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Sandy Hook

Thanx for working with me on the Sandy Hook page so collegially. Also I liked the new section you added on the report. I'm still curious about that opening point about the video game section. I wonder still if we should be clearer that there were some original news reports that suggested "thousands of dollars" of video games, then later clarify the official investigation found twelve (by my count unless I'm missing something). Might be clearer for the time line. At present, although more precise, I think it reads as if the investigation report prompted the scrutiny of video games which I don't think is an accurate portrayal. Who knows what went on behind the scenes I suppose, but I think most of the speculation in the general public was due to the rumors not what the police actually found. What do you think? Avalongod (talk) 18:54, 28 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The final report says "Numerous video games were located in the basement computer/gaming area. The list of video games includes, but is not limited to (emphasis added here by me):

        -“Left for Dead”                                                 -“Grand Theft Auto”  
        -“Metal Gear Solid”                                              -“Shin Megami Tensei”  
        -“Dead Rising”                                                   -“Dynasty Warriors”  
        -“Half Life”                                                     -“Vice City”  
        -“Battlefield”                                                   -“Team Fortress”  
        -“Call of Duty”                                                  -“Doom”

This means that the twelve games named do not represent a complete list of all the games that police found. Unfortunately, we may never have a complete list of all the video games that were found at Lanza's home, or an idea of how much they were worth in cash terms. The police have not said that any of the games were a factor in the shooting.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 19:13, 28 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

These were added as one of the references in the article. It would be unfair to the games' developers to mention them directly in the main text of the article, because investigators did not say that any of these games was a factor in the motive.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 19:36, 28 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Lewis Collins

Lewis Collins article: All you've done on that article is mangle & retard that text from where I'd left it & reduce the quality of it stupidly, u arrogant fucking idiot. Power-tripping busybodies like u make editing Wiki a bore & waste of time. When did a "tabloid newspaper not become a legitimate source" .....????! - lol

Bardrick.

Oh dear. Please read WP:NPA. Also, this article now risks reading like a copyvio rehash of various tabloid sources.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 17:41, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

William Roache

Hi, thanks for e-mail on this one. There appears to be some sort of problem here as it thinks that the 2 revisions are already deleted and will not allow me to delete them but I can still see them even when logged out. I have raised the problem at WP:VPT#Deleting revisions problem. Keith D (talk) 19:09, 30 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The 2 revisions and your reversion have been fully deleted rather than the revisions been hidden as the latter appears not to be working for some reason. Keith D (talk) 21:04, 30 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

OK thanks.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 21:14, 30 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

David Schneider as a Dog Character on ITV in 1980s

This is known from BEFORE THEY WERE FAMOUS type TV shows, up to you knowalls to fill in the boring bits... Wikipedia is a stupid site for strangling progress. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.22.167.149 (talk) 18:44, 6 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

UPDATE: actually there is nothing online to back this up. all "cleansed" from the web it appears since being on TV a few xmas's ago. he wore a long dog ears hat & blacked nose & was treated as a dog (in a nice way) by the other show cast. his career grey years 1982-91 is totally unrepresented online! typical egoist thinking he's better than what he was actually very good at, as why he was remembered... and never was as good since! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.22.167.149 (talk) 04:23, 7 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This is a clear example of WP:V. One of the the reasons why this edit was reverted was that it did not give the name of the TV show involved, making it hard to check. Without a source, this is unsuitable for the article.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 07:31, 7 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

porshe girl

I just post the facts if anyone is a victim it's the motorists she hit while driving erratically — Preceding unsigned comment added by Carryalex (talk • contribs) 19:17, 9 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

biases in editing due to personal feeling

The law is on my side as stated on your site if it offends the family it doesn't matter truth and freedom of speech should be followed here — Preceding unsigned comment added by Porshegirl (talk • contribs) 08:21, 10 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:NOTFREESPEECH. These photos are unsuitable for a range of reasons. Nobody's right to free speech is being infringed here, as a web search will turn up the photos very quickly.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 08:43, 10 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi.

You said talk to you.User:JCHeverly 01:03, 14 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I can't recall any of my edits saying this, please could you explain.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 06:06, 14 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Right there, in brackets, alongside your signature.User:JCHeverly 20:25, 14 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

I have created a stub about the Disappearance of Jayden Parkinson. Take a look.--BabbaQ (talk) 14:00, 19 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

the murder of Lee Rigby

Don't fuck with another editor's edits while they're in progress. If you have a problem with someone's additions to an article, the correct protocol is to first take it up on the talk page, not just unilaterally decide to undo their additions. I was in the process of adding references to primary sources when you rushed in and reverted it. Do it again and I'll apply for page protection.Bricology (talk) 08:53, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This edit had been previously reverted by another editor. Time for some WP:BRD here. Also, please don't swear while editing this article. This is not the first time that you have done this.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 09:13, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I suggested that new sources were needed for that addition. The material was re-added without any. I had also already started a Talk Page thread. Martinevans123 (talk) 09:29, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your reply

Based on the message at User talk:Jimbo Wales, I prefer that Wikipedia uses ID scanners to verify the user's age. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ismael755 (talk • contribs) 22:21, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Proving a person's identity over the Internet is notoriously difficult. Username/password logins are pretty much worthless, and two-step verification is used by banks to prevent fraud. However, at the time of signing up for a bank account, a person would need to go to the bank, or when signing up for an online account, provide scans of a passport, driving license, home address and telephone number. Wikipedia never asks for this type of information from users, with the exception of members of ArbCom, who must provide information to the Wikimedia Foundation about their real life identities. Requiring this from millions of ordinary users who wanted to read articles or correct a simple mistake would be hugely expensive and damaging to the project. It would also leave Wikipedia open to lawsuits if the information fell into the wrong hands. Wikipedia is in line with other websites by trusting people to give accurate information about themselves when making declarations about their age.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 06:58, 22 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Jonathan King

Thanks for joining the crusade Pedohater (talk) 09:32, 24 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not on a crusade to do anything on Wikipedia. It is clear that Jonathan King needed a good deal of work for WP:NPOV issues after the issue was raised at the BLP noticeboard. Most of the good work was done by other editors.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 09:39, 24 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Couldn't have put it better myself! Which is probably why I kept getting blocked as Dave has now been (he started it) LOL Pedohater (talk) 10:05, 24 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]