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Sir Chris Hoy declares himself British

You deleted my contribution to Chris Hoy. You claim it was non-constructive. I argue the most decorated British Olympian should be recognised and viewed within the context of the informal title. The British people who have competed in the Olympic games. This would be like some one from California, not being written as the most successful USA Olympian. It's factually incorrect and if this was not enough. Because I know Wikipedia has some sympathetic leaning to the separatist British users. I provided evidence proving he views himself British. Wikipedia should strive to be objective and factual, yet it appears to be appealing to separatist users, who are in the minority in Britain, hell bent on having famous person reduced to their lowest denominator. Can I remind you he actually said I am British on Channel 4 (British TV) today. So unless Wikipedia is ignoring the 'horses mouth' as well. Is it possible if we can have Chris Hoy as British? thank you. Erzan (talk) 17:20, 8 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I restored your contribution when I noticed that it was made on a talk page. I also removed the warning that I had put on your talk page. Apologies. - DVdm (talk) 17:27, 8 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to know why you signed this message on my talk page as user British (talk · contribs). I have removed that username and put yours in place. Can you please explain why you impersonated another user? Thanks - DVdm (talk) 18:01, 8 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, this was covered on your talk page. Let's forget about it. Cheers - DVdm (talk) 18:42, 8 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Request for help!

An editor asked for help. please have a look User_talk:S_D_Gage#Original_research --Tito Dutta ✉ 00:14, 13 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent! Thanks for the reply! --Tito Dutta ✉ 08:27, 13 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Other helpers arrived at the scene before I got there, but I added a little note. - DVdm (talk) 08:28, 13 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Frank Zappa and Partinico

I am not sure how to use this thing, but you did make a mistake on Frank Zappa's page. I didn't use a source because the source was already provided. However, the person who put in the information is wrong. The source he used does not say that Frank Zappa has Greek and Arab ancestry. It says his father is a Sicilian immigrant from Partinico. It then says that "Partinico is twelve miles west of Palermo along a twisting mountain road. An area of astonishing beauty, with Greek temples, Roman bridges, Saracen mosques, Romanesque churches and cloistered monasteries set among olive groves and vineyards, it is also the Mafia heartland."

http://i50.tinypic.com/z98c8.png

There is the link to the exact excerpt for that source. I changed it because the source does not say that Frank Zappa's father has Greek and Arab ancestry. It simply says that he is a Sicilian immigrant from an area where there were "Greek temples, Roman bridges, Saracen mosques."

So please revise it because it is incorrect.

99.169.166.61 (talk) 06:03, 17 August 2012 (UTC)Mena[reply]

(Repaired previous section - Please don't remove other user's comments. Thanks.)

I had undone this edit because it was unsourced, and because it was irrelevant to the article. The Frank Zappa article is not meant to be a touristic advertisement for the village where his father was born. The original content was properly sourced and correct, as you can read in the source (The Real Frank Zappa Book, page 15):

My ancestry is Sicilian, Greek, Arab and French. My mother's mother was French and Sicilian, and her Dad was Italian (from Naples). She was first generation. The Greek-Arab side is from my Dad. He was born in a Sicilian village called Partinico, and came over on one of the immigrant boats when he was a kid.

Hope this helps. - DVdm (talk) 06:38, 17 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Theory of Everything

The problem with citing my contribution is- I arrived to the conclusion with my own personal proof. I can't scan my proof, upload it to a website, and then cite the wiki contribution. I hope you can understand, especially with something as serious as the aforementioned topic...It is difficult to give out information so haphazardly...I would appreciate any advice..the reason I choose wikipedia as a medium to announce my discovery is the particularities various communities have, whether it be the scientific, or media outlets. Believe it or not, the world is filled with a hunger for credit. I am also a victim of such hunger and am fearful credit would be simply usurped by the undeserved. Thank you in advance for your time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidyevgenyroven (talk • contribs) 00:00, 19 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm afraid I can't really help there. Wikipedia is not a publisher of original thought —see wp:NOT and specially wp:FORUM— so I had to remove your unsourced addition. See also the two replies to the comment you made at Talk:Grey matter#Grey Matter(physics). I have added a welcome message on your talk page that provides pointers to articles about how Wikipedia works. Cheers - DVdm (talk) 08:29, 19 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I truly appreciate your feedback and the time you put into the greater good. There is no animosity coming from me, I am grateful for your contribution to humankind. Merci ;) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidyevgenyroven (talk • contribs) 22:18, 19 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

... a rather modest one to humankind :-) - DVdm (talk) 09:17, 20 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Many thanks, Dvdm, for all you do on Wikipedia, especially keeping my user pages free of vandalism. Regards Pinethicket (talk) 10:25, 19 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

My pleasure, so to speak... - DVdm (talk) 09:17, 20 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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you were right in doing so...cheers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.207.153.236 (talk) 09:18, 20 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please sign messages on talk pages with four tildes (~~~~). Thx.

Ok. I have added some welcome pointers on your talk page. Cheers - DVdm (talk) 09:25, 20 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding your report to WP:AIV

Good evening!!

You made this report to AIV earlier, however this user does not seem to exist. Can you please check that you reported the correct name?--5 albert square (talk) 20:37, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

He was attempting to report Special:Contributions/2A00:1CA8:18:0:216:3EFF:FECE:1ACB, but Huggle has bugs with IPv6 and only reports the last quad. Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:44, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

^(ec) Hi there. Looks like a Huggle 2.1.19 shortcoming w.r.t. IP v6 —who ordered IP v6 anyway?—. The user in question is Special:Contributions/2A00:1CA8:18:0:216:3EFF:FECE:1ACB and the IP was blocked here, immediately before I reported it. Let's hope Huggle 3 won't break its teeth over it. Cheers and thanks for letting me know. Cheers to you, Reaper, as well! - DVdm (talk) 20:49, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ah no worries, I didn't know Huggle has a bug in it as I've not used it for a while. DVDm, IPv6 is the replacement for IPv4 which ran out of addresses. Such a charming editor as well! :D--5 albert square (talk) 21:01, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I know about IP v6. The thing is, they started developing it before they discovered NAT. There's no need for IP v6. V4 could last forever :-) - DVdm (talk) 21:08, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Deserted island problem

Hey your page on desert islands and deserted islands is wrong. They are two different things, one is a desert, one is deserted/uninhabited. You keep yelling at me and reverting it when i fix it. Please stop and learn the definition of words. Dfriedeborn (talk) 14:26, 29 August 2012 (UTC)dfriedeborn[reply]

Don't take it personal. You are free to raise your objection on the article talk page. Meanwhile, do have a look at a few pointers I have put on your talk page to find out how things work here at Wikipedia. Cheers - DVdm (talk) 14:33, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Here is my suggestion. You do not take it personal but you need to learn the difference between the words: deserted, and desert and fix your page. I understand that you wish to continue to put false information up but that's not what wiki wants. Dfriedeborn (talk) 14:40, 29 August 2012 (UTC)dfriedeborn[reply]

Well, one of the things you might need to know about Wikipedia, it is that it is about verifiability. As I said, raise the matter on the article talk page and discuss the issue with the ones who have a different view than yours. Good luck. - DVdm (talk) 14:48, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note - It looks like you went to the talk page. Good. I already replied. - DVdm (talk) 14:55, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for cleaning up my talk page

Much appreciated. ... discospinster _talk 21:14, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ditto! - DVdm (talk) 21:19, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my talk page. The perils of being a vandal-fighter, eh? Porterjoh (talk) 21:16, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

My pleasure :-) - DVdm (talk) 21:19, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again

Thanks again, DVdm, for all you do on Wikipedia, especially keeping my personal pages free of vandalism. Regards, Pinethicket (talk) 10:54, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It's really not all that much trouble — just a Huggle click actually. My pleasure :-) - DVdm (talk) 14:26, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template misuse

I've reverted your edit that misused a vandalism warning template. If that editor breaks WP:3RR, please just report the violation but additional templates will not serve any purpose. -- Scjessey (talk) 16:39, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've just reported the editor for edit warring. -- Scjessey (talk) 16:49, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, you are right. I definitely should have issued a 3RR. Thanks for having done so. Cheers - DVdm (talk) 16:54, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Matthew Tubbs

With reference my Matthew Tubbs edits that you have reversed, can you actually look at the profile, which has been edited maliciously by Rotherham United supporters! There is no such team as 'Rotherham Mental Health Unit FC' and Matthew Tubbs has not played 123 times for England. I do not understand how these edits were approved, but mine - which were intended to set the record straight - were reversed. Having looked at the History, the profile needs to be reverted to the version that existed on the 22nd August. Thanks. (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.146.212.246 (talk)

Please sign your talk page messages with four tildes (~~~~). Thanks.

Done -- See [1]. Cheers - DVdm (talk) 17:09, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note - Article is now semi-protected. - DVdm (talk) 07:46, 31 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Tom Van Flandern

Please feel free to keep a watch on that page. Martin Hogbin (talk) 17:00, 4 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, but probably not :-)

Good luck. - DVdm (talk) 18:25, 4 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

IP user(s) at Richard Dawkins

Look at the contribution histories, and then the history of User:Kazemita1 Remarkably, they showed up just as he left. Not sure if that is enough for an SPI, but it makes one think... Dbrodbeck (talk) 18:46, 4 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, would not pass the wp:duck test. If they continue, it could be brought up at ANI. - DVdm (talk) 06:26, 5 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have put some warning on the talk pages ([2], [3], [4]) - DVdm (talk) 06:35, 5 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Misunderstanding

Hey there, my rant was not directed at you, it was a private message thatUser:Steuard sent to me. --Technoquat (talk) 15:28, 5 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, my apologies. Please note that the edits you have made today on various user talk pages were indeed personal attacks, regardless what anyone might have sent to your email address in private. Cheers - DVdm (talk) 15:31, 5 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, that's weird. I have no idea what this exchange was all about (nor what may have prompted that guy to post about vandalism on my talk page), but thank you for dealing with it. For what it's worth, I don't recall ever interacting with him before (and certainly not by private message; I suspect I'm happier not knowing what he claimed I said). --Steuard (talk) 03:11, 9 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]