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Hello Jeff5102, and welcome to Misplaced Pages! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, some of your edits have not conformed to Misplaced Pages's Neutral Point of View policy, and have been reverted. Misplaced Pages articles should refer only to facts and interpretations that have been stated in print or on reputable websites or other forms of media.

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Misplaced Pages:Where to ask a question or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome!  JoshuaZ 14:09, 3 April 2006 (UTC) p.s. I completely agree in your attidude towards Adnan Oktar, but the Misplaced Pages rules and guidelines still need to be followed. JoshuaZ 14:09, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Rohan Jayasekera

That's neat! You deleted the accurate bits from that rambling student paper article and left in the inaccurate bits... Who told you his grandfather went anywhere near Murmansk? Stalin? Yet his bitching about US anti-war activists (for example) is all over the web. But as we know, Misplaced Pages rules and guidelines are neither help or hindrance to woodenheaded editors.

Oktar

Comments like "not even a shred of scientific credibility" and calling him ignorant are still POV problems. Please see for examples how to phrase these sorts of things the articles on Creationism, and the Creation-Evolution Controversy. JoshuaZ 13:53, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Your comments on Harun Yahya made me laugh. I studied science. I got scholarships. I didn't see what an undergraduate biology student should be able to see through Harun Yahya's books, hahahaha. If you can't understand scientific facts, don't blame him. Zahid 19:25, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Just follow the link http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons and read it.Jitt 08:19, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Harun Yahya

Please take a look at Talk:Adnan_Oktar#Orwell_section. --Nkv 06:46, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Revenge edits?

Hi Jeff -

I tried in good faith to assist with language problems, NPOV issues and subjects requiring verification in the biographical article on Adnan Oktar. I asked for references, again, in good faith. If the issues claimed in the biography did indeed occur then it's important they are documented appropriately. You did provide references - most of which are from a site which clearly promotes itself as non-neutral where Oktar is concerned. While the inclusion of material from "both sides" is important - independant references are also useful - and that's what I was asking for.

You then posted this:

I am a little bit critical, but I do not see any proper references in your articles about cyclids. please make proper references (preferably from international media) or I had better chop out the unsourced allegations. (and I am serious about this!) Jeff5102 20:44, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

On my talk page - which I presume is meant to be a threat/revenge of some kind. You then proceeded to make vandalic edits to Cardiopharynx and Amphilophus_citrinellus under the guise of "inadequate referencing" (when both articles are referenced as required by the Fish Project group). You then reverted your own changes.

I stress again, I had (and have) good intentions towards the Adnan Oktar article. MidgleyDJ 23:31, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Well, I consider this very strange. I DID give references from more sides/sites, but at first you deleted parts of my text where I made references from other sides (and probably with the best intentions) and second you asked a lot of references from a paragraph that originated from one article (which I gave you in good faith), and the next thing you do, is complaining that the most references I gave are from one site. That is bizarre.

Furthermore: I need to prove every single word I am using by "international media" (even when I write about times when mr. Oktar had only a bit fame abroad) or "both sides" (also about topics where Oktar-admirers are silent about).

On the other hand, you consider it as normal to insert some criticism about Copper Healing, and you did not care to give any reference to it. And about those fish, you think it is enough to use only one frontpage of a site as a reference (plus a book I cannot read from here).

That is bizarre, unfair and hypocritical. If your intentions are as good as you claim they are, please look for some more references yourself. You are welcome to edit the article about Oktar in such a way that it fits your standards. Or do it at your own articles. Because I think it is not only me is not only me who needs to fulfil your standards; there is still a lot that needs to be done at those cyclid-pages you made yourself.Jeff5102 15:30, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi Jeff, Thanks for the message on my talk page. Let's agree to disagree over this, I think we both want to same thing and have somehow crossed paths. All the best, David. MidgleyDJ 21:45, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

ADNAN OKTAR

Dear Jeff,

We kindly ask you not to revert to editions we make on the article about Mr. Adnan Oktar. Your editions do not reflect the truths about Mr. Oktar and his ideas, and misguides the readers.

We hope you will respect this resquest.

Thank you in advance.

Best Regards85.107.248.107 15:23, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

John Birch Society

You made a good point about not needing references, because the material was covered in the other articles that were linkable on their names.  I don't know why, but I hadn't thought of that.  Good catch. Yosemite1967 05:51, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

P.S.  Are you stalking my contributions?  Yosemite1967 20:02, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Umbro sponsorships

Please add references to Umbro sponsorships if you can, otherwise it's likely to be deleted. Thanks, --  Chzz  ►  03:46, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

FFI

Hi Jeff, I'd invite you to take your concerns to the talk page. Contemporary Islam is an academic scholarly journal published by Springer Netherlands, and the author, Goran Larsson, is a recognised expert in sociology. You've also removed reliably sourced content from an Asia Times article. As the reliable sources talk about the topic in relation to anti-Islam sentiment, the categories are also warranted - and this has been discusses extensively on talk, which is where I think we should take this dispute. ITAQALLAH 00:01, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Hello again Jeff, I've sent you the academic paper in question. Thanks, ITAQALLAH 19:44, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Your opinion

Your opinion is requested here. Thank you. - Agnistus (talk) 08:21, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for notifying me about the AN/I report. - Agnistus (talk) 10:52, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Ahmed Deedat

I've blocked that IP but am allowing account creation if used productively.

You should also note that you broke 3RR on that page; because you were not reverting blatant vandalism, you are not exempt from the rule. And because you are not a new user, a 3RR warning is not required. I came very close to blocking you as well, but decided to hold off and see if progress can be made with the discussion. Do not revert the article again today, and don't let disagreements get so out of hand in the future. Seek dispute resolution before edit warring, and remember - there are no emergencies on Misplaced Pages. Kafziel 13:20, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Your comments on Deedat

Thanks for the comment. I reverted your edits mostly because of objections towards deletion of sourced content in the lead. Also the deletion of stamp issued by Finland was not needed IMO as this was there since long time and a dispute could have been addressed using appropriate tags on that sentence. I will try to reply ASAP in the talk page about your individual concerns.

As a whole , I have been trying to create a balance in the article - on one hand, we have very poor quality edits from fans like Islam4ever who not only bring bias, but also destroys the quality. On the other hand, some other editors make the article into a coatrack, whereby 75% of the article is devoted to criticism many of them irrelevant. Your positive contributions are appreciated. Zencv 10:49, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

MedCab

Hi. A MedCab case has been opened here, regarding Anthony Flew. You have been named as a participant. Please visit the case page and indicate whether or not you will participate. Thank you. 23:12, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Adidas sponsorships

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Adidas sponsorships, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process because of the following concern:

Largely unreferenced and indiscriminate list with little apparently standards/criteria for entry

All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Misplaced Pages's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Misplaced Pages is not" and Misplaced Pages's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised because, even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. Mosmof (talk) 23:49, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Khamosh

Hi,

I tried to add a new introduction to the Anthony Flew article. Within hours it had been reverted by User:Khamosh, who accused me of being paid to vandalise Misplaced Pages (I wish).

Could you try talking to him. (If only because because two users are required to do a Misplaced Pages:Requests_for_comment#Request_comment_on_users.)

Thanks,

— Hyperdeath 01:26, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

I have nominated Umbro sponsorships, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Misplaced Pages's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Umbro sponsorships. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Mosmof (talk) 02:10, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

I have nominated Adidas sponsorships, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Misplaced Pages's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Adidas sponsorships. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Mosmof (talk) 02:14, 26 December 2008 (UTC)