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Future Korean War

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McCants

I believe that the portions of my edits to the Will McCants entry that you find most objectionable are clearly sourced. In the Norwegian incident, the author cites only one defender, and that defender is not an academic, he is a blogger who attracts quite a lot of controversy. You will note that the citations in the article mentioning McCants in the press all stop in 2011. He is not used as a source by the mainstream media, and before this incident he was. The Brookings article is by Will McCants, and he does say that having Salafists in the Egyptian government is a good thing, and he says so explicitly. As regards the review of his book, the reviewer, again, explicity liss the languages in which the literature he cites is written, and explicitly notes that McCants only reads one of these, Arabic. She also explicitly notes that he covers 2,000 years of history in one chapter, and that this is too fast. I'm not sure what more one could want.

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FYI

If you wish to ping someone the userlink has to be added in the same edit as a signature, or it won't be processed.--Gilderien Chat|List of good deeds 02:05, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks to User:Gilderien for pointing this out to me. (That worked, right?) Robofish (talk) 00:38, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

You're welcome :) --Gilderien Chat|List of good deeds 03:19, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

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Terry McAuliffe

Please see Talk:Terry McAuliffe#Discussion. Instaurare (talk) 23:49, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

Film biographies

Hello! Just a reminder that {{WikiProject Film}} does not include actors, filmmakers and screenwriters. Articles about those people are covered by adding the parameter |filmbio work group=yes to the {{WikiProject Biography}} template instead. Thanks! Fortdj33 (talk) 13:23, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

User:Fortdj33: thanks for the correction. I'm sure I've made that mistake before, but I'll try to get it right in future. Robofish (talk) 23:29, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

Thigh gap

Hello, as you sent Thigh gap to RfD, you may be interested in the new article Thigh gap and its associated DYK. Thank you.--Launchballer 10:52, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

Well, OK then! I thought the subject was too trivial for an article, but perhaps you've proved me wrong User:Launchballer. I removed a line from the article, but what remains is pretty well sourced. Good job! I don't think I'll comment on the DYK though, as I'm not a regular commenter there and not too familiar with what the standards are. Robofish (talk) 21:16, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

Ah, thank you. I've reinstated it and clarified it; it's not official, but it has been acknowledged by Delevingne herself.--Launchballer 22:25, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

So I see. I've got no problem with the clarified version. Robofish (talk) 22:30, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

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Atrocity story

Is the article atrocity story clear and understandable now? Andries (talk) 16:35, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

User:Andries: I don't entirely remember what my problems with this article were, but yes, I think this article is up to a pretty good standard now. I see that you added sections giving a clearer definition of the term and explaining how it was used to describe newspaper coverage of the Unification Church. Both seem like useful additions, and it looks to me like the article now provides a reasonable introduction to the term and a summary of the debate over it. Thanks for your work on it! Robofish (talk) 16:43, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

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Trevelyan

Thank you for your comments on the page about Trevelyan and The Irish Famine. I entirely agree. I don't want to get into an edit war, though, on a subject about which some people are emotional. How can we proceed?

Tishtosh20 (talk) 17:24, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

I'm afraid, User:Tishtosh20, I don't remember the article you're referring to! I've edited a lot of articles and talk pages, and don't keep track of most of them. Could you provide a link to the one you're talking about? Robofish (talk) 21:04, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Sorry - that was foolish of me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Sir_Charles_Trevelyan,_1st_Baronet

Robofish says: "The lead of this article is highly non-neutral. The opening paragraphs go out of their way to attack Trevelyan and his defenders (described as 'British aristocracy apologists') in a way that's not consistent with our WP:NPOV policy..."

Tishtosh20 (talk) 10:43, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the reminder. Yup, I still think the lead of that article has NPOV issues. You may not want to get into an edit war, but the best thing to do about it, really, is to just be bold and edit the page into something better. Then, if someone else reverts, rather than reverting back, you get into a discussion over it and (hopefully) reach some sort of agreement - the bold, revert, discuss cycle. That's the way it's meant to work, anyway. If you're still not willing to make any changes to it yourself, I'll see if I can do something about it over the next few days. Robofish (talk) 20:25, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

OK. I've had a little bash at it. You, I'm sure, will be able to improve on it. But I've made a start, which is always good. :-)

Tishtosh20 (talk) 23:20, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, not a bad effort. I'll take a proper look at it sometime over the weekend. Robofish (talk) 23:56, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

Some baklava for you!

I am fresh out of wiki kittens; please accept this cake as a thank you for your thoughtful comments during my (now withdrawn) RfA. Thank you for drawing my attention to potential problems with Commons. If you'd like to elaborate on them, I'd be interested in reading your more detailed thoughts on the subject. Cheers, Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 11:49, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

V.S. Naipaul

I notice in December you wrote on the Talk page of V.S. Naipaul, "I don't just want to blindly revert, but the current version of the article is not adequate. I hope you'll read this and take it on board, and take steps to improve it. I don't mean to undermine the work you've done on the article (which is appreciated), but to highlight how it's currently lacking or out of step with Wikipedia guidelines." I agree completely. I made a stab at correcting this article. Could you review it? I think Folwer has taken it upon himself to write a little hagiography with special reference to Naipaul's Indian background and youth in Trinidad, when those are only small aspects of his life. Thanks. Chisme (talk) 21:54, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

Someone else nominated this, but didn't alert you.

[1]. 41.132.48.255 (talk) 06:00, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

How long to leave the Orphan tag

Hi Robofish. After you tagged Irina Margareta Nistor I added some links to other articles using the FindLink tool. Just wondering, do I leave the Orphan tag up for a while now, or can it be taken down? Or do you do remove the tag later on, at some stage? Cheers M Stone (talk) 23:10, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi there, M Stone. Thanks for adding the links. I just removed the tag, but in future cases, feel free to remove it yourself. As soon as the article has at least one incoming link (not counting redirects), it's not an orphan and the tag can be removed. Robofish (talk) 23:13, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, will do. M Stone (talk) 23:37, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

Sir Charles Trevelyan, 1st Baronet

Hi, Some months ago you commented about the article on Sir Charles Trevelyan, 1st Baronet suggesting the POV writing needed attention. I've been doing some cleanup on the references & formatting etc (as part of working on the cleanup list for WP Somerset). Could you take another look and see if you think the issues have been addressed or whether more is still needed?— Rod ^talk 17:45, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

Replied on the article's talk page. Robofish (talk) 20:29, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

Merge discussion for YesAllWomen

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Come on

You know better than that. Dreadstar ☥ 02:55, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

I've reverted my redaction of some of your comments here. I think we're all better served if you retract the attack on her detractors as 'misogynists', even if it be the truth - unless it's impeccably sourced. It's inflammatory, unnecessary and makes admin's jobs to be fair and impartial even harder if both sides are making unwarranted, inflammatory and unsourced attacks against others - whether it be individuals or groups. Please retract that part of your comment. Dreadstar ☥ 03:32, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

I don't deserve even a short response? I had hoped for much better from you. Dreadstar ☥ 02:20, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

Apologies for the lack of response, Dreadstar. I was busy yesterday and wasn't able to spend much time on this, but I looked at the talk page and saw that the section I started had been renamed (to simply 'harassment'), so I assumed the issue had been resolved satisfactorily. I admit the section header I used was a bit provocative, but I won't apologise for using the word 'misogynist' which seems to me to be justified by the evidence. It was not a BLP violation, as I wasn't referring to any specific living people; in any case, it's the attacks I was calling misogynist rather than the people behind them. Finally, I don't take kindly to other people editing my comments on talk pages, but I understand that you did so here with good intentions in order to try to preserve a cordial editing environment. In future though, if you find a talk page comment abusive or defamatory, it's usually better to remove it outright (or hide it using {{cot}}) rather than just redacting part of it; editing other's comments is strongly discouraged by WP:TPO. It's best to leave other's comments in one piece, and let others respond to the post as a whole rather than an edited version of it. Robofish (talk) 11:50, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

I'm not sure you realize just how I'm reading your statement, I've had to expound upon it here. And, just fyi, I'm pretty familiar with WP:TPO and collapsing/archiving/hatting, but thanks for the attempted education.  :) Dreadstar ☥ 11:59, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

Jamie Hanley

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Erdely Discussion

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Article Split Proposal

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Reversions

Can you please be more specific about this and this? WikiProjects are meant to highlight the work of WP members; they're not directly linked to the person that the article is about. For example, one may have a WP LGBT Studies tag and not be gay. Thus I don't believe it raises any BLP issues. Zigzig20s (talk) 23:27, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

User:Zigzig20s: I guess I'm more cagey about BLP than you. Personally, I think there is an issue with those templates: I think the way they're used on the talk pages you added them to is effectively to imply 'this person is a bigot' without saying so, which would be a BLP violation. I think we should be extremely reluctant to tag biographies of living people with that template unless plainly directly related to the subject of discrimination. (For what it's worth, WP:DISCRIMINATION says its scope includes articles closely and explicitly related to the topic of discrimination (my emphasis) - it seems to me that biographies of people who have been accused of making discriminatory comments falls outside that scope.) And as it happens, I do have similar concerns about the use of {{WikiProject LGBT}} as a way of implying someone's gay without directly saying it.

But this is just my opinion, and maybe I'm misinterpreting how the templates are used. If you think they belong on those articles, feel free to restore them, and I'll create a discussion on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Discrimination to see if we can get some other views. Robofish (talk) 23:43, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

Yes, I think you're wrong, but I understand why. Btw, they have not been accused of making racial remarks. They made them. They sent those e-mails and then acknowledged those e-mails. Thus I believe it will be good to get more editors from WP Discrimination to expand those referenced sections in the relevant/tagged articles. As for WP LGBT Studies, it's not about outing at all. Gay icons (who are often straight) get tagged, as editors from that WikiProject are more likely to expand/work on those articles.Zigzig20s (talk) 00:03, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

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Would you have any suggestions?

A few months ago during the eventually unsuccessful Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Piotrus_3 you voted "oppose". I wonder if you'd like to discuss any concerns of yours, or if you would have any suggestions in the event I'd decide to run again (which I am not planning to do anytime soon, but might consider in the future). For a better sense of my work and activities around the project, I invite you to consider reviewing my userpage, my talk page archives (which are not redacted), to watchlist my talk page, or use edit analysis tools like Wikichecker, content.paragr, dewkin, xtools-pages or xtools-ec (which in theory should work as of late 2014...). I would be more than happy to talk about your concerns over Commons (and I do agree this project has deep issues), but I'd like to start by assuring you I am totally fine with keeping local copies; my primary concern is to make images which are currently only available on English Wikipedia also available on other projects (as long as there are no copyright concerns). Thank you for your time, (PS. If you reply here, I'd appreciate a WP:ECHO or {{talkback}} ping). --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 12:46, 27 December 2014 (UTC)

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Hi Piotrus, merry Christmas. I admit my Oppose on your last RFA was rather WP:POINTy, made due to my dissatisfaction with Commons rather than due to any fault with you specifically. I still feel the same way about Commons, but I don't comment on RFAs any more these days - I haven't the time to properly assess the candidates. So I can't give you any particular suggestions, but for what it's worth, if you do run again, you won't get an Oppose from me. Robofish (talk) 17:29, 27 December 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for getting back to me. If you would have any further questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to ask me. It's not like I am planning to run anytime soon (maybe in several months at best), so there's plenty of time to discuss anything you'd like. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 15:41, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

Merger discussion for Majorat

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Did you even bother looking?

I suggest that you are a WP:DRIVEBYTAGGER. Le petit fromage (talk) 23:12, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

Guilty as charged, Le petit fromage. I do tag pages quickly, based on an initial reaction, but I don't mind if people revert the tags just as quickly if I've made a mistake and they're not appropriate. Reverts are cheap after all. It would be nice if you let me know which article you're referring to here though. Robofish (talk) 23:16, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

The Notability of the Sukey Project

Hi Robofish! I'm an ex member of the Sukey project, and newbie to Wikipedia. I noticed that there can been some disagreement over the notability of the project. Whilst not widely known, I would argue that Sukey had a small, but vital part to play in the history of student activism in the UK, and set a precedent for mapping and its role within activism in the UK, please see this link (section 5), for a little background on its notability.

I would be interested to know your reasons for adding the notability tag, and whether there is anything I can do to resolve this. (Gaffen (talk) 18:06, 27 March 2015 (UTC))

Thanks for your comment, Gaffen. I'm still not entirely convinced about the notability of the subject, but on taking another look at the article, there is slightly more media coverage than I first thought. I've given it the benefit of the doubt and removed the tag. Robofish (talk) 23:55, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

Your common.css page

Hi; I notice that in User:Robofish/common.css you have the CSS rule

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To check this, visit this page and look at the second bullet (the one that precedes the text "This article is an orphan ..."). If this bullet is not in the same alignment as the other four, but displaced to the left, you can fix it by altering inherit to table in the CSS rule mentioned earlier. If that doesn't work either, alter it to block.

Template:Orphan#Visibility has been amended. --Redrose64 (talk) 19:34, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the notification, Redrose64. I've corrected it. Robofish (talk) 22:19, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Moving Burma to Myanmar - new 2015 poll

You participated in a Burma RM in the past so I'm informing you of another RM. I hope I didn't miss anyone. New move attempt of Burma>Myanmar Fyunck(click) (talk) 08:57, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

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Aylan article

I have nominated the article for a mention at ITN. Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates.--BabbaQ (talk) 23:37, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

Robofish, I am very concerned about the activities of someone on Wikipedia with regard to the Alan Kurdi story. Not hard for you to work out who. Just have a look at the contributions to the talk pages of the Alan Kurdi article and the Photographs article. To be honest, I am more than just concerned. In my opinion, something must be done and soon. The situation is getting way out of hand and I don't think I am exaggerating. Please would you message me about this. I'm afraid that I can't see the way to message you. Thank you. Boscaswell (talk) 20:36, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

Thank you *very* much for your actions and your message on my talk page, Robofish. I have responded there. I think you will be interested. Fingers are crossed. Boscaswell (talk) 08:31, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

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Parameters in "cite news"

May I draw your attention to the fact that in "cite news" the correct parameter for the name of a newspaper or magazine is "newspaper" or "work", not "publisher". Please remember that names of newspapers and magazines go in italics. This happens automatically when the correct parameter is used. The "publisher" parameter is not needed in the case of mainstream media sources. -- Alarics (talk) 09:39, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, Alarics - I have to admit I'd been using that template for years, and never actually checked that I was using the parameters correctly. Well done for spotting my error, I'll try to remember this in future. Robofish (talk) 22:34, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

Thank you! -- Alarics (talk) 07:28, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

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Abu Eesa Niamatullah

Hello! I am notifying interested projects and editors that I've listed Abu Eesa Niamatullah for discussion at AfD.

I invite you to contribute to the discussion. Mujaddouda (talk) 21:30, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the notification, User:Mujaddouda, but I'm not entirely sure why I was chosen to receive it. Looking through the history, I've never edited that article. Robofish (talk) 22:30, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

Oh, I indiscriminately messaged everyone on the revision history page, and it has you listed as the user who added the wikiproject templates in 2013. You haven't actually contributed to the page's contents per se, though. So feel free to ignore - sorry! Mujaddouda (talk) 23:28, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

Ah, that's right, thanks for the reminder. Don't worry about it, no need to apologise. I commented on the AFD page anyway. Robofish (talk) 23:33, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, it's much appreciated. Mujaddouda (talk) 00:37, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

The WikiProject rater gadget

From your contribution history it seems to me you might be interested in this tool for WikiProject-assessing: User:Kephir/gadgets/rater. I find it very useful and it has saved me countless hours of time already. Just wanted to let you know about it, maybe give it a try!

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Category:Wikipedians who like NationStates

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Help with the National memo article

Hi. I noticed that back in 2010 you've made several professional contributions to Gene Lyons's article and decided to ask for your help with The National Memo article. Lyons is a frequent contributor to it so I assume that you know this media (and the liberal press) quite well. The article has been undergoing dramatic edits and I ask for your assistance in editing/improving this article.

I while ago I was asked to make several minor edits to the article as paid editor (properly stated according to WP COI editing rules). At that time the article had minimal content and was no more than a stub. I’ve added some information following the structure of such articles as Salon (website), HuffPost, Politico adding infobox, improving categories and adding some well-referenced info. The article started to look like a normal website/media article. After that it got heavily edited in two waves by editors deleting large chunks of well-written (ok, my personal view :)) and well-referenced information. I believe that some of these edits/deletions are extraneous and actually make the article worse/less useful to Wikipedia users. I also believe that The National Memo article has an undisputable notability. There is an interesting discussion about this at the article’s Talk page.

A lot of what is going on around this article is plain nonsense. So if you are interested in the subject/in improving the article, please take a look at January 10th version or January 29th version. Also if you have any suggestions on improving the article, please share.

I've also created a topic about it at Project Journalim. -- Bbarmadillo (talk) 08:35, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the notification, Bbarmadillo. I've taken a look, but I don't really want to get involved in this dispute. It's not a subject I know anything about in any case.

If you want my opinion, I'd say your preferred version of the article was a bit too promotional, but the subsequent edits have also gone too far in removing useful content. I don't particularly want to be the one to sort out a compromise version, though. Robofish (talk) 23:17, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

Point taken, thanks for the feedback. -- Bbarmadillo (talk) 06:37, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

List of YouTubers

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Sorry, that wasn't me. I was trying to revert the vandalism by 92.237.82.248, whoever that was. See my comment on the Shrove Tuesday talk page. Fcrary (talk) 23:30, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

2010

I just noticed your comment (better late than never, I guess) on Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship/Archive 195 about my 2010 RFA at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Joe Chill. The rude comment and the nominator regretting vouching for me are two of the reasons that I requested a username change. I don't even vote in RFA because of that nonsense and I don't know if it changed any, but I'm asking you if that rudeness is still present. I would never run for RFA again no matter what, but this is more of for voting. SL93 (talk) 02:41, 10 August 2019 (UTC)

Wow SL93, that is a blast from the past! The answer is, I've no idea. I don't take part in Wikipedia's internal processes like RFA any more, and haven't done for many years now. That message you linked to is probably around when I became tired of the whole thing. Robofish (talk) 11:23, 10 August 2019 (UTC)

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Mikhail Spokoyny

Dear Robofish, after your proposition about removal of article about Mikhail Spokoyny, I added new references to significant resouces with a mention of him, such as: United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO); Wired magazine with article by Bruce Sterling; American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA); American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME); and IEEE Components, Packaging & Manufacturing Technology Society. I hope these references will be enough that article had been left. Yours, Roobinstein (talk) 20:02, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi Roobinstein, thanks for your message. I've removed the proposed deletion template, so the article is not in danger of immediate deletion. It's still possible that it could be nominated for deletion again in future, but that would require a consensus following discussion at WP:AFD. Robofish (talk) 20:10, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Thank you! Roobinstein (talk) 20:18, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

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Hey. At some point in the ancient past you were either involved in the creation of the above template, or the successful AfD for the party's article's deletion. I've just put the template up on TfD so am letting editors involved at some point, even fleetingly in most cases, just in case you want to chip in the discussion. Cheers. doktorb _words^deeds 14:46, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

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I reverted your edit because it left a mess behind, since you didn't change any of its existing redirects to Template:BSicon-name before retargeting it. AlgaeGraphix (talk) 22:17, 8 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi AlgaeGraphix - think you messaged the wrong user here. I didn't retarget the redirect, I just nominated it for RFD. Robofish (talk) 22:20, 8 May 2020 (UTC)

I just noticed that; User:Rosguill is the guilty party. AlgaeGraphix (talk) 22:23, 8 May 2020 (UTC)

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Thanks for that tag

Thanks for tagging Azealia Banks; I'd been wanting to deal with that for a while but never got the impetus to do so.--Jorm (talk) 19:30, 13 March 2021 (UTC)