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Ray of Light and other things....

¡Hola!, gracias por su respuesta. Gracias porque se tomó la molestia de leer en un idioma ajeno al suyo y contestar. Pues yo me he quedado satisfecho con lo que dijo: "Furthermore, I would like to point out the same problem could have happened with Ray of Light—that various news and magazine writers looked at the 20 million figure on Misplaced Pages and repeated it without checking". Pero, también me gustaría pedirle un favor, como yo no soy nativo del idioma inglés (lo entiendo, pero escribirlo es lo que me cuesta), que realizara este tipo de censo con álbumes que la verdad, tienen un problema con sus ventas como Ray of Light, Thriller por ejemplo (que son exageradísimas) y lo más seguro es que sea un "Wiki hoax"; recuerde que medios de más de cien años han copiado información de Misplaced Pages sin ver si son verídicas o falacias, The Irish Times (1859) por ejemplo. Gracias nuevamente por toda la atención. Saludos cordiales , Chrishonduras (talk) 00:27, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

I agree it is a huge problem. I would like to see all the album sales figures be assessed the same way all over Misplaced Pages. Ideally, the assessment would be strict, limited to firmly established sales results. Binksternet (talk) 00:36, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

Political activities of the Koch brothers: what's next?

Maybe it's just me, but I don't see the RFC ending with a consensus ruling. Mangoe (talk) 23:11, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

In situations where I beat my head against an unyielding problem for hours, days or weeks without making any progress, I eventually cease my involvement and focus elsewhere. Short of ousting the most vociferous obstructionist editors, I don't have an answer. Binksternet (talk) 23:29, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

Well, I've been to ARBCOM with a case much like this before. Mangoe (talk) 05:27, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

That one worked very well. It would be great to see such a result applied everywhere it is needed. Binksternet (talk) 17:29, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

Rape and pregnancy controversies in United States elections, 2012

I started a discussion on this at WP:ORN on user:Arzel edits on Rape and pregnancy controversies in United States elections, 2012. It can be found here.

The WikiProject: Good Articles Newsletter (December 2012)

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David Irving

Hi Binksternet. I removed "holocaust denier" from the introductory sentence of David Irving, but you (and someone else) seem to have a problem with this.

I thought that the purpose of the introductory sentence was to name them, and to list what occupation they do/did. Is this not correct? All other people seem to have their occupation there, rather than things they're known to be linked to.

I'm new to Misplaced Pages, so is there perhaps a guide somewhere explaining it? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Treeroy (talk • contribs) 23:43, December 5, 2012

In Misplaced Pages biographies, there's no cut-and-dried formula restricting the first sentence to career only. Usually the first sentence says the most notable thing about a person. Holocaust denial overshadows everything else Irving has done; it is his main claim to fame whether he likes it or not. Binksternet (talk) 23:49, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

I see, thank you. How do you sign things by the way? I noticed wherever I edit on a talk page, it says "unsigned" whereas everyone else has a signature with date/time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Treeroy (talk • contribs) 23:58, December 5, 2012

Sign with four tildes in a row, like this: ~~~~

Cheers - Binksternet (talk) 00:00, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

Request comment

Your input would be appreciated here. GabeMc 02:20, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

San Bernardino

At San Bernardino, if we both acknowledge that Greater Los Angeles Area's presence is debatable, don't you think it does less harm to leave the (possibly redundant) information in the article (where it was put by a third party) than to remove it? I've spent quite a bit of time on more important issues in the article, and it still needs more. —— 10:45, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

I think "Southern California", "Inland Empire", and "55 miles east of downtown L.A." are suitable for the first paragraph. Mentioning L.A. again in the first paragraph is too much.

Of course there are other issues that are more important; this one should be easy to get right. Binksternet (talk) 16:30, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	I am looking to hire an experienced Wiki writer to help us with managing wiki content on wikipedia for a popular personality form India.They are always creating malicious content on Wiki against him to malign him can you help or guide me? my email is sachinbatra009@yahoo.in Sachinbatra007 (talk) 10:09, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

I'm not quite cynical enough to take money for the purpose of defending a biography article against published negative accounts. Binksternet (talk) 15:51, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Double-warning?

Hi there. I wasn't sure if you noticed my warning to Bjkijkjr83 (talk · contribs) when you left your edit-warring warning. If you did notice it, and thought it was still a good idea to be explicit about the policies, I understand, but seeing as he hasn't edited the article since my warning, I thought it would be a good idea to check in with you to see if the reiteration was intentional or not. Thanks. — Francophonie&Androphilie 01:23, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Your sudden appearance with in-depth knowledge of WP editing practices is a charade I don't want to play. I think you are a soon-to-be-blocked sockpuppet and I don't care to waste my time communicating. Regarding your concern here, I will do what needs to be done at Bjkijkjr83's page. Nonetheless, please stay off of my talk page. Binksternet (talk) 01:44, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

User:Francophonie&Androphilie/WHOIS. I've already been blocked, and exhonerated, and a CheckUser's been run. I don't know what I've done to piss you off, but I hope you might WP:assume good faith more in the future. — Francophonie&Androphilie 02:21, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

I'm not as gullible. Stay away from my talk page. Binksternet (talk) 02:27, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

As it happens, this user has a good explanation for his rapid acquisition of some skill in wikipedia. Your opinion is your own, but you have been here long enough to know that accusations of sockpuppetry made without foundation are not approved of. To suggest that checkuser clearance indicates gullibility is IMHO not reasonable.--Anthony Bradbury 11:22, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

I looked at the various discussions surrounding the block and unblock of Francophonie&Androphilie and I did not see that a checkuser search was run. Or do you mean "checkuser" as in a person who can run the check (Coren) but who in this case has apparently opted against doing so? Anyway, I'm less inclined to doubt F&A after seeing all the positive things he's done, but I'm going to let more time pass before I change my mind completely. Binksternet (talk) 12:40, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Hi, Binksternet. Seeing your above comment, I'm inclined to comply with your request to stay off your talk page. I've said in the past that I understand what could seem suspicious, and if it takes you a bit longer for those suspicions to go away, so be it. Here is the record of the CheckUser being done - not exactly exculpatory, of course, but I believe it's this type of assessment that led to Coren later describing his actions as "paranoid." Anyways, I'm fine with steering clear of you if you'd like, though I hope you don't mind if I reserve the right to drop you any run-of-the-mill messages like the one that started this thread. Thanks. — Francophonie&Androphilie 16:55, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for that link; it's all I was looking for. If Coren ran checkuser and found nada then I'm happy with the results. Binksternet (talk) 17:03, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

List of best-selling albums

Thanks for everything (y por haberme leído pacientemente en español también :),  good work: , or ; This was indeed a "Wiki hoax", definitely. But, RadioIzzy performs persistent vandalism . Can you handle it?. And... sorry for my bad English. Best regards Chrishonduras (talk) 02:04, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Yes, I am watching the page and I will work against edit warriors. Binksternet (talk) 02:08, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Mixed metaphor of the day ;-)

Unless you can think of something you'd tie a wagon to that throws fish... :P AndyTheGrump (talk) 02:06, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

That's my story and I'm stick-in-the-mud, because a stitch in time saves them like nine-pins. Binksternet (talk) 02:10, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

Tube Fender

Thank you for your post regarding the article Tube Fender but I just wanted to clarify with you that Tube Fender is not a product name, but a very large category of products in the Off Road Industry that includes Jeep Owners, Toyota Owners, Custom Built Buggies and other off road vehicles. Google Search for Tube Fender. Matsonian (talk) 05:12, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

Please place your comments at the deletion discussion page: Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Tube fender. I will respond there. Binksternet (talk) 05:14, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

Shakira

Hola, Binksternet. No me quiero meter a problemas, simplemente trato de guardar la imparcialidad. Pero, ¿será correcto esto que realizé?: y . Me gusta Shakira y conozco su biografía casi a la perfección, tanto en las versiones de Misplaced Pages como fuera de otros lugares y sé que esas ventas no son correctas; además, Sony dice que solo ha vendido 60 millones. Saludos, Chrishonduras (talk) 03:55, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Chrishonduras, I do not want to help fix the problem of inflated record sales at all of the musician and album articles where there is controversy. My only interest was at Madonna's Ray of Light album, but because of that I was pulled into the List of best-selling albums against my better judgement. I wish you success in your fight for accuracy. Binksternet (talk) 05:20, 11 December 2012 (UTC)