User talk:HighKing/Archives/2009/October

Reverting blockable edits

No problem this time, but it would be best if I did it if it occurs again. Thanks, Black Kite 17:55, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

Understood. After the last time I thought you said that it was no problem for me to revert. --HighKing (talk) 20:26, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

British Isles

Sent to User:TharkunColl, User:HighKing, User:MidnightBlueMan.

I'll be clear here; the constant revert wars over these articles are disruptive. I have looked at some of the articles, and clearly in some cases one side is correct. For example, (Greater White-fronted Goose should be "British Isles", or some construct that includes Ireland; it is easily sourceable that the species winters throughout the territory). Equally, Operation Herbstreise should clearly be "United Kingdom", because that's exactly what Operation Sealion was.

Regardless of who's "right" though, all this revert warring is disruptive. All parties have started checking other parties' edits and indulging in mass reverts. WP:BRD might only be an essay, but it's a core part of Wikipedia philosophy. So hear this, please; the next time I see any of these three editors taking part in mass reversion of another editor, I will block them, and such blocks will be of increasing time. Similarly, any persistent edit-warring on an article by multiple editors will risk blocking; it doesn't matter if you've breached 3RR or not. Any editor may notify me on my talkpage if they feel there is a problem.

There may be more editors that this needs to be sent to; I have aimed it at the main three protagonists. If other editors need to see this, please mention on my talkpage and I will include them as well. Thanks, Black Kite 10:19, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

BTW, I agree with your assessment on Greater White-fronted Goose - and I'd like to point out that this wasn't one of my edits. The Taskforce has already agreed that the British Isles is a single area for many species of Fauna (even more technically, birds and fish). --HighKing (talk) 14:23, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Just for the heads-up apropos the above promise by certain users not to add the term "British Isles", User:TharkunColl has recently gone over to Ireland and added the term "British Isles". I've reverted it to its long established version. Dunlavin Green (talk) 23:17, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Lemon Monday's reverts

Don't worry, I haven't forgotten. I'm waiting on something else before I do it, though. They're hardly high-profile articles. Black Kite 20:14, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

I'm happy you haven't forgotten - didn't want you to forget but didn't want to nag. Hope I got the balance right :-) --HighKing (talk) 20:18, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Although it's a week since he editted at this stage.... Sure, they're not high profile articles, but fair's fair - neither is Coal measure and St. Catherine's Point --HighKing (talk) 08:17, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

I have sorted out those article by removing any reference to BI at all using different sources. Most of them didn't need it. One of the articles only mentioned BI in a sentence that said "This beetle doesn't occur there"! Black Kite 22:23, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks BK. Did you get a chance to look at LemonMonday's editing history while you were at it? Not that anything necessarily needs to be done, but it gives you an idea is all... --HighKing (talk) 23:59, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin was born 12 February 1809, Benjamin Franklin died April 17, 1790. There is no way they stayed together as you have claimed with this edit. SunCreator (talk) 11:19, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

I think I see what has happened here. HighKing, in his campaign to remove the term "British Isles" from as many articles as possible, has left yet another article with worse off than when he started - usually this comprises gaping holes, mind-numbingly twisted linguistic constructions, or (as in this case) ill-researched information. As it happens, Franklin was a member of the Lunar Society of Birmingham, which contained amongst its ranks both grandfathers of Charles Darwin - namely Erasmus Darwin and Josiah Wedgewood. Furthermore, Erasmus Darwin lived at Lichfield in Staffordshire, not Litchfield in Hampshire, as per HighKing's "improvements" to the article. ðarkuncoll 11:55, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Back to your usual self. Perhaps an admin will warn you about yet another breach of WP:AGF as well as WP:CIVIL. So what you're really trying to say is that I simply made an error. It happens. The source stated "He visited Dr. Priestley at Leeds, Dr. Percival at Manchester, and Dr. Darwin at Litchfield" and in trying to provide wikilinks, I incorrectly assumed the Darwin being referred to was Charles Darwin. Overall though, my edits improved the article greatly. --HighKing (talk) 15:06, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

West Britain

Howdy HK. Consider that 'Redirect' to Ireland, repealed. GoodDay (talk) 16:20, 20 October 2009 (UTC)