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Moissac Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Moissac, Tarn-et-Garonne, in south-western France. A number of its medieval buildings survive, including the abbey church, which has a notable Romanesque sculpture around the entrance. This picture shows the abbey's cloisters.Photograph credit: Benh Lieu Song
The Wikipedia tutorial is a good place to start learning about Wikipedia. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and discussion pages using four tildes, like this: ~~~~ (the software will replace them with your signature and the date). Again, welcome! ---RepublicanJacobiteTheFortyFive 16:46, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Before saving your changes to an article, please provide an edit summary, which you forgot to do before saving your recent edit to The Sopranos. Doing so helps everyone understand the intention of your edit (and prevents legitimate edits from being mistaken for vandalism). It is also helpful to users reading the edit history of the page. Thank you. ---RepublicanJacobiteTheFortyFive 19:10, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Regarding your message: it is best if you make your case at the article talk page, just follow the link I left above. Thank you. ---RepublicanJacobiteTheFortyFive 00:46, 9 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Greetings!
I hope you are still out there and still at it. It would be good to hear from you. Cheers! ---RepublicanJacobiteTheFortyFive 17:30, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hello!
I cannot tell you how pleased I was earlier this evening when I saw your greeting. I was on my way out then, hence the delayed response. I have always regarded you as my mentor, and I've missed your influence.
I did leave you a message in the section "Huh?" on your talk page on December 19, 2011, and then I too had a break from Wikipedia until January 10. Since then I have kept at it. Did you want me to do anything particular? Hope all is well with you,
I am glad to hear back from you, and glad you are still here and working. Let me know if I can be of any help to you. I am at work on an article right now, which is why I have not been editing on a daily basis for the last month or so. But, still at it after that much needed break. Cheers! ---RepublicanJacobiteTheFortyFive 00:10, 24 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Good to know you are there should I need you. I'll certainly let you know. Together with User:MarnetteD we have been keeping The Godfather as I believe you would like it. Keep in touch. Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 00:21, 24 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The whole article is unbelievably laboured throughout. Extent of content in Info' box has been discussed previously, and has been debated extensively but to no avail, thanks to the aggressive participation of non-registered IPs. Suggest partial protection before attempting editing on this article. A project on which I would then be more than pleased to participate. [User:Gareth Griffith-Jones|Gareth Griffith-Jones]] (talk) 11:34, 25 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Have you tried requesting protection at WP:RFPP? -- Ϫ 02:04, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I have just put in a request for Temporary semi-protection. I should like to thank El duderino, and everyone else who has helped on The Sopranos since 25 February 2012 (UTC)--- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 10:45, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Persistent sockpuppetry. Repeated deletion of sourced material by new editors. Persistent vandalism. I have had help from the Wikipedia:Cleanup Project (since February 25) and I should welcome your help in maintaining this article. Thank you, Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 11:06, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Jayjg(talk) 03:36, 11 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Regarding your message
Hello again,
You kindly said that I should ask if I needed your help. I promise not to be a pest, but in view of your considerable experience in coping with the vandals and the like, could you just tell me what happens next after my posting a report on the Administrators' noticeboard, regarding continuous vandalism and disruptive behaviour by a non-registered IP at an Open Proxy address. I don't understand the next stage of the process. Do I just wait... will I be contacted?
The poster never fills in an Edit summary and warnings posted on the IP Talk page never receive an acknowledgement. Please reply on your page; I have noticed that is how you prefer to operate. Thanks, Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 19:28, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I apologize for the delay. I saw your message earlier today when I stopped in to look up something, but had no time then to reply. As it is, I am not really sure what to say. I have only been involved with ANI in the capacity of adding comments after others began the process. I have never made an ANI posting myself. The whole process seems rather arcane to me, which is why I have avoided whenever possible. I am sorry I cannot be of more help.
Can you give me further specifics about the problem you are having with the vandal? And a link to the ANI post?
Oh, and by the way, I have no worry whatsoever of you becoming a pest. ---RepublicanJacobiteTheFortyFive 04:05, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, Thank you for your reply early this morning ( 04:05 hrs. over here)
Please don't concern yourself. I had assumed that you had experienced this action several times during the past years. I understand fully that you are avoiding the tedium of edit changing supervision nowadays and concentrating on proper, productive work. I do a little myself, but I am still not confident enough to start an article from scratch like you have so often.
Just to let you know.. and I hope I'm not tempting fate... that open proxy site has remained quiet since taking action . I did a follow-up with the admin involved a few days ago. Still keeping a very close eye on The Sopranos page and The Godfather page. Had some success on the Sopranos' Info'box/"starring... have a look, if you are not too busy! Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 09:52, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Not a problem, and good note for the IP. (If only all such interactions on WP could be conducted so cordially.) AV3000 (talk) 12:18, 11 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I have noticed that whilst a long list of guest actors features in this info' box, the "Starring" line is missing. I have added the four main actors/characters to the edit page, but, for some unknown reason, I cannot make the edit appear on the article page.
Any help would be welcome. Regards, Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 11:43, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I believe that's deliberate. The stars of a series don't change from episode to episode, but guests are specific to episodes. Individual episode articles don't need to repeat the full series details, or even single season details. That would be extremely redundant. Jay32183 (talk) 01:51, 19 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your explanation. It makes sense when I think about it. Although, in this instance, it being the pilot, the omission of the names of the regular actors might appear to be unusual.
"Guest stars" or just guest actors? (possible edit request)
Hi,
Just wondering, when actors have appeared in an episode of a tv series but did not have starring roles (e.g. all the names from Amber Tamblyn down in the infobox for this episode of Buffy), is it appropriate to list them under "Guest stars" (especially if they were relatively unknown at the time)? And if not, would it be possible to add another parameter, for example "Also featuring", or perhaps even change "Guest stars" to "Guest actors" or something? (This issue may be related to the one raised in the previous section, since that article on an episode of the Sopranos has a ridiculously long-looking, to me anyway, "Guest stars" list - though I don't watch that show, so I have no idea, maybe they were all billed as guest stars.)
Regarding The Sopranos (episode), it is the style of The Sopranos to feature the names of the "regulars" during the opening sequence – which is the same, every episode, except for the removal of The Twin Towers after the destruction of 9/11 – and list everyone else who appeared in that particular episode during the closing sequence.
Postscript: Can you explain to me what you meant by a (possible edit request) please? Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 09:45, 26 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Gareth,
Thanks for your reply.
By "possible edit request" I was referring to where I asked if it might be possible to change the template to say "Guest actors" instead of "Guest stars" (or possibly, if people hated that idea for some reason, to add another line/parameter called something like "Also featuring" (or, I suppose, "guest actors"), for non-"star"ring actors (though there will probably be people who hate any change to any given template, I suppose, *sigh*).
Especially considering what you wrote about the way they do it on The Sopranos, it sounds to me like the former solution would be a lot simpler and easier.
[[(cur|prev) 11:23, March 29, 2012 Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk | contribs) m . . (3,108 bytes) (+1) . . (Subst: “stars” → “actors” More accurate title (see The Sopranos (episode) discussion page.)]]
on the Template for television series episodes... waiting for the proverbial to hit the fan...
Your *sigh* (above) speaks volumes! It made me laugh. All the best, Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 11:44, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Gareth!
Thanks very much for making that edit! I was too cowardly to do it myself.
Hopefully it won't cause any uproars :)
Kind regards,
-- TyrS chatties 12:56, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I have agreed with your edit of today, and I have shown my support by following your revision today, with a 'token' edit, in order to leave an edit summary comment to that effect. However, I do not understand your comment. Which decision? Please clarify.
-- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 10:44, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
Please mine friende, comma reeplay in mine takka pagge instedde! Visitors are alwooeys wellcommy. :D
Talkback|Maurice Carbonaro|User_talk:Maurice_Carbonaro#The_Sopranos|ts = 08:37, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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(cur | prev) 10:33, May 30, 2012 Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk | contribs) . . (109,031 bytes) (+2) . . (→Depiction of stereotypes: I can see no problem with retaining this dablink added by the previous editor) (undo)
(cur | prev) 10:17, May 30, 2012 Maurice Carbonaro (talk | contribs) m . . (109,029 bytes) (+4) . . (→Depiction of stereotypes: Hyperlinked "(...) Italian Americans (...)". Please feel free to undo this change... motivating... if possible, your decision. Thanks.) (undo)
(cur | prev) 04:00, May 30, 2012 RepublicanJacobite (talk | contribs) . . (109,025 bytes) (+171) . . (Various fixes in infobox.) (undo)
Ecco! ... sua "decisione" ... puoi constatare! Cosa dici mai?
How can I report vandalism to an administrator, such as yourself?
For example, yesterday afternoon, one of the sites I watch, Spit (landform), was vandalised by 68.191.254.214 (talk). After "un-doing" his edits, I clicked onto his talk page. May I suggest that you do the same? It makes interesting reading. Why are un-registered, anonymous editors allowed to operate? It makes no sense to me. Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 10:13, 23 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Good afternoon Mr. Griffith-Jones,
The matter of whether or not anonymous editing should be allowed or forbidden is actually a topic that has been discussed since the creation of Wikipedia itself. General consensus is that anonymous editing should be allowed, since creating an account has few restrictions on its own, making it only a minor speedbump if one wishes to vandalize. Equally several studies have found that, while 80% of the total vandalism is done from IP's, 80% of the edits from IP's are quality edits. At the same time editors tend to be more likely to become involved with the project if they can do a few minor changes (Such as fixing a typo) without having to register an account first.
As for reporting vandalism, we have WP:AIAV for that. One can report vandalism from accounts on this noticeboard once they pass the threshold for a block (Meaning that they have at least been warned a few times). The IP itself is - quite annoyingly at times - a dynamic ip. This means that the IP address is dynamically assigned to a different user every session. As of such the user editing from the IP might be a different user every day, which is one of the reasons why it may be switching between good and bad edits at times.
As for the red link, this is due to the link being incorrect (Or rather, the link is correct, but it doesn't link to the talk page). User talk pages are linked by adding User_Talk: before the name. For example [[user Talk:Excirial]] links to my talk page, and [[user:Excirial]] links to my user page (I added NoWiki tags around them to show them - otherwise they would have turned into actual links). The part before the : is actually a so called zone which allows for grouping similar pages together, so that all user pages, talk pages and templates have their own location where they can be easily found.
It certainly does help, and thank you very much for your prompt and detailed reply.
With regard to the latter part, can you direct me to where I can learn more about the use of the various symbols and unusual keys that have a specific use on Wikipedia, please? For example, I have just noticed how you increased the left margin with a single : ...so I try two, and it works!
There are several pages that may be handy in that regard. First and foremost there is the WP:CHEATSHEET which lists and displays the effects of the most commonly used commands, and is therefor handy as a quick reference. A more complete version of the cheat sheet can be found at Help:Wiki markup, which lists virtually all options there are, but is, therefor, a lot longer and therefor more suitable if one needs a rather specific feature. Another page which you might find helpful, is WP:HELP. This page categorically lists all the help pages and is therefor quite convenient if one is looking for some specific help.
With sufficient time the help pages make a good read as well, but due to the sheer amount of pages it contains it may seem to be to much to handle. In that case it is always remember to remind one specific policy while editing - WP:BOLD. This policy can be summed up as "Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold", but "Be not too bold.". Any change made can be undone, so there is no real harm in making mistakes while editing. Of course there is a certain limit called common sense, as randomly deleting the content of multiple pages is generally a bad idea. And as always, if an editor leaves a comment on your talk page that is unclear, feel free to ask them, me, or the WP:HELPDESK.
Once again, a sincere "thank you" for your interest and considerable assistance. I am learning so much with your guidance...not bad for someone who will be 70 next Spring...and I am impatient to read more and more.
One small thing, can one edit an existing "_TOC_"?
Indeed, i have to admit i was rather impressed when i saw your age listed on your userpage. Most people your age (Not trying to generalize here!) have a rather hard time learning computer basics, so it is indeed pretty impressive that you handle the (quite complex) wiki syntax so well. New, as for the question - a TOC (Table of Content) is automatically generated on the basis of the headings on a page. As as example: I currently have an 11 header TOC on my user talk page, as there are 11 level 2 sections (Section with two == on each side) such as this discussion on my page.
If i were to add additional headers it would automatically create another section in the TOC. Equally if one were to use level 3 or level 4 headers (Denotes respectively as === and ==== in the headers), one would have sub headers under the main header in the TOC. For example, the Google article has 6 level two headers, and 15 level three headers which generates the multi-layered TOC. If one wishes to edit the TOC one only has to change the headers on a page. Title changes and header levels are immediately altered when saving a page. Some more detailed help on TOC's, as well as advanced commands (Such as hiding or forcing a TOC to show), can be found at WP:TOC.
I loved your last "Quote of the moment" and the today's is a great one too.
Once again, thank you for the explanation. I thought it better not to indent this communication, but rather to start afresh.
I read, with great interest, your reply to IsoMorpheus(Talk) yesterday, because I had been wondering about the subject of moving WITHIN an article... (NOT the whole article elsewhere, or move over a part of another article ... but say, hypothetically, the fourth section to become the sixth.)
Returning to my original subject, as I understand it, an editor who has not registered, or an editor who has not logged in, will be allocated, automatically, a numerical IP address which, being dynamic, will be different every time. If this is correct when, if ever, will the offender read a posted warning?
The above reply to IsoMorpheus was mostly related to copyright, and the process of moving an entire page to a new location. If a section is moved from within an article itself by copying and pasting the data this is (thankfully) registered in the history of the article itself, so the "Move" procedure is not needed for this type of change. The move procedure only applies for moving entire article's to a new article name. Moving sections just requires editing the entire article with the edit button on top of the page, and then copying and pasting the section to its new location.
As for the IP address, this might be a little bit more difficult to explain, as it is more related to the infrastructure of the Internet itself. Once you sign up for internet access, your Internet service provider (ISP) will assign you an IP address that allows other machines to identify who is asking for data or websites to be returned. Compare it with the good old paper mail - without an address on the envelope the mailman will not know where to deliver the letter. The same sort of scheme is used on the internet itself, to determine where packages of data have to be delivered.
There is one difference though - In the mail example we assume that the user is always living at the same address which is almost always correct. In internet terms, this would be a static IP address (One address is virtually always the same user). At the same time an ISP might be doing things differently - suppose they have 2000 IP's hand out; In the static example they can only have up to 2000 customers since every IP has its own "Owner". As you might imagine this is somewhat limiting - not everyone is online at the same time, which means that the IP's (Houses) may be unused at times, which is a waste. Instead the ISP may decide to assign IP's dynamically, which means that an ISP may give a random IP every time a person asks. Compare it to vacation - if you rent a bungalow you are assigned one that is free, and that may not be the same one you were in last time. The duration of this lease may vary - some ISP's will give a new IP for every connection, other rotate at timed intervals such as once a day. There is one last allocation scheme that may be interesting - at times ISP's may just have one outbound address trough which every single user connects (And the ISP tracks within their network who is who). Compare it to a mailbox where the mailman dumps all his mail, and the users sort their mail and deliver it within the building itself.
Now, as for the question. If a user has a static IP he will always see the messages since they will almost permanently own the IP. If a user has a dynamic IP he will also almost always see the messages, provided that they are send while their session lasts. If the user leaves right after the first edit, or if the message is late it might happen that the user who sees the message is, in fact, not the person that was the subject of the message. This is a lot of fun with the "Postal Box" example since there may be a ton of editors on that address at the same time. As for preventing bad edits - Static IP's are easily blocked, and dynamic IP's that reset at regular intervals can also be blocked easily (The offender has to wait, for example, a day before retrying). If this really get bad due to users hopping on the various IP adresses by resetting their session, we can block an entire range (ISP's generally own ranges, also called blocks, with subsequent IP numbers in them). In that case account creation and anonymous editing is blocked, while logged in edits can edit normally. Such a blanket option is of course somewhat of a last resort, as it may block up to 65536 IP's and thus possibly as many users.
I have made a blunder this evening. I replied to your last missif (above) and posted it (I thought) at 18:59 hrs GMT. I have just returned to my office after dinner, to check my watchlist, and discovered that I had been on my User talk page, and not on yours. Should I re-post on your page?... Can I move it to you using the method you use?... >Sync. Would you be able to move it to your page from mine?
Thanks to your detailed explanation, now I can understand. It seems a shame to me that Wikipedia allow a visitor, who presumably does not wish to be accountable, to have access to the content of many Wikipedia pages, if he/she is able to alter, delete, defile, etcetera, at will. An enormous amount of work must be created daily just combating these actions when they are either malicious, ignorant, stupid, or childish. I do understand that the majority of edits are well-intentioned, and that the casual visitor could be put off, if forced to register.
Just copying and pasting with the mouse... I had not thought it could have been so simple. I have been adding content to my user page, and then practising what I am learning. It shouldn't matter then, should I foul-up. If you have the time and the inclination, please visit!
I just found the section on your talk page and moved it over here. What i do with these section is little more then just copying and pasting the entire conversation back and forth between talk pages to keep then "Synchronized" (With the edit summary being short for that word). Note that this is simply my preferred way of handling conversations on a talk page - other editors prefer replying to another talk page, or leaving a message that requests that the sender of the message visits their talk page for a response. Personally i just prefer readable talk archives where one doesn't have fragmented and cryptic conversations with only replies stored.
As for the edits, perhaps some interesting statistics - The English Wikipedia received, on average, about 220 or so edit every minute (3.5 or so a second), of which on average 10 a minute are vandalism (About 1 every 6 seconds), though numbers can peak at 300 edits and more a minute and 20 or so vandalism attempts a minute. A lot of these edits are IP users making a harmless correcting such as correcting a type, rephrasing a line or similar. Not every edit is the same quality, but most are well intended.
As you might imagine, that are a whole lot of things that need to be checked, and luckily there is quite some infrastructure in place to do so. There are - among others - some automated bots that revert vandalism (Catching up to 50-60% of all bad edits), there are special filters that block common vandalism, and there are some editors such as myself working with specialized tools to clean up the remainder. These tools are thankfully so effective that 2 or so editors can handle the average workload the English Wikipedia generates (Quite often the response time averages to around 2 minutes, and sometimes it is less then a minute). Even so there is still quite some room for improvement in the manual tools, which means that there should still be quite a bit of stretch in the amount of edits that can be handled. Some vandalism naturally passes trough regardless, as it is either difficult to detect or missed by the patrols and automated programs. In that case we have to rely on people watchlisting article's, or people working on them to filter the last scraps out.
As for editing, i will - provided that i have the time - see if i can offer some advice regarding your edits. Of course, if you have any questions regarding editing (Whether a concrete question or simply on a "Is it possible to..") don't hesitate to ask! Excirial (Contact me,Contribs) 22:45, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Good afternoon Excirial,
I understand now how you can deal with the enormous amount of work. Nevertheless, you are clearly highly adept with the system available, and also seem to have tremendous patience dealing with me and whoever else comes on your talk page. I do appreciate the trouble you have taken with my questions, and "Yes", I much prefer the continuity of conversation as a result of the Sync. method.
Our original contact followed my reading your edit timed at 20:21 hrs. GMT, on November 22, 2011, on a page on my Watchlist, Stieg Larsson (he is the deceased Swedish author of the books known as "The Millenium Trilogy".
Your edit summary reads: (Reverted edits by...to last revision by Gareth Griffith-Jones(HG)).
Now I understand that you probably have no interest in Larsson or his novels.
Just to say that my last comment about Stieg Larsson above, on second reading this morning, could sound a little obnoxious. I apologise for that, and hope you read it as it was intended, that is as a general remark about whatever it is you happen to be reverting/undoing at the time. As for this specific reversion, one date for the Period had been altered from 2004 to 2029... he died in 2004. Clearly, vandalism, but what if the alteration had been conceivable?
No offense taken whatsoever - seeing the conversation we had till that point it would have been quite odd if the remark was meant in the "obnoxious" sense of the wording, as you would call it. As for the revert in question, you just managed to hit one of the most annoying types of vandalism to deal with - minor changes that could be logical. Quite often changes are made that change a birth date by one year (Or similar numbers), and god knows if that is actually correct or vandalism. In those cases we tend to rely on the reliable sources in the article, which is why sourcing is so difficult. Once a reliable source is added that information is more or less "Set in stone" until an editor supplies another reliable source that challenges the information added. In other words, if there would be a source in the article that states a certain year that information would be considered leading. Even so, this type of vandalism might be missed at times since it is much less obvious then the word "Poop" in an article about nuclear power. In those cases it more or less depends on the people watching a specific article to correct it. Excirial (Contact me,Contribs) 19:37, 30 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Good to know you are back
Hello Excirial,
Good to know you are back. Hope all is well with you. Kind regards, Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 15:39, 30 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
All is entirely fine, just another one of those enjoyable busy periods which leave very little time to do any wiki-work at all. They happen at times and cause me to edit very sporadically or even to disappear for some time. It is very pleasant to see that you are still around, and based on the contribution history i can see quite a bit of good work being done. Always a pleasure to see another editor who not only decides to edit for a while, but decides to stay around longer as well. :) Excirial (Contact me,Contribs) 20:18, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Good evening Excirial,
An enthusiastic, well-intentioned, young user has taken it upon himself to set in place the automatic archiving of my talk page. I know you have it here, run by a bot. He set it for 10 days (!) ... all without asking me, would you believe? (But he did inform me after the event.) Fortunately, I got to the formatting before bot, and altered it to 91 days. Then, in spite of advising him of this, he sneaked back to alter it again to ... "activate the bot" ... so now I have copy in an archive which I would prefer to be restored. Is there a way of doing this automatically? Best wishes, Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 18:03, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Good afternoon Mr. Griffith-Jones
I must admit i had a good laugh over that Bold action by the other editor as it is clearly well intended but not the most convenient thing to do without some form notice. Thankfully our good friend Cluebot works just like a regular editor, so i reverted its edits which restored the sections it removed. Afterwards i deleted the User talk:Gareth Griffith-Jones/Archive 2012 page it created to store the content, to prevent any form of duplicates.
it might be wise to set up some (Manual or otherwise) form of archival though. Right now the talk page is 300Kb in size, which makes loading it slowed. If my own talk page remained in one piece it would result in a 2Mb download every time it is opened, which is of course rather heavy (Especially if an editor works trough a mobile device, or is in a part of the world without broadband access). Excirial (Contact me,Contribs) 18:18, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Good evening Excirial,
Thank you for seeing to that so promptly ... hadn't realised a simple "undo" would have served ... but then I would have missed the part about deleting the archive. My young friend was only being helpful, I know, and as he watches my talk page noticed your actions and immediately removed the archive set-up formatting. I hope he is not too offended, because he is a most obliging person, and has been keen to help in many ways.
Your comments on its size (and his, tonight) are duly noted, and will be acted on. I think a manual archiving method would be more to my requirements, but in the meantime I am ruthlessly "shredding" several sections and other content to reduce the number of bytes – was 323,009 when you looked at it, will soon have it well under 300,000.
Since we started conversing last November, I have followed your pattern of keeping the conversation all together. With a few exceptions, when we both stick to the user page that has the first posting and 'watch' each other – I find most users only post/reply on the other user's page. I have therefore adopted your preferred method, but by using the copy 'n' paste procedure.
My question is regarding the Sinc system that you employ: is it special software? or is it available when I click on [Tools→Sync now] up on the menu toolbar? I am afraid to try. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 17:51, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Good afternoon Griffith-Jones,
The copy and paste system is indeed the most convenient system (for me), since it keeps the flow of conversation quite visible and understandable, while also giving archiving a talk page an actual purpose (After all, what use is there to reading 10 answers posted a month ago without knowing what the question was?).
The "Sync" system i use is all manual work though. i tend to write the reply on my own talk page and then copy that entire section over to the other users talk page, replacing any old copyover (Provided that won't overwrite anything i don't have in my copy). The consistent use of "Sync" is mostly born out of laziness on my side (Similar to using the summary "> R" when i reply to a section). Before the text i wrote would be "Synchronizing section with other user user talk page", but over time that simply got shortened to "Sync", as it is much faster to write. Excirial (Contact me,Contribs) 18:25, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Application to use Huggle
Good evening Excirial,
I have made a request to have permission to use Huggle. If, in your opinion it should be granted, I wondered if you would be kind enough to take a look at my application here, and, if you agree, make an appropriate comment.
POSTSCRIPT: Good evening Excirial, No need to trouble you. I was granted the permission earlier today. Now to study Wikipedia:Huggle and Rollback – any tips from you on either or both would be appreciated. With best wishes, -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 22:51, 6 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Good afternoon Mr. Griffith-Jones,
First of, congratulations! I have spend the weekend away so i haven't been able to reply (Which might have been for the better though, as some might have raised the canvassing red flag over it). As fr using Huggle and Rollback, they are fairly simple to use. Rollback works similar to twinkle´s version of rollback, be it that it is faster since twinkle needs to emulate the functionality. Other then that there is not much to say about rollback as it is mostly a 1 link feature in the article history.
As for huggle there is more to say. The first advice i would have is being careful - Huggle is capable of being extremely fast - so fast that it can more or less outmatch an editors checking speed. There has been more then one editor who tried to go as fast as Huggle could and ended up against a roadblock because they started to make to many mistakes during their attempt to counter vandalism (I can point to myself three years ago for an example). Personally i keep in mind that it is better to miss one instance of vandalism then to scare a new editor away with a barrage of unfriendly talk page warnings.
Ok, cautionings aside - using Huggle. One of the major advantages of huggle, besides from its speed, is that it can be controlled almost completely by the keyboard. Using the keyboard is not only faster (No need to follow the mouse cursor), but its also easier on the eyes since one doesn't have to look around all the time. I can therefor highly advice reading the shortcuts as they are very convenient. Personally i tend to control Q (Revert and warn), R (Revert) and Space (Next edit) with the left hand, and the brackets ([] - previous edit / next edit) with the right hand. About 95%+ of the activity resolves around these keys. Vandal reporting generates a click-able popup, but can be set to entirely automatic if so desired. Excirial (Contact me,Contribs) 17:41, 7 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The Girl with the dragon tattoo
Further to my reverting your edit earlier today...
... please see this extract of the family tree in the novel:
Family Tree (part of)
Birger (Henrik's grandfather)
Johan (Henrik's Uncle) Fredrik = Ulrika (Henrik's parents)
b.1884 b.1886
Sofia Marit Ingrid Richard Harald Gregor Gustav Henrik Vanger
b.1907 b.1911 b.1912 b.1918 b.1920
Gottfried = Isabella Keonig
b.1927 b.1928
* Their two children: Martin b.1948 and Harriet b.1950
I hope this has cleared up your (very common) misunderstanding. (Henrik does often refer to Harriet as his "niece")
Thanks for putting me right on this one
Actually, I was only putting into acceptable format, the edit which someone else... Jmaxmiller11... had just posted...you should read it..! Jmaxmiller11
Thank you for inserting another photograph onto the above.
I should be grateful for help on how to carry out this action. I've got as far as registering with Geograph and choosing an appropriate photo, but, then I'm stuck.
Hello Gareth Griffith-Jones. Your User page makes fascinating reading, I must say. You are obviously interested in Geneaology, which is probably true for many contributors here, including myself, although I think Wikipedia itself is really interested only in the genealogy of famous people!
It used to be quite a laborious process to use geograph images jere - creating a geograph account, taking a photo, uploading it to geograph, creating a Commons Account, uploading it onto Commons refering to geograph, uploading it to Wiki from Commns with a correct and then finally adding to a Wikiopedia Article, with a correct caption. It's much easier now, since most geograph images have been loaded directly into Wikipedia. Simply search Commons (you can get there from the Main Page quite easily - here's an example [1]) and add what you consider the most suitable image to the article.
When I started on here I found User:Dr Greg very helpful with advice on loading images. If he is still around I am sure he would be happy to help you if you have any technical questions. If you are thinking of creating and adding many images it is very worthwhule creating your own Commons account. I do hope that is of some help. Do let me know anyway. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:52, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Martin Evans,
Thank you for responding so promptly, and "Yes", you have been most helpful. I appreciate it very much. Do you have a particular interest in that part of South Wales? I see from your User page that you are Welsh too. Your current page is a lot of fun. I enjoyed reading it.
(Continued) PLEASE HELP 'AN OLD DAB' WITH A DAB LINK
I have visited User:Dr Greg and I have registered with 'Commons'. I wonder if you could help me with formatting a 'dab' link on the Castleton article. I keep on trying and just can't get it to turn blue.
I've barged in (excuse me, Martin) and corrected it - it needed simplifying, that's all. If you hover your cursor over the link in Bridges in Wales, the correct article title is revealed. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 23:43, 3 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
No problem. I'm sure your contributions are very welcome. But don't be surprised if another editor comes along and trims the images away, as they are probably not supported by WP:MOS. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:34, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, quite probably - there are a lot of images in what is actually quite a short article. But I think sometimes, it's worth bending the 'rules' in order to be helpful and show someone how to do something... PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 19:47, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I quite agree. The images are not "wrong" as such. If someone feels strongly enough, then I'm sure they will be removed. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:53, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, again, Martin Evans,
Thank you for the above advice, including leading me to WP:MOS, and for your involvement in helping a new boy. Whatever the outcome, I enjoyed the exercise of adding the three photographs.
PaleCloudedWhite has been great and I am now starting to get to grips with Wiki markup.
You are very welcome. You are obviously quick to learn and very enthusiastic! Martinevans123 (talk) 20:59, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I see that you have picked up on my return to my early roots. Like what you have done very much. Also you notice that I am receiving encouragement from other quarters. All help is sincerely appreciated. Best wishes, Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 19:44, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
No worries. I think it's a slightly awkward article to format yet as there are more images than text. But hopefully that may eventually change. A church of that vintage, and a very large one for that denomination, should certainly have quite a history to tell, I would have thought. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:56, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I expect that you have read my conversation on my talk page with FruitMonkey on Castleton... you know that you have been awarded "the freedom of my Discussion page"... so should we need to co-ordinate, it might be better to continue here. Do you agree?
By all means. If you want to copy over anything from here, please do so. I must admit that I had not read your exchange with FM, but I now will do! Martinevans123 (talk) 21:42, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Help, please!
A404 editing...
I am still a new boy, and much appreciate any help.
Thank you for correcting my stupid ,careless mistake. Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 12:13, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You're welcome. Those of us who have been here for years still make stupid careless mistakes. :-( David Biddulph (talk) 12:16, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Fixed. You forgot to add the url parameter.--GoPTCN 19:09, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
... and I've added title and publisher parameters. - David Biddulph (talk) 19:18, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
<ref name=Spagat /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2118275/Kony-2012-video-director-Jason-Russell-suffering-reactive-psychosis.html |title=Wife of Kony video director filmed running naked through streets says he was suffering from 'reactive psychosis' due to stress and exhaustion|publisher=Daily Mail|date=April 8, 2012 |accessdate=April 8, 2012}}</ref>
Hello David, Once again you have come to my rescue with amazing speed. Thank you very much. Kind regards, Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 19:34, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Good evening GreatOrangePumkin, Thank you very much for your amazingly fast response to my citing problem earlier this evening. I would have replied earlier, but initially had mistakenly read your posting together with your (very attractive) signature as the first part of David's reply to me. He had not left a line break. It was only on going back to it just now that I realised my misunderstanding. With kind regards, Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 23:28, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus) is the most common species of three-toed sloth. It is found in the forests of South and Central America. Males and females are both about 42–80 cm (17–31 in) in total body length and weigh 2.25–6.3 kg (5–14 lb).Photo: Christian Mehlführer
A question for you.
What is the purpose of – i.e. { { n dash } } ?
Why not just type - ?
Kindest regards, Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 11:49, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I happened to see this question: see Dash for considerable explanation. Nadiatalent (talk) 17:08, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Nadia (again!) - a better answer than I would have given, and actually quite educational for myself, too - I'm sure that in my editing, I'm inserting inappropriately-lengthed dashes all over the place! (probably a couple in that last sentence...) PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 18:27, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
... and thank you from me, Nadiatalent. Your reply has led me on and on, to learn more and more!
Hi Gareth, thank you for your thanks! I haven't read all of the Dash page myself, but it looks as if many hours of amusement could be had perusing it and either putting some of its recommendations into effect or disputing them. Best wishes, Nadiatalent (talk) 22:57, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
P.S. What a lovely sloth. A wonderful genus name too, Bradypus, which I'd guess must mean "slow footed". Nadiatalent (talk) 22:58, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I would be interested to know what it is, that you don't like about my naming "the lead", Prologue? Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 13:46, 19 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You'd be the first person doing it? I prefer consistency and I'm guessing the consensus is the same. Have a look at any other article. By the way, if you name the lead section "Prologue", it no longer becomes the lead but just another section. In fact, the lead section disappears and the article begins with the contents. Rather ugly in my opinion, and others' too it seems, which is why it's not done. Ever. Also, it's not a story or novel for it to have a "prologue" or "epilogue" or whatever; it's an article. Feudonym (talk) 14:00, 19 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your prompt reply. I understand perfectly. Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 14:04, 19 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You're welcome. Sorry if I sounded a bit abrupt. Feudonym (talk) 02:23, 23 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Not at all. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! All the best from the UK for 2012 from,
Neat Talk Page, Gareth! All the best for the New Year. Martinevans123 (talk) 17:24, 26 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
WikiProject Wales
Never too late. Welcome aboard. FruitMonkey (talk) 22:38, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hello FruitMonkey, Thank you for your welcome. Let's hope we can inspire more enthusiasm for this project! All the best, Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 09:14, 19 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hello again, I have only just noticed that you had added some details to my entry. Thank you for that. Kindest wishes, Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 12:58, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
That's what we are here for. Have you created any articles yet Mr. Griffith-Jones, or are you still at the point of ammending and improving? FruitMonkey (talk) 15:43, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
When I first read it (above) I had the sensation that I was back at school... you sounded a little like one of my schoolmasters! Seriously, YES, you are right in your gentle criticism, because apart from my initial effort in enlarging the Castleton, Newport article back in November/December, you are correct... "improving and ammending" that is all that I have been busy doing.
Unless you already have, you will understand my connection with Castleton, if you were to read the "Lead" here.
No criticism levied Mr Griffiths-Jones, some of the best work is all about amending and improving (though you hit the nail on the head, I am a school teacher). I was just wondering if it there was an article that doesn't exist that you think should, and if you needed any help in creating from new. I've created quite a few new articles and would be happy to help if it was something you would like to have a 'bash' at. Keep it in mind. Cheers FruitMonkey (talk) 18:18, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
That would be great. I will take you up on that offer. Now to think of a candidate/subject to be my own first article on Wikipedia. Oh, please address me, "Gareth"
Hello! I am so delighted with your improvements to this article... they are excellent... makes me feel proud. Did you get a chance to read my page? With best wishes, Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 19:36, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Sounds great. Yes, I have checked out your page, which then spurred me to the Castleton article (Where my ham-fisted additions were then quickly improved by Martinevans). My sources state a few interesting facts about Castleton, 1) Its Baptist Chapel "is an exercise in neo-Romanesque polychromy" 2) the adjoining Wesleyan chapel is "almost as florid" 3) In the great flood of 1607, Jane Morgan of Gelli-ber farmhouse was drowned. The chapel alone should be able to fill a nice healthy paragraph if not its own article. I think we can make this a far meatier article. FruitMonkey (talk) 19:47, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
It was through editing Castleton and seeking advice that I approached Ghmyrtle last November. His name appeared on the revision history, and he pointed me in the direction of Martin Evans, whom I had also noticed there. Martin has been a constant inspirer since then.
Sh'w mae Gareth, I created the Cymru button with the template name {{User:Daicaregos/CymruButton}}. It should work if you cut 'n paste. Cheers, Daicaregos (talk) 12:47, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Dim problem. I added your page to my watchlist when you joined WikiProject Wales. Your edit summary earlier (Added Wales flag and rugby union supporter) made me look at your Userpage and I noticed the red-linked template. Glad it's sorted. It's always good to see Y Ddraig Goch flying. Daicaregos (talk) 13:27, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Let's assume that you're looking at your watchlist. Find an edit which shows an edit summary of the type you are thinking of. Go to the left-hand end of that line, where there are two links "diff" and "hist". Right-click on the "diff" one, and from the menu which appears, select "Copy link location". Come back here, open the edit window, and at the bottom, right-click and select "Paste". Sign it, and save.
Great service from both of you – it never ceases to impress me how helpful you "seniors" are to "the new boy". The editor who welcomed me – RepublicanJacobite – inspired me constantly and I used him as a role model until Christmas – thank you, Redrose – and thank you, Vadmium. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk)
Edit conflict
Hello Redrose,
You were most helpful last night with regard to my question. I am sorry that I failed to pass an example over in time, but my typing was lost due to our conflicting editing, and by the time I re-did it you had probably retired to your bed.
This happened to me once before and each time I panicked and lost the lot. This time a bit appeared. (see Edit summary "Ooops, how did that get there?" by Vadmium)
I was instructed to "merge", but the Help page did not help me learn what I should do.
Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 6:21 pm, Thursday, 26 January 2012 (UTC+0)
The main information page is Help:Edit conflict. If you do get an edit conflict, you will see two edit windows; the upper one contains what the page has become since you started editing (but contains none of your edit), the lower one is the edit window that you have been typing into. The intention is that you compare one with the other, adjust the top one to match the bottom one, and then save. This can be difficult, especially since if you had chosen to edit one section, the top one will still contains the entire page whereas the bottom one will contain only the one section that you were editing. I normally find that it's usually easiest to:
ignore the top one and go to the bottom one
mark the text that you entered since you began that edit and copy that to clipboard
use the "back" button on your browser to return to the page as it was before you began editing
edit the same section again, paste in the text from your clipboard
preview and save.
--Redrose64 (talk) 6:58 pm, Thursday, 26 January 2012, (UTC+0)
That is really clear and most helpful, especially the part about the two windows.
I shall copy this to my own page for ease of reference. All the best, Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk)
7:33 pm, Thursday, 26 January 2012, (UTC+0)
Creating that link
Hello Vadmium,
Thank you for your considerable help last night. Your "Oops, how did that get there?" edit summary was referring to a problem that I had earlier when I hit an "edit conflict" and did not understand how I was supposed to "merge". I have not found the answer on the Help page.
I wondered if you had any advice.
I was very impressed with how you were able to link me directly to my example edit page within The Sopranos revision history and I wanted to know the meaning of [{{fullurl:The... (obviously the rest makes complete sense.)
My “oops” thing was entirely my fault; no conflict with anyone else. As I was writing my second response, I opened The Sopranos in a new tab, and I must have selected the URL and pasted it with the middle mouse button without realising (too easy to do with a Linux computer).
A real edit conflict is when you take one version of a page and change it, but in the meantime someone else has also changed it. It’s rather annoying, but you have to review what the other change is, and redo your changes on top of it if they are still relevant. Main point that I can remember when I last got an edit conflict is that there are actually two edit boxes presented and your changes are still in one of them, so it might be a good idea to copy them somewhere safe. Sometimes if you use the section editing instead of editing the whole page I think you can avoid conflicts with edits to different sections.
The Help:fullurl page might be useful to you, but it’s a bit technical. Basically you write the name of a wiki page and it generates the rest of the URL or address including en.wikipedia.org or whatever. I only used it because I probably know more than is healthy to know about the Media Wiki software that is used on Wikipedia :). For most people it’s probably simpler to just load up the special page that shows the diff or whatever, copy the URL, and then paste it directly into the conversation, which pretty much has the same effect. Vadmium (talk, contribs) 01:13, 27 January 2012 (UTC).[reply]
Once again, I am indebted to you. You explain matters so clearly and make what would seem to me initially as incomprehensible, perfectly understandable. I am enjoying learning so much about "computing" since I started on Wikipedia last autumn. I find it therapeutic for "the old brain"... shall be hitting 70 in April.
I have just noticed your comment, and have edited the relevant sentence. What do you think?
Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 11:28, 28 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. That is a big improvement. I was misreading "the word to be used" as one phrase and quite missing the point of the sentence. I made a further tweak as I still found it easy to fall into that mistake. Wanderer57 (talk) 20:02, 31 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I have seen your tweak and agree that it is now perfectly understandable.
It was a mess before your observation. Glad to be of help. Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 21:40, 31 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Below is a section that I have copied from my user page.
I have "cheated" a little, in that I have taken the photograph from the Wikipedia Land Rover Series article, but, apart from the fact that mine has the old-style (grey metal symbols on black metal) numberplates, and does not have those rather modern-looking overtaking mirrors on the doors, one would swear that it is an image of mine.
After making the two MGB userboxes for me earlier this month, you very kindly offered to help me again. I would be thrilled if you were to make one indicating that same message as shown on the MGB GT.
Obviously, I imagine you may wish to use a different image, should you know of a more suitable one.
Image:1963.landrover.s2a.arp.jpg
My 1961Land Rover Series IIA 2.25 litre 4 cylinders OHV petrol engine Short wheel-base (88") Purchased in 1990. Shown here with its pickup type removable cab. Also own the original removable "full tilt" top with sliding side-windows, in the original colour, antelope.
I look forward to hearing from you. With kindest regards, Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 15:56, 29 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Perfect! Thank you very much. I had not thought that you would have done it today, and, what's more, three hours ago. I am very pleased. With best wishes,
I have removed the general help request from the User talk:Accusativen hos Olsson. To reach another editor, simply post a comment on their talk page. The {{helpme}} template flags the entire community to your question. If you need help or assistance, please feel free to contact me directly. Best regards, Cind.amuse (Cindy) 10:47, 30 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your advice... I am still learning... and need all the help that is offered to me. I shall leave the user a message now.
You are up late... it's three o' clock in the morning where you are. Eleven o'clock here.
Yes, I have the world's worst sleeping disorder, so nothing is normal about me. LOL That said, I think I'm heading to bed. Seriously though, don't hesitate to contact me anytime. Best regards, Cind.amuse (Cindy) 11:19, 30 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hope you do sleep. Thank you for the offer.
I just wondered about how you composed this section heading:- What does "tl(pipe)" mean?
Kindest wishes, Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 12:00, 30 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I'm up again. Couldn't sleep. The "tl" stands for "template". Templates are presented between brackets. If we don't place the "tl" separated by a pipe, then the template will actually show up in its entirety, rather than simply showing up as a link. It's a basic cheat code. At least that's what I call it. A "cheat code". Best regards, Cind.amuse (Cindy) 12:52, 30 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You really are Sleepless in Seatle. Thank you again for the explanation, and I hope your computer lets you rest! I know what you mean regarding the difficulty in resisting the urge to carry out just one more task... All the best, Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 17:42, 30 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Just two small queries about the "Talkback" templates:
What is the difference between "tb" and "talkback"... when should one use one, and when the other?
In spite of adding a pipe, and the title of the section to which I am referring (I even copied and pasted your Section heading above) my command leads to the top of my talk page and not to the actual section. Why is that? I have received talkback messages that have led me directly to the appropriate section. Why doesn't adding |#37 work? With best wishes, Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 09:00, 3 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hey there! Okay, as far as your questions, there is no difference between "tb" and "talkback". Feel free to use either. You may also consider using Twinkle, which provides a helpful linking interface for applying the talkback msg to talk pages. In order to link to the appropriate section, you have to use the name in the section header, rather than the "number" of the section, since the numbering may change with subsequent edits. Sorry it took a while to get back to you. Haven't been feeling too well these past few days. Hope all is well in your corner of the world! Best regards, Cind.amuse (Cindy) 16:33, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your reply. I am sorry to hear that you haven't been well. I trust that you are feeling better now. For my part, all is splendid. We have just (first week of February) had our first snow this winter, and Wales beat Ireland in Dublin, and then Scotland, in our first two matches in this year's Six Nations (European Rugby Union Championship) England next at Twickenham.
Regarding Twinkle, I looked at the article page. My computer's operating system is Microsoft Windows XP version 2002. Is it compatible, I wonder? With kindest wishes, Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 13:07, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I use the same, XP02, so it will be fine. Once you start using it though, life will never be the same! LOL. Very user friendly. Best regards, Cind.amuse (Cindy) 13:22, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia:Twinkle and Teahouse
Hello again!
I trust you are well. Since our last communication I have on several occasions attempted to follow your advice and activate Twinkle, but to no avail. It has now dawned on me that it won't work because I have Internet Explorer 8. I suppose that apart from buying a new computer – which I can't afford (mine's aged 12 years, but I have upgraded to XP02) – there is nothing I can do about it.
Hi! Is there a reason that you are unable to download and use Firefox? I also have Internet Explorer on my computer, but I opt to use Firefox and it works quite a bit better for me. Hope you are well! Best regards, Cindy(talk to me) 15:44, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You are a star. I have successfully down-loaded Mozilla Firefox, and not only do I have Twinkle, I have a PC that I don't recognise. It is so fast. See my tonight's posting on Teahouse... it is all thanks to you, Cindy. With best wishes, Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 01:49, 25 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Postscript: I have just noticed that you have changed the style of your signature. I liked the previous one. Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 01:49, 25 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Section retitled Cwm Rhondda
Bread of heaven
I enjoyed your collection of flags at the top of this page.
I know (the English version of) the hymn that includes the line "bread of heaven". In fact, it is right up at the top of my favorites. But please tell me what is the specific connection between Welsh rugby and "bread of heaven".
Cwm Rhondda is a very well known Welsh hymn tune. First performed in 1907. Cwm Rhondda translates as "the Rondda Valley" in English, and more often than not, sung to the words: Guide me, O thou great Redeemer. Wales rugby union supporters adopted it years ago, although the reason is not understood, apart from the fact that it is an inspiring song which everyone knew (Sundays in chapel) and could keep repeating, and repeating... I think it splendid.
It was sung at the funerals of both Princess Diana and the Queen Mother, and at the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.
It is indeed splendid, both tune and words. The version I learned (in the United Church of Canada) began Guide me, O thou great Jehovah.
The part of the story I did not know was its adoption by the Rugby union. A great anthem, known to everyone in Wales. I guess it is a natural. Wanderer57 (talk) 03:37, 1 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
In the Welsh version the line is simply "Hollalluog, Hollalluog" - which translates as "almighty" or (allowing it to scan correctly) "O Almighty! O Almighty!"" - see Cwm Rhondda. Regards. Martinevans123 (talk) 13:41, 1 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Gareth, I think I've confused you into thinking I know something about Wales ... I'm just supporting MonmouthpediA for Wikimedia UK. I can't claim any expertise - Suggest you ask your question on the talk page of Monmouthpedia or Wikiproject Wales. Do come back at me if Ive misunderstood. Victuallers (talk) 16:16, 1 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
...or here (where many interested editors can read it), or on the article talk page. Adding the same request to lots of editors' talk pages is a bit ... unconventional? Personally, the fact that I happen to live in Wales doesn't make me an expert on - or especially interested in - Welsh hymns. Sorry. Ghmyrtle (talk) 16:25, 1 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Here's an essay on the hymn. But not sure it actually explains anything! Martinevans123 (talk) 20:56, 1 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The singing of Hymns at rugby matches in Wales is almost as old as the sport in Wales itself. One of the best documented matches in 'early' rugby history is the 1905 classic between Wales and New Zealand. Before the match the crowds were entertained by a brass band, I'm assuming military as they played marches. Before kick off the crowds sung 'Boys of the Old Brigade', 'Ton-y-botel' and 'Lead Kindly Light'. The game is best remembered though for the first ever singing of a national anthem before a sporting event when the crowd sung 'Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau' along with Teddy Morgan. As early as the 1970s there was a public bemoaning of the hymn singing traditions at national matches, replaced with the songs of Max Boyce and howls of 'Waaay-uls'. Personally I think that the song was adopted along with many others, but being in English, memorable and catchy, it stuck. If you want a reference that acknowledges it is seen as a Welsh rugby anthem you could use this here. Otherwise I will think you will find it difficult to find a verifiable reference to why Cwm Rhondda has been embraced. FruitMonkey (talk) 21:03, 1 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Leeks for sale: Are you ready for the Six Nations!
Did some work on the article but don't know much about the rugby connection. I think it's just coincidental - a particularly rousing song suitable for crowd participation. Deb (talk) 12:12, 2 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Ah yes, that might have something to do with it. Deb (talk) 12:43, 2 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you all for the information. I have a much better understanding now. Wanderer57 (talk) 18:09, 2 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Wanderer57, Glad to have been involved. All the best, Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 18:19, 2 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The words are by William Williams, Pantycelyn 1717-1791 originally as "Arglwydd Arwain Trwy'r Anialwch" it was translated from the Welsh by Peter Williams 1723 - 1796. The tune is by John Hughes, 1873-1932 — Preceding unsigned comment added by AlwynapHuw (talk • contribs) 06:10, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Square brackets, round parentheses and curly braces
Making fun of the phrase square brackets is lame. In British and some derived dialects, what North Americans call "parentheses", (...), are called "brackets", and what N. Ams. call "brackets", [...], are called "square brackets" |(or "braces", I think). Computer science has used the term "square brackets" for something like 40+ years now because it is mutually intelligible. It also disambiguates from {...}, variously termed curly brackets, curly braces, squiggly brackets, wiggly brackets, etc. — SMcCandlishTalk⇒〈°⌊°〉Contribs. 15:51, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
If the comment above in the postscript is aimed at my putting the word "square" into italic script, then I should explain that I certainly was not "Making fun of the phrase square brackets", but merely referring to the fact that the bracket (parentheses) is not a square. Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 18:15, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
My bad! I think I need to change my edit window font. Your ''square'' brackets looked like "square" brackets scare-quoting in the wikitext! D'oh. Sorry! — SMcCandlishTalk⇒〈°⌊°〉Contribs. 18:20, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Done. The font I'm using now is spaced better, so that shouldn't happen again. :-) — SMcCandlishTalk⇒〈°⌊°〉Contribs. 18:47, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I've only ever heard braces to refer to the curly ones. (And I also use round parentheses, square brackets and curly braces so that I'm understood by people from both sides of the Atlantic.) ― A. di M. 18:28, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for that. You have just led me to discover [[Wikipedia:Scare quotes]] [[Wikipedia:Irony punctuation]] and now I fully understand your reply to me. For the record, I am Welsh, newish to computers and the world of Wikipedia. Oh, and I will be 70 in April, so need all the help offered. Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 19:03, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Harper Lee used the mockingbird to symbolize innocence in the novel.
Thank you for your good advice given in the edit summary when you were reverting my edit in the article on the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird earlier this morning.
In nearly six years and 26,000 edits I've made to Wikipedia, you are the first editor to thank me for anything related to reverting their edit. I don't quite know what to say, other than you have a superhuman Grace--which shows even in this small instance. Have a fabulous day and enjoy Wales. --Moni3 (talk) 12:41, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you again. You are an inspiration. With kindest regards, Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 13:19, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, "inspiration" may be a bit over the top. I know a handful of Wikipedians who no doubt spewed their beverages on their monitors reading that I may be inspirational. Happy editing nonetheless. --Moni3 (talk) 17:45, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Ha! ha!
We have just had our first Spring-like day here. Yet, we witnessed our first snow this winter as late as the end of the first week of this month. Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 19:54, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
No spewed bevs here. Moni both needs and deserves some good ole-fashioned butt-kissing from time to time. Come to think of it, so do I. ;) Yes, Monidear, you are inspirational, and people whose opinion mean anything at all agree. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 21:18, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
OK, Moni and Christine, consider your butts officially kissed, ole-fashionedly. And, what the hell, you too Gareth! I would have used a wiki-love thingy to do this, but couldn't find a decent image. --Floquenbeam (talk) 21:58, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sure there are plenty of relevant illustrations on Commons... although you may need to have your eyeballs bleached after you spend some time looking around for them. MastCellTalk 22:25, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, but I do not know your intention. Please elucidate. Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 20:55, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The placement of the comment was what I intended. Directly under yours, not indented after yours. I wasn't necessarily responding to you. Although it doesn't really matter much anyway. So...I'm going to go find five more minutes to add to my life to replace the ones I just spent on this. No worries. Carry on. --Moni3 (talk) 20:59, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I am pleased to understand. Still a "new boy", still so much to learn. Thank you for taking the trouble to explain. Yet another Wikipedia technique that I realise, now, I had noticed before today, but had not appreciated had any significance. Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 22:45, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
RE: Wales: Map
Hello Alphathon,
You certainly have my approval. In my opinion it is excellent. I just hope that the majority of my compatriots will think so too. Kind regards, Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 00:24, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I'm glad you approve. Alphathon/'æɫfə.θɒn/(talk) 00:33, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Quick response... you were up late like me. I had been celebrating Wales beating the old enemy and winning the Triple Crown. Let's hope Scotland has success today in Murrayfield.
I wonder if I could ask you to make me a somewhat similar map, but featuring South Wales/the traditional county of Monmouthshire/Castleton Castleton is a small village/hamlet midway between Cardiff and Newport. My User page lead would explain my interest. Would it be too much trouble? Only do it if it isn't. Best wishes, Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 10:41, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, that shouldn't be too much trouble at all and I'm more than happy to do it. There are a few things I'd like to clarify though:
When you say a similar map, do you mean a map showing South Wales/the traditional county of Monmouthshire/Castleton within the UK?
What do you mean by South Wales (the Wikipedia article gives various definitions - which do you mean)?
Do you want one map or three (i.e. all of those things together or one for each of them)?
Partly "Yes" to that question, but, comparing it with your Wales map, Europe would be replaced by South Wales as the largest, background map, so that in turn Monmouthshire would be replacing the British Isles as the middle map, which would then be enlarged to form the third map, highlighting Castleton, Newport.
To give you enough room, I suggest it might be best to not take South Wales too literally, but to draw a line West-East through Wrexham or thereabouts and regard all Wales south of that line as your largest map.
Triple Crown (rugby union). What a result! What a try! We can do it... another Grand Slam. Surely we can beat France at home. Apologies for my editing mistake: I did not appreciate the dating criterium. I was so pleased to be up-dating the article by recording the win, and adjusting the Irish dominance over the page. The article has since been vandalised a few times... the last was late yesterday, and in my enthusiasm to "undo", I made far more work for myself than I had bargained for... it was too late at night. I have it all corrected now.
Apologies for my editing mistake: I did not appreciate the dating criterium. I was so pleased to be up-dating the article by recording the win, and adjusting the Irish dominance over the page.
The article has since been vandalised a few times... the last was late yesterday, and in my enthusiasm to "undo", I made far more work for myself than I had bargained for... it was too late at night. I have it all corrected now.
Great work so far. It's great to see articles being maintained, especially the few GA articles the project holds. For some reason the Arms Park wasn't on my watch list (it is now) so I missed your work, I'll help out more in the future. It should be noted that over WP life, the GA standards have becoming more and more critical (to the point of being quite harsh). You will therefore find that older GA articles will one day be picked up by an editor and challenged as not being GA class as they passed when standards were lower. Things like dating standards and dead links can quickly downgrade an article to B class. We should therefore try to tidy up these rough edges whenever we can. Thanks again FruitMonkey (talk) 11:42, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Just a line to thank you for your two postings yesterday. Good advice which I shall follow, although I have always been "a bit of a scrapper", and enjoy an infrequent arguement. Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 12:57, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
A line to gloat about our third Grand Slam in eight years. I am so proud of our boys, and our excellent coaches... but why, in heavens, we have not overtaken England in the IRB world rankings defeats me. All the best, Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 10:46, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for all the leeks - my Monmouth Cap is totally weighed down with the darned things... But in return here's a venerable old Welsh hymn for you to sing along with (even if it is in a foreign language). Only sorry there's no audio sample!
Best wishes. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:45, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Some hymn! ...mmm... I'd prefer something by Fleetwood Mac or The Eagles.
The reason why I sent you the sub-section above was a bit sneaky. I had posted our young (film buff) friend very late last night, just before I sent it to you, but couldn't get the link to finish on Section No. 24. So I thought I would ask you to look at it and put me straight.
Hi, I think you meant this (just single brackets, with a space)? I'll have a look. Shame you'd prefer some shameless American pop act to a fine bit of Kelly and the lads, haha. Never mine the sentiment is still there! Martinevans123 (talk) 19:21, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I don't regard either group, POP... really! (and of the era that I like, three of the five in Fleetwood Mac are Brits.)
Thanks: the link does work your way, but I can't see the "space" anywhere. Also, I notice you have not used the'pipe' before the word "this". Whilst editing this posting, I can see Charlr6's link does not even have the single bracket either end, and his takes you straight to the section. Can you help me and explain all this, please. Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 21:32, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I wish I could. Most of my wiki education has been trial and error, I'm afraid. Well, at least Mick Fleetwood was born in Redruth - a Celtic neighbour of ours. Maybe I should have sent you something by Y Peth or Y Cyrff! One of my freinds still calls this band "Cat-a-walia", haha.Martinevans123 (talk) 21:41, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Having just read the two linked articles, I'm glad you didn't. However I do like Cerys Matthews very much. Probably because she reminds me a little of Stevie Nicks.
I expect PCW can throw some light on my queries (above). Do you think he may be watching?
I'm sure that PCW is always watching. Even when he's not there! A bit like a certain BIG character from a well-known film only 28 years ago, but in a much nicer way, of course. I can't complain - PCW acts as my benevolent "wiki-spectacles"! Martinevans123 (talk) 22:52, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Having read 1984 at school, probably in 1958, it would be set 26 years in the future. That is crazy.
Postscript: I thought this might be appropriate here.
Arguably one of Eric Arthur's worst titles, although, of course, he died 34 years before he could have found out. Maybe. Martinevans123 (talk) 23:29, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, a sort of planned obsolesence in the Arthur C. Clarke mould - though quite snappy, it has to be said... PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 23:46, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Works for me and much simpler - thanks. Yes, that other Arthur only missed out by three years, didn't he. Is there a pattern here? Maybe a new Category is needed! Martinevans123 (talk) 08:37, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, PCW! Excellent. Once again you have sorted out my confusion. Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 09:36, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia mark-up dating: non-breaking space
Whilst editing, I have noticed that in some articles the dates are formatted as follows: ... on_26_Aprilampersandnbsp;1997_ at... which produces this: on 26 April 1997 at... What is the advantage? Can somebody help me please? Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 18:10, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
That's a non-breaking space. It tells the browser to avoid laying out the text like this...
...with the month on one line and the year on the next. The theory is that this could make the text harder to read, but I haven't seen many dates formatted with non-breaking spaces. The style guideline is at WP:NBSP. -- John of Reading (talk) 19:10, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you John of Reading for your prompt and succinct reply. I have been searching Wikipedia for an explanation for what seems like hours. I suppose you would only use the non-breaking space after noticing its need on Show Preview before saving your edit. Kind regards, Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 08:43, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Unlike the Grand Slam, the Triple Crown winners will not necessarily be the tournament winners, since France or Italy–or even another of the home nations– could outperform them on points-difference within the Six Nations Championship. This first occurred in the 1977 Five Nations Championship, when Wales won the Triple Crown by defeating the other three British Isles teams, while France won the Championship by completing the Grand Slam over all four of the British Isles teams. Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 9:06, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
Not necessarily on points-difference even, it could be outright, couldnt it? If England took the Triple Crown but lost to both France and Italy, while Wales won all their matches except the one against England, then Wales would be above England in the table regardless of points-difference.--Victor Yus (talk) 09:24, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, results of matches will always take precedence over numbers of points won or leaked in determining the Championship winner.
I am sure you don't need to ask who I support. What about yourself? Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 10:06, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I'm of mixed ancestry so I can take my pick, but I admit I always find a Welsh victory particularly rousing. Perhaps because the brilliant performances of G. Edwards & co. are among my earliest sporting memories... Victor Yus (talk) 10:51, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
We are clearly of the same generation. The coming weekends should be great. Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 11:03, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks :) Now we can sit back and hope there'll be another round of updating to Grand Slam come Saturday... --Victor Yus (talk) 08:43, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You have been busy this morning on The Triple Crown article. Well done! It is altogether a much better article now. Been good working together on this.
Thanks :) Perhaps we should move on to Grand Slam now? Who knows, maybe Wales will manage to do so too... Victor Yus (talk) 17:51, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I'm game.
It is looking promising, isn't it? ...2005, 2008, 20... I daren't type it.
Go on, you can now :) Great performance yesterday by the Welsh, kept their heads, fine to watch! --Victor Yus (talk) 18:48, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
...2012
Weren't they great... I am so proud. It was good to watch, and France's best performance of the tournement. All the best, Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 19:52, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Triple Crown 2012 in Six nations article
Hi, saw the entry, the delete and the revert.
I don't think it's vandalism - he should have explained but in my opinion he has a point.
There's already an article on the triple crown that includes the fact that Wales have won it this year. I don't see the value in adding the 2012 winner here - the article is about the 6 nations.Regards Ytic nam (talk) 13:35, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
Ytic nam (talk) 13:35, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, p'haps not vandalism, but I think it belongs there. It is a part of the whole, after all. Kind wishes, Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 14:58, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I'd prefer "the current holder of the Triple Crown". Why state the 2012 winners and not the 2011, 2010 etc. winners? Just a thought, but I think it makes it more encyclopedic and less "newsy".Ytic nam (talk) 16:21, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Grand Union Canal
Thanks for the note. I knew this one because I have made the same mistake! --Old Moonraker (talk) 16:06, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. Good win at the weekend, wasn't it? Deb (talk) 20:44, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
It certainly was... in spite of the ref.! I've been watching [scrum v], courtesy of BBC i-player via cable (it is not available live here) and listening to the panel agreeing with what I had thought during the match: he was determined to penalise the attacking team – only one – Wales, whenever possible. I still enjoyed it enormously. Saturday will be great against France. It was kind of you to make contact. Diolch yn fawr, Deb. Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 21:24, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Wikiedit!
Thank you for your recent contributions to Wikipedia. Before saving your edit to any article, please provide an edit summary. So far you have not done so, for example, The Godfather (film). Doing so helps everyone understand the intention of your edit, and prevents legitimate edits from being mistaken for vandalism.
It is also helpful to other users reading the edit history of the page.
Ok. I'm just not good enough to speak English, sorry. --Wikiedit2012a (talk) 20:03, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Please do not worry about it. You are able to read English well enough. Are you Russian? If you would like a "buddy" to assist, I should be happy to fill the role. With kind regards, Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 21:58, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, right in guessing. I am Russian, and normal reading in English. I write badly. :) Rules of Wikipedia I know, in the Russian Wikipedia for about 4 years ... Thank you for your kind words. --Wikiedit2012a (talk) 22:56, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You are very welcome.
I had not realised that Russia has had Wikipedia for four years. I had believed it to be only months (i.e. less than a year).
:) And I do not know that Russia playing rugby. See rugby only on films. Welsh is good country, me like your dragon on flag. --Wikiedit2012a (talk) 16:54, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hello again! Good to hear back from you. I hope you are keeping well. Thank you for your kind comments about my country and flag. Best wishes, Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 17:39, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks!
For your message about the films based on books project. I've been elsewhere online for some time but would like to get back into working on the project, so stay tuned for possible activity. Thanks for signing up! Pegship (talk) 19:38, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello, You have requested a map for the A470 article today on the Discussion page. Any ideas how such a long route may be shown, other than on a map of pretty well the whole of Wales? Regards, Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 16:20, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I was broadly thinking of a map of Wales with the route marked on it. A north–south route is never going to have a map that's too tall for an infobox, unless it were running the length of a continent :o) — OwenBlacker (Talk) 17:06, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I read that you are Welsh. Do you have a particular interest in this "trans-continental highway"? Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 08:13, 22 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
:o) More that it came up in the 2012 United Kingdom budget and I wasn't sure where it is. (Fy nain a taid lived in Aberystwyth, so I know the A47 but not the A470.) It just seemed odd there was no map with a nice red line on it. :o) — OwenBlacker (Talk) 08:48, 22 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I hope the money will be put to good effect... any indication of what is planned? The A470 is one of those roads that cry out to be driven from start to finish. Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 08:57, 22 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
It was in the technology section:
Will extend mobile coverage to 60,000 rural homes and along at least 10 key roads by 2015, including the A2 and A29 in Northern Ireland, the A57, A143, A169, A352, A360 and A591 in England, the A82(T) in Scotland and the A470(T) in Wales, subject to planning permission, using the £150m investment announced at Autumn Statement 2011. — Budget 2012: Technology section from Treasury Budget Report, BBC News Online, 21 March 2012
So not road-specific, but good news nonetheless. I've never been along the road, but the route (from what I can gather without a map ;o) sounds stunning. I'll have to find someone to drive me along it sometime :o) — OwenBlacker (Talk) 09:06, 22 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I got the hint about the missing map... see what we can come up with!
"We are working on it", as the saying goes. Had not realised before that it is styled as a (T). I'll let you know. Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 09:26, 22 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I know, I know. Sorry, was only teasing :o) Yeah, apparently it's considered a trunk road. Who knew? :o) — OwenBlacker (Talk) 09:49, 22 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Perfect; that's awesome and exactly what I had in mind. Thank you! — OwenBlacker (Talk) 21:44, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I'm glad you like it... rather pleased with it, myself. I think it is in the correct position on the left. Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 21:49, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
As you should be; it's precisely what I had in mind :o) — OwenBlacker (Talk) 22:05, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I have never been able to resist welshcakes. I still have my mother's cast iron bakestone (maen). Mustn't be too sweet, though. Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 22:20, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I can indeed, although I'm not sure where I'll get the data from for it (I'm sure I can find something… if all else fails there's always Google maps). Oh, and don't think I've forgotten about the Castleton map, I just haven't had a lot of time to do it (it's quite an intricate map and I need good historical maps to work off to get it right, which complicates the process). Honestly though, unless a relief map already exists a blank or political map would be far easier than a relief - vector graphics don't lend themselves particularly well to that sort of thing. Is there any particular reason for it being a relief? Alphathon/'æɫfə.θɒn/(talk) 01:28, 22 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
That'd do fine, although Wales location map.svg would probably be more suitable; the road will be drawn in green (being an A road), and green-on-green isn't exactly ideal (plus the borders etc on this one are finer, so are less distracting). Alphathon/'æɫfə.θɒn/(talk) 14:27, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Not especially difficult no; maybe took about 5-10 minutes. Since the map was already there, is was basically just a case of drawing the line on top of it to represent the road. Since it is a road, there's no worrying about it joining properly with adjacent shapes (as is the case with country outlines etc), so as long as one is familiar with the software it's actually easier than it would have been to do it free-hand. Anyway, glad to be of service . Alphathon/'æɫfə.θɒn/(talk) 19:56, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Cacen gri i ti
Cacen gri
Diolch yn fawr for creating the A470 map; it's very much appreciated. And who wouldn't like some nice cacen gri and a panad? — OwenBlacker (Talk) 22:04, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Oh, no, the asterisks are just for emphasis. It's some old Internet thing I picked up from some place or other. Think of it as equivalent to bolding or italics; in fact, I think certain IRC clients actually bold anything so enclosed by asterisks. And no worries, I didn't think you were criticizing me. :) Writ Keeper⚇♔ 18:01, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Strange rugby edits
Hi! Take a look at what this person's been doing to some of the Five Nations articles. Is he making corrections, or is he just randomly messing with the figures? I left a note on his talk page, but as it's just an IP address, I don't expect much response. If he's messing, we ought to revert the changes.--Victor Yus (talk) 15:28, 27 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
This is irregular behaviour and without any edit summaries, and no response to your posting, I think he is messing with the statistics. Even reverting so many is a time-consuming job. I checked on the anon's location – it is Sheffield. I shall leave him a note too. Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 16:11, 27 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Victor, I see that he has left (at 16:47 hrs) an unsigned comment. I have just posted this on his page:
Before saving your edit to any article, please provide an edit summary. So far you have not done so on any edit. Doing so helps everyone understand the intention of your edit, and prevents legitimate edits from being mistaken for vandalism. It is also helpful to other users reading the edit history of the page. In view of that, together with your unsigned posting above, you are advised that your edits are regarded as vandalism and will be reverted. Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 16:29, 27 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
He says he's editing according to a source, so we should look into it to see which set of results is correct. I'll try to take a look when I get time. Or maybe we should ask other rugby project members to consider - someone must have a reliable list of results at their fingertips, I'd have thought.--Victor Yus (talk) 07:26, 28 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Turns out the source at http://www.rugbyfootballhistory.com/6nations.htm contradicts itself; for example, for 1947, it lists England and Wales as the champions in the list of champions by year, but in the league table for 1947 (much further down the page) it puts Ireland top. I'd tend to believe the first list, though, as it agrees with the individual match results as listed in the Wikipedia article, which I assume someone got from some other reliable source. --Victor Yus (talk) 18:53, 28 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I have looked at his source too. I always feel mistrustful when the editor is an anon. He stopped after your posting and hasn't returned today. Shall we carry out reversions or leave it a day or two? Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 21:00, 28 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I think his edits should be reverted. He was no doubt acting in good faith, but as far as we can tell his source is not reliable.--Victor Yus (talk) 07:27, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
YAll reverted!Do you think: (a) he had finished when you spotted him? (b) you interrupted him, and may return, different IP? (c) being an anon, he has even looked at his talk page since his one reply to you? Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 10:44, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Good work! My guess would be he's not out to make trouble, he was just misled by the tables in the source, and probably won't be carrying on, but let's keep an eye out.--Victor Yus (talk) 11:13, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Rugby Union 1934 Championship edit summary ... "See user talk page" ... does not apply to you
See this personre: some of the Five Nations articles... the figures! We have left notes on his talk page, but as it's just an IP address, we don't expect much response... reverting his changes. See my talk page [=Strange rugby edits=]. Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 10:15, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Spring has sprung! Cherry blossom
A barnstar for you!
The Original Barnstar
In recognition of your many fine edits to a variety of articles, from popular culture to British geography and beyond. Steven Walling (WMF) • talk 20:54, 5 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Mr. Griffith-Jones. Just for context, I work at the Wikimedia Foundation, but I've been an English Wikipedian for much longer. The reason I wanted to make sure your edits were recognized with a barnstar is because we recently started looking at a list of people who'd made their 1,000th edit to articles, and your name was at the top of the list this week (April 5th, UTC time to be exact). Thanks again for contributing to the encyclopedia. Steven Walling (WMF) • talk 20:58, 5 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
What a splendid way to begin Good Friday!
I am delighted with your recognition of my editing Wikipedia over the past seven months.
I believe the {{nowrap}} template might be better in this case since the non-breaking space would require a space between the parts of her last name, which is what's wrapping onto a new line. - Purplewowies (talk) 03:54, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Okay. The nowrap template should work, but the instructions are unclear on one point: would I be able to put the template at the beginning of the page and include a list of names there, or would each name require its own template. Keep in mind that the names are already nested within table template, and may (later) be nested within a collapse template. In other words, where would I use the template? Actually, the "non-breaking space" sounds intriguing, is that a character that looks like a space, but acts like a regular character? ~Eric F 184.76.225.106 (talk) 07:52, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The non-breaking space is normally used when a date... 7 April 2012 ... is prevented from splitting into two lines of text. The style guideline is at WP:NBSP.
Fixed. You forgot to add the url parameter.--GoPTCN 19:09, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
... and I've added title and publisher parameters. - David Biddulph (talk) 19:18, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello David,
Once again you have come to my rescue with amazing speed.
Thank you very much for your amazingly fast response to my citing problem earlier this evening.
I would have replied earlier, but initially had mistakenly read your posting together with your (very attractive) signature as the first part of David's reply to me. He had not left a line break. It was only on going back to it just now that I realised my misunderstanding.
Hi! Gareth Griffith-Jones,
thanks for visiting the Teahouse! As an experienced editor, your knowledge is very valuable to new editors. Teahouse Hosts help new editors at the Teahouse and beyond. If you'd like to get involved in assisting new editors at the Teahouse, please learn more hereSarah (talk) 19:56, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Thank you for the info' given just now re- the discussion going on.
After a stormy introduction to each other, I would like to believe that we may now be friends. How about you? Cheers, Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 17:30, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, no problem - I absolutely have no problem with becoming friends here on Wikipedia! After all, I saw in your edit history that you've worked on the James Rollins articles and hey, anyone who is a fan of Rollins has got to have some pretty good taste! Tokyogirl79 (talk) 03:42, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Well done! Seen the result on the Charles Brokaw redirect. It was what you wanted, wasn't it? Knew we had some things in common. I have read all the Sigma Force novels in chronological order and looking forward to the next. Devil Colony did not get published here till early 2012. Also read more than half of the "stand- alone" books, eespecially liked Amazonia and Ice Hunt. How about you? Best wishes, Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 23:13, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I have to say that Amazonia is one of my favorites as well! There's just something about ruins in the middle of a jungle that's so exciting! I'm also a big fan of Scott Sigler (most of his books are free in their podcast formats), Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child, and Andy McDermott. I'm pretty much of the persuasion that as long as a book contains historical mysteries and people shooting at each other, I'm probably going to like it. XD Tokyogirl79 (talk) 03:34, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I was glad to receive your list of authors the other day. Always good to have some recommendations. Here's one for you that I have just discovered. I am currently reading the 2010 novel, THE DEATH INSTINCT by JED RUBENFELD. Very good style, excellent English, gripping story. I shall certainly try to get hold of his first novel. He is an American lawyer/author and lives in New Haven, Connecticut. This is his second book. His first, called "The Interpretation of Murder" held the number 1 slot in the Sunday Times chart for seven weeks. They are published here in the UK by HEADLINE REVIEW, which is an Hatchette UK Company. Kind regards, -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 12:38, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I am finding STiki ... the best of the bunch.
Hi Gareth. Let us know if you have any problems and happy editing! Thanks, West.andrew.g (talk) 15:45, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hello again, Andrew!
Still being made to feel very much the new boy, which actually I quite like – having recently entered my eighth decade – I wondered if you would like some feedback. STiki is the second vandalism tool I have employed (the first being Twinkle) Then I successfully applied for Rollback, so tried Huggle. Finally, used igloo.
Having returned to your product, I would say that it is the best of the bunch. I particularly like the easy interaction between STiki and the article/the editor/the history and of course, Twinkle.
This brings me to my first question: if I revert using Twinkle on the article page, does this action get recorded in the STiki records?
Secondly, on your Leaderboard page, you, for example, show STiki as your 'favourite queue', whereas I am listed as preferring Cluebot-NG – why the difference, and how is it selected?
Thirdly, I was allowed to use STiki before Rollback authorisation was granted. Why?
First, I assume you find an edit using STiki, and then use a hyperlink to open the edit/diff in your web browser. It is from here that you use Twinkle to undo the tool. When you return to the STiki window, that same edit is still being displayed, so the only way to get the next one is to use a classification button. This classification will be recorded for leaderboard purposes (i.e., if you press "vandalism" you will be credited for it -- and you won't revert the edit you just made using Twinkle).
Second, you will notice there is a "queue" menu in the STiki tool where the queue can be selected. These are behind the scenes algorithms that determine what edits are displayed to users first (based on vandalism probability). There are all types of ways to calculate this with varying accuracy. Right now, it seems like the "CBNG" queue has the greatest chance of showing you an instance of vandalism. CBNG is a third-party algorithm. I wrote and developed the "STiki" approach, so that is why I have some preference for it. Because all the approaches are different, they may find vandalism another does not. If you are using the CBNG queue and find your vandalism hit-rate slowing down during a long session, it may be worthwhile to switch queues and see if this helps things.
Third, rollback is not required to use STiki. There is some discussion whether we should make it a requirement -- but given the fact we have had very little abuse using the tool, we're inviting everyone to the party. If you are curious why you were able to do "rollbacks" in STiki when you didn't have the "rollback" permission, this is because STiki implements something called "software rollback" for those who don't have the native right. In this case, STiki does a lot of work to determine "what would a rollback do?" and then makes an edit to the same effect. This is far less efficient than native rollback, but gets the job done!
Thanks for your feedback, and happy classifying! West.andrew.g (talk) 14:10, 18 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Good afternoon Andrew,
Thank you for your detailed, and very clear answers, to my questions. Cheers! -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 16:05, 18 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hidden message ... found
Hello Gareth. I hope you are well. I was wondering, have you found this yet: Wikipedia:WikiSpeak? Very useful. I find the illustrations particularly amusing. Regards. Martinevans123 (talk) 08:47, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Martin!
Brilliant ... thank you very much for leading me to it. The illustrations are rib-crackingly funny, and I believe you may have used some, haven't you? I did recognise two or three. I am sure there is a considerable amount of fun to be had, although I still remember your angry "Mrs."
I too was amazed by the resemblance. But I think that may be her younger, better-tempered sister. Martinevans123 (talk) 16:49, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Paris / St Denis
Hi,
Regarding your reversion here, you may wish to read previous discussions here, here and here that differentiate between Paris and St Denis and you will note a number of rugby related articles on Wikipedia i.e. here and if you look even to the IRB with the final and semi final they certainly make a distinction between Paris i.e. Parc des Princes and the Stade de France in St Denis. To finish St Denis is in the suburbs of Paris, that doesn't mean it is a part of Paris and should also be noted that they are in different departments i.e. Seine-Saint-Denis (93) and Paris Metropolitan Area (75). The use of the word suburb in the St Denis article does not imply it is a part but just that it is a residential area adjacent to Paris as in the correct use of the word. Regards. 137.138.79.38 (talk) 13:00, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Point taken. However, all BBC television broadcasters say Paris, as do journalists in newspaper copy. Your comparison with my place of birth is inaccurate. Penarth is not a suburb.
I will agree to your wishes: shall not make that edit again – that was the first and last time.
Just as a point of interest, you know who I support. Am I correct in assuming you are a France supporter?
Hehe, no France is up there with the teams I rarely support, I'm just a Brit who happens to play tight head (like yourself) in France. Anyway thanks for the response, I'll let you do the change if you wish as IPs will most probably just be reverted. Cheers 137.138.79.38 (talk) 14:47, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
So ... I would guess an England supporter..? What do think about Gethin Jenkins joining the other Welsh boys?
No, I keep my word. First and and only time.
I registered before my first edit last summer. I would recommend it to you. There are many advantages, and I haven't come across any disadvantages yet. I even use my own name. If you were to do so, please let me know.
Hehe, not again I've been an admin and edited for quite a few years but quit a year back. Now I just edit from random IPs, editing articles and staying out of the usual wiki politics. Gethin is an amazing player and a shoe in for the lions. Cheers 137.138.79.38 (talk) 08:57, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Understood. I did have a go at putting your edit back in, but it was too far back to do it surreptitiously, so had to "undo" my revision. I think I would be noticed if I did a straightforward edit, and duly criticised! Oh, have you seen your userbox ... thought I'd turn you Wikipedian blue. As I said in the edit summary, remove it if you feel it should not be there. All the best, Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 09:17, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
This is a great way to visualize her turning in both direction at once – just put a letter on the leg on the floor!
The illusion derives from the lack of visual cues for depth. For instance, as the dancer's arms move from viewer's left to right, it is possible to view her arms passing between her body and the viewer (that is, in the foreground of the picture, in which case she would be circling counter-clockwise on her right foot) and it is also possible to view her arms as passing behind the dancer's body (that is, in the background of the picture, in which case she is seen circling clockwise on her left foot).
When she is facing to the left or to the right, her breasts and ponytail clearly define the direction she is facing, although there is ambiguity in which leg is which. However, as she moves away from facing to the left (or from facing to the right), the dancer can be seen (by different viewers, not by a single individual) facing in either of two directions. At first, these two directions are fairly close to each other (both left, say, but one facing slightly forward, the other facing slightly backward) but they become further and further away from each other until we reach a position where her ponytail and breasts are in line with the viewer (so that neither her breasts nor her ponytail are seen so readily). In this position, she could be facing either away from the viewer or towards the viewer, so that the two positions, two different viewers could see, are 180 degrees apart. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk)
One interesting thing about this illusion is the shadow of a foot passing right-to-left at the very bottom of the frame. Based on the shadow's movement, it can only be coming from the dancer's right foot. Therefore, based on this visual clue only, the dancer must be spinning on her left foot. Strangely though, even with this in mind, it is still possible to visualize the dancer spinning the opposite way, on her right foot, admittedly aided by the addition of the "R" in this case. Just thought I'd point this out. --RacerX11Talk to meStalk me 02:13, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
That is very observant of you. You are of course, correct, especially in the latter part. Thank you for that. Just as a point of interest – I am curious, and pleased – how did you come to find my talk page? Cheers, Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 09:13, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Once one notices the small foot shadow, either conciously or subconciously, your mind interprets a light source originating from behind the dancer. This also firmly establishes in your brain that the larger shadow of the other leg is also being caused by the same light source. This is why it is very difficult for some people to see the dancer rotating the other direction, if there are no other clues (although it is still possible). The inclusion of the letters, the R in the lower frame, and the way it disappears as if being eclipsed by a leg, is a very strong visual clue which overrides the brains interpretation of the light source.
To answer your question. Commented at DBigXray's talk page a while back and left it on my watchlist. --RacerX11Talk to meStalk me 12:21, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
In a recent edit – to the page, The Godfather – you changed one or more words from one national 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.
For a subject exclusively related to the United Kingdom (for example, a famous British person), use British English. For something related to the United States in the same way, use American English. For something related to another English-speaking country, such as Canada, Australia, or New Zealand, use the variety of English used there. For an international topic, use the form of English that the original author used.
In view of that, please don't change articles from one version of English to another, even if you don't normally use the version in which the article is written. Respect other people's versions of English. They, in turn, should respect yours. Other general guidelines on how Wikipedia articles are written can be found in the Manual of Style. If you have any questions about this, you can ask me on my talk page or visit the help desk. Thank you. Terence7 (talk) 17:02, 9 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Terence7,
Point taken, understood, and accepted... to be frank, I appreciate your advice and promise to adhere to the above criteria. As a Welshman who loves well-written and well-spoken English, I have to confess to preferring British English spelling. But, having said that, I read many novels by U.S. authors and achieve enormous enjoyment from the majority that I choose.
I know nothing about you, and would like a brief note confirming that there are no bad feelings. With kind regards,
No bad feelings at all. Thanks for your note. As you might guess this is a recurring issue on Wikipedia. (The message I posted was actually just a standard template: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Uw-lang )
Thank you for that. I'm still a new boy, and frankly, at the age I am, (70 next Spring) I need all the help I can get with the formatting. With best wishes,
Please take a look at The Godfather. You probably do not want to get involved, I know. Some stranger has made close on 200 edits over the past two days uninterrupted. I have just e-mailed MarnetteD. Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 16:45, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for your email. I have to admit that my eyes kinda glazed over after checking a few of the edits and I just let things go. You might post a thread at the filmproject talk page to get more eyes on the situation. You could also go to the editor and ask him/her to at least use edit summaries to explain what they are doing. The next couple of days are going to be a little hectic offwiki but I will try to take a closer look, I am glad that you also contacted RJ. He will do a good job checking things. Cheers and have a good week. MarnetteD | Talk 17:05, 2 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I have just taken your advice and posted this on both project sites:
Urgent! The Godfather ... again!
Take a look at The Godfather. A new editor has made close on 200 uninterrupted edits over the past two days, and is still doing so. No edit summaries.
Thank you. Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 17:24, 2 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Is there a discernable problem with his edits, or are you just objecting to him not supplying edit summaries? Ultimately edit summaries are a courtesy not a requirement, so as a Project we cannot really address that. As for the edits themselves, well if there is an actual problem with them then just revert him. Betty Logan (talk) 23:30, 2 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
It is difficult to determine whether there is a discernible problem when there are so many edits in a row, and no edit summaries to explain what he is doing. Yes, edit summaries are a courtesy, but they are especially important if one is going to make wholesale changes to an article. Gareth's intention in bringing this matter here is to get other film project editors to take a look at the edits and see if they pass muster. I think that is an appropriate step. ---RepublicanJacobiteTheFortyFive 04:47, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I have to admit that I had the same initial response as MarnetteD, the eyes glaze over looking at so many continuous edits. On first glance, there does not seem to be anything obviously or substantively wrong with his edits and additions. It is more a matter of his making so many edits in a row, with no edit summaries, and without discussion, that it is very difficult to follow what he is, which is precisely why edit summaries would help. A centralized discussion, either on the article talk page, or at the film project, could be helpful, especially if the editor in question is aware and takes part in said discussion. Thanks for keeping your eyes on it, Gareth. Cheers! ---RepublicanJacobiteTheFortyFive 04:39, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Re- your postings earlier today on the WikiProject – both subjects – excellent!
Regarding this new editor, I have followed your advice and posted a warning on his/her talk page, and opened a new section on the Godfather Discussion page.
Just wanted to stop by and say it looks like positive steps have been taken in this situation even by the new editor. So thanks again for your vigilance and for going to the community to get input. Also congrats on Wales performing the Grand Slam in the recent Six Nations tourney. Here in the US BBC America carries a few games - though I would like to see more - and it was exciting to see your team perform so well. Cheers. MarnetteD | Talk 21:50, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hello!
Thank you for your good advice, and thank you very much for your charming message this evening.
Just to let you know, Wrath X is still busy editing The Godfather – after a brief respite – and is catching you up fast. You have 178 recorded and he has 155 (not counting 48 on The Godfather II) but he/she is leaving Edit Summaries every time, thanks to you. Cheers! Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 10:53, 5 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I think it was a group effort, and I am always glad to see new and experienced editors working together. Cheers! ---RepublicanJacobiteTheFortyFive 13:29, 5 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Sonny's death
I don't remember the facts on one aspect and thought you might. My memory was that the phone call to Sonny that lured him to the toll booth was not about a real attack on Connie, but was just a device to play on his Achilles' heel. Am I wrong? Thanks. --Ring Cinema (talk) 12:55, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hello!
I have the three films, so although I suspect I can answer your question accurately, I shall watch it this afternoon after my lunch (which is on the table!) and get back to you later today. It is 14:36 hrs. British Summer Time in the old UK, and I have just come in late from walking with my dog...
Okay, thanks, but I'm not clear on one thing: how do you know it's a setup? I thought that they were trying to lure him out to the toll booth, but what was the actual plan? Did Carlo beat her for the purpose of getting him to come to her aid? That seems like a dubious plan. Thanks. (And feel free to answer here -- I monitor your talk page changes. --Ring Cinema (talk) 18:04, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Only reason I think that it was pre-planned, is how else would they be expecting Sonny to drive through the toll booth at that particular time. Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 20:10, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I agree it was extreme. I suppose the phone call was the setup and the fight was worse than Carlo anticipated, but achieved the required result.
Since posting the 1946 edit, some anon has added an exec. prod., Robert Evans to the info' box. I shall delete it. Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 22:05, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
How else would they have known? Okay, that is evidence they were listening in on a phone call. Or were told by Carlo that Connie called him (if he knew). So yes that is the key question. Or, what did Carlo do that betrayed Sonny? Same question in a different form. Thanks. --Ring Cinema (talk) 02:45, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I also have the novel here, but a long time since I read it. See if that helps. Shall do that this morning. I agree with your analysis, and, in my opinion, was probably explained in the filming, but left on the editor's floor. Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 09:17, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Well, the book is no help at all: Carlo does not leave their home. Is very drunk and sleeps. Then, after a few hours, Connie phones her parent's home intending to speak to Hagan or her mother, not wanting to speak to Santino. Her mother answers, but Sonny takes the phone from her.
So, the "only possible explanation" of how Barzini's men were already waiting at the toll booth – that he awoke and heard his wife's telephone call, is null and void. They did not have enough time to arrange the ambush. Furthermore, the war of the Five Families is regarded to be over at this point, so Sonny and Hagan were not anticipating a setup. Yet at the end of the novel, Michael tricks Carlo into telling him that he did inform Barzini ... over to you ... Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 11:32, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Point taken. Is this "narrative art"? Notice they separate the revelation that Carlo betrayed Sonny from the events. So at the moment I write it off to a little plot hole that they couldn't figure out how to close. Still, I'm thinking about it. --Ring Cinema (talk) 16:30, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, it's fine. Thanks for asking. --Ring Cinema (talk) 17:17, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The Godfather trilogy
I wanted to mention that, since you love watching the film so much, I believe you would enjoy Coppola's commentary, especially to the first film. He mentions so many interesting things about production. --Ring Cinema (talk) 17:57, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You are correct. I do. My three are the 25th Anniversary Editions the wide-screen versions, on good old VHS video tapes. The commentaries are great.
I still am, and still go around plots making sure they are concise and tidy, but this film is of course different, and very long. If you have read my draft please consider it, as way too many details were being left out at the expense of sacrificing notable information. --JTBX (talk) 13:57, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Sure. I was heads up on this last night, but thought you were going to wait until you had some response to your posting on the article's Talk page. Then I found my friend User:Ring Cinema was on the case. I am sure we three can work well together. Cheers, Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 14:08, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Congratz JTBX (talk) 05:13, 21 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
It's a wonderful life
Hello!
What a lovely surprise. Thank you so much! I am delighted.
We have had a wet and windy day here, and just watched the great James Stewart in the 1946 "It's a wonderful life". Then came up to check My watchlist to find your award and ... it really is a wonderful life!
I'm a little uncomfortable with so much emphasis given to one book and one aspect. Many people have said a lot of insightful things about this film, and the conclusion that ethnicities in America rediscovered themselves in the aftermath of this film seems to require some empirical support. Coppola saw the film as a general indictment of American culture (as it implies) and that is more easily supported. Since America has always had strong ethnic identification among its polity, it is somewhat more difficult to make the case that, say, Irish-Americans took The Godfather to heart and realized they felt a bit of the shamrock. When did they not? So, do we strike the right balance? I am undecided. --Ring Cinema (talk) 14:25, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I have been re-reading your posting for the second time and still not clear what you are after. When you write "...one book and one aspect" ... are you referring to all three film articles, or just The Godfather article? Explain, please. On the other hand, I would like to contribute, but not sure that this Welshman has the qualifications to dare venture into an American ethnicity issue like this. Can you comment please. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 16:30, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The section so entitled refers primarily to one book on the subject. So, just on general principles, I question that much emphasis, given the size and scope of the subject, on one book. There are many things written about this movie. That's what I am thinking about. That, and a lack of skepticism about the book's claims. --Ring Cinema (talk) 08:27, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I am with you now. I tend to agree with your argument. I must check out the history appertaining to this section. In my mind right now, if asked, I would say that it was born out of some of the Wrath X-187-no-edit summaries-débâcle of April 1 to April 2. I shall check that out today. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 10:27, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
As promised, I have done the investigation. Apologies to friend Wrath X, he only altered the size of the image. No, it was someone known as Nelsondenis248, who created the section based on a small amount of existing copy within the article, on March 2 this year. Is this person known to you? -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 16:39, 24 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
No, I don't know who it is, but I don't know many editors. --Ring Cinema (talk) 16:43, 24 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Umm ... is it worthy of retaining ... not in my opinion as a section. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 17:04, 24 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
This section, dealing entirely with a third-party book and its contents, appears in all three film articles, and appears to be, for lack of a better term, bookspam. Im sure there have been other books on the subject, and none of these deserve a full section treatment in these articles. -Stevertigo (t | c) 01:06, 1 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I totally agree with you, [[User:Stevertigo|Stevertigo], and this subject has already been broached before. Now, with additional support, I shall remove the section from all three articles and we can wait for a reaction.
Oh, I have just worked it out ... so it was an edit summary ... I don't know why either of you couldn't/wouldn't tell me that. Remember! The article is what matters, and it will continue to be a work in progress. You have done a sterling job, and deserve a big thank you. I am anxious that this does not get acrimonious ... there is far too much of that on Wikipedia. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 00:13, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hey!
Where's all the Godfather stuff gone? By the way my email had to be updated to so you better send what you had to send again, sorry! JTBX (talk) 21:58, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Don't be alarmed! It is all still on my page – up near the top – next to earlier Godfather material. Been deleting 'stuff' I don't want. Can't be bothered with archiving – who would bother to trawl through archives? Wanted to speed up access to my page. I had reached 324,759 bytes on April 19. Still more to discard, but def. no Godfather or Sopranos. Read El Dude's page earlier this evening (he helped me out earlier this year on The Sopranos, so he's on My Watchlist) Cheers! -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 22:52, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I don't really use e-mail for communication, I'm afraid, unless it's business/organisation related, so I don't how that system works on here. But yes, I am going through to administrator resolution now. I have a copy of the draft saved in Word which I edit offline in case it's ever lost. JTBX (talk) 00:58, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
No, I understand that. It can be useful though if you want say something sensitive and not be seen by any person on Wikipedia. Don't be alarmed! – everything is still there in the history. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 10:08, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, Gareth Griffith-Jones. You have new messages at El duderino's talk page. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
Are you & Gareth really going to put up with more of User:RC's bullshit? He acts like he owns these film articles and edit wars to get his way. There is no exception in WP:3RR for consensus, remember that. I'm done trying to reason with him. If/when you file a report against him, please let me know so I can weigh in, to confirm his issues of WP:TE and WP:OWN. El duderino(abides) 05:44, 24 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your support. Will liaise with JTBX, and get back to you. I don't know if you remember,but you came to my aid earlier this year regarding the info'box on The Sopranos for which I am grateful. Cheers, -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 05:55, 24 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I have just posted on El_duderino's talk page (got a tb from him too) Cheers, -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 06:01, 24 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Alright guys, going to do it now, sorry for the late response. Going to just read through the policies now and go to resolution. JTBX (talk) 09:55, 24 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, go to Elduderino's page, Ive replied there. JTBX (talk) 10:01, 24 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, Gareth Griffith-Jones. You have new messages at El duderino's talk page. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
I see that JTBX has undertaken an effort to slander me behind my back. Sorry to drag you into it. The facts are that I'm working with both him and El Duderino and they don't accept that we have to meet halfway on some things. As you know, Gareth, I'm trying to improve the article. Although in the case of The Godfather I didn't accept all of JTBX's edits, I incorporated some and suggested areas where I agreed with him that we could make some improvements. That is normal editing. Not all proposals are accepted and editors have to communicate on these matters. Both of them seem to be saying that it's all or nothing. El Duderino's position is untenable. JTBX has good ideas and I have said so. So, again, thanks for your fine attitude and I'm sorry if you feel like you're in the middle. --Ring Cinema (talk) 14:56, 24 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I appreciate that. All along I have been anxious to avoid anything approaching an edit war and the intervention of others. I go back to the beginning of the month and the action I took then to prevent a wholesale takeover by Wrath X. Together, you Ring, and I, rescued the article, and soon after that, JTBX became involved, and we three worked really well together, as a team, for quite some time.
As I see it,
the breakdown in cooperation between the two of you began when the idea of another draft of the plot summary was aired. Because I could not find the origin of this alternative approach, this confused me as you both now know. I know now that it was an edit summary made by Ring and addressed to JTBX, and not posted on the discussion page of The Godfather.
we should continue to merge the two editions and make an attempt to revitalise the feeling of a group effort that was present until recently.
when that is achieved, I should like to think that we three can move on and edit II and III together.
Yes, I agree. As I've mentioned elsewhere, there is already agreement on some areas that deserve improvement on the plot summary. And I have incorporated as much of JTBX's suggestions, as well. To me, this is normal give and take. I will remain optimistic, and thank you again for your time. --Ring Cinema (talk) 15:40, 24 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Gareth, he is just playing semantics again. Look through his entire history on his talk, one revert warning from an adminstrator after another. He says this but the fact is I incorporated the edits he wanted, such as "riddled with machine gun fire" etc, not the other way around. He just reverts. He will probably add some things from my plot now to appear as if to get along. Nonsense. JTBX (talk) 17:59, 24 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Please believe me when I say that it is better to try to cooperate and discuss than it is to war with one another. Now that the air has been cleared, and everyone is talking, we will continue to discuss rather than edit and revert. We are a good team. We are passionate. That is good for the article, and the next, and the next. It is the only way. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 21:19, 24 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the {tb} alerts, Gareth. But I'm through trying to discuss the issues with RC. He's a stubborn mule and only seems interested in getting his way and arguing about it. As soon as I attempted a compromise at No Country, (see my post which starts with "Fine..") he accuses me of changing the argument, terms, 'subject' whatever. His replies to me and others there are filled with condescension and I want no more part of it. El duderino(abides) 21:51, 24 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
See, Dude, there was already a compromise in place between me and Star. Not that you have to accept it, of course, but don't accuse me of not wanting to compromise. --Ring Cinema (talk) 22:06, 24 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Do you have any suggestion for The Godfather dispute?
This is now a 3RR complaint at WP:AN3#User:Ring Cinema reported by User:JTBX (Result: ). Do you have any suggestion for how to resolve this? Full protection? Perhaps an RfC? It does not seem that WP:3RR has been violated. The AN3 report is long and meandering and admins may not have the patience to read all of it. Thank you, EdJohnston (talk) 22:34, 24 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
@ EdJohnstonI had hoped we would not be in this position. I have tried to be both mediator and counsellor. I do not require "full protection" – both users are responsible editors whose only fault, if they have one (and I do not believe it a fault) is passion. I have only been involved with editing Wikipedia seriously since last September and my looking up the RfC page for the first time fills me with dread that this is just going to escalate into far too much.
Believe it or not – and this is also addressed to JTBX and Ring Cinema – I continue to expect this episode to be resolved in the manner I describe above, and we will work together in the future. That is unlikely if any one party is intransigent.
Therefore, I would recommend a voluntary absence of 14 days, to cool down, and I will hold the fort as caretaker and maybe do a little merging where I feel it will not provoke either editor when they return. They should leave the article and talk page alone, out of sight, in my opinion.
I have put all my Godfather sections together in date order here.
Please have a look!
The last one is from the admin you have involved. I have replied to him. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 01:53, 25 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Well, Gareth, my view is that it's unfair to me to pretend I'm guilty of anything just because JT filed a complaint and accused me of bad faith. How does he climb down from that in a way that allows him to work with me? If he doesn't want to collaborate with other editors that is his decision but it would be a mistake to ignore that. For that reason, I think it would be more fruitful to restrict ourselves to the Talk page until we agree mutually to return to editing the article page. Do you think that has any merit? -- Ring Cinema (talk) 02:31, 25 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Well Gareth, please Gareth, please, someone has figured out what I really am like Look you can keep doing this with a strop to look innocent, but the fact is, from the start of you registering on Wikipedia over 3 years ago, you have gotten into conflict over conflict about how you deal with others on Wikipedia, in relation to films especially, insulting adminstrators, and have been blocked multiple times. Somehow, you keep comign back. Seriously it is not hard, just take a look through his entire talk history. End of story, as he has dealt with me in the same way. I have already listened to you, which is why I had a draft on the talk page in the first place, to resolve issues, but you do not accept it. Simple. Stop this nonsense. JTBX (talk) 03:49, 25 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I couldn't agree more. I would even go further to say that at the moment I see no point in continuing discussion with him, which is why I encouraged JBTX to pursue the DR himself after he informed me of his similar argument. I am now on a self-imposed voluntary interaction-ban, of sorts. Meaning: I do not intend to address him directly anymore. And if he is reading this, I would like for him to do the same. I have no intention of rehashing what happened at the relevant talkpage thread at No Country for Old Men (film) which is what he is trying to do -- meanwhile, re-framing it to fit his own distorted purview, as JBTX alludes to above.
@Gareth, I can appreciate your positive tone and attempts to mediate, but I disagree with your assessment above that the air has been cleared. User:RC has not acknowledged his part in the escalation of these two disputes. I.e, he seems to be saying he's done nothing wrong. For example, apparently he still thinks he reached a compromise with the other editor (StarofAmman) at No Country -- when, as I see it, Star simply kept changing the content until RC stopped reverting -- all the while neither of them adding to the talkpage. That's not compromise. El duderino(abides) 08:07, 25 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Well, yeah, she made a change I accepted. Then I went to her talk page and told her it was fine by me. That is what a compromise looks like: someone makes a proposal that the other side agrees is good enough. So, yeah, you have confirmed that Star and I made our compromise. I'm not sure why you don't recognize it when you are looking at it, but okay. --Ring Cinema (talk) 08:32, 25 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think you have ever been this honest. "She made a change I accepted. Then I went to her talk page and told her it was fine by me." WP:OWN. --JTBX (talk) 18:19, 25 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
@ EdJohnston Hi, you left a comment on El duderino's page stating that we should try RfC? how does this work, and if you could advise, what is the best procedure to file a complaint that is very long, complex and detailed? If discussion and so on has already been tried and if the user is a known edit warrior as well in conflict with other users is RfC on a user ideal? Thank you. JTBX (talk) 04:04, 25 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You'll need to simplify your request. If you make an RfC about 20 things nobody may bother to respond. If you actually are hoping to find consensus it doesn't help to come to my page and badmouth the other editor. You might consider making a new draft of the article in your user space and then ask for comments. EdJohnston (talk) 04:07, 25 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
At 04:39, April 25 2012 (UTC) Admin EdJohnston protected The Godfather: Edit warring / Content dispute: WP:AN3#User:Ring Cinema reported by User:JTBX (Result: Protected). It expires 04:39, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
@ EdJohnston Thank you for your time spent on this matter. Not what I was hoping for, but, on reflection, it is a sound choice of action. It will at least appear to be a birthday present to me when editing may be resumed on the twentyeighth.
@ Ring Cinema Yes! Why don't we do that (see above: 03:31 hrs. today!) – more or less what I was intending .
@ JTBX Your youthful enthusiasm is infectious. I think we enjoy working alongside each other. This will get better, trust me!
-- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 07:44, 25 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
El duderino I appreciate what you wrote to me yesterday but I would like you to read this section please! Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 07:51, 25 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I posted there and I'll be watching your page -- no need to put tags here when there's a new response. And just fyi, I may not post there again because I really don't want to interact directly with RC. El duderino(abides) 08:48, 25 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Gareth, you are a well established and excellent editor to work with, and of course I would love to continue working on the sequels and so on, as well as any future projects, but you have to understand as duderino has pointed out, there is no point talking to RC anymore. If you want try something then post the draft we worked on and improve it, into the article. Lets see what he does then. JTBX (talk) 18:51, 25 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
@ JTBX Thank you and, “Yes”, we will continue. I am sad at how it has turned out; even I am affected by the admin's action, in that nobody has access to the article. Absurd! We three must use the talk page more from now on. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk)
I've just seen that the article is now protected because of the dispute. As a result I may leave a message on the Godfather talk page, though I have already stated what I have wished and edited the draft there with your help. JTBX (talk) 20:21, 25 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Gareth, since you, RC and I are the only ones editing the article, then I would like to ask your actual opinion on the matter. Do you think our draft should replace the one in the article, and have us work from there? Without your agreement I will have to solely report RC, but all of that can be avoided provided you help this consensus. As a result both of us can notify EdJohnston, who will then allow it to be placed in the article and remove protection. At least that is the way I see it after speaking with EJ. JTBX (talk) 23:31, 25 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Alright here is what I am going to do:
In this cool off period until the article is unprotected, I will reason out on the talk page of the article, why I think the plot should be included, as I have began to do so. I suggest you go there and see, as well as improving it. I request for your help Gareth, if possible, editing the draft and responding. Ring Cinema does not appear to have any recent editing history on the subsequent Godfather films so I don't expect a conflict there. I have already begun cutting the plot on II in a saved draft offline and will paste it into the talk page of Part II first, and request your help with it. I did not reveal this until now because I know Ring-Cinema would have made his move there and he hasn't yet, but if he does... know that it was because I just stated this and he probably wishes to spur another conflict. Okay? I will then return to Godfather Part I, to see if issues have ironed out. If conflict arises again without an actual provided good reason as before I will file RfC on the film. If I see it as more serious, I will file an RfC on the user with help from El duderino and others who may have faced similar issues. --JTBX (talk) 01:18, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
@ JTBX I read your last night's posting a couple of hours ago. Been walking my dog round the lakes ... this is when I do my best thinking. Will get back to you later this morning. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 08:17, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Please see talk page again, I finished this task. --JTBX (talk) 11:16, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I have been on the Godfather talk page ... well done! ... a lot of conscientious effort and well worth reading. I am still debating in my mind how to approach our return to the article. Much depends upon your relationship with Ring. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 12:24, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
This is becoming serious
Have you seen "No Country" today? This is becoming serious. Also his attempt to involve MarnetteD | Talk I think he probably got the idea of doing that from my talk page ... see this I've been following The Godfather talk with dismay.
Re- his plot draft:
Having edited the first paragraph yesterday, I have just had a go at the second. It now reads thus:
Drug baron Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo (Al Lettieri), backed by the Tattaglia family, asks Vito for investment and protection through his political connections, but Vito declines and voices his disapproval of drug dealers. His enforcer, Luca Brasi (Lenny Montana) is killed when sent to spy on them. Sollozzo attempts to assassinate Vito. His eldest son, Sonny (James Caan) takes command. Sollozzo kidnaps Hagen, suggesting he should persuade Sonny to accept his deal. Whilst the Corleone family discuss the situation, they receive a fish in Brasi's vest confirming he sleeps with the fishes.
I just wanted to bring his draft of the plot in line with our thinking. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 19:26, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Not necessary. I already edited the second paragraph in the article. The chance that he's going to be anything but a nuisance is about equal to zero. --Ring Cinema (talk) 19:29, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Trying, and clearly failing, to pour some olive oil on the boiling water. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 19:39, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
JT can decide to be productive, or he can decide to be destructive. For The Godfather, we're fine. We'll proceed on the basis of unanimity. I don't want you to be in the middle. --Ring Cinema (talk) 19:42, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
And apparantly I do not know what Consensus means. From the first paragraph of Wikipedia:Consensus "Consensus refers to the primary way decisions are made on Wikipedia, and it is accepted as the best method to achieve our goals. Consensus on Wikipedia does not mean unanimity (which, although an ideal result, is not always achievable); nor is it the result of a vote. This means that decision-making involves an effort to incorporate all editors' legitimate concerns, while respecting Wikipedia's norms." Which is what I have been trying to do.
No Country for Old Men I am not disrupting the article, only improving it. I did not use personal attacks, that is simply a falsfication. I am not violating any consensus, there is simply one on the plot which mentioned reducing detail and improving it, and which is what I am doing. I see it needs to be improved more and trying to be productive, but you have continually reverted my edits. Please stop. If you have suggestions, take them to the talk page. --JTBX (talk) 21:07, 27 April 2012 (UTC)The fact that you took my edits to No Country as a disruption illustrates my point perfectly. You took it as another attack, when I was simply editing to improve, because you do not own the article. "Our way of thinking" Gareth, shame on you for acting as a neutral partner but simply rolling over for Ring. I contacted MarnetteD and others as part of a wider consensus and going through The Godfather history to see who else had been editing the article, so that is wrong now? Its called Rfc too and following Wikipedia policy. WP:PLOTSUM I expected better, since you would rather leave in details such as "sleep with the fishes" over Peter Clemenza killing Paulie and so on. But which I chose to keep as part of the consensus. SO so many problems like this with the current summary. Obviously Gareth you want it to remain Ring, you and me, while trying to act like a neutral partner but really just pulling me along to Ring's side. But that will never happen. Ring has been caught for the edit warrior he is. --JTBX (talk) 21:19, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, that's inaccurate. I'm editing, not warring. I proposed we edit on the basis of unanimity; JTBX rejected that and violated the admin's terms. --Ring Cinema (talk) 00:10, 1 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the birthday greeting! How on Earth did you know ... ? Best regards, -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 11:11, 28 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Peter, Just clicked on the link. Didn't notice it on first look. Great. I have all their records – 45's and LP's – all bought on release in the sixties. You clever devil!
Your Majesty, (Mrs.Betty Windsor ... indeed!) I am lost for words. My first dog was a Pembrokeshire Corgi. I remain, Ma'am, your ever humble servant, -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 13:05, 28 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
See here for earlier corgi news. And my first dog was described by our family Vet as a "Glenorchy Terrier", a possibly rather elegant shorthand for "any one of a short-haired, terrier-like small to medium sized dogs of no fixed breed endemic to the the northern suburbs of Hobart" :-) --Shirt58 (talk) 11:49, 30 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You have given me a lot of entertainment and puzzlement since April 28. We'll keep in touch, I trust. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 11:37, 10 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Happy Birthday mate
I realised it was your birthday. Regards. JTBX (talk) 20:34, 28 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I note you have returned to the article to edit the plot summary this evening. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 22:51, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Regarding edit: Yes, and look at the history. A User Chaheel made an improvement which I had already accomplished in the draft, it hurts me to see that editors are trying to improve the article, but Ring offers nothign but reverts. I also suggest you check out the talk page. JTBX (talk) 22:55, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
@ JTBX What ridiculous things you say about Wikipedian co-editors. Articles are never finished, they remain "works in progress", and if you have not appreciated that yet, you should go away and come back when you have grown up! -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 23:37, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Happy Birthday, Gareth Griffith-Jones, from User:Martinevans123 - Hope you had a nice day!
Yes, thank you, and then finished up mediating in an edit war, would you believe? BTW did you ever get to Tasmania? -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 10:35, 6 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
... but you have to say that it is odd about this shirt geezer [see section immediately above this!] -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 10:53, 6 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
@ JTBX What a ridiculous thing to do to a Wikipedian article ... you should go away and come back when you have grown up! -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk)
You cannot reduce in one swoop, 6,092 bytes, from the plot summary. You are courting with disaster. I saw what you had done , and reverted your revision within five minutes. I know what you have been doing – editing it privately on Word.
Be reasonable! How can other editors compare your version with the established summary? -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 23:19, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Help me improve this! I cut it down to 1,300 words from the bulky 2,500 or whatever it was...too big! --JTBX (talk) 23:04, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Why did you revert? JTBX (talk) 23:07, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Because you cannot reduce in one swoop, 6,092 bytes, from a plot summary. You are courting with disaster. I saw what you had done , and reverted your revision within five minutes. I know what you have been doing – editing it privately on Word. Be reasonable! How can other editors compare your version with the established summary? -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 23:19, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Is there a reason why you immediately brought this to Ring's attention? And yes, you are allowed to export and edit on Word to avoid multiple edits to an article. What are you trying to imply? In the coming reports which I am now constructing on Ring, I may also include you for your Meat-Puppetry and Twinkle abuse. Consider that not a warning, but an observation. Other editors can easily compare the summary by clicking on its previous versions, it is you and Ring that are not being reasonable. JTBX (talk) 23:27, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I tried to be friendly after that horrible episode, I tried to reach out to you for your help in Part II having already completed getting rid of unneeded wording, but there you go, running off to Ring immediately. I think I have found out as much I as I need to know. JTBX (talk) 23:33, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I assume he brought it to my attention because I am reasonable, easy to work with, listen to others, keep my word, and have good style. Nothing he could say about you. --Ring Cinema (talk) 23:35, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
HA! is that a joke? is this reply [3] an example of you being reasonable or easy to work with? Judging from your interactions on various talkpages, you are clearly none of those things. Your self-delusion is astounding. 98.92.188.200 (talk) 02:47, 9 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Lurker
@98.92.188.200 (talk) So, why post on my Talk page (Section:- The Godfather II) – last night, twice – at similar times to that on the RJ's Talk page?
Nice to see you joined the paragraphs, but I dont think we should expand to add details that irrelevant to the main plot though, such as when Senator Geary excuses himself etc. For this reason I was thinking that including Bonasera in the original film's plot was also a bad idea. I haven't changed anything though. Just something to think about. JTBX (talk) 23:50, 27 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with you on all of these points. If we mention the senator at the start of the summary, it makes sense to refer to his opting out of the commission hearing when Michael is called. I think that either both should stay in, or both should be omitted – the latter is my choice – which is yours?
Nota bene, because I don't archive, I have taken (as before recently) this discussion to your Talk page. Mine is so large ... I keep on deleting sections, but it just keeps growing, haha!
Hope you don't mind, and if you do, please tell me!
Yes it was fine, I edited it again to remove some of the superfluous language. Thanks. I'll get to the other paragraphs later. --JTBX (talk) 10:53, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
It's a Wonderful Life (1946 James Stewart film) This evening, I reverted an edit by Lobo512 (talk):(removed Category:Films set in the 1940s using HotCat) – My edit summary reads: Wrong! World War II finishes (1945) during the story of this film.
Surely, these quasi-automated revisions may cause many incorrect deletions and should be curbed. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 21:31, 2 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hi! Gahh, this is such a minor thing we're "edit warring" over. But I feel the need to persist since I know I am right. ;) If you click on the category page, right at the top there is a line that says: "This category is for films with a significant portion set in the 1940s, but which were produced at a later date." All the "films set in" categories say this. It's quite clear that a film can't be "set in" a decade that it was made in...that's just when it was made. Otherwise thousands of films from this decade would have to go in a category "set in the 2010s". Which wouldn't be very useful! So the category on IaWL definitely needs to be removed, it's misleading and suggests it wasn't made in the 1940s. --Lobo(talk) 06:55, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Big apology to: Lobo(talk)
You are correct; I am wrong.
What about "fantasy" film ... surely not ... anyway I removed that category last night. What do you think? __ Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 08:14, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Category confusion
Hi Lobo! I am not in any conflict with you over this ... I understood immediately after reading your first edit summary that your revision was right. My subsequent editing did not include a revert of yours. Please check. Kind regards, --Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 07:04, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
00:36 It's a Wonderful Life (diff | hist) . . (-36) . . Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk | contribs) (removed Category:American fantasy films using HotCat)
I would not have considered IaWL a "fantasy" film, would you?
Ohh, apologies! I didn't actually check your edit and now I'm feeling very sheepish. ;) as for it being a fantasy film, I think that's just about appropriate, due to the last half hour. IMDB also lists it as fantasy. Lobo(talk) 09:40, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, I saw your email. When I wrote "gahh" I just meant this: [4]. But is your name really Gareth Griffith-Jones then? That's amazing, that's like THE most Welsh name imaginable. --Lobo(talk) 15:52, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oh and I agree that HotCat is a bit rubbish, the way it doesn't let you give an explanation for your actions. I won't use it again unless its for obviously uncontentious additions. --Lobo(talk) 15:55, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, it really is
You make me laugh – that's good! If you want the whole background, have a read of the first part of my User page!
Actually, when writing my earlier response, I might have included that my one and only neice is in your age group ... expect you can see what I was wondering.
I had never used HotCat before. Agree with you about not being given the chance to add your own edit summary. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 16:37, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. I stumbled across your warning on Onepebble's talk page when I was checking some of his/her edits in Huggle. But the user's edit to Wales doesn't look like vandalism. Why do you think that it is? --Krenair(talk • contribs) 10:57, 6 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
"The images were placed in that order to prevent clumping and white space. Reverting."
Not sure how that is relevant. Onepebble's edit still doesn't seem like vandalism, even if it does cause "clumping and whitespace". It seems to be a good faith effort to improve the article, so not vandalism. --Krenair(talk • contribs) 13:13, 6 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Not so. First ask yourself, why did he attempt the revision?
One has to assume that he was first reading the article.
What was wrong with its layout? – Nothing!
Then why did he go to Edit?
After his alterations, did he have a look to see the results? And did he then undo his editing? – Clearly not, unless he approved of his mess-up of the article, in which case, it is a form of vandalism in my book.
If you read my warning to him carefully, you will notice that I modified the template's message considerably and softened it to be constructive rather than confrontational. Regards, -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 15:58, 6 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Gareth, I've tried to find where in his version of the article the formatting was messed up, but I can't find it. I'm sure that browser or screen resolution could have an effect on that sort of thing, so can you help me out? ST47 (talk) 16:45, 6 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
@ ST47 The man to answer this is, of course, FruitMonkey. He made the revert. But I compared the two versions and Onepebble had altered para breaks and repositioned images.
I still have the newbie's page on my watchlist, and have just read your message. (I had wondered how you had noticed this matter – thought you must have Wales on yours)
It's up to you; I just wasn't sure why it was reverted and didn't want the user to misunderstand your message. The individual seems to be making positive contributions and I didn't want him/her to be scared off, and also wanted to make sure he knew he could talk to the guy who reverted his edit rather than going back and getting into an edit war. ST47 (talk) 18:06, 6 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yes. That's good. I shall let him understand my intention. Cheers! -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 18:53, 6 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
POSTSCRIPT I have my permission. Now I must learn all about it, before using Rollback. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 19:04, 6 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
This evening, I posted the following on Onepebble' talk page:
Hello Onepebble, Just a line to thank you for the incredible amount of good editing since you began on May 1. With regard to my note above, what I meant to write was, " ... at Wales. Your edits here may, to others, appear to constitute ... They have been reverted by another editor." Kind regards, -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 23:41, 6 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, this is just to let you know that I've granted you the rollback tool and responded to your email. I'm so sorry for inconveniencing you! Keilana|Parlez ici 18:09, 6 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Good evening Keilana,
Thank you for your consideration.
I have my permission. Now I must learn all about it, before using Rollback. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 19:10, 6 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Not a problem. If you need help with anything or have any questions, please don't hesitate to drop me a line. Keilana|Parlez ici 02:06, 7 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
(talk page stalker) See WP:RBK, WP:VAN if you haven't already seen them. Twinkle is also a good one to have as well as your rollback to warn and report users. When I rollback I near enough always use Twinkle to give a quick warning and find it useful. --Chip123456 (talk) 08:59, 7 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
@ Chip123456 Thank you for your interest. I already have the first two WP:s on my watchlist for easy reference. Thank you for the tip re- Twinkle to give a warning – good advice. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 09:15, 7 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Is this a sock puppet?
(Monday) Good evening Excirial,
Thank you for your helpful reply. I shall proceed with extreme caution. All excellent advice about using the keyboard will be taken on board. Hope your weekend break exceeded your expectations!
I have every confidence in you to know that you would not have shown any bias. Keep well! -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 18:03, 7 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
(Tuesday) Good evening Excirial,
I made a revision this morning, and on visiting the IP's Talk page, saw your warning of April 30. A added a short warning below yours. Are the two editors on this 'diff' page, one and the same? -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 17:58, 8 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Good afternoon Mr. Griffith-Jones,
It is quite likely, given the fact that the IP starts with 86. and because the edits are to a page few others edit on. It seems to be mostly a case where an editor forgot to log into his or her account. Techically taken the account was blocked that day, and based on the timestamp the block was present another 30 minutes or so on the time the edit was made. But well, seeing the edit was made two days ago i don't think any action is required (I like to think this was just a mistake). Excirial (Contact me,Contribs) 17:53, 9 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I have recently found and started employing Igloo. I am very impressed and prefer it to both Huggle and STiki. I particularly appreciate "my log" at the bottom of the page. A couple of questions:
how does Igloo deal with more than one revision made consecutively?
Does it rollback to the previous editor's revision?
In the edit summary, why not Igloo – rather than (GLOO)?
Heya. Thanks for your feedback, really appreciate it. Igloo uses the built-in rollback feature - so it will rollback all consecutive edits made by the person you are reverting to the revision of the last, different editor. I chose to use GLOO because it amused me, and is arguably more memorable - advertising, and all that. Ale_Jrbtalk 09:24, 10 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
That was a quick response – thank you! I was granted Rollback permission recently, so that's okay. Yes, it is more memorable, and it comes before 'h' for Huggle ... Excellent job. Any tips would be appreciated.
igloo chooses the correct warning level automatically - you don't need to select it. Ale_Jrbtalk 12:40, 10 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Clever. I thought that must have been the case, because, after a 'session', I go through the list created on my Watchlist, and look at the warnings, before removing the user's name from my list. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 14:09, 10 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
(Friday) Good evening Excirial
I have never been one to leave 'loose ends' and when I noticed an edit summary on my watchlist, stating " (Hardly vandalism, and I'm not a sockpuppet.)", I investigated further. To that effect, I have pursued the above in a friendly way ( if you are interested you will see my posts on this page ... olive branch ... ) and received this from the user this afternoon:-
I offer this olive branch ... I have read your edit summary on the article in question
Olive tree branch
Hello 86,
Thank you for pointing out to me, the error of my ways. and please accept my apology. I am sorry. You are correct in your revision/s. Also, please discount the nasty-sounding automatic template above. It is a good job that you watch your edits – unlike many editors here on Wikipedia – and were able to let me know straight away.
Mistakes like this one can all too easily occur whilst editing and looking after Wikipedia. However, as long as they are met with good temper and a sense of humour, there is no lasting harm, in my opinion.
Feel free to revert my revision! Or, if you would prefer to have it done by me, which may,or may not, look better for you, please tell me. You are now on My watchlist, so I will be aware of your reply here on this page. I was confused by the IP address in conjunction with your User name, together with the previous reverting by the admin. Excirial. I am clear now in understanding you.
I kind of presumed that was what happened. Large parts of 86.**.**.** are British Telecom's dynamic IPs, and BT is used by a huge proportion of British internet users, so it's easy enough to confuse. 86.** IP (talk) 14:01, 11 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your replying to me. I shall let Excirial know. All the best, -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 16:10, 11 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This strand continues on another user's Talk page
On 87
Honestly? an IP that only edits policy pages? It's at least suspicious. 86.** IP (talk) 01:03, 13 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I do far more mainspace edits than project edits on most days. --78.35.237.202 (talk) 15:01, 13 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
... and now we have 78 ... What is going on? Why do all these anons post here? -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 18:25, 13 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
What I'd like to know is why anons being the only people to object to policy discussions is considered grounds for considering that all progress must be permanently blocked. 86.** IP (talk) 18:41, 13 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Should I repeat what I said in my reply to Anon 87's posting here yesterday? No, I am not bringing it back to my page, but I cannot understand why Anon 78 is replying for him/her ... Oh, I wonder, could they be the same poster? -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 19:11, 13 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
There is no way that non-registered IPs can be allowed to involve themselves in Wikipedia policy and changes to Wikipedia policy. Either register and be accountable or go away!
Well, since consensus seems to be that complaining about errors is a problem, and that truth doesn't matter when it comes to deciding who's wrong, I'm not going to bother with Wikipedia any more. Good luck keeping the place up; if all you need accuse them of having violated 3RR by throwing in non-reversion edits]] (both blocks by User:EdJohnston, by the way; so apparently said boards are beign partrolled by only the admin who cares most about style over substance), you're going to need good luck. 86.** IP (talk) 16:04, 15 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
This is such a pity. There are too few, conscientious editors at work on Wikipedia. We should not be in this situation. It is the bully boys who win every time, it seems to me.
I, too, felt as you did before Christmas and walked away from it for almost a month. I am hoping you will do the same and return after a sabbatical.
I thought you had intended keeping away from this page ... that's what you promised, anyway. I would be much obliged if you were to follow your own advice. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 12:31, 5 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Gareth. Let us know if you have any problems and happy editing! Thanks, West.andrew.g (talk) 15:45, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hello again, Andrew!
Still being made to feel very much the new boy, which actually I quite like – having recently entered my eighth decade – I wondered if you would like some feedback. STiki is the second vandalism tool I have employed (the first being Twinkle) Then I successfully applied for Rollback, so tried Huggle. Finally, used igloo.
Having returned to your product, I would say that it is the best of the bunch. I particularly like the easy interaction between STiki and the article/the editor/the history and of course, Twinkle.
This brings me to my first question: if I revert using Twinkle on the article page, does this action get recorded in the STiki records?
Secondly, on your Leaderboard page, you, for example, show STiki as your 'favourite queue', whereas I am listed as preferring Cluebot-NG – why the difference, and how is it selected?
Thirdly, I was allowed to use STiki before Rollback authorisation was granted. Why?
First, I assume you find an edit using STiki, and then use a hyperlink to open the edit/diff in your web browser. It is from here that you use Twinkle to undo the tool. When you return to the STiki window, that same edit is still being displayed, so the only way to get the next one is to use a classification button. This classification will be recorded for leaderboard purposes (i.e., if you press "vandalism" you will be credited for it -- and you won't revert the edit you just made using Twinkle).
Second, you will notice there is a "queue" menu in the STiki tool where the queue can be selected. These are behind the scenes algorithms that determine what edits are displayed to users first (based on vandalism probability). There are all types of ways to calculate this with varying accuracy. Right now, it seems like the "CBNG" queue has the greatest chance of showing you an instance of vandalism. CBNG is a third-party algorithm. I wrote and developed the "STiki" approach, so that is why I have some preference for it. Because all the approaches are different, they may find vandalism another does not. If you are using the CBNG queue and find your vandalism hit-rate slowing down during a long session, it may be worthwhile to switch queues and see if this helps things.
Third, rollback is not required to use STiki. There is some discussion whether we should make it a requirement -- but given the fact we have had very little abuse using the tool, we're inviting everyone to the party. If you are curious why you were able to do "rollbacks" in STiki when you didn't have the "rollback" permission, this is because STiki implements something called "software rollback" for those who don't have the native right. In this case, STiki does a lot of work to determine "what would a rollback do?" and then makes an edit to the same effect. This is far less efficient than native rollback, but gets the job done!
Thanks for your feedback, and happy classifying! West.andrew.g (talk) 14:10, 18 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Good afternoon Andrew,
Thank you for your detailed, and very clear answers, to my questions. Cheers! -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 15:59, 18 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
just responded to your more recent questions. Thanks, West.andrew.g (talk) 16:45, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
For my talk page watchers this helps prove that reading is FUN-damental
I think that you all might get a kick out of this. I heard about this item [5] on a sports talk show today and thought it was too funny. I knew that there was a reason that I paid attention in geography class. If you know anyone that you would like to share it with please feel free to do so. MarnetteD | Talk 16:35, 18 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hello SwisterTwister! I was delighted to receive your surprise this evening, but also a little mystified. I would love to know what it was that brought me to your attention. Cheers! -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 22:35, 19 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I was patrolling recent changes for recently active users to award barnstars, and I saw you've been extremely active with vandalism removal. I wanted to say thanks to users for their contributions. :) SwisterTwistertalk 00:08, 20 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Well, it is always pleasing to be recognised. Encouragement from one's peers is most welcome. I thank you.
Hello Gareth,
Can you please explain to me why my edits were reverted back to the original and considered vandalism when they were clearly not.
Thank you.
The article was Do Fries Go With That Shake? - Edits were done yesterday.
PaddyMcDaddy (talk) 13:41, 20 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hello PaddyMcDaddy (Have you just registered?)
I have reverted my revision, and removed the template warning that was automatically posted on the IP Talk page (yours I presume) and would like you to accept my apology. Please get back to me if you want your earlier edits reverted by Cluebot NG replaced. Kind regards, -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 17:12, 20 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Gareth,
No problem and thank you! I actually did just register after I made those edits, thinking that having an actually user name would maybe convey a little less suspicion as far as edits are concerned. I have edited on Wikia pages before but never on Wikipedia so I am new to everything and the ClueBot. Well, I appreciate you getting back to me, the revert, and checking in! I hope to contribute here and there whenever I can. Cheers! --PaddyMcDaddy (talk) 13:31, 29 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Paddy,
Yes, I had noticed, and was delighted, that you had immediately registered after those edits. Please never hesitate in getting back to me here should you need advice or help. Very best wishes, -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 14:14, 29 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Pat on the back!
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Keep up the good 'beating' vandalism work, your doing really well!--Chip123456 (talk) 20:34, 21 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I know but sometimes it may get a bit cluttered! And it's automatic so you don't have to mess around doing anything technology wise demanding! --Chip123456 (talk) 20:59, 21 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
to User:ZxxZxxZ|Z
Hello Z! I am indebted to you. Many thanks. Regarding Confetti, I realise you must have read my edit summary. Hence the crossed out message. Cheers! -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 21:29, 21 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, no problem ;) --Z 21:38, 21 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Thanks for your work with Stiki - just writing to let you know that this guy's edit to Highgate Cemetery, while not particularly useful (which is why I've not put it back) was not vandalism or anything close, just cluelessness; I believe the article explains why. therefore I removed your warning, up to you what if anything you want to do next.
Appreciate that. Really just a "Test" edit, wasn't it. Thank you for removing the warning. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 11:36, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I think it's more than a test edit even, it is commonly believed by, er, a certain type of person that the place is indeed haunted. Actually it's well worth a visit if you're in London - especially the old half which is like a forest full of tombs.... EggCentric 11:38, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I have driven up and down the A1 countless times, but never taken the advice that my father gave me – exactly the same as yours! Cheers! -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 11:43, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Do I conclude from your usage of the A1 you are no longer in Wales, or that you suck at map reading EggCentric 22:49, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Sadly, we moved from Wales to England. I used to sell in London, hence the driving in and through Highgate. I am probably more Welsh than if I had continued to live there! -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 23:03, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
A barnstar for you!
The Original Barnstar
Thank you! RFD (talk) 23:19, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Well. Thank you. It seemed like a good plan at the time, I thought. Never mind. Kind regards, -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 23:37, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Albert Goldman article
Not only have I read the "Wikipedia welcome page," I also have read Albert Goldman's biography of Lenny Bruce.
If you have read the Goldman book, then you know it devotes several paragraphs to homosexual experiences that Bruce allegedly had. I'm not saying he had them. I'm saying Goldman said he had them, and I was contributing to a Wikipedia article that is specifically about Goldman. Please explain why it was not a constructive edit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.101.236.250 (talk) 16:36, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
An edit summary, briefly explaining your revision, would have prevented my reverting your editing. I shall now 'undo' my reverting your double edit. Kind regards, -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 17:05, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Gareth, something went wrong when you were patrolling Weathering for vandalism. I had reverted vandalism by an IP editor; then you reverted my edit, restoring the vandalism, and added a warning to my page. Didn't you notice anything unusual about my page, i.e., signs that I make a lot of constructive contributions to Wikipedia? RockMagnetist (talk) 21:20, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Please accept my apologies ... was already on my way here to remove the template that STiki automatically posts ... and I was beaten to the rollback by you, so I rolled your revision back. Then Mikenorton got involved, and all I can say is "Sorry." The template has been deleted, and no hard feelings, I trust. Kind regards, -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 21:28, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
No, I was more amused than annoyed. Quite a shock to see that on my page! Sounds like STiki may be a bit too automatic. I use Twinkle myself, and it seems just right. RockMagnetist (talk) 21:48, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I am pleased you are so goodnatured about it. The automatic choice – and issue – of warnings to all is something we are trying to alter at STiki currently. I was glad to have the opportunity of destroying yours as soon as you brought it to my attention. Thanks to Mike too.
I edited that section of the college's Wikipedia page to add in the name to the Notable Alumni the name of a former classmate of mine when I attended the college in 2010 who has recently passed away. As a former student of the college, I can say with confidence that the Principles and Founders of the college would have wanted her name to be included. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.163.47.2 (talk) 21:50, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I am sure you are correct. I have looked at the College's article and noticed that you have reinstated your editing. I was about to do just that.
In mitigation, it did look confusing: you had put the entry in; took it out; put it back in again; and then I took it out ... and here we are! Completing the Edit Summary box would have helped me understand your intention. All's well that ends well. Please leave a note here, if you come back to this section.
I was recently pointed to an edit that you reverted with STiki. Can you explain to me what was wrong with that contribution and why the editor needed to be sent a vandal warning? --EpochFail(talk|work) 17:24, 24 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hello EpochFail!
The revision would have been more credible and easier to understand, had the editor completed the Edit summary box.
The "vandal" warning also suggests that it could have been a "test" edit. The level of warning is automatically chosen by STiki, and posted, without any involvement from me.
You seam to be the nice kind of Wikipedian, we all make mistakes, good on you for acknowledge it. Vandalism is a big problem, and its good we have diligent people like you fighting it. Don't get complacent, and be sure to keep the kid gloves on forthe Noobs.Zath42 (talk) 20:08, 24 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Congratulations, Gareth Griffith-Jones! You're receiving this barnstar because you recently crossed the 1,000 classification threshold using STiki. We thank you both for your contribution to Wikipedia at-large and your use of the tool. We hope you continue your ascent up the leaderboard and stay in touch at the talk page. Thank you and keep up the good work! West.andrew.g (developer) and ÐℬigXЯaɣ 08:22, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, this diff popped up on my watchlist, and you seem to have STiki'd it as test/vandalism. You seem to have a good report with Chip123456, who is a valuable editor I've worked with in the past, so I'm not going to jump down your throat. Just try to be a tad more accurate when you're working. Thanks! Achowat (talk) 17:24, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, if you do not agree.
Although I only follow Rugby Union, I know that here in the UK, "soccer" would not be considered a current name for football, not even slang. Maybe 50 – 60 years ago ... but certainly not since then. Regards, -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 17:34, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I am fully aware of that. In the unlikely event that the IP will ever see the Talk page, I have 'softened' the STiki warning. What do you think? Regards, -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 17:50, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
See, I still disagree. The change is entirely accurate and, perhaps based on WP:ENGVAR, preferred. Achowat (talk) 17:51, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I really am not taking this any further. I have no interest in football, but more importantly, no wish to fall out with anyone over the subject. As you have said, I enjoy a good rapport with Chip and would prefer to with all editors on Wikipedia.
Hey, no worries. I know that you're Welsh-based, so it could easily have been a mistake. When patrolling, it's easy to see all strings of numbers as being Vandals, and sometimes we all need a little nudge to assume some good faith. Cheers! Achowat (talk) 18:27, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Dear Gareth:
Thank you for catching and undoing the vandalism on the page "Geometrical-optical illusions."
As a scientist who has hopes that Wikipedia will be a reliable repository of knowledge, I am heartened by how well it is maintained by volunteers like you.
Good wishes, belatedly, on your 70th birthday. Gwestheimer 16:38, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
How very kind of you to take the trouble to write this. It always feels good when appreciation is demonstrated. I am looking forward to Wales's three test tour. All the best, -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 16:52, 26 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Regarding the edit on Preferans
I appreciate your welcome, and sorry for a short message (I'm in a hurry), but what I added to Preferans page is truth, but you marked it as Vandalism.
I'm a regular player of Preferans in Georgia (near Russia), and here we know many etymologies and historical details about Preferans.
I added in parentheses that mountain points are also called dump points (to clarify), and that also in russian that's called "gora" points.
Can you confirm that you didn't know about this? I don't care about editing wikipedia pages if moderators will ignore contributions and them vandalisms.
Hopefully not all moderators do it like this, or, if you think otherwise, please clarify. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.3.71.239 (talk) 07:57, 27 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I can confirm that I did not know about this. The vandalism tag will be removed and my revision "undone" ... I shall put the matter right, straight away now. Thank you for drawing this to my attention. Being a Welshman, my sport is Rugby Union, a game you Georgians are rather good at!
Thanks a lot for your kind answer. To be honest, I gained some knowledge after this issue, for example, where to reply and how to properly use Talk page. I appreciate that we resolved this in a civilized way (many individuals online aren't so polite). Maybe my contribution wasn't important, but I hope I'll contribute more about topics that I'm more knowledgeable, and I hope all moderators will behave like you and show a better way. And by the way, as far as I know, Rugby was invented in England, and tbh, though our football efforts are failing, in Rugby we are having some success. I wish your team success in the next championship, too!
Hello again! Thank you for your charming response. It is appreciated. I have taken the liberty of a little tidying up. On going into 'Edit' mode, you will understand. I could see what you were trying to achieve.
Yes, rugby football originated at the boys' school in Rugby, which is simply called Rugby.
It is the national game of my country, Wales.
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That's great. I'm learning more markup rules as I watch your edits, also how to sign. It's great to see another country like mine speaking of its independent traditions (our country has long struggled for independence).
Thanks for collaboration, I hope we will work together again to enhance this wonderful site. Good luck!
P.S. I will sign in next time, as I see that it would be more convenient for everyone. Best Regards, Luka 149.3.71.239 (talk) 19:29, 27 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Good evening Luka. That's excellent ... as is your command of English. I would like to be your "buddy", and help you and work with you, so please make sure that you give me your User name. I have tremendous respect for the people of Georgia. You are an example to impress the whole planet. All the best! -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 19:57, 27 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much for these warm words, though I'm not that sure about my english :)) My username is luciusmalfoyy (and my real name Luka Ramishvili), hopefully it didn't get deleted.
Anyway, I would be happy to work with you, too, and to learn from you if you allow me that. Wikipedia will be our main source of knowledge in the near future, so the more we'll work in synergy, the better the result, for us and the rest. Hope to see you soon! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.3.71.239 (talk) 20:46, 28 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Good evening Luka,
Have you logged-in? You are still not signing your posts, and even if you are still contributing as an IP, you can still sign and date as described above. I am delighted with your reply, and, no, your name has not been deleted(!) What do you plan to do first on Wikipedia? -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 21:08, 28 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Now I've logged in. I usually don't make lengthy edits, but rather try to edit opinions disguised as facts. I was disappointed when I saw that wikipedia page about lesbians said: "woman generally can easier and more naturally establish romantic and sexual relationships with other woman, rather than men". I'm not a sexist, but that sentence was just not true, if that was the case, heterosexual relationships wouldn't be dominating for centuries, and natural means "something nature meant that way", and contrary to the author's opinion, heterosexuality is a more natural thing (because pleasure from sex is a product of brain reward system to force us have sex=>children). That's a large subject, and of course that article was protected (I imagine the level of vandalism there), and I wrote on the talk page and they (someone from moders) seem to have corrected that.
I believe that while I may not be knowledgeable enough to write complete articles, I may be able to do enough to make certain articles better (my main concerns are articles about math, physics and computer science).
Sorry for the lengthy rant, just wanted to share my previous experiences here and maybe ask for some directions. Thanks for listening :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Luciusmalfoyy (talk • contribs) 20:25, 29 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Good morning Luka,
So you overcame the password obstacle ... was that difficult?
I had a look at Lesbian. Is that the article to which you tried to edit? As an "anon" (or IP) you would not have had access, but you have now because you are editing as a registered User. When did you post on that talk page? Recently? You said your message was removed. That should not have happened.
By the way, just a tip: it is a helpful to the recipient to add a link to the specific article/Discussion/Talk page – as I have done today (lesbian) – to take one to the relevant item page. You can also be more specific like this example: here. That link was merely "copied 'n' pasted". Easy. Even for an old boy like me!
Thank's for your contribution to The King's School, Chester where you reverted the edit by 86.132.226.144. I believe that 86.132.226.144 gave valid reasons for removing that part of the information in the controversies section: that is, that it is unverifiable, un-encyclopaedic and not notable enough for current interest ('medieval' was the term used by 86.132.226.144). I have previously tagged the information in question with 'citation needed' although no such citations have since been provided by the user who originally added the information (Tin55man). As a user with more experience than me, how long do you think they must have to provide proper verification for the information before you can delete it for the reasons I have just talked about? Strangemole (talk) 19:32, 28 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I have just run through the history since Tin55man recent editing, looking at each page critically. I would consider that the time passed since your posting the tags is quite long enough and I shall revert the article to your preferred version. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 20:21, 28 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your prompt reply Strangemole (talk) 20:23, 28 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
That's better! Always good to see the red User name replaced by a blue one. Happy editing! -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 22:13, 28 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Haha thanks for all your help Strangemole (talk) 22:17, 28 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You are most welcome. I shall always be pleased to help you in the future. All the best! -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 22:22, 28 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I would be very grateful for that. Happy editing! Strangemole (talk) 22:26, 28 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The Crow:Salvation
The edit that I made to the crow salvation was constructive. It says right on the page that the plot summary that was there was too long and I changed it to be more concise. One of your guidelines says that summaries should be concise, so it is ridiculous that I do what you tell me to do and you just undo it.
72.74.226.92 (talk) 02:54, 29 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I have left you a note on your Talk page, but as you are not registered, I wonder if you will ever read it.
Should you return to this section, please indicate so.
I have returned and want to know what was wrong with my edit.
72.74.226.92 (talk) 17:15, 29 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Splendid. I feared you would not and I do want to help you. You are correct – there is a 'flag' – on The Crow: Salvation page, section: Plot, and "Yes," this does ask for a prècis and I applaud you for taking action. Let's have another look at it here
Your edit was so large it attracted my attention. Your removal of 6,065 bytes reulted in an article of only 2,887 bytes. That is a 66% reduction in size. Furthermore, you only tackled editing the beginning, which is fine, but then deleted the middle and the end. Perhaps you did not intend the latter to happen (?)
May I suggest that you have another attempt, but this time working on only one paragraph at a time. Saving your edit, and then waiting 24 hours in order to give other editors a chance to read your work. This way, you avoid the big disappointment that you must have experienced on your first edit.
Please tell me here how you feel about doing that for me. Kind regards, -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 10:03, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Bentley University
Look, I can see how a large deletion by an anon can be suspicious, but did you even read my edit summary and/or see what the edit was? That already horribly flawed article had a disastrous alumni section filled with non-notables and outright spam taking advantage of whatever perceived legitimacy being listed on a Wikipedia page confers. I've reverted back as I assume there was some confusion. All the best. --97.127.66.120 (talk) 21:28, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Sure. I understand your point of view now, and I have removed the Test/Vandalism template from your IP Talk page. No hard feelings, I trust. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 21:40, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Wiki Stalker
How do you stop someone from stalking you on Wikipedia? I have noticed someone who has been following me around and trying to give me a hard time about edits that I have made. This person seems to just spy on me and everything that I do here and it is extremely irritating. So what should I do? I suppose I could unplug my modem and automatically get a new IP address and go from there and make a new profile, but why should I? thanks! Albert14nx05y (talk) 10:11, 2 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I'm curious: whey did you revert the link "# On Android, there is IsoKeys" to the old link, which is no longer current? What's the Wikipedia rule here that I don't knowMusicScienceGuy (talk) 04:25, 4 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
No sweat. The old link still works, but for me it gave me a "this link is obolsete" message and redirected me to the new link. You may have turned off some option to see this message, so didn't see it. MusicScienceGuy (talk) 17:48, 4 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, this is jut to let you know that I've reverted to an edit which you identified as vandalism on the above mentioned article. If you read the source, I was simply correcting the figure based on the source which was already there before the edit was made. Please let me know if there are any problems. Thanks. 2.127.70.34 (talk) 10:33, 6 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hello! I've had another look – I have no problem at all with that. Thank you for the courtesy of letting me know. I appreciate it. Kind regards, -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 11:22, 6 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Questionable revert at UK Space Agency
Hi Gareth - you recently reverted two edits to UK Space Agency made by User:2.223.169.251. The edits do not appear to conform to any normal definition of vandalism. Furthermore, you templated the user in question, which is hardly likely to have been encouraging. Could you please review your actions? Thanks. Thom2002 (talk) 22:21, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I have posted on the IP's Talk page – please take a look, and then please leave a note here to let me know what you think. Kind regards, -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 09:34, 8 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for apologising. A diligent vandalism-fighter such as yourself will inevitably make a few errors, but do remember to verify in every case that the recommendations produced by your tool are accurate and not "false positives". Thanks again Thom2002 (talk) 18:07, 8 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I have answered both strands on the Talk page. Tell me what you think! Kind regards, -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 13:45, 9 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for adding your opinion. you were the only courteous user to do so in a respectful manner unlike *cough*someone else*cough*. Auss00 (talk) 17:07, 9 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You are very welcome ... I shall keep the article on My watchlist in order to continue my support if required.
As for Manguard, words fail me. Why on earth be so obnoxious! Good editing! -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 19:20, 9 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Congratulations, Gareth Griffith-Jones! You're receiving this barnstar because you recently crossed the 5,000 classification threshold using STiki. We thank you both for your contributions to Wikipedia at-large and your use of the tool. We hope you continue your ascent up the leaderboard and stay in touch at the talk page. Thank you and keep up the good work! West.andrew.g (developer) and DℬigXray
9:11 am, 10 June 2012 (UTC+1)
Usually when I'm informed of an improper revert I revert myself and strikeout the warning on the user's talk page with a "Sent this in error, sorry," note, but what you choose to do is your own personal technique. Improper reverts happen from time to time; I've made a few over my career. You don't know if no one tells you. Just remember the vandalism policy says anything that's a good faith effort to improve the encyclopedia isn't vandalism. To me it looks like this IP thinks a 737 was delivered today, so he reduced the order count by one and increased the current fleet by one. While sources would be ideal, you would be better off using manual undo and saying "unsourced, please re-add if you have one" in the edit summary, then going to the talk page of the IP and give them a templated welcome messages about sources. This welcomes the newbie instead of scaring them off while also educating them on how they can improve their editing. Usually when I've screwed up it's because I'm moving through the various vandalism hunting tools too fast and need to slow down and read the edits more carefully.
Please understand I'm not trying to be a WP:DICK, I'm just giving you advice, vandalfighter to vandalfighter, on how you can improve you technique and avoid having someone drag you to the dramafest at WP:ANI. Thanks! N419BH 21:04, 10 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
And now we have another situation with Compdude123 agreeing with me on one aspect, namely, the main issue that caught my attention – that the inclusion of planes on order, in the info' box, should be reverted (my original revision) – but disagreeing with the reverting of the minor revision, the addition of one plane to the fleet total, as you have explained to me here.
I appreciate your guidance on the subject. I understand how important it is to encourage new editors. May I ask you, in your opinion, do IPs, in general, ever realise that they have a Talk page. I often modify a warning, and add Welcome postings, as I have done with this IP, but I do wonder if they are ever read. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 22:11, 10 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Honestly it varies tremendously. I have seen IPs become active on talk pages, but it's fairly rare, and even more rare for it to be in good faith. It's more common for an obvious vandal/troll to take the talk page warning and start whining about it, hence my User:N419BH/reversion page. For good-faith IPs, it usually occurs that someone has seen something, makes a quick edit, and thence isn't heard from again. IPs seem particularly active in the aviation area; you will often see them updating fleet counts, airline destinations, and airport stats. Some of these IPs are fans, others may very well be employees of airlines, airports, and other vested parties. These IPs are likely dynamic so a number of different IPs are likely the same person or persons. N419BH 22:29, 10 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Much as I had guessed. I shall still continue to treat them kindly (as above) and in my short time here, I have encouraged at least four or five to register. I hate to leave a warning on a Talk page, once I discover that it was undeserved. Kind regards, -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 22:42, 10 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Postscript: I have studied your User:N419BH/reversion page ... very good ... all pertinent and concise. However, I am curious to know how you make use of it when coping with an IP vandal – obvious when the person is registered, but of course he/she would be unlikely of such crimes. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 08:12, 12 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
IPs tend to get more chances actually than registered accounts, since the likelihood of collateral damage when a registered account is indeffed, especially with autoblock disabled, is extremely low or nonexistent. That page is really more WP:HUMOR than anything else, if someone is going to complain about a revert either they have a legitimate grievance or they're trolling; either way I respond with a customized message on their talk page. N419BH 18:15, 12 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
A Tiger Moth flies underneath a bridge on the under-construction M40 in 1968 for a live-action stunt from the film Thunderbird 6.
Application of the term troll is subjective. Some readers may characterize a post as trolling, while others may regard the same post as a legitimate contribution to the discussion, even if controversial. Like any pejorative term, it can be used as an ad hominem attack, suggesting a negative motivation.
Regardless of the circumstances, controversial posts may attract a particularly strong response from those unfamiliar with the robust dialogue found in some online, rather than physical, communities. Experienced participants in online forums know that the most effective way to discourage a troll is usually to ignore it, because responding tends to encourage trolls to continue disruptive posts – hence the often-seen warning: "Please do not feed the trolls".
Re your unsigned posting ... please return to the article Bugger, and look at The history.
If you would like to discuss this further, please return to my Talk Page # Bugger. Kind regards, -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 08:57, 13 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Your last edit is fair.
Now explanation is more clear for all readers who are not familiar with history.
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Thank you for your swift response.
Your English is excellent. I commend you. No hard feelings, I trust?
Just a note to say thank you for your post on my talk page, Gareth.
Sincerely,
--TyrS 11:28, 27 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
... and one from me!
Greetings from Wales ... you are correct.
Early life: rem ungrammatical comma - the adjective "cramped" is attributed to the noun phrase "living conditions"; hence, "living" is not an adjective but an attributive noun.
Yes, you are correct. I shall blame my error on having just returned from a two weeks holiday, and the lateness of the hour.
My father, who was a commissioned officer in the British Army, was in Norway for the latter part of World War II, and always spoke fondly of your country.
How's it going?
I thought I'd post here briefly because I've just tidied up my talk page and moved our conversation elsewhere for the moment. (Just in case you missed it, my reply to your last post is here.)
Warm regards (how does one say that in Welsh? Could I use something like "Iechyd da"? - just got that from a website, so I hope it means what they said it means),
--TyrS 06:03, 1 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Good morning Tyr,
Glad to hear from you again and to receive your greeting! I am sorry to say that my Welsh is almost non-existant, because I am of the era when English rule over Wales actively prevented the speaking of our ancient language officially in Wales. Quite the reverse nowadays since being given a certain amount of home rule.
I had read your last reply to me – and agree with you on all of the points that you made there; that it is better to just be amused and leave the clowns to irritate each other. For me to stir it up again now would be foolish with regard to your present non-involvement.
Thank you very much for the kind words. Although I don't have any suggestions on how to help improve the article, everyone is encouraged to do so. Whatever contribution you want to make would be very helpful. :) —DAP388 (talk) 00:39, 03 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Orbital wording
Yes, I did see that, thank you very much. Ermmmm ... I feel a bit bad but I have taken issue with a couple of other things the editor has done along the same lines. I don't want to look like I am on his case or spoiling for a fight, though - nothing could be further from the truth. So my strategy now is to shut up and see what happens. I prefer a quiet life, peace, love, harmony and all that stuff. :) Cheers DBaK (talk) 10:25, 3 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I agree. "Life's too short" as the hackneyed cliché tells us, but having just returned, fighting-fit, from two entire weeks without access to any form of PC, I shall be glad to keep an eye open on your behalf whilst you continue your wiki-break.
Your user name is superb ... I often wonder what I would have chosen had I not opted for my own name. I am certain that whatever I chose, I would tire of it. Not yours, though!
BTW, noticed the Discussion page posting, so have added my support there too. Cheers, -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 10:42, 3 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Gareth, many thanks for this and your other comments. No, there are no others I was worried about. I did have a look at Steve's changes to the M60 article because it was on a similar theme but actually I thought that what he had done there was perfectly fair so no problem, and I certainly do not want to start a fight with him. Thank you re the username! When I started here in 2002 (aargh!) I had a username which was simply a variant of my real name. I was very active for a while as that but I did eventually get pretty fed up with it all and decided I was better off semi-retired. I came back once or twice with different accounts (I scrambled the passwords of ones I'd left so I wouldn't be tempted back, and it was a lesser sin in those days) but I never managed to give it up entirely, which is why I am now back here claiming to be D, B and K! I do quite like it though it is not always true - I still have moments of idealism about the project! - and I sometimes wish it wasn't so long, but hey. Largely speaking it kind of works. Nowadays I do try to avoid conflict, though it can be difficult when you are doing work of this nature. :) I hope you enjoyed your fortnight away from computers! Cheers DBaK (talk) 12:56, 3 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you!
Thank you for your thoughtful message, it is greatly appreciated. As always, let me know if I can ever be of assistance. Cheers! ---RepublicanJacobiteTheFortyFive 14:05, 3 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Your revert
This edit was not as unconstructive as you deemed it. Since I am well-versed in Jewish literature and laws, i understand the edit. Perhaps the problem was more your knowledge of the subject than the constructiveness of the edit. Debresser (talk) 23:22, 3 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you Debresser for contacting me. On the face of it, the edit looked to me as an instance of an attack on Jewish customs, and I am pleased to be instructed here. Please tell me what you wish:
Frankly speaking, even though the edit was correct, I think it is too specific, especially since the addition isn't in the Torah verse. Debresser (talk) 12:28, 4 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I try to not revert anything that isn't wrong (technically or factually). Anything that can be said to be more or less okay, I don't touch. So, yes, I'd leave it reverted. If others will disagree, they'll reinstall the edit. :) Debresser (talk) 23:13, 4 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I thought that's what you must have meant – yes, they look professionally positioned now. Thank you for the gift. Now I must apply my sleuthing expertise to discover when exactly you carried this out. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 06:48, 6 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Did you find how I did it? :) Debresser (talk) 19:56, 7 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Y-e-e-s-s, but I still cannot find it. I had already been through The history.
Every one of your edits only showed revisions to this section, like this here? – "No, you have beaten me. I give up." -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 18:13, 8 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The trick is that once you fix the template, this page and all other pages displaying that template, got fixed automatically. :) Debresser (talk) 08:43, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
That is fine if you know what you are looking for.
Initially, I had imagined it was this one: (+1) . . (→Your revert: Typo. Unwatch page. Nice to have crossed the path of this polite editor.), but I cannot find your revision. I do not have a "Userboxes" template on my Talk page – although I added one to me User page months ago.
Why is it that I feel like a Welsh (brown) trout about to be landed on the bank of the River Usk near Sennybridge?
Just a heads up - I think you missed some prior vandalism on Elaine Lordan Cheers Mcewan (talk) 15:54, 4 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Ha ha! Just a bit! I could see it was a mess, but thought that if I made just one revert it would alert a watcher (as it did ... got you there ... didn't it?) that someone who watches Eastenders would be better employed. I gave up on it around the time of the arson on the used cars site.
Heh, no you didn't - I don't even live in the UK these days, and never watched it when I did. I happened to see an entry in the edit filter log (and that's where the edit summary came from, btw - it was an automatic tag). And I always have a look through previous IP edits when reverting vandalism - you never know what has slipped through! Cheers Mcewan (talk) 16:13, 4 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
This may be too technical for me, but I will ask you anyway. How do you access the "edit filter log"? Do you have to be an admin.? -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 16:22, 4 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
No anyone can see it, but some details of the logged incidents are admin-only. I would start here WP:Edit filter. It's sobering to see the volume of things it picks up! Mcewan (talk) 18:01, 4 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
By the way, fantastic work on the vandalism front. You are very prolific! If I may make a suggestion, I think there some occasions where an edit you've characterised as unconstructive could just be termed a good faith newbie edit (albeit badly worded and unsourced) - and dealt with with a {{cn}}, a gentler welcome notice and perhaps some rewording. I'm thinking of West India and Victor Ponta as examples. Conversely, a couple of cases you dealt with in the same way were clear vandalism and you could have been a bit harder (e.g. List of English football transfers summer 2012 and Amar Singh Shaunki. Unfortunately bad editing, like sin, comes in many forms and degrees of severity :) All the best! Mcewan (talk) 18:34, 4 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I appreciate your input greatly. Earlier, I was harder on the obvious vandals, but tired of the backlash that was directed here from IPs who never returned to read or comment on my (usually reasonable) reply to them.
Consequently, I have moderated my edit summaries, but took a stronger approach on the talk page warning.
Thanks for taking it in the spirit in which it was intended. Rather than being harder or stronger in general, I think it's more to do with looking at each case individually. Did you know you are the third most active Stiki user over the last 30 days? You've 3,000+ edits in the last 30 days. I'm at around 1,000 total after 5 and half years. Mcewan (talk) 19:03, 4 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oh another thought - I know how nasty the vandal counter-attacks on talk pages can be and have seen vandal-fighters talk pages being IP-edit protected. If it happens again you can request it at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. Cheers Mcewan (talk) 19:06, 4 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I agree, of course, that every case should be judged on its own merit. Whenever it isn't obvious, I link with the article page/article history and often carry out other editing there, over and above revising the incident that drew me there.
Thank you for your words of appreciation ... what you may not know is that I have had two entire weeks away from any computer during the past two weeks, June 14 – June 29. That means I have only been operative for half of that period.
Having looked a bit more closely at the context, and your other edits there, I was dead wrong about Victor Ponta - my apologies. I've requested, and got, semi-protection for his page. Mcewan (talk) 21:46, 4 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I noticed that the article has at last been protected. I have been reverting vandalism on that over past few days, and I have posted a note on Biruitorul's page this evening. Did you notice my comment above about my 15 days away from Wikipedia during the past month? -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 21:59, 4 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I did notice that, and it probably means you were top of the charts for some of the days. However it's not a competition, and please be careful. Like N419BH above I would hate to see you getting involved in an WP:ANI fracas. Don't get me wrong, you are doing great work - I hope that I may be as prolific one day - it's just that bad judgement calls can have disproportionate repercussions. It sometimes seems that the community makes it harder for registered users than for IP vandals.
When you see repeated vandalism, it's worth going to Wikipedia:Requests for page protection to ask for a page to be protected. I use Twinkle, which makes it very easy. Not familiar with Stiki, but it may have a similar facility.
Tangentially, I was brought up to on the Isle of Man, so I'm a fellow Celt, and could see Snowdonia on those rare clear days, but probably not Castleton. All the best Mcewan (talk) 22:57, 4 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, I appreciate your interest. Yes, I too use Twinkle – an excellent tool – and I am able to move in and out of STiki to use Twinkle whenever required at a click of the mouse.
Hi. No I don't think so - it was just an honest mistake. I feel somewhat responsible for pointing you to the WP:Edit filter background page rather than directly to Special:AbuseLog. The latter is linked to in the formaer, but not until quite a way down. I imagine many editors end up on that page looking for the logs themselves, so it should perhaps be linked more prominently. Mcewan (talk) 14:42, 8 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Good evening McEwan,
I thought that it would amuse you ... and thank you for your additional advice above. I did not see this earlier because I have just been watching the incredible
Roger Federer become the world's Number 1 again in four sets, having lost the first to Murray.He was amazing during the third and fourth.
Greetings - yes I saw a bit of that too and he's an impressive player. Nice to see Murray being somewhat more gracious after the match too. Mcewan (talk) 19:44, 8 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
22:36 Wikipedia:Edit filter (diff | hist) . . (+76) . . Mcewan (talk | contribs) (Add a link to the log in the lead. To help editors who come here for that.)
Yes - hopefully that will help future log-seekers :) Mcewan (talk) 07:42, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I lost our conversation
Hi Gareth, We were having it elsewhere and I've forgotten where.
That was around the 24th of May, Victoria Day. We were on my friend's boat, watching the fireworks.
I think I forget to provide the epilogue to that story:
When we came back to the marina, there were large lights set up which are not normally there. We puzzled over it briefly.
A couple of days later, the facts surfaced. The Prince of Wales was in town that day. So the lights marked the spot where Charles and Camilla had been watching the fireworks with the Premier of Ontario and the Mayor of Toronto. And we were anchored maybe 200 yards away at the time. So that's it.
I just noticed something odd about this page. You are friendly with rj. I would say that that is a tribute to your good nature, Gareth.
And if I've told you the fireworks story already, then that's my brain haemorrhage talking! Cheers, Varlaam (talk) 02:23, 5 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your last comment. Here is our conversation! (You were close on the date) –
It's exactly that which makes me like you – apart from our comradeship on the Rugby Union articles, of course! All the best, -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 18:37, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I resisted creating mine, until one of the really senior guys did it for me. Varlaam (talk) 18:45, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Rugby Union? What did I see that time in New South Wales? Rugby League, I think it was.
Also, I am wondering why I posted this on your Talk page. Something must have made me believe that you are Welsh at that time. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 19:01, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I have not checked my Talk page since 2010.
I suppose it is an area of interest. I saw the bridge north of Bristol, I think?, the last time I was over, but I'm not going to "go to Wales" for 12 minutes just to say "I have now visited Wales." I need to have a proper trip some year.
I did Cornwall once with a girlfriend; that was just beautiful. And those accents!
I have a Welsh relation, by marriage. He has a page here, but I'm not going to identify him further.
One of my friends from Toronto was just elected mayor of his town in Somerset, or so I was told on Monday.
Makes me want to head over your way again. Varlaam (talk)
Thank you very much for responding so fully. I believe maybe you were contributing to Talk:Wales at the time, or possible contributing to the Discussion page for the Welsh film Hedd Wyn led me to believe you had an interest in Wales. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 19:53, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
How was I disruptive? Are you just following me around to disrupt the information I am sharing? Who are you anyhow to judge what is disruptive? I live in Sudbury, I think I know more about it then someone from Wales. k, thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.186.69.50 (talk) 04:28, 5 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I am happy to discuss each one of these instances with you on my Talk page, after seeing a reply from you there, signed, and indicating that you are prepared to discuss these issues. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 08:24, 5 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Regarding your STiki edits
From one STiki user to another: this was not really unconstructive, atleast not warranting a revert. (i admit the grammar is better in the reverted version. still...) What do you think? Thanks! Anir1uph (talk) 12:59, 5 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I remember it well – good grammar and clear English, as we speak it, is what I am all about in this instance, hence the revert. Agree? -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 13:08, 5 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Good. I am pleased to make your acquaintance. You seem to be a bit of a wonder boy ... or girl ... I have no way of telling. Please come to this place of mine whenever you want to discuss a Wikipedia edit/subject. Cheers!
Hahah! I am a guy (i think i have provided a link to my facebook profile on my user page) Me a wonder boy? How? But thanks! :D And hey, i'd like to suggest u to start archiving your talk page, as on a slower connection, it takes ages for the complete page to load, and when it does, the scroll bar becomes tiny. Just a suggestion! :) Thanks! Anir1uph (talk) 16:55, 5 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Best not to go there. But, I suffer in the same way, so understand perfectly.
I don't get involved with Facebook or Twitter, but very "open" here on this and my User page.
I was discarding lots and reduced it by more than a third, but it has grown rapidly, recently, and requires a firm approach. See no point in tucking 'stuff' away where no-one will ever look. I shall address it promptly ... BTW, what time is it now with you? All the best! -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 18:01, 5 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Best not to go where? Anyways, it is 00:26 here in India (at the time of saving my comment). Or you can go to my user page. there, my local time is displayed too. :P The archiving suggestion is just cz my usual 3G connection was down for some time (it has been restored), and i had to use by backup 2G internet connection (which is obviously slow) and so it was difficult to reply to this post, which was at the bottom of your talk page. That all :) Anir1uph (talk) 18:57, 5 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
If you were to click on my name in the blue box on the Talkback display, you would be brought directly to this section (then it may jump back and forth a little ... for a second or two) but you will finish here. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 19:53, 5 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
no that does not happen. A web page like wikipedia loads linearly (from top to bottom), so this section will not load till all above it get loaded. And only when this section has finished loading, will the web browser shift the view to this section. Of course, while using a fast connection, that seems instantaneous. The up and down you are talking about is generally due to web page images taking more time to load than text. So the browser shifts the view as it allocates space to incorporate images as and when they load. Thanks (and perhaps sorry for the technical description) Cheers! Anir1uph (talk) 23:03, 5 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I'm impressed ... you are a wonder boy!
Do you work with computers?
It is nearly ten minutes after midnight here. I suppose you are having an early breakfast, whereas I shall be off to bed in a few minutes. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 23:10, 5 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, i work with computers and some programming too, but mostly i am studying to become a physicist. Yeah, it 5 am here. Its my summer vacations, and I usually work through the night. It was great to 'meet' you here! Good night! Anir1uph (talk) 23:26, 5 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Robin De Groot edit
Why would you take down the references in the Robin De Groot site?
Wikipedia paints him as a charity giving wonderful person. People are suing this guy and looking for him.
Let those voices be heard too! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.234.43.217 (talk) 14:47, 5 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I am unable to find any editing of yours on Wikipedia, apart from this unsigned note on my Talk page. I have revisited the Robin de Groot article and stand by my actions there. I am happy to discuss each one of these instances with you on my Talk page, after seeing a reply from you here, signed, and indicating that you are prepared to discuss these issues. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 08:24, 5 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Many thanks
Thanks so much for the greeting - belated or otherwise :) - it is much appreciated and creative too boot. I mentioned once that we get a limited amount of rugby coverage here in the US. Well we got to see two of the three games in the State of Origin series recently and, after watching the Six Nations and Rugby World Cup over the years, I was asking myself "Where are the throw ins from the side?" and "Why are there so few scrums?" then it came to me that I'd heard the terms Rugby Union and Rugby League over the years and mistakenly assumed they were the same. Thanks goodness WikiP is here so that I can learn the difference between the two. Thanks again and enjoy the rest of your summer. MarnetteD | Talk 16:50, 5 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You too. I remembered that you liked watching the (few) Six Nations matches that they broadcast in the United States. Thanks for the hyperlink above (Australian 'league') – and I shall expect the US to do even better in the next Rugby Union World Cup. Each year they get better and better, which is remarkable considering how few play the game. I shall enjoy learning more about 'Union' over on your side. Any suggestions?
I don't know if there is any one place to get good info about US Rugby but that is probably because I haven't searched much. Even though we have Rugby Super League (United States) it gets almost no coverage and little sponsorship. Major League Lacrosse has better coverage since they have a TV deal with regional cable TV channels. Interestingly Colorado has had two teams - the Denver Barbarians and the Gentlemen of Aspen RFC - that have been around for awhile and been competitive at times. A small suburb just east of Denver called Glendale had a stadium Glendale, Colorado#Infinity Park built just for rugby and I even got to see a game of the Churchill Cup that was played there a couple years ago. I suspect that progress will be slow until TV gets involved. They spend the big money. Cheers. MarnetteD | Talk 21:29, 5 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Latin
yeah Mr. Griffith about my edit
my edit is right most students in the U.S dont really even think about the language and some dont even know what the language is. According to your page you are not an American so i am, and it was just my opinion. I should be able to express that in my edit. Please do not remove my posts just because you find it unconstructive. I do not think you are an admin. And my edit is %100 true. Although becuase of my maturity i will not get into a war over it. Just please dont do it again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.96.100.164 (talk) 19:49, 6 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
As long ago as 1956, I passed my GCE O-level Latin examination, so I do know more than you by the sound of it. Regards, -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 06:16, 7 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for reading my post, Mr. Griffith and by appaling, i hope you do mean assertive.(which it was.) And yes, you do know WAYYYYY more than me on this latin subject but i would like to inform you of the fact that most americans really dont care about latin. Although, it is a very intelligent subject to study. I am done with this arguemnt as i have better things to do. God Bless! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.96.100.164 (talk) 04:33, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You are very welcome ... it is the same in the UK, I assure you ... god bless you, too!
Excuse me, but if you look up SF Tenderloin in Wikipedia you will read the correct geographical info: the Tenderloin is bordered on the north by Geary Boulevard. Frank Norris Street is 3.5 blocks north of Geary, in the neighborhood known as Lower Nob Hill. Check with the City of SF, or the SF Historical Society, or the SF Library - Frank Norris Street is NOT in the Tenderloin. I was just trying to fix a geographical error. 99.112.68.86 (talk) 21:51, 7 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Anne, hi! I have studied your reply and revisited the article. I can see your point of view and have reinstated your edit.
Furthermore, I have removed the warning that I left earlier. Please leave a note so that I will know that you have read this.
It said that the actor was broadening his repertoire and I added to the fact that he was in American Gigolo that he played a gay pimp - quite a broadening, I think! Have reverted take to talk/arbitration.
Gareth. Really thought it relevant, hence the addition. My edit history is brief but responsible. John --83.119.142.202 (talk) 20:06, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with you. Have removed the notice I left on your Talk page, but can not touch the other editor's posting above mine. Anyway, it looks better for you now. Also made a tidy-up of the article as a whole, so now your revision is not the last. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 20:16, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I thought the previous editor's objection was borderline bizarre, to be honest..! --83.119.142.202 (talk) 20:17, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Jayjg(talk) 03:36, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
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Well done. You have done a splendid job. What a task! Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 08:31, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
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