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I am the artist and there is information on my VV Brown page that is incorrect. My team keep trying to change it but it always goes back to the wrong information. Lollipops and politics was never released so was never a second album. Samson and Delilah is my second album.There is also other information that is 100% wrong and needs changing. How can I inform you on this so its correct ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.70.169.94 (talk) 01:02, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar

Hello! Thanks so much for suggesting that I include citations in my contribution about Jonathan Sanger. I have now added citations...please have a look at it for me. I really appreciate it. I dont understand why you changed the edit I made regarding porn actress Cody lane AKA Carla Rushing. She is a graduate of Fern Creek High and this information is relavent Thank you in advance ;-) Petria http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Jonathan_Sanger Petria Seymour (talk) 03:06, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

Global warming controversy

Hello, There are several notable scientists most notably the great physicist Freeman Dyson and the physics nobel laureate Ivar Giaever who oppose the mainstream opinion about our role in global warming and claim the models are too simplistic and are irrelevant for predicting what the future will hold. I think it is only fair to mention these views on the global warming controversy page, and instead of saying no controversy exists among scientists in the preface note these scientists. I would love to get a hand in editing this page (as I obviously am a beginner). — Preceding unsigned comment added by MrWorshipMe (talk • contribs) 09:22, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

regarding the change I made in Flagellation

Thanks for keeping Misplaced Pages a reliable reference, actually you removed all the paragraph that I added a correction sentence to it,the paragraph said that raped women are to be punished in Islamic countries. A statement that I have doubts about it but what I'm sure about is that is not in Islamic law so I only added the sentence but this is against Islam as I remember. now as you removed the paragraph I replied to, I find no need to add my comment but still you can have the reference of my editing http://www.muslimaccess.com/articles/Women/rape_in_islam.asp . thanks again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amanyda (talk • contribs) 23:58, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

Reviewer

Hello, following a review of your contributions, I have enabled reviewer rights on your account. This gives you the ability to:

• Accept changes on pages undergoing pending changes,
• Have your changes automatically accepted on pending changes level 2 protected pages, and
• Administrate article feedback.

Please remember that this user right:

• Can be removed at any time for misuse, and
• Does not grant you any special status above other editors.

You should probably also read WP:PROTECT, since this user privilege deals largely with page protection. As the requirements for this privilege are still in a state of flux, I would encourage you to keep up to date on the WP:REVIEWER page. Feel free to ask me if you have any questions! Happy editing! Reaper Eternal (talk) 19:57, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, Reaper! --Jprg1966  19:58, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Books were missing from Richard Paul Evans bibliography and they were in the wrong publishing order. Also added a quote directly from his website about Christmas Box House charity which is very important to him. As well, added the basic biographical info found on the flyleaf of his books re wife Keri, five kids, residence in Salt Lake City UT, and (as visitors to Wiki would be curious and assume as much geographically) confirmed he is LDS (as am I). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.51.113.187 (talk) 20:48, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Regarding your recent edit in Kingdom of Rajarata page. This is the summary by the obi2canibetal. Talk:Kingdom_of_Rajarata I believe this article is a hoax and have nominated it for deletion here.--obi2canibetal He also believes the Kingdom of Rajarata = Kingdom of Anuradhapura.But in Sri Lanka it is not. http://www.sundaytimes.lk/111030/Plus/plus_01.html. All the 5 kingdoms are part of the kingdom of Rajarata. It is like Roman Empire (Western + Eastern). Using same logic someone can argue that there is no such thing like Roman Empire. But considering the extend of the period Roman empire we need everything to identify patterns,similarities. If someone nominate to delete Roman Empire and merge things to the western (Rome) , eastern (Constantine) empires it would be a joke. That's why I am saying we should not argue for this kind of topic. Other thing is obi2canibetal don't know anything about Sri Lanka. He lives in Western country and trying to analyse Sri Lanka from internet. In Sri Lanka many people feel the rajarata is the kingdom and Anuradhapura, Pollonnaruwa are administrative centers. In many local references about kings who rules from 543BC-1215 are introduced as rulers of Rajarata. Rajarata (raja-king, rata-country or kingdom).

Also you must watch Rajarata page created by obi2canibetal.

Rajarata (Raja = king, rata = country, or preferably land, thus the Land of Kings) is the name given to the region of Sri Lanka from which monarchs ruled the country from approximately the 5th Century BCE to the early 13th Century CE. It is centered around the ancient cities of Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka. Uttaradesa is the northern portion of Rajarata which includes the Jaffna peninsula. Now he is playing a game. So do I needs to argue whether it is a kingdom or anything else(anyone haven't proposed what it is) with a someone who have little knowledge on Sri Lanka and no knowledge on Sinhala ? --Himesh84 (talk) 09:23, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

CSD tag removal warnings

Hi! Thank you for the putting the csd tag back on Knight Legends as the user that removed the tag has not made any arguments for its removal. I am writing here to let you know that the user you warned at User talk:VanessaLu92 is not actually the creator the page. Only the page's creator is technically not allowed to remove the tag, while anyone else may do so but most provide a reason for it. Another user made the same mistake as you, so I am writing just to hopefully provide a reminder that when using the uw-speedy tags be sure to check to make sure they created the page. Cheers. --Odie5533 (talk) 04:10, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the note.

I used a standard template (in Huggle), which seems to just assume anyone deleting a CSD tag needlessly is the page creator. --04:12, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

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You are Jewish but not Isreali, yet there is a bond. Family in Israel?

You support this War!! Personal reasons!!!

You like Likud, hardliner!!!

JPRG - what do you want, Son, what do you want? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.214.201.25 (talk) 17:45, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

Yes, I have family in Israel and am Jewish. But I'm not here to support a particular point of view. I'm here to build a neutral, comprehensive encyclopedia. --Jprg1966  17:53, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

That is what you Present. It is not important.

What is important is what you feel.

What do you feel, Jprg, What do you feel? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.214.201.25 (talk) 17:54, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

Unfortunately, what I feel isn't actually important here. In fact, editors who are specifically not here to live by Misplaced Pages's mission don't stay long. I use blogs and social media to express my opinions. I use Misplaced Pages for different reasons. --Jprg1966  17:58, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

A blog....lol..what is a blog, Son.... its my birthday...pompous me...

but i have a gift for you... http://en.wikipedia.org/Norman_Schwarzkopf,_Jr...

Jprg, hardliner!!! if yes, then this is the day you see the light....lol if not, you're a General, General Schwarzkopf, this is Singh, reporting for duty...:) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.214.201.25 (talk) 18:01, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

I deleted my previous 'talk' message just after I had written it because seconds later I saw you caught the edit I referred to. As well thank you for welcoming me on my 'talk' page. Good evening/morning/weekend to you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Italk2u (talk • contribs) 22:37, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

removal of derogatory remarks from kamal salibi's page.

I removed the remarks because they are viewed as derogatory. Kamal Salibi was not only an outstanding professor, but an incredibly intelligent scholar and his legacy should not be downgraded by some pompous inaccurate, internet flously with no intimate knowledge of the man. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.2.22.179 (talk) 04:09, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

The content you deleted may not have been kind to Dr. Salibi, but it was reliably sourced and therefore shouldn't be deleted because of your personal opinion. On Misplaced Pages, what the sources say dictates what stays. If you'd still like to contest the inclusion of this content, start a discussion on the article's talk page. --Jprg1966  04:14, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Hello Jprg1966, please feel free to weigh in on the discussion regarding the Kamal Salibi edits, here. Thanks. Yazan (talk) 16:42, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

I appreciate your notice, although I'm not sure how much I have to add to the discussion (as I am clueless about the topic). I reverted the edits because I was not satisfied with the rationale for their removal. I trust you to abide by the proper Wiki procedures here. And I have also said on WP:AN3 that I'm OK letting the editor continue unpunished if they play by the rules. --Jprg1966  16:46, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Jprg1966. I appreciate your patience and AGF. I think we've reached a reasonable compromise on the language, that I've gone ahead and implemented in the article. Do let me know if you have any concerns with that. Other than that, have a lovely day! Cheers! Yazan (talk) 17:29, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

What's the proper way to propose a merge?

Currency and Money look pretty similar. It would be nice to combine the efforts into one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hopkinsenior (talk • contribs) 05:22, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Regarding Modification on Mahdavia page

Hi Born and brought up as proud mahdavi...

Mahdavis are follower of Imam mahdi, for more detial information please go to http://www.mahdavia.com/

It will be grateful for you to edit this page or give permission for me to edit it

Regards Mahdavi — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mahdavi786 (talk • contribs) 16:35, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

You don't need my permission to edit. However, I am concerned that you are mostly interested in promoting your website/faith to other Misplaced Pages editors instead of building an encyclopedia. We welcome editors of all backgrounds, but Misplaced Pages is not a place to advertise. --Jprg1966  16:37, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your quik response

For better understanding of sect mahdavi, I have mention web address, I will start making an encyclopaedia and then will update it in on the page

Regards Mahdavi — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mahdavi786 (talk • contribs) 16:41, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Talk:Stephen Strasburg/GA1

You seem to have lost steam in responding to Talk:Stephen Strasburg/GA1. If you do not resume this task soon, I will have to fail the article.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:52, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

You're right. I lost steam with Thanksgiving break. Let me post a notice on the WikiProject baseball page and get some help. --Jprg1966  16:38, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

I was just about to fail this.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:08, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

Did you see the last unresolved issue at Talk:Stephen Strasburg/GA1.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 02:50, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

Please Stop

Please stop adding that deletion template to articles. There's no need for it to be deleted and by the way that anonymous user was me. Cmon any new names? (talk) 17:23, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

I'm only adding those templates because the articles don't meet Misplaced Pages's guidelines for notability. And which user do you mean? 98.249.130.14 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)? --Jprg1966  17:25, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

User:27.252.134.190 Ok then you can delete them if you like. I don't care anymore. Cmon any new names? (talk) 17:32, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

I Was Only Trying to Help

After all this is Misplaced Pages. It should have info about every topic. I might as well quit making episode articles. Cmon any new names? (talk) 17:34, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

I know you're only trying to help. I'm sorry it seems like as soon as you start editing you get hit with a ton of rules. There's a tradeoff between comprehensiveness and orderliness that needs to take place here. That's why we have the guidelines about notability. Just because the articles on episodes don't belong (and who knows, maybe an admin will overrule me and keep them) doesn't mean there aren't things you can't do. If you really like the show you've been writing about, contribute to the article there or some of its related ones. --Jprg1966  17:37, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

Mercury Poisoning

I think you could have left the link to Bhasma in the see also of Mercury Poisoning. Bhasma and pishti are a common ingredient in Ayurvedic and Unani medicine systems. The heavy metals are "purified" in ancient method, such as dipping in milk, cows urine, ghee, buttermilk....etc. They are then mixed with sulphur, or some herbal extract (Tulsi juice...etc) or powder and it is then heated for several days with burning cow dung. The result is some calcination. and as such it can be absorbed by human intestines. It is considered "safe for human consumption" in India only. However, long time use if mercury bhasma (the most common bhasma) can lead to mercury poisoning. Please note that many millions of people self administer these over the counter drugs (without medical supervision). I have an idea, that adding a link to Mercury poisoning on the Bhasma page would have lead to outrage and caused more trouble, so I added a link to Bhasma on Mercury poisoning instead. It is that what you consider not constructive? Sir, what do you think? 78.94.33.52 (talk) 10:18, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

Addendum: I suffered myself from mercury poisoning after taking a medicine called Mahayograj Guggulu for 5 years. It was an Ayurvedic medicine intended for joint pain and rheumatoid athritis. As a result I suffered from seizures and other neurological damage. My Ayurvedic doctor should have warned me about the side effects, and have me switched to Yograj Guggulu (the same medicine minus the bhasmas and pishtis), but for some reason he didn't. There was no warning on the packaging either. The mercury blood levels were only detected once I travelled to a Western country and had my blood checked for it. 78.94.33.52 (talk) 10:32, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

Yes, you are right. I added a section "Toxidity" to Bhasma and also stated a discussion on it's talk page. Seasonal Greetings.78.94.33.52 (talk) 12:22, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Which edit?

On my talk page you said you reverted an edit that didn't have references, but which edit are you talking about? 75.62.130.32 (talk) 17:58, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

Saraiki language.

Dear some one is writting wrong information about Saraiki Language. Kindly confirm these.This is pasted in so many pages. What is this?

Language

Following are the demographics of the Rajan pur district, by spoken language:

• Punjab province local people different dialects: 90%
• Other: 10%

Inhabitants of Rajan pur District speak a great variety of Punjabi dialects, although few of these dialects are called as separate language “Saraiki”, but because of good and loving nature of people there is no distinction or hate among different dialects and have a mix culture of Great (North and South) Punjab.

• Derawali (Mainly)
• Majhi or standard (Sizeable population in cities also in newly cultivated areas)
• Raangri (A mixture of Punjabi and Urdu spoken by sizeable population in cities)
• Riasti (Border areas near Rahimyar khan district)
• Thalochi (Border areas near Muzafargarh district)

Other Languages include:

• Urdu is mother tongue of few people but being national language is spoken and understood by the sizeable population.

• English is also understood and spoken by the educated elite.

• Baluchi is also spoken by sizeable population in the district.

• Sindhi is also spoken by few population in the Sindh province border areas.

Edits

Hello,

I made an edit to the description when reviewing the Little Three Defintions; I didn't see how that public safety tidbit was relevant at all in the preliminary description of the university.

See the other two Little Three universities and notice that there is no Public Safety section randomly allocated in the first bullets of the Wiki. It seems rather out of place.

What do you think? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.197.145.104 (talk) 06:02, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Actually, now that I look over the information, I think your edit was appropriate. There is nothing particularly notable about the statistics listed. Feel free to re-remove it. Thanks for discussing. --Jprg1966  06:07, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Pending Changes

I noticed you rejected a PC edit on an article. Is there a special bit that designates who can accept/reject changes?  little green rosetta(talk)
central scrutinizer  23:40, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Yes, it's a requested privilege similar to the rollback capability. See WP:PERM. --Jprg1966  03:03, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Page moves

Unfortunately, rules of Misplaced Pages do not provide personal sanctions for ignorant mass actions with misleading summaries. A good Wikipedian always cites a concrete rule and never says anything like per MOS. The only thing I can do is this request to exterminate all your page moves since December 7, 2012. I hope that you'll become wiser and will cease to think that you are better MoS expert than hundreds of users who edited and watched numerous "Anglo-" and "Italo-" articles and universally preferred the hyphen, before your advent. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 20:01, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Excuse me? If you're going to lecture me on what a "good Wikipedian" is, you should probably first internalize WP:AGF. I don't think I've ever described another editor's good-faith actions as "ignorant." I did not claim to be better than the "hundreds of users" who edited those articles. I had thought there was an oversight in many of these pages regarding the hyphen. My summaries for these moves were not misleading; apparently you were not satisfied with their specificity. And while we're talking about "concrete rules," why would you not include in this message the concrete rule you think I ignored? Instead of making this about the specific rules regarding page moves and titles, you've chosen to lament how little power you have to sanction me for easily reverted and ultimately harmless page edits.

I encourage you to re-read what Elen of the Roads wrote to you on September 28:

On the English Misplaced Pages, calling another editor anything uncomplimentary can be a breach of the policy on personal attacks and is best avoided. Sentences that start "you are a...." are not appropriate when uncomplimentary. If you feel a user is making bad edits - and it seems that you often have a point here - the way to express that is "these edits are not good because....(no source/misinterprets source/doesn't make sense/ect)." Discuss only what the content should be - make no comment about the competence, intelligence, motivation or attractiveness of the other editor, unless you want to say something nice about them.

If you can demonstrate to me the reason you believe the pages' titles were correct before my edits, I'd be happy to change them back. --Jprg1966  20:41, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

The relevant provision in MOS:ENDASH says Wrong: Franco–British rivalry; "Franco" is a combining form, not independent; use a hyphen: Franco-British rivalry. If you could rework your moves to be consistent with that, it would be greatly appreciated. We get enough trouble using en dashes where concensus says they belong; using "per MOS" to justify more than that is a bad idea. – Dicklyon (talk) 03:01, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Stalk Misplaced Pages guidelines so thoroughly as you stalked my past conflicts. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 07:00, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Camp Gulliver: Changes

Hi regarding my article on CampGulliver http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Camp_Gulliver I've followed your suggestion and added a new reference from an indipendant newspaper who did an article on the subject, I hope it is enough to broaden the notability of the subject since other approved articles on summer camps have similar refs. Let me know, I remain open to further suggestions. Sincerely Laura

This should be rediculous

This type of vandalism has happened earlier also, and my IP or my Username was blamed. I can only inform you that I have not done any such things. Whenever I write anything this type of vandalism happened and I was forced to face the blame. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.201.245.139 (talk) 14:31, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Appreciation

Good Job! on the Prisoner X article

–219.89.58.144 (talk) 21:55, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Thank you! :-) --Jprg1966  21:56, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

what wrong?

What wrong with what I say? Guy put source lacking information, it hateful propaganda. I put correct information from source. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MojGlamoc (talk • contribs) 16:32, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

It's totally appropriate to remove information without a source, but calling his contributions "hateful propoganda" is ascribing motives to him that you should not assume. One of the cardinal rules of Misplaced Pages is to assume that other users have good intentions. Focus on the content, not the editor's motives. --Jprg1966  16:50, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Look at page, he revert my good constructive constructive contribution. Here see (MojGlamoc (talk) 18:13, 12 March 2013 (UTC)).

West Point cadet sword

Thanks

Andy2159 (talk) 11:31, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

Cláudio Alexandre Moreno Alves

How many 14 year olds do you think are sufficiently capable of playing pro soccer? Barney the barney barney (talk) 21:37, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

I must confess some confusion about your note. I am not the page originator. --Jprg1966  21:44, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

Some Cookies

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THE Bronx

I had to delete your edits to The Bronx because the preceding editor by an IP editor, mistakenly deleted its full name with The throughout. My regrets. Bellagio99 (talk) 22:54, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

Angry

Listen here Jprg1966,

I am trying my best to do what is right for the Western lowland gorillas, if you were to have looked at my blog before deleting it, you would realize that it is 110% dedicated to the facts of such species. I think what you're doing is wrong, and out of poor taste. Please think over your actions, before deleting something else that I post on Misplaced Pages, it would be greatly appreciated, sir. — Preceding unsigned comment added by XX420weedsmokerXx (talk • contribs) 04:49, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

I'm so terribly sorry to offend your sensibilities, but I'm just following the rules. Take it up with my superiors if you have a problem. --Jprg1966  04:51, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

I am just hurt and distraught at your actions, I was trying to do what I believed was a swell job, and you've contradicted me and forced me into somewhat of a depressed state of mind. I really wish it could be different between us, but I don't know how you expect me to help when you delete everything I say. — Preceding unsigned comment added by XX420weedsmokerXx (talk • contribs)

Start a blog. You are your own editor, no censorship whatsoever. --Jprg1966  04:54, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

I HAVE A BLOG AND YOU DELETED IT FROM WIKIPEDIA BECAUSE YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW TO DEAL WITH EMOTIONS CORRECTLY SIR!1!1!!!!!1!!!!

Watching this is funny...

NGPriest was here (talk | contribs) 04:56, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Head on over to www.blogger.com, where the username XX420weedsmokerXx is probably available. --Jprg1966  04:59, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Also see WP:NOTPROMOTION. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 05:02, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

I'm sure you can find his so called blog at http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Western+lowland+gorilla&diff=550924630&oldid=550924521 ?

Then again, tumblr isn't really a blog...

NGPriest was here (talk | contribs) 05:03, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

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Talk:John Hirschbeck

Please see the discussion on the talk page regarding the Harper incident. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C • Sign AAPT) 21:01, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

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I have read all the diffs of all the edits committed to the article since the beginning of 2009 (since before I started editing Misplaced Pages). I see the great majority of edits over that span have been vandalism (often by I.P. editors, presumably teenagers, inserting the names of their classmates in charts of IQ classifications) and reversions of vandalism (sometimes automatically by ClueBot). Just a few editors have referred to and cited published reliable sources on the topic of IQ classification. It is dismaying to see that the number of reliable sources cited in the article has actually declined over the last few years. To help the process of finding reliable sources for articles on psychology and related topics, I have been compiling a source list on intelligence since I became a Wikipedian in 2010, and I invite you to make use of those sources as you revise articles on Misplaced Pages and to suggest further sources for the source on the talk pages of the source list and its subpages. Because the IQ reference chart article has been tagged as needing expert attention for more than half a year, I have opened discussion on the article's talk page about how to fix the article, and I welcome you to join the discussion. The draft I have in my user sandbox shows my current thinking about a reader-friendly, well sourced way to update and improve the article. I invite your comments and especially your suggestions of reliable sources as the updating process proceeds. -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk, how I edit) 20:56, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

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Regression toward the mean

Hi,

Just to let you know, your edit to Regression toward the mean using AutoEd seems to have messed up the algebra coding, so I reverted it. PhilMacD (talk) 13:52, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

OK, no problem. --Jprg1966  14:36, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

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ok done. hopefully someone actually responds as i'm pretty sure as title is misspelled. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.194.67.10 (talk) 06:38, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

Not going to be surprised if this page won't get any discussion as it seems pretty dead. Had it been more visited this mistake would'v e probably been corrected before hand anyway. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.194.67.10 (talk) 06:45, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

Pamella D'Pella - Advise

The person who blanked the page is the main contributor and creator - so on the one hand should that not be allowed? It's one of the speedy tags..And all the content is either unsourced or from IMDB which is not considered a suitable source for BLP. So I'm wondering if I should go back, blank the page and request a speedy = or not - She is an actress who should probably have an entry and should she be able to request her page get deleted? Should I instead source info for the page and make sure it is kept? -- 🍺 Antiqueight 20:16, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

Ah, I didn't know they did that. Theoretically, the main contributor blanking the page would qualify for G7 speedy deletion. Let us see if we can engage this editor to create a neutral, well-sourced article in AfC. That's my two pennies. --Jprg1966  20:23, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

I didn't until I looked again - there were enough contributors in the preceding pages that I took it to be an unexplained blanking. But when I looked again, further back this was the user who created the page and is the main contributor. So I wasn't sure what to do and then you commented so I figured a second opinion would be good. I'll go ask why they can't get the article sourced - there is at least an official website for the woman and there must be new reports of her.. What would be needed to make a BLP sufficiently sourced? (PS, I'm watching here for the moment..)-- 🍺 Antiqueight 20:27, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

Ideally, the official website would not be used as a source. Newspapers, magazines, and books independent of the subject are much better because they are less likely to be promotional. I'm not an expert on BLP sourcing, but WP:SELFPUB seems like a relevant guideline. --Jprg1966  20:34, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

I know the website can't be used to show notability but can't it be used for personal details? Meanwhile someone else just undid the blanking again..What is the correct course of action - since he is the creator he is entitled to blank it?-- 🍺 Antiqueight 21:00, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

I guess flag it for G7 speedy deletion. See what an admin thinks. --Jprg1966  21:56, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

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Hi, you have edited Wade's Causeway and asked for a disambigutaion for "Broughton" link in the article. My understanding is that the Broughton referenced is no longer a current-day settlement, it does not appear on Google Maps or my current OS map of the area, but appears to exist now only as a legacy parish, with the village/hamlet/township having disappeared. Would you prefer to unlink this entirely or redlink to a not yet created article? I imagine we want to sort this in such a way that another group of editors don't go round in a circle on this again further down the line - PocklingtonDan (talk) 14:33, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

I tell a lie, Broughton does still exist, albeit a very small hamlet, I've disambiguated the link now, thanks - PocklingtonDan (talk) 18:11, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

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I hope it's not bad form to post here, but I noticed you left a message on the talk page of an IP editor who has make a quick judgement (against my position) on an edit raised at ANI (Andrew Gilligan). He's entitled to do so, but it's hard to see how he could have read all the discussion on the talk page, with the associated sources, in the few minutes between the issue being raised and his edit of the article. Indeed, discussion on ANI had just kicked off. Naturally, I feel aggrieved because I thought I had made a very, very strong case against the position of the other IP editor who wanted the text removed. Would you look at the issue? UsamahWard (talk) 23:11, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

"Naturally" 88.104.4.74 (talk) 23:15, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

FYI, the line posted above is the latter IP editor who complained at ANI, not the one who responded at ANI. UsamahWard (talk) 23:23, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

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I am confused, UsamahWard. Where did I contact this editor? --Jprg1966  00:05, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

My bad, I should have thought to provide a link rather than leaving you to guess: User_talk:209.255.230.32. UsamahWard (talk) 07:29, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

209.255.230.32 was not me. 88.104.4.74 (talk) 09:45, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

I have no reason to believe that it was. My contact of 209. was not related to your discussion on ANI. --Jprg1966  19:54, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

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Greetings Jprg1966, I noticed some of the changes you made with AutoEd to the article Pseudoscience may not have been the best. One broke a url see line 140 section. Several of the others changed every word of journal and magazine articles to capitals. For smaller works like articles only the first word of the title is capitalized. Here is the diff. Please use care and review each change when using a script or automated editor. I bring this comment as only minor and in the best of spirit as I use AWB and have found some guidance from other editors helpful. If you disagree about article title capitalization please respond, references are a particular editing interest of mine and I would like to get them right and follow policy and consensus. Best wishes and thank you for your substantial contributions to WP. - - MrBill3 (talk) 07:34, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

Hi, MrBill3. Can you please specify which URL was broken? In the line 140 section, I only see a Google Books URL that was changed (but still works as before). Sorry for the unintended disturbance. --Jprg1966  07:41, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

My bad, the link does still work. My internet can be flaky. What about caps for articles, am I mistaken? Is it generally flexible leading to leaving it as is most common for the article or is there a consensus on format? MOS:CT isn't entirely clear to me. Also aren't templates capitalized? I thought putting in templates without capitalizing the first word caused extra server work. Thanks for all your work and sorry about my mistake. - - MrBill3 (talk) 07:50, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

Hey, mistakes happen. You were gracious in your opening note and I didn't take it as an attack.

I honestly don't know about caps for articles. The only guideline I see is for titles of "works," which encourages full capitalization. In the case of {{cite}} capitalization, I typically use wikEd for my citations, and wikEd does not insert caps (although I know some services do). Do you know where it recommends capitalization for technical reasons? I don't see anything in the template:citation page. --Jprg1966  01:45, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Regarding caps for articles, my personal preference is first word only (and first word after any punctuation). I base this on the distinction between longer and shorter works (italics vs quotation marks) in MOS, WP:QUOTEMARK. It also is somewhat supported by the PubMed format and this is sometimes transcluded by Bots. Regarding caps for template names, I may be a victim of wikirumour, Help:Template actually specifically says, "an initial capital is not necessary" Help:Template#General. I thank you for your cordiality given my beginning with an erroneous accusation of link breaking and for taking the time to discuss these matters. I feel I should again apologize for promulgating the idea of needing to cap templates without doing the research. Thank you for your input on capitalization of article titles. I think it is of some importance and continue to seek the opinions of the WP community. Best. - - MrBill3 (talk) 02:04, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

I do see many pages where the minimal caps is used—as you said, some medical article titles are quite long. Perhaps it is something of a "page consensus" issue. So I will try to see to it that a page consensus is not disturbed that way. And I accept your apology without hesitation. You assumed good faith throughout. --Jprg1966  02:10, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Military history additions

Hello Jprg1966, thanks for the note on my talkpage. I am aware of the need for inline citations but in case of the Italian Army brigades and regiments I am not sure how to use them, as the information I added to the articles comes from the official homepage of the Italian Army. On the homepage every corps, division, brigade and regiment has its own subpage with lots of information (i.e. the history section of the Mechanized Brigade Pinerolo). For the wiki articles I translated and summarized these history sections, expanded them (when useful/appropiate) with the information found in the regiments history sections (i.e. the history section of the 9th Infantry Regiment Bari) and then wiki linked them to the events mentioned in the text. Basically about 80% or more of the history additions comes from one source - namely the units official website. If you look at the articles I have edited, you will find that I always put a link at the bottom (under Sources) that leads to the units Italian Army homepage. I did this because I did not want to put the same inline citation at the end of each paragraph - always leading to the same site on the Italian Army homepage. If you happen to have an idea on how to improve the system I used, please let me know. best, noclador (talk) 10:28, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

I have a suggestion. If you don't want to have the page littered with the same everywhere, you can use it maybe once per section visibly, and then <!-- hide it --> anywhere else that reference applies. That way, editors will be able to see what the reference is when they are editing, while readers will not be confused. How does that sound? --Jprg1966  01:55, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Yep, that's sounds better! I will add refs over the next few days and play around with them a bit to see which way is the best. cheers, noclador (talk) 08:19, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

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Some bubble tea for you!

Thanks for your help! BigDwiki (talk) 05:02, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Yum! --Jprg1966  05:03, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

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Lista arbitri NBA

ahaha sorry, I wanted to create that page in the italian versione of wikipedia. My fault, delete it! HAND :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Karrosimo91 (talk • contribs) 09:18, 19 November 2013 (UTC)

So I figured. :) An administrator will delete it soon. No harm done. --Jprg1966  09:20, 19 November 2013 (UTC)

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I didn't make the edit per BOLD, I made it per INVOLVED - or more precisely the part of INVOLVED which states "the community has historically endorsed the obvious action of any administrator – even if involved – on the basis that any reasonable administrator would have probably come to the same conclusion". GiantSnowman 18:37, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

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