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Please do not revert my edits again without explaining why. I removed that section because it was a repetition of what was in Background and release section. prism△20:14, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
question about warnings
Hi, so I noticed warning that you placed on a user's talk page and, try as I might, I cannot find where they have added defamatory content to any articles whatsoever. Do you have a diff of when and how they did this? Thanks so much! Deville (Talk) 04:57, 16 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
The "defamatory content" of IP address 94.14.112.118 is on several articles. You can go to his/her contributions page. He/she has changed articles by 63 bytes by adding "See release history" in small text (See differences between revisions for those articles). I along with other users have reverted those edits he/she made because that is disruptive editing, and has been told why and warned on his/her talk page; he/she has done this since yesterday (February 15th). I then reported him/her to administrators and he/she has now been blocked for 48 hours for his/her unconstructive contributions. --IPadPerson (talk) 00:31, 17 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I deleted that picture because it was on her page twice with the exact same caption and everything. So maybe we should just have one copy of it on her page? Sorry, next time I'll put that in the summary.... --Divine618 (talk) 21:39, 13 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Invite
IPadPerson,
Given your edits to Demi Lovato-related articles, I thought you might support this. Care to join the WikiProject if it is created?
I apologize if it appeared that I was making disruptive edits, I simply forgot to check for typos before I saved the changes on Paranoid (Ty Dolla Sign song)
A quick update as we are half way through round two of this year's competition. WikiCup newcomer Godot13 (submissions) (Pool E) leads, having produced a massive set of featured pictures for Silver certificate (United States), an article also brought to featured list status. Former finalist Adam Cuerden (submissions) (Pool G) is in second, which he owes mostly to his work with historical images, including a number of images from Urania's Mirror, an article also brought to good status. 2010 champion (Pool C) is third overall, thanks to contributions relating to naval history, including the newly featured Japanese battleship Nagato. Cliftonian (submissions), who currently leads Pool A and is sixth overall, takes the title for the highest scoring individual article of the competition so far, with the top importance featured article Ian Smith.
With 26 people having already scored over 100 points, it is likely that well over 100 points will be needed to secure a place in round 3. Recent years have required 123 (2013), 65 (2012), 41 (2011) and 100 (2010). Remember that only 64 will progress to round 3 at the end of April. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page; if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 22:55, 31 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Love, Save the Empty
The problem is the existing link to atrl.net/forums. If you revise your edit to remove that, it should save.—Kww(talk) 15:30, 6 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Rebel Wilson
Hey, sorry I am not a regular on Wikipedia but I did see a clear mistake in Rebel Wilson's age. I booked her travel for Night At The Museum 3 and can confirm that her full name is Rebel Melanie Elizabeth Wilson and her birthdate is 02/03/1986. I have scan of passport but that would be unprofessional to release. Sorry for trouble. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.72.157.71 (talk) 22:00, 10 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Need your help
Hello, IPadPerson,
I need some information from you. WP:VisualEditor (or Parsoid, which is its backend infrastructure) screwed up something when you made this edit. The developers are trying to figure out how to fix it, but (of course!) it works correctly for them. So could you tell me what kind of web browser and computer you're using for these edits? It would really help them narrow down the options. Thanks, Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 22:21, 17 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! I'll tell them to focus on Firefox for their testing. I assume that you're running Windows on your Dell, since that's what that model appears to ship with normally, but let me know if you're not. I really appreciate your quick response. Thanks again, Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 00:37, 18 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
The United Kingdom IS a country and Scotland is a part of it as its own country, and you have edit-warred over it on that article repeatedly after getting reverted. Do not violate the 3RR policy, or you may be blocked for doing so.--IPadPerson (talk) 11:31, 19 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
If the United Kingdom is a country and a sovereign state, what is the problem with Calvin Harris wikipedia entry being edited according to his citizenship, country and sovereign-state? Which is the United Kingdom. The user SnapSnap has engaged in six edits, not made any attempts at discussing the issue and has yet received a warning. --Erzan (talk) 12:10, 19 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
That user has told you that your addition of "United Kingdom" is potentially unconstructive and unhelpful. He does not need a warning for your vandalism that you commit. I reverted you twice for the exact same thing, and you're still edit warring. If you continue, you will see yourself blocked again.--IPadPerson (talk) 12:19, 19 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, I'm unclear how mentioning Dumfries, Scotland, UK on the Calvin Harris birth place is unconstructive and unhelpful? that would make many similar wikipedia entries which follow the same pattern (city, region, sovereign-state) unconstructive and unhelpful too. Vandalism is any addition, removal, or change of content, in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of Wikipedia. Examples of typical vandalism are adding irrelevant obscenities and crude humor to a page, illegitimately blanking pages, and inserting obvious nonsense into a page. How is editing Calvin Harris location to Dumfries, Scotland, UK vandalism?
I feel I should comment: Scotland is a country, UK isn't so much a country as it is a union of countries. Scotland is part of the UK along with Wales, England, and Northern Ireland. This is why it is often ambiguous to call something "British". I would not include "UK" in ones birth location since it is not one country. XXSNUGGUMSXX (talk) 15:24, 19 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, XXSNUGGUMSXX I am unsure how or where you have reached the conclusion that the UK is not a country. But every international and regional organisation recognises the UK (or formerly the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) as a country. For example the Olympics, UN, NATO, EU, WTO and OECED. I could cite many respected academic sources that describes the UK as a country and could easily list plenty of media articles from reputable media organisations from around the world that does. --Erzan (talk) 15:41, 19 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Moving "Kiss Me"
I saw the move and the reason, that I didn't quite understand, that "another Wikipedia page has the same song title", but I don't see that page or a dab that was constructed to deal with that. Care to explain, on the article's talk page? Walter Görlitz (talk) 06:10, 21 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
IPadPerson, I know you don't like hearing about this, but please take more caution with your edit summaries. This can easily come off as an insult. The content itself you edit is generally fine outside of arbitrary tagging, though you do need to pay close attention to how you use edit summaries. XXSNUGGUMSXX (talk) 18:07, 26 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
AfD noinclude
Hi, just a minor issue, but when nominating an article for deletion, please don't wrap the AfD template in noinclude tags, as you did here. The noinclude option is designed to be used primarily for TfDs. If you put the AfD template in noinclude tags, the closing script will fail to work. Thanks, King of♥♦♣ ♠ 02:31, 3 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
192 was our lowest qualifying score, again showing that this WikiCup is the most competitive ever. In previous years, 123 (2013), 65 (2012), 41 (2011) or 100 (2010) secured a place in Round 3. Pool H was the strongest performer, with all but one of its members advancing, while only the two highest scorers in Pools G and F advanced. At the end of June, 16 users will advance into the semi-finals. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 17:57, 4 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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you have got to be kidding me
5 Seconds of Summer is nothing close to pop punk
do you even listen to pop-punk?
The wonder years, the story so far, all time low, neck deep, man overboard, blink-182
5sos sounds NOTHING like those bands, especially that song
it has NO PUNK INFLUENCE WHATSOEVER
i will defend pop-punk!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.189.29.198 (talk) 04:42, 6 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
look i'm not even saying they're a bad band or anything, they're really talented and they play actual instruments and write their own songs. but their sound is more pop/rock like hot chelle rae, allstar weekend, etc. just because they cite blink 182 and all time low as influences doesn't make them pop-punk, they legit sound nothing like those bands! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.189.29.198 (talk) 04:49, 6 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
You definitely need to stop personal attacking me and edit warring before I have to report you to ANI. You are probably not that familiar with them and carelessly removed the genre from the She Looks So Perfect article without an explanation. I suggest that you listen closely to more of their music before you carelessly remove genres, as "pop punk" was still on the band's Wikipedia article. IPadPerson (talk) 10:34, 6 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not personally attacking you, I'm just stating facts. I've listened to their earlier stuff before, I knew about them for about a year now, since before they were famous. Don't assume. SOME of their early songs had pop-punk style in it, gearing more towards the pop side. but she's so perfect, not just the song but the EP itself, is so far-stretched from pop-punk music. And I'm NOT saying they are a bad band, okay they're good, they're really talented, but you can't just throw them into a genre simply because they were influenced by those kind of bands. --24.189.29.198 (talk) 06:10, 7 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Cavallari picture
Adding images to an article help it. The image is of her pregnant with her second child and it's a recent picture from this year. There is a section in her article about her motherhood, so that is a perfect image for it. Natalie Portman is a good article and has an image of her pregnant with her child. LADY LOTUS • TALK20:23, 6 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Platinum (Miranda Lambert album)
Mind telling me why you think it's not notable? Upcoming albums are considered notable if there is sufficient verifiable information on them. This article has sources verifying the release date and track listing, and its lead single is in the Top 5 of a major Billboard chart. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?)00:43, 8 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
My bad, I didn't look closely enough. The existing sources were all WP:PRIMARY. I added a secondary source verifying the release date, and sources verifying that "Automatic" is on five major charts. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?)00:48, 8 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Adding notes and insufficient edit summaries
Hi,
Firstly, thank you for the excellent work you have been doing. I have two things to bring up with you if I may?
Notes like this would be seen as disruptive as there have been no issues with genres in the last few days. Hidden notes should ALWAYS be kept to a MINIMUM as they can become annoying and redundant.
When you leave an edit summary, can you please try and be a bit more detailed. For example instead of just saying "Note" say something like "adding hidden note about genres due to recent edits/vandalism".
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Hey I saw that you stated the information I listed on Snooki's Wikipedia page "wasn't really relevant to the article itself" and I would have to agree. The information posted was about Snooki and most, if not all, the links were sourced. I applaud your commitment to Wikipedia but I would have to disagree with you on this one particulate matter.
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Because the article on the celebrity had 292,069 views in the past 30 days and the article on the boxer only had 1,147 views in the past 30 days. When you type the first four letters of the celebrity's name, his name is the fourth that comes up and the Australian boxer does not come up unless you type its full name and gives you two options, since the celebrity is more well-known than the boxer. IPadPerson (talk) 14:38, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"The Australian boxer does not come up unless you type its full name" is precisely why we have those links. When people don't arrive at the article they want, they get a pointer to the article that they do want. Don't remove such links in the future.—Kww(talk) 14:51, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Good news! WikiProject Pop music got enough support to be created! Feel free to add your username to the members list. Cheers! Erick (talk) 18:34, 24 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
There's a citation on "Genre:Country" in the infobox. Entertainment Weekly says "Taylor Swift assembled her very own country-music Avengers at tonight’s CMA Awards," but does not said a country track. 183.171.167.168 (talk) 16:08, 29 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
WikiCup 2014 June newsletter
After an extremely close race, Round 3 is over. 244 points secured a place in Round 4, which is comparable to previous years- 321 was required in 2013, while 243 points were needed in 2012. Pool C's Godot13 (submissions) was the round's highest scorer, mostly due to a 32 featured pictures, including both scans and photographs. Also from Pool C, Casliber (submissions) finished second overall, claiming three featured articles, including the high-importance Grus (constellation). Third place was Pool B's , whose contributions included featured articles Russian battleship Poltava (1894) and Russian battleship Peresvet. Pool C saw the highest number of participants advance, with six out of eight making it to the next round.
The judges would like to remind participants to update submission pages promptly. This means that content can be checked, and allows those following the competition (including those participating) to keep track of scores effectively. This round has seen discussion about various aspects of the WikiCup's rules and procedures. Those interested in the competition can be assured that formal discussions about how next year's competition will work will be opened shortly, and all are welcome to voice their views then. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk·contribs) The ed17 (talk·contribs) and Miyagawa (talk·contribs) 18:48, 30 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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DPL bot, in case you didn't know, when I cicked on fix with Dab solver, it says that the Toolserver was discontinued. Now, I will have to do so manually to the Savannah Guthrie article. Would you mind fixing the issue with the disambiguation fix page? IPadPerson (talk) 15:32, 2 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Mind Yourself
Do not come to my talk page and litter it with irrelevant, poorly reviewed commentary. 3RR concerns continuous back and forth reverts between two parties, so you have no business cluttering my page with that. Accidentally reverting your correction, instead of restoring a previous version obviously does not fully constitute that. If I remember you have a block history, so I'd suggest you avoid harassing others pointlessly and mind your own editing habits. ––––Carmaker1 (talk) 15:05, 2 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I only intended to adjust a little chunk of text to that article, but it turned out to be a removal of the entire page. So yes, it was a glitch. IPadPerson (talk) 20:08, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Can you change Ariana Grande's profile picture to Break Free? And how come you can edit Ariana's but I cannot? — Preceding unsigned comment added by IArianasPrivate (talk • contribs) 10:56 am, Today (UTC−4)
An infobox article of a BLP must contain an image of that person, not screenshots of album/song covers or music videos. The reason that you may not be able to edit Ariana's article is because you may not be an autoconfirmed user since the article currently allows only autoconfirmed users to edit. IPadPerson (talk) 16:50, 9 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Oh yeah, article texts says "perfect pop-rock hooks" that is a musical idea, often a short riff, passage, or phrase, that is used in popular music to make a song appealing and to "catch the ear of the listener". 183.171.160.163 (talk) 01:08, 22 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I saw you have been working on Jessie J's new single "Bang Bang", I'm a huge fan of hers, so I would like to ask you if you could
keep in touch about the US charts, like the Billboard Hot 100, so if this song enter that chart you could be able to update it on
this song's article. Waiting for your answer in my talk page. Thanks for helping. JD3rulo (talk) 21:23, 31 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much for your help, I appreciate it. If you need some help to update or edit any page, you can count on me, just let me a note in my talk page and I'll support you. Thanks for answering. Have a nice day! JD3rulo (talk) 22:10, 31 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Juju Chang
Hello. You reverted out my addition to the caption of the infobox on Juju Chang as "redundant". Perhaps and seemingly so. But I was trying to clarify for whom she worked in 2007 when the photo was taken. There seems to be some murkiness in this information in the article itself. Been editing Wikipedia since January 2005. --- Wikiklrsc (talk) 23:41, 31 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
The edits were previously reverted because some charities did not have Wiki pages and were thus considered non-notable. So I deleted them without a fuss. But most of the other charities that are included in the article have their Wiki pages and are therefore notable, and not applicable for deletion under WP:INDISCRIMINATE. Therefore they will not be deleted. Don't go around threatening to block me for verifiable edits. CyrockingSmiler (talk) 16:47, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I listen to Lady Lotus at once when he/she deletes my edits. I have followed every rule and deleted the charities when Lady Lotus told me to do so. But the rest of the charities have their own Wikipedia pages and have been included because they are notable. So how come some editors continue deleting them, even though they are notable? CyrockingSmiler (talk) 17:00, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I noticed you undone a lot of information regarding the Season 9 and the whole story dvd release of how i met your mother and was wondering why as the information was referenced.JohnGormleyJG (talk) 14:42, 6 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I'm DanniRaw. I just signed up after reading Paris Hilton's page. I thought it would be nice to mention that her great grandfather Conrad Hilton the 2nd was Elizabeth Taylor's 1st husband and that she has tried a shot at DeeJaying in these recent years. Thanks!
Hi IPadPerson, I have granted rollback rights to your account in accordance with your request. Please be aware that rollback should be used to revert vandalism, spam and blatantly unconstructive edits; using it to revert any other type of edit - such as by revert-warring or reverting edits you disagree with - can lead to it being removed from your account...sometimes without any warning, as some admins do not warn if they become aware of any misuse. If you think an edit should require a reason for reverting, you should use a manual edit summary instead of the rollback tool. For practice, you may wish to review Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback. Good luck. Acalamari14:47, 11 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@IndianBio: You're absolutely right. It definitely needs to be at a higher level of protection, or maybe a pending changes protection, since there was a lot of vandalism since the article was created. IPadPerson (talk) 10:56, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
You deleted my Cody Simpson edit as you consider the source to not be good enough. It may be a celeb site but most of his other sources are. The source in question also has comments posted from his personal twitter account therefore the information posted is reliable.
Hi IPadPerson I want you to know that information you have changed from Candice Swanepoel's carrer section was false.You can check it from models.com .Candice Swanepoel has 3 editorials for Harper's Bazaar US but she has not any cover for the magazine
For your information — Preceding unsigned comment added by Modelslover1 (talk • contribs) 20:51, 27 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
WikiCup 2014 August newsletter
The final of the 2014 WikiCup begins in a few short minutes! Our eight finalists are listed below, along with their placement in Round 4:
Godot13 (submissions), a WikiCup newcomer, finished top of Pool A and was the round's highest scorer. Godot is a featured picture specialist, claiming large numbers of points due to high-quality scans of historical documents, especially banknotes.
Casliber (submissions) is a WikiCup veteran, having been a finalist every year since 2010. In the semi-final, he was Pool B's highest scorer. Cas's points primarily come from articles on the natural sciences.
Czar (submissions) was Pool A's runner-up. Czar's points come mostly from content related to independent video games, including both articles and topics.
Adam Cuerden (submissions) was Pool B's runner-up. Another featured picture specialist, many of Adam's points come from the restoration of historical media. He has been a WikiCup finalist twice before.
Cwmhiraeth (submissions) won the WikiCup in 2012 and 2013, and enters this final as the first wildcard. She focuses on biology-related articles, and has worked on several high-importance articles.
12george1 (submissions) is the second wildcard. George's points come primarily from meteorology-related articles. This year and last year, George was the first person in the competition to score.
Sturmvogel 66 (submissions), the third wildcard, was the 2010 champion and a finalist last year. His writes mostly on military history, especially naval history.
Bloom6132 (submissions), the fourth and final wildcard, has participated in previous WikiCups, but not reached any finals. Bloom's points are mostly thanks to did you knows, featured lists and good articles related to sport and national symbols.
There are two upcoming competitions unrelated to the WikiCup which may be of interest to those who receive this newsletter. The Stub Contest will run through September, and revolves around expanding stub articles, especially high-importance or old stubs. In addition, a proposal has been made for a new competition, the GA Cup, which the organisers plan to run next year. This competition is based on the WikiCup and aims to reduce the good article review backlog.
There is now a thread for brainstorming on how next year's WikiCup competition should work. Please come along and share your thoughts- What works? What doesn't work? What needs changing? Signups for next year's competition will be open soon; we will be in touch. If, at this stage of the competition, you are keen to help the with the WikiCup, please do what you can to participate in review processes. Our finalists will find things much easier if the backlogs at good article candidates, featured article candidates, featured picture candidates and the rest are kept at a minimum. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk·contribs) The ed17 (talk·contribs) and Miyagawa (talk·contribs) 22:09, 31 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@EdJohnston: Yes it was. The way to report edit warring using Twinkle is that you go to a user's page/contributions, fill out the information about where on Wikipedia is the edit warring escalating, and you must also include the reverts by the one you reported on that page. You may want to be more specific about it in the comment box. You then click Submit and it will automatically direct you to the 3RR noticeboard. IPadPerson (talk) 21:42, 4 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Well, you apparently had thanked me for a vandalism revert that I had done on Madison Beer. I responded with "You're welcome", and gave the link that documented the "thanks" that you had given me, so that you could understand the context of "You're welcome" :) It's not meant to be so complicated. WifioneMessage17:00, 8 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Are you seriously arguing that BLPNAME applies to the name of child of a notable person, name which is widely reported in reliable sources? There are no issues of privacy here whatsoever (which is what BLPNAME is trying to protect). - Cwobeel(talk)21:12, 29 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I understand that the well-established fact about Hannah Davis & Derek Jeter that I posted days ago, and that you removed, does lack published sources, ones that I will be happy to add ASAP:
Has been in a relationship with baseball legend Derek Jeter since 2012, including very public appearances along side him and his parents during his highly celebrated final career games in September 2014.
...BUT, can you please tell me why you considered the post so outrageously "derogatory" that you had to immediately threaten me--in my first-ever such scolding--with the following?:
"This is your only warning; if you violate Wikipedia's biographies of living persons policy by inserting unsourced or poorly sourced defamatory content into an article or any other Wikipedia page again, as you did at Hannah Davis (model), you may be blocked from editing without further notice. IPadPerson (talk) 14:39, 4 October 2014 (UTC)"Mwprods (talk) 14:35, 5 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for adding the note, but it's probably unnecessary. These are socks of JoMontNW and their interest in editing these articles is apparently a manifestation of OCD, not a sincere misunderstanding of the facts or of Wikipedia policies. DwpaulTalk 21:11, 5 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hi,actually sometimes twitter can be used as a source. However it should be used as a reference as long as:
the material is neither unduly self-serving nor an exceptional claim;
it does not involve claims about third parties;
it does not involve claims about events not directly related to the source;
there is no reasonable doubt as to its authenticity;
the article is not based primarily on such sources.
I'm posting this on your talk page because I thought you'd like to know more about using twitter as a source. But regarding the revertion you did at Lucy Hale you did the right thing. Because the linked profile says she lives in Tennessee not LA. As the article already states, she is a native of Tennessee and there is no indication of anything related moving out of Tennessee. And please make sure to assume good faiths. Cheers! --Chamith(talk)16:47, 17 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Just wanted to let you know that I sort-of reverted you. I restored essentially the same sentence within the text, and fixed the ref formatting since the source is good. —ATinySliver/ATalkPage02:24, 25 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there! I noticed you reverted most (if not all) of the edits by 174.25.126.174(talk·contribs·WHOIS). I am not arguing this, because I myself have found many of the edits to be questionable at best. What I am not sure if you are aware of, though, is that (I believe) this editor edits from a large number and large range of IP addresses. He is an extremely prolific editor, and I am not sure that he can be easily deterred. Just my 2 cents.--Logical Fuzz (talk) 21:21, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
WikiCup 2014: The results
The 2014 WikiCup champion is Godot13 (submissions), who flew the flag of the Smithsonian Institution. This was Godot13's first WikiCup competition and, over the 10 months of the competition, he has produced (among other contributions) two featured lists and an incredible 292 featured pictures, including architectural photographs and scans of historical documents. Cwmhiraeth (submissions), 2012 and 2013 WikiCup champion, came in second, having written a large number of biology-related articles. Casliber (submissions), WikiCup finalist every year since 2010, finished in third.
A full list of our prize-winners follows:
Godot13 (submissions) wins the prize for first place and the FP prize for 181 featured pictures in the final round.
Cwmhiraeth (submissions) wins the prize for second place and the DYK prize for 65 did you knows in the final round.
Casliber (submissions) wins the prize for third place and the FA prize for four featured articles in the final round.
ThaddeusB (submissions) wins the news prize for 28 in the news articles in round 3.
Congratulations to everyone who has been successful in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and a particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have participated this year. We warmly invite all of you to sign up for next year's competition. Discussions and polls concerning potential rules changes are also open, and all are welcome to participate. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2014 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk·contribs) The ed17 (talk·contribs) and Miyagawa (talk·contribs) 22:52, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
WikiCup 2015 is just around the corner...
Hello everyone, and may we wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2015 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. We have a few important announcements concerning the future of the WikiCup.
We would like to announce that Josh (J Milburn) and Ed (The ed17), who have been WikiCup judges since 2009 and 2010 respectively, are stepping down. This decision has been made for a number of reasons, but the main one is time. Both Josh and Ed have found that, over the previous year, they have been unable to devote the time necessary to the WikiCup, and it is not likely that they will be able to do this in the near future. Furthermore, new people at the helm can only help to invigorate the WikiCup and keep it dynamic. Josh and Ed will still be around, and will likely be participating in the Cup this following year as competitors, which is where both started out.
In a similar vein, we hope you will all join us in welcoming Jason (Sturmvogel 66) and Christine (Figureskatingfan), who are joining Brian (Miyagawa) to form the 2015 WikiCup judging team. Jason is a WikiCup veteran, having won in 2010 and finishing in fifth this year. Christine has participated in two WikiCups, reaching the semi-finals in both, and is responsible for the GA Cup, which she now co-runs.
The discussions/polls concerning the next competition's rules will be closed soon, and rules changes will be made clear on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring and talk pages. While it may be impossible to please everyone, the judges will make every effort to ensure that the new rules are both fair and in the best interests of the competition, which is, first and foremost, about improving Wikipedia.
I noted your revert of my edit where you say "Source does not say such". If you click on the link provided in the article you can easily see that "executed" is misspelled as "excecuted". What is so hard to see about that? Please check the ref again and you will see that I am right. Just to make it easy for you, you can see the same link here. Then use ctrl-F to search for "excecuted". When you find it perhaps you will consider reverting your revert. I put the sic tag there so that people would realise that the misspelling was originated by the text in the ref and not by Wikipedia. Jodosma(talk)12:27, 11 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I saw an opportunity to revert some vandalism on Charli_XCX and ended up reverting your revert. I don't know whether to apologise to you or this IP block. Thanks for making Wikipedia great.
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Hey there! I noticed that you have reverted my edit on The Family Jewels Tour article stating that the information I added was incorrect. Spark has very recently rebranded herself as Jessica Morgan, therefore I felt it was appropriate to include the name that she goes by now onto the article. I didn't want to merely replace "Spark" with "Jessica Morgan" as that was the stage name she went by at the time of the tour. I hope this clears up any confusion. =] Thanks, Jonny (talk) 23:53, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Dear IPadPerson, MERRYCHRISTMAS!!! Best wishes to you, your family and relatives this holiday season! Take this opportunity to bond with your loved ones, whether or not you are celebrating Christmas. This is a special time for everybody, and spread the holiday spirit to everybody out there! From a fellow editor, --Nahnah4 (talk | contribs | guestbook)
Dear IPadPerson, HAPPYNEWYEAR!!! Best wishes to you, your family and relatives this holiday season! Take this opportunity to bond with your loved ones, whether or not you are celebrating Christmas. This is a special time for everybody, and spread the holiday spirit to everybody out there! From a fellow editor, !!!!
Just thought you should be aware, given your extensive work in music-related articles, a new editor is attempting to break Wikipedia policy and precedence at The Pinkprint with how producers are listed. Any help would be greatly appreciated. livelikemusicmy talk page!23:24, 26 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@Livelikemusic: You're absolutely right. Plus, it got reverted by another editor anyways when I was in the middle of undoing it. Let's see what will happen in the future, but I guess it may continue :P IPadPerson (talk) 01:59, 27 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
That edit wasn't undone; their edits to the album reviews was changed. Production is still the same. User has ignored the warnings, and has wiped their talkpage clean, so I'm guessing they're going to do it again. livelikemusicmy talk page!02:01, 27 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I wonder what's up with the user(s) making accounts for the sole purpose of including a "friendship" with some pop tart who lies somewhere between WP:NN and WP:IDGAF? —ATinySliver/ATalkPage22:32, 30 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Noticed that you've left a notice indicating discouragement/wikistress on your main page and talk page. Sorry to see this, and hope any issues are resolved soon. You and your work shall never be forgotten or overlooked. Not sure what you'll end up deciding to do, but wishing you all the best. Cheers, Snuggums (talk / edits)16:35, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
May I echo the sentiment? You and I may not have collaborated with any significant frequency, but when we have it's been most pleasant. May your troubles be short-lived and your 2015 (and beyond) enjoyable. —ATinySliver/ATalkPage22:06, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Round one of the 2015 WikiCup has begun! So far we've had around 80 signups, which close on February 5. If you have not already signed up and want to do so, then you can add your name here. There have been changes to to several of the points scores for various categories, and the addition of Peer Reviews for the first time. These will work in the same manner as Good Article Reviews, and all of the changes are summarised here.
Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round, and one of the new changes this year is that all scores must be claimed within two weeks of an article's promotion or appearance, so don't forget to add them to your submissions pages! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! Figureskatingfan (talk·contribs), Miyagawa (talk·contribs) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk·contribs)
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Hi IPadPerson. I believe I left a message here a few days ago cautioning you against improper use of the rollback feature, but it seems you removed it, grouping it with what you deemed "a bunch of shit". It is certainly your right to remove messages from your talk page, don't get me wrong, but I don't feel that was a kind remark to make about a good-faith warning. Also, it appears you have still been using rollback to revert constructive edits or edits that are not explicitly vandalism, such as here, here, here, and here.
I realize it can be frustrating when new, inexperienced editors add unsourced content or make formatting errors, but I'm sure it's equally frustrating for those editors when their work is removed with no explanation of what they did wrong. Per WP:Rollback#When to use rollback, the main use of rollback should be "to revert obvious vandalism and other edits where the reason for reverting is absolutely clear". In other instances, you should provide an edit summary explaining why certain edits are unhelpful, preferably with references to guidelines and policies.
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My apologies. I was simply trying to create a new category and put all the honorees of that category. No malice in mind...completely innocent editing...truly positive in my intent! Still trying to get my chops back in Wikipedia after not having edited in years. How do I go about creating a legitimate category and adding the honorees to that category? Just a little guidance and help would be appreciated. Thank you for checking me on that! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Syghost (talk • contribs) 01:32, 17 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The article was only failed a week ago and it's been fully protected since then. The stability concerns have had no chance to be resolved and nowhere near enough time has passed since the last nomination. Sorry MaranoFan, but you should probably remove the nomination template before it gets quick-failed. Gloss05:00, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Gloss: Hi, the only concern was an ongoing edit-war. It has resolved and the consensus is settled. As the failed GA template says, I can even seek an immediate reassessment if I think the article can easily pass. Since most concerns were addressed and there is no edit-war. I have decided to reinstate the GA template. Maranofan05:04, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
There has been no time to prove that the edit war is over, regardless of a consensus. The article was just unprotected earlier today from a full protection. Gloss05:28, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
IPadPerson, I don't know what you think you were doing here, but it's none of your beeswax what Winkelvi does on their talk page. That thread may only be removed by Winkelvi since it's their talk page; MaranoFan has no business whatsoever removing a thread on Winkelvi's talk page after Winkelvi (or anyone else) has responded to their comment. Clear? Thank you. (And MaranoFan, user spaces are not exempt from 3R, with one exception: to a great extent, Winkelvi is free to do what they want there.) Drmies (talk) 02:39, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Family Guy/American Dad
I thought there was a guideline about not categorizing people by TV shows, movies, etc. that they were associated with, but upon further search, I can't actually find any such thing -- I guess I was thinking of something else. Apologies for the confusion. Trivialist (talk) 00:24, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
There's one user continuing to remove valid content from Reflection. They're continuing to do it and since you've edited on the page prior, I thought I'd alert you so you could also keep an eye out. Doesn't look like their disruptive behavior will be stopping anytime soon. livelikemusicmy talk page!03:30, 6 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Why not quote NBC News President directly on Brian Williams' suspension?
Hi -- I can't edit the Brian Williams article because I haven't been editing Wikipedia long enough, so I thought I'd write you here, and perhaps you'd amend [what appears to be] your most recent edit on Williams.
In re: his suspension: I know I tend to tune out when the NYT is quoted verbatim within a Wikipedia article. Why not quote NBC News President Deborah Turness directly? Here's a link to the full text of her "suspension" memo.
http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/10/media/nbc-brian-williams-suspended/index.html?iid=EL— Preceding unsigned comment added by Bruiserid (talk • contribs) 01:52, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I have been attempting to start a Wikipedia page for sometime now for the company that I work for. Would please be able to give me some pointers on how I will be able to have it pass? The company is a Jewelry brand.
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Hi there; I was looking on your profile and I saw that your page had User:IPadPerson in a different color to the standard user profiles how did you manage to do that? I tried to get mine in orange but it didn't work; can you help me please? Many thanks Glostix (talk) 21:06, 21 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Glostix: It's easy. All you have to do is add "". Then for color, you type in ", and after "color:", you can type your desired color For your username, replace "your user name" with yours. Be sure to also preview it in case there are any mistakes. IPadPerson (talk) 21:34, 21 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there; Could you please tell me that why the page "Detroit Vs. Everybody " was changed into a redirect page? Thank you. Well excuse me for my poor English because I don't live in an English-speaking country.
^_^-Jason211pacem (talk) 10:30, 23 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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My latest editions to the Taylor Swift's article were done with the purpose of making it look a little bet better. As to the reasons why exactly I did the changes I have made a few comments on the talk page of the article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Taylor_Swift . I would be happy if you provide me with a few reasons why I shouldn't have made those changes. Did I do something wrong? Cause I really don't want to make the same mistakes again. Plus I didn't want to say it like this, not in here, not in this way any ways, but in the current picture Taylor looks like a hamster man!!!! So I changed it. that's why.
Don't talk until you make sure! (talk) 15:05, 26 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@IPadPerson:: I truly understand dearest IPadPerson. I see other artists like Michael Jakson, and some others I mentioned in the talk page of Taylor Swift's article and I see they have their info boxes appeared as of those for persons, and considering the fact that Swift is also other things like actress and a philanthropist, I thought it would be appropriate to change it to an info box about a person. But since it would be very ugly to make it about disagreements and also it would look even worse if we were unfriendly towards each other, and also due to fact that you have more experience than me, with all those reasons, if you still think it is inappropriate what I did, go ahead and revert it back to normal, I won't touch it any more. I hope I did not disrespect you or your ideologies in one way or another cause that was not my intention at all. I hope the best for you, and thanks for caring about Wikipedia (that's actually what we both are trying to do ;) ). <3 Don't talk until you make sure! (talk) 16:45, 26 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@IPadPerson: You're most welcome. That was nothing, don't mention it at all. Plus you deserve it cause you could have gone ahead and reverted the changes from a standpoint of power and you didn't and decided to solve it through diplomacy => so the star !
WikiCup 2015 March newsletter
One of several of Godot13's quality submissions during round 1
That's it, the first round is done, sign-ups are closed and we're into round 2. 64 competitors made it into this round, and are now broken into eight groups of eight. The top two of each group will go through to round 3, and then the top scoring 16 "wildcards" across all groups. Round 1 saw some interesting work on some very important articles, with the round leader Freikorp (submissions) owing most of his 622 points scored to a Featured Article on the 2001 film Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within which qualified for a times-two multiplier. This is a higher score than in previous years, as Godot13 (submissions) had 500 points in 2014 at the end of round 1, and our very own judge, Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) led round 1 with 601 points in 2013.
In addition to Freikorp's work, some other important articles and pictures were improved during round one, here's a snapshot of a few of them:
Rodw (submissions) developed an extremely timely article to Good Article, taking Magna Carta there some 800 years after it was first sealed;
And last but not least, Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points) worked up a number of Featured Pictures during round 1, including the 1948 one Deutsche Mark(pictured right), receiving the maximum bonus due to the number of Wikis that the related article appears in.
You may also wish to know that The Core Contest is running through the month of March. Head there for further details - they even have actual prizes!
Your recent editing history at Julianna Margulies shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you get reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the article's talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See BRD for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.
Being involved in an edit war can result in your being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. –Chase (talk / contribs) 20:57, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
(talk page stalker) - IPP you do realize if someone takes this further you're the one going to end up blocked seeing as they have made attempts to discuss it with you [2][3][4]
I would strongly suggest you quit the warring and discuss the issue with them like everyone else here
You may wish to consider archiving your talk page since it's getting rather long. That decision is completely up to you, of course, but it will likely make your talk page easier for others (and yourself!) to read. You can look at H:ARC if you need help. Cheers! –Chase (talk / contribs) 22:04, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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I'm trying to change the main photo for Ginger Zee. Ginger has stated numerous times on social media that she hates her current main picture. It is not very flattering. She's very pretty but her main photo makes her look crazy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xwmsx (talk • contribs) 14:45, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Xwmsx: If you think that another picture should be in the infobox, then you are more than welcome to upload one on Wikimedia Commons. If you do, it has to be one that is free to use and have an appropriate rationale. You might also want to familiarize yourself with WP:NFCC. IPadPerson (talk) 14:53, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The source said nothing about them divorcing or a cause. If you wish to re-add the info, you should find a source that explicitly gives details about it. IPadPerson (talk) 17:03, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
First off I'd like to introduce myself as AmaryllisGardener, you can call me Amaryllis, AG, or anything else if you want. I always try to find things in common with others, and I see we have similar music tastes (pop with a bit of hip-hop), I like the music of Selena Gomez, Ellie Goulding, Katy Perry, and Ariana Grande too (I'm one of those that actually read the stuff on people's userpages if you can't tell :) ) So now for what I came here for, do you think that maybe MØ (singer) should be protected? Edits are made and reverted all the time on that page, and no substantial progress is made (latest rv is from you, that's why I came here). Thoughts? --AmaryllisGardenertalk02:03, 4 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Sandy hill was a co-Host of GMA form 1977-1980. There are many places ( inducing Newspapers from Google archives on her) that reference this including GMA Facebook Page and a Photo from their website which state she was a co-host] which I shared. Okay so she doesn't have a stand alone page but that should not affect anything or does not mean she not notable which I don't get By not listing her it make it look as if David Hartman did not have a co-host for Three Years between 77 and 80 which is incorrect. It pretty well known that Sandy hill was a short live Host of before being replaced by Joan Lunden. It is mention in GMA article and in Joan Lunden article. There are people listed on TODAy show article who do not have a article but are still listed. Worldtvjr15 (talk) 22:51, 5 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I've got it running for GA. Just wanted to ask if you'd do it. It is a solid, stable article. Thank you so much, feel free to decline though. MaRAno FAN07:15, 11 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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The second round one has all wrapped up, and round three has now begun! Congratulations to the 34 contestants who have made it through, but well done and thank you to all contestants who took part in our second round. Leading the way overall was Cas Liber (submissions) in Group B with a total of 777 points for a variety of contributions including Good Articles on Corona Borealis and Microscopium - both of which received the maximum bonus.
Special credit must be given to a number of high importance articles improved during the second round.
Coemgenus (submissions) was one of several users who worked on improving Ulysses S. Grant. Remember, you do not need to work on an article on your own - as long as each person has completed significant work on the article during 2015, multiple competitors can claim the same article.
The points varied across groups, with the lowest score required to gain automatic qualification was 68 in Group A - meanwhile the second place score in Group H was 404, which would have been high enough to win all but one of the other Groups! As well as the top two of each group automatically going through to the third round, a minimum score of 55 was required for a wildcard competitor to go through. We had a three-way tie at 55 points and all three have qualified for the next round, in the spirit of fairness. The third round ends on June 28, with the top two in each group progressing automatically while the remaining 16 highest scorers across all four groups go through as wildcards. Good luck to all competitors for the third round! Figureskatingfan (talk·contribs·email), Miyagawa (talk·contribs·email) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk·contribs·email) 16:34, 4 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
You (Ha Ha Ha) redirection
Although the single has not charted, it has been the subject of several articles, both for the song and the music video. Said articles were not mere press released and featured some actual information and opinions from the writers of magazines such as Pitchfork and Spin. Furthermore, it has been included on several year-end lists and as such, I believe that it does have enough notoriety to receive its own article. It's not the first time that I try to undo a redirection for this article; last time though, I expanded my search and added several more sources and eventually got a thank note from the user who moved it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Florence and the Codeine (talk • contribs) 16:16, 8 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Please STOP reverting my edits to Fifth Harmony reflection. I have sourced all my data from hits daily double. A reputable chart that REFRESHES every week. Please STOP your reversions as they are not in accordance with Wikipedia's original research policy which you gave as a reason.
I hope this will be the last time I have to do this.Arifbehapiee (talk) 15:44, 10 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Arifbehapiee: I am not seeing how your additions of updated sales without reliable sources to support them is not original research. I would highly suggest that you do so so that you will not receive any warnings or blocks. IPadPerson (talk) 15:49, 10 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I have added my sources COUNTLESS times but they have been removed every time . These users remove them every time I add a reference. I suggest you check the website yourself so that you can see , hitsdailydouble under sales and streaming. I have tirelessly referenced my statements with reliable sources but they have been REMOVED every time I do so.
Arifbehapiee (talk) 15:53, 10 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you
Thank you with your help regarding the Fifth Harmony-related issues; however, I am reporting said-user for edit-warring and disruptive editing. They've been blocked prior for this behavior and have continued to ignore the warnings and blocks issued to them, and I'm over being on a battleground with them. livelikemusicmy talk page!00:16, 11 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Can you explain why you reverted my edit? That is the correct name according to IMDb. And you know, edits on there, unlike Wikipedia, have to go through a verification process and reviewed by the staff before the material can be added. -- Deadpool100 (talk) 00:47, 21 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The Fool (Ryn Weaver debut)
Hello. I had a question for you. Ryn Weaver's debut album, "The Fool" doesn't have a page for itself yet. Would it be better to create the page once it has critical reception and the album charts? Or start the page with the information that's already available? Thank you. - ilovechristianmusic (Talk to me!)12:45, 22 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
There has been a conflict over the use of the infobox image in the Jamie Dornan page, I'm hoping that a vote to choose a preferred image would settle the dispute. I am therefore writing to those active editors who have ever edited Jamie Dornan page to voice their opinion in the Jamie Dornan Talk page so we can reach a consensus. I would welcome your opinion. Hzh (talk) 13:23, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. Oftentimes when calling for consensus vote, even on popular pages, you don't get many votes which makes the result of the exercise somewhat unclear as to whether there is actually a consensus or not, so any contributions there is appreciated. Hzh (talk)
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A new user has been doing some destructive editing on the article - bare urls and original research. Would it be best to warn them of report them? Ilovechristianmusic (talk) 16:27, 8 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Ilovechristianmusic: Since they haven't been warned yet for their edits on that article, it would be better to start off with a warning. If the disruptive editing continues to escalate, then that would be the right time to report them. IPadPerson (talk) 17:02, 8 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi,
On the original image that had been used for Tori Kelly's Unbreakable Smile, I have lowered the resolution so that the original file name could be kept. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Peter Dzubay
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Strange blanking/vandalism going on there - I reverted it twice yesterday. Does the IP address throw up any clues to you? Karst (talk) 10:44, 11 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there. I noticed you changed the cover on Valentine's Day (soundtrack) to a file with lower resolution. That's okay as far as I'm concerned but I'd suggest you simply update the original file next time you want to change the resolution, that way you don't have to change the page it is used on. Regards SoWhy18:44, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The finals for the 2015 Wikicup has now begun! Congrats to the 8 contestants who have survived to the finals, and well done and thanks to everyone who took part in rounds 3 and 4.
In round 3, we had a three-way tie for qualification among the wildcard contestants, so we had 34 competitors. The leader was by far Casliber (submissions) in Group B, who earned 1496 points. Although 913 of these points were bonus points, he submitted 15 articles in the DYK category. Second place overall was Coemgenus (submissions) at 864 points, who although submitted just 2 FAs for 400 points, earned double that amount for those articles in bonus points. Everyone who moved forward to Round 4 earned at least 100 points.
The scores required to move onto the semifinals were impressive; the lowest scorer to move onto the finals was 407, making this year's Wikicup as competitive as it's always been. Our finalists, ordered by round 4 score, are:
Cas Liber (submissions), who is competing in his sixth consecutive Wikicup final, again finished the round in first place, with an impressive 1666 points in Pool B. Casliber writes about the natural sciences, including ornithology, botany and astronomy. A large bulk of his points this round were bonus points.
Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points), second place both in Pool B and overall, earned the bulk of his points with FPs, mostly depicting currency.
Cwmhiraeth (submissions), first in Pool A, came in third. His specialty is natural science articles; in Round 4, he mostly submitted articles about insects and botany. Five out of the six of the GAs he submitted were level-4 vital articles.
West Virginian (submissions), from Pool A, was our highest-scoring wildcard. West Virginia tends to focus on articles about the history of (what for it!) the U.S. state of West Virginia.
Rationalobserver (submissions), from Pool B, came in seventh overall. RO earned the majority of her points from GARs and PRs, many of which were earned in the final hours of the round.
Calvin999 (submissions), also from Pool B, who was competing with RO for the final two spots in the final hours, takes the race for most GARs and PRs—48.
The intense competition between RO and Calvin999 will continue into the finals. They're both eligible for the Newcomers Trophy, given for the first time in the Wikicup; whoever makes the most points will win it.
Good luck to the finalists; the judges are sure that the competition will be fierce!
Please don't not replace another upload of the cover like how you did for Four Pink Walls. If you want to replace it, please go to the page for the first upload of the cover and replace the image there. Thank you 和DITOREtails16:51, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Firework song
Hello, I removed that information because it can be read in the "Chart Performance" section. What is the point of writing the same sentence in many sections? But it is ok, I just wanted to help make the page be better.Jose.rms (talk) 22:14, 2 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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WikiCup 2015 is now in the books! Congrats to our finalists and winners, and to everyone who took part in this year's competition.
This year's results were an exact replica of last year's competition. For the second year in a row, the 2015 WikiCup champion is Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points). All of his points were earned for an impressive 253 featured pictures and their associated bonus points (5060 and 1695, respectively). His entries constituted scans of currency from all over the world and scans of medallions awarded to participants of the U.S. Space program. Cwmhiraeth (submissions) came in second place; she earned by far the most bonus points (4082), for 4 featured articles, 15 good articles, and 147 DYKs, mostly about in her field of expertise, natural science. Cas Liber (submissions), a finalist every year since 2010, came in third, with 2379 points.
Our newcomer award, presented to the best-performing new competitor in the WikiCup, goes to Rationalobserver (submissions). Everyone should be very proud of the work they accomplished. We will announce our other award winners soon.
A full list of our award winners are:
Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points) wins the prize for first place and the FP prize for 330 featured pictures in the final round.
Cwmhiraeth (submissions) wins the prize for second place and the DYK prize for 160 did you knows in the final round (310 in all rounds).
Cas Liber (submissions) wins the prize for third place and the FA prize for 26 featured articles in all rounds.
Harrias (submissions) wins a final 8 prize and the FL prize for 11 featured lists.
Rodw (submissions) wins the most prizes: a final 8 prize, the GA prize for 41 good articles, and the topic prize for a 13-article good topic and an 8-article featured topic, both in round 3.
ThaddeusB (submissions) wins the news prize for the most news articles in round 3.
We warmly invite all of you to sign up for next year's competition. Discussions and polls concerning potential rules changes are also open, and all are welcome to participate. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2016 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.
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Hello everyone, and we would like to wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2016 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. There are some changes we'd like to announce before the competition begins.
After two years of serving as WikiCup judge, User:Miyagawa has stepped down as judge. He deserves great thanks and recognition for his dedication and hard work, and for providing necessary transition for a new group of judges in last year's Cup. Joining Christine (User:Figureskatingfan) and Jason (User:Sturmvogel 66) is Andrew (User:Godot13), a very successful WikiCup competitor and expert in Featured Pictures; he won the two previous competitions. This is a strong judging team, and we anticipate lots of enjoyment and good work coming from our 2016 competitors.
We would also like to announce one change in how this year's WikiCup will be run. In the spirit of sportsmanship, Godot13 and Cwmhiraeth have chosen to limit their participation. See here for the announcement and a complete explanation of why. They and the judges feel that it will make for a more exciting, enjoyable, and productive competition.
The discussions/polls concerning the next competition's rules will be closed soon, and rules changes will be made clear on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring and talk pages. The judges are committed to not repeating the confusion that occurred last year and to ensuring that the new rules are both fair and in the best interests of the competition, which is, first and foremost, about improving Wikipedia.
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We are about to enter the second week of the 2016 WikiCup. The most recent player to sign up brings the current total to 101 contestants. Signups close on 5 February. If you’re interested, you can join this year's WikiCup here.
We are about to enter the second week of the 2016 WikiCup. The most recent player to sign up brings the current total to 101 contestants. Signups close on 5 February. If you’re interested, you can join this year's WikiCup here.
One of Adam Cuerden’s several quality restorations during round 1
That's it, the first round is done, sign-ups are closed and we're into round 2. Forty-seven competitors move into this round (a bit shy of the expected 64), and we are roughly broken into eight groups of six. The top two of each group will go through to round 3, and then the top scoring 16 "wildcards" across all groups.
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WikiCup 2016 May newsletter
FP of Christ Church Cathedral, Falkland Islands by Godot13
Round 2 is over and 35 competitors have moved on to Round 3.