User talk:KNHaw

User talk page blanking

Hi KNHaw, thank you for all of your anti-vandalism work! One small note however, when an editor (whether registered or an IP) blanks their talk page, please don't restore it unless it violates the few conditions listed at WP:BLANKING (e.g. declined unblock requests on current sanctions, shared IP headers). This is explained in further detail at WP:DRC. Thanks! --Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 19:32, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. I was never entirely sure of the policy. I've read it now and will know not to mess with it.

--KNHaw ^(talk) 20:58, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

...and again...--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 22:10, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Wissahickon High School Clear Backpacks Edit

Hi KNHaw, there are no known written sources I could cite, except my experience as a student as Wissahickon High School and an organizer of the protests against clear backpacks. Everything I wrote was true, although I understand that you have no way of knowing that. How do we proceed in a case like this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.75.222.238 (talk) 02:11, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Re: Wissahickon High School Clear Backpacks Edit

I am aware of all of the sources that exist about the incident, because I was following it closely at the time. There are none that mention the student antics. I think it's an important part of the history of the event to mention the different tactics students used to resist or subvert the rule, but there is no documentation of their approaches. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.75.222.238 (talk) 01:39, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

Unfortunately, there really needs to be documentation of specifics if they're to be added to an article. The simple fact is that Wikipedia is not a primary source - that is, it exists as a digest/accumulation of information from other sources (although, yes, there are many, many times it fails that test - it's not difficult to find counter examples). The general rule is that if someone else did not document it in a third party source, then not only can it not be verified but it isn't notable enough to be detailed here. See wp:sources for more details.

In the meantime, I want to thank you again for helping edit Wikipedia constructively. Please don't be discouraged. There are many, many other articles here that could use attention from interested parties and I suspect it would be easy to find some that could use your help and expertise. And, as always, feel free to reach out to me with any questions you might have.

Thanks! --KNHaw ^(talk) 21:28, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

Optical heterodyne detection

Hello, I'm KNHaw. I noticed that you recently removed content from Optical heterodyne detection without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. KNHaw (talk) 22:26, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello, user cems2 here. I'm the originator and primary curator of the optical heterodyne page. I made the change that I did for the reason discussed in the "TALK" section of the associated article. The point is inserting gratuious links to applications does not belong in the summary. It needs it's own section on applications. I preserved the references that I removed in the Talk section for later incoporations when there is a suitably mature collection of these. The listed set removed are actually not even mainstream app;lication despite being interesting and clever. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.12.184.7 (talk) 22:31, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

First, thanks for reaching out to me. I was concerned because I originally saw you had not brought it up on the talk page. That's why I reverted the edit. After I saw your second edit and saw you were bringing it up, I decided to let it be. As long as there's tracability on the talk page, I will stay out of it as I am (admittedly) not an expert.

Also, you indicate you are user_talk:Cems2, but your edits are coming up as being on an anonymous IP. I'm not sure if that is intentional or not, but I thought you should know.

Happy editing! --KNHaw ^(talk) 22:37, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

Asia Minor east of the Caucasus

How can I need a reference for this? It's clear from looking at the very maps included in the article that Asia Minor is west of the Caucasus region, not east. You're travelling from Tbilisi to Trebizond--what direction are you going?

Not to mention nothing else past the first sentence of the lede is cited, either.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Georgia

173.226.63.104 (talk) 20:21, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

My apologies. I made an error in looking at the map too quickly. I have restored your version and will delete the warnings on your talk page.

Thank you for editing. I (and all of Wikipedia) do appreciate constructive editing like yours. I sincerely hope I have not discouraged you from making future contributions.

Thanks again! --KNHaw ^(talk) 21:47, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

From looking at the revision history I got you mixed up with the person who's doing the heavy lifting on the page and kind of assumed it was a snap-revert. Sorry about the snippiness.

173.226.63.104 (talk) 15:00, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

No problem. I did do the revert too quickly without examining the content, so there's that. Thanks for bringing it up, though. The last thing I want to do is *add* an error.

--KNHaw ^(talk) 18:07, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

Jerry Brown

Thank you for the information. I added a reference to a daily news article that confirms the links between the Governor and Sempra Energy, and also discusses resident's concerns.

Please let me know if the edit requires further work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sonsanddaughtersporterranch (talk • contribs) 20:02, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the update. I'm still a little concerned that the statement "Residents of Porter Ranch have continued to express concern that Governor Brown..." is overly broad. Could you find a source for that as well? Something that lays out those specific concerns in the source? I won't revert your edit as-is over it, but I think it'll make your edit stronger.

Thanks for editing! --KNHaw ^(talk) 20:10, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

Users removing warnings from own talk page

Hi, just so you're aware, it's generally considered acceptable for users to remove warnings from their own talk page. In the case of this IP it's somewhat different because they replaced the warnings with vaguely insulting rubbish, but I don't think that's deserving of a level 4 warning - I'd recommend just restoring the warnings and leaving it at that. Thanks for fighting the good fight! ƒirefly ( t · c · who? ) 21:46, 13 June 2018 (UTC)

Mark Ruffalo

“Hello, I'm KNHaw. I noticed that you made an edit concerning content related to a living (or recently deceased) person on Mark Ruffalo, but you didn't support your changes with a citation to a reliable source, so I removed it. Wikipedia has a very strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate and clear. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you! KNHaw (talk) 02:18, 22 April 2018 (UTC)”

You definitely made a mistake here. Citation was NOT necessary for that edit. The information about Zika, LGBTQ and abortion were all lumped into one paragraph, so I merely separated it into three separate ones by inserting a couple of these: ⏎. Can u explain why you think citation is needed for pressing the Enter key? To my knowledge the segments in question already had sources added by previous authors at the time of my edit, and in any case I did not add or delete any new information here, merely organized the existing data.