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please stop messing with my page
i am keeping this short. please stop editing and removing my content. mark robertson is authorized to upload content and data as it has been provided by myself. i will start a dispute now with wikipedia to prevent further involvement. what interest or right do you have to remove my content and edit my page??? what interest or right do you have to upload incorrect dates or births, birth places etc. stay off my page. billie ray martin — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.137.231.226 (talk) 17:46, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) Please see User talk:Blinsenlinsen for more on this - thanks. DBaK (talk) 17:57, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
- It is not your page. You don't own that page. The Banner talk 18:02, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
- Secondly, we work here from published sources, not from hearsay or personal information. If I stated things incorrect, come up with independent and reliable sources containing the right information. Promo, directly by you or by someone very close to you, is not desired. The Banner talk 18:08, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
- Indeed, I will keep it short: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/VPanton The Banner talk 19:04, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
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question...
hi banner
you wrote the following: "I am sceptical about the neutrality of research organisations receiving massive donations from companies growing rich by or through conventional agriculture." and i wrote a kind of sharp response... this statement kind of upset me and i am sorry for the sharpness... but i just don't get where you are coming from. You seem, in general, to be a more rigorous thinker than the kind of thinker that produces this kind of hand-wavy, vaguely conspiratorial, and very useful for brushing away research results you don't like, statement (how is that for some germanic syntax, btw?) In any case, where are you coming from? Do you really think that way? i do hope you explain. thx.Jytdog (talk) 17:15, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
- Ever seen the movies "Food inc." and "The World According to Monsanto"? Those movies are good enough to make the innocent believer to become a believer in the conspiracy theory that Monsonato and agrochemical friends "control" the United States.
- As far as I can tell, those movies tell the truth and the agrochemical industry has a very unhealthy influence within the US Government. But I am also aware that those movies are biased and that I can't believe them for 100%.
- Yep when I started this project last summer I watched them both....and they insulted my intelligence, over and over and over. I know they are important to the anti-GM community which is why I stuck with them and watched them all the way through. But I ~hate~ being lied to and manipulated and they are both over the top in that regard. And as I have written several places on the organic food talk page, my good faith (really!) efforts to verify most of what the anti-GMO crowd says have yielded clear trails of exaggeration and misconstrual of facts or standard business practices... which just made me sad. Jytdog (talk) 19:51, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
- More or less as a compromise in my head, I turned sceptical. Sceptical insofar that I think that the near total lack of positive results towards organic farming, is to some extent "funded" by by the agrochemical industry. No directly by manipulating results but by preventing positive research to be finished or published. He who pays the piper, calls the tune. As long as is not completely disclosed how a certain research is financed and out of what sources, how the research institution is financed and how the scientific magazines are financed, I will stay sceptical about the neutrality of the researchers, research institutions and magazines.
- Thank you for explaining that. I hear you. Can I respond to this? Jytdog (talk) 19:51, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
- In my opinion MEDRS-sourcing origininally is truly set up to avoid dodgy sources coming up with spectacular health claims (like the diet invented by Cornelis Moerman, who claimed that cancer could be overcome with a special diet and food supplements). But I really think that Wolfie and Yobol misuse MEDRS to prevent information into the article out of other sources than strict medical sources. Their plain refusal to allow published, peer-reviewed research from specialised agricultural institutions, even when connected to a reliable university, is an example of that. Their stance seem to be that positive research about organical farming is automatically unreliable and that negative research automatically reliable. The Banner talk 18:19, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
- They have surprised me too - but interestingly they have not challenged the structure of the article with respect to separately describing chemical differences. I found some good sources I want to introduce in those sections. Jytdog (talk) 19:51, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
- And just look at the way Yobol is "raping" Organic milk. Negative, negative, negative. The Banner talk 18:24, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
- I haven't looked at that article.... should I?Jytdog (talk) 19:51, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
- Please! Our interaction gave me enough faith in your neutrality and dedication. The Banner talk 19:53, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
- I haven't looked at that article.... should I?Jytdog (talk) 19:51, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
Funny attempt by a POV-pusher to chase me away
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Your recent editing history at Organic milk shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. Being involved in an edit war can result in you being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly.
To avoid being blocked, instead of reverting please consider using the article's talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. See BRD for how this is done. You can post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection. Yobol (talk) 19:19, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
- Nice try to chase me away, but unfortunately it won't work. I want truth, and not POV on Organic milk. The Banner talk 19:50, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
This is enough
This Your 2 Warning if You did it again You will be Blocked 5 Days Because you want to Delete List of tallest Buildings in Iloilo City user:Jeb2003 7:11, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
- I guess you disagree? But block me, if you can... The Banner talk 11:27, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
January 2013
Thank you for your contributions. One of your recent contributions to Bishop of Limerick has been reverted or removed, because it contains speculative or unconfirmed information about a future event. Wikipedia has a policy called "Wikipedia is not a crystal ball", which discourages such edits. Please only add material about future events if it is verifiable, based on a reference to a reliable source. Thank you. Elizium23 (talk) 00:18, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
AFD at List of Star Wars characters
I've gone ahead and closed your AFD on this article, as it's clear that you want the redirect List of ancient Jedi deleted instead. For that, you should head over to Redirects for discussion and follow the instructions there. Thanks. UltraExactZZ Said ~ Did 21:31, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
- Ehm, ooooooops... I guess I was fooled by the redirect itself. I have now but up the redirect for deletion. The Banner talk 21:37, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
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Logic failure
ONE: moves should not be done without discussion and consensus. (A large number of GAA articles were moved without discussion or consensus.)
TWO: an article that has been moved controversially, without discussion or consensus, should be moved back and a move discussion opened. (I moved them back and opened a talk page topic for each move.)
These seem to me to be fairly basic rules. Yet, when I move articles back under rule two above, you not only move them back but try to get your move protected! Brocach (talk) 14:10, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
- There is no need to repeat what someone else did nor use that as an excuse to ignore a running discussion. The Banner talk 14:23, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
Banner: Can you explain as far as you can tell why you/they are deleting the WorldMap article I created? Is it sources? content? writing? I am quite surprised I have to admit. Richmond9 (talk) 03:42, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
Laurel, who is currently blocked, has asked me to notify you about the discussion on their talk page.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:30, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
James Porter
I haven't been the one reverting and removing sourced information.Swampyank (talk) 19:00, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
- Start counting, you have by now done 4 (four) reverts today: [1], [2], [3], [4] The Banner talk 19:13, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
nomination of deletion of Eric Everard
I note your nomination of deletion of the page Eric Everard - you may wish to comment on my nomination of related pages EasyFairs the company to which he was related, and fellow directors Jean-François Quentin, and Julian Kulkarni. ---- nonsense ferret 00:32, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
- I note your interest in deleting my article on Eric Everard. How is Belgium's Manager of the Year of less interest than an Irish restaurant that closed in 2003? You have some strange criteria for what constitutes "encyclopaedic"! User talk:EdWalker58 —Preceding undated comment added 12:14, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
- I would have expected a less pitiful reply from a professional writer/journalist. The Banner talk 12:30, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
- And I would expect you to respond to the points I made, rather than resorting to personal insults. How many awards and honours must Eric Everard win before you remove your nomination for deletion? — Preceding unsigned comment added by EdWalker58 (talk • contribs) 13:33, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
- You are promoting your own boss. The Banner talk 13:38, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
Armstrong's Barn
I am just curious, what precisely is the value of so many wikipedia articles (in English and Dutch) about long-defunct Irish restaurants? User: EdWalker58 —Preceding undated comment added 13:30, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
- Far more then the promotion of your boss, mr. Marketing employee. The Banner talk 13:37, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
Do you think it would be possible to have a sensible discussion rather than resorting to personal abuse and innuendo? I am not an employee, I am self-employed. I would like to understand your motives for wanting the Wikipedia page removed. --EdWalker58 (talk) 14:04, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
- Reasons: promotion, advertising and puffery. Plus a conflict of interest of the author: (...) then you are very strongly discouraged from editing Wikipedia in areas where those external relationships could reasonably be said to undermine your ability to remain neutral. The Banner talk 14:11, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
- I have tried to be neutral and avoid conflict of interest issues. I will re-review to ensure that this is the case. Feel free to edit if you feel that anything specific on the Eric Everard entry is incorrect, misleading or lacks objectivity. Best regards --EdWalker58 (talk) 15:36, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
Unicode characters and redirects
Please do not unlink symbols on unicode tables. Instead, if you find an issue with it, fix or flag the redirect instead. Thank you. Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 23:38, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
- Could you just stop creating links to disambiguation pages? Just link them to the right pages, not to disambiguation pages. The Banner talk 23:52, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
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Dispute resolution
I've left a comment in this discussion. It must surely be clear to you all by now that edit-warring, multiple moves/requested moves and shouting matches on WP:IE, WP:IMOS, WikiProject Gaelic games and AN/I is not solving anything. I urge the three of you – Brocach, The Banner and Laurel Lodged – to put your heads together and take your dispute to the Dispute resolution noticeboard, and in the meantime declare a cease-fire and stop hitting your heads off a brick wall. I am posting the identical message to each of you. Scolaire (talk) 08:55, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
- Useless exercise. The Banner talk 09:46, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
- Causing disruption all over the shop is useful, but even thinking about dispute resolution is useless? I give up! Scolaire (talk) 12:47, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
- I'm not causing the disruption! And I have no confidence that Brocach is willing to compromise in any form, while Laurel Lodged is prepared to accept topic ban alongside Brocach if that is decided to be the best option for the encyclopdia. The Banner talk 13:44, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
- But as a compromise, I willing to accept a topic ban for Laurel Lodged, Brocach, you and me. The Banner talk 14:02, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
- If the topic is the GAA, then I would gladly accept that compromise. A topic without endless disruption from you lot is preferable to a messed-up topic with the odd uninspiring edit by me. Go ahead and propose it. Scolaire (talk) 14:19, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
- Oh, but hadn't you better include Mabuska as well? His proposals on WT:IE are part of this problem as well. Scolaire (talk) 14:27, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
- LOL, you make it loud and clear that you don't want mediation and a compromise but just want everybody out of the way that does not agree with you. The Banner talk 16:06, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
- Oh, not necessarily. Isn't there someone else who agrees with Brocach? I can't remember his name off-hand. Stick him on the list as well and we'll topic-ban everybody. Works so much better than going through a dispute resolution process. Scolaire (talk) 16:44, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
- LOL, you make it loud and clear that you don't want mediation and a compromise but just want everybody out of the way that does not agree with you. The Banner talk 16:06, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
- But as a compromise, I willing to accept a topic ban for Laurel Lodged, Brocach, you and me. The Banner talk 14:02, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
- I'm not causing the disruption! And I have no confidence that Brocach is willing to compromise in any form, while Laurel Lodged is prepared to accept topic ban alongside Brocach if that is decided to be the best option for the encyclopdia. The Banner talk 13:44, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
- Causing disruption all over the shop is useful, but even thinking about dispute resolution is useless? I give up! Scolaire (talk) 12:47, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
Rene Redzepi
Please check my comment on the talk page about Rene Redzepi page referencing to his father. I write you because i saw that u were the last one that has done something to the page.Daci92 (talk) 20:57, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
Forgive my ignorance,
but what does "c/e" mean in relation to page edits? JD2 (talk) 22:14, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
- Sorry, it stands for CopyEdit. The Banner talk 22:15, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks for the speedy response! Feel free do delete this section/question if desired.JD2 (talk) 22:20, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
Panama population
I did; As a matter of fact, if you review the content present in the citations I provided, you'll see they were right. If anything, your content is outdated or wrong. Mainly because Las Cumbres is within San Miguelito, and Panama City has a population of 800,000+ citizens. Additionally, any population inside a district is not a city, but part of it (in Panamanian terms, there's no distinction between city and district).
In fact, I think some cities after the top four are also wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cocoliras (talk • contribs) 06:28, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
Are you aware that those edits are incorrect; Those statistics from the City Council's site are correct. If we didn't use them, then the largest city would wind up as the smallest. Las Cumbres is a part of the city. Look again please. The government is to be trusted as the ultimate information source. Any others are inferior and can be ignored or disregarded as not being correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cocoliras (talk • contribs) 18:36, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
- Sir, those numbers belong to provinces/region. Provinces are no cities. Regions are no cities. Please, look at the [http://www.citypopulation.de/Panama.html#Stadt_gross source I have provided. As you can read in your own source, the 800k is for Panama Region, not for Panama City. The Banner talk 19:09, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
This link of the city government's page still disagrees. Read the description, or shall I provide a translation? Cocoliras (talk) 03:44, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
The city's page itself says the population as per the government's site, hence why we believe it instead of a shady foreign website that may have or highly inacurate data. Cocoliras (talk) 03:44, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
- Bejaysus, we are talking here about the biggest cities of the state of Panama. The Banner talk 05:08, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
Alright; We are talking about the largest cities in the entire country right? Are you aware that the country's largest city Panama City has nearly 800,000+ inhabitants?
That's Panama City; You are placing lots of areas that are NOT cities but PARTS of the city. There's nothing in that page saying province! And yes, Panama uses PROVINCES not states.
Cocoliras (talk) 06:29, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
- When those part have their own City Council, they are not counted as part of Panama City. The Banner talk 10:09, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
They don't have their own city councils. The city council's page (which is the one in the address) is the one you're looking at; The corregimientos are part of the city. If you don't know it; with it's metro area, Panama City has 1,400,000+ inhabitants Cocoliras (talk) 10:50, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
- That was not clear in the sources you provided! Often enough suburbs have their own city or town council. The Banner talk 14:05, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
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Peace offer (from WP:ANI page)
":If Brocach and Finnegas will agree to a self-impossed ban on all GAA related articles for a period of 2 months, then I will too. If not, let the ANI case continue (on the arguments hopefully, not the personalities)." Laurel Lodged (talk) 22:49, 30 January 2013 (UTC)
AN/I discussion
I assume you are following the discussions at AN/I but in case you have lost it in the detail, I have asked all parties to desist, immediately, from any renaming or recategorising of articles linked to the GAA. This applies even to correcting an article that has been amended to the 'wrong' version. The AN/I thread has grown to astonishing length with very little interest from anyone except those already engaged in the dispute. Nevertheless I will block anyone who makes further changes to these categories before a true consensus is reached, ideally at WT:GAA but frankly any venue will do! Kim Dent-Brown (Talk) 00:37, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
- I wish you good luck with all the blocking. I have no faith any more that it can be solved by discussion. By now, everybody is sick of it, as you have seen in the discussion. The slightest edit in a way that is not to Brocach liking, and you have an edit war. ([5]) Even when it is according to policy. And the behaviour of Laurel Lodged is, to put it mildly, completely stupid.
- Blocking and topic bans are the only way out. As you plain refuse to go the way of topic bans, blocks are left as only possibility. Good luck with that! The Banner talk 01:01, 31 January 2013 (UTC) The GAA is not my main goal on Wikipedia, just a side show. No problem to watch is from a distance while the others kill themselves off.
- A topic ban can't be enacted by a solo admin. It's not that I'm refusing to implement one: I simply cannot. Only the community can do so and the community (at AN/I) has shown a spectacular disinterest in this issue. So blocks are what we are left with, I fear. Kim Dent-Brown (Talk) 01:03, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
- Okay, fair. The Banner talk 01:11, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
- A topic ban can't be enacted by a solo admin. It's not that I'm refusing to implement one: I simply cannot. Only the community can do so and the community (at AN/I) has shown a spectacular disinterest in this issue. So blocks are what we are left with, I fear. Kim Dent-Brown (Talk) 01:03, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
WikiProject Gaelic games
Hi. I have reformatted the Article and category naming conventions proposals according to your suggested format, and with Mabuska's added proposal. I hope that means we can go ahead. Scolaire (talk) 10:31, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks for expressing your preferences at the WT:GAA page - it's very helpful to have this calm and well-ordered discussion on what has previously been a very heated topic! There is a new proposal which has come in after your contribution, which you might also like to comment on. Many thanks! Kim Dent-Brown (Talk) 08:10, 2 February 2013 (UTC)
- It was a pity that is started off with such biased questions and package deals. Now we have something better. The Banner talk 11:23, 2 February 2013 (UTC)
Nomination of Byrnes Cove for deletion
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Ulster-Scots on Irish people
I have reverted your removal of the Ulster-Scots on the Irish people article. In what way are the BBC and Tourism Ireland unreliable sources? You're editing against the stable version, so please seek consensus for your changes on the article's talk page. Thanks, — Jon C.ॐ 14:07, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
- The Tourism Ireland is a dead link and even when it was a valid link, it would only lead to a plan of action, not to a scholarly source. The BBC website is also not scholarly source and it is unsourced. Beside that, why should we add a dialect among languages? The Banner talk 14:19, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
- How about because Scots is one of the three languages, alongside English and Irish, spoken natively in Ireland? More to the point, you are still edit-warring: you've been here long enough to know how the bold, revert, discuss cycle works, so I can only conclude you're trying to force your own version without discussing it first. Poor form. — Jon C.ॐ 14:24, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
- I am bold, I did revert and I have opened a discussion on the talkpage, something you did not. The Banner talk 14:30, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
- How about because Scots is one of the three languages, alongside English and Irish, spoken natively in Ireland? More to the point, you are still edit-warring: you've been here long enough to know how the bold, revert, discuss cycle works, so I can only conclude you're trying to force your own version without discussing it first. Poor form. — Jon C.ॐ 14:24, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
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It seems you are reluctant to acknowledge actual foreign input to the battle of the Boyne
I changed the armies' statistics to reflect the actual national representation of the Williamite army @ Boyne battle plus a documented detachment of 1500 Jacobites as a garrison troops previous to battle, but you revert to one showing only English Irish & Netherlands. while in fact there were many Scots, French & danish troops as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.48.174.224 (talk) 16:06, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
- Do you have sources to prove it? The Banner talk 16:14, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
Simplest at the moment is Osprey's campaign # 160 (Boyne) listing William's forces as: 1 French cavalry regiment & 3 infantry, 9 Netherlands cavalry, 1 dragoon, 6 infantry (incl 1 regiment of 2 very large guard battalions), 3 Danish cavalry, 8 infantry. British isles' forces are given w no break up but are: 11 regiments of cavalry, 4 dragoons, 22 infantry. As this was prior to the act of union Scotland was (as well as Ireland) a separate country w its own military. Some regiments present were Scots' (like Douglas's Regiment or George Hamilton's ), one may also possibly be largely Welsh (but Wales was legally part of England) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.48.174.224 (talk) 17:36, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
- No, I want sources. Where did you get those numbers? The Banner talk 17:48, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
I just gave you one, Osprey's Campaign book # 160, If you want to look for yourself there's also Peter B Ellis Boyne Water: Battle of the Boyne, Story's An 1690, John MacDonald's Great Battlefields of the World, plus many more. George Storey also lists various nationalities & numbers in "An Impartial History of the most material occurrences in the Kingdom of Ireland during the Two last years with the present state of both armies" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.48.174.224 (talk) 18:23, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
- Okay, I overlooked Osprey. When you change the numbers, please make sure to add these sources to it. You can simply do this by adding <ref>details of the source, as detailed as possible</ref>. Do this for each source separately! Good luck. The Banner talk 18:32, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
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Notification of discussion
A few months ago, you participated in a discussion on Wikipedia talk:Did you know about Gibraltar-related DYKs on the Main Page. I am proposing that the temporary restrictions on such DYKs, which were imposed in September 2012, should be lifted and have set out a case for doing so at Wikipedia talk:Did you know/Gibraltar-related DYKs. If you have a view on this, please comment at that page. Prioryman (talk) 21:47, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
Disambiguation page
Please refrain from deleting this disambiguation page for a few days until I can sort out the page on "What difference does it Make? (quote). It will get reinstated. Thanks Paululrich (talk) 22:27, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
- No, I will not. Instead: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Mdandrea. The Banner talk 22:57, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
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I do not understand why you should wish to delete this template!. Whats your problem!!! I have left the comment below on the comments page
- Keep This template was created to add to the page Sheringham lifeboat Forester’s Centenary ON 786 which has been done. If you delete the template this carefully gathered information will be lost from the article. It is a vital part of the article. I can not see why you should have a problem with it? stavros1 ♣ 23:43, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
- Thank you for your response to my question, but you still have not explained why you want to have the template deleted. I have inserted this information into the article in this form to shorten the script required on the main page. It also is less complicated for less competent editors to contribute to the main article without destroying the format of the table, a situation which has occurred several times on other lifeboat articles with this type of table. stavros1 ♣ 07:36, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
- See Help:Template for how to use templates. The Banner talk 11:31, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
- OK. your above comment is very patronizing. This was really unnecessary and unhelpful, You might want to review WP:CIVILITY. stavros1 ♣ 12:20, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
- LOL, patronizing? I just tell you that you have used that template the wrong way and I point you towards a page where you can get more info. Nothing patronizing in that, not even intended. The Banner talk 14:43, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
- Thank you for your response to my question, but you still have not explained why you want to have the template deleted. I have inserted this information into the article in this form to shorten the script required on the main page. It also is less complicated for less competent editors to contribute to the main article without destroying the format of the table, a situation which has occurred several times on other lifeboat articles with this type of table. stavros1 ♣ 07:36, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
- Keep This template was created to add to the page Sheringham lifeboat Forester’s Centenary ON 786 which has been done. If you delete the template this carefully gathered information will be lost from the article. It is a vital part of the article. I can not see why you should have a problem with it? stavros1 ♣ 23:43, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Eddy
I notice that you have been removing external links from the Wikipedia pages for various parishes in county Clare to the Ireland Reaching Out pages for the corresponding parishes and describing these links as SPAM. I have been unashamedly encouraging people on an Ireland Reaching Out training programme to create these links. On what grounds can they be considered SPAM? To me, the objectives and methods of Wikipedia and Ireland Reaching Out seem to be very similar, so it seems natural to provide reciprocal links, parish by parish.
I have not seen you at Clare Roots Society meetings for a long time!
Paddy Pwaldron (talk) 22:57, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
- Ah, you have figured out who I am!
Unfortunately, genealogy is at the back-burner as I am not able to make any progress. Lack of sources is the main problem.
- Strange enough I have found myself more or less involved in the National Famine Commemoration. I have to speak Brid Hedderman what kind of activities are on the cards for the Community Garden, where I have a plot.
- About the Reaching Out-pages: according to Wikipedia:External links External links in an article can be helpful to the reader, but they should be kept minimal, meritable, and directly relevant to the article. Most of the RO-links were in fact empty links, offering no additional information to the articles. So these links are irrelevant (at the moment). The fact that they suddenly appeared on multiple pages by multiple accounts (including unregistered) made it look like a spam-run, although your name made me a bit confused... The Banner talk 23:21, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
- I take your point about empty links (in Wikipedia-speak, I guess they are really IrelandXO stubs), but you also removed the link for Moyarta, where I have put a great deal of effort into the IrelandXO page. I have now restored that link. I could also have copied and pasted most of my Moyarta text from IrelandXO to Wikipedia, but then the Wikipedia police would be accusing me of breaching my own copyright! If the IrelandXO training programme achieves its objectives, then we should see improved content on the IrelandXO pages for many parishes, making these useful inclusions in the External Links sections of the relevant Wikipedia pages. The familysearch.org parish pages, to which I also encouraged making reciprocal links, are also mostly effectively stubs at the moment. The audience amongst the diaspora for which the IrelandXO pages are intended are likely to have heard of Wikipedia and familysearch and to go there first, and then find the links to IrelandXO for the genealogy-specific information they want.
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I have addded some information to the page of Ivan Tyrrell which you undid, the information is autobiographical and includes some bibliographic references. It's simple and adds an extra dimension to the page, so I think it merits inclusion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JNevil (talk • contribs) 16:12, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
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I have reverted your change to 🔔 because targeting the redirect page was the outcome of an RFD. If you want it to be targetted somewhere else please either take it to WP:DRV or start a new WP:RFD. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:15, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
- Sigh, now you have linked it again to a dp with all side-effects of that. So I have put another RfD in to get or targeted correctly or removed altogether. The Banner talk 09:13, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
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About Kike San MartínHi The Banner. I have been looking at the references of Kike San Martín, done some small editions as well. So far, everything written seems to be true (except for the "branding" part, which frankly speaking I don't really understand what the concept is all about, and thence I cannot judge if it is stated in any of the references given). In short: yes, Kike San Martín is famous, and he has photographed lots of stars. Hope this helps! Regards, --Fadesga (talk) 13:24, 16 March 2013 (UTC) Hi, The Banner. Im the user Misty2011. Warmings Greetings from Miami, Florida, USA! I dont have a close connection with its subject. Im working as a journalist for The Miami Herald (spanish version) (newspaper) and after 20 years in the entertainment industry, you know 'everybody', any artist in Miami. Regards, no intention to "advertise" nothing in Wikipedia, never! I like to make contributions, articles and specially my photos with high definition. Im sorry if I caused any conflict, but it is not my style. Feel free to correct my article, but let me apollogize if I did something wrong. Thank you so much. --Misty2011 (talk) 14:37, 16 March 2013 (UTC) The Signpost: 18 March 2013
Michelin starsYou may want to have a look at this: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of three Michelin starred restaurants in the United Kingdom. The user who created the nomination seems to have a secret list of Michelin star related articles he wants to delete which includes yours on the Netherlands and Ireland stars, and also someone is quoting your two star deletion discussion already in the arguments. Obviously I'm not asking for you to go in and yell keep at the top of your lungs, because if this actually a copyright problem then we might as well fix it before either of us pile anymore work into the subject. But I thought you would want to know before he/she starts to use the arguments from this deletion discussion when they get around to requesting the deletion of your articles too. Miyagawa (talk) 18:02, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
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I tried to put my point across in an intelligent manner, but however you reply in a polar opposite manner, an immature manner. Sorry, I wasn't aware that you own this site, and that no one else can contribute to Wikipedia but yourself. And, you have also shown that you don't just have poor punctuation but also poor vocabulary by using expletives, how refined of you. This is a free country, I can put whatever I want on this site, perhaps yourself would be better off in an un-free country, China for example. Maybe you should consider getting a proper job instead of surveying what people are doing on Wikipedia. The comments which I have placed on the "Dromoland Castle" page and other Wikipedia pages regarding hotels are based on first-hand and personal experiences of staying at these hotels on multiple occasions, what "experience" are your comments based on? B.R.E. Corkhill (talk) 15:53, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
- as he has been doing this to a whole list of people who he tries to intimidate - including myself - see below ! He uses the same culture on the Dutch wikipedia web site where they work in groups to attack contributors but now they are also bringing that culture to this web site too !Glemmens1940 (talk) 11:53, 2 April 2013 (UTC) We have featured articles on albums that have never charted, and there is no policy or guideline saying that only albums which have charted warrant articles. A number of decent sources have been found which cover the album, and it has been reviewed in several print publications. Perhaps you could reconsider? J Milburn (talk) 21:30, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
SockMmmm, I'm more than concerned with this outcome... it seems the whole thing was resolved offline and that the only restriction was to not open AfDs for a week. And, ironically, he now is proposing himself as a mediator for solving a dispute involving you. Funny how he's gaming the sistem! I was sure you had to do with him again, but not so fast! Cavarrone (talk) 03:40, 3 April 2013 (UTC) Kidz Bop 30 tracksI HAVE PROOF OF KIDZ BOP 1, 2, 3, 4, AND 5 3O TRACKS. 18 tracks is only for people who buy in stores. and your lying because the 19th track of Kidz Bop 5 isn't real. AND HAVE you even seen the Kidz Bop commercials because they say 30 tracks. I been trying to editing the Wiki Kidz Bop pages for months but "The Banner" tells me I vandalizing and I'm not. I AM THE BIGGEST KIDZ BOP FAN I know everything about them. Go here for the exclusive tracks: Unwell (from KidzBop 5) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR0MYYQOL-s Pinch Me (from KidzBop 2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTJ_3yN-vNI Who Let The Dogs Out? (from KidzBop 2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAFtEw3ip9s We're in Heaven (from KidzBop3) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAW7fMm5-LU All I Have (from KidzBop 4) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb1dvJDXdog Mmmbop (from KidzBop 1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TomcVZtS154 LaLaLa (from Kidz Bop 5 Cool Songs) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLcyGT8WONg NOW That I've shown you proof. CHANGE IT PLEASE! — Preceding unsigned comment added by GermanDude100 (talk • contribs) 00:05, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
YEAH BUT IT PROVING THAT THEY EXIST WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO TAKE PICTURE OF THE CDs AND SEND THEM TO YOU!!!? Better yet, give me your email address. I'll send you some tracks.
I'm sorry I'm getting mad but I've been trying to prove they exist forever. Bottom line is you know I'm right about these songs. Kidz Bop doesn't advertising them anyone. I guess the reason is because people were buying them in store instead on calling 1-800... or ordering online. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GermanDude100 (talk • contribs) 00:15, 3 April 2013 (UTC) So are you going to change it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by GermanDude100 (talk • contribs) 00:22, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
I JUST SAID I would send you a pictures the CDs because Kidz Bop / Razor & Tie doesn't advertise them. I just want the songs to viewable on the page. Where they come from isn't important, but where the proof of Kidz Bop 5's Track 19 that song doesn't exist. ALSO why do I have to have prove this to you? Wikipedia have never been a 100% reliable source? But anyway if you just leave the songs viewable on the page I'll be happy. THANK YOU Sorry if I seem angry.
Kidz Bop 1 & 2 has 30 tracks too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GermanDude100 (talk • contribs) 13:04, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
Ok just because most people don't have the exclusives track doens't mean it's false information. Do you even have these Kidz Bop CDs? — Preceding unsigned comment added by GermanDude100 (talk • contribs) 13:15, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
THIS is reliable information. Amazon & YouTube they are reliable it's obvious that it's not FAKE. You just want the info to be false. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GermanDude100 (talk • contribs) 13:24, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
HOW is YouTube not reliable source? It's obvious the videos are not FAKE. But I don't believe the Kidz Bop 5 "Something Moore" is real. Amazon won't let you buy it. HOW ABOUT IF I uploaded a 0:30 sample of each track. Would you FINALLY leave the page alone!? — Preceding unsigned comment added by GermanDude100 (talk • contribs) 01:54, 5 April 2013 (UTC) AFTER searching I FINALLY found a source. Turns out musicspacekids is advertising them again. Kidz Bop 5: http://shop.kidzbop.com/product.aspx?productid=46&categoryid=0&productcode=MS1153 Also if go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_on_Kidz_Bop_albums the complete lists Kidz Bop songs on Wikipedia the exclusives are list1ed. They have been for years AND WITH NO reference. Good thing I remember so now what do you gotta say?!!
HOW MANY TIMES DO I have to say Kidz Bop.com doesn't advertise them anymore. Here's a commercial for KidzBop 1 stating the 30 tracks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iH2jJLfR0o AND did you even look at the List of Kidz Bop songs on the Wiki becuase the exclusive tracks are listed. If you keep changing the page I just gonna keep changing it. I'm right and most of the Wiki pages don't have references. GO BOTHER ANOTHER PAGE!
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Clearly making mistakes can get you blocked. Okay, then I wait a few more days. The Banner talk 09:18, 8 April 2013 (UTC) The Signpost: 08 April 2013
GoodbyeIt is clear that you are obliviously working on some sort project to go through my contributions with a fine tooth comb. Get a Life!!!. you should perhaps calm your temper. I wish you no ill feeling but I will say goodbye to you. I do not intend to communicate with you again. others will deal with your disruptive attitude and your form of cyber-bulling. stavros1 ♣ 18:50, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
Cyber BullyingThis person - as you can see from above - might fall in the catagory of Cyber Bullies ?? He does NOT read the references of the new pages but goos immediately like a bulldog into the attack and without mentioning the reason nominates pages like - Adrianus Johannes Lemmens - for deletion. He is one of a group of Dutch Cyber bullies who first tried to bully me on the Dutch Wikipedia page and now tries to bring this same culture to the English Wikipedia. For instance on the page mentioned above he works with another one - Robotje (talk | contribs) - who also falls into that catagory when you look at his talkbox you can notice the same pattern ? They cowardly hide behind a pseudonyms and even more cowardly work in groups - they inform each other. What he does not realize is that Cyber Bullying is an offence in the U.K.! I think Scotland yard should be informed as Wikipedia English speaking page is in danger at present ? He does not seem to read other contributors pages or write his own pages on Wikipedia NL or Uk but only is out to criticise other contributors. What kind of person behaves in such a detrimental manner, I wonder ?? Glemmens1940 (talk) 10:16, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
Another blockSee User talk:RHaworth#Cyber bullying. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 15:28, 5 April 2013 (UTC) See below. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 22:34, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
WV and KY say Thank you!Hey there. Many thanks for the disambiguation links for places in Kentucky and West Virginia. Yes, I am being sincere. Most of the articles are ones I created and it is difficult to document the places as there were so very many. Your links help people and I for one wanted to say thanks. If I can help, let me now how. I guesstimate another 3 or 4 thousand such places in Kentucky and Virginia still need to be documented. I have only been able to document just under 2400 of them.Coal town guy (talk) 14:56, 13 April 2013 (UTC)
You won't fool everybody with you accusations, mr. Spammer.Hi, Dont understand why you have posted this on my talk page "You won't fool everybody with you accusations, mr. Spammer." are you accusing me of spamming? Regards --palmiped | Talk 13:52, 14 April 2013 (UTC)
ISBNIf you actually own this item, please verify that the 2001 Michelin Benelux actually has ISBN 2-06-006298-2 Parameter error in {{ISBN}}: checksum printed on it. Such a number is invalid per the ISBN specification, should never have been used, and hence if it actually was printed that way then it would be regarded as a publisher error. Such errors do happen occasionally, but very rarely, and it is for more common for invalid ISBNs to result from editor input errors. As far as WorldCat / Amazon / Google Books / etc. are concerned there is no such ISBN as 2-06-006298-2, so having it there is not actually helpful. I think it more likely though that volume corresponds to this with ISBN 2-06-000299-0, or equivalently ISBN 978-2-06-000299-6 on the 13-digit system. Dragons flight (talk) 23:18, 14 April 2013 (UTC)
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Paul RankinHi, I'm concerned about your attitude regarding the Paul Rankin article. In your last edit to the article you state a whitewash is being attempted regarding the flag protests. However the reference you yourself provided states it was only a confirmation of his decision, not the deciding factor. So if you could please explain why you are choosing to put your own spin on the references I would be very grateful. If I have misunderstood some part of this I will be happy to let you explain. Thanks & kind regards, Mark. Mark83 (talk) 19:06, 19 April 2013 (UTC) April 2013
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"Bag Lady"I did not plan to "add the cleaner and the receptionist of the studio to the people contributing to the song" to "Bag Lady", as they did not provide vocals nor instruments to the video. --Jax 0677 (talk) 01:30, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
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Biggest citiesHi there, I see you reverted my info on the biggest cities in Bosnia. The reference you are using at the moment is not accurate nor does it contain reliable numbers. This is a very disputed source and it does not have references to its datas. Another thing is that no cities in Bosnia have numbers within the city limits, only urban and municality statistics exists. Therefore so called city numbers are in most cases made up. As you can see from my update (if you checked my references at all), the update numbers are based on data from statiscial institutes in Bosnia with very accurate numbers and data. Therefore please put back my update as it contributes to improving the quality of the article.
About Annelies NuyHi The Banner. I usually annoy Drmies about articles in Dutch language and Dutch people, but I've decided to annoy you instead.
512 St. ClairThe infobox in 512 St. Clair was actually repaired. There is a problem in many articles and I don't know the origin, but they can usually be fixed by using {{infobox rdt}}. Except in this case the route diagram is overly large and crashes. Please take the time to look at what is really happening. Secondarywaltz (talk) 14:04, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
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Hi The Banner! I mainly edit in the German Wikipedia, also in the German article de:Alternative für Deutschland. So I looked, what happens here in the english version of the article. I think you're right in the conlusion, that the english version of the article has no neutral point of view. The party has a straight social media strategy and it seems, that the Wikipedia articles in the most important languages shall be a part of this strategy. The most IPs and contributors, which edited in the article, are German IPs and users in the German Wikipedia, e.g. User:Lukati and User:Ich901. User:Ich901 is temporarely banned in the German Wikipedia because of his non-neutral edits in the German article version and his behaviour against other users. You're also right with your conclusion, that some contributors to the article (Lukati, Ich901, some others and the most IPs) appear to have a close connection with the party. Many of them sympathise with the party. Maybe you could ask here in the WikiProject Germany or directly ask some users here in the WikiProject Germany to find some interested users (some of the users there write, that they're competent in German politics), who are more neutral and can help you to transform the Alternative for Germany into a neutral article. -- Many greetings from Germany to Ireland :-) -- Kleiner Stampfi (talk) 13:31, 14 May 2013 (UTC) AfD of Lotus RacingWhat the hell was that all about? — Jon C.ॐ 17:18, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
Content of Lotus RacingHi The Banner. Leaving aside piping issues for the moment, I'm fairly happy with the current content of Lotus Racing (i.e. the specific items listed above and below the "See also" heading). Do you think it's worth starting a discussion on the talk page about the content of the article at this point? Or do you think that moment has passed and it would actually hinder rather than help? DH85868993 (talk) 23:54, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
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...think that's sufficiently news-worthy and fully sourced...?
DraftLooks good. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 18:01, 21 May 2013 (UTC) The Signpost: 20 May 2013
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WP:FOOD Needs You!Hi there The Banner! I've noticed you have yourself listed as a member of the Food and Drink Wikiproject. Unfortunately it looks like the project has been slowly sliding into inactivity except for a couple of people. That makes me a sad potato, and nobody likes a sad potato amirite? If you'd like to turn my frown upside down, can you do two small things? First off, go here and add {{Tick}} ( Second, go to the project talkpage and participate in a discussion about how to make the project more active, and how to go about making articles in our area of interest a lot better. You don't want to make me cry, do you? Potatoes have a lot of eyes you know. So come on, join in! :) — The Potato Hose 18:30, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
Template:OlivierAward LightingDesignTwo years ago when I started creating Olivier award templates, I just followed the format of other stage and film acting templates and formatted them all in 20 or 25 year segments. It cuts down on the number of links being transcluded into really important bios.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 20:34, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
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Jax's templatesRegarding those templates, I don't even know how "guest musicians" on one or two tracks can be worthy of inclusion in a navbox for a band. Just more examples, albeit older ones, on how Jax thought he can do the bare minimum that doesn't necessarily benefit the encyclopedia. Going strictly by the wording of NENAN, I don't feel these two don't meet the threshhold. --StarcheerspeaksnewslostwarsTalk to me 16:58, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
Irish neutralityHello, I've undone your edit on this article, it is hardly irrelevant to state the consequences of the Irish Free State's neutrality, especially considering the preceding comment about how technological advances had reduced the Treaty Ports relevance. I'm perfectly happy to negotiate with you to modify the article so it pleases us both but ask that you don't just arbitarily remove my contribution without some compromise to form a NPOV Shamrockawakening — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shamrockawakening (talk • contribs) 23:01, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
Would you explain?Hi, banner. I'm BlueSkyWhiteSun (talk) 06:55, 2 June 2013 (UTC). Would you explain why my contribution on Sōryū-class submarine and Joseon missions to Japan is not constructive?--BlueSkyWhiteSun (talk) 06:55, 2 June 2013 (UTC) And onemore question, Do you think things in history that you think it is not a constructive should be removed?--BlueSkyWhiteSun (talk) 07:09, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
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Nominating templates for deletionYou can nominate up to 20 templates for one discussion. If templates go under one rationale, then it could be clumped together into one discussion. Kingjeff (talk) 05:15, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
I really not going to insist on it this time. But it's just easier to put them together and to have a discussion on it in one place. If you're worried that all templates will fall under one result just because they're together, Here is an AfD with two results in it. Kingjeff (talk) 21:26, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
Looks good. Kingjeff (talk) 23:43, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
ITE_College_EastThis is ITE College East we are not advertising or promotion, we are an institution and we are stating the information on our website. Please stop editing our page. Thank you. —Preceding undated comment added 03:19, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
Amazing!There are no templates with links to disambiguation pages. Not one! A very rare occasion! Hallelujah! The Banner talk 23:25, 10 June 2013 (UTC) I had to undo your edit because there was no discussion linked to. Would you mind nominating the template again? --217/83 17:22, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
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Templates: broadly construedWhat do you think about Jax adding existing templates to articles or creating articles in attempt to influence opinion for templates at TfD? Both seem to be a way to continue his activity with templates. --StarcheerspeaksnewslostwarsTalk to me 04:58, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
To make it clear, I am checking all templates of Jax. Unfortunately, due to the sheer volume of launched templates I only check on WP:NENAN. Sometimes I improve incomplete templates, sometimes I give them the go ahead due to their potential to comply to NENAN later. I do not check the quality of the underlying links. Assuming good faith, I expect that Jax has enough self-respect not to move into dodgy, sloppy articles but will produce quality articles that really add something to Wikipedia. By now, I would say that I have to hammer/improve about 20%-25% off all templates, what is a horrible high number... The Banner talk 12:01, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
Waiting for improvement as incompleteChecking on completeness is only done at random with extra attention to bands/musicians I know.
Waiting for improvement as messy and unclear
Waiting for improvement as piping is too difficult
Not gaming the system?Is this just a not-so-funny backdoor or is this not allowed? See: Jax on Frietjes talkpage. The Banner talk 20:12, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
Are you an expert of Bulgarian politics?Just asking. If you want to make improvement of style here, do it. I don't guarantee to write properly even in Bulgarian when outraged with despicable socialist politics. --Aleksd (talk) 22:36, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
Speedy deletion contested: Cologne Business SchoolHello The Banner, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I contested the speedy deletion of Cologne Business School, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Not unambiguously promotional. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 19:40, 16 June 2013 (UTC) ThanksHello The Banner, Thanks for all your instructions. I just started my work on Wikipedia, and I would like to be constructive like you. I went through some pages to edit. I read about reliable and secondary references and added to a page. I want to edit more, thanks for your instruction. I started on apache and I would like to work on others. Can you advise me whether I researched good and added enough citations to the page started. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mediaoutlets (talk • contribs) 03:45, 17 June 2013 (UTC) Hello Ban, should the page I am editing be like this one http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meir_Javedanfar . This one has no reference and only three lines. Hello Banner, your suggestions are helpful. What should be done?
Ok, I will probably stop editing. I just wanted to help. I just added almost 45 reference and secondary citations to the page which had been there several years Majid Rafizadeh, even adding to references to words. I was trying to start on Alireza Nader, Mehdi Khalaji, and Karim Sadjadpour. But it is ok. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mediaoutlets (talk • contribs) 03:03, 18 June 2013 (UTC) activistHello Banner, The page, Rafizadeh, has been significantly revised and edited based on your suggestions to remove bias, negative, and major contributor's words. Farhikht removed everything that were added by the major contributor and major contributor's account has more likely been warned. The page has turned into what it was originally published without issues listed. Someone who publicly says does not like the human rights activism of the subject and posted negative things, blanked the page, but other professional editor returned the page. Would you check? Remobk (talk) 15:28, 18 June 2013 (UTC) Meet someone to talk towhat is your problem? because you obviously have one. you have your own rules of editing that have nothing in common with even having a little respect of the work of other editors. --Aleksd (talk) 19:20, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
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BadenHello. I would like to elaborate on the rationale behind these edits [7][8]. 'Baden' and 'Württemberg' are historically ambiguous names; they may refer either to a series of historical polities or to their respective historical regions. Especially in the case of 'Württemberg' none of the historical polities could be described as a primary topic in either English or German usage. That is why the German Wikipedia has a dab page for 'Baden' and a geography-related article about Württemberg and that is why the English one should have them, too (see Baden and Württemberg and note that 'Württemberg' was also a geography-related article in the English Wikipedia until -Ilhador- sneakily made this merging without prior discussion; this edit was also a copyvio since he just copypasted text from one Wikipedia article to another without proper attribution). Of course, I do recognize that redirecting 'Württemberg' to 'Württemberg (disambiguation)' is also problematic since 'Württemberg' is currently linked from a large number of articles. But we can solve this by directing these ambiguous links to articles dealing with the specific meaning intended. A sidenote: User:Jack Bufalo Head who created the afore-mentioned redirects [9][10] is a blocked sockpuppet of User:-Ilhador-: almost all of this user's redirects are highly controversial. Since January 2012 -Ilhador-'s agenda has been to substitute the use of Electoral for the adjective 'Palatine' and promote use of 'Palatine' only in the noun-form of 'Palatinate' — unlike standard English (which prefers, e.g., 'Elector Palatine') (see the relevant discussions here and here). This editor's changes tend to confuse historical polities with geographical regions. This editor's redirects in which they identified 'Baden' with the 'Grand Duchy of Baden' and 'Württemberg' with the 'Kingdom of Württemberg' were sudden and unilateral changes that followed a similar agenda. --Omnipaedista (talk) 23:22, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
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Closed discussion at Talk:2012 Delhi gang rape caseHi, When i closed the discussion, I was kindof hoping that nobody would reply now. Obviously the editor needs to know a lot more about Wikipedia policies, and if I had closed before they got a chance to make the latest replies, I suppose we would have to deal with another bout of dramah. Can I request you to remove your reply to him and move it to his talk page? That way, the article talk page won't need to be spammed with irrelevant discussion and pointing of fingers. Cheers, TheOriginalSoni (talk) 15:22, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
Dispute resolution noticeboard - Name of victim of 2012 Delhi rapeExtremely sorry I posted it on it's talk page by mistake. TransVannian (talk) 18:29, 16 July 2013 (UTC) Hello! There is a DR/N request you may have interest in.![]() This message is being sent to let you know of a discussion at the Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard regarding a content dispute discussion you may have participated in. Content disputes can hold up article development and make editing difficult for editors. You are not required to participate, but you are both invited and encouraged to help find a resolution. The thread is "2012 Delhi gang rape case". Please join us to help form a consensus. Thank you! EarwigBot operator / talk 19:09, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
Enough is enoughHow many times do I have to tell you to not to comment on my talk page. Can't you understand what I am saying. Stop trying to harass me. Next time you paste a comment on my talk page and won't even think once before reporting you at ANI. TransVannian (talk) 09:35, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
I found coverage about him, about his work, and he has his own Nintendo video game. SL93 (talk) 00:43, 18 July 2013 (UTC) Talking GMOhi banner, as i said on the Talk page, hi! nice to hear you there. i did realize that you saw the RfC and came to join - that is why I welcomed you! anyway, thank you for toning down your last comment. folks have been remarkable civil so far... hope we can keep it that way. (don't know you if you remember me - we worked on a couple of organic articles together in what i thought was a good interaction) Jytdog (talk) 21:56, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
and when an academic publishes something, you also have to know that there are all kinds of forces on him or her that distort results. The journal Nature has been really honing in on crappy research that gets published (see here for example). Publish or perish is a real deal - and so people cherry pick their data (throwing results that don't fit the hypothesis), they make lame statistical analyses based on very small Ns.. that sort of thing. And of course journals don't publish negative results which puts more pressure on researchers to find something positive to claim. My point is that nobody's work should be dismissed out of hand - everybody's work should be read critically. Of course you look at the published work of folks with a clear conflict of interest with more care, but you don't start with a presumption that it is fabricated BS... that is what is unreasonable. I respect careful, critical thinking a great deal! Blind enthusiasm, or blind rejection, I struggle with. And to the extent that you have written things that are hand-wavy dismissive of research funded by companies, you are indeed getting pushback on that from me and others. On the other hand, if you were to pick up a study funded by BayerCrop science and show that paper's flaws, and surmise that they were due to skewing done to serve Bayer's interests, that would be a different story (there would be concrete flaws to discuss). (Congrats on spotting the Irish bubble btw! I hope your clear vision spared you some pain) Jytdog (talk) 13:47, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
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Johnnyminardi and Sean O'KeefeHi, The Banner. I've mentioned you in a reply to User:Johnnyminardi at WP:HD#Sean OKeefe discography. --ColinFine (talk) 16:48, 19 July 2013 (UTC) The Signpost: 24 July 2013
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About your comment about an article I wroteHi, Banner! My main source for the article about historical inheritance systems is Murdock's "Ethnographic Atlas". I have recently gained access to the complete version of this precious work and I planned to add many more peoples to the list, beginning with those who employ patrilineal primogeniture and ending with those who employ completely egalitarian inheritance, but your comment made me reconsider my decision. Thank you!Ansegam (talk) 13:28, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
I ask you for a little patience. Writing in Wikipedia is not my only occupation, I have other things to do as well. I have split the article into different sections as you asked me, and I have also added more peoples to the lists as you wanted. I have to solve the links to disambiguation pages yet, and I assure you I will dedicate all my efforts to it this weekend. Is that ok with you? ~~Ansegam — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ansegam (talk • contribs) 06:49, 2 August 2013 (UTC) Hmmm, I think I have solved most links to disambiguation pages. Please, if you don't mind, check my article to see if most links are now solved. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.77.189.3 (talk) 13:08, 5 August 2013 (UTC) A Wikimeet is proposed for Northern Ireland in the next few months. If you have never been to one, this is an opportunity to meet other Wikipedians in an informal atmosphere for Wiki and non-Wiki related chat and for beer or food if you like. Most take place on a Sunday afternoon in a suitable pub but other days and locations can also work. Experienced and new contributors are all welcome. This event is definitely not restricted just to discussion of Northern Ireland topics. Please add your suggestions for place and date to the discussion page here: Proposed Northern Ireland Wiki Meetup. Philafrenzy (talk) 12:17, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Issues with my Wiki articleDear The Banner, thank you for alerting me to the issues with my Wiki contribution. I had to research and add to the page of composer Mark Chan for my school project. I removed some information from the article after suggestions from my teacher and classmates today. Could you so kindly review the page again and let me know what else I can do to improve on it, please? I appreciate your help. Thank you. Jwyj (talk) 18:03, 9 August 2013 (UTC)
2003 – Little Toys: jointly commissioned by the Hong Kong and Singapore Arts Festivals 2003, Little Toys premiered in Hong Kong in February 2003 to a standing ovation and 5 curtain calls on its opening night[1]. It continued to win widespread critical acclaim in Singapore, Shanghai, Paris and Copenhagen[2]. Chan wrote a score to the Chinese classic silent film of the same title, starring 1930s screen goddess Ruan Lingyu as a courageous yet soft-hearted toy maker[3], who refuses proposal of a rich man to elope with her to Shanghai but instead chooses to be with her ailing husband and children[4] during the tumultuous period of war in China. Little Toys was performed at the Images of Asia 2003 in Copenhagen[5]. In 2007, Little Toys was performed at the Shanghai Concert Hall as part of the Singapore Season, a showcase of Singapore arts and culture in Beijing and Shanghai[6]. It was praised for being the only show throughout the entire series of events that had a Shanghai connection[7]. Chan selected Little Toys after watching 15 silent films. He described the film as “the hardest one to set to music.” Together with composer Belinda Foo, Chan orchestrated his score for erhu, pipa, cello, piano, percussion, guanzi, and assorted keyboards. He provided the vocals and played keyboards and winds himself during the production[8]. The historical setting of the movie moved Chan because it was about a China trying to move forward as a country. Chan admired Ruan’s portrayal of an “artistic, entrepreneurial and determined woman.” The scope and breadth of the story allowed for grand and intimate musical themes[9].
2003 – Little Toys: jointly commissioned by the Hong Kong and Singapore Arts Festivals 2003, Little Toys premiered in Hong Kong in February 2003.[1]. It got critical acclaim in Singapore, Shanghai, Paris and Copenhagen[2]. Chan wrote a score to the Chinese 1933 silent film of the same title.[3][4] He orchestrated his score for erhu, pipa, cello, piano, percussion, guanzi, and assorted keyboards.[5].
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More questions? Just ask! Happy editing! The Banner talk 22:12, 9 August 2013 (UTC)
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Edit warring on Cinc SentitsIt sure would have been nice if you had engaged on the talk page before repeating your removal on Cinc Sentits. Toddst1 (talk) 23:29, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
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Deletion of Cumann StaireYes, the page is used, used to promote the history and to inform about the society. I fail to understand why it has been deleted. It is informative about the society which is one of the oldest societies in europe, been host to many notable speakers, had some very notable and esteemed members and was the first ucg society to have been addressed by the president of Ireland. Is wikipedia mission not to inform and provide information, why then so delete the page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johndevlin14 (talk • contribs) 16:14, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
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Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/MusicGreetings! You have been randomly selected to receive an invitation to participate in the request for comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Music. Should you wish to respond to the invitation, your contribution to this discussion will be very much appreciated! If in doubt, please see suggestions for responding. If you do not wish to receive these types of notices, please remove your name from Wikipedia:Feedback request service. — RFC bot (talk) 04:16, 19 August 2013 (UTC) Thanks for the help eliminating the disamb pages.Rosencomet (talk) 23:12, 19 August 2013 (UTC) List of Canadians by Net WorthSeeking opinion... Since you hate lists so much (Ahem, Travelers' Century Club), can you take a look at this... List of Canadians by net worth? Single source, the actual info behind the paywall, etc. Would it not constitute a copyvio?Truther2012 (talk) 21:23, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
Apparently, so. Maybe I'm missing your derived comment - the list has to be the same down to the order of the names, by definition... Truther2012 (talk) 21:26, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
So as long as it is not the entire 'Top 100' it's ok? Truther2012 (talk) 21:37, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
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Can you please explain the relevance criteria for biographical articles, thanks.Sealman (talk) 20:30, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
Hello The Banner - I noticed that you removed references to Elite Traveler Magazine in a dozen or so articles. Perhaps you don't realize that this is an actual bona fide print magazine, and a clearly eligible citation for Wikipedia, see WP:RS. Your edits to the magazine's article on Wikipedia seemed to launch your process, and I agree that it lacked proper references itself. For convenience, I have undone your blanket removals. I have not considered the merits of your removals of the word Elite from other articles. Best regards,--Nixie9✉ 03:31, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
WT:FoodNote: There is also a proposal at the page regarding the Sandbox 2 page, initiated by another editor. I've moved the discussion thread you contributed to directly below the first proposal. (It's possible you didn't see the first proposal, so sending you this message). Thanks for your input there. Northamerica1000(talk) 05:45, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
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Schools' notabilityJust a friendly word that I find your comments in the current discussion are no longer constructive. If you would like a reasonable outcome to these discussions on school notability, please consider helping to keep them on an even keel. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 00:41, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
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Miss Commonwealth Beauty PageantThanks for your clean-up of Miss Multiverse and its related pages. Now, we are facing another same case of Miss Commonwealth Beauty Pageant, its author tried to make his/her beauty pageant become important and the same quality of premier and long history pageants of Miss Universe or Miss World (evidence). I really appreciate your hard work here. Best regards. Angelo De La Paz (talk) 23:37, 15 September 2013 (UTC) Hello, I notice that the Miss Commonwealth Pageant has been tagged for deletion-to clarify these it is difficult to get direct information in relation to the peagant because most of the girls who participate have different titles from other peagants/or are models example girls contsesting for 'our world of beauty'http://our-worldofbeauty.com/beauty-pageants/miss-commonwealth-portugal-2013/ get to represent the country in the finals at miss commonwealth and that is why they call it "investiture ceremony".It has a long history http://www.thebahamasweekly.com/publish/news/Bahamas_Queens_at_Miss_World_1966_-_2010_-_Miss_World_60th_Anniversary12663.shtml especially in the bahamas and caribbean, and has evolved to a more a stable platform in the past few years. Hope this gives some clarity? Thanks deefaith — Preceding unsigned comment added by Deefaith (talk • contribs) 15:46, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
Keeping things linearWhen you responded to my comment on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Miss Commonwealth Beauty Pageant, you place your new comment directly beneath your own initial nomination rationale, rather than beneath my comment. This makes it difficult to understand the flow of the discussion. In the future, when adding to a discussion such as this, it is best to either add your comment at the end of the page (with a proper reference to whom you are responding, such as "@WikiDan61") or to place your comment directly below (and indented from) the comment to which you are replying. This makes the flow of the discussion much easier to understand. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 12:54, 17 September 2013 (UTC) Incivility and Personal AttacksI'm not going to do anything, not even a template, because I'm too involved with you on various discussions. However, I would like to remind you that your comments do not go unnoticed in various places and on various users' talk pages, and sooner or later someone - perhaps not even an admin - may take exception and a raise a formal inquiry. Just take this as friendly advice. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 14:28, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
Changes to Template:Roc Nation SportsThe template is not to be deleted because is made only for an article about a sports management company. I appreciate it if you'd not do that again. Thanks.DBrown SPS 05:53, 18 September 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by DBrown SPS (talk • contribs)
NotabilityI was just wondering...can these websites be considered as reliable sources for references: http://www.trademarkia.com , http://dig.do , http://www.statscrop.com ?Midnight modding (talk) 12:31, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
SPI on AnsegamHi, I opened a sockpuppet investigation on Ansegam here. Thought you might want to present or possibly refute evidence, but either way thought you might want to be involved. Microphonicstalk 16:53, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
Hello, I'm Ansegam. Well, perhaps The Banner is right in his accusations, but, as Bulatovic says, I didn't write that article to "troll" the Wikipedia; quite the contrary, I made the mistake of writing excessive information because I wanted to write an article that could satisfy everyone's needs, and give the information about the historical inheritance system that he or she could want from any culture. Obviously, that's an ideal impossible to fulfill, but I had that ideal in mind when I wrote my article. You say that such style is "un-encyclopedical" and you are probably right, but I am a little too perfectionistic and couldn't resist the urge to make an article as perfect and complete as possible. Of course, with all the discomfort I have caused among some editors, I won't add any more information to my article, nor will I write any article so long again. I apologise for not understanding Wikipedia's quality standards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ansegam (talk • contribs) 15:58, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
Hello, The Banner. I split my article into different sections as you told me. I hope my article is more readable now. Microphonics' account has been shut down because he has been accused of sockpuppetry... It is fairly ironical. Well, regardless of the truth or falsity behind that accusation, I have doubts about the viability of his AfD now that he's gone. Will the deletion be nevertheless carried out? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ansegam (talk • contribs) 19:41, 20 September 2013 (UTC) RIPI just wrote up Johannes van Dam. Drmies (talk) 01:22, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
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I cannot edit my articleHello, The Banner. I split up my article into different sections as you told me; however, when I tried to relocate the part where I talk about an study of 39 non-western societies around the world to the section "Other sources", I couldn't. It is now in the section "Empirical data", separated from the rest of subsections, which is not its proper place, of course. It is a pity because I had also included more concrete information of that study. My edit is visible only to me, not to unlogged users. Please, I ask for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ansegam (talk • contribs) 13:15, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
How should I split it into several articles? I didn't separate my article into sections according to geographical areas, but according to other things (like "empirical data" or "social stratification"). I would like to know your opinion about the matter. After all, it's you the only one who is constantly pressuring me to reform my article... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ansegam (talk • contribs) 11:48, 1 October 2013 (UTC) The Signpost: 25 September 2013
Hi, any objection to this category being split into more cities? Makes sense for Rotterdam and the Hague, but ideally a city would have at least 5 restaurants with articles on here to make it worth splitting further I think..♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:25, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
Perhaps by province might work after Maastricht although as you say they're already organized by province in template, thanks anyway and keep up the good work!♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:58, 30 September 2013 (UTC) Wikiproject Food and Drink Newsletter - October 2013
Jet set articleHello, the article cited by the edit you removed was entitled "the new jet set: a psychographic analysis of luxury spending". The Wikipedia article begins by mentioning "wealthy people who traveled the world to participate in social activities unavailable to ordinary people." Could you please explain at Talk:Jet set why an article focusing specifically on the subject of this article is irrelevant to the article? If you think demographic information is irrelevant to "history", should we create a new section for it? Shawnc (talk) 23:30, 3 October 2013 (UTC) Please comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject MicrosoftGreetings! You have been randomly selected to receive an invitation to participate in the request for comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Microsoft. Should you wish to respond to the invitation, your contribution to this discussion will be very much appreciated! If in doubt, please see suggestions for responding. If you do not wish to receive these types of notices, please remove your name from Wikipedia:Feedback request service. — Legobot (talk) 00:00, 4 October 2013 (UTC) Your edit on "List of Bollywood films of 2012"Your edit isn't good because it leaves an error! — Preceding unsigned comment added by BBINDFAN (talk • contribs) 20:32, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at List of Bollywood films of 2012. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Administrators have the ability to block users from editing if they repeatedly engage in vandalism. Thank you. Stop using bad references that don't work and let people fix the error message that keeps showing up on the "Other Successful Movies".
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Talkback![]() Message added 11:37, 1 October 2013 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. ☯ Bonkers The Clown \(^_^)/ Nonsensical Babble ☯ 11:37, 1 October 2013 (UTC) Hello!Hi The Banner! I am sure you're a busy editor and regret that I haven't had the pleasure of interacting with you until now. Nail clubbing is associated with chronic airflow limitation (although not COPD), although it is also associated with other conditions, such as hypothyroidism. I initially assumed your first edit was a malfunctioning bot whilst you were batch editing articles. Hope you're well, LT90001 (talk) 09:54, 7 October 2013 (UTC)
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October, 2013Please respect WP:BRD and do not edit war, as you have been doing in attempt to remove a citation link at Frédy Girardet. You should use the talk page to explain and attempt to gain consensus for any disputed edits. To clarify this specific case, gayot.com is on the spam blacklist but the link in question is not spam at all. It is a reliable source that adequately supports the cited fact, namely that Giradet is a critic of molecular gastronomy. Neither the site, nor the use of the link on that article, fits any reasonable definition of spam or unreliable source. For your information, the website was added to the blacklist because people apparently connected with the company were spamming the encyclopedia by adding an undue number of links, in order to prevent COI misconduct. That is not the case here. The link in question was added before the incident, and flagged by a disputed bot. Removing links without due attention is one of the problems caused by the bot. I'll revert as soon as the page goes off protection; if you disagree please feel free to use the talk page or follow other process. - Wikidemon (talk) 13:57, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
Could you please explain me about the removal of text from Bioreactor page?Hello The Banner I would like to know the reason for removing the texts from the page Bioreactor. Could you please help me to know about it? Because, it was about the new developments and improvements in that field of study which the user should know. It was more of a technical information about the bioreactor design. And discospinster told me that you are the one who removed the text and also the page lead to disambiguation pages. Moreover, the information present on the page now itself have faults and irrelevant information here and there. The text that was added by me would, for sure, give a clear idea about the present problems and solutions in the design of a bioreactor. Is the text removal that you had done related with the references and disambiguation pages? Then, it is possible to add more research papers on this context and remove the links to those disambiguation pages. Thank you for your help. Roja (talk) 07:42, 8 October 2013 (UTC) Roja
List of cities...etc.I'll replace it when done with the province. It is a disaster with phantom entries, omissions, misspellings, miscapitalizations, other errors, and a dearth of references. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 17:10, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
Only write about people?I had a major SCOMN (snorted coffee out my nose) moment when your post on Drmies page led me to this. But your comments there did give me an idea: If you are wanting to write BLPs about people, there are dozens of jockey articles on women riders (as well as a lot of the male ones too) that badly need cleanup, and I'm taking some tentative steps to try and find some people interested in working as a team on them. Recently, I found a particularly interesting one on an Australian who came to the states named Kayla Stra. She's particularly interesting because she's had to deal with even more sexism than even the average woman jockey faces — she's a new mom who is still riding races, trying to breastfeed her infant in the jockey's room, and that caused all sorts of drama for California racing officials this past summer. Anyway, her article needs serious help, but I don't have a lot of time to tackle it solo, but often will find more time if someone wants to collaborate on a project. Not sure if you are interested in BLPs of women who are athletes, but if a unique personality adds some drama, let me know. Another one is Julie Krone who just was inducted into the Women's Hall of Fame a couple days ago. Montanabw(talk) 21:04, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SintendWhat is it that you have against me. Is it wrong for me to agree with another user who is editing an article? Do you think that i'm going to put up with you bulldozing me and threatening me. If you continue this i'm going to report you to the Arbitration committee. Please stop harrassing me with vapid claims of vandalism and Sockpuppetry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sintend (talk • contribs) 20:36, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
Limerick: Revision historyPlease if you are going to edit an article I have put days of work into make sure your sources and figures check out (Sintend (talk) 21:24, 20 October 2013 (UTC))
Just thought you'd like to know, Wikidemon readded that citation without any discussion on the article's talk page. Transcendence (talk) 21:04, 22 October 2013 (UTC)
I am not surehow you did that, but you are welcome. I actually have a lot of thoughts about that page, but am reluctant about leaping into another editor's space. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 23:56, 22 October 2013 (UTC)
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Please see if it is now more to your liking (and WP standards). :-) Carlossuarez46 (talk) 22:21, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
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List of terrorist incidentsYou might wanna check out the talk page, I added my two cents. Thanks! Skycycle (talk) 13:02, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
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I guess you are looking at wrong version during reverts. Please take a look at the template as it is and say what is wrong with it. - Altenmann >t 17:04, 2 November 2013 (UTC)
Why are identifying features are product spamHello The Banner - Could you please elaborate why mentioning distinctive product features such as linux, or a PV array are considered product spam by your book? There's no positive or negative wording in there, just merely stating how the product operates. [User:DSNR|DSNR]] (talk) 09:54, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
Hello, i writing you, because i can't understand what you delete my article about the Romanian presenter, Andreea Marin, this was my work for a day, to collect informations etc., please revert the version I edit with the reliable sources. Thanks --2A02:2F0E:D0AF:FFFF:0:0:BC18:8C24 (talk) 07:10, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
China Entertainment NetworkI came across this as a reviewer. Someone massively added to the previous stub. You might like to have a look. StevenJ81 (talk) 01:55, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
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I beg your pardon!?And is there any need for the snotty edit summary, such as this one? I take it that you are exempt from WP:AGF? Wesley Mᴥuse 23:54, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
Oh, OK. I fixed the error on that template though, which I would like to thank you for pointing it out to me. I thought I had put semi-finalists, but mustn't have done. I noticed too on your main page that you speak Dutch fluently. Would you be able to help me out with translation of a few Dutch articles that could do with English language version, for (and you're going to hate me for this) Junior Eurovision 2013? Wesley Mᴥuse 01:18, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
List of German paintersThanks for fixing the disambig links - I was going to work through them (honest!) Lugnuts Dick Laurent is dead 08:49, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
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Please noteThe Afd process is not where you choose the items that stay in the article from your perspective, most of wikipedia process requires consensus, most of the comments at the afd have not been answered, and in fact you have shown little understanding of the context of the organisation in Australia, and the actual issues arising. The revert you have just made has not answered the questions raised at the afd. I would strongly suggest you step back from your concern that such articles shouldnt exist, as you are WP:OWNING your blah blah analysis too easily. I suggest that each part of your edit, now that you have reverted mine, needs examining. I have no further comment apart from what I made at the afd, see you at the review. cheers assume you know the ropes in relation (a) to the review (b) 3rr satusuro 02:40, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
I was not defending the errors of the article, or the problematic parts that you illustrate, but am concerned just the admitted bias that you have clearly indicated to articles like that, and what you consider to be promotion or advertising - there might be other ways of looking at it. Also the blahblah and big words and nice attack are assuming a way of interacting that in my mind do not show good faith. I would much prefer a wikipedia, where we acknowledge different ways of looking at things, and can actually still co-operate and sort our problems. satusuro 02:54, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
Disambiguation link fixing one-day contestI have decided to put on a mini-contest within the November 2013 monthly disambiguation contest, on Saturday, November 23 (UTC). I will personally give a $20 Amazon.com gift card to the disambiguator who fixes the most links on that server-day (see the project page for details on scoring points). Since we are not geared up to do an automated count for that day, at 00:00, 23 November 2013 (UTC) (which is 7:00 PM on November 22, EST), I'll take a screenshot of the project page leaderboard. I will presume that anyone who is not already listed on the leaderboard has precisely nine edits. At 01:00, 24 November 2013 (UTC) (8:00 PM on November 23, EST), I'll take a screenshot of the leaderboard at that time (the extra hour is to give the board time to update), and I will determine from that who our winner is. I will credit links fixed by turning a WP:DABCONCEPT page into an article, but you'll have to let me know me that you did so. Here's to a fun contest. Note that according to the Daily Disambig, we currently have under 256,000 disambiguation links to be fixed. If everyone in the disambiguation link fixers category were to fix 500 links, we would have them all done - so aim high! Cheers! bd2412 T 02:03, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
Can you please explain the template you added?I was wondering if you could explain what you mean by "may require copy editing for excessive external links (some just wrong wikilinks)" in the article on Nicholas Amer that I expanded. I am new to editing on Wikipedia and of course I'm still learning. I thought I had done a thorough job on this. Can you provide some examples of what you mean? I may be able to correct them myself. Many thanks Scriptorscorpionis (talk) 21:31, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
England![]() To avoid being blocked, instead of reverting please consider using the article's talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. See BRD for how this is done. You can post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection. . PS: You need to discuss this on the article talk page, not try to have a discussion via reversions and edit summaries. Ghmyrtle (talk) 10:10, 19 November 2013 (UTC)
Ghmyrtle thanks for the tip, again you are very helpful. The Banner - Your comments are a little unfair and gratuitous to describe recent edits to the sports section as 'fluffy'. While I do intend on adding further text to the sport in England page, I believe that sport itself deserves relevant notation on the page England page itself. Why therefore is there mention of cricket and football but not england's success in golf and motor racing. However, you are right, the section is beginning to increase in size which defeats the object of other sections. However, I would argue that sport in england is at the top of cultural life and it deserved adequate notation. If you wish to remove the comments I will not dispute them again. Just want to make my point. But I have removed the images I added in the hope you accept this. Stufroguk (talk) 10:54, 19 November 2013 (UTC) I have further edited the text by reducing the content of the sailing and golf paragraphs in the hope that this will suffice. I will no longer add content to this page but rather to the page where the majority of sport content should be, as you suggested, on the Sport in England page. Thanks
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Llantos de Sangre listed at Redirects for discussion![]() An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Llantos de Sangre. Since you had some involvement with the Llantos de Sangre redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). The Banner talk 12:41, 2 December 2013 (UTC) Do you think you could move your comment to the choosing colours subsection. That ought to get the ball rolling in the right place. Best, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 15:39, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
HiHi Im new to this entire Wiki thing and find it very confusing an quite interesting. Im curious about something. I work for the management company that works with producer Jason Nevins. I see you keep editing his page and deleting the long list of official remixes he has done over the years. You seem to know quite a bit about the working of Wikipedia. Can you please tell me why you keep doing this ? Also, why do you find certain peoples pages to attack ? No one is trying to lie about his career - these are things he has actually done and have been released and by you deleting them, you are the one who is trying to defraud and alter information that is true and useful. Please let me know why you keep doing this. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Popmusicgirl1988 (talk • contribs) 04:55, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
I just read your response. We would like to be able to put up this information that you keep deleting in the way that is "ok for you and Wikipedia". Im still not sure how you can be a deciding factor on what stays or goes on a Wiki page but I guess since you know more than I do- Ill have to go by what you suggest. Please tell me the "correct" way to post his discography since you seem to think the previous way was not ok. We dont mind doing things the "right way" if that's what it takes. We would just like you to stop deleting real information. He has remixed so many songs over the years, all which have been official and hired by the labels- we dont know how to prove each release. Some releases even though were hired and paid by the label may have not been a consumer retail release but official nevertheless. You claim you are "maintaining the pages" but if you had simply Googled any of the remixes listed you could have found information on the internet regarding each said remix. That list is not "advertising" as you put it but factual information of legitimate releases. By you just deleting the entire section- YOU are claiming that none of them are real or factual, which is obviously ridiculous as our client has been in the business for over 20 years with a huge discography. Please let me know how to have this section put back. Thank you kindly.Popmusicgirl1988 (talk) 05:28, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
Yeah- I read it. Why is this ok then ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Aoki His page is no different than Jason's. Instead of pointing us to pages- why not tell us exactly what has to be done to make it right. We looked up a lot of things in Wikipedia and posting factual information such as his remix discography seems perfectly fine to post but AGAIN for some reason- you think you are the king of wikipedia and you can just decide to take it off. Help us do the way that you think it should be done so it can be posted rather than telling us to look at some COI article that makes no sense. Popmusicgirl1988 (talk) 03:15, 6 December 2013 (UTC) Zeg, grote windIk doe dit ff in het Nederlands, want we praten natuurlijk niet graag over dit onderwerp in het openbaar. Ik probeer al een paar dagen lang de nederlandse plee op de kaart te zetten, en zo'n ding heet toch "vlakspoeltoiletpot" (of een variatie daarop, met "closet" misschien). Probleem is, ik kan niks vinden, niet eens voor "vlakspoel", behalve een oud artikeltje uit de Kijk en een zootje sanitairsites. Het nederlandse "Toilet" artikel noemt het wel maar geeft natuurlijk geen bronnen. Is er een ander woord voor, een woord dat ik nooit geleerd heb? Bij voorbaat dank! Drmies (talk) 05:01, 23 November 2013 (UTC)
Varo Venturi - pageHello, I would need some help with this page: [[15]], it has some issues that I don't know how to fix. It is pratically the translation of the italian page: [[16]] and I would like also to link them together. Any advice and changes will be very precious for me, as I am a beginner here on wikipedia and my native language is not english. Thank you! Brainstorming85 (talk) 10:17, 4 December 2013 (UTC)Brainstorming85Brainstorming85 (talk) 10:17, 4 December 2013 (UTC) The Signpost: 04 December 2013
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Country Club PlazaHello. I'd like to direct your attention to Talk:Country Club Plaza and the subheader "Switch flippers". I've created the section to discuss and hopefully reach consensus on whether a long list of celebrities who've flipped the switch to turn on the lights is appropriate for inclusion in the article. Thanks! Sector001 (talk) 17:33, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
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Hey, The Banner! I saw that you placed a CSD tag on this redirect. The tag you used wasn't accurate, though, and I'm not sure any of the other CSD fit either, so I declined it. Is there something I missed that made it eligible for deletion? Thanks, Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 07:36, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
Irrelevant?Why have you removed the sourced Castlebar environ population from the Castlebar page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.45.62.248 (talk) 15:46, 23 November 2013 (UTC) Still looking for answer on why it is irrelevant. Wy can't you do anything good for the page instead of letting it die with old pictures and half supplied info. Images need urgent changing and extra info should not be disallowed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.45.59.13 (talk) 21:26, 17 December 2013 (UTC) I never thanked you
Hopefully, now that we're on Tool Labs, the templating problems will be a thing of the past. --JaGatalk 08:11, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
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NizamaniHello, I was going through my clan information page "Nizamani" and found out that you have removed all information associated with the page on 15:36, 5 August 2013. May I know the reason for doing so? --Asifniz (talk) 12:51, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
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Jim GordonDoris Hawrelluk (talk) 16:56, 27 December 2013 (UTC)I was in the chat room and it was suggested that I email you asking if you are satisfied with the references I have setup for the article Jim Gordon (politician) Doris Hawrelluk
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Todrick Hall and (COI)Sorry, I am just confused (Not COI), as to why pages such as AJ_Rafael, Andrew_Garcia, Traphik, Katie_Stevens, Scott_MacIntyre, Syesha_Mercado and many, many others are notable and not this artist? And I am concerned about the nature of assistance with the article. Based on some of the other editing done by some of the other editors, it seems a bit biased. I would like further help in making the article creditable and notable by wikipedia standards. Respectfully, Csmcgrier2 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Csmcgrier2 (talk • contribs) 22:17, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
I am not promoting a client not a personal relationship, I simply used other wiki articles to make this article based on legitimacy. Whether I think it's fair or not to ignore the notability of the other names you do not know is now unimportant. The Youtube aren't sources, they are reference material which doesn't make or break the notability of this person and can be removed. And, I did not use any of those other outlets you stated. And I still am asking for further help because if it sounds like an advertisement, I would like to fix it and contribute to many other articles. A COI code reads as accusation that is either unintentional or misunderstood or both. But if I cannot be assisted, I'd rather the article be removed since wiki guidelines does not find this person notable. ---- |