User talk:HJ Mitchell

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Welcome back!

I see you're back from your short wikibreak! Did you enjoy it? Also, in your state of sleepiness from waking up from said wikibreak, you appear to have forgotten to remove the wikibreak notice from your userpage (or I'm just lightning fast :p). demize (t · c) 19:45, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Give me a chance! I've only just got back and I've spent all day on a train! Bloody engineering works! There are few things more frustrating than sitting on 125mph train that's going... nowhere fast! Alas, 'tis what you get for travelling on a Sunday, but, being English, I do like to moan about it! It was pleasant being away from everything for a few days, except when I realised I'd forgotten to note my departure, but lucky I had Ironholds' mobile number! Did I miss anything interesting? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:56, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well, there's this Wiki Guides thing going on now, but other than that I don't think so. demize (t · c) 20:08, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well, you did get called a "silly sod" by Ironholds. :) Welcome back, Dude :) - Neutralhomer • Talk • 20:19, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, welcome back. I hope your slow moving train kept you warm and dry. I was silly enough to go out in the rain to try and take photos of Catkins. - JuneGloom Talk 23:40, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome back - missed ya!--5 albert square (talk) 23:50, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks guys. It's nice to be back. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 09:30, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Do edits mainly constitute 'cleanup' etc?

Hi HJ,
I came across an article of which one of the most recent editors made a number of changes. These included removing apparently properly sourced material, and also choices about what was utterly erradicated and what was newly added, gave me the impression of showing a partial interest about the political party described in the article. It is neither done without talent, nor unintelligently, as many of the changes are decent improvements that match the edit comment "Major overhaul; i.e. cleanup, rewritten, updated; removed; content better placed in VBlok article, unsourced content, trivia, overemphasised events, outdated content etc.", and nevertheless managed to support the picture the party may prefer, while leaving in most of the all too well-known for the party undesired aspects: [1]
I then checked the user's edits and found a similar one had occurred on the article about the criminally condemned predecessor of that party: [2].

The user's block log showed you having accorded him/her with 'trusted editor' status. As I consider you to be quite impartial to the article topic, perhaps you should have a good look. For instance, the 'political trial' theme is those parties' politicians' negation of Belgian Law. It fits the political accusations of these parties' policy of depicting themselves as victims of the establishment. Eliminating the (to M. Storme) attributing text and thus leaving 'political trial' presented as if a fact... For that term to be encyclopedically correct, the case should have been brought before Assises Court. In the other article the appeal court's motivation that legally substantiated its ruling, became merely 'claiming'. Text about L. Lamine's claims of 'self-victimizing' is moved from the current party's article to its dismantled one's, thus showing the current party according to its more recent policy of presenting itself as clean and correct with better dressed identical politicians; the claim however, came after the change of the party name and is about the transition policy. And that theme of 'self-victimizing' is no longer mentioned anywhere, it was rephrased to the vague 'for propaganda reasons'. Updated? Trivia? Not quite. Clever, though. I do not wish to guide you to what further bothers me, rather letting you analyse things for yourself. Kind regards,▲ SomeHuman 2011-02-14 03:36-03:54 (UTC)

Grammys

Aside from notifying you of how much I modified your blurb, I wanted to point out that I contested (on ITN/C) the point that Lady Antebellum and Arcade Fire are adequately updated. -- tariqabjotu 17:45, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think for a C-class article and a GA, the updated are sufficient. It's nice to have a GA on ITN, but we don't want to load it down with recentism. It may have been a better idea to update 53rd Grammies, but there's only so much you can say beyond "they won an award that nobody will remember in a few months". Why did you remove Arcade Fire from the blurb? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:53, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well, no, according to our ITN criteria, they aren't. But I don't know why I bother. -- tariqabjotu 18:44, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy of File:Labyrinth game box.jpg

Hi, This file had been tagged for violating non-free use policy, with the recommended action in the tag being to discuss on its talk page. I did add an amplification of the rationale on its talk page, and there was no further discussion there until the file was speedied earlier today. Did I misread the tag? I had interpreted it as saying this was the appropriate way to at least postpone its being speedied, perhaps on the way to a FUR discussion. Thanks, NapoliRoma (talk) 18:34, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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--5 albert square (talk) 00:20, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Romy Rosemont

On 15 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Romy Rosemont, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Romy Rosemont, known for her portrayal of Carole Hudson in Glee, was due to appear alongside her husband, Stephen Root, in Red State, but had to withdraw due to scheduling difficulties? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 12:04, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Pseudoskepticism

I'm not sure if you've seen Wikipedia:Fringe theories/Noticeboard#Pseudoskepticism, but it seems like there's a developing consensus to unlock Pseudoskepticism (which you protected following a RFPP) now that there appears to be some fruitful discussion and more attention to the topic. Swing by and take a look. Cheers, — Scientizzle 15:41, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not familiar with the topic area or the regulars there, so I'll leave it up to you or any other admin who wants to call it. I'm perfectly happy for it to be unprotected if that's what the consensus is. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:55, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Warning

Hello I see you issued me a warning?Could you be more specific why?Also there are several other editors that edit the same articles that I am. Have you issued a warning to them too?--Shrike (talk) 16:02, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's just a formal notification. If you edit in accordance with the expected standards, you have nothing to worry about. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:13, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wanting advice on possible new BLP article

Hello! I'm trying to write a BLP of author Fern Reiss (my draft is currently located here: User:WikiTome/Fern Reiss). This being one of my first BLPs and not being completely clear on all the rules, I was wondering if you might check it out and give me some feedback on what I should improve before it would be accepted. I'm worried it might sound a bit too promotional. I know you're probably pretty busy, so feel free to do this at your leisure, or not at all.

Thanks so much! WikiTome ^Talk 17:11, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]