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| This provides (A) a user page link with my nickname "Jeff Q"; (B) a user talk-page link with the text "(talk)"; and (C) a non-breaking space so my signature won't be split between 2 lines. You can examine the raw text of many talk pages to see the incredible variety of these customizations as well. You can also get more information about this at ]. I hope you find this information useful. ~ ] ] 22:54, 27 June 2006 (UTC) | This provides (A) a user page link with my nickname "Jeff Q"; (B) a user talk-page link with the text "(talk)"; and (C) a non-breaking space so my signature won't be split between 2 lines. You can examine the raw text of many talk pages to see the incredible variety of these customizations as well. You can also get more information about this at ]. I hope you find this information useful. ~ ] ] 22:54, 27 June 2006 (UTC) | ||
| ==Your references to ]== | |||
| Have violated ]. Any further violations will be reason for block. Also, the source you provide is not notable or reliable, and the material it provides (i.e. the controversy about Randi's challenge) is already covered in the article. ] 16:17, 19 October 2007 (UTC) | |||
| == 3RR == | |||
| Copied from ]: You have been reported for violating 3RR. ] 17:29, 19 October 2007 (UTC) | |||
| :That's interesting, considering that I edited ] exactly once in the past three months. You, however, have been making an awful lot of edits to the page. Please do familiarize yourself with ], ], and ]. ] 21:14, 19 October 2007 (UTC) | |||
| ==Your three revert rule report== | |||
| I have closed this as no violation, as I find that the addition you sought was in violation of the ] policy in that it was a controversial claim about a living person that was poorly sourced. Please do not add it again unless you have found a reliable source. | |||
| In reverting the removal of this claim you were revert-warring, which is harmful to the encyclopaedia even if you were in the right in terms of the applicability of ]. I want to counsel you not to revert if you find yourself in a dispute; instead try to hold to the ] cycle if you can. ] 22:55, 19 October 2007 (UTC) | |||
| : Sam, I disagree that it is either a controversial claim, or that it is poorly sourced. The thing is that a senior member of Randi's staff has replied to the allegations, and has admitted that on that particular occasion he has changed the content of the logs. | |||
| : Randi's assistant has done two things on the forums owned and run by Randi. | |||
| : 1) He has published alleged logs of challenge applicants | |||
| : 2) He has admitted falsifying at least one of those logs. | |||
| : Are these reliable cites? Is a forum posting by a senior member of Randi's staff reliable? | |||
| : Should we allow both of these as cites? Should we forbid both of these as cites? Or is there some difference between them, so that we can allow one, while forbidding the other? | |||
| : ] 23:59, 19 October 2007 (UTC) | |||
| ::I think it is undoubted that the claim is a controversial one that brings in ]. 'Admitted falsification' of anything, even where a $1million prize is not at stake, is a serious claim. You can ask on the ] where the experts in good sourcing on living people gather, but the fundamental problem with forum postings is that it is very difficult to prove that the person making them is who they claim to be. ] 14:16, 20 October 2007 (UTC) | |||
| == Re-insertion of BLP vio on talk page == | |||
| ] Please stop adding unreferenced controversial biographical content to articles or any other Misplaced Pages page{{#if:James Randi|, as you did at ]}}. Content of this nature could be regarded as ] and is in violation of ]. If you continue, you will be ] from editing Misplaced Pages. {{#if:Please stop directly mis-quoting the sources. WP:BLP policies apply everywhere.|Please stop directly mis-quoting the sources. WP:BLP policies apply everywhere.|}}<!-- Template:uw-biog3 --> | |||
| :Also you may wish to have a look at ] as threads not about the article can be deleted without further ado. ] (]) 07:00, 16 September 2008 (UTC) | |||
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Thank you for your contributions to James Randi and its talk page. I noticed, however, that you are signing your talk-page postings with a manually-crafted name and untimestamped date. As mentioned in the welcome message above (under "Additional tips"), the best way to sign a talk-page posting is by using 4 tildes (~~~~), which the wiki editor will automatically convert to your username (with a link to your user page) and a UTC date/timestamp (which marks the time unambiguously, very important for active discussions). You can also use 3 tildes for just your username, or 5 tildes for just the date/timestamp. But the 4-tilde system is by far the most common and most useful. This may sound unnecessary, but you might be surprised how often people will forge plain-text signatures and timestamps. Using the automatic system gives a much more secure feeling (although not infallible) that the poster is who they say they are, and that the posting time is accurate.
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This provides (A) a user page link with my nickname "Jeff Q"; (B) a user talk-page link with the text "(talk)"; and (C) a non-breaking space so my signature won't be split between 2 lines. You can examine the raw text of many talk pages to see the incredible variety of these customizations as well. You can also get more information about this at Help:Preferences#Your nickname. I hope you find this information useful. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 22:54, 27 June 2006 (UTC)