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The Queen of England
You reverted her? Just like that? How dare you! Bishonen | talk 16:40, 5 March 2016 (UTC).
- @Bishonen: I know, but what has Her Highness done for us lately? General Ization 17:21, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
- While you're here, what do you make of this? General Ization 17:24, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
- Well, I'd know what to think if it was an account trying to get autoconfirmed, but an IP? Search me. Some kind of test or practice run? Bishonen | talk 19:31, 5 March 2016 (UTC).
Neo-Nazi Party IP-wars
Request for semi-protection of People's Party – Our Slovakia - high risk of vandalism
Hi I am asking you for protect and maintain this page of new party in parliament of Slovakia. Supporters of this Neo-Nazi party are creating ip war about Populist, Nationalist, Neo-Nazi, Clerical fascism party ideologies and going to change it even with sourced informations.
Semi-protection: High risk of IP vandalism. ThecentreCZ (talk) 16:54, 6 March 2016 (UTC) --ThecentreCZ (talk) 16:54, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
- @ThecentreCZ: Please submit your request at WP:RFPP. I don't have the administrative authority to protect the page (but if I did I would still ask you to submit a request there). 16:57, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
Help getting started...
I didn't mean you personally, so my apologies if it seemd that way. But really...if you were new here and tried to edit a page, even if erroneously...and you couldn't edit because it was semiprotected...wouldn't you just loose interest? The problem is not solved by semiprotecting the page. Perhaps bring it up there at the talk....
People being people: most don't like to read instructions, manuals, or anything that keeps them from being started. Lectonar (talk) 20:52, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
- Because, and I have been around here for a long time, people will not read instructions. They will just stop, especially newbies. Lectonar (talk) 20:54, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
- @Lectonar: If I was looking for a way to edit a page and couldn't find it (because the page was semi-protected), and while looking I saw (could hardly miss) a big notice at the top of the page that said "This is not the page to ask for help" and listed a half-dozen ways to (more effectively) seek help, I wouldn't get discouraged; I'd just click on one of those links. Which is indeed precisely what they should do. I think of it as constructive redirection. And no, I didn't take it personally, I just think your suggestion was not a realistic reflection of how admins, or editors in general, deal with such issues. In this particular circumstance, semi-protection seems a perfectly reasonable solution to me. But I leave it to you, having reconsidered as I requested. General Ization 20:59, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
- Hmmm...I think you're more interested in Misplaced Pages than most, so of course you would try to find a way around it....but believe me, most people won't. I will post to the talk page there, try to get a discussion going and see if semiprotection is seen as necessary. If semiprotection is consensus, then I would be happy to implement it. Cheers and happy editing. Lectonar (talk) 21:04, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
Question
Why were my edits on the shooting of Michael Brown reverted? Michael Brown was an African American teenager and yet the page incorrectly refers to him an his friend as men several times. Pangolin5 (talk) 18:47, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- @Pangolin5: This has been extensively discussed among editors of this article (see e.g. here and the consensus (which is how such things are decided here) is that at 18 years of age in Missouri, Brown was legally an adult (a man) and thus should be referred to that way. Do not repeat the edits. 18:54, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
hey bro
please see the issue of mandhir singh chahal bro.. he is a genuine guy and he has won mr punjab 2015 by ptc punjabi and it is a great achievement to be won... the contetn written is all good. please help me out and got that deletion request cancelled. thanks bro Jeet456 (talk) 00:24, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
- @Jeet456: As I have already advised you, please submit your comments here, not on my Talk page where they will have no effect on the deletion discussion. If you fail to contribute to the deletion discussion, the page will be deleted regardless of your comments elsewhere. General Ization 00:32, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
Limousine
Hi, you reverted to my former captions. I now think it is important to note that the style of the presidential car is that of a conventional limousine. Mind if I change your edit so that is noted? Thanks, Eddaido (talk) 01:04, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
- @Eddaido: Not at all. I was actually reverting the vandal who edited the article before you and was unsure how to or whether to reflect your later edit in the reverted version. Thanks for asking (though you didn't need to). General Ization 01:06, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks, Eddaido (talk) 01:30, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar |
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AN/V weirdness
I originally was adding my comment to the bot-reported report. But it went to that /TB2 subpage instead. I don't understand that, but I didn't intend to go to the /TB2 page, whatever that is. ANyway, seems fine now. Jeh (talk) 02:36, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
Did you notice it
Your good edit at The Revenant (2015 film) was reverted a third time by the same transient editor. Did you notice it? Cheers. Fountains-of-Paris (talk) 14:38, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
- @Fountains-of-Paris: Thanks, yes, but this edit appears to be defensible, as it does not speculate directly about Toussaint's nationality. Assuming the source (which I have not been able to review) supports the claim that "French-speaking trappers in the West at the time were not from France, but from Canada", and there is no controversy over whether Toussaint's accent is indeed French, the revised edit is not WP:OR as/in the same way as the earlier ones were. General Ization 15:22, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
- Just happened to see your note online. It occurred to me that it is just as likely that "French" speaking trappers would be as likely to come from Louisiana as from Canada so the wording might be adjusted. Either way, I'll support you on the adjustment or undo as needed. Cheers. Fountains-of-Paris (talk) 15:29, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
Misplaced Pages:Featured article candidates/Emily Ratajkowski/archive3
I am taking one last run at getting Emily Ratajkowski promoted to WP:FA in time for a 25th birthday WP:TFA on June 7th. Misplaced Pages:Featured article candidates/Emily Ratajkowski/archive3 needs discussants. Since you have made at least 10 edits to the article, I am hoping you might give some comments.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 01:58, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
ISP editor removing reference needed templates
https://en.wikipedia.org/Special:Contributions/74.102.30.143 is removing tags from articles seemingly without cause. It also appears that https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=User_talk:74.102.30.143&diff=711134988&oldid=706716366 may be engaged in sock puppetry. I'm not sure how to address this...your thoughts please. Pjefts (talk) 16:47, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
- @Pjefts: Sorry, I am not an admin. Report apparent vandalism or other chronic nonconstructive editing at WP:AIV and sockpuppetry at WP:SPI (if you can identify the sockpuppeteer). Thanks. General Ization 18:54, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
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Why this? Jytdog (talk) 23:47, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
- Read the edit summary on my self-revert? 23:50, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
- ack, ok. it is just a bit touchy on this whole outing/oversight thing. bit sensitive for me. thanks! Jytdog (talk) 23:54, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
ani
Thanks for the ANI posting, but I'm hopeful admin assistance won't turn out to be necessary. Let's just wait and see, okay? NE Ent 00:07, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
Country name in birthplaces
The information I'm contributing is completely correct. Do you dislike facts? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Clayton Forrester (talk • contribs) 17:45, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
- @Clayton Forrester: See WP:PLACE. "New York, New York" requires no disambiguation as to country, as there is no other. General Ization 17:53, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
Pan Am Flight 841 has been nominated for Did You Know
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Which of the two?
User:General Ization, as a linguistic expert, which of these two origins is most realistic for the surname Maior, this , or this . Thanks --Emperorofthedaleks (talk) 18:32, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
- @Emperorofthedaleks: I'm not a linguistics expert (and I'm curious why you thought I was) or an expert on the etymology of surnames, but the explanation at the second link seems to me more likely to account for most occurrences of the surname Maior (and the text at that link is somewhat better sourced). However, it's entirely possible that there are people named Maior whose surnames are derived from both (there are many examples of names of different derivations that share a common modern spelling). By the way, I would not think of www.houseofnames.com as a reliable source for encyclopedic information about the derivation of surnames (though some of the sources cited in the articles there might be reliable). General Ization 03:45, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
- @General Ization: I confused being a linguistic expert with another user, but thanks for looking at the website and giving me your answer, I appreciate. Houseofnames.com isn't the only website that uses these 2 origins for these names, but when looking at my own name (Goram), the website gives this origin () related to Goring, instead of being related to this name (), Gorham. Is this right? Thanks --Emperorofthedaleks (talk) 15:18, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
- @Emperorofthedaleks: I have no clue. General Ization 15:31, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
- @General Ization: I confused being a linguistic expert with another user, but thanks for looking at the website and giving me your answer, I appreciate. Houseofnames.com isn't the only website that uses these 2 origins for these names, but when looking at my own name (Goram), the website gives this origin () related to Goring, instead of being related to this name (), Gorham. Is this right? Thanks --Emperorofthedaleks (talk) 15:18, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
Shrimp vis-à-vis prawn
The meaning is clear and precise.
https://en.wiktionary.org/vis-%C3%A0-vis
kencf0618 (talk) 00:19, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
Unblock request?
I'm extremely confused - why did you sign this editor's unblock request? SQL 17:41, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
- @SQL: Just noticed that myself. The editor put their unblock request inside an unclosed comment, which meant it was not parsed or processed. When I closed the comment so the unblock request would be visible, the parser saw the ~~~~ and substituted my signature instead of the vandal's. 17:44, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
- LOL, fair enough! SQL 17:45, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
Pseudonyms Should Be Abolished
It is very easy to hide behind pseudonyms. You are really "generalizing". Who are you and why are you doing this? Laszlo Csatary was my father. I have rights in this case. You do not! No one has the right to slander another or protect slander.