User talk:Smk65536

thank you for the link

I have been working quite a bit on the PROTECT IP page and appreciate the help. I think torrentfreak should count as a specialized news source and so should techdirt (and yes, I have seen the debunking on that page, just have not had time to work with it...) but we have an advocate for the bill (apparently) among the page editors and as I recall he rejects these as sources. Nonetheless, I had not seen this one and it probably links to something even he will have to accept. Elinruby (talk) 20:38, 9 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not Ignoring You

Greetings, Just a quick note to say I am not ignoring you but rather I am traveling where places one can access both mobile phone and internet access are few and far between. I will try to get enough access time to reply within the next three days. Sorry for holding your editing efforts up. Morgan Leigh | Talk 00:04, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No problems and thanks a lot for telling me that. Few people on the internet bother tell people that they are away nowdays. Smk65536 (talk) 16:10, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Derren Brown

I invite you to discuss your edit to Derren Brown on the talk page. "It's pseudo science and I don't like it" is not a reason for removing content. The fact is that it has been said of Brown a number of times, and Brown himself has responded to it. The content is cited and well suited to the article. It takes no position whatsoever on the validity of neuro-linguistic programming. --Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 22:29, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"It's pseudo science and I don't like it" is of course, not a reason for removing content, pseudo-science is a valid topic to discuss and criticize, but it cannot be assumed correct in any article, which is : my point instead. The article DOES take a position on it's validity, "uses neuro-linguistic programming", in the past tense suggests that it is in fact a valid technique which can be used. Compare this to : "uses witchcraft to conjure up the dead". If this topic comes up often, then the paragraph needs re-writing. 23:10, 4 August 2013 (UTC)

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David Attenborough

Hi, I see you're wrestling with a section title on this article. I'm afraid that 'Irreligion' has pejorative overtones entirely inappropriate for Attenborough, if not for the encyclopedia. Something like 'Attitude to religion' might be somewhat better; we are not constrained to seeking a single-word section heading. All the best, Chiswick Chap (talk) 13:30, 1 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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read sources

Please take care to read sources before changing works like "Incarnation" to "birth". Blackburn and Holford-Strevens took care in their book, published by Oxford University Press, to point out it is impossible with surviving records to be sure if Dionysius Exiguus intended to commemorate the annunciation or the nativity of Jesus when he created Anno Domini. Jc3s5h (talk) 13:53, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Mythology etc

I'm very sorry to revert you, I know this kind of thing can be a bit of a shock, but I don't think there is any call to remove the bulk of the mythology, folklore and tribal storytelling about whales, especially when we want to have international coverage and the material is properly cited. Happy to discuss details, but in broad terms the article correctly has material of this kind (take a look at comparable articles to see the usual approach). All the best, Chiswick Chap (talk) 13:19, 19 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Could you please discuss any further changes to this article on the talk page rather than making hasty changes which will very likely not be agreed by other editors? The time of the Old Testament is, for example, quite sufficient to indicate a span through much of recorded history back to documented instances. If you want to add "better examples", that's fine but find sources for them and discuss them first on the talk page. Thank you. Chiswick Chap (talk) 13:22, 23 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Absolutely, I did not realize that you disagreed with my edits, I thought they were rather appropriate. I just think that basing events on religion is controversial, perhaps base them on years instead. Smk65536 (talk) 13:34, 23 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oh good. Nothing there is based on religion; the lead is based on the text in the body of the article, which quite rightly uses the sources available, which include the OT. The job of the lead is to reflect the body; if anything's wrong, it's the body that needs work, which nearly always means finding more sources and working back from there. The lead is the last thing to touch. Chiswick Chap (talk) 15:41, 23 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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"Influential" and positive connotations

It's only got a positive connotation if you believe it does - it doesn't. Just look at Time magazine's most influential list, Osama Bin Laden is in there. Does that mean Time believe he is a positive influence? An influence is neither positive or negative. Timeshift (talk) 01:30, 7 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Edit war at Chiropractic

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You have now reverted four times over the same material at article Chiropractic.

You first reverted the material in last June[1] after which it got restored by another editor[2]
Now, you have made the same revert 06:46, 2 May 2015[3], but the material got restored again by another user[4]
You further reverted 01:19, 3 May 2015[5], and the material got restored[6]
Even further, you reverted over the same material again[7]

I expect you to self-revert and take the discussion at the article Talk Page. Cheers! Jayaguru-Shishya (talk) 23:12, 4 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at those revisions, it appears that it was you who were reverting and heavily engaging in what you call "edit wars" above. If you were so keen for others to not engage in "edit wars", perhaps you should follow your own advice, from your talk page it appears that you engage in edit wars quite frequently and have come very close to being blocked from editing pseudoscience related articles. Having said that, I do not recall editing this material last year. I would be happy to engage in discussion in the talk page to reach a consensus. I am going to do so now and would welcome your input. Smk65536 (talk) 07:39, 5 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've restored the material twice: 10:50, 3 May 2015[8] and 11:59, 3 May 2015[9]. I am glad to know that you are ready to take this discussion to the article Talk Page now instead of continuing to revert the material without discussion. Please notice that I am just one of three editors that have restored the material after your reverts. Thanks. Jayaguru-Shishya (talk) 18:34, 5 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

June 2015

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Sorry for engaging in an edit war and thank you for reminding me of this. I thought that consensus was not reached so was not appropriate for Abierma3 to remove the material. I will try to engage in discussion with Abierma3 to try and sort out the issue. Smk65536 (talk) 14:40, 21 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Warned per WP:AN3

Please see the result of the recent AN3 complaint about edit warring at Omega Point. Thank you, EdJohnston (talk) 12:49, 10 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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