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Who are you? -- JettaMann

That's not a polite way to respond to a polite welcome. Please read WP:CIVIL.

Are you kidding? Don't bite the newcomers yourself... heqs 20:44, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Also, if you propose to add controversial concepts based on flimsy evidence, consider suggesting it on article talk pages (reached by the "discussion" link at the top of each article) before adding to the article. I believe all of your edits yesterday/early today have been removed by regular editors of those articles for various reasons relating to the claims being doubtful and not well supported by quality references. See WP:NPOV and WP:CITE. Welcome to Misplaced Pages, perhaps you should choose less controversial edits until you become more familiar with Misplaced Pages standards and policies. --Scott Davis 14:08, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Scott, I agree the source provided for the Aborigine origins with Neanderthal man was not conclusive enough, so I added more data (including DNA evidence which is pretty hard to argue with) in the Neanderthal discussion page. Hope this clears that issue up for you. -- JettaMann

Jetta man do some damn research. the "friend" is Aaron Russo, and he went on to make a documentary "America:Freedom to Fascism" after he learned these things, and ended his friendship with Rockefeller —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.14.226.176 (talk) 12:15, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

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Hi JettaMann, make sure you sign your comments with four tildes, ~~~~ , and it will show up like this: Awiseman 19:40, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Vigor Microlight

A tag has been placed on Vigor Microlight, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Misplaced Pages. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group or service and which would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

If you can indicate why the subject of this article is not blatant advertising, you may contest the tagging. To do this, please add {{hangon}} on the top of the page and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would help make it encyclopedic, as well as adding any citations from reliable sources to ensure that the article will be verifiable. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Realkyhick 04:26, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

I didn't actually delete the page — I'm not an admin, and have no burning desire to be one. I just tag an article with a speedy delete, then an admin has to come along and agree with me to make it happen. I like it that way, as it gives some "backup" to make sure I don't tag something for no good reason. You can always re-post the article, but someone else may do a speedy delete too (I'll leave it alone), at which time you'd better figure it needs to be rewritten, or else just give up on it. I've been on your side of this kind of issue, too. Realkyhick 22:29, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Polar Bear

I added the ref to your paragraph. I think I did it right. Of course it'd be lovely to find the sources that the paper used. Shenme 04:18, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

On the Edge: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore

On 28 April 2006, you added a lot of links to www.commodorebook.com . Two of these have been identified as spam , and I can't see why most of the others could be considered relevant. A book should be in #References only if content from the book has been used in the article (hence "references"), which I see no evidence of. Links to a page offering to sell the book are probably spam. Do you have any reasons to keep these links on other pages? ⇌Elektron 13:51, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

That's one of two books that deal with the topic of Commodore, MOS Technologies, etc... I think these are listed in further reading? That seems entirely appropriate for people who want more in depth information. JettaMann 13:50, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

Most of them have been removed with explanations in the edit comments (a lot of them not by me). Only add it to "references" if it has been used in the creation of the article (the section title "sources" is nonstandard), and "external links" if it's something worth looking at that doesn't just try to sell you something. In this case, a Harvard-style reference would've been more appropriate (in "Further reading", which most of them weren't), or preferably, read the book, add to the article, and use <ref> tags so it's obvious what relevance the book has (as has been done here. ⇌Elektron 10:40, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Ehh, that's not the case. Originally the links pointed the actual site for the book, which was claimed to be an ad. So as a compromise with Altari they were pointed to the current cite, with an actual excerpt, that is not promoted as an ad and has a simple link at the end of the page to buy the book. The book is a valid reference and source for Commodore history and well known by researchers and the Commodore community. I've put back some of them, and changed the link to a review of the book. Also corrected the links you changed to the title of the excerpt and the isbn but left out the title. --Marty Goldberg 17:21, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion of MicroGraphicImage

A tag has been placed on MicroGraphicImage requesting that it be speedily deleted from Misplaced Pages. This has been done because the article appears to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

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For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Rudget _{Contributions} 14:58, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Response - on talk page. Regards, Rudget _{Contributions} 15:10, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

The article was deleted but I've restored it. Please fix the tone of the article and add references so that it does not appear to be original research. Cheers, Pascal.Tesson 15:14, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Notability of Games By Apollo

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For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Brewcrewer 07:02, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Added "wait" tag as per guidelines. Put discussion on article's talk page. Rewrote the entire entry, provided references, etc. Removed tags as per guidelines. --Marty Goldberg 09:42, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Race and intelligence article

The subject of this article is controversial and content may be in dispute. When updating the article, be bold, but not reckless. Feel free to try to improve the article, but don't take it personally if your changes are reversed; instead, come here to the talk page to discuss them. Content must be written from a neutral point of view. Include citations when adding content and consider tagging or removing unsourced information.

This is the consensus of the article's editors. --Jagz (talk) 18:54, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Your 15:44, 21 April 2008 revision of Bill Ayers article contradicts Weather Underground article

In one of your 21 April 2008 revisions of Bill Ayers you added text describing the Weather Underground as "a group responsible for the bombing murders of several people." This contradicts the main Weather Underground article. Please explain. Joeljunk (talk) 16:38, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Partial reversion on introductory treatment of Harold Wilson's approach to socialism

Hello, JettaMann.

You recently made changes to the introductory section on Harold Wilson's brand of socialism. I accept that some of these changes were a marked improvement, as they removed an earlier speculative section ("suggesting" Wilson's attitude to traditional left wing approaches). This change is to be applauded. However, I propose that the additional changes -- which almost entirely focused attention on the "social reform" area of the Wilson governments' record, at the expense of his goals on opportunity, technology and growth -- create a confusion and imbalance between what Wilson himself set out to do and what a certain part of his administration (the Home Office largely under Roy Jenkins) undertook. If one reads Wilson's own speeches, e.g., from the 1964 campaign, his own area of focus seems clear. I recognize that you have also asked for citation(s) to back up the article's claim that Wilson personally had little interest in the Jenkins agenda. While I think this is well known, I accept the challenge, and will just need a little more time to find suitable quotes to support this point. Best regards. Nandt1 (talk) 15:27, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Thd citation requested has now been supplied. Nandt1 (talk) 22:23, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Giving a little more thought to how to deal with the issues raised, I am now proposing a new reference to the social legislation in the introduction, but separated from the discussion on Wilson's approach to socialism. The larger significance of the "socialism" discussion, that we should try not to lose here, is that attitudes to public ownership have represented a central fissure within the Labour Party almost ever since the Attlee government lost office. Thus Gaitskell tried but failed to change Clause Four of the constitution, opposed by Bevan; much later Foot re-emphasized the left's traditional values; more recently, Blair actually changed the Party's constitution. Where does Wilson fit into this story? The Harold Wilson article argues that he basically fudged the issue -- neither changing the letter of the constitution, nor doing very much to put it into practise. Regards. Nandt1 (talk) 19:42, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

We are discussing a proposed edit on the following page: Talk:Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. Please contribute in a constructive manner. Thank you, and don't forget to sign your messages on the Talk page with four tildes. ~~~~ Marx0728 (talk) 23:44, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Your changes to Climatic Research Unit e-mail hacking incident ‎

You recently removed factual content from Climatic Research Unit e-mail hacking incident. This is problematic and contested. Please use the talk page to explain your edits. Thanks. Viriditas (talk) 23:48, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

December 2009

Please do not attack other editors. If you continue, you will be blocked from editing Misplaced Pages. KillerChihuahuaAdvice 19:54, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

This is the last warning you will receive for your disruptive comments.
If you continue to make personal attacks on other people as you did at Talk:Climatic Research Unit e-mail hacking incident, you will be blocked for disruption. Comment on content, not on other contributors or people. Stop referring to fellow editors as "AGW activists" please. Scjessey (talk) 19:25, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

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