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Thane building collapse article

Hi there!

Thanks by the way for all your edits - I had previously did a compare across a number of edits and didn't realize how many great edits you made until I started doing research and looked at the changes line by line. You made a lot of great edits to make the article sharper, clearer, correct and wikified! Thanks!

One question for you: I've been trying to find a source that reports that the parents of the 10 month old girl have been located - and I cannot find one. Everything I find says that the search for the parents was in vain. There was one source, though, that said someone had stepped in to care for the child (I think a hospital worker). Do you have a source that reported that the parents have been located? (I'll watch this page).

Thanks much! Happy editing!--CaroleHenson (talk) 04:14, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the thorough cleanup you've been doing as well! Regarding the girl, see Talk:2013 Thane building collapse#Summary of cross-check of edits and info; I replied there. (And I'm watching that page, so feel free to reply there.) – 2001:db8:: (rfc | diff) 04:18, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

Ok, great! I think we're in good shape now. I've been cross-checking this compare from my edit at 22:02 6 April to now - and the net-net looks pretty good! I hope that you think so, too! Thanks!--CaroleHenson (talk) 05:15, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

Numerals

Good work, at the bombing article.--Epeefleche (talk) 18:58, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. Stupid OCD tendencies make me cringe every time I see that changed back... :) (I added a hidden comment before, guess I'll put it back if it continues to change.) Such a minor issue, yet it annoys me! – 2001:db8:: (rfc | diff) 19:14, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Same here. So thanks for doing the heavy lifting. BTW -- we differ on OR; I'll leave my thoughts on the article tp. Don't take them personally, please. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 19:21, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	For your work on Boston Marathon bombings. Bearian (talk) 22:35, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. It's been nice to work with editors who've done a great job of improving it without any policy-related drama, despite the huge number of edits. 22:48, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

April 2013

2001:db8 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

'Sigh; roommate decides to mess with me by watching what I'm editing on Misplaced Pages and vandalizing it in a manner that he knows would annoy me. I can't even guarantee that would stop by fully unblocking me. Perhaps you could decide to unblock my account, but leave our shared IP address blocked? I am certainly no vandal nor sockpuppeteer, as I hope my contributions would evidence.'

Accept reason:

Whilst I found your explanation plausible, discussion with the blocking admin suggests that some suspicion might be warranted. I'm assuming good faith and unblocking your account, since it's feasible that events happened as you described. You should be aware, however, that if similar circumstances arise in the future you are far less likely to be believed - I'd recommend taking some steps to secure yout computer from unwanted access. Yunshui 雲‍水 07:17, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

I suppose I can sympathize with you to some extent, since you seem to be sincere, but unfortunately, apparently you cannot appeal a block because of someone else misusing your account/IP address. I'm not a huge supporter of that rule, but it works like that. Sorry. Thekillerpenguin (talk) 04:57, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

• I have not had much interaction with this editor, but did just have highly positive interaction with him where he performed good work for the project (see my note above the block). And, subsequent to me, the same was noted by another established editor (a sysop) -- see his subsequent kudos, above). We have rules. But another is AGF. And ... I recently reviewed an unblock of an editor where the community/unblocker considered other contributions. If he can be released from the corner for time served, I think that may be appropriate. (Plus, fill in here "blocks are not meant to be punitive" and whatever other standard phrases people throw out in these situations, but it is my prior point that leads me to leave this note).--Epeefleche (talk) 06:19, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. Honestly, I wouldn't begrudge a reviewing admin for leaving this in place; I was tempted to just ride out the block, since it is a pretty dumb situation and I'm not sure how much sympathy I'd have from the other side... – 2001:db8:: (rfc | diff) 06:33, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

I'm confident that 2001:db8 is telling the truth here, and request that the block is shortened.--♦IanMacM♦ 06:39, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

For what it's worth, the individual in question has agreed not to drag third parties like Misplaced Pages into stupid "jokes", so I don't believe there's any further danger of vandalism from my IP. (Apparently, earning me a one-week block was a "win.") – 2001:db8:: (rfc | diff) 07:41, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Strange edit

Hi, I have a question regarding this edit of yours which I find strange: you change a referenced statement, remove the reference, and then add a citation-needed template. Why? AxelBoldt (talk) 07:35, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

I was clarifying the exploding bomb per a report that I couldn't find a ref for quickly...I'd meant to go back and stick in a proper ref, but forgot to. Oops. – 2001:db8:: (rfc | diff) 06:36, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Edits

Hi. Welcome back. Two comments -- a) one doesn't need square brackets around ellipses within a quote (they add nothing, and should not be there); and b) no need for a "footnote needed" tag in a lede, where the footnote appears in the text below that the lede summarizes. Good to have you back.--Epeefleche (talk) 17:02, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks; I have to thank you for corroborating my editing history. Point noted on the ellipses. I really need to read through the whole MOS at some point since I'm pretty pedantic about it myself... :) And I completely missed that the statement I {{cn}}ed was duplicated and referenced in the body. Oops. (And did the same thing on another article just shortly before, but caught that one! Excessively lazy editing on my part.) – 2001:db8:: (rfc | diff) 17:14, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

No worries, my friend. Welcome back.--Epeefleche (talk) 17:16, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

"By whom"

Hello! Since you seem to be a knowledgeable editor, why don't you just fix my wording in the Boston Marathon bombings article instead of just tagging it with ""? I don't want to keep guessing what's the acceptable form since you obviously already know it. Be bold, you know. ;) Cheers, —ZeroOne (talk / @) 21:33, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

It just needed someone listed at all rather than implying everyone; I ended up using "by some", since I didn't feel like trying to summarize the reasons, although that would be better if you feel like editing it further. (E.g, "criticized by some as an overreaction because X, Y, and Z.") You already had the specific refs summarized out (in fact, I re-summarized one before noticing it was already summarized!), other than the FBI interview from RT which wasn't actually relevant. – 2001:db8:: (rfc | diff) 22:08, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Alright, thanks! It seems that other editors already improved it a little further too. :) —ZeroOne (talk / @) 19:32, 24 April 2013 (UTC)