Dravecky (talk) 08:24, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Spanish American War

I don't know...What is your problem...i was shedding light to what was a truth to my people...my grandfather passed this story down for generations and now say its not true and I'm causing vandalism well...maybe I should sue for not giving me the right of freedom of speech...which you have regrettably shown to me that you do not agree with...obviously you do not agree in American standards and you are wrong for the country or any country...what is wrong with you...? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bdharper1024 (talk • contribs) 03:28, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Please provide reliable and verifiable sources to support your claims. Please be careful not to remove sourced content. Alansohn (talk) 03:30, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

OK...i didn't know I'm pretty new to this...next time you might need to thoroughly explain the rules before someone edits i guess i was wrong that was my bad...i offer my apologies...hope i won't screw up the next edit...best regards...The one that messed up Spanish-American War... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bdharper1024 (talk • contribs) 06:47, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Arnold Jacob Wolf

Number 307 (192 create/expand - 115 nominations)

On 4 January, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Arnold Jacob Wolf, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

- Dravecky (talk) 05:31, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

wpnj members

What do you think of this? shirulashem (talk) 15:19, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Replied there. Alansohn (talk) 15:34, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

coordinators for wpnj?

what do you think of this for wpnj? shirulashem (talk) 17:00, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

I guess I have been a de facto coordinator, but there's no downside to having multiple people involved. Alansohn (talk) 17:35, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

correct. you have been the de facto coordinator. i'm basically trying to accomplish two things: 1- make it easier for newcomers to the project to know who to contact and 2- more importantly, as per the wikiproject guide, give some people responsibility for the administrative tasks involved in maintaining and growing the project. i know i'm new to the project so i hope i'm not speaking "out of turn" it's just that i'm eager to see the project grow. depending on how you feel, i'd like to put the following up on the project's talk page for consideration:

To coordinate the "inner workings" of our WikiProject, I propose the implementation of a coordinator department to be responsible for the maintenance tasks of the WikiProject. Therefore, the proposal is as follows: Establishment of a coordinator department with 1 Lead Coordinator and a multiple Coordinators to each serve terms of 12 months. Any member of the project can volunteer to be a coordinator. The coordinator page (to be created) will have a section where members can submit their name for consideration, and other members can indicate whether they support or oppose. After a set period of time (2 weeks?), a coordinator will indicate whether the user has been accepted. At the end of the term, coordinators can resubmit their name for another term. There is no limit to the number of coordinators. The Coordinators will be responsible for: Publication of the project newsletter. Be the contacts for the WP Council. Maintenance of the project templates. Update the project to-do list. Maintenance of the membership list. Initiation of events such as "assessment drives" Maintain the Collaboration of the Week All other "maintenance tasks" that the project requires.

We have accomplished a tremendous amount with WPNJ even if things aren't hopping, but I agree that a re-evaluation of our progress can help fill in even more. We've filled in articles for every (or nearly every) municipality, state and federal legislator, school district, public high school, etc. Your efforts on evaluating articles has been a tremendous help. My only suggested change might be to invite any other WPNJ members who might be interested in serving as coordinators, on a more the merrier basis. Please let me know what we can do to reignite WPNJ. Alansohn (talk) 02:28, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

I like your suggestion and I've made some changes above. What do you think? shirulashem (talk) 13:30, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Oliver Lundquist

Bizarrely, you and Wehwalt (talk · contribs) seem to have written two different articles on the same person, within two hours of each other. They should probably be merged, but I'm not sure which way around - I just thought I'd alert you to it! Shimgray | talk | 20:53, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

I have merged the two articles and the two DYK proposals, which were also separated by two hours. I kept mostly your version in both cases, and simply made the DYK for joint credit, if that's OK.--Wehwalt (talk) 21:19, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for taking the initiative. Alansohn (talk) 02:30, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Obvious solution.--Wehwalt (talk) 02:31, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Steganography

Greetings. I think removing apparently garbage sections is not destructive, however I explained my reasons on the talk page. If there's a mark for deletion instead of simply erasing a section, please let me know. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.98.218.173 (talk) 22:38, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

I apologize for missing your talk page comments. Please understand that seeing an IP editor removing major sections of an article without explanation in the edit summary can appear to be vandalism. Making sure that edits include a clear and concise edit summary will help other editors better understand your actions. Please excuse the error. Alansohn (talk) 02:33, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Alvah Chapman, Jr.

Number 308 (193 create/expand - 115 nominations)

On 5 January, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Alvah Chapman, Jr., which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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DYK for Esix Snead

Number 309 (193 create/expand - 116 nominations)

On 5 January, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Esix Snead, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Dravecky (talk) 09:34, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Drew Pickles

It's silly, but true. I provided sources of why it's notable but you removed it saying it was vandalism. The most popular video on youtube about Drew has 95,658 views. Iamthegrant (talk) 15:33, 5 January 2009 (UTC)