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DYK for Fiat 130 HP

On 27 April 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Fiat 130 HP, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the 1907 Fiat 130 HP racer had wooden wheels? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Fiat 130 HP. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:02, 27 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	For your diverse, interesting and consistently good contributions thus far. Often, this kind of work goes unnoticed, until now! Cheers. Cassianto^Talk 18:41, 19 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A beer for you!

Thanks! Kyle121101 (talk) 22:08, 31 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A beer for you!

Thanks for the help on the Royal Malaysian Air Force article, and keeping right, much appreciated - Cheers FOX 52 (talk) 17:01, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks much - I could use it. That one keeps coming back again, and again. Scr★pIron^IV 20:31, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

barnstar

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		For noticing and proactively addressing potential COI-issues editors. LavaBaron (talk) 00:36, 27 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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A beer for you!

I'm just now seeing all of the fallout of the sockpuppet activity on Universe Sandbox ². Great to know you had it under control! Walter Görlitz (talk) 04:25, 16 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You couldn't even put a bet on that!

At 20:15 on 30 October 2015 you completed an edit on Peppa Pig. A minute later, on the same day, you edited John Wayne. Just how does your mind work? Cassianto^Talk 09:30, 31 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There are some who would claim it doesn't :-) it was probably me just monitoring my watch list, which is an eclectic mess... Scr★pIron^IV 14:10, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

		The Anti-Spam Barnstar
		I'll second the congratulations, only this time it's from a fellow experienced Wikipedia editor. Always good to have another ally on the lookout for WP:COI and WP:SOAPBOX edits. Keep up the good work! Drm310 (talk) 04:23, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A Dobos torte for you!

7&6=thirteen (☎) has given you a Dobos torte to enjoy! Seven layers of fun because you deserve it.

To give a Dobos torte and spread the WikiLove, just place {{subst:Dobos Torte}} on someone else's talkpage, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.

7&6=thirteen (☎) 21:42, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Looks quite tasty - Thank you so much! Scr★pIron^IV 21:44, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Thanks for protecting my user page form vandals! Insert CleverPhrase Here 21:10, 15 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	Thank you for your vigilance ScrapIronIV! Loslazos (talk) 13:50, 12 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you!

For noticing stealthy sock puppetry. Thank you.

Lavenderly (talk) 23:41, 16 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

List of wars involving the United States

How about to end this dispute we label the Somali outcome as a U.S. tactical victory/SNA strategic victory? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dg888814 (talk • contribs) 18:37, 14 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You

Thank you for your message. I will need help in uploading some Academic Journals Wikipedia pages. Thank you--Samson at AcademicJournals 10:53, 21 February 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Samson at AcademicJournals (talk • contribs)

Change of Jasmin Walia Image

hi , recently you have undid my change of pic of a person. i have uploaded the pic of jasmin walia coz she dont want that current pic appear to the result so she has given me authority to change the pic on her behalf (she is an celebrity) thats why i am trying to change the pic but everytime you people give different different reason, earlier with other pic they said it cant be used coz it has been used before on other website, and now when i uploade fresh pic which has never been used then you saying its conflicting, i want this new pic in infobox please understand and do the changes, coz is affecting the person. thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pushpeshpandey09 (talk • contribs) 16:34, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Article subjects do not control the content on pages about them. As you are personally acquainted with this individual, you have a conflict of interest. This means you should make no edits directly to the article. You need to go to the article's talk page and discuss the changes you would like to see made, and get consensus there. Scr★pIron^IV 16:38, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I've flagged the potential conflict of interest on the talk page. @Pushpeshpandey09: have a look at Image dos and don'ts for some helpful tips on how to get the image updated. Tayste (edits) 19:43, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

New section

omg keep it stands — Preceding unsigned comment added by Btreadaway23 (talk • contribs) 22:09, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It Looks Good Today Don't Reverse — Preceding unsigned comment added by Btreadaway23 (talk • contribs) 00:52, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

While I have no idea what prompted this, I will say that none of your edits stand at this point. You have not provided any sources for your changes, and the edit where you removed disability notices is quite worrisome. Someone has left a welcome message on your talk page - I suggest you go read it, follow the links, and get familiar with the way things are done here. Thank you. Scr★pIron^IV 11:32, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

WP:LYRICS discussion

Hello, I've recently spotted your edits to the articles National anthem of Mongolia and Meniń Qazaqstanym. You seem to insist removing the lyrics sections in these articles with the claim that these articles somehow violate the guidelines as presented on WP:LYRICS. I've read this through several times, and I am unable to find any condition that the given articles would violate:

The articles contain substantial other content beyond the lyrics, and therefore WP:NOLYRICS isn't broken.
"National anthems are generally considered to be a special case of fair use" as per WP:LYRICS, so copyright should not be an issue.
Your edit reason states to "feel free to link to them on WP:COMMONS", yet WP:LYRICS advises moving the lyrics over to Wikisource instead (yet you don't do this and instead shift the burden to whoever catches your edit message)

Could you please clarify your stance and explain, how you see the lyrics sections of the given articles violate the contents of WP:LYRICS? SURJECTION _{·talk·contr·log·} 18:30, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

WP:NOTLYRICS, not WP:NOLYRICS, got that wrong. SURJECTION _{·talk·contr·log·} 18:32, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Please read section 2 of WP:NOTLYRICS and WP:NOFULLTEXT. Including the full lyrics - and in multiple languages, I might add - is not in keeping with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. A relevant portion of WP:NOTLYRICS is:

"Quotations from a song should be kept to a reasonable length relative to the rest of the article, and used to facilitate discussion, or to illustrate the style; the full text can be put on Wikisource and linked to from the article."

As for who should put it over to Wikisource, that's up to those interested in keeping this nationalistic cruft in the project. That would not include me. Scr★pIron^IV 18:44, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have read section 2 of WP:NOTLYRICS: that is where I got the material for my first bullet point. I agree that the national anthem should not be provided in multiple languages, unless there is a well-sourced, widely used or otherwise reputable translation (instead I support having the anthem in the language it's written in using the standard orthography and possible romanization). WP:NOFULLTEXT on the other hand makes a particular argument to keep national anthems: "If out of copyright, shorter texts – such as [...] short songs (most national anthems) – are usually included in their article.". I also maintain that you should migrate the content to Wikisource, seeing you're making the decision to remove it from the main article. SURJECTION _{·talk·contr·log·} 18:52, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently we disagree about the definition of short text - These national anthems are not "short" in my view, and thus are not covered by the exemption described in WP:NOFULLTEXT. You are free to believe whatever you wish about whose responsibility it is, but I can guarantee you that I will not be the one to do it. Scr★pIron^IV 19:29, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The definition of a **short text** is not mine - in either case, a couple of stanzas is still a "short text" in my eyes. In either case, "[Y]ou are free to believe whatever you wish about whose responsibility it is", as I am, but I can justify my viewpoint: by removing the lyrics from the pages, you make it considerably more difficult for anyone else to do the actual job, since they won't have easy access to the lyrics anymore! (They have to go digging into the history and older revisions to find it). This is why I'm asking you to do the moving part. Calling the anthems "nationalistic cruft" really smells of a subjective viewpoint in the topic, anyway. (See WP:TALK: "Stay objective"). Again, I request that you either reverse the changes of removing the lyrics or move them to Wikisource yourself. If you fail to do this, I will consider my full responsibility to restore the lyrics, possibly with a note that the content in question could be moved over, leaving the responsibility to someone else. SURJECTION _{·talk·contr·log·} 19:37, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Such a note could, for example, be the template Copy section to Wikisource. SURJECTION _{·talk·contr·log·} 19:41, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]