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DYK for Abel Gonzales

Your help is appreciated Victuallers (talk) 09:02, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

Remember when you undid my edit? Well, its name is Wesfarmers, not Westfarmers. Even the template on the page says Wesfarmers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesfarmers Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 135.23.108.101 (talk) 18:53, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

Thanks

Just wanted to thank you for the revert on my talk page. That editor has become annoying. And I do appreciate your input. On another issue, I notice you use WP:HUGGLE. I use WP:STIKI. Have you tried Stiki? Are there any advantages/disadvantages to one or the other? Onel5969 (talk) 19:28, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

No problem, might be worth taking to ANI if they continue. I've tried Stiki briefly, but I like Huggle much more. Stiki seems to be quite focused on light weight vandalism removal, while Huggle is a giant semi auto tool box of everything you need. It has faster diff viewing, the easier ability to monitor the contributions of a user, easier template usage and reporting, easy RPP and CSD nominations, quick flagging edits as suspicious or good, and more. The best feature of stiki is the central server that ensures no-one is looking at the same diff at the same time, but I find the extra features of Huggle make up for that. This is just my personal opinion, but I'd recommend giving Huggle a try. Winner 42 Talk to me! 19:43, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
Thanks - I think I will try it next week. Take care. Onel5969 (talk) 19:49, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

Caledonia

That is caledonias nicname Caley. It's been used for years around the community. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.195.250.44 (talk) 02:54, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

Can you cite a reliable source for this information? Information on Wikipedia is required to be verifiable. See WP:Citing Sources and Help:Referencing for beginners. Winner 42 Talk to me! 03:03, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

58.179.49.78

I edited that page BECAUSE it wasn't neutral in the first place!

To suggest that "Many believe the 969 Movement has been responsible for inciting violence against Muslims in Burma." is "neutral" is absurd - especially considering the only "violence" Buddhists "incited" was in an effort to fight back against their aggressors! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.179.49.78 (talk) 03:22, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

Yes, ethnically motivated rioting is clearly retaliatory and justified, but seriously Wikipedia is not a place to advocate your point of view on a subject if you think that the article is not neutral provide reliable sources showing the bias of the statements in the article and discuss it on the talk page. Winner 42 Talk to me! 03:33, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

hi

The etymology of potluck that is currently on wikipedia has no citation. please remove it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.72.38.132 (talk) 16:09, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

Gaol

"Gaol" is a different correct spelling of "jail". http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gaol — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:80D1:2110:9892:454:FCC8:BEFA (talk) 18:04, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

Ah ok, I've never come across that usage of the word. Winner 42 Talk to me! 18:08, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

Need Help with Knowing What Requires Inline Citations

Hi Winner 42,

Thanks for taking the time to review my page.

My rejection says the article still does not meet the minimum standard for Inline Citations. Can you confirm that I must provide more evidence, in the form of citations? Also, I'm struggling with what content requires a citation. For example, do I need a citation that provides proof that the subject of my article was born, or where and when he was born? His career history at each radio station?

For the section about his interviews, I have provided citations with links to the actual interviews for some. Must there be links to all his interviews? Is this type of proof appropriate, or in some way inadequate? Should I remove those names that do not link to an interview?

This is a bit daunting being my first article.

Thanks Again,

Julieism (talk) 21:01, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

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15:43, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

For this revert:

Whack!

You've been whacked with a wet trout.

Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

The IP clearly explained what they were doing, and they were indeed removing vandalism themselves. Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 19:23, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

Oops, my bad, thanks for the trouting. Winner 42 Talk to me! 19:37, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

RfC at GM foods

Note about this RfC where you !voted. I tweaked the statement to make it more clear that it is about eating GM food and health. I'm notifying each person who !voted, in case that matters to you. Sorry for the trouble. Jytdog (talk) 21:04, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

Notice about edits at 0:06

Huggle just misfired and started mass reverting edits, it got through a few dozen pages before I could force quit it. I went back through and undid all my accidental reverts and warnings, apologies for the inconvenience. Winner 42 Talk to me! 00:11, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

Does that include the edit to massive chalice? I'm honestly more concerned with understanding your reasoning so I don't make such a mistake in the future. Thanks for your time

Yes, apologies, the tool is called huggle. I just went back and restored your edit as well as adding additional information to it as well. Sorry about that, this is the first time this has happened in dozens of hours of using it. Winner 42 Talk to me! 00:20, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

About the Mad Mad Mad Monsters article

The reason I removed reference to Embassy Pictures (as well as StudioCanal) was because Mad Mad Mad Monsters was a made for TV movie, not a theatrical feature film, and while StudioCanal owns the rights to Mad Monster Party?, they do not own the rights to Mad Mad Mad Monsters, which is owned by DreamWorks Animation/DreamWorks Classics. 24.180.56.157 (talk) 00:15, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

Apologies, your edit is fine. A program I was using malfunctioned and starting mass reverting good edits. I have restored your edit, sorry for the inconvenience. Winner 42 Talk to me! 00:27, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

iCrowdFund

Hi, I am in the process of editing the iCrowdFund stub. It was deleted before I was complete. I would appreciate any advice you can offer.

I am really interested in creating Wiki pages as I have time on my hands. I just need a little time to get familiar with the process.

Regards, Poshpaddy

Poshpaddy (talk) 18:04, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

Hawaii

I am reorganizing the info boxes and taking info that is not necessary off. All of the info I'm putting are true coming from this website http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/hawaii/districts/hawaii-public-schools/. — Preceding unsigned comment added by KSausi97 (talk • contribs) 00:21, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

Ah ok, fair enough. Thanks for helping out! Winner 42 Talk to me! 00:24, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

Larabi ben

actually you r wrong i ve corrected some false infos in this article ok — Preceding unsigned comment added by Larabi ben (talk • contribs) 00:31, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

The edits you have made will require reliable sources to verify the information you introduced. Wikipedia has strict policies about biographies of living people that need to be followed see WP:BLP. Winner 42 Talk to me! 00:35, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

Vandalism

Cake :o
Vandalism patrolling is hard! And EXAUSTING! I just tried doing it for longer than a few minutes, and have discovered that it is not as easy as it looks. You though, constantly do it, longer than I have... That is amazing, you deserve this cake!(Share with me please? :D) --Airplane Maniac (talk) 00:43, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
@Airplane Maniac: Feel free to take a break and eat your share of that internet cake ! Vandal fighting is all about having the right tools and having experience. When you are a little bit more experienced you can get WP:ROLLBACK which doesn't seem like much at first but is actually a really powerful tool on Wikipedia. It allows you to undo a whole series of vandal edits very quickly in a single click. It also let's you use tools like WP:HUGGLE which is my preferred vandalism fighting tool. If you need any sort of advice, feel free to ask me, that's what I'm here for! Also, I'm liking the new signature!Winner 42 Talk to me! 00:59, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
Thanks! Takes a bite of cake :D
I'll have to look into those tools. I may not be ready for them yet, Twinkle has shown to be just right for me now, but that probably will change as I get more experienced. Also, thanks for that about the Signature! I copied yours for some time until I created one that really suites my interests! I think this one does, right? :)--Airplane Maniac (talk) 01:21, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

Bostyn Olivia Smith

This person clearly is one of the most famous people in America, over 2,000 articles world-wide, on the Jimmy Fallon Show, and world wide attention from some of the biggest stars in the world, she's 4 and has achieved more than most will do in a thousand lifetimes and its noteworthy that People's Magazine and The Huffington Post two of the most notable staple in the world seem to think so. Your response seem cruel do you like children? don't Bully a child...your way to judgmental — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:C569:F370:91E2:A7F1:F944:A (talk) 01:06, 3 June 2015 (UTC) 2602:306:C569:F370:91E2:A7F1:F944:A (talk) 01:11, 3 June 2015 (UTC) 6-2-2015

You are welcome to voice your concerns in the deletion discussion, though arguments that are based on appeal to emotion and appeal to authority do not have much merit. WP:BLP1E is the policy here. Winner 42 Talk to me! 01:13, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
2602:306:C569:F370:91E2:A7F1:F944:A, most of the problem is not who the article is about, its is about how the article is written. It is written in a way that it is non-intentional advertising. Winner 42 isn't bullying, he/she is just holding up Wikipedia standards.--Airplane Maniac (talk) 01:37, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

GOCE May 2015 copy edit drive recognition

The Cleanup Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to Winner 42 for copy edits totaling over 12,000 words during the GOCE May 2015 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! – Jonesey95 (talk) 02:50, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Old Articles, 4th Place
This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Winner 42 for copyediting six old articles during the GOCE May 2015 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! – Jonesey95 (talk) 02:50, 3 June 2015 (UTC)


Huggle request

I have been trying to figure out how to go over my drafts to check for copyright violations. The Huggle tool looks promising but requires more time on the site and lots more edits to access. Would you mind helping on my project by running the tool on the article in my sandbox and tell me how bad it is? Thanks for your help in advance... User:CaptJayRuffins/sandbox CaptJayRuffins (talk) 13:15, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

I think you are slightly mistaken, Huggle doesn't have the capacity to check for copyright violations. However Earwig's Copyvio Detector does. Your draft is returning 91.9% confidence of a copyright violation [6] which is considered too high in most cases and indicates that you are either copying or very closely paraphrasing the content from i-women.org. Ideally you will want you score around 30% or at least below 50%, but what really matters is that you aren't violating their copyright by copy and pasting text or closely paraphrasing. Another suggestion just looking at your draft, I would suggest narrowing your scope. For example do you want to talk about the Pyrrhan Society, Women in Firefighting, or the United Women Firefighters Association. Each of these topics could be its own article so I would recommend splitting up the article you have now into separate drafts for each topic as well as removing the copyright violations. Hope this helps, if you have any more questions feel free to ask. Winner 42 Talk to me! 13:43, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

Mail call

Dropped you a line WormTT(talk) 11:32, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

@Worm That Turned: replied. Winner 42 Talk to me! 14:06, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
Am responding at the moment :) WormTT(talk) 14:12, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

Pt.dkpant

if you are an astrologer then you must have done which is correct.I am basically an Instrumentation engg. I'm not at all a professional astrologer but still studying it FROM LAST 42 years and removed problems of thousands of persons by means of astrology whose horoscopes i could understand for in all the horoscopes my little knowledge could not find solution of problem. MY ONLY AIM IS TO GUIDE WHAT IS CORRECT — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pt.dkpant (talk • contribs) 01:54, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

@Pt.dkpant: I am glad you have good intentions. Though adding that sentence in bold to the top of the article isn't the best way to communicate the information on the subject. It would be greatly preferred if you could add that information later in the article dealing with why the practice is the way it is while remembering to cite reliable sources explaining those view points (See WP:CITING and Help:Referencing for beginners). Wikipedia could use your help as you appear to be knowledgeable on astrology and Wikipedia's coverage of that area is sub-par. I hope you continue to improve Wikipedia and if you have any questions feel free to send me a message. Winner 42 Talk to me! 14:14, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

Arab Space Agency

Sorry about that, I didn't quite get what you were trying to do there (partly because of my limited understanding of formatting). I thought that you just mistakenly removing random references and thought that adding the same reference wouldn't duplicate it. I'll be more careful next time -PotatoNinja(talk) 14:26, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

No problem, happy editing! Winner 42 Talk to me! 14:29, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

Hpollack

Hi Winner 42,

Can you help me? I'm really confused. I appreciate you keeping my new page within the Wikipedia guidelines but I'm not actually sure what I did wrong or how to fix it. I need to create a page for my company but I have never editing or create a Wikipedia article before. I am not trying to use Wikipedia to advertise or anything, I just want people looking for information about us to have accurate details and be able to find what they came for. I didn't want to overhaul the Harris Interactive page because that was a company and it did exist. However, since The Harris Poll was bought by Nielsen, it is now its own entity. It has its own website and functions independently. I have been trying to read all the articles about how to properly create a Wikipedia page but I am confused and under a possibly impossible deadline. Where should I go from here? I appreciate any guidance you can give me or if you are not the right person to ask can you point me towards someone else I could contact? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hpollack (talk • contribs) 14:34, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

I understand and appreciate that you are trying to be helpful. I was just confused about what you were trying to do. I thought you were just creating a duplicate of Harris Interactive, but it appears the poll is notable enough on its on to warrant its own separate article. I wasn't aware of the acquisition or the history around it, thank you for your explanation. I have moved the article back to where it was before, feel free to continue working on it. I recommend WP:Your first article which is a great guide for new comers creating their first article. You said you are creating it for your company so I've put the standard COI guideline notice on your user talk page (basically it just says that you have to say you have a COI on your user page). Winner 42 Talk to me! 14:53, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
I appreciate you letting me know about COI. I believe I have updated my user profile to include a fair declaration of my potential bias but please let me know if there is more (or less) I should disclose. I am now taking the interactive tutorial about Wikipedia and then will reference the page you send me about "your first article" as I work on the new page. I will also do my best to clarify the difference between Harris Interactive and The Harris Poll in both articles so that no users are confused by why two pages exist. Can I just ask, you said you moved the page back to where it was before but when I search "The Harris Poll" in wikipedia I can't find the page. I can finish doing edits on the user page that you moved it to, but then can you tell me how to make it public again once I finish? Thanks so much for you help!! Hpollack (talk) 15:14, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
Oops I messed up the move, it is somewhat fixed now. Thanks for complying with the COI rules, you should be good to go. I see you also found the Wikipedia adventure, that is a great way to learn about Wikipedia. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask! Winner 42 Talk to me! 15:56, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

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About Masss

HI Winner 42 The movie is in theatres , they have lot of twists in movies .it is for IT — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A01:E34:EC06:E170:F960:5744:A3AD:26E2 (talk) 21:16, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia does not remove plot spoilers, see WP:SPOILERS. People should browse the plot section of Wikipedia articles expecting a full summery of the plot. Winner 42 Talk to me! 13:20, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

About the Ian Freeman status I wanted removed

He has raised more than £200'000 for Cancer and other charitys and gave it away he came out of retirement to fight a K-1 fight at 46 years old not getting a penny all proceeds went to charity and still raising money for people now at his shows. So thank you please done revert my decision the accusation is false and needs more good men like him thank you kind sir. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Horkers (talk • contribs) 21:40, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not the place to advocate on behalf of Freeman. Reliable sources report that the convictions are accurate and relevant to the subject therefore they should not be removed. Removing them would bias the article in favor of Freeman. Winner 42 Talk to me! 13:25, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Massachusetts

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Trout

Whack!

You've been whacked with a wet trout.

Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You said for me to trout or give you a talkback next time you forgot to respond. Well, I would of left a talkback, but, interestingly enough, the reply is on your OWN TALK PAGE! :D

Feel free to deletes this once you get the message :)--Airplane Maniac (talk) 15:27, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

@Airplane Maniac: Sorry it wasn't clear to me that you wanted a reply, but yes your signature works well. :P Winner 42 Talk to me! 17:19, 4 June 2015 (UTC)


AECGDA

AECGDA (talk) 15:45, 4 June 2015 (UTC)6.3.15 AECGDA (talk) 15:46, 4 June 2015 (UTC)== Mirror Tuning ==

I've discovered a rather brilliant new tuning someone else came up with on the guitar and I want to add it to different tuning systems for the guitar community. It can be referenced and fall under these topics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_fifths_tuning and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_tunings

The reference I found and use for this new guitar tuning is found on the inventors website at: http://senchant.com/mirror-tuning/

Please help me add this as I believe this to be very beneficial but also very inventive for the guitar community out there. With this new tuning system, it gives guitarists, like me, an extended 3 (from 2) octave range and it is constructed from basic guitar shapes, only reversed. This means it is readily adapted into any proficient guitarists vocabulary. I was blown away how easily I picked it up and know this is truly an amazing discovery.

Thank you,

Matthew Ritchie, AECGDA — Preceding unsigned comment added by AECGDA (talk • contribs) 15:43, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

@AECGDA: Hello, you may want to focus on finding coverage of it in reliable sources that are independent of the subject. Winner 42 Talk to me! 17:24, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

REVIEW PAGE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Bahjat_Alhakim Can you please help review this page. I don't have supporting documents for this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.99.79.212 (talk) 08:00, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

My original issues with the draft have not been addressed. You need to having supporting documents, specifically reliable sources to demonstrate notability. Winner 42 Talk to me! 17:39, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

Ace Gallery

The edit was not a mistake, that information was requested to be removed on behalf of Ace Gallery for incomplete and inaccurate information. I have since removed it again however I was now given a message claiming it was vandalism. Can you please remove the information and restore the edit that I made. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iamyourclown (talk • contribs) 20:59, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

I will not be removing that content. It is well sourced information about the subject that informative to readers. Ace Gallery does not WP:OWN the article about them. Winner 42 Talk to me! 21:23, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

Adoption

Hi. I was wondering if I could be adopted by a wonderful Wiki parent (are you a wiki dad or wiki mom?) like you. Hopefully you have some open room ;) CHEERS. CookieMonster755 (talk) 01:05, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

Sure I'd love to adopt you CookieMonster755! There's lots of room in my Wikihouse. Winner 42 Talk to me! 14:17, 4 June 2015 (UTC)
YES! CookieMonster755 (talk) 23:16, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

Talkback

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Lake Junaluska (merger with Waynesville)

Not sure why you feel compelled to put back false and misleading information in the "Today" section (Merger with Waynesville) concerning possible annexation. Are you familiar with this subject? Are you putting content back in simply because it has a cited reference (a weekly newspaper)? Inaccuracies aside, why is this sort of content even on a Wikipedia page? First, the survey that was conducted was an attempted census (100% sampling) and was sent to the 811 property owners. Approximately 60% responded, of those 65% favored annexation. So, only about 39% of the property owners actually responded favorably to annexation. No inferences on public opinion can be made since those who responded were not selected through a random or purposive process. For all we know, all those who didn't respond could be against annexation. Second, mention of financial troubles is not supported "Today" by the most recent public reports by the executive director and pubic works director. According to the executive director, in 2014 the conference center operated in a positive financial situation for the third year in a row. The Terrace Hotel occupancy was up by 65% for autumn. It was a banner year for charitable giving with an increase of donors. The Assembly Public Works kicked off their capital improvement program, and ended the year with carry-forward balance in the water and sewer fund. So, please stop posting the references to biased newspaper articles that do not accurately reflect the situation. While probably not your intent, they appear as yet another attempt to influence public opinion (bandwagon effect) towards pro-annexation (the people of Lake Junaluska have been inundated with incorrect, incomplete, and misleading information supporting annexation). Please remove the "merger with Waynesville" content. Everything I mention above is public record on Lake Junaluska's website. Possum1101 (talk) 18:09, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

@Possum1101: Hello, the information currently presented in the article reflects the sources currently present in a fairly neutral manner. If you would like to present opposing reliable sources that support the contrasting viewpoint that would be ideal. Winner 42 Talk to me! 14:09, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

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Blas de Lezo

I have added a section on Lezomania as the publication in 2005 of a novel by Pablo Victoria has given rise in Spain to a notable phenomenon based on a fantastical view of this historical figure. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.147.173.17 (talk) 00:03, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

Oops sorry, I didn't mean to revert all your edits, only the last one that broke the image. Thanks for your patience! Winner 42 Talk to me! 00:05, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

Thank you. I'm sorry I'm not too expert and I'm having trouble adding two images. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.147.173.17 (talk) 00:07, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

Link added to actor's profile

I am the actress and trying to add a link to my profile. Other actors on that page have links to their profiles. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.231.198.139 (talk) 20:44, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

Hello, Wikipedia is not the place to promote your profile or website. Other actors have links to their Wikipedia pages as they are notable individuals, they do not have links to outside websites. Please do not directly edit content that you have a conflict of interest with. Thank you. Winner 42 Talk to me! 20:53, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

Hans Freiherr von Wangenheim

Hello. The edit was not a mistake. I noted from the Talk Page that article was deemed to be merely a 'footnote' and too much on the Armenian genocide, so I re-edited.--JHumphries (talk) 21:05, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

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You edited my question about Jade helm 15

My question was simple: "Why did Jade Helm 15 start a month and a half sooner than announced?"

This is a very constructive question, as it needs to be answered. Why did Jade Helm begin so early and to further ask why so many more previously non-involved states have jumped on board?

If you refuse to help us find answers to these questions, then you are just censoring attempts at finding out a truth. And this is, by definition, collusion. And illegal in the United States. You should think about these things when you censor us. -_- — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.99.118.6 (talk) 01:10, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Massachusetts

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Massachusetts you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jaguar -- Jaguar (talk) 20:01, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Fun88

Hi,

Thanks for your feedback. I am working for the Fun88 brand. Thus, would appreciate if you could allow the edited content to remain. We want to update our Wikipedia page based on the initial edited content.

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alannatan (talk • contribs) 02:24, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a place to promote your product or service. Please refrain from using it in such a manner. See WP:SOAP. Winner 42 Talk to me! 02:29, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

About the Oregon edit

Hi Winner 42,

The reason behind deleting the section was because it should be for the living former members of Congress from the State of Oregon, but the section was devoted to the State of Oklahoma. I am currently editing the page now to fix this. Sorry for not giving you a reason in the first place.

J — Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.72.20.5 (talk) 02:30, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

My bad, thanks for pointing that out! Must have misread the article name while on WP:RCP. Happy editing! Winner 42 Talk to me! 02:32, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

SabrinaE323

don't mess with the stuff I change SabrinaE323 (talk) 03:37, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

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Re: A barnstar for you!

Thank you for the barnstar! It is an honor to receive one from you. Things did get rather tense. I also discovered a pile of sockpuppets with one of them. Not unusual with somebody trying to stuff their autobiography on here. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:41, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Better picture

This is regarding Gayathrie's wiki page you've been editting. Use a better image.

Here is the link to it https://scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/11221597_846393922076561_9171491970076201799_n.jpg?oh=f79e00067519fb8ba79b2848b22de6fc&oe=55F7208E — Preceding unsigned comment added by Akash gaara (talk • contribs) 07:49, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia cannot use that image because it appears to be subject to copyright law and would not be fair use as another perfectly fine image is available. Winner 42 Talk to me! 16:27, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

Well https://www.dropbox.com/s/uejgyat53l36n24/g.jpg?dl=0 is a picture that is taken by me and I am allowing redistribution so go ahead and change it — Preceding unsigned comment added by Akash gaara (talk • contribs) 06:25, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Remove external link

I have a doubt, made a collection of articles on computer networks that can help many people beneath the surface. The reason for the link was removed because to access the content is necessary login on the site?

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jefersonanjos (talk • contribs) 20:03, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

It was removed because it violated our external links policy. Winner 42 Talk to me! 00:43, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Massachusetts

The article Massachusetts you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Massachusetts for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jaguar -- Jaguar (talk) 22:01, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

/* Winner 42? */ r

Ok WINNER 42

YOU REMOVED MY POST BECAUSE OF NO SOURCE YET ALL THE INFORMATION LISTED WAS FROM AN ARTICLE IN THE MONTEREY HERALD APRIL 1990 WHAT IS YOUR ISSUE? ALL THE INFORMATION WAS CORRECT FROM A SOURCE AND ABLE TO VALIDATE! YOU SHOULD DO YOUR LEG WORK BEFORE ASS,UMING YOU KNOW THE FACTS. tHIS COMPANY HAS REMOVED INFORMATION ABOUT THE START OF THE RACE FOR 20 YEARS LOOK AT THE HISTORY AND YOU WILL SEE GABRIEL ALL OVER IT, THIS IS A WHITE WASH AND YOU ARE HELPING. WAIT TIL REDDIT SEE'S THIS AND YOUR USER NAME WINNER 42 YOU WILL BE FAMOUS — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wendy LIES (talk • contribs) 02:30, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

You aren't even personally attacking the right person. The quality of vandalism these days has really gone down hill. Winner 42 Talk to me!

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Why did you delete the article DWSS-FM?

A. Is it a hoax B. Is it a Sesame-like station C. Is is a inactive station D. None of the above — Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.191.146.56 (talk) 13:34, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

I think I'm going to have to go for door letter A. Do I win a car? Winner 42 Talk to me! 13:42, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

Massachusetts

Well done on getting this to GA. I had done some work on it a few years ago and kind of drifted away from it for whatever reason. I know these articles can be a lot of work to take through the GA process and you did it pretty much alone. Good work. AlexiusHoratius 13:36, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

The Original Barnstar
For your hard work on getting the Massachusetts article to GA status. AlexiusHoratius 13:36, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
Thank you very much. Your efforts to improve the article helped me significantly in getting it to GA status, but you would be surprised at how quickly links and information decays in articles of this size and scope. Winner 42 Talk to me! 13:47, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

Editing Battle of Karánsebes

The article has been without a battle info box since the editor to add it removed it him/herself. On the 1st of June an unregistered person undid this and added the info box back without cited purpose. All I did was revert their edit. Perhaps it's because my edit was also uncited, but I'm surprised I've had two editors breathing down my neck for reverting what was basically vandalism while no one undid the edit of the 1st of June. Look into it and you'll see. 108.230.71.80 (talk) 14:00, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

Hello!

hey dude, i created my ID because i find few major mistakes on Battle of Longewala . and this is my single Wikipedia account! you can check my location, my ip adress of my pc, or anything which can help you in your investigation. thats it! thanks for your kind attention! thank you :) KnightWarrior25 (talk) 15:18, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

User talk:Krishanbura#Sockpuppet investigation

You dropped him a notice but never opened an SPI, I'm opening one as it appears it's the same person. --lTopGunl (talk) 16:52, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

  • My bad, I was looking at the suspected master User:Warwar86. Going to leave my comments at the SPI. --lTopGunl (talk) 16:53, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Thanks for beating me to vandalism! ABCDEFAD✉ 22:21, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

wikipedia American Funds edit

Hi, I removed reference to an 8-year-old dropped lawsuit yesterday, without leaving a comment, my bad. I did add a reason in a subsequent edit about 10 minutes later the same night, I guess you did not notice. I just re-edited the page, with the following comment: "Removed reference to a lawsuit that was dropped back in 2007. Reference to an 8-year-old dropped lawsuit gives the erroneous impression of legal trouble." Please let me know whether that makes sense. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 45.50.85.195 (talk) 01:42, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

Bologna Process

Hello, I removed the outdated information, Belarus adopted in Bologna Process Starkby (talk) 16:34, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

More help please

Winner 42 thank you for reviewing the submission for Global Scribes. I really need some help in understanding why the article on this great company is being rejected. No one is trying to advertise them, just offer information to students, teachers, schools & wikipedia users. Are you able to be more specific to help us with what you don't like? Thank you. ScribesoftheWorld (talk) 17:49, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 10 June 2015

hi? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.148.189.141 (talk) 20:33, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

Unsourced Information

There was unsourced information in the article about David Abbot. Wikipedia's verifiability guidelines require all information to be citable to sources. When information is unsourced, and it is doubtful any sources are available for the information, it can be boldly removed. Any unsourced material may be removed, and in biographies of living persons unsourced or poorly sourced contentious material must be removed immediately. Original research refers to material that is not attributable to a reliable, published source. This includes unpublished facts, arguments, ideas, statements, and neologisms; and any unpublished analysis or synthesis of published material that appears to advance a position. Material added to articles must be directly and explicitly supported by the cited sources. Note the difference between unsourced material and original research: Unsourced material is material not yet attributed to a reliable source. It is unattributed but may be attributable. Original research is material that cannot be attributed to a reliable source. It is unattributable. The only way to demonstrate that material is not original research is to cite reliable sources that provide information directly related to the topic of the article, and to adhere to what those sources say. See: Wikipedia:Attribution, Wikipedia:No originial research, Wikipedia:Verifiability, and Wikipedia:Content removal.

Material does not require direct attribution in the lead if it is present in the article per WP:MOSLEAD. Please stop your mass removals of content. Winner 42 Talk to me! 22:34, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

Comments

There are many other comments which I find not constructive. Does that mean I can delete them too? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kftoom (talk • contribs) 18:52, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

rebecca tunney

it appears that i know her personally and the information was very relevant — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kftoom (talk • contribs) 19:07, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

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People enjoying the nightlife at a nightclub in Cape Town, South Africa
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Talk:Massachusetts/GA2

Heyo Winner 42! I saw that your nomination passed the review. While you have done some good work, I believe the article still requires some work before it can be of GA quality. The review was very short and never got into the details. After a quick look I can see few issues which should not at all be present in a GA. Considering the importance of the subject, I wanted to start the GA reassessment page. I hope you won't mind. Thanks, — Yash! (Y) 09:40, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

@Yash!: @Jaguar: I can't say that I agree that the article doesn't meet GA standards, but you are welcome to open a GAR if you feel differently. As I see no major issues failing the GA requirements, and some specifics would be helpful such as which requirements does the article fail in its current state? Pinging the reviewer to get their thoughts. Winner 42 Talk to me! 17:19, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
In general, I see few MoS issues, improper references formatting and some prose problems. While the article doesn't necessarily fail in any particular criteria due to any major problem, the little issues, in my view, prevents it from being considered as a good one. I can either formally start the assessment page or simply let you know in brief about the issues that I see here. Whichever you are comfortable with. — Yash! (Y) 18:26, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
@Yash!: You don't need my approval to go ahead and improve the article, I don't own it, WP:SOFIXIT. Additionally, if it passes the GA requirements, then it is a good article, you might want to read Wikipedia:What the Good article criteria are not. Winner 42 Talk to me! 18:59, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
I agree, the article met the GA criteria which is why I passed it. I tend to focus more on prose issues than technical ones, but rest assured I did check check through the references and all of the dead/broken formatted ones were dealt with. By all means, you can send it to GAR but I was happy at the time of the review. There were no aspects of it that did not meet the criteria, so if there are any MoS issues then I'm sure they can be dealt with? JAGUAR  19:30, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

Cyborg the Wikipedian

(Sighs deeply) My info is naturally sourced within Wikipedia to the Lenny McNab article. I see no reason why for eliminating my edit (apart from it being unsourced); maybe you did it just for fun and to annoy Wikipedians like me. I apologize for any accidental anger I may have caused. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cyborg the Wikipedian (talk • contribs) 17:57, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

The only reason I reverted your edits was because they were in violation of the biographies of living people policy. Specifically because they introduced contentious material without reliable sources to biographies of living people. You are welcome to re add the material with citations to reliable sources. Winner 42 Talk to me! 19:43, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

Barre

Barre is a legitimate sport! Special socks isn't that important though — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bcampbell00 (talk • contribs) 18:07, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

Sections about notable people are for people who are, well, notable. If you can find independent reliable sources about him, you my re add the information. Winner 42 Talk to me! 19:44, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

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RFA

Hello, are you interested in adminship yet? If yes, what have you done to be an experienced editor awaiting adminship? The Snowager-is awake 18:07, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

@Snowager: Thanks, I've been considering a RfA. I've been considering a go in one to two months and already have a bureaucrat who plans to nominate me. I'd always appreciate a co-nomination though. Thanks! Winner 42 Talk to me! 20:18, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

Laxmi Vilas Palace, Vadodara

This article really contains loads of unsourced claims (f.e. LVP's size), it includes blatant advertisement-like text Variety of sporting activities can be performed within the palace compound itself! and, the worst: bullshit about Gates and Hawkens (see Intro). Please help the article, I didn't mean to irritate or something, this was a real warning: someone should do something about LVP, it's deteriorating, nobody is looking after vandalism. Ciao, 82.174.116.230 (talk) 20:20, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

Blanking the page isn't the answer, feel free to remove what you feel is inaccurate or can't find sources for, but please don't completely blank the article. Thank you. Winner 42 Talk to me! 19:45, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

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No it was not a mistake. I deleted the wrong misleading information. ILiriaALB (talk) 14:03, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Information on Wikipedia must be verifiable and not promotional, but written in neutral language. Winner 42 Talk to me! 19:46, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

modification on possibile page

hi winner, what you say about possibile is simply wrong. in the article you cited a singular atypical example of position but possibile is definitely not a libertarian party for free market. so I believe the informations on the page were misleading that's why I deleted those words. their primary focus is instead on redistributive policy as I wrote it as you can easily verify on the last posts in www.ciwati.it (italian). please before deleting the text, verify the correctness of the informations. best, marco — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.49.247.74 (talk) 16:42, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Fair enough, I have reinstated your edit, happy editing! Winner 42 Talk to me! 19:48, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Failedmessiah

The entire failedmessiah blog is full of lies. Aswell he's name is Scott not Shmarya. I don't understand are you am anti Semite? Why are you editing what I posted? Please explain I don't mean to be rude DUI666 (talk) 17:00, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Information on Wikipedia, especially that about living people needs reliable sources to back up statements. I have no opinion on the person and have reinstated a section of removed well sourced controversy content which was removed. Winner 42 Talk to me! 19:55, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

University Club of Baton Rouge

Hi Winner 42, For clarification purposes, you are going to revert "University Club of Baton Rouge" back to "The University Club (Baton Rouge)"? Then through a different process convert the page back to the "University Club of Baton Rouge" as it's officially called? Just making sure I understand the process correctly. Thanks in advance. spatms talk 01:17, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

Looks like this has been dealt with by Ritchie333, thanks for improving Wikipedia. Winner 42 Talk to me! 19:42, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
Hours of research, content additions, references and formatting have been lost in the conversion bc it converted to a previous version. How can we restore the many hours of work done improving the page? spatms talk 02:03, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
Ask @Ritchie333: to restore information from the deleted version or make a request at Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion. Admins can restore any content lost. Winner 42 Talk to me! 19:08, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
@Spatms: Probably the easiest thing to do is since all of the deleted edits were made by you, you can manually merge back in your old content, avoiding a history merge which is always a pain if the history overlaps. I've emailed you the content.
And on a related note, I'm surprised Winner 42 didn't do this himself, and it seems it's because he's not an admin. I think we should fix that. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 20:19, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
@Ritchie333: I've been reluctant to do an RfA, but this is the third time someone has asked me about RfA in the past 3 weeks. If you will nominate me, I guess I'll have a go at it. Winner 42 Talk to me! 21:55, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

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The amounts of fat types in selected foods
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Thank you very much! Always willing to help put the socks back in the drawer. Winner 42 Talk to me! 04:53, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

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15:24, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

The Wrestling Album link

Really? I felt this external link was/is a convenience to readers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.175.242.202 (talk) 10:58, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia isn't a collection of external links and such links in the main article are frowned upon. See WP:ELNO for the full policy. Winner 42 Talk to me! 15:29, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
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