User talk:DMacks/Archive 17

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Hello my name is Ricky, it seems to me like your a good person and you made neutral and sound judgement's in relation to edits' can you please help me I am currently in Burma researching Veda influences and i am being constantly blocked by administrators and my work is being deleted from the Aryan talk page topics which i created. If you look at the history relating to ,Possible Irish origins of the term Aryan, you will see whats happening I also created the topic of, Possible definition of Aryan in metaphysical language, and my recent input was also deleted The topic of ,Discussion on why editors feel that the word Tara and its connotations should be excluded from the main page, is also mine I am new to wiki and i was simply unaware of the procedure in adding material to wiki and i was editing main pages and i believe this is why i was blocked I now only discuss my findings on talk pages and still my work is being deleted. Recently the Aryan invasion talk page has been redirected to a newly created page,i believe this is also got to do with my recent input ,Possible root, on the talk page. Can you please help me with this.--Waterman0201 (talk) 17:16, 17 August 2013 (UTC) You seem like the only possible light in this suppressive environment.:) Please at least reply to me and tell me what i am doing wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Waterman0201 (talk • contribs) 10:22, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

Their major concern, which they have stated repeatedly, is that you seem to be proposing your own ideas and analysis/research on the topic. That's not what Wikipedia is for (in fact, it's forbidden by one of the core policies). Instead, Wikipedia can only report what is already reported elsewhere...not just the basic ideas from which you might draw conclusions, but the analysis and conclusions themselves must already have been published in some other reliable source. The article talk-pages are for discussing improvements to the articles themselves, not for other discussions on the topic that the article is, so your own analysis is not appropriate there either for the same reasons. If you can provide clear citations to references that make the analysis you are making, that's great. But if not, this is the wrong website for posting that content. DMacks (talk) 15:33, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

It looks like ill have to publish a book then,and refer to my own book :)

Just joking, thanks for your help DMacks,ill concider this in future--Waterman0201 (talk) 15:58, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

You're welcome! DMacks (talk) 15:59, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

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You have fixed a few of this guys edits but he is still destroying articles. This one is protected so I cant fix it. 108.94.154.235 (talk) 15:24, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

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I fixed that one and gave the user a level4 warning. Will check back in a little while and see if it continues, and block if so. Have you considered creating an account? It's free, more anonymous than not using one, requires no personal info, and would have let you fix that edit yourself. DMacks (talk) 15:29, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

It continued, so I indef-blocked the editor. DMacks (talk) 15:44, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

	Smell Nasiriya by Spice !
	A colorful picture gift you. Sonia Sevilla (talk) 23:02, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

I have deleted your addition to the World Urban Forum page. Habitat I and Habitat II were not World Urban Forums, but United Nations Conferences on Human Settlements. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abmoreno (talk • contribs) 08:40, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

Hello DMacks,This is User:Waterman,Im sorry to bother you again but it looks likes there is some kind of concerted effort going on to block all IP addresses that i log on with,i think the same people are trying to redirect the aryan invasion page also,i was blocked from editing again for adding explanitory notes on the chakra page,,i didnt know this was also against regulations,i will not do it again in future,,can you please review this,,i have nobody else to turn to:) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.189.156.106 (talk) 11:52, 20 August 2013‎ (UTC)

This is User:Waterman0201 who has problems understanding almost every policy we have around here, especially WP:NOR. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 13:37, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

As I and others have said (and you even agreed above)...your edits are against wikipedia site policy. It doesn't matter where on WP you post. It doesn't matter whether you use IPs or old or newly-created accounts. Once you start on your problematic path, wikipedia software might automatically taint your later edits and other editors rightly view your edits with suspicion. And it's against wikipedia policy to try to circumvent blocks by use of IPs or other accounts. Stop. Stop now. DMacks (talk) 19:18, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

If you actually look at the reasons for editing, I included quite good editing reasons, and the "three seperate editor's" "rational explanations" for reversion were: "It's intentional" "Reverting edit..." and "It's just a little crush". I agree these are good rational reasons for speculating about the sexuality of 15 year old fictional characters. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.7.33.177 (talk) 19:12, 20 August 2013‎ (UTC)

If you find yourself in a dispute, especially with multiple other editors, you (and they) need to resolve it on the talk-page via discussion, not by edit-warring with a chain of comments in the edit-summaries. Starting that yourself would be a good opportunity to rise above the problematic behavior pattern thus far. DMacks (talk) 19:16, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

multiple editors, including myself, have taken the other side also. every episode summary on that page is clearly original research with zero sourcing, so, in reality they should all be removed. starting with the most speculative elements should be uncontroversial. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.170.13.121 (talk) 19:19, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

Then you would surely be a good person to start the talkpage discussion about it, and make use of the {{cn}} tag. WP:EW/WP:3RR is completely agnostic about content, strictly about behavior regardless of who is really right. DMacks (talk) 19:21, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

To DMacks, I would like to recreate the old page you deleted a few months ago (The Celestia Project). It'll have the importance of the subject hopefully clearer than on the last page. Thanks! The Celestia Project (talk) 21:31, 20 August 2013 (UTC)— Preceding unsigned comment added by The Celestia Project (talk • contribs) 21:28, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

• The Celestia Project (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• The Celestia Project (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Not until there's a non-blocked account to work on it... DMacks (talk) 03:15, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Hello DMacks,,Waterman here again:) im sorry this has somewhat landed in your lap but what position am i supposed to take when my original unblock request as Redbranch1984 was closed with no chance of review and then a lock was put on my user page as waterman0201 so i cant even request an unblock on my own page,and then the Administrator who blocked me accused me of attacking some other user, if you look at the history of User NeilN's contributions you will see that him and others undone all my messages to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard/Volunteers ,and then deleted the history of them even making the undo's,,my IP address at that time was 36.37.134.95 ,,he made the undo's starting from 14:14, 20 August 2013,this is the IP i was accused of attacking another random user on by the Administrator who blocked my User:Waterman0201 account,if you check its history you will see i done no such thing,,,and the only response i got from an email to the arbitrary committee was an IP block also,,,what kind of stand am i supposed to take here,,,,,,Please don't let me down on this one,,ill buy you a pint some day:) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 111.90.188.166 (talk) 10:22, 21 August 2013‎ (UTC)

Hi DMacks,

> 03:34, 13 November 2008 DMacks (talk | contribs) protected Avatar (computing)‎ [edit=autoconfirmed] (expires 03:34, 20 November 2008 (UTC)) [move=autoconfirmed] (expires 03:34, 20 November 2008 (UTC)) (Excessive vandalism) (hist)

Do you think the protection could be lifted? I'd have to add an otheruses on that page (or destroy the redirect from "Digital persona" to "Avatar" which would be my second preference).

P.S.: oops, sorry, picked the wrong line, yours was 2008, but anyway?

TIA, --84.146.198.153 (talk) 13:38, 21 August 2013 (UTC) (proudly being an ethical IP since the pre-Seigenthaler era)

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Ronjones set the current protection, so please ask him. DMacks (talk) 18:25, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

If I remember, there was a concerted attack on several pages involving avatars. I'll unprotect this one and see if it really has quietened down.  Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 23:02, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Now that you mention it, that does sound familiar. All related to some movie/game/etc "avatar" release...or something. Thanks for the followup! DMacks (talk) 04:06, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

Hi. An editorial dispute has arisen on the Rick Rescorla article. Can you offer your opinion here? Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 23:25, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollywood_200_Crore_Club_and_Bollywood_300_Crore_Club Talking of Bollywood (The Hindi Cinema) and they count the 100 Crore Club. (200 Crore and 300 Crore are just parte of the Hitory of 100 Crore Club) Doing such a change and great move of the given site the user has done a great mess and ruine a page. I request that please undo the change...

search the given history of the page and you will see that its an extreme bad action doing such a great mess http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bollywood_200_Crore_Club_and_Bollywood_300_Crore_Club&dir=prev&limit=500&action=history

(Dr. Shahid Alam(Talk to Me) 11:06, 22 August 2013 (UTC))

I see mis-moves and also mis-copies by multiple editors. I've (I think!) undone all the page-moves and left a comment on Talk:Bollywood 100 Crore Club about the situation. Feel free to discuss there further. DMacks (talk) 17:47, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

There are already twenty two 100 crore-films. Soon there will be over hundred 100 crore-films, as the last 100-crore film grossed in excess of hundred crore domestically in just three days. We just can't accomodate so many films on one page. It's time we raise the bar higher. Hundred crore is no longer an elite benchmark. It's like making a list of all the $100 million domestically grossing movies of Hollywood. I know that if I take this issue over to ANI, the whole article'll without doubt get deleted, as their is already a separate article on the same subject: List of highest-grossing Bollywood films. Its content covers nothing more than what is covered in List of highest-grossing Bollywood films. Regards, --Brinkidiom (talk) 01:22, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

Dear Brinkidiom if you talk of bollywood then you must know that they don´t count any 200 crore or 300 crore club. They only count the 100Crore Club. U can´t make a club from your part. You have to think about a great industry. The article cannot be deleted because it is of great importance and i think you need more information about Bollywood industry and the 100Crore Club. (Dr. Shahid Alam(Talk to Me) 03:35, 23 August 2013 (UTC))

DMacks, please goggle-search Bollywood 150 crore club, Bollywood 200 club, Bollywood 250 crore club, Bollywood 300 crore club and Bollywood 350 crore club. All these are doing rounds in the Indian media. There is no 100 crore club, it's a milestone.--Brinkidiom (talk) 19:15, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

No, it's not for me to decide and it's not for discussion here on my talkpage. And no, randomly setting your own bar for what is significant is not acceptable on WP. DMacks (talk) 19:26, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

if that drugstore was in usa or a western county , i m sure u dont reverted it. English Wikipedia is English speaking people of world wikipedia.what is your problem wiith east and middle east?.--Sonia Sevilla (talk) 14:18, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

I would have reverted the facade of a US or western-European store just as quickly. Your assumptions are not helpful or correct. DMacks (talk) 16:34, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

its helpful.and why not? its help to know there is some drugstores in iran too!--Sonia Sevilla (talk) 20:15, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

Does anyone doubt that there are drugstores in Iran? Is there any reason that Iran is special (surprising or unusual that they exist)? Or is Iran just like every other country on earth in this regard, and therefore there's no reason to specially highlight it? As I asked originally, what is the encyclopediac/educational value of actually seeing this picture? DMacks (talk) 20:40, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

Ok.You're right.i just uploaded many photos at commons and i just want to use it. i cant edit at english wikipedia like other users ( bcz my lang) so , i want put my or others pictures at its related article. thats all. and about drugstore: there is another type of Pharmacies in Middle east and u dont know about it.bcz u are from far lands. that type named : Attari . ( Attar of Nishapur maybe Most famous man who worked at an At-tAri ). wait . i show u picture. i guess this pic maybe of use at Pharmacy.Sonia Sevilla (talk) 22:56, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

This sounds like a useful addition to Pharmacy#History or History of pharmacy#Middle Ages. I can try to write something there if you do not feel you are able to write well enough (I understand you perfectly well:). DMacks (talk) 14:26, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

i want talk to Jimmy Wales , can i edit his talk page at wikia pedia?!۝ ۝ (talk) 00:00, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

User talk:Jimbo Wales is his user talk page. DMacks (talk) 14:19, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

Ref: divorce is still not confirmed. Please do read this they are still rumours. My suggestion is we would rather remove the sentence. "Rumours on Divorce". Times of India. Moksh Juneja 09:54, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

• Karishma Kapoor (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I removed the <ref> tag from the citation in your message, as they don't seem to work reliably on talkpages.

I just looked around and couldn't find any later commentary either, so you're right...best to say nothing. Removed (and also from infobox). DMacks (talk) 14:18, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

I feel somehow that construction of boats is inappropriate in the situation. The boats were brought in for a reason, and hence it should be induction in this scenario. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 19:21, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

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You are not the first person to comment on this. As an active admin, I have sometimes had abusive messages posted by people who clearly think they are editing anonymously (not being aware of sinebot or history). This doesn't bother me, but opens them up to retribution if they try it elsewhere. I thought that an indication that the page monitors visitors might have some deterrent value despite its imperfections. So far the abuse has tended to be restricted to mild rants rather than the nasty stuff, so perhaps it's working? or I've blocked all the bad guys... Jimfbleak - talk to me? 09:11, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

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I have tried to make note of wikipedia pages where my edits on molecular structures are unwanted and I don't edit their images any further. I have edited ones I haven't edited the images of before because I feel that if the wikipedia community doesn't like the new pages I edit they will let me know and revert it back and I will not edit those pages again. Fuse809 (talk) 09:06, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

On your own talk page (User talk:Fuse809), editors have said that your images in general are unwanted. Not limited to one page, but the whole kind and style of image itself on any page. DMacks (talk) 13:16, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

Hello DMacks,Im new to all this digital jazz and ive ran into a bit of a problem, i don't know how to create an alternative link for the page Kalapa, there is a page Kalapas which seems to be putting forward a similar definition of my page kalipa( variation of kalapa ) but with many vital mistranslations which the original page creator will more than likely try to maintain, I don't want to delete his work but i want a page with the root definition displayed also, can you help me with this, if you could tell me how to create an alternative link that would be great, but if you could quickly doctor up my page by changing the page name Kalipa to Kalapa with an alternative link on the Kalapa page which at the moment refers to a place name except for my input The word Kalapa is an ancient vedic term which corresponds with the word Wavelet that would be great,If you cant be bothered thats alright, but theses things need proper verification and it seems that wiki is all over the gaf on vedic expositions--Prestigiouzman (talk) 11:09, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

"The word Kalapa is an ancient vedic term which corresponds with the word Wavelet" is your own analysis, and is therefore completely forbidden to be on any wikipedia article. Therefore any further content or pages based on that are also not viable. DMacks (talk) 13:05, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

oh jaysus christ man, this was painstakingly translated to me with the aid of numerous Dard people, any modern literature is still all over the gaf on this one, but im sure i can find something on this Cursed/Blessed digital apparatus that will support my claim, its all a matter of time in this world.Thanks for your help anyway :)--Prestigiouzman (talk) 04:43, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

Here we go boss[[1]], ( page 26 )--Prestigiouzman (talk) 05:03, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

I think external links of official social media handles are much useful,people search for politics leaders' official handle to get connected with them,that's the reason why I added external links . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bikashfunny (talk • contribs) 04:07, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

You're welcome to start a discussion at the talkpage for the external-links guideline if you think that guideline needs to be changed. DMacks (talk) 07:58, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

I've raised this editor at WP:FTN and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ireland, someone else at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mythology and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Celts. Dougweller (talk) 10:39, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! DMacks (talk) 10:41, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

I had edited detail about the age of the actor, as the birth year and age was not updated. I had received a message from User DMacks that such edits need to be correctly referenced. Sorry if it was an issue, but I had made the update based on what I found on his profile at IMDB: 'http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1167656/bio'. I am not sure if this is acceptable so am not changing it again. You can do the needful update :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.254.93.60 (talk) 04:12, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

Hi!

I recently removed some pr material and added a line or two based on news articles found in Indian google search. I didnt realize this but when the addition got undone, I read it again and found out that one of the news articles came across as a press-release. However, the others did not look like press-releases to me. Is there a specific way, which I missed, to find out if an article is a press-release or not? And if I havent made a mistake with the other two, can I revert the changes made by Ronz. I've asked him also and asking you also coz he/she seems to be a pretty experienced editor on wiki. I always read the policies and ensure that I am not violating them. Could you plz look into this and guide?

Thx, Traintogain (talk) 02:13, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Not gonna revert it. I'm gonna go with what Ronz says. May be I overlooked something. Any more guidance is always welcome. Thx. :) Traintogain (talk) 03:42, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

I'm not aware of a really good way to know if something is actually a press release (or similar self-published item). Some websites are known as collections of them, so if for example prnewswire.com is cited, it's a press release. And sometimes reading a citation you can tell...if the article is mostly just quotes from the subject or written in a similar style that emphasizes their own claims rather than making secondary analysis/objective statements. DMacks (talk) 16:37, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

I Have been asked to update the James Cook University wikipedia page. It has a warning "This article contains wording that promotes the subject in a subjective manner without imparting real information. Please remove or replace such wording and instead of making proclamations about a subject's importance, use facts and attribution to demonstrate that importance. (August 2013)"

I can't see what text is the problem. How can I find this out?

I'm new at this and I'm struggling to use this site. And now I'm being threatened with expulsion because I am 'soapboxing'. If I am it is unintentional. How can I find out where I am going wrong.

Angusmccoll (talk) 02:56, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Unfortunately, from many years experience, I can say you have a virtually impossible task. It's disconcerting to realize that you, even as perhaps the top-level PR person at the school whose article you are editing have absolutely no ultimate control or final say about anything on the article, and anyone and everyone is equally permitted to undo and in any way alter anything you do to it. WP:OWN is a good read about that. Individuals associated with a school (or business or product, etc.), and especially ones who have special employment training in public relations or media interactions, often find their strong writing skills on those topics at odds with writing neutral encyclopedia because of their own "conflict of interest" (see WP:COI). For example, what you might think is important because you care about it or think it's interesting is not relevant to the wider community, or you might have an unintended tendency include promotional material (even if just by inclusion of excessive good news) or minimize negative aspects. You may have inside knowledge based on unpublished sources and your own analysis of data, which is great if you are giving a college tour, but forbidden by policy here). An article must focus solely on the topic of the article itself, not attempt to make itself seem more important because of self-created relationships to others (and details of namesakes are only relevant on that namesake's article, has nothing to do with the school article). DMacks (talk) 16:34, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

PT Barnum said "there's a sucker born every minute" and the groklaw website is proof positive this is true. If this Jones person were credible he/she/they/it would have no problem complying with WP policies about reliable content for a bio. The shameful scam these hucksters have played for almost a decade is at an end. The fact is, these people cut and run when the NSA got close to catching them. You will find they are the same people behind the DOS attacks on the internet and most of the botnets. Just a bunch of cyber criminals out making money. hired by IBM and several other parties to smear anyone for money. It's time they answered to the internet community for one of the biggest black hat SEO scams ever pulled on the internet. Let's see if they meet wikipedia's strict policies on bios -- NOT! 50.160.53.187 (talk) 07:27, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

I will rely on reliable sources in keeping with Wikipedia policies and guidelines and note that you have a poor track record of reading the articles you are nominating. If this person/site is as bad as you say, obviously there will be substantial reliable sources proving it. And being the subject of substantial reliable sources makes the subject notable. Wikipedia covers all topics that are notable, whether or not someone thinks they are a positive influence, have a basis in fact, or even exist at all in reality. DMacks (talk) 07:31, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

Not if those sources are all self published, which they are. This groklaw site and PJ are a scam. 50.160.53.187 (talk) 07:33, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

You might want to read what the sources actually are. And also double-check the deletion process...you seem to mistakenly think it is a poll, or that your nomination itself isn't an obvious stance that you would agree with yourself for deletion. DMacks (talk) 07:35, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

I did read the sources -- all blogs, secondary sources, republished primary sources -- no single reliable third party sources. Other blogs are not reliable sources. 50.160.53.187 (talk) 07:38, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

I guess we'll see if others think the American Bar Association and major linux journals are reliable or not. Nothing more to discuss here. DMacks (talk) 07:40, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

It's called "paid advertising" and the payment is black hat SEO link spamming. take off the groklaw rose colored glasses and look at it objectively. These things are still blogs and false reporting. There have been numerous fake bios on wikipedia. Just because this one happens to strike a resonant chord in folks doesn't make it credible. 50.160.53.187 (talk) 07:44, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

"Nothing more to discuss here" means exactly that. Stop wasting your time here on my talk-page with what is really AfD material. DMacks (talk) 07:47, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

Please tell me why this was deleted - there was no advertising merely quoting an official US report and a comment from a global subject matter expert team. This subject is not well covered in Wikipedia ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by PhilipIngram (talk • contribs) 15:18, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

(talk page stalker):That was not an article; it was a shamelessly regurgitated press release, advertising and puffing up ASIS ("leading organization"), IOFM ("renowned source") and The Security Catalogue. See WP:PROMOTION and WP:PEACOCK. --Orange Mike | Talk 15:58, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

The James Cook University page has this warning associated with it 'This article contains wording that promotes the subject in a subjective manner without imparting real information. Please remove or replace such wording and instead of making proclamations about a subject's importance, use facts and attribution to demonstrate that importance. (August 2013)'.

I have been working to solve this problem. How often are these pages reviewed? How do I know that someone is looking at our pages to determine whether it still deserves this warning?

Angusmccoll (talk) 02:23, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Hi DMacks,
Can I assume that your intention at Ahmadiyya was not to revert my edit but just to remove the duplicated reference? It's a pity I now have a reverted edit in my "record"  :-(. Rojomoke (talk) 16:31, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

• Ahmadiyya (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Indeed, and that's exactly what the edit-summary says if anyone goes poking into the history/record: "Reverted to revision 571362206 by Dougweller: rm cite that was only added to support now-removed content. (and added by sock)". I tried to make it clear that I was not undoing your "remove duplication" (in fact, we were both removing different things, both of which were added by the same editor); and anyone can see who did add what I removed and that you are not a sock. Not sure how that could be seen as a reversion of your edit itself? But it's also my experience that virtually every long-standing editor has numerous others revert them for various good and bad reasons--the good ones are easily explained by normal editing processes, housekeeping, and good-faith disputes, while the bad ones are easily ignored as bad-faith vandalism or other nonsense. DMacks (talk) 16:47, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Fair enough Rojomoke (talk) 17:31, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

I just took 2 more of his articles to Afd. One may be a blatant hoax and oddly uses a self-published book by a racist fringe author who I'm sure has had several sockpuppets here. Dougweller (talk) 10:08, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

I just gave him a level4 for disruption, so he'll probably be indef'ed shortly. For better or worse, I'm not familiar with that set of socks. DMacks (talk) 10:16, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

What exactly is it that i am doing wrong, all my edits are referenced,i have never been abusive in any way and my edits are all informative to the subject in question,my edit on the Yogi page is completely verified, ive noticed vital mistranslations in the field of the Vedics and i am simply trying to correct them.--Prestigiouzman (talk) 10:37, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Your edits at best are all based on your own personal analysis of the references. WP:SYNTHESIS is strictly forbidden on wikipedia. You have been told this many times by many editors. DMacks (talk) 10:45, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

It is not my Analysis, this is what i was taught, and i am using valid referencing to put it across in the tradition which i learned it--Prestigiouzman (talk) 11:00, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

You've created Tar Ua Mhesa with no references mentioning Tar Ua Mhesa. Dougweller (talk) 11:05, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

This is mainly an oral tradition son,but im sure ill find something someone has came across that will give it more Digital grounding,Just hold on Douglas--Prestigiouzman (talk) 12:02, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

By the way, I have Anulomana sorted my man--Prestigiouzman (talk) 12:06, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

I feel i have met the requirements asked of me dealing with Vedic knowledge,I would like to Reinsert my edit exposing the term Yogi as Adaptor, I feel this is extremely important in keeping true science from once again falling into obscurity,i will be getting myself back into full swing soon which means no more wiki,but i feel me and you have a vague idea of the constitution of each other and all i am asking for is that my edit showing how the term Yogi can be rendered Adaptor is maintained,It will be of great benefit to you in time to come if you can help me with this,otherwise its gonna be scorch and burn for the world,either way the seed will be planted,better to loose the life than to loose the Support,League of shadows carry on,anyway boss,ill be checking to see the angle tomorrow,Godbless--Prestigiouzman (talk) 14:02, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

I have merged the Righdamhna page into Tanistry in preparation for page deletion,i added a Righdamhna section and copy pasted relevant information and restructured the blood tanistry section, can you please review my changes also and see that they are up to standard,Thanks DMacks,all the best--Prestigiouzman (talk) 14:34, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

The decision was "The result was redirect to Tanistry. Mark Arsten (talk) 4:16 am, Today (UTC+1)", not merge, but at least you are trying to check if your edits are ok. Unfortunately we don't use court reports for something tangential such as this. In fact, we have to be very careful about primary sources, see WP:WPNOTRS. Dougweller (talk) 15:09, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

There was not a Unanimous decision to redirect as you can see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Righdamhna ,i have made the necessary compromises and will be reinserting my merge,please do not undo this until another consensus has been reached--Prestigiouzman (talk) 02:48, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

WP:CONSENSUS does not require being unanimous, and obviously there might always be disagreement when a dispute is finally resolved one way or another. The closer of the AfD makes an analysis of the discussion, and his statement on the matter is the result, like it or not. Any edits contrary to an AfD close are not acceptable. DMacks (talk) 03:19, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

So be it,

Once more into the fray

Into the last good fight I'll ever know

Live and die on this day

Live and die on this day

Your man who done The Grey knocked that one up--Prestigiouzman (talk) 07:25, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Can you unprotect Michelle Phillips? I think the problem causing it to be semiprotected has long since ended. Jackmcbarn (talk) 03:02, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

 Done Unprotected. Let me know if any problems (re)arise. DMacks (talk) 03:27, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

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.. may be seeing randy behaviour, somehow. Fiddle Faddle 12:22, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Yeah. DMacks (talk) 12:26, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

The question is, what does one do to curb it? Fiddle Faddle 12:50, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

I'm taking a WP:ROPE approach. DMacks (talk) 13:02, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

My view is that sufficient rope has been extended. I suppose it will just come to a conclusion, though, but it's a right royal pain. Fiddle Faddle 14:35, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

It's not just user talk pages, see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ireland. How much rope? Dougweller (talk) 15:57, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

One inch less than his most recent edit. Indef'ed. DMacks (talk) 16:19, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Sockwatch now. Already uses IP addresses to edit. Fiddle Faddle 16:21, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

I see

Prestigiouzman (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

claiming edits by

111.90.189.206 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

What others? DMacks (talk) 16:29, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

103.9.191.96 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Not 100% sure of that one.

will look for others. Fiddle Faddle 16:33, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

That one's edit is the opposite of Prestigiouzman (converting back to the AfD-consensus form). DMacks (talk) 03:28, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

I have obviously lost my mind :) Fiddle Faddle 17:29, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

Hi DMacks. I see you reverted some info added to a guy called William. You are right the fac that he was Scottish and where he studied really makes no difference. But I would not the less like to see a little more about him as a provost. As a non-American, I have no idea what a provost is or does, so the sentence "provost William Smith and other trustees preferred the traditional curriculum" sort of hangs in the air, as it begs the question as to what is a a provost that he has the power to influence decisions. he is like a Rector_(academia)? Are the terms interchangeable? Regards, Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 14:06, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

I added links to the relevant articles about "provost" (and also "trustee" later in that sentence) as they relate to US higher-ed. I do not know more about him in particular there, but let me know if you want to know more about this type of organization/position in general. DMacks (talk) 14:14, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. I think why I found it odd was that I was unfamiliar with the term meaning such a high position. It would be like saying "the school was closed down on the orders of the janitor", whereas I know that a janitor would not have the authority for such a decision.

It my mind, a provost is someone dealing with military discipline as in Provost (military police). I think the term is not that common to people from most countries, as you can see from what they did at William Smith (Episcopalian priest), "In 1755 Smith became the first provost (the equivalent of the modern post of college president) of the school". I also gather from this that it is also an outdated term. But thans for going tothe trouble of improving it, it is appreciated. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 15:37, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

It's still a common position at many US colleges and universities, and is not the president. There's virtually always a president, the top person. Then a little below that in rank there is often a provost, then below that are deans and other unit-heads. At the time, "provost" may have been equivalent to the current president, but University of Pennsylvania still today has a provost spot. DMacks (talk) 05:19, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

What I'm looking for is clarity with the images, and I think a separate gallery for each bridge makes sense. The first bridge was an engineering marvel for its time, and there are many images of it in prints, paintings and measured drawings. The galleries will fill out in time. The Lower Ferry floating bridge image was added to give an idea of what the Middle Ferry one might have looked like. Maybe I'm overly sensitive to visual clutter, but it interferes with my concentrating on the article, and I think it does for others, too. == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 15:42, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

Take a look at before and after on Girard Avenue Bridge to see how much clearer it is with separate galleries. == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 16:00, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

I think a whole pile of images separate from text looks cluttered. It makes it easier to ignore them altogether, or miss each one's actual relevance because they only have small captions ("what this image is") rather than substantial adjacent relevant content for each (the encyclopedia). That's pretty much what WP:Gallery says also. So for example, one historic image (what the thing looked like) is important because it is exactly what the article/section is about. And one that is heavily annotated or an engineering drawing, or that illustrates some other unique idea not in the other image is important to see because it is a different idea, and it would have lots of additional information to say in text. On the other hand, a dedication plaque isn't that useful as additional encyclopediac value because every public project has a plaque and a dedication, etc. Unless actually seeing the plaque itself is more than just decoration or there is something substantial to say about it, it doesn't add much if there's already an image of the bridge. DMacks (talk) 16:17, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

I wish you used better arguments.

If you had looked at the plaque you would have seen that it shows the bridge *with* its wooden cladding, the Birch view shows it without. There are at least two other Birch views, plus William Strickland's oil painting, elevation and plan, plus a French drawing showing the toll houses with one of William Rush's statues above. (None yet on Wiki Commons.)

As for your comments - "image goes adjacent to prose describing it" and "I think a whole pile of images separate from text looks cluttered" - the galleries were adjacent to the text, not separated.

The font in the gallery captions is the same size as the image captions. And if you meant the length of the captions, the information probably belongs in the body of the article rather than the caption. == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 17:02, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

You seem to have overlooked "Unless actually seeing the plaque itself is more than just decoration or there is something substantial to say about it", which is pretty much the crux of the comment. If there's value, it's good. But unless one actually says what one is looking at, it's just decoration as far as a reader who doesn't already know about it can tell. An image with commentary as to what is being seen is a very good idea. An image that is rendered too small to see any of the key details and that is apart from anything about what is being seen is useless. I didn't say "lots of images is bad", I said that lots of images all lumped together is not as useful as if each one is tight to its associated text. DMacks (talk) 05:03, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

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Hi, I noticed you spotted problems with File:Katy Roar MTV.png

Just to say, I think I've seen that picture on either MTV or Billboard's website. It's quite clearly professional and the website whoever uploaded it has listed as the source is a file/photo sharing website.

I'm pretty convinced its copyright violation. Even with proper critical discussion and a properly filled out "fair use" template; fair use would still be invalid as the original source and copyright holder is unknown as its been taken from the file/photo sharing site.

As I say, I'm pretty sure its MTV or Billboard's photo.
Whether that's any help for you in speeding up deletion or anything is another thing.

Best -Rushton2010 (talk) 02:59, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for helping track down those sources! It now seems obvious that these images fail wikipedia image-policy in many ways (which have variously been mentioned to the editor), but the editor still seems unable to understand. They'll get deleted soon enough, and editor will either finally recognize and follow the policy or else wind up getting blocked for not doing so. In addition to the original sourcing you mention, there's no way it meets the fair-use criteria (if it did, having an uncertain source would not be a fatal flaw, since fair use by definition is essentially a legitimate rights violation anyway). DMacks (talk) 05:22, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

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Can you lower protection level to "pending changes" while sticking to expiration date (or perhaps extend protection time)? Thanks. George Ho (talk) 07:05, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

 Done. Please keep an eye on it and let me (or WP:RFPP) know if it needs to be re-set to semi. DMacks (talk) 07:12, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

I figure that the edits are not vandalism, but content disputes, according to that person. Semi-prot. instead? --George Ho (talk) 23:21, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

Other editors and I agree that it is in fact vandalism by an IP hopping user. 96.228.59.201 The other account(s) went silent and refused to discuss the issue. It's doubtful this is a content dispute. Please re-instate the page protection. --Daffydavid (talk) 04:33, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

No harm in trying reduced protection, but now we know the same problem it was designed to prevent is still present, so I set it back to semi (still retaining same exp-date). DMacks (talk) 05:07, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

Many more at Category:Wikipedia indefinitely semi-protected pages need to be checked for edits and... stuff. In the meantime, could you care to lower protection settings of black? --George Ho (talk) 01:37, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

I knocked it down to PC. I suspect it will become a heavy target again, but at least we'll see if there are any valid anon-edits for a bit without damaging the "live" article. DMacks (talk) 14:51, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

I see you have made many edits to the Chipotle article. I thought you might be interested in this article as well. Feel free to help expand! --Another Believer _(Talk) 02:48, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

Ho hum. Looks like the chasing might be one way - 62.255.138.2 is making poorly sourced but innocent-seeming edits and 209.222.18.11 is flatly and clumsily reverting them (along with anyone else who gets in the way). 209.222.18.11 looks a lot like 198.7.62.204, an IP that was blocked for being an open proxy. 209.222.18.11 is also an open proxy. I'll request that it be blocked immediately. --McGeddon (talk) 20:45, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

Hi sorry I removed the DOI/JSTOR information from the citation. My only concern is in the consistency of the refslist. It seems as though that particular reference is the only one with DOI information. I was thinking about the internal consistency in formatting of the refslist (which was listed as a problem to be fixed in the GA review) when I removed it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Solon5g93 (talk • contribs) 22:24, 28 September 2013 (UTC)

The GA notes that the refs had formatting problems (to my eye, I agree, at the time there were non-/misuse of template fields) and some incomplete refs (missing details). The actual level of detail in a ref doesn't seem like a formatting problem (we have the template fields because there is consensus that they can be useful and give consistent formatting when the information is available). DMacks (talk) 14:31, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

i have changed unwanted subtitles from the articles like Ranbir Kapoor,Deepika Padukone. but User:Bollyjeff reverted it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Harirajmohanhrm (talk • contribs) 05:16, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers/Archive 8#Section-headings for stages of career has information about why those subtitles are sometimes not appropriate (or what is necessary in order for them to survive). DMacks (talk) 07:24, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

Hey DMacks, I put some basics down on Pheed, the social networking company and social network. When I created the page I got a little message telling me to let you know I started the page since you deleted it when it was not notable back in 2011. I used a few articles from Forbes and Rolling Stone to get it started. Hope this research helps you guys. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Social Mike Ferlita (talk • contribs) 14:42, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! DMacks (talk) 14:28, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

Since people complained about my MarvinSketch structures I have attempted to follow ACS style by using ChemSketch & Scribus (BOTH of which are recommended by the Manual of Style) yet despite this you seem to feel the need to edit my edits and leave angry edit summaries even though I have been trying to follow what you ask to the letter. For instance the vilazodone 2D chemical structure I attempted to follow your request and rotate the molecule and then you delete it and seem to be having a written yell at me for following your instructions. If you don't like my images would you please recommend to me a software that is free and available for 64 bit Windows 8 users that I could use to create 2D molecular structures that would not annoy you. Fuse809 (talk) 16:05, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

A simple start is "don't draw a structure if there already is one". Obviously the tools you are using are giving you difficulty creating diagrams that are "correct" (not misleading chemically) and "useful" (following WP standards). Or maybe you're just not certain which details of a diagram are really "important"? And you really really need to start using edit summaries. Otherwise you are starting to look like you do not even have a rational basis for your changes, and become more likely to get blocked for not discussing your ideas. DMacks (talk) 13:13, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

Regarding the removal of links..

Strictly speaking, don't know why the rule is their in the first place. Just because the videos are made unavailable by channel to a small portion of audience in US, means majority of viewers in their own nation should be denied of this convenience ??

As stated earlier, videos are uploaded by channel itself. Hence, no illegal linking or copyright violation (which should be the primary concern).

Please share your view!

THANKS. --GIZMOFY (talk) 20:17, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

You are welcome to raise these issues on Wikipedia:External links/Noticeboard, the discussion page for specific links that are disputed according to the guideline I cited when removing them. Note that I did *not* make any claim about illegal linking or copyright violations. But I did (in addition to US access) note the idea of overlinking many specific pages when a main page was already linked (and now looking more closely, perhaps also linking to social-media when already have a formal website). DMacks (talk) 07:06, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

Since you originally added them and I disputed/removed them, it's technically up to you to get support to include (WP:BRD). Your re-adding them without comment is getting you into WP:EW territory. DMacks (talk) 11:07, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

Administrate as you may. Wiki turned out to be more rigid than my perception. --GIZMOFY (talk) 15:19, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

I'm just a regular editor in this case. But we're all generally bound by the consensus of others regarding content. It's not nearly the "free for all, anyone can edit any way he pleases" that some people think. DMacks (talk) 07:07, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

Hi DMacks, it's Leoesb1032. There is an IP that is repeatedly vandalizing the article San Salvador Island. As in where Christopher Culumbus went to. I think he should be blocked because he is obviously an absolute vandalizer. Look in to it, he may be entitled to one more warning. I didn't want to be the one to do this since I'm not an administrator. Thanks, Leoesb1032 (talk) 03:03, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

He hasn't been warned at all near the timeframe of this vandalism spree, so I agree he should at least receive one or more warnings before blocking. Any user is allowed to give warnings (even final-warnings of impending blocks). Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace is the matrix of the various types and severities. The additional power of an admin is simply the ability to follow through on the actual blocking. In this case, the IP has not edited in the past few days, so blocking "now" doesn't seem like it would prevent an ongoing problem (blocks aren't for punishment). Looks like there might be more than one problematic IP on that article, so maybe semiprotection would be a better solution, but again I'm not sure the problem is sufficient (vs low-level and promptly reverted?). DMacks (talk) 07:15, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

wiki user User:TheRedPenOfDoom is removing tables from the article Dulquer Salmaan which seems to be vandal. Requesting your help in rescuing it up. HRM (talk)

HRM, did you ask RedPen why he did what he did? Your first attempt to resolve a dispute should always be to talk directly to the other person. I see he left an edit-summary for his edit. I don't know whether the table itself is appropriate or not, but I do know that it does not follow the WP:FILMOGRAPHY guideline for how those tables are to be formatted. DMacks (talk) 15:08, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for your valuable instructions. HRM (talk) 04:03, 8 October 2013‎ (UTC)

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Hey DMacks, I rewrote the additions I made, so as to eliminate bias regarding the "overlooked achievements" section. Instead of questioning the decision in the narrative, I merely present the position of a physics nominee. Engines On (talk) 21:17, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

Looks neutral now (and cited, which is also important). DMacks (talk) 13:21, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

Dear DMacks, Could you please explain why do you keep removing my edits on Columbia, MD/ Entertainment & Performing arts section? and why to you refer to my edits as to spam? I do not understand, why do you think is appropriate to provide information on Columbia, MD/ Entertainment & Performing arts section about rock concerts organized by Merriweather Post Pavilion or local restaurants, but remove all and any information about classical concerts organized by Candelight society? Thank you. ~iliabaskakov~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iliabaskakov (talk • contribs) 16:38, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

Merriweather appears to be notable per wikipedia standards...it has its own article that is written from a neutral perspective based on independent sources that prove it's notable. Others make objective claims about activities that sound like they are special, etc. A "finest" or "world-class" anything badly fails the neutrality requirement. It's just meanindless promotional fluff suitable for a local newspaper's events directory or an organization's own website, but not for an encyclopedia. DMacks (talk) 01:23, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

Dear DMack,

Could you please explain why do you keep removing my edits? What is the substance of the dispute? I'm not sure if I understand why including the arts amenities of Columbia MD is inappropriate content for Columbia's Wikipedia page. Or is it because you think that the information we have provided is inaccurate?

Also, why are other posts on Columbia's cultural life such as Clyde's and Sonoma restaurants concerts accepted, yet a legitimate Columbia arts cultural institution with a 40-year history and funded and supported by the Howard County Arts Council and Columbia Foundation deemed inappropriate for listing under the Columbia Wikipedia page?

Could you also please explain your credential for removing our posts? Are you a resident of Columbia or a member of the Columbia Association?

Also,can you explain why you removed my edits on completely different topic (electrogenic activity of cyanobacteria)? The chances that you independently come across such distant topics are slim, so it appears that you are targeting all my edits? My edits were submitted per request of Wikepedia page on cyanobacteria to clarify the mechanism of electrogenic activity. Do you have expertise in this field? If you do, please indicate what part of my edits you disagree with?

~iliabaskakov~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.103.48.201 (talk) 14:14, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

I explained already in my previous comment where you asked the same question about venues. Wikipedia is a community of editors, none of us have special control because of relationships with organizations. In fact, being affiliated can make one less of a good editor...perhaps that is why you are unable to recognize that your Candlelight content is problematic? I'm not sure some restaurants are viable either, but that doesn't mean you should make the article even worse in that regard.

I added an alternate reference to the cyanobacteria article and even noted (in my edit-summary) that it specifically cites the ref you had used. But I also adjusted the article wording to make it more understandable (in my opinion) to lay readers in relation to the reason it was in the WP article (rather than focusing on the ref itself). Wikipedia in general prefers secondary/review articles to primary-research papers, again because nobody here really knows who anybody is, so we are required to rely on other published sources to support or help explain the validity of it.

Unfortunately, my experience is that new editors sometimes get off on the wrong foot, and have problems with their first edits even if not all to the same page. And especially editors who write promotional content typically spread it across multiple pages ("get the word out as much as possible"). So it's pretty common to look at other edits of an editor who has an early pattern of problematic ones. DMacks (talk) 14:25, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

I removed "world-class" and "finest" from the description of Candelight concerts and hope you will be happy with that. I am not affiliated with Candlelight Concert Society. It took me 8 years to find out that there are classical music concerts in Columbia, which is why I thought it would be a good idea to inform new comers to Columbia about the availability of such cultural event in Columbia MD. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iliabaskakov (talk • contribs) 14:39, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

Looks neutral now. Remember that wikipedia is not a directory of services or other community notice-board. Columbia sounds like a place that would have strong community associations...don't they publish material about "things to do"? DMacks (talk) 15:50, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

Hello Dmacks, you may not remember me but you blocked my First user account Redbranch1984 some months ago, Wikipedia sockpuppets of Redbranch1984 shows all my user accounts and there is another Prograceman, i edited the perm page with this account, can you please delete all these accounts because i can not do this myself, i left a message on my User Prestigiouzman talkpage to verify this request, thank you for your help — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.9.191.74 (talk) 12:12, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

Where did you get the clarification for what that caffeine regulation meant? Having a lower bound rather than an upper bound doesn't seem to make sense, as products with chocolate, tea, or coffee flavoring have trace amounts of caffeine. Exercisephys (talk) 01:33, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

I can't envision a law that says "all soda must contain at least 0.02% caffeine". That would mean no-caffeine-added soda is illegal. The regulation for caffeine is a specific entry (21CFR182.1180) within the GRAS general provisions (21CFR182.1). There, it says "(b) For the purposes of this section, good manufacturing practice shall be defined to include the following restrictions: (1) The quantity of a substance added to food does not exceed the amount reasonably required to accomplish its intended physical, nutritional, or other technical effect in food;" So it seems reasonable that the "tolerance" noted for a GRAS chemical would be the quantity that is not to be exceeded, i.e., the upper bound

All of these regs are about the "quantity of a substance added to food" (my emphasis), and I don't see anything in them about prohibiting a natural product from naturally containing more than that. The caffeine comment clearly limits the scope of the regulation to "beverages". The wording of the reg itself is even more limited ("cola-type beverages"), presumably because those are the ones where caffeine is added as an intentional ingredient rather than being part of the extract of what already is present in the plant. DMacks (talk) 01:58, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

I've just seen your edit, 1. I get the reason why it should be "is" (though it is certainly not standard, see other finished shows for comparison), but don't you think the phrasing is at least strange given that Jim Henson is dead? "The Muppet Show is television series produced by puppeteer Jim Henson", that means it is still being produced by him, which is obviously not the situation. On Friends at least the verb is "created", which is not an ongoing action as "produced". What do you think? --Tintero (talk) 19:49, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

"Muppet Show is a series that was produced by Henson" sounds fine to me. DMacks (talk) 20:12, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

Hello DMack, I have made some updates to my Father's Wikipedia page namely the year of his birth and death date and place. It looks like a citation is needed for verification? I am unsure what exactly would be needed. Also, someone added information on his death date and place which is incorrect so I have updated that information as well.

Please advise.

Joy Bailey Horton — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ladyjoybailey (talk • contribs) 06:48, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for providing additional information (and condolences on the loss of your dad:( One of the fundamental principles of wikipedia is verifiability. So it's good that you are correcting mistakes, but it's critical that whatever information is given can be cross-checked by others. It's sadly easy (and not uncommon) for someone to claim to be someone, and "on personal knowledge" make all sorts of statements that are actually not true. Instead, we need to cite reliable sources, such as published biographies, news stories, obituaries, etc. For example, I see lots of websites (including ones that sound like "authoritative" biographical sources) list his birth year as 1934. DMacks (talk) 06:56, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for this information. Making edits to Wikipedia is quite a learning process so I appreciate the information. I probably should have waited until the official obituary has been published which can be used as an online reference. The final death certificate has not been released to the family by the coroner yet. There are however some people who are speculating or making some assumptions (i.e. place of death). Once I saw this information posted on Wikipedia, I felt I needed to correct that information and made the other edits at the same time. I will be sure and provide more reliable resources that you can use to verify information such as death date/place as soon as that is available. Drummerworld or some other online source may have just made the assumption that he died in Oakland since that was the place he was last associated with. His family moved him down from the Bay Area a few years ago so he no longer lived in that area at his time of death. As it relates to his date of birth, we have his birth certificate and drivers license as verification of that data and both his brothers and sisters have verified 1933 as his year of birth. I would imagine that once the online obituary is published that it will have his correct birth and that can be used as a verifiable resource. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ladyjoybailey (talk • contribs) 07:27, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for you help with this. The reference to the production has now been found and the article has been updated. Axiosaurus (talk) 08:09, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

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I have semi-protected the User:Sankararamank page. DMacks (talk) 17:38, 19 October 2013 (UTC)