User talk:Charlesdrakew/Archives/2013/March

Josh24B

FYI Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Josh24B. Regards, --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 18:49, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Follow up: Three socks blocked and article Bus routes in York, United Kingdom deleted. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 21:19, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Just like buses. You wait a couple of weeks and then three come along at once. Thanks for that.--Charles (talk) 00:16, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

You're not kidding![1] --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 21:18, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

List of bus route in the West midlands and in Worcestershire

The reason for me editing the list of bus routes in Worcestershire is because it is all wrong. The other reason is that the reference doesn't link to a page on Wikipedia or the Worcestershire County Council website. Why are those pages possibly being deleted from Wikipedia? Why have you nominated these pages for deletion, as all the information is not copied from Wikia it is copied from either the Worcestershire County Council website or Network West Midlands Website.-Omnibus53 (talk) 15:19, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

You have been repeatedly advised and warned to add references but you have still not done so. What part of Wikipedia is not a travel directory do you not understand?--Charles (talk) 18:04, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

Most of the informaiton on the pages that I update I would say that are a travel directory orientated.-Omnibus53 (talk) 17:53, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Re Worcestershire web page

Hi Charlesdrakew

As I keep on saying the reason why I have updated the List of Worcestershire bus routes is because the Information is NOT up to date. so could you please leave the page when I up date it next time.-Omnibus53 (talk) 11:07, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

You have had a final warning for adding unsourced text. If you do it again you will be blocked from editing.--Charles (talk) 14:31, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Hi Charlesdrakew

I have a question

What is a unsoucrced text mean?

As I have no recordntion of adding text thai is unsourced.-Omnibus53 (talk) 15:34, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Most of the websites that I look at are correct even if the timetables/information isn't on the web page. The reason I know the information is correct is because I have contacts in the organisation or bus operator company so I would always check before I upload it on to wikipedia-Omnibus53 (talk) 17:53, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Hi Charlesdrakew

Am I right in my understanding of what you say that all existing bus route information pages are classed as travel directories and therefore should be removed from Wikipedia? I have only been updating existing bus route pages, which other people have added, by using updated information from bus operator websites and certainly have no malicious intent.

I now realise that when adding updates I should explain where the information has come from in the edit summary box. I was puzzled by your term "unsourced text" as there doesn't appear to be a Wikipedia page on this phrase!

Thank you

-Omnibus53 (talk) 17:53, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Yes this crap should all be removed from Wikipedia and no you do not put sources in the edit box you put them on the page as inline citations. You have been given plenty of links in the warnings you have received to allow you to learn about this. Perhaps you would get on better at some other website such as [2].--Charles (talk) 14:20, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

The Tea Leaf - Issue Seven (special Birthday recap)

A celebratory cupcake from the Teahouse Birthday Badge

It's been a full year since the Teahouse opened, and as we're reflecting on what's been accomplished, we wanted to celebrate with you.

Teahouse guests and hosts are sharing their stories in a new blog post about the project.

1 year statistics for Teahouse visitors compared to invited non-visitors from the pilot:

Metric	Control group	Teahouse group	Contrast
Average retention (weeks with at least 1 edit)	5.02 weeks	8.57 weeks	1.7x retention
Average number of articles edited	58.7 articles	116.9 edits	2.0x articles edited
Average talk page edits	36.5 edits	85.6 edits	2.4x talk page edits
Average article space edits	129.6 edits	360.4 edits	2.8x article edits
Average total edits (all namespaces)	182.1 edits	532.4 edits	2.9x total edits

Over the past year almost 2000 questions have been asked and answered, 669 editors have introduced themselves, 1670 guests have been served, 867 experienced Wikipedians have participated in the project, and 137 have served as hosts. Read more project analysis in our CSCW 2013 paper

Last month January was our most active month so far! 78 profiles were created, 46 active hosts answered 263 questions, and 11 new hosts joined the project.

Come by the Teahouse to share a cup of tea and enjoy a Birthday Cupcake! Happy Birthday to the Teahouse and thank you for a year's worth of interest and support :-)

-- Ocaasi and the rest of the Teahouse Team 20:45, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

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The Teahouse Turns One!

It's been an exciting year for the Teahouse and you were a part of it. Thanks so much for visiting, asking questions, sharing answers, being friendly and helpful, and just keeping Teahouse an awesome place. You can read more about the impact we're having and the reflections of other guests and hosts like you. Please come by the Teahouse to celebrate with us, and enjoy this sparkly cupcake badge as our way of saying thank you. And, Happy Birthday!

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--Ocaasi and the rest of the Teahouse Team 22:41, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

You are a Teahouse Founder!

From the first months, through its first birthday, you have stuck with the Teahouse, nurtured its community, learned and helped, shared and improved. Simply put, the Teahouse would not be what it is without you. Stick around, because we need your lovely attitudes, sincere dedication, sharp minds, crafty design, caring reform, technical wits, and good humor. Display this delicious badge with honor, for you are a Teahouse Founder.

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--Ocaasi and the rest of the Teahouse Team 23:01, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Hello.

Hi. :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by BouncyGlow (talk • contribs) 21:05, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

That was fun...

...so which one next? :) --Bob Re-born (talk) 23:10, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Not all fun but then this is the world's leading encyclopaedia and not a therapy centre for autistic obsessives and suchlike. We cannot make special exceptions to our normal standards for such people and UK Transport Wiki is an excellent place for them to play. Most of the remaining lists across the south seem pretty outdated and poorly referenced with Essex and Kent now up for deletion. I have barely started to look at the north yet. It is a lot of work when I have legitimate articles I would like to be working on.--Charles (talk) 09:25, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

Charlesdrakew, we moved your Teahouse host profile

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Texel external link

Hello, I just received a message about an external link I posted under Texel. I see in the history that user Qwrk reverted your edit, but I thought to give some feedback myself. The link I added gives the most tourist information in English on Texel available, as provided by the official tourist information. The other link under External link is for the cityhall, www.texel.nl, which is a portal that directs to the cityhall website and to the Tourist Information site, but not to the English link. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.163.137.250 (talk) 18:42, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

I have removed it again because it fails our policy on external links.--Charles (talk) 22:54, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

Want to be adopted

Hi! I saw you listed among the adopters and would appreciate if you could adopt me. I am new to Wikipedia and would be delighted to figure out how to become a contributing member of the editor community. I have already tried making a couple of edits and added a couple of new pages. However, I feel a bit at sea! Thanks. --CSN13 (talk) 20:34, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

Hi CSN13. Yes certainly. You seem to have made a good start. Is there anything in particular you are hoping to do?--Charles (talk) 21:22, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

George S. Patton

Problem with enemy casualty figures according to Third Army After Action Reports is this: whereas figures on POWs are accurate and confirmed by Fuller, figures on enemy soldiers killed and wounded are impossible. Between June 1941 and December 1944, Germany lost 202,000 killed fighting the Americans and British in North Africa, Italy and north-west Europe together (Hastings). With deaths in 1945 the number of German fatalities in these theaters increased by another 100,000 at maximum. It cannot be that almost half of all German soldiers who fell fighting the Western Allies (144,500 out of 300,000) were killed by Third US Army alone. If so, then what was the combat performance of all other Allied troops? Fuller's figures (47,500 of the enemy killed, 115,700 wounded by Third US Army) are more realistic, and thus should be mentioned lest the article contain obviously mistaken information. If information is too long for Patton's biography, then it's better to delete the whole paragraph and leave casualty records in the Third US Army article alone. Or mention claims in Third Army After Action Reports as claims and link to precise information in article about Third Army. Cortagravatas (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 18:44, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Just a note to you both: Let's have the discussion here. —Ed!^(talk) 18:48, 20 March 2013 (UTC)