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The MCP's motives

Hi there. Thanks for your edit at Tron (film) regarding the MCP's motives. I ended up reverting your edit and I wanted to briefly explain why: While I'm sure any person watching the film could deduce the MCP's motives in quashing all belief in the Users, its motives are never actually stated in the film. As such, trying to explain this in the plot summary counts as speculation (for all we know, the MCP may have a completely different reason for doing this). The explanation is also unnecessary to understanding the film's plot - ultimately, WHY the MCP controls things like that is unimportant. It only matters that it does things this way and the main characters work to stop it.

I want to encourage you to continue editing Wikipedia. Don't be discouraged by my revert. I just wanted to ensure you understood why I did it. :) Thanks, and have a nice day! — KieferSkunk (talk) — 18:52, 11 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Monkee Dispute

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September 2018

Hello, I'm Doniago. I noticed that you made one or more changes to an article, War of the Worlds (TV series), but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. DonIago (talk) 15:50, 19 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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More of the Monkees photo

Hi. Thanks for your transparent revision. The reason I balked at "composite" was that nothing was said about that in the album's article, and I questioned whether the photo really was assembled in that way. So it's not the term, per se, that's at issue for me, but the assertion behind it. Do you have a source documenting that this technique was used (i.e., that it wasn't originally a single photo)? Thanks! Jcejhay (talk) 21:32, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jcejhay, it's one of those things that's been so widely known for so long, and yet is such a small part of the overall story of the band, that it's difficult to find a good, quotable source. The best I can offer at the moment is the booklet included with the More of the Monkees (Super Deluxe Edition) set that came out a few years ago. "[T]he final cover photo had to be spliced from two images . . ." Here is a scan of the relevant page: [1]http://www.monkee45s.net/CDs_USA_RhinoBox/R2560125PS13.html Sm5574 (talk) 22:07, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the reply!

Well, your source satisfies me (though I've run into trouble myself using sources of that general type, so you might need to be prepared for pushback from others). It would be great if you could follow up and source the assertion in the article, and if you want to restore the "composite" wording, I see no reason not to. Jcejhay (talk) 22:19, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Intentional grounding

You deleted a sentence with Edit Summary: "Refs can potentially confer about almost any penalty. There's no reason to specify it here." But the point is that the many "components" of this foul do frequently prompt a conference of the officials to discuss if all were present, which is not the case in most fouls, where an official reports to the referee and that is all. Please reconsider. Spike-from-NH (talk) 10:21, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Spike-from-NH my point is that this is not unique (or even unusual) to intentional grounding. It's part of officiating in general. Refs do the same thing regarding other penalties, and regarding incomplete passes or whether a player was down. To me, the issue is that IG happens when the criteria is met, not how the refs determine whether a penalty's criteria is met.

If you want to bring it up on the article's talk page, I'll be happy to discuss it there. Sm5574 (talk) 11:48, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Have copied this discussion there. Spike-from-NH (talk) 13:03, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for replying there. You have my own opinion twice and I won't give it further, but only wait to see if there are other opinions and perhaps massage any resulting text. Moreover, to undercut my own case, I worked the chain crew last night in single-A adult amateur football and the (five) officials had meetings all night on everything. Spike-from-NH (talk) 01:10, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]