You recently edited Sir Ralph Halpern's Wikipedia page. Destructive editing is certainly incorrect, however, his son is a wretched human being and also happens to be my best friend's boyfriend. I won't be settling personal issues on Wikipedia again because I understand the effects of destructive editing, but I also will not regret my actions. Have a nice day. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:58B:8300:66F0:8958:D5FE:D41A:3FF9 (talk • contribs) November 15, 2020 (UTC)
USA! USA!
OMG you're probably American too! Now I am nationally disgraced as well as time/efficiency-shamed! When you are next in London please let me salvage my pride with (1) a visit to the wood in question and (2) beer (yes, just not that cold) or tea or whatever! Sheesh. I will have to fly the Union Jack at half-mast tonight – or I would if I had one! :) Cheers DBaK (talk) 14:39, 10 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
DBaK, (last time I forgot to notice your preferred style of address, fixed it this time) - I enjoyed the challenge of trying to figure out what happened ten years ago and 4,790 miles away. I only came across Coldfall Wood through "Random article" and could there be a wood's name more intriguing than that? Then the added mystery of an editor claiming an historical article was "outdated"! It was an hour of pure fun. Schazjmd (talk) 14:48, 10 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Haha, brilliant, thanks! It is a nice little local wood, with a bit of history (which you probably now know better than I do!) but not really a player on the stage of, er, global afforestation. But do please pop over – just the 4,790 miles, eh? – and enjoy it for yourself one day. Cheers DBaK (talk) 15:12, 10 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
WP:CEN came about as an idea I explored through a request for comment that closed last March. Recent research has re-opened the debate on Wikipedia's role in a changing faster-paced internet. Questions of WP:NOTNEWS and WP:Recentism are still floating around. That being said, there are still plenty of articles to write and hopefully this noticeboard can positively contribute to that critical process.
Thank you for your participation in the RFC, and I hope to see you at WP:CEN soon! –MJL‐Talk‐☖ 19:10, 29 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan discretionary sanctions
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Hey Schazjmd, thank you very much for your quick Apollo in Real Time article. I am one of the team members who was involved in the Apollo 13 project. In that section of the article you state that "The Apollo 13 site went live in April 2020", which is certainly supported by the source you cited. But the site actually went live a month earlier. In keeping with the guidelines of "No original research", you should of course not just take my word for it. But if you do more digging you might be able to find a factual source that corrects this. Feel free to contact me if you're having trouble finding anything.
Ke6jjj, I'll see if I can find anything that will let me clarify the release date, thanks! And great work...I'm in awe of this project. Schazjmd(talk) 21:37, 11 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Closest I can come is Air & Space saying Feist spoke to Air & Space Senior Editor Tony Reichhardt in March, a couple of weeks before the site went live in anticipation of the 50th anniversary of the launch on April 11. I've reworded the article to say The Apollo 13 site was live for the 50th anniversary of the launch in April 2020. I'd rather be imprecise than precisely wrong. Schazjmd(talk) 21:41, 11 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Ke6jjj, NASA is a verified account, I can use it. Thanks for your help! Schazjmd(talk) 21:47, 11 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Alice Merton likes baking brownies
Strictly as a point of curiosity, based on this edit, do you (like me) watch Twitter for people bragging about vandalizing Wikipedia? Maybe there should be a {Template:User} for such sly stalkers so we can add a box to our user page! NedFausa (talk) 18:01, 12 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
NedFausa, ha! You do that too? I'm amazed at the number of joke/vandalism edits I've found because they can't stop themselves from bragging on Twitter. Schazjmd(talk) 18:02, 12 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
NedFausa, I use tweetdeck and a search on "wikipedia", what's your method? Schazjmd(talk) 18:09, 12 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Exactly the same. I wish all such edits were harmless jokes like Alice Merton baking brownies. But many are vile BLP violations and other despicable trash. Anyhow, I'm glad I'm not alone in the fight. NedFausa (talk) 18:12, 12 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
NedFausa, me too, because I can only take so much twitter. I'm sure I miss a lot, so glad you're also keeping an eye out. (I just caught a fantastic one, see my revert on Roger Sherman.) Schazjmd(talk) 18:15, 12 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Greetings
Thought I’d say hi since were are discussing. Always nice to meet a fellow armed forces veteran. I was over with my star ranker once to your space operations centre in Colorado, back in the past, and with him for a few exchange talks (but must admit, outside of when I was on deployment in Baghdad, didn’t have much contact with the US armed forces - expect maybe for seeing them do things on screens at Joint Operations). As you can expect, what with my star ranker being a Service Chief, I’ve had a few posting where all I did was minutes, papers, etc. I can only say what is my knowledge, I can’t comment on other armed forces quirks, as it is outside my wheelhouse - but that is our service writing standard and how it is used domestically.
Did you ever get over to Australia during your time? Apparently very popular posting so I understand it is very competitive - I did meet some nice Marines out at the Embassy once, they were loving it here. Kangaresearch (talk) 16:43, 30 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Kangaresearch, I never made it to Australia. You're right, there's lots of competition to get stationed there. But I did get to Italy, England, and Iceland, all great bases. Schazjmd(talk) 16:47, 30 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately not me, I mostly got to stay back home with the in-tray lol, my US trip was the only non-operational duty trip (and I came back with the unwelcome gift of swine flu - sad face). All my other overseas gigs were to places nobody wants to visit (and were certainly not tourist destinations) - money was good but that was it. The delights of DFAC dining, mortars, IEDs, and months with 30 farting burping officers in one large room (it did have water views though lol, if you went to the roof, and the locals were resting) were lost on me. I did encounter my first military mayor though, when I was in Baghdad, that was something novel - I worked pretty closely with COL Tracey (they had much nicer digs than ours) most of that deployment. Veterans are never short a war story or two eh. Kangaresearch (talk) 17:03, 30 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
By the by, I did a little research (given us military and civilian practice is not my expertise and as we don’t even have the same English, drawing inferences from our side to yours would be a bit risky) out of interest and I am reliably informed that the us government - included the armed forces - follow the Chicago Manual of Style for this and other things. Did a quick check seems to match. Basically the US only uppercase when used with a person’s name, otherwise lowercase. One of those colour / color - honour / honor things I guess. Kangaresearch (talk) 18:46, 30 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Kangaresearch, MOS:MILTERMS might have been based on Chicago, I'm not sure...wasn't around here when most of these rules came into being. Schazjmd(talk) 18:54, 30 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Not something I ever gave any thought to, as I didn’t have to I guess, but an interesting factoid. And while US and Australian forces carry out joint operations more and more now, I guess it is not high up on the list there either, but I know sometimes we can have very very different SOPs from each other, even if some things share some commonalities. At least we share more common platforms now, I guess, than we used to. Kangaresearch (talk) 19:04, 30 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Inadvertent pings
Sorry if you got a ping that I mentioned you, seems to be a glitch in the method I used to archive conversations from my talk page (which I won't be using again). Schazjmd(talk) 16:37, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
That IP is clearly closely connected to Bass somehow.Seven Pandas (talk) 16:44, 14 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Seven Pandas, I think you're right. No problem as long as everything is properly sourced. Schazjmd(talk) 17:07, 14 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
How Dense are you?
It’s a Twitter account linking to a video by an established institution where the author herself is speaking. Change it back or I’ll have your moderator trinket. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abattoir666 (talk • contribs) 05:58, 16 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I don't have a citation for a awarded degree. I included a citation to the Annual. What are we supposed to use?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Truthman68 (talk • contribs) 18:43, 25 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Truthman68, if we don't have a reliable source for information, we don't include it in an article. Schazjmd(talk) 18:51, 25 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your reply to my dilemma that "You can't add or fix pings"
Schazjmd, thanks for the info about pinging. The documentation is "Template:Reply to,", of course; if I were to write the documentation, that is exactly what I would have called it probably, maybe.
A "(talk page watcher)", Ha Ha! I like to watch too, but mostly I am not sure where would be a good place to look.
I guess I could have replied to you by doing a notification to you from a post on Doug's page. I will try that.
I will take you up on the offer to ask you questions.
About my Talk page, it is a mess. Until recently I didn't know I had anywhere else to save things on Wikipedia. So everything I needed to save for reference and such I put there and it grew and it grew. Yes, archiving sounds like a good thing to do, I'll check with you late on that.
But first I need to get up to speed on "replying to" methodology.
Hello Schazjmd, I just wanted to issue an apology for previous edits I made that were unsourced many months back. While the issue is over, I still wanted to issue a formal apology as I continue my quest to productive edits. Happy editing!Lima Bean Farmer (talk) 05:49, 6 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Lima Bean Farmer, an apology isn't needed, but thank you for taking the time to offer it. Schazjmd(talk) 13:51, 6 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Select edits
To be honest Schazjmd, it seems like wikipedia only requires changes to be backed up with a citation to a reliable source when the person or group is of a certain political view. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aqwert777 (talk • contribs) 03:44, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Aqwert777, I presume you're referring to this revert. Per WP:BLP, any controversial claims about a living person must have a solid source. Schazjmd(talk) 15:13, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
My cheer wiki Suggestion.
Did you read my cheer wiki talk? I was wondering if we could have ever possibly do what I asked? MerlinLionHeart (talk) 10:37, 9 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
MerlinLionHeart, thanks for bringing that to my attention, I didn't notice your comment there. I've replied on the article's Talk page. Schazjmd(talk) 14:23, 9 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I replied again on the “Cheerleading” article Talk page but I don’t know if it was published. So when ever you get the chance please check it out. MerlinLionHeart (talk) 05:35, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Can you delete this [1]? I uploaded the wrong image. Zoe1013 (talk) 19:08, 11 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Zoe1013, sorry, I don't have that power. Only administrators can delete files. You can replace the content on that page with {{db-author}}, and an administrator should delete it fairly quickly, then you can upload the correct image. Schazjmd(talk) 19:17, 11 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Nevermind. I think I will just keep the image. Is it against copyright violation if I took a picture of my library book? Zoe1013 (talk) 19:19, 11 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The earlier copyright violation was claiming it as your own work. If this file uses the non-free content rationale (as it appears to do), it can be used in that book's article. Schazjmd(talk) 19:23, 11 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
(adding a @Zoe1013: just in case you're not watching the page) Schazjmd(talk) 19:24, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
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Then in the future I can take picture of library book cover and upload it to Wikipedia as long as I don’t claim it as my own. Zoe1013 (talk) 19:27, 11 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Do I have to use this image: [2]? I took a picture of my library book. Is that allowed? Zoe1013 (talk) 19:32, 11 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Zoe1013, this second image is better quality than the photo you took. Another editor might replace the photo in the article with an image like that. Schazjmd(talk) 19:34, 11 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The second image is from the source. [3] Can I take the image from the source? Is that copyright violation to use the library book cover or the source? Zoe1013 (talk) 19:35, 11 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Zoe1013, you can upload the source image using non-free-use rationale for a book cover to be used in the article about that book. Schazjmd(talk) 19:42, 11 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Reduce size of image
How do you reduce the size of image? This edit says I need to reduce the size of image. You can’t make image smaller. So I have asked for the image to be deleted because the image can’t be reduced. Zoe1013 (talk) 21:57, 14 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Zoe1013, I'm not an expert at images, but the notice itself tells you that a bot will take care of it in about 24 hours. The notice is there to notify the bot to fix it. Revert your deletion tag and put the size notice back. Schazjmd(talk) 22:04, 14 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Already reverted myself. So a bot will make the image smaller? How? I don’t know how to do it. How come he can? Zoe1013 (talk) 22:08, 14 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Zoe1013, bots are software programs that perform defined tasks. I don't know how the program works, it just does. Schazjmd(talk) 22:10, 14 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Authentication for RICO Edits
We spent five years researching Paul Rico and the surrounding controversies. We researched the transcripts of congressional hearings, other testimony, and conducted hundreds of interviews of witnesses. Joe Wolfinger and I are both retired special agents of the FBI and licensed attorneys and have independent sources for every fact. If it will help, we can include many additional footnotes for each fact (independent of our book). The page that exists is very poorly sourced and completely unreliable (e.g., some purported "FBI mugshot?" Not possible since Rico was never arrested or charged by the FBI. Other sources include "Reader's Digest," etc.). We are not experts in Wikipedia and are interested only in getting this information corrected. We are open to any suggestions you might have.Chriskerresq (talk) 19:20, 20 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Chriskerresq, what you need to do is begin a discussion at Talk:Paul Rico. Explain the changes that you want to make to the article and the sources for the information. By discussing with other editors interested in that topic, you can get consensus for adding the new information to the article. Schazjmd(talk) 19:25, 20 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
White 720, I don't agree that it's WP:DUE even under WP:BLPSPS. So what if they started a petition about something? Unless independent sources have taken note of it and given it coverage, it's just a self-serving claim. It's an encyclopedia article about Haglund, not a PR vehicle for his foundation. Schazjmd(talk) 23:07, 21 September 2020 (UTC) Conversation on Talk:Carl Haglund[reply]
Abdala Bucaram Jr.
I disagree with the removal of my edit. It simply stated that there was an order for his detention and that he was being investigated. Your reason for deleting stated he had been detained but no charges filed. I never said any charges had been filed.skmply that he was being investigated which is completely true and verifiable. Could you also please support the claim that he was detained? He fled the country under suspicious circumstances, while travel was prohibited, before he could be detained. TruthDoesMatter2020 (talk) 17:23, 23 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
TruthDoesMatter2020, I was reviewing pending edits and felt that there is a question whether it should be included in a WP:BLP. As I said on my edit summary, please discuss on the article talk page and get consensus from other editors on whether the information should be mentioned in the article. Schazjmd(talk) 17:32, 23 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Theories entry
Nice work with the Cynical Theories entry. I see that someone drafted an entry for Helen Pluckrose, which was not deleted but parked on account her lack of "notability." I don't quite agree--there are lots of authors with only one big book to their credit who yet have a wiki entry. At the same time, it wasn't as well written a job as yours here. You did a nice job. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nigetastic (talk • contribs) 15:21, 5 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Nigetastic, thank you! And I really appreciate you adding that review to the article, I hadn't seen that one. Schazjmd(talk) 15:26, 5 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Schazjmd Happy to help. I'll be curious to see how the article evolves.
ten year society invite
Invitation to join the Ten Year Society
Dear Ex,
I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Ten Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for ten years or more. You may already be aware of this and have declined to participate, but, if not, here's an invitation.
I saw that you put a tag on this page. I apologize for my tardy editing. I've now altered the content quite extensively. Could you please check to see whether it's up to code now? I wouldn't want to unilaterally remove the tag.
O.ominirabluejack, the article still uses too much wording from another source. Articles need to be written in your own words, summarizing what reliable sources say; not pasting their words. You can see the result of the comparison here. Schazjmd(talk) 23:29, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
O.ominirabluejack, I've gone ahead and removed the tag for now, but please rewrite the remaining copyright violations as soon as possible, thanks! Schazjmd(talk) 23:31, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
O.ominirabluejack, thanks for working on it. I've put a tag on so an admin can hide the versions that contained the copyrighted text; don't worry, your most recent version of the article will remain. Schazjmd(talk) 00:23, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Health psychology and clarity
Thank you for working on the issue roiling the health psychology entry by freezing the page and later prompting me to lay out the different, relevant quotations from the assorted publications. Rounding up the quotations took a little time. But doing so provided clarity. Iss246 (talk) 02:37, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Iss246, I'm glad it was helpful! I'm hoping editors from the med/psych wikiprojects engage in the discussion so we can get a solid result one way or another. Schazjmd(talk) 14:08, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.
Hello, I noticed that you recently created a new page, Meetei Puya(Meitei Puya Lailik). First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as you. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page – Puya (Meitei texts). Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will continue helping to improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at Puya (Meitei texts). If you have new information to add, you might want to discuss it at the article's talk page.
If you think the article you created should remain separate, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Additionally if you would like to have someone review articles you create before they go live so they are not nominated for deletion shortly after you post them, allow me to suggest the article creation process and using our search feature to find related information we already have in the encyclopedia. Try not to be discouraged. Wikipedia looks forward to your future contributions. noq (talk) 13:58, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Noq, I merely moved the article to fix the title, please let the actual article creator know of the CSD nomination, thanks! Schazjmd(talk) 14:01, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I originally tagged the original name just as you moved it. They have been informed. noq (talk) 14:02, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Gremista.32, the problem is that you're adding references to sources that don't actually support the content where you're citing them, and they aren't necessarily even reliable sources. For example, in Eleanor of Castile, you added a reference to an ad for a book about Eleanor. In Egypt (Roman province), you put a reference to a page about Egypt that says nothing about the actual content, which is An army of 4,000 Arabs led by Amr Ibn Al-Aas was sent by the CaliphUmar, successor to Muhammad, to spread Islamic rule to the west. Arabs crossed into Egypt from Palestine in December 639,In articles, references support specific content. If I write Murrow gave a speech in 1971 that was highly acclaimed., I would also add a reference that specifically mentions the speech and how it was received. See how that works? Schazjmd(talk) 00:19, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Gremista.32, I took a look at your recent edits. In this edit, you cited a post on a forum. User-generated content, such as forums, Reddit, blogs, etc, are not reliable sources. Please read Reliable sources to learn more about suitable sources for article content. Schazjmd(talk) 22:28, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I use Portuguese Wikipedia to search for references 👀Gremista.32 (talk) 22:31, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Gremista.32, you have to be careful doing that. Each language Wikipedia project has its own rules and policies, and just because something is allowed on another Wikipedia doesn't mean it's okay on the English one. Schazjmd(talk) 22:33, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Schazjmd, love the quotes that head your talk page. I need to make a note of them somewhere. Happy St Crispin's Day, MSgt. Acad Ronin (talk) 11:52, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Sir, you were there on the subject[[4]]. I have tried it to improve with recent edits[[5]]. kindly see and comment.Thanks and Best regardsRAJIVVASUDEV (talk) 09:45, 28 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Harry Loucks was one of the key figures in Rolling Wood's development. Loucks (along with his father) were major realtors and developers on Long Island during this time, and did work in places like Brookville New York, Syosset, New York, and Roslyn Estates, New York. I have added this information to the article.
Please keep in mind that this article is very new. It was started roughly 24 hours ago (as of the time I am posting this). I am expanding it and will continue to do so. LINYperson615(talk) 21:34, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
LINYperson615, I don't think that information adds any value to the question of notability of the neighborhood. But it's possible that other editors won't agree with me; that's the purpose of the article discussion. It will run for 7 days. Schazjmd(talk) 21:17, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Also, LINYperson615, please read the notability guideline that I cite in my nomination: WP:GEOFEAT. It details the notability requirements for this type of article. Schazjmd(talk) 21:24, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
SchazjmdI did, and I just added more information. Another thing about this subdivision is that the original 14 homes were all of unique designs (mentioned in source 1). Additionally (and I am about to add this in), the Guggenheims were very prominent landowners on this part of Long Island during this time period. They made their fortune through mining, and Edmond was a relative of Solomon R. Guggenheim (as in the museum); please see the Guggenheim family article for more information on the family. LINYperson615(talk) 21:29, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
LINYperson615, but the Guggenheims have nothing to do with the subject of the article, except for having been previous owners of the land. Please understand that I'm not saying it's a bad article; you did a very good job with it. My contention is that the subject of the article isn't notable. Anyway, please feel free to continue improving the article. Schazjmd(talk) 21:50, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry for my harsh tone earlier in the Rolling Wood article. I agree, and moved the information into the main article for the village (it makes more sense that way; you are right with how it doesn't make sense for them to be put in separate articles). Again, my sincerest apologies.LINYperson615 (talk) 23:31, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
LINYperson615, I didn't think you were being harsh at all, just defending your work. No worries. Schazjmd(talk) 23:34, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
User:Magical1031a
Hi Schazjmd, if I did anything inappropriate, please let me know. I just thought that removing the redirect was the best way to handle it. They also copied the article's talk page content to their talk page so I deleted that as well. S0091 (talk) 23:29, 31 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
S0091, no, I don't think you did anything wrong at all! I appreciate you deleting the inappropriate content there, I was just going to let an obviously-NOT-new editor clean up after themselves. But apparently we both wandered into a sock drawer. Schazjmd(talk) 23:32, 31 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Dang socks! S0091 (talk) 23:39, 31 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Daveburstein (talk) 16:01, 9 November 2020 (UTC) Thanks for accepting I made an honest mistake on the Jemisin picture. I think livelier pictures would be better, but that's not the community decision. I've since heard from Nora she likes the old picture, even if it doesn't do her justice.[reply]
Daveburstein, not a problem. There can be quite a learning curve on Wikipedia, and to me it looks like you are trying to learn which is a good thing. (That photo you added was truly ridiculous though!) Schazjmd(talk) 16:07, 9 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
TNS famous folks
The HTTP link you gave, even though it has "public" in the name, is not actually publicly accessible. Can you find any way to provide a link that *is* accessible? Finney1234 (talk) 18:46, 23 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Finney1234, I took the ref from Andrew York's article. I had no problems accessing the webpage. Maybe try a different browser? Schazjmd(talk) 19:18, 23 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Schazjmd, Actually, it works with either of my browsers, I just clicked something incorrectly (or copied and pasted incorrectly). Thanks. Finney1234 (talk) 20:06, 23 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Schazjmd, well, since the linked worked properly in the first place, I'm not sure what "problem" got "solved" :-). Finney1234 (talk) 20:18, 23 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
A barnstar for you!
The Barnstar of Diligence
Nice work beating me to the punch on updating Ben Bova's article! Eddie891TalkWork 21:58, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Eddie891! And thanks again for catching my mistake in not adding the date to the lead sentence properly. Schazjmd(talk) 22:00, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
On 1 December 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Ben Bova, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Dumelow (talk) 07:58, 1 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I'm new to wikipedia and I'm not really certain on how to use all features. However, this user is going around on Twelver Shia Imams and stating that they are a certain denomination with a heavily one-sided view with a single citation from medium.com and I am trying to revert the pages back to a neutral viewpoint. They keep trying to engage in a edit war with me and I was hoping you'd be able to investigate this to allow me to revert the pages back to a neutral standing point with the edits that I am doing to his changes, thank you. Butene (talk) 00:55, 15 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Butene, I explained to the editor that Medium is not a reliable source for Wikipedia articles, and they have agreed to revert their edits. If they don't revert the edits that are sourced to Medium in a reasonable amount of time, feel free to to do so. Schazjmd(talk) 01:00, 15 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Schazjmd, I've already done the edits before him and he has done slight grammatically incorrect changes to appear as if he's done the changes themselves although I have now fixed this, if they keep editing articles with unreliable references I will contact you again about this, thank you. Butene (talk) 01:04, 15 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The topic has been handed over to Cplakidas for now. Butene (talk) 21:26, 15 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
CalligrapherAR, to someone who is unfamiliar with the history of Islam (me), your edits look like you tried adding content with an unreliable source in order to claim that certain people were Sunni as well as (or instead of?) Shi'a, and when that got stopped, you switched to creating categories that you apply to the articles to associate them with Sunni Islam. When other editors object to the changes by reverting your edits, rather than discuss it with them on the article talk pages, you add the content again.You've made a large number of changes in a short period of time to many articles, and seeing how many of your edits have been reverted, I suspect that your editing might be considered disruptive. It would not surprise me to see your editing eventually under discussion on one of the administrative noticeboards. I've advised you to discuss with other editors but you don't. I hope you can learn how to cooperate with other editors and how to contribute in a productive manner.Regarding Ja'far al-Sadiq, Butene has made one revert of your edits today (consecutive reverts uninterrupted by other edits count as one revert in the context of WP:EW). Schazjmd(talk) 21:48, 15 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Sununu setting NH record in 2020
It's not a claim, it's a fact. If a ref is needed, I'll get one. Thanks. Royal Autumn Crest (talk) 22:10, 19 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Royal Autumn Crest, feel free to add it back to the article when accompanied by a reliable source. The source needs to support that he was the first candidate ever in NH to do so, not that he got that many votes. Schazjmd(talk) 22:24, 19 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the reminder, please let me know if I can help you with something else in the future. Royal Autumn Crest (talk) 00:31, 20 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Bookku, I started to comment there, but I feel my comment might not be helpful to the overall discussion. This is what I started to add there:"Bookku notified me of this discussion (with neutral language and because I participated in this RFC), but I can't figure out what this discussion is about. It seems to consist of a lot of vague, hand-waving accusations sprinkled with various calls to fallacies by Bookku and other editors trying to guess what Bookku means. None of the guesses are confirmed to be the problem; instead, Bookku deflects all attempts to get specific. This discussion is simply too vague and ill-defined to be productive."I apologize if that sounds harsh, Bookku; it's not personal against you, only my honest assessment of the discussion to this point. If you see any useful criticism in my comments, perhaps it might help you steer the discussion onto a more productive path. If nothing I said rings true for you, so be it; I wish you well in whatever you're trying to achieve. Schazjmd(talk) 16:43, 22 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hello once again, I went through your and other replies up till now and added following mid discussion synopses / review as my reply there. May be we won't agree but it might help better in understanding each other's point of views better.
The next argument forwarded is WP:COMMONNAME trumps MOS:HONORIFIC, but I have not been explained 2 aspects in this argument.
1) How WP:COMMONNAME itself is not a fallacy of appeal to popularity ( common belief fallacy or appeal to (common) belief, appeal to the majority)
2) What is happening is MOS:HONORIFIC does not cite any 'statement of purpose' or 'statement of principle' or 'statement of value' So not only commitment to 'purpose', 'principle', value' gets diluted average people do not realize excuse of WP:COMMONNAME defeats 'purpose', 'principle', value' behind not having HONORIFIC in Wikipedia article;
3) and WP:COMMONNAME becomes a tool of validating subjectivity and systemic bias towards those who could not find enough English language reliable sources to prove their usage of honorific is as much WP:COMMONNAME in their own language and people.
4) Another argument forwarded is WP:IAR 'Wikipedia has no firm rules'; but it is not acknowledged same argument adds subjectivity, arbitrariness and leads to systemic bias.
To sum up, I repeat, "What is happening is MOS:HONORIFIC does not cite any 'statement of purpose' or 'statement of principle' or 'statement of value' So not only commitment to 'purpose', 'principle', value' gets diluted average people do not realize excuse of WP:COMMONNAME defeats 'purpose', 'principle', value' behind not having HONORIFIC in Wikipedia article"
Hello there! I saw your post on my talk page. While the link was technically saved in the wayback machine, when I clicked on it, it was just an archive of the 404 page. I'm unsure if that was an error on my end or not, but I wanted to let you know that I really try to make sure dead links haven't been archived anywhere else.
Sorry about the confusion
--Vaporwaveboyfriend (talk) 21:36, 22 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Vaporwaveboyfriend, no problem, I just wanted to be sure you knew about it. (When a archive capture is 404 or redirect, try earlier dates.) Schazjmd(talk) 22:02, 22 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Clarification
I'll take a look to see if the quotes can be trimmed and I expect that will be very doable. I've got to get on the road and I don't know if I'll be able to get back to a computer today, but thanks for the input. Activist (talk) 21:52, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Activist, sounds good. Could you also explain why you reverted my edit in which I added the citation template to a ref? Per WP:CITEVAR, when an article is primarily using a specific form of reference, we're encouraged to format refs in that same form. Schazjmd(talk) 22:01, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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Sure. I can explain. Activist (talk) 14:36, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Tom Theo Klemesrud
You recently deleted my contribution for this page in the writings section, saying the text of this court filing was not reliable. The filed declaration came from attorney Richard Horning and it is ok to contact and verify with him. https://www.reedsmith.com/en/professionals/h/horning-richard-allan
Also Shari Steele at EFF can verify it. The case and file was on the EFF server, but was accidently destroyed.
https://www.eff.org/about/staff/shari-steele Seen here on BBC-2 ...
//youtu.be/b6KM27TUsvM?t=367
The declaration is also on Pacer of course. The case is published. Religious Technology Center v. Netcom On-Line Communications Services, Inc , No. 95-20091 RHW, 1995 Comp. Ind. L. Rptr. 20214, 20292, 20357, 20380, 20435 (N.D.Cal. 1995), 907 F.Supp. 1361 (N.D.Ca. 1995) 71.29.113.108 (talk) 02:45, 2 January 2021 (UTC) 71.29.113.108 (talk) 02:55, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't say the text wasn't reliable; I said a file on google docs is not reliable. Any file, genuine or manipulated, can be created and uploaded there. Schazjmd(talk) 14:58, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there, I'm a researcher for the Wikilambda project. Last month we held a naming contest and I'm following up with those who voted to see if you might be willing to provide some feedback to help guide the project.
This would be a 45 minute conversation about your past experience with other Wikimedia projects and thoughts about the future of this new initiative. I'm hoping to gather a wide range of perspectives so I'd be interested in your opinion regardless of whether you plan to have further involvement.
As a way of saying thanks, the research team is offering a $35 gift card (in your local currency) for participation. We could chat by phone or through a website for audio conferencing.
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2011 Bach Divorce
What do you need for proof of Richard’s divorce from Sabryna in 2011?
The dissolution is in the Washington, Kings County online docket search, but how do I cite this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.68.205.64 (talk) 00:12, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
A search of King County court records gives me the following divorce filings by the Bachs and the summaries:
15-3-03182-5 10/8/2015 settled by parties/dismissal without prejudice
10-3-08940-7 12/30/2010 settled by parties
10-3-05920-6 8/6/2010 dismissal without trial
I found several newspaper articles after his 2012 accident referring to Sabryna as his ex-wife and several referring to her as his wife, so those are of no help.
If there's a filing I didn't find that clearly resulted in a decree of dissolution, you could cite it like this: <ref>King County Superior Court, Seattle, Washington; case number xx-x-xxxxx-x, decree of dissolution issued (date)</ref>.
Oh, also - it shouldn't be only in the infobox, the article should also be updated (when you have a source). Schazjmd(talk) 01:31, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
In his book about his crash and recovery, Illusions 2, he writes that Sabryna is his ex wife at the time of the crash. He also wrote on his website, richardbach.com, now offline, that he was single and looking for a new mate both before and after the crash.
One of the 2010 filings was finalized in 2011, I know this personally, but I don’t understand the court docket lingo well enough to know which one. He remarried Sabryna in December 2014, but then filed for divorce in 2015, after meeting me, I am his fourth wife. That divorce was withdrawn, but he filed again in 2018, and that one was finalized November 2020. Richard and I married right after that. I have those divorce papers, but obviously don’t wish to make them public.
I think a good faith edit for the 2011 divorce should be allowed. You can confirm in his book that he was divorced at the time of the crash. I have backups of his website, I could personally send you an entry clearly indicating he is single if that helps you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.68.205.64 (talk) 01:42, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, personal knowledge isn't an acceptable source. I know that's frustrating, but Wikipedia requires that information be verifiable, especially in biographies of living people. His website is archived through July 2018.[6] It's likely that archive.org has a cached copy of the post you're referring to, if you know the old URL. Whether it would suffice depends on what it says. Schazjmd(talk) 01:58, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
If you go here and search for Sabryna Bach, you will see their December 2014 marriage license, their second marriage:
And if you look at the quit claim deed from this month at the top, you can see Sabryna is once again a “former spouse.” — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.68.205.64 (talk) 02:06, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Turns out you can easily find our marriage license this way as well, but I do not wish to go public with our marriage at this time.... Anyway, he is definitely not married to Sabryna any longer, and seeing her listed as his current wife is bothersome to me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.68.205.64 (talk) 02:13, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
September 29, 2014 is one entry where Richard explicitly states on his website that he is single and seeking a mate. But, he talks about this a lot starting with his entries prior to the crash. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.68.205.64 (talk) 02:22, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I've requested the book from the library, I'll see if that's helpful. Schazjmd(talk) 15:16, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I am looking at the book, at best, he says, “ There by the bed was the woman I knew, she was my wife? No.” And, “ She’s my wife, I thought. Can’t remember her name. Not my wife.”
Richard wants to correct this, is there something he can do to provide proof he is divorced from her? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.68.205.64 (talk) 17:27, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
He's a famous author, maybe he can arrange an interview with a newspaper or magazine in which he discusses his various marital statuses? Schazjmd(talk) 17:52, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
DYK for Chicago circulation wars
On 22 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Chicago circulation wars, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that about 27 men and newsboys were killed in the Chicago circulation wars in the early 1900s? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Chicago circulation wars. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Chicago circulation wars), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.
I wrote an article for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Michael_Weirsky It needs to be approved urgently so I can seek good article status. I cannot seek good article status until it gets approved. I may be wrong but I need to seek good article status before seeking featured article status. Either way it needs to be expedited.
I only came across Coldfall Wood through "Random article" and could there be a wood's name more intriguing than that? Then the added mystery of an editor claiming an historical article was "outdated"! It was an hour of pure fun. Schazjmd (talk) 14:48, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
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