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Hi. I'm not really interested or knowledgeable in the subject, but I thought I should draw your attention to these two rather unhealthy looking edits ([1] and [2]) by 80.169.25.108. Cheers, DVdm (talk) 16:25, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
- Unhealthy indeed! Another editor had already reverted one of them, and I have taken care of the other. Thanks for catching them, and sorry for the long response time—enjoying a very pleasant Wikibreak. Favonian (talk) 21:47, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
- No problem. Cheers :-) DVdm (talk) 08:59, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
Dear Favonian, I am sorry to bother you but in October 2009 you condensed 6 footnotes in the above mentioned article, quoting five different pages into one condensed footnote quoting only one page. I guess that is not what you wanted. Maybe you can reverse this condensation so that only those 2 prior footnotes quoting the same page will be condensed.
Thank you. Best wishes Ulf Heinsohn (talk) 16:34, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
- That was very clumsy of me. Apparently my attention span is too short to read a whole reference. The blunder has now been remedied. Thanks for catching it, and sorry for the long response time—I was enjoying a pleasant Wikibreak. Favonian (talk) 21:41, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
Genocides
Favonian: the introduction to the article is mainly based on the Old Testament. It is written in the Old testament that these two tribes were decimated by Moses and his followers. What's the problem?--Little sawyer (talk) 19:52, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
- Quote from the article "History of genocides": "The Old Testament describes the genocides of Amalekites and Midianites.[1] Jones quotes Jerusalem-based Holocaust Studies Professor Yehuda Bauer: "As a Jew, I must live with the fact that the civilization I inherited ... encompasses the call for genocide in its canon."[2]" --Little sawyer (talk) 19:58, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
- The way you presented it was in the form of original research, using a contemporary, POV political term to describe a biblical event. If a scholarly source makes that observation, you must present it as such. Favonian (talk) 21:33, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
- Well, Yehuda Bauer certainly does, doesn't he? And it's already in Wikipedia, in the article "History of genocides" (see above). --Little sawyer (talk) 11:50, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
- Glad you added the source, but there are still issues. Please have a look at Talk:Moses#Moved paragraph with OR. Favonian (talk) 18:55, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
- Well, Yehuda Bauer certainly does, doesn't he? And it's already in Wikipedia, in the article "History of genocides" (see above). --Little sawyer (talk) 11:50, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
- The way you presented it was in the form of original research, using a contemporary, POV political term to describe a biblical event. If a scholarly source makes that observation, you must present it as such. Favonian (talk) 21:33, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
article Saskia Hölbling
Hi Favonian,
thank you for your help. Now I've finished the Text of Saskia Hoelbling. But there are 2 info-boxes.
"This article ist an orphan" an "this article needs references". Please can you help me. This is an one-to-one-translation of the german article about Saskia Hölbling and there the article is ok.
Kind regards
Stefan SchettStefan Schett (talk) 15:59, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
- Hi Stefan. The first issue is that Hölbling isn't mentioned in any other article on Wikipedia. Since a very important way of locating information on Wikipedia is by navigating links between articles, it would greatly improve this one if others linked to it. The second issue is more important, though. To merit having an article on Wikipedia, a subject (person or otherwise) should be notable, meaning basically that a sufficient number of reliable sources have written about it. More precise requirements for "entertainers" like Hölbling are found in WP:ENT, while the more general requirements are WP:ANYBIO. I recommend that you do a Google web/news search to come up with third-party sources writing about her. Favonian (talk) 16:08, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
Re: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Casa Sanchez Foods
I have begun to rework this article. Would please look at it and make any suggestions either to the AfD or its talkpage?--Morenooso (talk) 23:38, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
Armenian monasteries
Hi! For your information, on that ip reverting on the three articles on armenian monasteries: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Quzeyli (see the first SPI). Sardur (talk) 12:44, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
Deschner
Your friend Tim Song wants to suppress information about Deschner's service in the German Army. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.171.93.199 (talk) 13:10, April 13, 2010 (UTC)
Huggle
Hey, I was wondering why you made this edit. I know huggle can get a little cloudy at times, but I was just wanted to let you see it. :) –Turian (talk) 19:34, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
- Huggle can indeed be a bit of a challenge, but in this case I can't blame the program. I deliberately returned the article to the original (with the title bold and italicized) from before the previous editor had mucked around with it. If you check his intermediate edit you will see that his intentions may not have been entirely honorable. Favonian (talk) 19:39, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
- Ah, I missed that one. No worries then. :) –Turian (talk) 20:55, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
Unnecessary warnings
What kind of vandalism did I do? You just simply come and annoy me with messages and reverting my edits, so you better leave me alone. And, if you block me by the way, I can immediately change my IP address and continue to do whatever I want. Keep your mouth to yourself. 115.134.108.228 (talk) 12:28, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
- Troll harder. [ dotKuro ] [ talk ] [ contribs ] 12:28, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
- Aptly put :) Favonian (talk) 12:30, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
- Keep dreaming, idiots. I will do whatever I want here. 115.134.108.228 (talk) 12:33, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
- Cute little troll. Favonian (talk) 12:38, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
- Thank you. You still don't understand me. :) 115.134.108.228 (talk) 12:42, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
- Seems no one does. Enjoy your involuntary Wikibreak. Favonian (talk) 13:02, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
- It's easy for me to evade a block and do wahtever I want. I just have to disconnect the Internet and connect again. So I did enjoy my '5 min' wikibreak. 115.134.255.139 (talk) 03:30, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
- Seems no one does. Enjoy your involuntary Wikibreak. Favonian (talk) 13:02, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
- Thank you. You still don't understand me. :) 115.134.108.228 (talk) 12:42, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
- Cute little troll. Favonian (talk) 12:38, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
- Keep dreaming, idiots. I will do whatever I want here. 115.134.108.228 (talk) 12:33, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
- Aptly put :) Favonian (talk) 12:30, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
User talk:Djboris
Please to be laying the smackdown upon the vandal. :-) Simon-in-sagamihara (talk) 12:54, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
- One can of whoop-ass opened! Dunno why Huggle didn't do it automatically. Favonian (talk) 12:59, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
Contrition
I am Extremely Sorry About what I just did. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.199.25.154 (talk) 09:14, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
FYI
Yugioh Abridged which you just tagged as g12 was actually a copy of a Wikia article which offers an allowable license, and was not a copyvio of the meme site the CSB tagged. Just thought you might like to know. VernoWhitney (talk) 13:50, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks for the heads-up. Guess I forgot to read the small print. Favonian (talk) 13:52, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
- It's easy to do, and I retagged it for a7, so it probably doesn't matter in the long run. Keep up the good work! VernoWhitney (talk) 13:57, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
- Same to you! I concur with your assessment of the article's notability. Favonian (talk) 13:59, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
- It's easy to do, and I retagged it for a7, so it probably doesn't matter in the long run. Keep up the good work! VernoWhitney (talk) 13:57, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
Hi & congrats!
I've seen you around combating vandalism and I want to give you this to put on your user page. It's a personal project. Deagle_AP (talk) 14:58, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
FTA | This user is persistent in the fight against vandalism. Hence, the user has been entrusted with membership into Wikipedia's Fire Team Alpha. |
- Thanks mate! I'll be in truly august company. Favonian (talk) 16:15, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
Cover Artist
Why did you revert my edit? I'm trying to turn it into an article!--Small Boss (talk) 10:51, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
- In that case you should prepare the article in your user space, similarly to what you are doing with User:Small Boss/Popular Rewards. Your first attempt replaced a redirect to a proper article with half a line of text, which didn't convey much information beyond the obvious. Favonian (talk) 10:55, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
Why did you delete my post? It was from a scholarly source out of a college text book. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.72.177.99 (talk) 17:01, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
- You reduced an article stub containing image, categories, Interwiki links etc. to a couple of lines without any edit summary explaining your actions. Favonian (talk) 17:04, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
Please stop accusing me for vandalizing pages like the one on Beverly hills hotel,when i am not doing anything but being constructive, Thank you,--98.22.134.201 (talk) 17:46, 16 April 2010 (UTC)Brian Greenwell
- You are trying to add two very marginal "celebrities" and at the same time destroying the column layout. Favonian (talk) 17:48, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
First off i wasn't destroying the column layout and second off Jay McGraw is Dr Phil's son very notible,and Erica Dahm is a famous Playboy. thank you again,sincerely--98.22.134.201 (talk) 17:57, 16 April 2010 (UTC)Brian Greenwell
- a) Being somebody's son isn't notable, b) look at the bottom of for instance this. Favonian (talk) 17:59, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
ArGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you never learn,i am done arguing,i have proven my point,you havent,Good by,and good day, sincerely--98.22.134.201 (talk) 18:05, 16 April 2010 (UTC) Brian Greenwell,arg!!!
I guess if its not a more popular subject than Lady Gaga or Tiger woods or Oprah than its not good enough,Now im done, Good by Again . —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.22.134.201 (talk) 18:10, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
- Toodeloo Favonian (talk) 18:14, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
Dr Phil's son is a popular author —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.22.134.201 (talk) 18:16, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
- Well, you have a hard time saying good bye for good, but then you got yourself blocked. How tedious. Favonian (talk) 19:37, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
Thank you!
Thanks for reverting my userpage! ^^ GorillaWarfare talk 21:31, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
- No sweat! I'm on a Huggle power trip. Favonian (talk) 21:32, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
apologies —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.141.31.45 (talk) 10:56, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
The German Fuhrer / Chancellor
Isn't Fuhrer a synonym for Chancellor? I heard several people call Dr. Angela Merkel the Fuhrer of Germany or Fuhrer Merkel. She is a right-wing politician, just as much as Hitler was, but today Germany is under control of the United Nations and the North Atlantic Treaty. That means Germany cannot anymore void most human rights, with some exceptions, such as they read mail sent to and from abroad and violate privacy rights and the "right of free association", as they register every citizen for voting automatically and thus do not allow voters to affiliate with a party on registration forms. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gqhs (talk • contribs) 17:13, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
Thanks
As it is apparent from your plethora amount of accolades, thanks for stopping the vandalism of the tRNA page and for your endeavors in general. --Pjlmac (talk) 04:05, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
- Always a pleasure, and thanks for the kind words! Favonian (talk) 10:22, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
Civil Defence Ireland
Thank you for reverting the vandalism on an article that I took the time to completely re-write. Go raibh maith agat! Heggyhomolit (talk) 01:46, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
- Tá fáilte romhat! (Courtesy of Google Translate — I sure hope it didn't turn into an unfavorable statement about your mother) And thanks for your great work on the Ireland-related articles! Favonian (talk) 19:36, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
- No, perfect translation! Keep up the vandal patrol! Thanks and all the best. Heggyhomolit (talk) 22:52, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
Rv IPs edit to Roma related article
Hi, and well done generally on your edits. I restored the IPs deletion, (even though, as you rightly pointed out, it should have included an edit summary). The links to this personal page are not appropriate IM(H)O. If you still think otherwise you can re-apply them; I won't contest. Best. RashersTierney (talk) 18:43, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks! You were absolutely right. I was too focused on the deletion of images to even notice the improper links. Favonian (talk) 18:46, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
To. Many. Vandals.
I was done with WP:RFPP for the moment, and thought i might just as well clear the AIAV backlog in 5 minutes or so before going over to the CSD's. 30+ minutes and a boatload of IP's later i am finally able to give CSD some attention because for every vandal i managed to block, a new one was dragged in by you. Good work! Hopefully this short interruption allows AIAV to cool down a bit to keep it from melting down as well :). Excirial (Contact me,Contribs) 19:17, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
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The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | |
For dragging in vandals faster then i could possibly block them and thereby protecting our valuable article's. Excirial (Contact me,Contribs) 19:17, 20 April 2010 (UTC) |
- Thanks for the hint, for the barnstar, and especially for getting rid of all the scum I send your way :) My girlfriend also thinks I should take a break from vandal busting, so guess that's it for the evening. Favonian (talk) 19:21, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
I hope you don't mind, but I removed your A7 speedy tag from this one and replaced it with a prod. I know the article needs deleting, but it really didn't meet the A7 criteria (No indication of importance (individuals, animals, organizations, web content)). Although I suppose ghosts could be animals, if you stretched the definition a bit. Prod is slower, but it will get there in the end - if the author removes the prod I'll AfD it. Cheers, Karenjc 19:23, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
- When you're right, you're right ;) A "generic" A7 is never a good sign, so I'll wait patiently for this article to disappear. Favonian (talk) 19:25, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
Barnstar
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The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | |
For erasing vandalism --Extra999 (Contact me + contribs) 11:03, 21 April 2010 (UTC) |
- [Sniffing like Sandra Bullock accepting an Oscar] Thank you, thank you! Favonian (talk) 12:58, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
Censorship
Hello,
Today I have added some facts to the Northern Ireland section and get a wave of treats from wiki about being a vandal, warnings, last chance and so on.
If I add FACTS to site why are they removed? The section about the subtle ethnic 'cleaning' in this part of Ulster may be too senstive for the wiki but it is a historical FACT and is currently being addressed by the United Nations as I stated. This research by the UN is also being conducted for farming land in four other counties. These are areas where republicans have targeted Protestant land owners for the past 80 years, documented facts that will be admitted by these organisations
I do not see adding facts as being a act of vandalism. I understand that you have a job to remove rubbish from certain posts, but removing the truth just makes this another censored web site.
No more donations from me.
Best Regards —Preceding unsigned comment added by Le Chicken Ranch (talk • contribs) 12:18, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
- Your edits violated Wikipedia's principle of neutral point of view, for instance in your use of the word "sadly", and also failed to provide reliable sources for your claims. You may think that you are publishing the truth, but in a dictionary like this one we are more concerned with verifiability. Favonian (talk) 12:57, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
Again, Nice Work
Man you must be on a rage tonight...you were out there reporting a lot of IPs from what I saw just then. But I have to call it a night at my end, so yeah you're a very dedicated counter-vandal. Thanks for keeping Wikipedia vandal-free. Deagle_AP (talk) 14:17, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
- And thanks to you too, loyal colleague :) It has indeed been a busy day in the trenches, so I think I shall return to real life as well. See you around. Favonian (talk) 16:09, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
- Must add more thanks for your reverting of vandalism on my talk page. You are truly great. Deagle_AP (talk) 13:43, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
Hi, Favonian
I've noticed that have prevented the entry of EcoDisc into Template:Optical disc authoring, having crossed WP:3RR line in process. Would you please kindly explain why do you oppose this edit?
Thanks, Fleet Command (talk) 16:50, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
- At the time, the EcoDisc article was nominated for speedy deletion as advertisement, a nomination I found reasonable. I can see that the nomination has meanwhile been declined, which of course makes my actions seem overly hasty. I apologize for not being able to count. Favonian (talk) 16:53, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
- No problem, Favonian; luckily, no real harm seems to have been done this time. I hope you'll excuse me if I take the liberty of writing this piece of advise: An article that is nominated for deletion or speedy deletion is analogous to a man who is sent to a court of law for a crime; both are not to be stripped of their rights until their verdict is issued. Therefore, would you please refrain from unlinking any article before it is deleted?
- Again, Thank you.
- Fleet Command (talk) 17:11, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
- Duly noted. Favonian (talk) 17:13, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
Great job
Just wanna say I think you're doing a terrific job with Huggle --Tommy2010 17:27, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks, so do you. Many a time have I noticed that you reverted the scoundrels ahead of me. Cheers, Favonian (talk) 17:28, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
"Zeal" vandal
Kingzeel (talk · contribs), the vandal is back. Keep an eye out, I'm going to log off soon. -Reconsider! 10:25, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
- Yep, I've already encountered a couple today. Regrettably, I'll also be signing off in the near future. Favonian (talk) 10:26, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
- So far there's Supremezeal, Kzienagl!, Kingzeel, Zealking. Should post this on the noticeboard, or notify other patrollers. -Reconsider! 10:27, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
Count#Equivalent
Hello Favonian,
I thought I was editing it properly by linking back to a Wikipedia page on the edit I had performed.I am sorry, I did not realise it. Please note that the reason for my edit was Indian princely state system does not view the Chatrapati as a Count, rather the Thakur or Sardar is a better translation. The Chatrapati is more akin to a King [different evolution of the word] when you compare the power wielded. While the Chatrapati might by translation seem to be an equivalent, the power and land under the Chatrapati is beyond comparison larger than under a tradional Count. A Thakur on the other hand seems to fit the definition better. Wikipedia has a decent page on Thakur, which I had linked back to.
Please inform me as to how I can rectify the same.
Regards, User:Cowboyroy
- My reverts might have been a little too drastic, for which I apologize. Now to get the right information into the article, the best thing is to find a reliable source which documents the status of this particular Indian title. A short term solution is that you make your case on the article's talk page and then make the change in the article itself with an edit summary like "Please see talk page" or words to that effect. Other editors might object, but there is a good chance that the discussion will take place on the talk page and not through reverts. Favonian (talk) 19:01, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
Neutral?
My edits to the earth page were making it more neutral. Why remove them? They were not a form of vandalism as you claim? Wikipedia needs to be neutral by accepting all view points on dates for ages of the earth. ABTCCC (talk) 18:59, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
- This issues of science vs. creation, or whatever you want to call it, come up rather frequently. The consensus in an article like Earth seems to be to keep it scientific. If you disagree, you should take the discussion to the talk page. Favonian (talk) 19:04, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
User talk:168.150.237.230 and vandalism to Drill
My apologies for the vandalism. It was done by a silly employee who now knows better. It will not happen again. Grumpyoldgeek (talk) 00:30, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
- No problem. I trust the employee in question is now scrubbing the office floor with his toothbrush ;) Favonian (talk) 09:13, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
User:109.111.197.68
When you issue a final warning, do you maintain a watch thereafter, or do you want to be advised as I am doing now?
Unsure of procedure in these instances, Varlaam (talk) 02:35, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks for the note! Wish I could maintain a watch on all the IP miscreants that I admonish, but the sheer magnitude of the problem precludes that. Huggle keeps me informed if the user has been warned within the last few days, but not beyond that, and I'm pretty sure there is no procedure for this. Favonian (talk) 09:17, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
- "Sheer magnitude". It's really that bad, eh?
- I think I have seen people receive 3 or more "final warnings" in the past. Is it intended to be that way?
- Varlaam (talk) 12:36, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
Thank you
Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my talk page. Regards, --The High Fin Sperm Whale 16:49, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
- Nothing to it. Thank you for what you did to incur the wrath of that little vandal! Favonian (talk) 18:12, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
Your recent warnings?
Hey, I've noticed that on some of your recent warnings, they go to Level 1, even if there's a Level 1 already, or a Level 2+. Is this Huggle or something? (I'm a Linux user, and I've never touched huggle so i have no idea how it works) Pilif12p 17:31, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
- Darn! That must be Huggle. Thanks for telling me. I'll watch the generated messages to see if I can report a bug. Favonian (talk) 17:33, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
- One thing to remember is that Huggle will not "increment" the warning level if the previous one is more than a couple of days(?) old. Favonian (talk) 17:35, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
The reason for deleting all brehautism
Hello i am michael brehaut founder of brehautism. I got told by someone a few days ago that i could not have brehautism on until there was proof that it is valid. According to my religion only my scribe is allowed to write infomation about the religion and i know for a fact that this is not him putting it on wikipedia. I would much apreciate if you would delete the page until a further time when we have made the religion valid. It would be a great help if you could do this for me. PS i am sorry for the spelling misstakes i am dyslexic. — [Unsigned comment added by Brehaut10 (talk • contribs) 22:34, April 24, 2010 (UTC).]
- It was nominated for speedy deletion (and has now in fact been deleted), so there was not much point in blanking it. In the future, you and your acolytes are invited to keep the secrets of your religion to yourselves. Favonian (talk) 22:41, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
- LOL! Sorry, just happened to be strolling by. RashersTierney (talk) 22:46, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks. Sometimes, I just can't keep it in. Favonian (talk) 22:47, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
- LOL! Sorry, just happened to be strolling by. RashersTierney (talk) 22:46, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
Opinion needed!
As a frequent editor, I would appreciate if you put your two cents into the debate over the conservative support for President Obama in Talk:Public image of Barack Obama. Thanks.--Jerzeykydd (talk) 23:19, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
Huggle help
I just started using this, and am not totally confident I am doing it right. Don't want to mark an edit "ok" just because I was unsure so skipped it. I find the documentation a bit terse. Is there a good write-up somewhere? Thanks, Aymatth2 (talk) 12:37, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
- I'm actually not a very frequent user of Huggle, mostly because it's so easy to make mistakes when using it, so you're probably better off asking your question at Wikipedia:Huggle/Feedback. Happy huggling ;) Favonian (talk) 12:47, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
This is a whole new world to me - the constant flood of dumb vandalism. Sort of intriguing but sort of depressing, and it does seem easy to make mistakes. Is there a better tool? Aymatth2 (talk) 13:00, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
- It is very depressing—the only relief being the number of editors (like yourself) willing to fight forces of darkness. I use Twinkle for most of my work as it suits my temper better, but it's not nearly as efficient when it comes to finding and reverting the waves of seemingly random vandalism. Favonian (talk) 13:13, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
Melanie
Thanks for the note. As you say. Dlohcierekim 14:36, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
Thanks....
Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my talk page. Regards. Leaky Caldron 18:37, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
- No sweat. That was one very attentive fan you got yourself there. Favonian (talk) 18:39, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
Jewish Geography jokes
so if a famous comedian were to quote that then it would be a verifiable source? Wow I'm not a real person and neither are the posters on reddit in your mind. Kind of screwy that commentary about this topic from people that originally had no understanding of it are banned from adding this common confusion about what jewish geography is on wikipedia. For that matter, non-people are banned from adding a relevant misunderstanding of the topic. I find this debasing and ringing of censorship considering if you had followed the link (which I doubt you did) Then you would see at least two people who made the same comments about the topic. Oh well, now I know that wikipedia followers are uptight and are not interested in the misconceptions of others. Go ahead and ban me if you want, I know my contributions are not welcome. — [Unsigned comment added by Nathism (talk • contribs) 14:40, April 26, 2010 (UTC).]
- If a comedian had indeed been quoted in reliable sources as having used this meaning of the term, then it might merit inclusion. Random jokes on blogs are not sufficient reason. Favonian (talk) 12:45, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for proving the point that bloggers are not famous and therefore are not worthy of having their misconceptions about a topic known.
I'd like to point out that the entire Analysis section of the Jewish Geography is not cited and therefore by your point should also be deleted.
Rathmines, NSW Page
Hello, You restored vandalism on this page. Please pay careful attention to the content and the link, as they are fictional! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Punisher72 (talk • contribs) 15:25, April 27, 2010 (UTC)
- Surely you are joking! I performed this edit on said file, and that's a revert of a very clear-cut vandalism. Favonian (talk) 15:30, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
Please read the below from the article paragraph. Do you think Maradona would use that quote? And who is Luke? And why does it link to "Santa Claus". The rest of the paragraph is equally as flagrant! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Punisher72 (talk • contribs) 15:36, April 27, 2010 (UTC)
- Rathmines is the home of aspiring young footballer Luke Remington, who for many years played at the local club the Westlakes Wildcats. Luke is now a star player in the Australian U17 football team. The footballing great Diego Maradona was quoted in 2009 saying "This guy is good". Lukes footballing, and life, motto is "Run the ball, hit it hard, hit it low". Luke enjoys playing Backyard soccer and always has a fun time. Luke is the cousin of the great philosopher Andrew Fuller, and the brother of Callum Remington, who is the only man to cart-wheel around australia, both of whom also live in Rathmines and enjoy the fresh air. Lauren Winn also likes to think she is a loved guest at the Remington house in Rathmines, but is in fact, an annoyance.
- You are quite right about this paragraph being bogus, and I just reverted another editors revert of your deletion of it, but my original edit removed vandalism from the following paragraph, which as far as I can tell is bona fide. Favonian (talk) 15:38, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
The Royal House of Osman
Removing information, since will start new topic and bio. so far can't get it right. Need help of Wikipedia admin who is available (Arch-TRHO 15:37, 28 April 2010 (UTC))
- That does not entitle you to remove talk page comments posted by other editors. To get help from administrators or other editors, put a {{helpme}} on your talk page followed by your question(s). Favonian (talk) 15:40, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
User:Feinoha
how was my edit to fehona vandalism? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Force101 (talk • contribs) 20:46, April 28, 2010 (UTC)
- By writing on the user page, in this case a question of a rather too personal nature. The edits to this page came on top of the other ones that had been reverted, so I was not inclined to be tolerant. Favonian (talk) 20:52, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
well it was only a question for i had no idea who she/he was;on my talk page i give a description About me --Force101 (talk) 21:02, 28 April 2010 (UTC)Force101 look at my talk page and you will see what i am talking about;anyways i usually see other users talk pages have info on them selves aswell.
Wikipedia is biased
Although wikipedia claims to be neutral and truthful its content on the Israeli-Palestinian cause are far from neutral and aid the israeli side in its missleading propaganda . it also reverses editing revealing the truth (as in facts without taking a side or showing any personal feeling). Israel occupied the Palestinian territories , continues to massacre and mass murder the Palestinian people. Just check out the statistics, and please do tell me who the terrorist is. Wikipedia refers to every single palestinian defending his country or dying for it as a terrorist , these are defenseless people armed at most with nothing more than a home made bomb. Please compare the number of victims, the strength of each side and do tell me who needs a defence army. Israel's millitary may be called defence forces, but please open your eyes and if you have an answer explain to me why israel has a top-millitary army defending itself against helpless civilians who have only killed one israeli for every 100 hundered killed of them while the palestinian people get nothing to defend themselves against zionists controling everything including when they leave their country and come back to it or if they even get to. controls their air water and lives. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nvrdyingspirit (talk • contribs) 20:48, April 28, 2010 (UTC)
- Wikipedia is not a soapbox. What you did was to remove text, including references, from articles and in one case even blank the whole thing. That is not acceptable. If you disagree with the contents of an article, take it up on the talk page. Favonian (talk) 21:01, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
Tidal power
I noticed you put a final warning notice on 167.128.102.78. I just reverted several more of his edits to Tidal power. Thanks. Jmartinsson (talk) 20:51, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
- He has indeed, so I've reverted and sent him off to be blocked. Thanks for the note. Favonian (talk) 20:57, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
Barnstar
The Userpage Shield | ||
I hereby award this Barnstar to Favonian for his efforts to protect mu user page from vandalism. Thank you, and keep up the good work! Nutiketaiel (talk) 12:37, 30 April 2010 (UTC) |
I appreciate your looking out for my user page like that. Thank you very much; I hope you'll accept this small token of appreciation. Nutiketaiel (talk) 12:37, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
- Hey, that's what we are here for (among other things), but I accept the star with gratitude! Favonian (talk) 14:00, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
Mesa High School
I was in the Mesa High School class of 2001, and the BAM shirt listed on the wiki page was indeed said to mean "Bad-Ass Mormons" by the LDS members of the student council who instituted it. Why is it being removed? I believe it has relevance as the BAM shirt itself appears to be relevant to the traditions page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Awkwardsaw (talk • contribs) 15:17, April 30, 2010 (UTC)
- If you can provide a reliable source documenting this, by all means add it to the article. Otherwise don't. Favonian (talk) 15:23, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
Robinho Page
Hello Favonian, The link I have added to Robinho's Page is the most complete data of Robinho's player career, you can check if you would like to. Although you have mentioned as inaccurate, it is the most accurate data's of him in entire web. I hope you would reconsider. My goal is not to put unrelated links to pages and I am aware of that the these links do not appear on Search engine's, of course. Thank you, have a great day. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ekingunel (talk • contribs) 17:39, April 30, 2010 (UTC)
- Does indeed look like I was overly hasty. New users adding lots of external links without edit summaries (hint, hint) bring up the worst in me. I'll revert my reverts. Go in peace! Favonian (talk) 17:45, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
Steven A. Garan
Could you take a look at the history of the Steven A. Garan and see if you think there's something questionable about the timing of the most recent edits? --Nuujinn (talk) 22:22, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
- Certainly looks like a WP:DUCK with a WP:COI whose IP recently got blocked. Favonian (talk) 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
- So I would not be out of line reporting this as a potential sock? --Nuujinn (talk) 22:53, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
- I think that would be entirely appropriate, especially in view of his most recent edits, like this one. Favonian (talk) 22:55, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
- Done. --Nuujinn (talk) 23:35, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
- I think that would be entirely appropriate, especially in view of his most recent edits, like this one. Favonian (talk) 22:55, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
- So I would not be out of line reporting this as a potential sock? --Nuujinn (talk) 22:53, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
Thanks!
...for this! Cheers. (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 18:48, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- No problem. Somebody has to stand up for the rights of the robots. Favonian (talk) 18:52, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
Unconstructive
Not sure if this is the right place to reply, but I recieved the message:
Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to the page Bushido. Such edits constitute vandalism and are reverted. Please do not continue to make unconstructive edits to pages; use the sandbox for testing. Thank you. Favonian (talk) 22:43, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
The edits I made were not unconstructive. They corrected factual misinformation that plagues a generally inaccurate article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.194.201.74 (talk) 23:07, May 1, 2010 (UTC)
- Several things. Your edit removed references and lacked an edit summary, which tends to make other editors suspicious. Immediately before, you had made another edit to the same article, which had been reverted by a bot. I see that started a new section on the article's talk page. That is fine, but before making major changes you should await other editors' comments, and at any rate you should include an edit summary like "see talk page", or words to that effect. Favonian (talk) 23:16, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
relevance of article on term pitbull
I Dispute the need for an article explaining the use of the term ,pit bull, in legislation in the USA. Wikipedia is used by more than just americans. Bullterriers, English Staffords, bull dogs ect, are not classed as pit bulls in Australia, Europe, the UK and various other countries. These countries see Pitbulls as American Pitbulls and have laws specifically controlling or out lawing them specifically not these other breeds as-well. So an article referring to bull and terrier breeds under the US legislative term of Pitbull is confusing and just plain wrong to boot. So surly this should have being considered when writing a topic on the meaning of the term Pitbull. Considering the information is read by more than just americans, so should therefore be relevant to more than just americans as-well. I propose that the discussion on the use of the term Pitbull in US legislation should be a section in a article about American dangerous dog laws or something of the sort, not a whole subject on it own. We have enough trouble with these other breeds being confused with Pitbulls, with out an encyclopedia article referring to them as such. The more common use of the word should be the bulk of an article on the the term Pitbull. Which would be to simply say that it is just a shortened down or slang way of saying, American Pitbull Terrier, which would not need its own article either, only a reference to such on the American pit bull page. 118.210.116.181 (talk) 15:36, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- This belong on the article talk page, where you have also posted it. Personally, I don't care either way, but your should refrain from major, undiscussed edits, especially if they involve copyright violations like this one. Favonian (talk) 15:40, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
pitbull article relevance
This article smears all these other breeds with the pit bull brush when 99% of the articles information refers specifically to the American pit bull terrier. Such sections relating to bite statistics, harm from pitbulls ect. Make it seem that these other breeds are included in the statistics when they actually refer specifically to the American pitbull terrier exclusively. This article just adds to the confusion about these breeds. Say if some one was to read this article trying to find out if an, English Stafford, was a good dog to get. They would finish reading thinking that the are a type of or closely related to the pitbull, when theres actually hundreds of years of difference in breeding between these two breeds. They would think there potentially dangerous which they generally are not. It just makes things to confusing which is exactly the opposite thing an encyclopedia is supposed to do. Thanks of reading and considering my comments. john 118.210.116.181 (talk) 16:08, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
I'm actually proposing that this be scrapped.
I'm actually proposing that the article on pitbulls be scrapped as it isn't really any good at all and any thing that needs to be said can be said on the American pitbull terrier page. Is there a process by which this could happen? Please take the time to care and read my previous messages properly as i do make very good case. thanks John —Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.210.116.181 (talk) 16:15, May 2, 2010 (UTC)
- Wikipedia has several ways of getting rid of articles, all described in the guide to the deletion process. In the present case, the way to go would be through the articles for deletion process. Favonian (talk) 16:21, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
Talkback
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18:23, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- Any more where they came from? All the accounts are indef'd and I blocked the three IPs for a month each. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:46, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- Yup! Two more going back in time. I think that does it, as 196.12.179.41 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) seems to be legit, even though they have only edited this article. Interesting fact: all but one of the IPs are Sprint customers from Kansas, and there is an entry in the controversies section about a dentist in that state. Favonian (talk) 18:54, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
Thanks
I appreciate your recent help with my user talk. See ya 'round :) Tiderolls 04:07, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
Uganda
Blimey! - thanks for stepping in. Cheers, DBaK (talk) 11:09, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
- No sweat. That guy just doesn't take a subtle hint. Favonian (talk) 11:10, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
Whoops, wasn't paying proper attention when I did that. Thanks for catching it--Jac16888Talk 17:01, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
- Guess our letters crossed ;) Cheers, Favonian (talk) 17:02, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
YES link removed
Received a message about your removing a link I added to the Young Epidemiology Scholars page. I think the entry is enhanced by a profile - including a YouTube interview - of a student that participated in the competition. Please advise on the best way to do that - the link wasn't spam as it was directly related to the topic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DublinRanch (talk • contribs) 18:14, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
- Generally we view YouTube links with some suspicion. They are no good as reliable sources and not infrequently they are copyright violations. I won't revert your addition of the link, but personally I think you should invest some time in finding proper sources (media references for instance) to assert notability of this organization. Favonian (talk) 18:22, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
Death of Lynn Redgrave
Sorry about that last edit, sometimes my arrogance and impatience (to do the necessary research) gets the better of me. Thanks for cleaning things up for me Georgebrown92 (talk) 22:29, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
- No problem. You are certainly not the only one to have made that mistake today. Favonian (talk) 21:31, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
Thanks
Thanks, Favonian, for removing the vandalism from my user page. It has been a battleground recently. Pinethicket (talk) 09:43, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
- My pleasure! I know the feeling, but a friendly admin semi-protected my user page a while back, so now I only get the occasional hate mail delivered to my talk page. Favonian (talk) 09:45, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
CCW changes
Why did you send me a warning and change the page back for my edit of Catholic College Wodonga, I was adding applicable information, and helping the page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.51.160.8 (talk) 11:06, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
- Are you by any chance referring to this bit of juvenile crap? Thanks for your contribution, and please get lost! Favonian (talk) 11:08, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
Yes I think it was legitimate. Give me a reason it was not, my content was central to the philosophy and community makeup of the school. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.220.27.9 (talk) 09:18, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
Admin
You really ought to be an administrator. You will get my vote. Kittybrewster ☎ 12:07, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
- Seconded. ⇦REDVƎRS⇨ 12:24, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks for your expression of confidence! I have been thinking about it for quite a while now, and I think I'll go for it. Will study the procedure, and think of some appropriate answers to the questions. Favonian (talk) 21:01, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
- Hey, if you're serious about this admin stuff, you're going to have to stop making edits like this--no one loves a bot lover, and you could have just let it go as "unverified information."
Kitty, do you want to type up a nomination? Drmies (talk) 02:27, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
- No thanks. Never done one. But keep me posted. Kittybrewster ☎ 06:17, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
- (@Drmies) Hey, some of my best friends are bots! PseudoBot, please come back, all is forgiven! Favonian (talk) 10:41, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
- Hey, if you're serious about this admin stuff, you're going to have to stop making edits like this--no one loves a bot lover, and you could have just let it go as "unverified information."
- Thanks for your expression of confidence! I have been thinking about it for quite a while now, and I think I'll go for it. Will study the procedure, and think of some appropriate answers to the questions. Favonian (talk) 21:01, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
- Mmm, adminship. A support from moi aussi, hope you'll have it up soon. • ɔ ʃ → 04:17, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
Samuel Chappuzeau page
Hi, Why is removal of dead links from a page which I created myself classed as vandalism? I am puzzled Neil Jennings —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.40.50.251 (talk) 21:46, 4 May 2010 (UTC) Now logged in under my username pavane —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pavane (talk • contribs) 21:49, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
- It isn't, and I apologize. When patrolling for vandalism, it can be difficult to view modifications in context, especially when the users fail to provide edit summaries. You would do everyone involved, including yourself, a favor if you remembered that in the future. Thank you. Favonian (talk) 21:52, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
- And furthermore, when you made the edit in question, you were logged out, so it was registered under your IP address and not the name of the author of the article. Favonian (talk) 21:53, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
Poisson Distribution External Links
Hi Favonian,
Thanks for your note, however I'm a math major and also a sports bettor. When looking at the article these tools are valid calculators for the theory being discussed. I'm in no way building links or spamming rather adding useful references so readers can see the theory in real life scenarios.
Best Regards!
Dannomatic (talk) 17:57, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
- Hi Dannomatic. Thanks for your note. I don't question your motives, even though the word "betting" tends to raise my eyebrows. We have a set of guidelines about which external links to include or exclude. The latter are listed in WP:ELNO, in particular item 13, "Sites that are only indirectly related to the article's subject …" Since it's a general site, which happens to have a Poisson calculator, this clause seems to apply. My judgment is not (quite) infallible, so you could try ask for a second opinion on Talk:Poisson distribution. Best, Favonian (talk) 18:59, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
Practice what you preach, more neutrality plz
Dictator From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A dictator is a ruler (e.g. absolutist or autocratic) who assumes sole and absolute power (APPLIED)(sometimes but not always with military control) but without hereditary ascension such as an absolute monarch (APPLIED).[1] When other states call the head of state of a particular state a dictator, that state is called a dictatorship. The word originated as the title of a magistrate in ancient Rome appointed by the Senate to rule the republic in times of emergency (see Roman dictator and justitium).[2]
Like the term "tyrant" (which was originally a respectable Ancient Greek title), and to a lesser degree "autocrat", "dictator" came to be used almost exclusively as a non-titular term for oppressive, even abusive rule, yet had rare modern titular uses.[citation needed]
In modern usage, the term "dictator" is generally used to describe a leader who holds and/or abuses an extraordinary amount of personal power, especially the power to make laws without effective restraint by a legislative assembly (AGAIN APPLIED)[citation needed]. Dictatorships are often characterized by some of the following traits: suspension of elections and of civil liberties (APPLIED); proclamation of a state of emergency (APPLIED 30 years ago, and still going); rule by decree (APPLIED); repression of political opponents without abiding by rule of law procedures (APPLIED, and examples are countless, look up "ayman nour"); these include single-party state (APPLIED), and cult of personality.[citation needed]
The term "dictator" is comparable to, but not synonymous with, the ancient concept of a tyrant; initially "tyrant", like "dictator", did not carry negative connotations. A wide variety of leaders coming to power in a number of different kinds of regimes, such as military juntas, single-party states and civilian governments under personal rule, have been described as dictators. For example, Hitler, Stalin , and Kim Jong-il.
so, could you please tell me how can wikipedia be neautral when Hitler is considered a dictator nd Mubarak isn't ?
please study more history , follow up more egyptinan internl affairs, and BE neutral, and just apply every word from the "diactator" topic onto Mubarak and you'll find this is the correct title.. by the wy, omar al-bashir, the sudanese president is considred a "diactator" according to wikipedia's neutrality, while half of these dictator "attributes" dont apply to him while they do apply to Mubarak... so, please let me do my job of correcting the page of my country's leader.
have a nice day sir —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.235.173.64 (talk) 19:54, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
- What you are saying is that your conclusion based on available evidence is that Mubarak is a dictator. In Wikipedia terminology that's referred to as original research and it's not the purpose of an encyclopedia. If you want to include include the word "dictator" in the article, you need to find reliable sources which describe him thus. For comparison, have a look at this newspaper article about Omar al-Bashir. If you wish to debate the applicability of the word, the right place to do so is on Talk:Hosni Mubarak. Favonian (talk) 20:50, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
Sorry about tripping all over you there, I saw it in Huggle and, agreeing with the prod, sent it straight to AfD. Bradjamesbrown (talk) 16:49, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
- Fault entirely mine :) We certainly agree on the usefulness of this article. Favonian (talk) 16:50, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
- If it's not useful go ahead and delete it but the application to momentum seems astonishing so I added it. The coincidence it seems is M/M not the reverse. Just an opinion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.251.108.90 (talk) 22:34, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
- And if it's so obviously true then why do I not see it on wikipedia? {98.251.108.90 (talk) 02:14, 7 May 2010 (UTC)}
I created the article, so it must stay with "aluminum" (not "aluminium") per WP:RETAIN. --J4\/4 <talk> 18:47, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
- We have been over this before. You do not own an article just because you created it, and the spelling of the name was settled back in November. More specific guidelines, like WP:ALUM trumps the "tiebreaker" WP:ENGVAR. You can only rename the article through WP:Requested moves. Favonian (talk) 18:56, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
- If you scroll down on WP:ALUM, you'll see that articles may be at a more common name regardless of other policies or IUPAC. Also, WP:RETAIN states that the variety of English used by the article's creator must be used in all subsequent versions of the article. --J4\/4 <talk> 19:39, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
- You can try that line of argument at WP:Requested moves. Do not try to rename the article on your own, especially not using copy/paste. Favonian (talk) 19:42, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
- If you scroll down on WP:ALUM, you'll see that articles may be at a more common name regardless of other policies or IUPAC. Also, WP:RETAIN states that the variety of English used by the article's creator must be used in all subsequent versions of the article. --J4\/4 <talk> 19:39, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
Adding a controversial opinion to an article is not vandalism."
Why am I then being told that it is? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.181.233.233 (talk) 19:42, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
- It seems to be your personal opinion, which has no place in Wikipedia. Do you have reliable sources backing your claims? Favonian (talk) 19:46, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
You deleted a link to an informational website on Electronic Cigarettes yet leave a link to a page that sells them? (Referring to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-cig)
May I ask what the reasoning behind the decision is? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Purpleibanez801 (talk • contribs) 20:03, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
- No reason, except that I hadn't noticed it. Already gone. Thanks for pointing it out. Favonian (talk) 20:13, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
Is there a reason that the informational site was deleted? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Purpleibanez801 (talk • contribs) 20:16, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
- Wikipedia prefers to minimize the number of external links as explained in the guidelines. If you think a link to this site should be included in the article, I would recommend that you bring it up on the talk page. Favonian (talk) 20:22, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
I will. Many thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Purpleibanez801 (talk • contribs) 20:30, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
I've requested indefinite semi-protection for this article, a favorite haunt of puppetmaster DailyWikiHelp. Beyond My Ken (talk) 10:12, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks! I was wondering about the somewhat systematic IP attacks. Favonian (talk) 11:32, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
leave me alone!
i do what i want! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.220.177.98 (talk) 12:52, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
Your Comment re my edit on "National debt"
May 2010
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to National debt, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Favonian (talk) 13:03, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
May 8th 2010 (Australia)
Thankyou for your comment (whoever you are)...There was a similar Vandalism done to the first Edit that I had ever made on Wiki...I came here, to Wiki, looking for a current definition of National Debt or as Wiki had it at the time..."National debt" which turned out to be a redirect to Wiki Def "Government debt"...
The definition of "Government debt" on that page, unreferenced and unsupported, claims...(It has been reinstated from the edits that I made following a vandalism attack by "Mean as Custard" (Whoever they are?) which reinstated the Redirect to "Government debt" that I had removed as part of my first edit to "National debt"...):-..."Government debt (also known as public debt or national debt)".... This is not correct, and it appears to me that the page "Government debt" is some "Vandal Attack" on the "Fundamentals of ECONOMICS as a Science" as such it sets out to muddle anyones thinking with regard to these fundamental Economic Definitions.... If you - "Mean as Custard" or "Favonian", whoever you are, - continue to reinstate the "redirect from my edited "National debt" back to the incorrectly defined "Government debt" page, then it is you that is committing an act of Vandalism, and adding to the confusion created by that pages claims....At this time when The Greek Nations so called "Sovereign debt" is an issue, your interference in this issue is not only adding to the confusion on that issue but is preventing people from having some clear thought on the issue of "National Debt" and what it is. For instance....since, from the Oxford University Definition as relayed from the Oxford University Faculty of Economics to The Salesian College Farnborough Lecturer and Tutor of "Economics" in 1962 (and to all other Colleges teaching that subject), in response to my query "What is the definition of National Debt... "National Debt is the Debt that a Nation owes to itself for investing in it's own Future"....Then a simple question that follows is..."Under whose authority did The Greek Nation Change their National Debt to being "A Debt that the Greek Nation owes to Any other Nation for them investing in the Greek Nations Future" and if that is just an extension of the original Definition then it is perhaps an act of Treason to the Greek Nation by whoever did it... The questions that should be being asked at this point in time...in the United Nations Forum....aren't being asked....and your censorship of The Definition of "National debt"....as supplied by "Oxford University" is certainly counterproductive to those issues being addressed.... If you persist in your Vandalism then all you succeed in doing is confirming my developing opinion that "Wikipedia" is an "Anarchistic Encylopedia", an opinion, I am assured, that many have reached before me. Thank you. . PCGull (talk) 21:47, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
Please do not revert edits of the article of GQHS
Please do not make any more unconstructive reverts to articles of schools, as you did in the one of the Gymnasium Querfurt High School. All information are properly cited or do no needs sources, as they are self-explaining like the CEEB school code everyone can look up on collegeboard.com or the location coordinates. GQBC publishes verious English-language information about the school, which should provide source to most information in the article. Numbers like enrollment and faculty are either retrievable through the school administration or ETS (English Testing Systems) Code Control, which overseas the school's SAT program and has been provided all necessary information. Moreover, refering to a "socket puppet" incident is no reason to revert recent edits. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.234.85.170 (talk) 18:42, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
- It was a very bad idea to vandalise Wikipedia and spam it in a way that must be easily traceable to you by everyone who knows you. Just stop thinking about Wikipedia, at least as a way to promote any of your pet projects. Hans Adler 22:14, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
copyright issue on Csaba_Zvekan
Hi Favonian,
I was wondering which url or material you are referring to that might violate the copyright issues so we can correkt it. Is it the picture ? That should be GNU though.
Kind Regards Csabi911
Csabi911 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:49, 8 May 2010 (UTC).
- It's the whole text which appears to be lifted from this. Favonian (talk) 22:52, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
Thanks Favonian..now I understand ... it has been corrected on the original website. There will be something else there that doesn't conflict with WIKI it has been taken care of as we speak. Originally it was done in WIKI on my userpage User:Csabi911 and then HKain transferred it over ,set up Killing_Machine_(band) and the associated Csaba_Zvekan page. I think it should be OK now. Please check this. Csabi911 (talk)
Hello Favonian.
I am currently editing the wiki of the band Killing Machine and their members. Among them the lead singer Csaba Zvekan. I understand there was a copy-write conflict between his website and Wikipedia. I will change the content on his website, and as you can see there is no longer a conflict now. It would be nice if you would lift the redirection. Thank you for the warning and keep up the good work. It´s people like you that keep the quality up here on wikipedia. Best regards, Heidi K Hkain (talk) 23:28, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Jones-3.4
was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Adam Jones References p. 4, note 6, citing Bauer, Rethinking the Holocaust, (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2001), p. 41