User talk:WilliamJE/Archive 1

March 2009

Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent edit you made to Hale Irwin has been reverted, as it appears to have removed content from the page without explanation. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, please ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thank you. Alansohn (talk) 13:43, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Edit summary use

Please use the edit summary to explaian all edits, but be especially careful to explain removal of content, which can often appear to be vandalism. Alansohn (talk) 13:48, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to the page Lanny Wadkins. Such edits constitute vandalism and are reverted. Please do not continue to make unconstructive edits to pages; use the sandbox for testing. Thank you. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 15:38, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not vandalize pages, as you did with this edit to Lanny Wadkins. If you continue to do so, you will be blocked from editing. LITTLE MOUNTAIN 5 ^review! 15:42, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

For the Wikipedia police

I'm putting in winning tournament templates for PGA golfers. It provides more information about a tournament won by a player, when it was played, who finished 2nd, if there was a playoff etc.

So far I've done templates for golfers

Ed Sneed J.C. Sneed Mark Hayes Peter Jacobsen Johnny Miller Ted Schulz Joey Sindelar Hubert Green Hale Irwin Jerry Pate Scott Simpson Davis Love III Justin Leonard

To name a few. Before undoing my work, it would be very good of you to check the previous entry and then look at what I did to it. If what I'm doing is vandalism you may as well cut off all people's work on golf biographies. These undos of what I did today are nonsense!

I made a mistake with the Wadkins page and fixed it. The Wins section is new, the rest is reverted. I deleted stuff by accident.

Hawaii Five-O

The contributions to the Hawaii Five-O article are appreciated, but a list of guest stars doesn't really do anything to help the article. It is just a runon list of names. Those types of things are not in line with the style guidelines here on Wikipedia. Nicholasm79 (talk) 17:28, 4 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I shouldn't need to point out that guest star listings are part of other wikipedia entries. Law and Order and F Troop to name two.

If you don't stop reverting and start talking, I will be compelled to take some action against your behavior. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 19:21, 5 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I also note that in F Troop the list has some context to it. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 08:16, 6 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Before this expands into an edit war, I have posted an entry on this matter at WP:ANI. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 08:41, 6 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You are getting close to being blocked for edit warring. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 11:26, 6 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

edit warring

I've mentioned you here [1]. While WP:3rr is a red line, this does not mean that edit warring short of that line is not eventually blockable. Please engage on the talk page and try to build consensus per WP:BRD.Bali ultimate (talk) 17:03, 6 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The 3RR case has been closed with a warning for you. You will be blocked if you restore the list of guest stars at Hawaii Five-O without first getting consensus from the other editors on the article Talk page. EdJohnston (talk) 17:36, 6 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Eun-Hee Ji

You asked several questions and blogs as a source and about placement. Blogs as a sole factual source would be considered incomplete, but in this case I am stating that an LPGA Tour caddy's commented that Ji spoke English and then using that caddy's own published comment which just happen to be in a blog as the source. The fact that he formatted his site as a blog shouldn't matter. As for the placement, if you think it goes somewhere else, you can move it. I'm not sure where it should go. --Crunch (talk) 00:48, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Kate Harper

Hi! I'm not sure you saw, but I explained why the Kate Harper article needed redirection on its talk page. Poor quality in one part of Wikipedia doesn't justify poor quality in other areas; it would be impossible to find the "worst" place to start. As requested, I've redirected the articles you specified before restoring the redirect to List of characters in The West Wing. If you have any questions, feel free to post them to my talk page or to continue the discussion on the Kate Harper talk page. Thanks! --Explodicle (T/C) 17:35, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tom Carroll (pitcher)

If you are using websites as references, mark them as references, not external links. Ironholds (talk) 03:07, 18 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You are now a Reviewer

Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, is currently undergoing a two-month trial scheduled to end 15 August 2010.

Reviewers can review edits made by users who are not autoconfirmed to articles placed under pending changes. Pending changes is applied to only a small number of articles, similarly to how semi-protection is applied but in a more controlled way for the trial. The list of articles with pending changes awaiting review is located at Special:OldReviewedPages.

When reviewing, edits should be accepted if they are not obvious vandalism or BLP violations, and not clearly problematic in light of the reason given for protection (see Wikipedia:Reviewing process). More detailed documentation and guidelines can be found here.

If you do not want this userright, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. Courcelles (talk) 18:54, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Se Ri Pak

Thanks for bringing the error in the source to my attention. I wanted to add a source for her 2007 win in that tournament, and I saw a discrepancy between the article and the USA Today story, so I made the change to match the source. Since the story is inaccurate, it should be replaced. The LPGA link you provided would be the best option. I'll get around to switching the links when I find some free time. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 19:43, 4 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Jaster

I'm not particularly a fan of Jaster's, I just wrote the article before I was well-versed in what the Wikipedia "tone" was. My apologies if the pertinent information was already in the article. Alex (talk) 17:43, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Home run is two words

That is all. Majorclanger (talk) 14:11, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ninoy Aquino Airport

The addition of a ref isn't strictly necessary when the info given is verifiable from a linked article on an accident. Mjroots (talk) 15:38, 13 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Categories for lists of aircaft accidents

Thanks for your note re your removal of the cats from the Viscount list. As this is something that affects all lists, I've raised the issue at WT:AVIATION for project-wide discussion. In the meantime, I'll not revert the removal of the cats from the list. I request that you do not remove the cats from the various DC-3 lists whilst the issue is under discussion. Mjroots (talk) 05:40, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Signature

The signature you left of my talk page does not have a link to either your user page or talk page. All signatures must have at least one link per WP:SIG. Please amend your signature so that if complies with this behavioural guideline. Mjroots (talk) 05:40, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yani Tseng vs. Patty Berg - Records

Thanks for your response.

A couple of points. 1. The person who was "youngest to reach three majors" was never IN the LPGA Record Book so the record book has not been rewritten. If you are looking at a link that I am not looking at, please share it. I am looking at the link to All-Time Records from this page: http://www.lpga.com/stats_news_index.aspx

2. The article on Yani Tseng's win here: http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=25227&mid=1 still says she is the youngest winner to reach three major wins.

3. The LPGA and women's golf in general does not recognize a concept called "The Modern Era." We are not talking about either men's golf or the Olympics. LPGA majors are strictly a construct of the LPGA Tour and that Tour did not exist until 1950.

Best regards. --Crunch (talk) 00:54, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

More on Yani Tseng record

You point to a supposed record that the LPGA made in 2007 as proof that they have made a mistake now. That is not proof. As soon as you have verifiable that the LPGA's claims that Yani Tseng is the youngest to win three majors, let's change the article to reflect that and include the citation. --Crunch (talk) 12:56, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mayday Season 8

The episodes are comfirmed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Qantasplanes (talk • contribs) 23:22, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Morris Madden

The article Morris Madden has been proposed for deletion because under Wikipedia policy, all biographies of living persons created after March 18, 2010, must have at least one source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't take offense. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners or ask at Wikipedia:Help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within ten days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. RadioFan (talk) 23:58, 21 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Alaska Airlines Flight 536

I've re-added flight 536 to the {{Alaska Airlines}} because it did happen...see Template_talk:Alaska_Airlines#536 and google news archive. Feel free to create the article.Smallman12q (talk) 16:24, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Rika Matsuda

Hey! Thanks for letting me know about that! After re-reading the source, I conclude that it should say that Rika found the fa. WhisperToMe (talk) 23:43, 21 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308

I placed the article in the DC-9 category because, as far as I knew, the MD-81 started out as the DC-9. In fact, it was originally known as the DC-9 Super 81, though I admit I didn't learn about that until I looked it up after I received your message. I hope this clears things up. And003 (talk) 22:57, 21 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for restoring content

Thanks for restoring the content that you and I contributed to John Mahaffey. Some IP editor (a clown) with a grand total of 15 edits, most of which have been reversed, did that. All the best--Hokeman (talk) 17:18, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Restoring Talk:List of Mayday episodes

Unless you havn't noticed. I had archived the talk page. Also this is not vandalism. Thanks. User:Qantasplanes (talk) 12:11, 11 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nice job

... adding cats!--Epeefleche (talk) 18:02, 8 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Articles for deletion help

No problem. It feels a bit complicated the first few time you do it. Just follow the three steps in this link: WP:Articles for deletion#How to list pages for deletion. Let me know if you have any questions. Pburka (talk) 17:32, 23 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi William. I've made a correction to the discussion page. When you create it you need to replace "PageName" with the actual name of the page you're nominating, i.e. "Malaysia Airlines Flight 9". To complete the nomination you just need to follow step III:

Open the articles for deletion log page.
At the top of the list on the log page (there's a comment indicating the spot), insert:

{{subst:afd3 | pg=NominationName}}

(In this case, that would be {{subst:afd3 | pg=Malaysia Airlines Flight 9}})

That's it! Pburka (talk) 18:28, 23 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Also, when you nominate articles for deletion, you need to be sure to post notices on the talk paes of the creator of hte article, and those of any major editors to the page. - BilCat (talk) 12:37, 3 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

2011 Players Championship

Thanks for the feedback. I feel that if all 4 World Golf Championships have yearly tournament pages that the Players should as well. The third round was correct, but it was the overnight scores (with the hole they were on at the end of nights play) . I finally added the final 3rd round scores and summaries to the rest of the page which now matches the format of all the majors. hietanbs (talk) 9:44, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308 (Reply)

I just got your message about the edit I made and wanted to answer your question. I made this edit because the MD-81 it started out as a DC-9. In fact, its original name was the DC-9-81, or DC-9 Super 81. I hope this clears things up. And003 (talk) 21:17, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keegan Bradley

Hello, I just wanted to take a moment to apologize for any confusion that might have been caused by the edit I made a couple days ago to the Keegan Bradley article. The edit summary I wrote was not intended to suggest that the ESPN reference was added to the article incorrectly. Rather, I was simply expanding on it. To parahphrase what User:Tewapack wrote later (and more accurately): "the more complete, the better". Sorry for not making that point clearer, and thanks for taking the time to read this. Take care, Gongshow ^Talk 00:21, 1 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your reply. I understand where you're coming from and especially appreciate the point you make about ESPN not being the originator of the wire story. Again, thanks for your time. Take care, Gongshow ^Talk 17:20, 1 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please have a look at WP:CITE and in particular WP:CITEVAR. There are a variety of ways to cite sources on Wikipedia - just because you prefer one way doesn't mean that other ways are wrong. The style of citations for the Keegan Bradley article was established by the creator of the article (User:Gongshow) and tweaked slightly by myself. You added the text and ref about Bradley's recent win. Gongshow made a perfectly reasonable edit to the ref to use the same format as the four other refs in the article - from WP:CITEVAR, "Citations within each Wikipedia article should follow a consistent style" and "Generally considered helpful - Replacing bare URLs with full bibliographic citations: an improvement because it provides more information to the reader and fights linkrot." and "if there is disagreement about which style is best, defer to the style used by the first major contributor". I have restored the full citation to the ref (and added the missing wire service info). Tewapack (talk) 17:45, 2 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]