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I appreciate your concern but the article (in its previous form) violated many of Wiki's policies concerning both neutrality and style. Excessive footnotes are a violation of Wiki's Manuel of Style. There is no need (and frankly it is absurd) to have 20 different references for tour dates. Also, it is appropriate to have the full date (month, day, year) in the tour table. Additionally, there is no need to tell people not to add unconfirmed dates as this page has not had any acts of vandalism (that I have noticed) since its creation. It would be more understandable if that is the case. Again, I do appreciate your concern. [[User:Alkclark|Alkclark]] ([[User talk:Alkclark|talk]]) 04:09, 6 November 2008 (UTC) |
I appreciate your concern but the article (in its previous form) violated many of Wiki's policies concerning both neutrality and style. Excessive footnotes are a violation of Wiki's Manuel of Style. There is no need (and frankly it is absurd) to have 20 different references for tour dates. Also, it is appropriate to have the full date (month, day, year) in the tour table. Additionally, there is no need to tell people not to add unconfirmed dates as this page has not had any acts of vandalism (that I have noticed) since its creation. It would be more understandable if that is the case. Again, I do appreciate your concern. [[User:Alkclark|Alkclark]] ([[User talk:Alkclark|talk]]) 04:09, 6 November 2008 (UTC) |
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:In agreement with the above statement, there is absolutely no reason to have 20 different sources for tour dates. At the rate that it is going, you will have a different source for each tour date. There are four references for the tour dates with one of them (Pollstar) displaying every dates (thus far)and the other Live Guide displaying all Australian dates. If you are ''so'' concerned with editors posting false tour dates then simply use the page history (the cur/last feature) and see what dates have been recently added. You can easily verify the date with the sources featured and act accordingly. [[Special:Contributions/64.140.0.3|64.140.0.3]] ([[User talk:64.140.0.3|talk]]) 19:31, 8 November 2008 (UTC) |
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Hi, Thanks for trying to wikify the bttn. information on the 8th Armored Division article, but there was no article on the TD Bttn so you've created a dead link. Std. style sheets advise against creating 'dead' wiki-links.--Lepeu1999 (talk) 13:48, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
- Apologies. I was under the impression you were supposed to create the article first.--Lepeu1999 (talk) 18:58, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
70th Tank Battalion
Hi Andrew. I was not aware you have been on Wiki for so long, but the issue with references is a pertinent one. Essentially whatever you write needs to be largely attributable to some reputable source. A website that refers no one in particular is at best an external link. You will have a problem with the 818th Tank destroyer because there are hardly nay records of it left as one of the web pages you used says.--mrg3105 (comms) ♠♥♦♣ 12:27, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
- Andrew, I take little notice of MOS now because it changes daily in some policies and guidelines. What I know is that there is little point in using wikipedia if I can find the material myself. While most people who use wikipedia generally do not have the patience to look for better sources, I think that editorialship kind of comes with the "extra effort required" tag :) I'm not obligating you to anything, but there are lots of resources for finding good references online; a far cry from the days before internet when I had to go to four different libraries and wait weeks to get my book from interstate. In the case of the 70th you have the entire unit history for WWII online, and can probably find more; certainly for the 1st bn since Germany is well covered. Personally I do not consider any stub to be a proper article until it has at least three published sources listed, which is why there is a template for single source articles--mrg3105 (comms) ♠♥♦♣ 12:59, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
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Yeah, I've protected some of them, I'll try and get through the rest. Hut 8.5 19:10, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
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I noticed you “tidied up” the references here; I’ve put them back to the way they were. The ISBN numbers were that way because that’s how they appeared in the book; I don’t know that your way is any more correct. And I put ISBN (none) because the book had no ISBN number, not that I didn’t bother to check. I’ve replaced it to save a procession of editors wasting their time trying to find it. Xyl 54 (talk) 16:50, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
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Thanks for your vote of confidence! I am certainly not averse to an FAC for Early thermal weapons: it was always my intention to take it that far, but one of the side effects of having too many pots on the stove is that some of them go off the boil. I left it simmering while I found a few more sources (I had a few things I wanted to expand) but I got distracted, and well... nothing's been done about it. User:Wandalstouring has also highlighted some things which need doing, so I suppose I really should get on to it, sometime... (By the way, thanks for "citifying" my ref list.) Gwinva (talk) 22:55, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
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dont remove right to bear arms
right to bears arms is not a fundamental right but was supposed to be on.same as right to private property is no longer a FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT.plz dont remove it. this is a an important right which must be highlighted.dont cover truth
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Re: Funhouse Tour
I appreciate your concern but the article (in its previous form) violated many of Wiki's policies concerning both neutrality and style. Excessive footnotes are a violation of Wiki's Manuel of Style. There is no need (and frankly it is absurd) to have 20 different references for tour dates. Also, it is appropriate to have the full date (month, day, year) in the tour table. Additionally, there is no need to tell people not to add unconfirmed dates as this page has not had any acts of vandalism (that I have noticed) since its creation. It would be more understandable if that is the case. Again, I do appreciate your concern. Alkclark (talk) 04:09, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
- In agreement with the above statement, there is absolutely no reason to have 20 different sources for tour dates. At the rate that it is going, you will have a different source for each tour date. There are four references for the tour dates with one of them (Pollstar) displaying every dates (thus far)and the other Live Guide displaying all Australian dates. If you are so concerned with editors posting false tour dates then simply use the page history (the cur/last feature) and see what dates have been recently added. You can easily verify the date with the sources featured and act accordingly. 64.140.0.3 (talk) 19:31, 8 November 2008 (UTC)