User talk:David Biddulph/Archive 11
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I apologize
I didn't realize you weren't supposed to remove the header. I apologize for removing it. King of Scorpions 20:06, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Thank you...
... for pointing me in the right direction for nominating a page for deletion. I read the deletion criteria and found a page that should probably be deleted... King of Scorpions 20:38, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for helping others in Teahouse
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Thanks for helping out in the Teahouse Coel Jo (talk) 23:01, 9 February 2020 (UTC) |
Your help with my question about Interlanguage links was really appreciated.
Best regards, Coel Jo (talk) 23:01, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi David
Yes, You are right I do not qualify as a reviewer yet, I am just getting started; However, Thank you for pointing out the minimum requirements. I would surely revert my actions. Additionally, If you could point me out How can I tidy up and close the submissions correctly - Would be greatly helpful :) quantumdots-x (talk) 18:25, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
- If you don't know how to undo your mistakes (see Help:Reverting) it is doubtful whether you should be editing any pages on Wikipedia, and obviously definitely not attempting AFC reviews. Fortunately, it looks as if Justlettersandnumbers has been going round reverting your edits. --David Biddulph (talk) 12:17, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
Yes, True Mistake on my end :( Thanks for pointing out the mistake on Akash Manoj - would add appropriate short summary. :) quantumdots-x 12:34, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
- You obviously still haven't read WP:Short description. It says "The short description is intended to be used in conjunction with the article title, and should be written as though it follows the title. Duplication of information already in the title is to be avoided.", and yet you started with the article title. It says the target length is 40 characters and you used 243. If you can't read and understand the English language, please stay away from the English Wikipedia. Also the welcome message on your user talk page gave you a link to Wikipedia:Signatures, which includes WP:SIGLINK; your message above doesn't include a compliant signature. If you have been trying to be clever in customising your signature you have messed it up so you need to put it back to the default. Yet again, don't try to do things you don't understand. --David Biddulph (talk) 13:04, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for the edits on Manu P :) quantumdots-x (talk) 18:25, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
Thanks on the signature config too :) quantumdots-x (talk) 18:26, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi Again, Would you please have a look on this article for errors? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pradhan_Mantri_Rashtriya_Bal_Puruskar Additionally, The article doesn't have an assessment grade yet. quantumdots-x (talk) 18:40, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
- To refer to a Wikipedia page, give a wikilink, like Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puruskar, rather than a url like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pradhan_Mantri_Rashtriya_Bal_Puruskar. That article is choc-a-bloc with violations of the WP:Manual of Style, a total mess. If one were looking for an example of how not to write an article, it would be hard to find a more appropriate example. --David Biddulph (talk) 18:47, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
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The Toven
David,
Your response was received and well taken. When you say misplaced external links, to confirm, are you referring to broken links or simply misplaced in the body of the text. Also Am I to wait on a volunteer response to the original Tea Talk question of sufficient notability vs notability?
was the reviewing volunteer saying that the subject is not "worthy of notice"?
According to Wiki
If a topic has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, it is presumed to be suitable for a stand-alone article or list.
Provided were reliable sources DJ Rectangle DJ Rectangle-1995 Vinyl Combat, Ill Rated and Jayo Felony UndergroundJayo Felony-Underground album. Whereby The Toven performed and contributed to both.
Respectfully.
Spiritletters (talk) 15:56, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
Could you please take a look at this
User: David Biddulph I want to point your attention that the user Lion Pappa has also been vandalising multiple pages and removing sourced information on the article do not state. HE has also made multiple editions WITHOUT any references. The user has been notified twice already and haven't stopped. Please refer back to the history section of these articles to see the horrific levels of vandalism taking place:
[[1]] (Oodweyne District) - Constant vandalism of this page by this user and removal of sourced references
[[2]] (Gadabuursi) - Constant vandalism of this page by this user and removal of sourced references
[[3]] (Berbera) - Constant vandalism of this page by this user and removal of sourced references
[[4]] (Sahil, Somaliland) - Constant vandalism of this page by this user and removal of sourced references
[[5]] (Somalia) - Constant vandalism of this page by this user and removal of sourced references
[[6]] (Zeila) - Constant vandalism of this page by this user and removal of sourced references
[[7]] (Issa Musse) - Created an entire article without any references
[[8]] (Awdal) - Constant vandalising of this page without references
[[9]] (Borama) - Constant vandalism of this page by this user and removal of sourced references
[[10]] (Lughaya District) - Constant vandalism of this page by this user and removal of sourced references
[[11]] (Lughaya) - Constant vandalism of this page by this user and removal of sourced references
Aqooni (talk) 00:00, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
- I don't know why you expect me to do anything about it. You say that you have notified the user twice, but the notifications which you put on his user talk page were claiming that a discussion was taking place at WP:AN3 when that was not the case, and still isn't the case as WP:AN3#User:Lion Pappa reported by User:Aqooni (Result: Malformed) was malformed and you didn't respond to the admin's request to submit a properly formed report. You may wish to report at WP:ANI, but bear in mind that in such a case your own behaviour will be subject to scrutiny too. If you wish to make a report there you don't need to provide a URL like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berbera when you have correctly given the wikilink to Berbera. Also the link Lion Pappa tries to go to an article which doesn't exist; for a user the link is User:Lion Pappa. Remember also that there are various paths for WP:Dispute resolution, and that in general the first step in a content dispute is to discuss on the talk page of the article. Looking at the first few articles on your list I see no sign that either of you have made any attempt to do that. Attempts to invoke other steps in the dispute resolution processes are likely to be declined if neither of you have taken that first step. Remember also that Wikipedia has a strict definition of vandalism. I see also that the other user says that he has suspicions of sockpuppetry; he has not yet submitted any report for investigation, but hopefully you are aware of the policy at WP:Sock puppetry. --David Biddulph (talk) 05:11, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
- I will submit a properly formed report. Thank youAqooni (talk) 07:02, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
I would like to remember to block this sock puppetry User:Aqooni be he still trying to remove and dispute issues on Wikipedia with his multiple accounts.
Thank you David Biddulph. Lion Pappa (talk) 10:38, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
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Hi David Biddulph! It’s nice to contact you here, the user User:Aqooni is a vandalism editor who has multiple accounts on Wikipedia and he is sock puppetry. As you can see the other username User: Capewearer who edited the Oodweyne District. I’m sure, He is a from the failed state of Somalia but He is imitating that he is from Awdal region in Somaliland.
David Biddulph, You are historian person who aware of in the situation of Horn of Africa and I cannot explain you the deference between Somaliland and Somalia because of you that Africa has a colonial history and has an international borders. Somaliland and Somalia were two countries whose merged in to one nation called Somali Republic in 1960 but they disunited in 1991 after the bloodshed war between between both since 1988-1991. It’s true that Somaliland is not party of United Nation Council but there many countries who recognized Somaliland as official government and thier former government since 1991.
I’m here for justice, If I had made any mistake editing on Wikipedia, I’am trying as I be a better editor. I will added reference/source and explanation in every article that I will editor.
Thank you David Biddulph. Lion Pappa (talk) 10:31, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
- My user talk page is not the place to resolve your dispute. If you have evidence of sockpuppetry you need to raise it at WP:SPI, but without evidence you should not make the accusation. As I told User:Aqooni, for other aspects of your content dispute you need to start by discussing on the relevant article's talk page rather than edit-warring to remove sourced text. You say that you are here for justice, but Wikipedia is not the place for righting great wrongs. --David Biddulph (talk) 10:45, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
Notice: I have moved a report about the continuation of the dispute to Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Somalia,_Somaliland:_Lion_Pappa_reported_by_David_Biddulph, because it wasn't actioned at WP:AIV. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 15:49, 22 February 2020 (UTC)
Help & suggestion
Hello dear sir, I am new here and I don't know how to change article title even I put all of my efforts (if possible, you yourself can change it)
Please respond I am afraid of being deleted by admin. Sturdyankit (talk) 03:56, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
Sorry sir for disturbing again, But Sir, I replace all the incorrect spelled word in article content but even can't the title. I have to ask, "can this became an issue for deletion of my article". Sturdyankit (talk) 04:07, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
- You had moved the article from Pratical high school to Practical high school, and I have moved it further to the correctly capitalised Practical High School (you need to be aware that Wikipedia page titles are case sensitive). I have added comments at the top & bottom of the AFD page as recommended at WP:EDITATAFD. I have also consolidated the reused references in the article (per WP:REFB#Same reference used more than once) to reduce the scope for confusion. There are numerous further spelling errors within the article, and also unsourced text, but those problems can hopefully be addressed if the AFD results in a decision to keep the article. As you said, you are a new editor, and it was therefore unwise for you to try to create a new article; this is one of the hardest tasks in Wikipedia and you would be advised to gain more experience in editing existing articles before trying to create new ones. In future if you have thoughts of creating a new article you ought to read the advice at WP:Your first article and create a draft for submission for review through the WP:Article for Creation process. --David Biddulph (talk) 08:23, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
Yoga Alliance Professionals
Hi David, I hope you are well.
Yoga Alliance Professionals (previous trading name Yoga Alliance UK) is one of the UK's accreditation bodies for yoga teachers and yoga teacher training, just as British Wheel of Yoga is. Adding them to the list of yoga accreditation bodies is not advertising, it is showcasing the different accreditation bodies available for yoga teachers. To omit them would be to misrepresent the accreditation available to yoga teachers, to undermine the qualifications of the 7,500 practising members and puts a bias in favour of BWY.
The third accreditation body in the UK is the International Yoga Network, however, this does not have the same level of members. I cannot understand the reasoning for putting both Yoga Alliance (US) and BWY (UK) in the post "Yoga Teacher Training" and not Yoga Alliance Professionals as their presence in the yoga industry is a fact. I would really appreciate you clearing this up for me, all the best. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peucami1 (talk • contribs) 14:34, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
- As you were told on your draft and on your user talk page, to demonstrate notability of a subject you need references to published reliable sources independent of the subject. One good reason for including BWY on the Yoga teacher training page is that they are the accredited national governing body. --David Biddulph (talk) 15:55, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi David, thank you for getting back to me. Here are some references https://suryalila.com/become-yoga-instructor/: "There is Yoga Alliance, which is USA based and Yoga Alliance Professionals, which is UK based. They are two unique unconnected bodies, which recognise and give creditability to Yoga Teacher Training Courses", https://theyogicollective.co.uk/what-is-the-difference-between-yoga-alliance-and-yoga-alliance-professionals/: "Yoga Alliance Professionals (YAP) used to be called Yoga Alliance UK. Any yoga teacher can apply to be on their registry as long as they have completed a yoga course which falls in line with their standards. There are far fewer numbers in their registry however." https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-7685879/How-yoga-latest-MeToo-battleground-Women-fight-against-unwanted-touching.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peucami1 (talk The NHS website - https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/guide-to-yoga/
• contribs) 16:26, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
- My user talk page is not the place for your references. If you want to get your draft accepted, the references need to be there. Note also that the Daily Mail is not accepted as a reliable source, see WP:DAILYMAIL. Reviewers will assess whether the other sources are reliable, and whether they cover the subject in enough detail to satisfy the requirement for notability. --David Biddulph (talk) 16:33, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for letting me know David, sorry about the misplacement! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peucami1 (talk • contribs) 16:42, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
Dileep
Is called JANAPRIYANAYAKAN Anoopggggg (talk) 09:49, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
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The work that you have put in over the years is noticed and appreciated. Thank you for correcting my mistake yesterday. 2601:142:8201:6F70:0:0:0:22D0 (talk) 14:18, 13 April 2020 (UTC) |
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Explanation of the tags on Victor Mbarika
Please I need explanation on the tags you placed on Victor Mbarika article Opeinoluwa101 (talk) 13:16, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
- You are confused. I placed no tags on that article. --David Biddulph (talk) 13:29, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
thanks for Longshaw revert
Wanted to thank you for your revert on Longshaw. Guessing you saw me put it on admin page and then took it down because the formatting got screwed up. Because they had used an ip before I tried to incorporate that in there but I messed it up. Since you reverted I decided to put another more personal message to the user to try and help them rather than report them. If they revert it again though and violate 3rr I've already got it more/less written up depending on the times. Thx again and TC. ToeFungii (talk) 18:52, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
Confused editor
Hi David
Please delete my Wikipedia account with immediate effect. It is so unfriendly and intimidating to work with you guys.
Clearly this is not meant for some of us! Ike (talk) 15:39, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
- Accounts are not deleted as they are needed for attribution, but you can merely abandon the account. You might perhaps want to look at WP:Courtesy vanishing. --David Biddulph (talk) 15:52, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for putting up with a confused editor. I wish all the best.
I will come one day stronger and with a better understanding of how this thing works, if there’s no alternative yet to Wikipedia!
Our paths will cross again... the world is too small these day and thanks to technology! Ike (talk) 21:11, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
Indian Claims Commission
Thanks. See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America#U.S. Indian Claims Commission. I'm still concerned about the copyvio issue but haven't been able to find the original documents he wrote. Doug Weller talk 08:46, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
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Ireby, Cumbria
Hi David Biddulph there appears to be a socket puppet reappearing on Ireby, Cumbria + Uldale, trying to advetise the same two businesses. These pages should be protected.
Devokewater (talk) 14:40, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
- SPI submitted, & editor is now blocked as an obvious sock. --David Biddulph (talk) 22:32, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
teahouse photo adding
I am using android in desktop mode, as I can not afford a computer. Due to some problems, I use android for editing Wikipedia. The toolbar has these five links- file, file history, use on wikimedia commons, use on other wikis and metadata. Rather than the five you mentioned. Please help. Ppt2003 (talk) 18:02, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
- In which case I repeat my advice to ask at Commons, not at enwiki. --David Biddulph (talk) 18:10, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Please use references
Hi, than you for your contribution, but now this is lack the reference. Please, set it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vitaly Zdanevich (talk • contribs) 04:17, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
Edit warring
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.
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- Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made;
- Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.
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Please do not label edits vandalism when they are not clearly vandalism([13] ).Lurking shadow (talk) 21:11, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
- The admin who has blocked him believes that it was vandalism. --David Biddulph (talk) 21:13, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
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June 2020
The other users are accepting my edits for that page and there is a separate page for All Nippon Airways fleet that in experienced editor is not accepting my edit Ktdk (talk) 11:41, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
- Your edits on the various article are being disputed by multiple editors, you have been splitting articles without discussion and without attribution, and you have made no attempt to discuss on the article talk pages so it is difficult to see the justification for your claim that "The other users are accepting my edits for that page". Edit-warring is not permitted, and 3rr is a bright line. --David Biddulph (talk) 11:46, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
See KLM fleet Air Canada fleet and All Nippon Airways Thai Airways page history Ktdk (talk) 11:59, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
- Yes, all of those confirm absence of discussion and absence of attribution. --David Biddulph (talk) 12:05, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
Didn't understand Ktdk (talk) 12:08, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
June 2020
The user Diannaa an administrator accepted my edit and thanked me for the edit see my talk page history Ktdk (talk) 12:47, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
- That was the editor who told you that copying within Wikipedia requires attribution. In no way was that an acceptance. --David Biddulph (talk) 12:51, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
If not accepted then why he didn't reverted my edit If he didn't reverted my edit means he accepted thanking means acceptance Ktdk (talk) 13:06, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
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17 June 2020
Hi David. Thank you so much for pointing out the "minor edit" issue. Even though I've made my first Wikipedia edit 10 years ago, I'm actually quite new and just dipping my toes into the whole ecosystem, so still a lot to learn :) I hope I'm replying via a correct method. Thanks again! Kind regards, Roman — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tipikas1999 (talk • contribs) 21:05, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
belated thanks
Thank you David for responding to my query at the Help Desk—how to romanise an article name with an italic infobox. And sorry for forgetting for a few days that I'd posted the question! Cheers Spicemix (talk) 21:38, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
Draft: Abhishek Kumar
What is problem in this draft page i given genuine reference? Help me out here. Shahnwaz aalam (talk) 13:43, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Help Desk
I screwed up the pings and not sure how to fix without ECs. Please see my edit at Wikipedia:Help_desk#This_Editor_Again for my link to the ANI. CC: @Robert McClenon: StarM 17:42, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
Berkshire
You reverted my edit to London Underground stating that it runs to Berkshire.
The problem you made is: it does. TfL Rail/Elizabeth line is part of the London Underground, is run by LUL, and serves Reading, which coincidently, is in Berkshire.
Please don't remove edits of true information, idiot. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.20.26.155 (talk) 16:55, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
- TfL Rail is not part of London Underground. It is a separate part of Transport for London, as shown at https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/about-tfl/what-we-do?intcmp=2582 You need to be more careful who you call an idiot. --David Biddulph (talk) 17:10, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
Don't send sarcastic comments because you find it fun to delete other people's edits. *idiot*. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LewisInfiniti (talk • contribs) 17:38, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
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Listen to me right now
Listen. My Autistic son frequently uses my computer and does all kind of things on Wikipedia. You know what, I'm just gonna start a new account. If my son Wants to get himself banned he can. I'm not getting penalized for something I'm not even doing. If your admins are too stupid to care for his disorders then you can go hop in a lake. YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT I HAVE TO DEAL WITH. Oh, and I will be filing a complaint, and I will take LEGAL action if I can. Goodbye! Scrappy1931 (talk) 11:05, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
- The OP has, of course, been indeffed. --David Biddulph (talk) 11:16, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
British Rowing
Hi David Biddulph, thanks for adding dates to the British Rowing Championships, do you know where I can source past winners, I have some PDF's of recent years but not early years winners? The book that was photographed and had JPG links on the British Rowing website is no longer available, not even on the webarchive. I would like to start making lists of past winners and wondered if you have any ideas. Many thanks Racingmanager (talk) 14:23, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
- I'm afraid that BR are hopeless at keeping archival material available. A few of the old links from https://www.biddulph.org.uk/natchs.htm are still working (particularly my unofficial lists), & some are available in web archive at places like https://web.archive.org/web/20100329182406/http://www.natchamps.org.uk/winners_sen.html . I do have download copies of odd ones, but not all of them. Some years they didn't put stuff in an easily accessible format. As you say, it's a pity if the winners book isn't accessible any more after the effort which was put in to get it scanned. The British Rowing Almanack would, of course, be a source for stuff which isn't available electronically. I've got 1997-2008 results handily together so I could email them to you if you let me know your email address (there's an email link to me on my website). Beyond that if you let me know what gaps you have I'll let you know whether I've got them handy. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:51, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
- I've looked again and realise that I had 1972 (first championships) to 1997 in a separate folder, though of course any data which I have would be of no use unless you can support them by reference to a published source (such as the Almanack). --David Biddulph (talk) 06:55, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
Many thanks, I will be in contact in the near future as soon as I get stuck. I have done an article on the 2018 British Rowing Junior Championships & 2019 British Rowing Junior Championships and also started a template, I will continue the work as my next project. Feel free to check and alter if you see any errors. Many thanks Racingmanager (talk) 14:45, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
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Thank you for explaining "Minor Edits"
Dear David Biddulph,
Thank you for your note of 21 June on my talk page in explanation of Minor Edits regarding my having mislabelled an edit of the Yvonne Wilder page. That particular fault of mine was ongoing from day one, so I appreciate finally having been corrected. I am certainly not as well versed in all the Wiki rules and guidelines as I should like to be, so I very much appreciate any guidance and/or correction that anyone has to offer. I am sure you have better things to do than to follow everything I might write or edit on Wiki, but if you did happen to notice I have never made that mistake regarding a Minor Edit since.
Thank you again for taking the time to shed light on the subject; any and all guidance on writing or editing Wikipedia is most appreciated. And apologies for not having written back to thank you sooner.
Sincerely, Christian Gregory (talk) 02:02, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
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rollback not far enough
I don't think this edit achieved what you expected. PamD 12:02, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
- Indeed. Thanks for tidying it up. --David Biddulph (talk) 12:04, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
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National Championships
Hi user David Biddulph, just need to check the Kenny Dwan situation, the Times says R V Durham in 1975 and the 1990 reports state Larkin set a new record of four wins, however the Times could have been checking their own records that contained this random name R V Durham so maybe they did not know about the Dwan four wins. I have changed the 1990 note about the record because I presume you are right. let me know if I have missed anything. P.S I hope to some information from British Rowing regarding the Winners Book, they have said they will look into it. Regards Racingmanager (talk) 14:57, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
- The late Jim Railton knew Ken Dwan very well, so I'm sure that it wasn't his mistake, but I know from experience that the copy-takers who took telephone reports from correspondents often got things wrong as they obviously don't know the individuals or the subject. [Skulls instead of sculls is one of their favourite errors.]. Although the British Rowing Almanack is not devoid of errors it is generally a more reliable source than The Times. I hope that you are successful in getting BR to reinstate the Nat Champs winners book; Helena Smalman-Smith (of rowingstory.com) was bemoaning its loss just this morning, and I know that one member of the Nat Champs Committee worked hard to get it all scanned. --David Biddulph (talk) 15:14, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
LTA question
Is there a report relating to this editor you reverted? They specialise in adding lengthy lists of attendees to events, generally messing up the job titles of most of the people concerned. I'm just working on an ANI post and I saw that revert when checking the history of an article relating to my complaint. Thank you. FDW777 (talk) 21:30, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
- Obviously same as User talk:112.210.60.157, but that was 3 years ago. The admin who gave that IP the 2nd block & referred to LTA may know, but hasn't been active this month. --David Biddulph (talk) 23:27, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
mizoram 2020 august
Sir i am a beginner and am practising and learning many new things on wikipedia day by day . I didnt thought about the problem it can creat . Im really sorry for it . Appreciate your contribs.. on wikipedia . Hope we understand each other . Puipuianunuibuangpuia1 (talk) 16:58, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
what the heck did I do to break that?
... at Talk:KHive? I could have sworn I checked to make sure it looked okay after I finished, but maybe I got distracted and just thought I did? :D Thanks for fixing! —valereee (talk) 17:35, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
- Easily done. Computers have minds of their own. :-) --David Biddulph (talk) 17:57, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
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Kingston
Hi David, Re- Kingston, other events are going to follow but it is much easier to edit them by event rather than search every event for each individual club so please don't revert the honours edits. The plan is to go through all events and add, I hope that makes sense. many thanks Racingmanager (talk) 18:37, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
- While it is incomplete you ought to include a note that says so. Perhaps {{under construction |section= yes }}, which you can remove when you've finished? I wonder whether other editors will feel that the length of section that such lists will entail for the successful clubs would be excessive; Leander, for example, have (I think) 80 (or more than 140 including composites), and more in small boat events. --David Biddulph (talk) 18:46, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
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Page Role Back Request
Hello, I was wondering if you could role back East Midlands Railway to my edit at 16:09 on 4 September 2020. User Eyeondevis has removed several sources. A bot has labeled information with citation needed even though this information did have a citation on my last edit. In total this user made 7 edits to remove sources. Thanks E.Wright1852 (talk) 12:29, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
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Page move
I was actually wondering how you moved it back? I was clicking undo on the history page for the Road Roller page but it said the action had already been done or something like that. I then went to the redirect page and there was no way for me to undo it from there. Would you mind if you could tell me how you did it so for next time if it happens, which probably won't, or if I see something like this, I could revert it back? LucasA04 (talk) 20:05, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
- Oh never mind, just saw your response on the teahouse. LucasA04 (talk) 20:05, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
- I went to Roadrollerda and moved it back from there. --David Biddulph (talk) 20:05, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
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British Rowing Championships
Hi David Biddulph, I wonder if you can help fill in any of the following gaps -
- 1980 MenL8+ RN? maybe Royal Navy
- 1990 Women J16 8+ GW Academy? not College!, is that right
- 1997 Women J8+ N? and KI?,
- 2001 Men L4x Geo? / Women L4x UTC?
- 2005 Open J18 4x UT U?
- 2006 Open U23 2x G?
- 2008 Open L4- W? / Open J18 4- Q?
Many Thanks Racingmanager (talk) 19:54, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
- @Racingmanager:
- 1980 MenL8+ RN? maybe Royal Navy
- yes, Dave Hosking - that crew won the World Champs that year.
- 1990 Women J16 8+ GW Academy? not College!, is that right
- No; College
- 1997 Women J8+ N? and KI?,
- Gold: Aberdeen Schs/ George Heriots/ Nithsdale/ George Watsons
- Bronze: Lady Eleanor Holles/ King's Worcester
- 2001 Men L4x Geo? / Women L4x UTC?
- Men: Aberdeen University/ Leander/ George Watsons/ Marlow
- Women silver: Mortlake Anglian & Alpha/ Globe /Upper Thames
- 2005 Open J18 4x UT U?
- Llandaff/ Wycliffe College/ Monmouth RC/ Upper Thames
- 2006 Open U23 2x G?
- Edinburgh University/ Glasgow University
- 2008 Open L4- W? / Open J18 4- Q?
- OL4- silver: London RC/ Leander/ Durham University/ Wallingford
- OJ18 4-: Durham School/ Bradford GS/ Queen Elizabeth HS
- --David Biddulph (talk) 07:37, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
Great help, many thanks Racingmanager (talk) 08:41, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
Military
Hi.Check that article Military. User changed that rankings of militaries, blanked credit suisse source what is kind of academic and added some blog called globalfirepower as a source. I think to it is wrong and to it is just a blog and it looks like a mess. Here is talk page about that blog at military article talk page "About Updating the military power comparison list Capability development section". Seems no consensus and fail verification as a source. Also on talk page I saw to credit suisse list is used until new relevant source make a new list. So check it maybe it is just some vandalism and that article is protected and me as IP can't revert it or change it. I saw you at talk page about military so for that I contacted you... 178.222.117.254 (talk) 17:24, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
- The place to discuss the article is on its talk page, not here. --David Biddulph (talk) 18:28, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
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Jamshedji Tata
I have changed Jamsetji Tata into Jamshedji Tata because Jamshed is the word of Arabic.It used to Islamic name.there is no meaning of Jamset and Jamsetji is the Impaired form of Jamshedji.Jamshedji was son of Nusserwanji who founded "Noseri" village of Gujrat.Jamshedji founded "Jamshedpur" (Steel city) of Jharkhand. And Nusserwanji was a parsi/Persian man who reletived zoroastrianism.In those days Persians and Muslims were similar in their phiz and names. Shakir436 (talk) 21:33, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
- In 2 places you falsified the title of a reference, which could be regarded as a deceptive edit. If you want to change the title by which the subject is referred, discuss it on the article talk page. That is the place to discuss the arguments, not here. --David Biddulph (talk) 09:39, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
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Indian Claims Commission errors
Mr. Biddulph:
It seems all of my attempts to edit the Wikipedia page on the Indian Claims Commission have been denied, and the only name associated with that that I found on my History page is yours, so I'm writing to ask what you suggest. FYI, I published THE RECORDS OF THE INDIAN CLAIMS COMMISSION over a period of about 8 years, 1962-1980, including two books I wrote (compiled) and thousands of microfiches based on my personal research. I happily give Wikipedia permission to publish anything I submit that is copyrighted, and I assure you I have no financial interest (or conflict of interest), having sold the publishing rights (sans copyright) in 1987. I thought I should post an article written for me by Harry Webb, Chief Counsel of the ICC, that I included in one of my books, in order to satisfy Wikipedia's need for 'authority.' However, I am probably the most knowledgeable person on the ICC alive, so I should be acceptable as an authority. Among the items I published was a Legislative History of the ICC created by my friends at Wilkinson, Cragun & Barker, the law firm that represented more of the tribes than any other, and which was involved from 1929 onward in trying to get the bill passed, thus refuting the statement that the ICC's purpose was to thank the Indians for their contributions during WW II. I was present on the last day of the ICC's existence, after which they lent me their original final documents to my microfiche edition would be complete! That was their level of trust in me. (I subsequently delivered them to NARA.) If Wikipedia doesn't want, for some reason, to publish Harry Webb's article, I can use it as a source document and write my own. In any case, I think it's important that the page should be corrected because it is replete with errors. Please let me know your thgouths.
Norman20c (talk) 21:57, 3 January 2021 (UTC)Norman20c
- My only involvement on that page was to revert one malformatted edit which removed an existing reference. I see that there was some discussion on the copyright issues on your user talk page; one of the contributors there forgot to sign his message so I have added the missing signature. You can continue the discussion there, or with the two editors involved, or on the talk page of the article (though that may not have many viewers). On your general point on being "probably the most knowledgeable person on the ICC alive", you will find some advice at WP:Expert editors. On the copyright issue, it is not sufficient to "give Wikipedia permission to publish anything I submit that is copyrighted"; you can find further advice on donating copyrighted material. David Biddulph (talk) 07:59, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Indian Claims Commission errors
Mr. Biddulph: I'm not sure where you got the quote you attributed to me recently, however I proposed to use an article for the page for which I own the copyright. I don't see why that should be a problem. And I can send you a copy of the copyright notice in the book. I just retrieved my copy of the Final Report of the ICC and I scanned 3 pages that I can send you if you'd like, together with the title page of one of the books I wrote. It seems to me that if I were at Wikipedia and received the comments I've been writing, I would be very anxious to correct the page in question, yet I seem to only get advice to read things that mostly aren't relevant. Is there a way we can make some progress on correcting the original page and its myriad errors? 21:01, 8 January 2021 (UTC)Norman Ross — Preceding unsigned comment added by Norman20c (talk • contribs)
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Reverting categories
Dear Mr Biddulph, please do not revert the categorisations I have made for Combe Down today. Each categorisation has been applied as each page contains aspects which directly concern Combe Down. I am aware of the process and am grateful for your advice to ensure I do not leave the explanation area empty. Many thanks for your help and advice. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Winterstoke1 (talk • contribs) 22:53, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
- I look forward to reading your explanation as to how the inclusion of Clapham Junction rail crash in Category:Combe Down satisfies WP:CATV andWP:CATDEF. - David Biddulph (talk) 23:00, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
Yes, I agree! It does contain a reference to Combe Down but is too distant from the subject so you are right. (Passive aggressive tone of comment though? I am trying to do my best as an irregular contributor and always appreciate kindly direction.)) Winterstoke1 (talk) 23:23, 19 January 2021 (UTC). Thanks also for the guidance on signing pages. I didn't know that. --Winterstoke1 (talk) 23:27, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
User 79.79.143.58
Hello David Biddulph. Today I had to revert an edit made to East Midlands Railway made by 79.79.143.58. The edit summary claimed that it was a typo fix however on closer inspection it turned out to be a whole sentence. I therefore reverted it as "Misleading edit summary. Removing a whole sentence is not fixing a typo." I was going to issue a warning however I see you have already issued the highest warning possible. I was wondering if you could possibly lead me in the right direction on how to proceed about this as clearly the user has not listened to previous warnings. Thanks E.Wright1852 (talk) 15:55, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
- The editor who had previously warned the IP reported them this afternoon to WP:AIV, but the admins didn't get round to doing anything about the report before the bot removed it as stale. --David Biddulph (talk) 23:15, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
- I was unaware that WP:AIV exists. If the user edits again and is still making disruptive edits I will report them and see if the admins notice it. Thanks E.Wright1852 (talk) 00:21, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
Big Ben
Hi! I rejected a pending change to the Big Ben article, apparently while someone was making another change that would need to be rejected, too. I restored a stable version, but that may show up as a revert of one of your edits (which was collateral damage). Sorry about the confusion. Cheers! — UncleBubba ( T @ C ) 20:27, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
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The Bugle: Issue CLXXX, April 2021
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Teaching new editors
Thank you for telling me how to do the signature. I hope it's okay that I wrote a new section here. If not, just delete this. Truthfactsmatter (talk) 21:37, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
Rowing
Yes, I read it, the qualifications are correct, why are you editing it again??? The qualifications have also ended and because Japan won all the events, all of them automatically qualify. Jr Tahun (talk) 06:33, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
- Yet again, you can't read. It says "Where an NOC as described in the first sentence above has more than two boats placing first at the Continental Qualification Regatta, the NOC shall select two of these boats to qualify for the Games." If you can't read English, please don't edit the English Wikipedia. --David Biddulph (talk) 06:39, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
Okay, I understand now Jr Tahun (talk) 06:43, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CLXXXI, May 2021
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"Why on earth do people think that they can edit an article when they are incapable of reading the cited reference?"
Because Wikipedia is "The encyclopedia anyone can edit". It doesn't say anything about reading cited references. BilCat (talk) 20:55, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
Template:Digital clock
Hello. Completely unrelated to the Canary Islands article, I see that you are utilizing Template:Digital clock or a variant. I have been working on my User page in my sandbox when I came across Template:Digital clock and date. It was a little work to get it to display how I like it, but have a look and see what you think (for use on your User page). It is true; according to Anakin101 (see § Your clock), it does not automatically adjust for BST (equivalent to DST in the U.S.). When the template substitution is converted, it looks rather messy and complicated in the source code, so you may want to look there; I've added line breaks and hidden notes to make things easier for myself. I hope you find it useful if you decide to adapt some of it to your page.
Well wishes and good health. — Christopher, Sheridan, OR (talk) 15:39, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
2021 Virtual SHORR
Re "No race in 2021" – there was a 'virtual' head, organised by the same people and plenty of crews did enter. Sure, it was not a physical race, however, there are results and I don't think that erasing it from history for being virtual is correct. I am open to hearing your reasoning for this, though. ZeevoX (talk) 16:11, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
- It wasn't an official race, it wasn't between crews on the same stretch of water, & it wasn't on that date. The text of the article explains what happened. - David Biddulph (talk) 16:15, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
British_Rail_Class_143
Trying to sort out when the last one actually ran. Please see Talk:British_Rail_Class_143#When_did_the_last_one_actually_run?.©Geni (talk) 20:25, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
Disruptive user problem
Hello David Biddulph and I hope you're doing well. I was just wondering if you could check out this report I made on the noticeboard? This user has thrown personal insults, vandalized the article, is not willing to conversate on the talk page, and violated the 3rd policy. [14] Ayaltimo (talk) 08:19, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
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Hello David Biddulph! Interstellarity (talk) has given you a bit of sunshine to brighten your day! Sunshine promotes WikiLove and hopefully it has made your day better. Spread the sunshine by adding {{subst:User:Meaghan/Sunshine}} to someone else's talk page, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. In addition, you can spread the sunshine to anyone who visits your userpage and/or talk page by adding {{User:Meaghan/Sunshine icon}}. Happy editing! Interstellarity (talk) 20:11, 20 June 2021 (UTC) |
Happy first day of summer, David Biddulph!! Interstellarity (talk) 20:11, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CLXXXII, June 2021
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A cup of coffee for you!
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Sending you my favorite beverage, coffee. (Apologies if you're more of a tea drinker.) Thank you for answering my question in Wiki Teahouse. Now I understand! Busypencil (talk) 22:30, 7 July 2021 (UTC) |
Why did you cancel the broken links deletion I did?
Hi David, I am still learning how to contribute better on Wikipedia and always happy to improve. I was just wondering why you cancel the broken links I removed from the "links" sections of the brussels page Not very useful to keep them..., but I am sure you have a good reason :-) So please explain to me what I did wrong. Thx! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xof2328 (talk • contribs) 12:48, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
- I assume that you have not read the message which I left on your user talk page. --David Biddulph (talk) 17:16, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
Eric Joyce page
Thanks for you comments, David. I've placed a (flawed, as quite new and unsure how to determine versions) request for admin action on that page and I've also notified the user at their talk page. I'd appreciate any more pointers. SteveCree2 (talk) 14:59, 20 July 2021 (UTC)