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About American and British spellings

In a recent edit to the page The Sontaran Stratagem, you changed one or more words from one international variety of English to another. Because Wikipedia has readers from all over the world, our policy is to respect national varieties of English in Wikipedia articles.

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Your recent UNIT deletion

I recently found in the UNIT article where you removed the cited source for a lengthy passage and replaced it with a "citation request" tag, attaching an edit summary reading, "removing non-canon fansite spam." This last, unfortunately, is almost completely inapplicable to the situation. A fan site (by the New Zealand Doctor Who Fan Club, to be precise) posted the complete text of a licensed Dr. Who novel, Who Killed Kennedy, originally published by Virgin Books in 1996, all of which was stated (well, you do have to know or at least be able to figure out what "nzdwfc" stands for, as you obviously did, and that WKK is a novel) in the removed cite (also present—the last time I checked, which was quite a while back, I admit—are new annotations by the author). Of course, "the canonicity of spin off fiction is unclear," but the point is that this is not "fansite spam"; anyone reading this article is going to have a much easier time finding that posted text than a physical copy of the book, and the fact that the site on which it has been posted is a "fan" one is irrelevant to the nature of the material under discussion. Furthermore, the novel IS the source for the passage that remains in place, connecting the events of Remembrance of the Daleks with the formation of UNIT. The idea may have been in the minds of the creative team at the time, but David Bishop's novel is where it was first stated outright in something that wasn't pure fancruft. Nobody is ever going to come up with an alternate citation that is any more acceptable under Wiki regs unless the connection is specified in on-air Who dialogue (also, doesn't the word "spam" refer to content more so than the source?). You should either delete the entire passage or leave the cite up with it. --Ted Watson (talk) 19:05, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

September 2008

Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent edit you made to Sam Dimitrijevic has been reverted, as it appears to have removed content from the page without explanation. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thank you. Alexius08 is welcome to talk about his contributions. 13:19, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The recent edit you made to Sam Dimitrijevic constitutes vandalism, and has been reverted. Please do not continue to remove content. Thank you. Alexius08 is welcome to talk about his contributions. 13:22, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

October 2008

Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent edit you made to Chihuahua has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thank you. Thingg 02:18, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

February 2009

Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to Susan Combs. While objective prose about products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Thank you. Huntthetroll (talk) 06:40, 11 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Giuliani Removal 2012 Presidential Election article.

That article does say he will run and I have included the quoted text from the article below.

"Lots will happen between Election Day 2008 and Election Day 2012, but if Obama loses Tuesday, his one time rival, Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York, immediately becomes a prohibitive favorite for the 2012 Democratic nomination.

Things are not as clear on the GOP side if McCain loses, however.

"Thin bench," Dan Bartlett, the former longtime adviser to President Bush, said recently when asked to list some potential 2012 GOP contenders if McCain fall short of the presidency.

Any such list is divided into two groups: 2008 losers (Mitt Romney; Mike Huckabee; Rudy Giluliani; maybe Fred Thompson; maybe Ron Paul) and newcomers (Govs. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana; Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota; Charlie Crist of Florida; Mark Sanford and Sen. Lindsay Graham of South Carolina; former Ohio Rep. Rob Portman and some folks nobody is thinking about right now)."

Also, according to this article Lindsay Graham and Rob Portman should be added as well.

Please re-add Giuliani to the article. Thanks.

Diamond Dave 15:22, 11 June 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by David1982m (talkcontribs)

Thank you for correcting :)

Diamond Dave 15:29, 11 June 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by David1982m (talkcontribs)

Vandalism

This is not vandalism, please do not label as such. --William S. Saturn (talk) 19:32, 24 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong

All leader deposed by coups de etat are listed as no longer governing. And no of them has been legally removed from office... --Againme (talk) 14:36, 28 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

July 2009

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Manuel Zelaya. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. If necessary, pursue dispute resolution. Mfield (Oi!) 01:20, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! You might be interested in the discussion at Talk:Chronology of events of the 2009 Honduran political crisis#SqueakBox unilaterally changed the name again, even as we were discussing the name change. Thank you. Rico 17:48, 24 July 2009 (UTC) (Using {{Please see}})[reply]

Talkback

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

Netalarm 13:03, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Presidential Election 2012 article

Hi there,

Myself and Timmeh have had a strong discussion about major change to this article. Before we did anything we wanted to get feedback regular editors of this page, William S. Saturn, Hysteria18, Jerzeykydd, Ratemonth, JayJasper, GoodDay, Qqqqqq, GageSkidmore, Reywas92, and FallenMorgan. Please send this to anyone else I may have left and please read the thread on Ruled Out and give us your feedback.

--Diamond Dave 16:54, 3 August 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by David1982m (talkcontribs)

Solution to Ruled Out Debate NEED YOUR FEEDBACK!

Proposed solution to ruled out debate on [[1]]. Please submit your feedback. Thanks. David1982m (talk—Preceding undated comment added 14:11, 7 August 2009 (UTC).[reply]

Dr. Who

Please see WP:MOSFLAG. We don't use flags to decorate articles in this way. Best wishes, --John (talk) 03:29, 9 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In the absence of any response from you, I have removed the flag again. --John (talk) 23:12, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Texas gubernatorial election, 2010

Oh good. Someone was able to do some improvements on my initial attempts. Also good find on endorsements for Schaffer; I was hoping someone could add more info on the other candidates (I'm a Perry supporter so I tend to stick with working that side of the article). Maverick9711 (talk) 14:23, 27 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Source of Venture Bros. info

You wanted a source that proves the season 4 of The Venture Bros. starts on October 18, see the Adult Swim schedule for yourself : http://www.adultswim.com/schedule/onair.html --Grapesoda22 (talk) 20:51, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Doctor Who censor clips recovery 1996

Whooooooooooops.MartinSFSA (talk) 22:16, 12 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Florence Shapiro

Why do you keep reverting the edits to that page? Several people have been trying to remove the unnecessary and unsubstantiated information about her religion. She recently went on the Dallas Morning News and said she is not a practicing Jew and does not associate with the religion. Please refrain from edit warring with the users who want to update the page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.11.159.228 (talk) 17:56, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you or anyone else can provide a reputable source stating she doesn't consider herself a practicing Jew, please do. Until that is provided the information should remain. And regardless of her religion, the information about her parents is properly cited and there is no reason for it to be deleted. Ratemonth (talk) 02:27, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mark Sanford on 2012 Republican Primary Page?

I think the Sanford debate will never end, lol. I have 3 sources that are still discussing Mark Sanford in conjunction to 2012 that are less than 6 months old, but JerzeyKydd is still insisting that discussion for him has ceased for 6 months. The sources I added are less than 6 months. I agreed to take down Ensign because no one is talking him in conjunction 2012, but why are people still talking about Sanford in conjunction 2012? I was wondering if maybe you wanted to add your feedback to this discussion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Republican_Party_(United_States)_presidential_primaries,_2012. Thanks. --Diamond Dave (talk) 22:13, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Debate over whether or not Bobby Jindal and Mark Sanford should be removed the 2012 Rep Primary Page

There seems to be yet another debate over Mark Sanford and now whether not Bobby Jindal should remain on this page. Since you are an editor on this page, I was hoping you would be interested in joining the discussion at the link below.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Republican_Party_(United_States)_presidential_primaries,_2012#This_article_is_not_about_who_will_be_running.3F

Please provide your feedback! Thanks so much!

--Diamond Dave (talk) 20:04, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comments invited

As an occasional or frequent editor of the Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2012 article, your participation in this discussion would be welcome and appreciated. Thanks.--JayJasper (talk) 18:24, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Warning Vandals

Hello. Regarding the recent revert you made: you may already know about them, but you might find Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace useful. After a revert, these can be placed on the user's talk page to let them know you considered their edit was inappropriate, and also direct new users towards the sandbox. They can also be used to give a stern warning to a vandal when they've been previously warned. Thank you. Edward130603 (talk) 14:14, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

and?

Where's your discussion on the talk page after this edit summary? Toddst1 (talk) 19:08, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Beto O'Rourke

I did not know El Paso's city council is officially non-partisan; chalk that up to my ignorance. But it stands to reason just because the body is non-partisan doesn't mean its members are, as witness the news Mr. O'Rourke would not run for Congress against the powerful Silvestre Reyes -- as a Democrat. (See the third paragraph.)

What bothers me is that a 2,000-word article on such a contentious political figure doesn't mention his party affiliation. This is as credible as a piece on George W. Bush without the word Republican, or one on Barack Obama without a Democrat. Time's recent quote of the guy got my suspicions up. That's why I attempted the revision -- and I do believe some form of it should stand. Edesan (talk) 02:07, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sarah Jane Adventures

Please stop removing my "nonsense". News confirmed on Doctor Who Magazine - http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/

Stop editing for 2 reasons. 1) The grammer is the wrong tense, and you change it and insist that it's a spelling error your wrong, everyone else is correct. And about River implied she died is right as this is the exact words about the exploding TARDIS Amy: That's River, how can she be up there? Rory: Must be like a recording or something. Doctor: No it's not. It's the emergancy proticals of course the TARDIS sealed off the control room to save her, she is right at the heart of explosion.' Implying that she dies but the TARDIS captures a moment and saves it untill the Doctor completes the savour. Stop changing it. Thank you KnowIG (talk) 18:56, 3 July 2010 (UTC) Talk to me or don't bother your choice, ive explain now your terms to expalin KnowIG (talk) 00:41, 4 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

=Thank you for listening, dialouge would be better though so I know what your thinking :) KnowIG (talk) 00:46, 4 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Stop deleting the characters from I Shall Wear Midnight

Have you read the book that says they are not characters from the book or that locations in the book are not there?

I have the book proof in front of me (supplier by the publishers) so I know what I am talking about. I can if required include this information in an official site and link to it. Would that satisfy you desire to remove things you know nothing about? —Preceding unsigned comment added by JasonOookAnthony (talkcontribs) 06:48, 25 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24-hour period. Additionally, users who perform several reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. When in dispute with another editor you should first try to discuss controversial changes to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. Should that prove unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. If the edit warring continues, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Nakon 04:13, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Stop undoing the format Corrections at Doctor Who

Please stop to substitute the through ". It is a formatting error to use ".." for episode titles in Wikipedia. It's hard to correct it, if u change it back. Thanks for understanding. I'm on airport so I only use IP. 213.235.237.194 (talk) 16:59, 29 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

August 2010

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Texas gubernatorial election, 2010. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24-hour period. Additionally, users who perform several reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. When in dispute with another editor you should first try to discuss controversial changes to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. Should that prove unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. If the edit warring continues, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Dabomb87 (talk) 03:24, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop undoing changes because you don't like them or you don't understand the editor's intent or explanation. Neither are valid grounds for reversion. Toddst1 (talk) 05:34, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]


No polls were removed yet, if you want to help clean up the primary content which is old and out of place, go ahead. I just moved it down and the general election stuff up. It still needs cleanup or simplification. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.80.137.174 (talk) 16:34, 2 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How on earth ?

How on earth can you assert that the next UK election will have 650 seats?
How can you be certain that the forthcoming referendum will not result in a change in system?
Are you willing to explain how a parliament that has not sat can be hung?
Why is it relevant to post details of party leaders who may not be in place in 4 1/2 years time?
How can you be certain that no candidate will die between nominations closing and the election date?
How can you assert that it is "usual" to do something in the absence of either a minority government nor a coalition being formed when a UK election is inconclusive, when the situation has never arisen?

Your reversion of my edits suggests that you can answer all of these questions. Kevin McE (talk) 18:40, 14 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"It has been allowed in the past" means nothing: answer the questions I have put to you. Kevin McE (talk) 23:18, 16 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your "undoing unexplained deletion" in article Duško Knežević

The citation from magazine Monitor was removed by user NetLink2010 because the article cited from that magazine is not founded on facts, rather on uncertain implications and speculations. The accusation of money laundering can seriously harm Knežević's reputation on both domestic and international business scene. If not proved, checked, or valid, there is no need to be published on wikipedia, even if it is published in one (and just one) national magazine. This is explanation for the deletion made. Adriatic mne (talk) 14:21, 15 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Gerard Kean edit

Hi,

Please can you revert that article back to a more distant sane copy without all the crap, I don't know how to.

Thanks!