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lattice theory not capitalized at the beginning of a sentence?

hi Arthur,

You recently undid an edit I made to Equivalence_relation. Do you think that a sentence which begins with "lattice theory" should not begin with a capital letter?

thanks,

Matt

Doctormatt (talk) 21:58, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

My recollection was that it wasn't a "sentence", there being no punctuation preceding it. Perhaps it should have been a sentence.... — Arthur Rubin (talk) 00:13, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

It appears I was wrong. It was the WP:See of blue that confused, as the last word of the previous sentence was also linked. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 00:16, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, Arthur. Cheers, Matt Doctormatt (talk) 21:54, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

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"friend"

You appear to have a "friend" who is only reverting your edits. Arzel (talk) 03:49, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

I know. Many of them were reversions of his edits (under different IPs), but he has reverted some independent edits. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 06:12, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

Hi

(Posting here because you are active). In Template:Did you know/Queue/4 - could you change the Compton-Belkovich Thorium Anomaly name to Compton–Belkovich Thorium Anomaly and in the credits section at the bottom. it's on the main page in 3 mins. --Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 07:57, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

It's now here. --Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 08:01, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

Got it. Thanks. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 08:03, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	Per discussion above. (DYK) Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 08:07, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

Happer + CRU emails

Hello Arthur:

The IP is persistent at Happer's page, isn't he? I 've been reverting the same Exxon business at Richard Lindzen -- ah, I see you just did, too. Pest.

I'm making one of my periodic attempts to make Climategate slightly less POV. So far, all I've managed to do is stir up the Usual Suspects, sigh. So if you could look in at the talk page, I'd be grateful. TIA, Pete Tillman (talk) 17:25, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

The Bahamas

I have again reverted your edit to the first sentence of The Bahamas#Climate. I can see no evidence that the referenced article in The Encyclopedia of Earth is anything to do with the president of Nauru. - David Biddulph (talk) 23:12, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

The reference quotes a speech by the president of Nauru. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 23:40, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

The reference for the sentence that you were trying to change was this article from The Encyclopedia of Earth, which is, as I said, nothing to do with the president of Nauru. You were perhaps getting confused with a different paragraph and a different reference. - David Biddulph (talk) 07:47, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

No, it wasn't. It was http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BUE/is_5-6_144/ai_n58473630 , a speech by Marcus Stephen, the president of Nauru, reprinted from New York Times Upfront. In fact, that Encyclopedia of Earth article has nothing to do with the sentence I was working with. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 08:05, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Look again at the diff I provided above, and also this earlier diff. The The Encyclopedia of Earth was indeed the reference given for the sentence you were trying to change. If you were trying to say that the The Encyclopedia of Earth article doesn't say anything about tropical climate or about the Gulf Stream, that would be true (see below), but similarly the report of the president of Nauru's speech says nothing specifically about the Bahamas tropical climate nor about the Gulf Stream.

A further examination shows that the sentence to which the The Encyclopedia of Earth article was providing a reference was removed in this edit on 1st March 2008, thus leaving the ref against a sentence to which it didn't apply. I have now deleted the reference which has been irrelevant for the past 4 years! - David Biddulph (talk) 13:40, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

The Michigan Troll has a long history of adding sources and sentences which are independent of each other, and sometimes just one or the other. I'm sorry about my mistake, but comments about the ranking just need to just be changed to {{cn}}, then. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 15:12, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks...

...for this! The bad dream is finally over :)—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); May 16, 2012; 20:27 (UTC)

Birthday Present in Birthdays

Hey,

I was just wondering if my edits could be left on for a short time at least. It is my best friends birthday today and this would be the best present I could possibly give him. Please Please PLEASE could you do this for me?!?!? If you are willing to do so I will happily undo all my edits at the end of his birthday myself saving you the extra effort.

Thanks in advance for your understanding, Wert149

P.S. PLEASE?!?!?!?! :)

Wert149 (talk) 15:16, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Re:Pedophilia template

How is this template NPOV? It just collects articles on pedophilia. Is it the Scandals section? Oct13 (talk) 02:17, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Child sex abuse is not necessarily pedophilia, and the assertion that it is can be NPOV. Satanic ritual abuse, if it existed, would clearly not be pedophilia. In addition, asserting the particular day care scandals are pedophilia could easily be a WP:BLP violation. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 03:23, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Continued vandalism by 24.104.128.178

See User_talk:24.104.128.178. Another block may be in order or something. The vandalism is not stopping. I've just reverted their unconstructive edits on Vijay Pande, a living person. I'll leave whatever further action is necessary up to you. Best, Jesse V. (talk) 17:49, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. Hopefully the blocks or whatever will stay in place a good while, so that this behavior will be stopped. Jesse V. (talk) 22:04, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

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Are you the wikiPolice all of a sudden?

"Book 'em Danno" -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 07:31, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Not exactly. I dislike major (even if localized) edits which damage Wikipedia. You're not the first to attempt major recategorizations without seeking consensus, and you won't be the last; however, you have indicated that you don't understand the complaints against you. Under those circumstances, a block for WP:COMPETENCE seems indicated. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 07:45, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

I not only dislike damage to WP, I positively hate it. As for re-categorisation, it is not the issue that has caused this silly ruckus. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 08:21, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

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Fundamental theorem of cyclic groups, Proof by Bézout's identity

You removed my addition to teh article stating:

Slightly more complicated than the first proof, using the same concepts.

Some people will find teh first proof "easier", but it's definetely "bigger". Relying on proven axioms, we can reduce teh clutter on new proofs, and make things clearer and lighter to read.

I find my proof much easier to understand and lighter to read, and I'm sure more people will too. Why not leave it there? It could even be merged on teh first section as an equivalent proof.

--AYGHOR (talk) 19:00, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

There is some debate about whether we should have any proofs at all, unless the proofs, themselves, are notable. I wouldn't go that far, but a proof, at least, needs to have a notable technique. Yours doesn't.  ? Arthur Rubin (talk) 19:40, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

You said my proof uses teh same concepts as teh first. If it doesn't use such

notable technique, then teh first doesn't too, am I wrong? Also, I never

said my proof was more clever, it's just that it's less cluttered, better to

read. Is there any Con to leaving it there? I find it only makes things easier

to understand, and teh whole article dedicated to this.

--AYGHOR (talk) 20:02, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

A New Title

Henceforth you will be known as Rubin the Reverter. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 22:19, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Competency?

Arthur, since you have questioned my competency I will do the same with you based on some of your recent edits. I have seen you working amongst the climate change articles and I will make a mental note to be more vigilant in that topic area. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 22:39, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

For what it's worth, most of my edits in the climate change area were reverting an IP-hopping editor without interest in improving the encyclopedia; his only interest seems to be increasing links. He's been inactive since the Kalamazoo Public Library computer IP has been blocked. However, you're welcome to be more vigilant, provided that your edits are compliant with Wikipedia policies. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 23:19, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, got possessive about my edits — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dr.pragmatist (talk • contribs) 02:42, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

Request

Ram Kishore Shukla is an article about well known and reputed person of our region, please tell how to add citations to refrences, i did not find any solution so i removed references, Please consi der it, Thank you User:Alcides86

The way to add a citation to the article is, after the statement covered by the citation, enter < ref>citation URL</ ref>, after removing the spaces. The spaces are there to prevent the citation from being used as a reference here The citations might still not be reliable, but that might not be sufficient to indicate notability; to do that, you might use the full {{cite news}} template, instead of the bare URL. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 08:19, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

Since, the person Ram Kishore Shukla is not a living person, have been active when electronic media and electronic press was not so active in that case i can't get that precise citations sir, but how ever i have added all of them those are available, please consider, and remove template with respect, Thanking you very much. user:Alcides86 —Preceding undated comment added 14:14, 25 May 2012 (UTC).

Respected sir I, have added citations of most reliable government originated documents, therefore, removed WP:BLPPROD tag on the talk page of Ram Kishore Shukla, please consider, Thanking you user:Alcides86

Disruptive editing

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Recovered_memory_therapy&diff=493340834&oldid=493311597 That is disruptive editing. You've been around damn well long enough to know that. You cannot wholesale revert good edits because you disagree with parts of the changes. Especially when some of them are merely noting failed verifications and especially when the change you apparently disagree with is the accurate reflection of what the source says. Don't like my edits? Fine. Say why. Don't like what the sources say? Too bad. Revert a bunch of good changes because of unrelated complaints? That is disruptive. I may "just" be an IP editor, but I've around the block a long, long time. Longer than you've been editing, in fact. People get blocked for that kind of editing, which I see you already know (from your block log and a search of the various problem boards). If you keep it up, I'll report you to the admin boards where many of the administrators are apparently far more familiar with this sort of nonsense from you than I am (as I've never had the the displeasure of wading into your end of the pool before).

tldr version -- Blanket reversions and reverting in disagreement with the sources is disruptive. You know better. Cut it out. --76.180.172.75 (talk) 04:38, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

You're absolutely wrong. Blanket reversions are acceptable when parts are near vandalism, even if some parts are acceptable or an improvement. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 04:54, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding disruptive revert, lying about policy, and calling good faith edits vandalism. The thread is Arthur Rubin. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.180.172.75 (talk) 22:04, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

Sergejs Misins

Please restore article Sergejs Misins in my own space User:Dark Eagle/Sergejs Misins, I'd move information to the Latvian Wikipedia. Thx --Dark Eagle (talk) 13:26, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

Done. Please use {{db-u1}} when you're done with it. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 16:03, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

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Trinidad and Tobago and climate change

Hi. I noticed that you and an anon had a slow-motion edit war on the issue of flooding due to climate change in Trinidad and Tobago. Neither of you seem to have used to article's talk page to discuss the issue. I have started a discussion on the topic, and would request that both of you discuss the issue before either of you engage in any additional reverting. Thank you. Guettarda (talk) 13:08, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

I've used the article's talk page on a number of other countries where the same material is being incorrectly added by the anon. I think the central discussion, or as close to a central discussion as there is, is at Talk:Regional effects of global warming#Include Upfront (magazine) endangered oceanic island nations ranking. The (online) source is adapted by a speech by President Marcus Stephen of Nauru; it's possible that he was referring to a published study, but we only have his word for it. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 13:18, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for fixing the link for the reference I added on the Heartland Institute page. Smm201`0 (talk) 09:09, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

Institute_for_Cultural_Diplomacy

From checking the history of this article( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_for_Cultural_Diplomacy), it seems that the following user: SkaraB has created some sort of negative campaign to undermine the credibility of the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy and its wiki page – this goes back to June 2011. For example in June 1st 2011, SkaraB tried to upload some controversial material to the page in question. Controversies that were immediately reverted for questioning by the administrator Arthur Rubin. This goes on for, up until the last deletion suggestion. The arguments and the annulment of dozens of independent links are absurd. It becomes clear, from just a five second check in youtube that over 200 high profiles individuals have given lectures and interviews for ICD and all are posted there. This is in addition to all of the links mentioned in the press section. Unfortunately, this is a compromise of the five pillars of Wikipedia. And it is important to inform other administrators immediately. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hessin fahem (talk • contribs) 18:42, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

institute for cultural diplomacy

As suggested I checked the page and found some valid references about the Advisory Board of the institute for cultural diplomacy:

President of the institute for cultural diplomacy - Speech by the President of the ICD Advisory Board after his nomination (click on the content photo): http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/index.php?en_advisoryboard

Vice President of the institute for cultural diplomacy - See the official page of Erna Hennicot Schoepges (scroll to the bottom – unfortunately it is in French – so excuse my French) http://ehennicotschoepges.lu/cv/

An article about the nomination of Akua-dansua: http://newtimes.com.gh/story/akua-dansua-now-on-advisory-board-of-institute-for-cultural-diplomacy

There are many more in this page, you just need to look thoroughly, I will send you the rest of the references tomorrow. --Hessin fahem (talk) 19:58, 9 June 2012 (UTC)