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What actions do I need to take to facilitate mediation? In particular, I want to make sure that the mediator(s) will be directed to the "in popular culture" chapter on the talk page. Hermitage (talk) 05:22, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
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Thank you very much for all your contributions to Wikipedia. It is very much appreciated. I would like your help resolving an issue on the Flash mob article. Please see Talk:Flash_mob#In_Popular_Culture.3F. - 64.40.62.120 (talk) 11:46, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your interest in the service awards displayed on my user talk page. I display these awards to protest against them. I follow the adage found on the page itself: From Wikipedia:Service awards: "These awards are unofficial – displaying the wrong one carries no penalty..." In short, I think that these awards are damaging to the spirit of Wikipedia and am hoping that people display the wrong awards so as to make them less relevant. Hope you understand.
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Don't edit other people's userpages. Seriously, its not nice and its very annoying that there are so many people out there that think that its ok to just randomly mess with other people's userpages. Bryan.Wade (talk) 00:06, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
As you just edited at the discussion page, note that the voting page for the Pending Changes trial is here. CycloneGU (talk) 23:47, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
(Weird template after my sig. there...)
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Okay. I understand your point but from what has been talked about in the WP:MMA discussion page (See Archive 2) and the WP:MOS it has been stated that this area is just for the name the person is generally known as. Huerta is not known as "Tha Matador" more so than his real name. It is different for someone like Rampage Jackson who is known as Rampage as well as his Real name. Just thought I'd try and explain this. Hope this helps. (MgTurtle (talk) 20:38, 28 August 2010 (UTC))
Hi Mkdw. I would like to re open the discussion of having a montage for the infobox. It looks like in the past few days no one has answered except one user who I think made an account today. Could you maybe find any other people who would like to contribute to the discussion? I would really like your and other editors input on this. Thanks. By the way, please respond on my talk page. Nations United (talk) 20:07, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
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Please see talk page for discussion.Brodey (talk) 19:42, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
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There's only so many sites on the web I get my reviews from: IGN, GameInformer, GameZone, etc., and obviously the sites like IGN and Game Informer have their reception stuff up there usually, so I just like to post GameZone as their reviews aren't influenced with publishers paying them.--SteinlageT (talk) 22:31, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I came across your userbox and I thought I would suggest a slightly different wording, which would sort of have a pun in it as well. How about: "This user is polite and expects others to act in kind."? Just a suggestion. : ) – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 04:28, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
How i did i vandalize "transgender-related topics"? I'm Trans and i'm pretty sure whatever edit i made was not nonconstructive206.196.48.49 (talk) 18:48, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
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Sincerely, The Transhumanist 09:45, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
Just for your own edification, IMDb is frowned upon as a source for BLP info per WP:RS/IMDB. Dismas|(talk) 03:30, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
<Please do not introduce incorrect information into articles, as you did to Where the Streets Have No Name.>
Respectfully, I am not introducing incorrect information.
The U2 Streets page currently has plenty of incorrect and unreferenced information. Thats why I spent some time clarifying. If there is something you feel is incorrect in my edit, I would be happy to help clarify further. Please let me know what you think is incorrect. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.175.193.153 (talk) 23:35, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
Mkdw. Olive branch? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.175.193.153 (talk) 01:34, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
I'm not going to say that you were right or wrong in your assertion about that edit, but I'm not sure what you saw in my edit that was deemed as being on a soapbox and advertising (or whatever you left on my talk page). I honestly did not see what was wrong with it. I thought the At&T commercial was legitimizing the idea of flash mobs, and there are too many MJ flash mobs for them to not get a mention in some way. I could try to find some resources to cite the stuff if you want, but I'm not sure what was soapboxy about it.
That and you mentioned I was warned about that before. Please be aware that the issue with the previous "warning" concerns someone who could have a hidden agenda about removing such material (as that situation dealt with material that was clearly sourced by a legit site that the person STILL deemed invalid to use, and that deals with a hot button issue about that particular company in a particular genre that many have very strong opinions about the incident, and which the particular company has a rep for trying to spin the incident and keep certain details out of public eye [think EA and Fox News]). Hopefully that clears up, in a way, that issue. AFAIK, that's still ongoing.
But if some additional info about what was in violation with the Flash Mob edit other that the lack of citations as to how it was being on a soapbox, that would be helpful. Darkpower (talk) 08:35, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
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Hi. I don't want to get into an edit war, so let's work this out. You twice reverted my verifiable statement that Vancouver has an upcoming election. The statement was made in the "Government" section of the article and is, I believe, entirely notable in that section. I enclosed a reliable source as reference for it. Your revert comment reads: "Talking about a future election is highly unconventional and unencyclopedic". Do you have a basis for this belief? Wikipedia has always maintained content on future elections. In fact, the Wikipedia:Articles on elections page demonstrates that there is communal consensus to maintaining content on upcoming elections. Maintaining content before and election is specifically discussed. Thoughts? --Ds13 (talk) 08:16, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
Just checking where are we on the disputed article - Sreelakshmi Suresh. Was expecting your reply/comments. And no comments from other users as well. Added more info onthis article's entry on the 'Articles for deletion page'.
--LVerina (talk) 10:18, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
Here is my apology for calling your edits vandalism, I did not know your intention but was curious to see edits with the little girl (may be i was wrong ) but do not take me wrong i do not have any wrong intentions of blaming people , i never called you a vandal or sort ,but may be had misstaken one of your edit as vandalism and nothing more. I do understand you has a senior editor , but please divide me with my edits as both are different , and any way again apologise Shrikanthv (talk) 07:28, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi, sorry to bother you. Could you perhaps have a quick look at the Rachana Shah article as an uninvolved editor, and at recent events at the Afd? The nominator did a hatchet job on the article, then withdrew the Afd as having had "sufficient review". Thanks a lot. Esowteric+Talk 08:46, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
http://www.voiceonline.com/surrey-projected-to-be-bigger-than-vancouver-in-ten-years/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by70.26.134.100 (talk) 02:49, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
I see the article getting edited a lot recently. And not any constructive edits. Anyway, I see you added the lines "Suresh is the only under-age member of the Association of American Webmasters and was inducted by AAW CEO Donna Snyder. [3] She has received over 30 national and international awards and recognitions for her work." I fear this will lead to the article in the old form which we trimmed down later and made it neat. As explained already, the 'Association of American Webmasters' is a bogus one and no physical presence/details are available for it - unless you/other members provide the links and reference. And second, the "30 national and international awards" - are we back to square one? We discussed this many times and none of the 'web badges' are international awards. If you find any of the awards worth mentioning, please provide the links and details so that others can decide based on it. Just because a newspaper mentioned she got 'International Award', so we need to copy the same? The main point I would like to make related to this is - she never won even a single international award! Please let me know if you think otherwise, with links of course. As I promised you before, I didn't make any edits on a prejudiced manner. And I didn't make any edits recently at all. But I have a strong urge to remove the above two lines. Thought I will ask you before doing. Please comment on - either here or in the article's discussion page. Will wait for your reply before I make any edits on the article. --LVerina (talk) 12:03, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
I'm sorry, but this edit of mine just can't be vandalism. I was just renaming the section so it looks like the similar sections of other cities' articles. Victão Lopes I hear you... 13:45, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
Understood. Thanks for your message. Nightscream (talk) 21:16, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
Mkdw: I added the more recent serial killer Michael Longo beneath a 1950's serial killer listed under Newport Oregon. When I first did this, it came out pointing to a Wiki entry to some musician. That was not the Michael Longo I was referencing, so I redid the page without a redirect entry - ie. just the plain name.
This more recent serial killer is in fact a very famous killer. He moved his wife and three children to Newport Oregon, went to work at Starbucks (in the Fred Meyers in Newport), and then quit because it was too much work. The day after he quit he killed his wife and three children and fled to Mexico. The wife and two older (like 4 and 7) children were found in the slough at Waldport and he threw the baby into a suitcase and dumped it into the water by the dock in front of his apartment in Newport.
For a short while Mr. Longo was at the top of the FBI most wanted list. He was caught in Cancun after a German tourist he had spent the night with saw his face headlined in a paper there and turned him in. He is currently on death row in Oregon.
Hope you let this change stay. Longo really is a current, interesting, Newport serial killer. — Preceding unsigned comment added byOcoastperson (talk • contribs) 02:22, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi,I would like to tell you that I had bought a book (Samuel Morris, The Apostle of Simple Faith) and those which I wrote were from the book.But it was erased but I will forgive you ok? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jobelisha (talk • contribs) 08:21, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
Jobelisha
Since you saw my changed article of Samuel Morris,are you a Christian
Jobelisha — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jobelisha (talk • contribs) 08:26, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
Be careful while closing AfD. You didn't add the bottom template while closing this AfD and the entire day's log was messed up. --Anbu121 (talk me) 13:03, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at WT:MMA#MMA_Event_Notability. Kevlar (talk) 18:58, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
Well if you close a discussion as Speedy Keep then you are doing it under WP:SK point 1, so it is really a speedy keep closure. However it doesn't really matter if you close it as "withdrawn" instead of "speedy keep", as there's no real difference. I would certainly advise using the oldafd on article talk pages, even in the cases of withdrawn nominations. Possibly not all non-admins closing deletion discussions are aware of its existence. Hut 8.5 07:56, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
Weird - it was in page curation and obviously it is a live article. Seems that it got put back in prod by a descendant of the blocked original user. Not sure how to handle this as AfD will recreate the same discussion.---MJH (talk) 01:41, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
I have made a procedural closure of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Legend of Mary Magdalene due to the nominators disruption to Wikipedia. The nominator was engaged in a conflict with another editor of whom both are currently indefinitely banned. I see that the article Legend of Mary Magdalene is an in progress sub-article to Mary Magdalene in which almost every section has a sub-article. If you feel the there is a strong case the article should be deleted, please open up another AfD with the specified reasons for deletion. Mkdwtalk 03:08, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you for the wonderful barnstar! You rock. I just wanted to say thanks more personally than spewing the usual blurb underneath your nice gesture. I really appreciate it. Sometimes I feel like I am all by myself fighting everyone on Wikipedia and attempting to be as polite as humanly possible at the same time. (I am sure you are no stranger to this feeling yourself) so it gives me a lot of moral support when someone notices. Thank you again. --Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ 20:02, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
Yunshui 雲水 09:17, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
Hello Mkdw!
I read your notice on Yunshui's Talkpage. I noticed your interest in becoming an admin. I wanted to let you know you have my full support, and good luck! Kevin12xd (talk) (contribs) 14:23, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi Mkdw! Thanks again for helping out with the third opinion request for SHSH blob. The second editor and I have discussed aspects of the article further, and it'd be great to get another opinion again. If you're a bit busy or not interested, just let me know and I'll list a new request for a different third opinion. Dreamyshade (talk) 22:19, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
Yunshui 雲水 12:30, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi Mkdw. Thank you so much for your encouraging review of my new Wikipedia page about David Chater: "Article off to a great start"! I'll try to add a little more to it when I have time. All the best to you - Zhu Haifeng (talk) 09:07, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
I think Multi Chevrolet is a dealership in New Jersey based upon a WP:SET and should not be a redirect. Mkdwtalk 09:15, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
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I was not intending to attacking the subject in any way. I did not appreciate what you did to the page. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dmrafting (talk • contribs) 00:07, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
What can we do about this Greg Bollom character? There's no talk page so can we just block the account? His edits are getting rather tiresome. Headhitter (talk) 09:02, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
See this, which suggests either sockpuppetry or at the very least a concerted effort by the company to canvass links, hence the strong warnings issued to all offending parties. OhNoitsJamie Talk 14:06, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
There was a mistake in removing the part where CM Punk told The Rock that his arms are too short to box with God. That was a reference during their promo on Raw this past Monday night and I was there when he said it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.100.117.43 (talk)
Hi i'm a noob in wiki, i wanna know why the band in my article "does not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline when it comes to bands."— Preceding unsigned comment added by Tommisiswono (talk • contribs)
Hi, Mkdw. Just wanted to alert you I've left a 3RR message at User talk:71.100.117.43, who continues reverting to the same WP:INDISCRIMINATE pro-wrestling trivia that two editors, you and myself, have removed from Your Arms Too Short to Box with God. I would also note, re his posting above, that "I was there when he said it" is an original research claim unsupported by outside citation. --Tenebrae (talk) 11:30, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
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Sorry 'bout that, googled too quickly and misinterpreted what I saw. I've restored your speedy tag. –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 04:54, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
Hello! I've noticed that you have helped the James Gwyn page a lot since its inception, so thank you for that, I, along with Mweberh and a few others, did a research project on James and as a final step to the project began the Wikipedia page. We happen to have two Google Docs with our biography of James (with citations), as well as a large amount of primary sources. I'd love to be able to share all of the information to help improve the article. Problem is, I don't know where I should put the links to the Docs...on this talk page, or on the talk page for the James Gwyn article? I would handle the implementation myself, but it would probably be better if someone with experience like you or others in the Wiki community handled it. thanks again! Marioscout (talk) 05:51, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
Hello, I've reverted the speedy nomination at Sean Bockla, since it says he heads an organization which has visited schools nationally, been on an HBO series, etc. Notability is low though, so you might want to take it to AFD. Thanks, Altered Walter (talk) 08:00, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
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She came back again, avoiding the salting by using lower-case. I have salted that one, too. After consideration, I removed from her talk page your suggestion of submitting via AfC, because I don't think we should encourage so young a child to post information about herself. I provided another explanation for her of why WP is not for writing about oneself, with links to WP:NAY and WP:YOUNG. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 23:15, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for sprucing up the intro, and thanks a lot for the DYK nom. I feel appreciated, which is always nice. See you around and thanks again. Mr.choppers | ✎ 08:07, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
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Mkdw -- I sent you am email. FYI! User: Katie Krumsieg Katie Krumsieg (talk) 22:09, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
Good day, Mkdw. You've declined the article about BattleCards, on the reason that such already exists. But the point is that these are to completely different games with the same name. The project I described has little in common with the already existing article. What should I do, aren't there a possibility in the wiki to add two articles with the same name? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sergey Shuklin (talk • contribs) 17:08, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
Dear Mkdw,
My apologies. Somehow I got confused in my first time use of the "sandbox." Certainly the Myers' article was not ready for a formal posting onto Wikipedia. I was just concerned to make sure I saved the starting work I was doing to develop a proper page. Your rejection of what I had done so far was perfectly correct. A while back I had created a page for Jerome Myers, but not using the sandbox tool. I just kept trying different formatting ideas most of which I learned from going to other pages for other artists and clicking on their "edit" buttons where I could then look "under the hood" to see how they accomplished their attractive formatting. I would then copy one piece of code and text (switch the page back to "read" that I have visited), then go back to my edit page and paste it in. Then I would play with it, changing the text to my text and adjusting other elements to see what would happen when I looked at the results in "preview." This sort of trial-and-error approach seemed an ideal way to experiment and learn, and by doing so I got a much better hang of how things are done in the magical world of Wikipedia. If you take a look, I think you'll find the results of my Jerome Myers page turned out quite well. I have been told by a number of experts in the art world that it has been very helpful to them in looking back at certain aspects of American art at the turn of the century.
I have been a delighted user of Wikipedia and greatly admire what it has been doing in creating this enormously useful research resource. I do think there may be even better ways to introduce and involve newcomers in how to go about creating their own pages. There is much information about creating pages offered in Wikipedia, but some of it is a little daunting to find. More real life examples of actual pages and how they are put together and evolve might be a definite help. Also possibly an assortment of actual forms filled out that were used to upload photographs, etc. I had tried searching for the term "inherit" in Wikipedia to see if I could find an example of someone who had inherited pictures, or other graphics that they wanted to upload to the Commons, or using the Upload Wizard as a sample of what I might want to do.
Didn't mean to be so long-winded. Congratulations on what you're doing and the help you're giving others. BEDownes (talk) 01:19, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
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That was not my Question. I want another help, which was listed above. I want a jpeg of Priyanka Chopra from 58th Filmfare Awards.Prashant Conversation 08:19, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
Dear mkdw, The Matchmove page is a new page, and very different from the previous deleted page, I didn't use any ad words or sensitive content. And our company is the latest Red Herring global 100 winner (2012). I appreciate if you can review the page again. Many thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Terrynfs (talk • contribs) 10:48, 30 January 2013 (UTC)
I have no intentions other than contributing to WP with an objective approach and a positive attitude. You can ask me -in my talk page- anything about each and every one of my contributions in WP. Maybe with the exception of some silly newcomer edits in my very first days I can explain -I hope- everything else. Note: This open check is only for you. (You reminded me the grand jury in that film where everybody but one was ready to hang the suspect and return to their petty affairs ASAP. I watched the film several times but I cannot remember the name now. If I can, I will tell you.) Congratulations for being the way you are and thanks for being there. All the best. --E4024 (talk) 20:00, 30 January 2013 (UTC)
I have reverted your close, this was completely inappropriate for a NAC. GiantSnowman 09:15, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
Final inquiry, WP:NFOOTBALL cites, 'Players who have appeared, and managers who have managed, in a fully professional league, will generally be regarded as notable.' Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Fully professional leagues however states at the end of the lead paragraph, "Players who have appeared, and managers who have managed, in a fully professional league ... or cup, will generally be regarded as notable." Mkdwtalk 10:20, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi there. I see you are an experienced user on deletion requests. I believe Harutyun Bezciyan does not meet the notability criteria. I see that so clearly that the other day I proposed its speedy deletion. It was not accepted. I think it should be discussed in Articles for Deletion. I recognise my lack of experience in this area and am very disturbed to be accused of bias by some users (to put it politely, because indeed I was accused of "bad faith") and am hoping, if you or Ritchie or anyone else thinks the same way about the notability of the person, to begin this deletion discussion. (BTW I am very surprised about the accusation: Mr Bezciyan seems to be an Ottoman philantropist who made a hospital and a school in Istanbul. Why in hell somebody would have a "bad faith" POV against such a person? If it were about Hitler, I could have a negative POV but still would not propose deletion because he is quite notable.) As you may understand I feel intimidated, or at least disturbed, so I pass the ball to whomever would be interested. If I am wrong about the notability issue, please do tell me so. --E4024 (talk) 10:46, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article The Cretan Runner is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Cretan Runner until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 06:51, 2 February 2013 (UTC)
In what way is this applicable as a WP:NAC? LibStar (talk) 14:27, 2 February 2013 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of List of redheads. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. LibStar (talk) 06:48, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
(refactored from User talk:LibStar) Hi Lib. I discovered something rather strange when going over Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of redheads (3rd nomination). It appears this IP has been stalking your nominations and specifically voting against you, and in one case replying to your comment directly. Normally this wouldn't be strange but this IP only !votes in your nominations with no other edits and over a widespread number of days. I've decided to ask for a second opinion at the SPI just in case but I thought you would like to know. Mkdwtalk 07:46, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the note! Yes, was aware of that DRV, and that was kind of what I was trying to suggest. I was perhaps too subtle. I see G4 has now been declined, but I really think it would have caused us more grief if it had been done. Best just to build a very strong consensus, delete, salt and be done with it, in my opinion. Can't see there being much support for keeping it so it should all be over soon. Not CSD soon, perhaps, but soon enough. Ha ha. Stalwart111 04:57, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
JamesBWatson (talk) 09:08, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
I see you have "Monster's Legacy" under a copyright block because of the TV Guide ref w/ Mike Tyson. I'd understand it if I took everything WORD for WORD off the page but it is not, it's direct quotes from Tyson. I really do not wish to manipulate what he (or anyone else) stated in anyway. I think a clean-up is in order, versus a copyright block on the page. You do this, you might as well copyright block 1/3 of television articles alone on Wikipedia. Care to brainstorm?--SVU4671 (talk) 05:22, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi. I just wanted to let you know I've got plenty of non-chess edits in my history. Just check. Thanks. OGBranniff (talk) 23:54, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
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Amqui (talk) 02:22, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi, since you're "into" lists, can I pick your brain re policy opinion on something? Q1: Would Chess variants be considered a "list" (or not)? Q2: Some of the items at that article have their own articles, some don't. Do all (or just some, say, the un-articled items) need WP:RS at that article, to justify the item's existence there? (I asked an Admin who has position that all items need RSs whether they have articles or they don't.) Am not trying to prove anything right or wrong, just wanna cast a wider net to get to sense of confidence re my understanding about it.) Oh! (Q3: Ditto Q for items at List of Internet chess servers - do they need their own RSs at that location [or not]? But I'm not looking for consistency, since as above I'm not even sure Chess variants is considered a list and plays by the same rules [no pun intended].) Thanks for input. Ihardlythinkso (talk) 06:24, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
Thx again for your discuss & input. Sincere, Ihardlythinkso (talk) 12:26, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
I've begun the GA review for James Gwyn; it looks relatively good overall, but there are some substantial areas that need to be addressed. Check out the review for details, and thanks for your contributions! I've put the article on hold for your revisions. Cdtew (talk) 17:38, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
Mkdw, thank you for your support during my RfA. Warm regards, Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 04:35, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi, just to let you know, the checking on the Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/OGBranniff that you requested has been done and the results published. It's not a problem personally, I know the whole thing with the other guy looked kinda odd. I think what happened is that there are tons of ongoing discussion about Wikipedia on the "chess.com" forums and it's attracting all sorts of new users from chess.com here to weigh in, pro and con. Heck, even the owner of that site ended up commenting via IP recently. Anyway, have a good day and enjoy. OGBranniff (talk) 19:08, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
The Bushranger One ping only 07:29, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi, are you around? I just have a couple ideas/concerns. Thanks, OGBranniff (talk) 00:41, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:08, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
I am making an article which is relevant to "Hatsune Miku" which is named "Hachune Miku". She is referred many times in the other article but I am making a separate article. :/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by JuicyJam (talk • contribs) 06:52, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
Hello, another user has started a Request for Comment on the list criteria at the "List of chess servers" page. Are you in? So far, you are the most articulate and policy-educated member who has weighed in on the past debate. Thank you. OGBranniff (talk) 22:04, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
Barely as soon as I can create them, you jump on them trying to get them deleted. Considering how much stuff is on here, often no citations at all, I don't understand why you can even give someone else or myself to put more work into the article.EmperorOfLancs (talk) 23:07, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
As a courtesy, as you are unable to access to their archives, below I copied the text of the first article by La Stampa ("Dalai: così rifaccio la Baldini & Castoldi"), just to let you verify that it consists in significant coverage:
If necessary, I can copy and paste the other article plus others (like "Baldini & Castoldi, nuovi talenti addio (forse resta la Tamaro)", transl. "Baldini & Castoldi, goodbye new talents (perhaps Tamaro remains)" 4 December 1999, page 11) I have not used as sources but that anyway are still SIGCOV. Cavarrone (talk) 08:16, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi. You tagged several images for speedy deletion, e.g. File:Kappy Corn.jpg. These images are hosted at Wikimedia Commons. To request their deletion, you need to click on the link just below the picture that says, "Information from its description page there is shown below" and follow Commons' deletion process. All images at Commons automatically show up on Wikipedia and we have no control over it. --B (talk) 13:46, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
HI. Thanks for clarifying the nomination. Per WP:DISCUSSAFD, removed content in an AFD is usually struck through rather than remove so that the context of the subsequent statements can be seen by referring to the struck through material. Regards. -- Whpq (talk) 11:41, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
With regards to our ongoing conversation about refactoring, and this comment perhaps it is a cultural difference (see the bullet point "Opinion" in Defamation#Other defences), but under English law (and hence polite discourse) there is a big difference between "In summary, PBS' arguments are mostly 'I don't like it' arguments ..." and "In summary, I think PBS' arguments are mostly 'I don't like it' arguments ..." the first is an allegation the second is an opinion. If you still see no difference in them, and you did not intend to cause offence, then you will not object to adding {{green|I think}} (I think) to your statement. -- PBS (talk) 11:54, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
{{green|I think}}
(refactored from User talk:Lugia2453) Based upon this diff and my initial WP:BEFORE of the person which netted a facebook page and a twitter page. I give it a chance if I find a seemingly possibility of there being an assertion of notability but my findings were strong evidence to the contrary. Mkdwtalk 22:49, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi. Can you offer your opinion on which photo is more appropriate for the Infobox in the Scott Allie article in this discussion? You don't need to know anything about Allie; I'm contacting you because you've worked on Featured Pictures. I tried contacting lots of editors who work on comics-related articles, but every time I do so, we wind up with the sentiments split down the middle, and no clear consensus. I'm thinking perhaps that people who work on matters dealing with photography might be able to offer viewpoints that yield a consensus. Thank you. Nightscream (talk) 15:34, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for your feedback.
I am a student of history and the Wikipedia experience has left me very confused.
The following are perhaps some of the most widely quoted sources for that period of history that relates to Maharaja Ranjit Singh's era (1799-1839 CE). They are reports of travellers (foreigners not Indians, Sikhs or Hindustanis), often eye-witness accounts of events and people they met as they travelled through the Punjab Kingdom of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
Vigne, G.T., 1840. A Personal Narrative of a Visit to Ghuzni, Kabul, and Afghanistan, and a Residence at the Court of Dost Mohammed (Englishman who came as a visitor) <http://books.google.co.in/books?id=1I1CAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=A+Personal+Narrative+of+a+Visit+to+Ghuzni&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tps5UeW5KYLqrAf6hYGICA&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAA> Hügel, Baron (1845) 2000. Travels in Kashmir and the Panjab, containing a Particular Account of the Government and Character of the Sikhs (German/Austrian nobleman) <http://books.google.co.in/books?id=boJCAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=hugel+baron+punjab&hl=en&sa=X&ei=V5s5UY-_LYrrrQfc1oCQAQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false> Masson, Charles. 1842. Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan and the Panjab, 3 v. (originally a deserter from the British army, who later became a Political agent) <http://books.google.co.in/books?id=21YpAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Narrative+of+Various+Journeys+in+Balochistan,+Afghani&hl=en&sa=X&ei=55s5UevbNoTjrAe_yIHwCQ&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false>
The following books were written by British historians... Cunningham, Joseph Davey (1918). History of the Sikhs. (employee of the British Government in India...was posted in the British war office and was privy to how the British won the battle(s) against the Sikhs) <http://books.google.co.in/booksid=ZGlNAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=cunningham+sikhs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=W505UZesIomsrAen1YG4BQ&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=cunningham%20sikhs&f=false> Griffin, Lepel Henry (1865). Punjab Chiefs. (British administrator in Punjab after it was annexed by the British)<http://books.google.co.in/books?id=Q0ABAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=griffin+chiefs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=S545UajSKo3krAfJ_IC4BA&ved=0CDQQuwUwAA>
My questions: 1. Can all these sources be dismissed as being unreliable? 2. If "A" quotes from "B", who do I give as the 'source' for the information - "A" or "B" (when "A" is a twentieth century historian and "B" wrote his/her book in the nineteenth century)?
Thank you Twiceplus plus (talk) 04:02, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
I'm afraid I do not think your bulk AfD of Singapore church articles - particularly in cases of newbies - was in the best spirit of Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers. Although policy allows this and slapping templates on new and inexperienced editors' pages, in this case when 4[3] of the 8 [6] are easily notable in Google Books, and 2 of the remaining 4[2] sourceable with a little more work, you've combined a bad call in relation to editors making clean reasonable articles, with careless source checking before a bulk nomination. I've commented on the Talk of the Nativity church. In ictu oculi (talk) 06:18, 14 March 2013 (UTC) double counted due to similarity in edit history
I looked up WikiLeaks' user contributions, he/she's a SPA. I just removed the {{tl:dubious}} tag for the third time, this is really now an edit war. The campaign by Hollywood activists to discredit Vancouver was rife on the Hollywood North article, seems to be on their radar again....Skookum1 (talk) 07:47, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
At this time, Proposal 1, 3, and 5 have received full (or close to) support.
If you have questions of anything general (not related to one specif proposal), please leave a message under the General discussion thread.
Perhaps. I think we should if this goes any further. Perhaps it's a single vandal and we should request a checkuser? Revolution1221 (talk) 23:56, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
(refactored from User talk:GabrielF) Would you be able to follow up on the recent Boston College activity that seems to be led by User:MauriceJackson24? Notably, the userpage makes a claim to be this professor: http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/english/faculty/full-adj-fac/George_O_Har.html. Cheers, Mkdwtalk 20:03, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi. Can you offer your opinion on a photo in this discussion? Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 02:58, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
