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::Sorry for any misunderstanding Jokestress, but i am not asking to vote on an RfA. And i believe every user has the right to be Anonymous and they are not required to disclose their personal identity if they do not wish to do so as also given on [[Wikipedia:Username policy]]. It's your wish if you want to review me or not and i am not forcing anyone to do it, it was just a kind request. Thank you. [[User:TheGeneralUser|TheGeneralUser]] ([[User talk:TheGeneralUser|talk]]) 20:46, 4 September 2012 (UTC) |
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Revere, Missouri citations
Brew8028 (talk) 18:25, 13 February 2012 (UTC)Thanks for your interest in the Revere, Missouri article. In regards to your request for additional citations, much of the historic information for Revere was gleaned from an unpublished book that I was able to review from a visit I had with a long-time Revere resident currently living in the Clark County Senior Housing development in Kahoka. I'm sorry that this book is not in an electronic format to allow for direct reference. If I can be of any further assistance, please let me know.
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page about Jim Mitteager and the changes I suggested
Hi - I just saw your message to me about the modification of the page on Jim Mitteager. I am his daughter (is that reliable enough?) and he did not die of lung cancer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wendyhop (talk • contribs) 21:56, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
The article published in the Los Angeles magazine is incorrect. We are the Mitteager family and know the truth. I will keep changing the page.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wendyhop (talk • contribs) 22:40, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
This is typical of media. Incorrect information is published, and journalists continue to spread it. I am Wendy Mitteager, his daughter. I only know of the information published that is incorrect based on interviews with Barresi. Barresi did not tell the truth.
I have seen on Wikipedia "disputed information" - if you insist on including false information on this page, you must say it is disputed. Or omit the information.
I will continue to delete this information as he is my father and I owe it to him to do this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wendyhop (talk • contribs) 23:13, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
Why do you care so much about publishing false information about my father? I don't understand your relationship to this information.
I am just trying to correct false information.
You reported me to another user? I didn't do anything wrong. You are wrong because you are perpetuating false information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wendyhop (talk • contribs) 23:21, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Andrea
Hi Andrea. I reverted WLU and Bali ultimate's edits to your BLP, and I have sided with you at the Neutral point of view noticeboard. I hope this is what you want. Luwat (talk) 06:29, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
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I've mentioned you here [1].Bali ultimate (talk) 22:25, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
Cebull's birthplace
Hi, Andrea, just a heads up in case you didn't notice. The official biography of Cebull (see the external link) says he was born in Billings, which is why the article said Billings. So, your change means we have conflicting sources. I'm leaving it alone because I suspect your local source is probably more accurate than the Federal Judicial Center's bio. Also, your source is an entertaining read.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:04, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
- You are welcome to footnote the discrepancy. As the law scholar in the cited article states, "he deserves to be judged on his entire long life and legal record, not just a glaring slipup." Too bad Wikipedia policies in this regard are ignored in favor of recentism and lack of proportional significance. Many editors prefer to linger over irrelevant details that get them riled up versus actual accomplishments. Also FYI, I prefer the handle Jokestress on here to distinguish from the bio about me. Thanks for your work on BLPs. Jokestress (talk) 22:18, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
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I'm still trying to do what I can about your biography. I've asked SlimVirgin if she can help. Luwat (talk) 03:41, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Jokestress, I'm active on your biography again. You might want to comment on the talk page. Luwat (talk) 22:16, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
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FYI: I mentioned you at AN/3RR[2] BitterGrey (talk) 16:45, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
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Wole Soyinka
Hi Jokestress - Thanks for your barnstar for my changes to Soyinka articles - you know what it's like: I got interested and had to keep going from one to another. Still work to do, but thanks again.Parkwells (talk) 21:02, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Re: Chernorizets Jacob?
Hi, Jokestress. According to what I found on Google Books, the person described lived in the 11th century. For instance, something called the Slavic Encyclopedia (Moscow: Olma Press, 2005) says that "He lived, according to the conjectures of Metropolitan Macarius, in the 70s-80s of the XI century" [4]. My Russian may be helpful here, although I do not possess any kind of knowledge about the subject myself, so obviously I have not done any research in the area. I am not sure where you found 6th-century dates - possibly looking at the claim I would let me tell you something more. Zloyvolsheb (talk) 22:21, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
- Looks like different monks. Jacob Chernorizets is also notable as an early Russian writer known for an ode to Vladimir the Great, who lived in the 10th-11th centuries and is known for his conversion of Russia in 988. Zloyvolsheb (talk) 23:03, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
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Thousand Island dressing and 'well-known'
Actually that is incorrect. 'Well-known' precedes a noun which it describes. 'Well known' is used for anything that contains 'by, as, etc.'. So the correction was no mistake. The proper usage has been discussed before. I actually discussed it before I made that edit as to whether or not it was correct. From previous discussion and consultation of its usage the proper usage is 'well known by' not 'well-known by'. The hyphen is used for 'well-known actress' because 'well known actress' is used as an adjective whereas the usage in the text was not being used as an adjective. That is the difference. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 19:12, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
- Oops, you're right. Sorry! Jokestress (talk) 19:47, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
- No worries. Doesn't hurt to double check or ask about those weird hyphen rules! ChrisGualtieri (talk) 19:58, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hi. Encyclopedia is not victimization "even when the material is well-sourced." Please see Talk:Sun_Myung_Moon, respect the privacy of the living person, who dislikes very personal tragedies like deaths of children (neither carcrashes nor suicides nor get-revenge-memoirs of the daughter-in-law which is described in details on late Hyo Jin Moon-article, the same applies to Heung Jin Moon). Avoid demonizing: WP:ATTACK. Wikipedia is not a tabloid, besides, it's not so good for professional journalist as you to mention all of it above in Wikipedia from viewpoint of Journalism ethics and standards). Thanks Borovv (talk) 18:40, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard#Sun Myung Moon . Borovv (talk) 02:39, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
- Please do not threaten me with the possibility of being blocked as you did here.[5] You are in the noticeboard for BLP violation, not me, so it's unapropriate of you to recommend me smth: i am flattered, thanks, but i dont need that - it's an administrator's jurisdiction to deside a block, not yours, not mine. Please follow a WP:COMMONSENSE: the last source actually does not say about adultery, it says about misunderstanding because of possible translation hardships and power misuse from court officials, but you put the misleading citation torn out of context. See WP:COI, WP:ATTACK and WP:NEEDSMOARDRAMA. DONT FORGET WP:BLP. Borovv (talk) 07:22, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
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My problem with the stuff you mention is that it is secondary material, i.e. material about a topic, which is in itself original. I write stuff like that all the time, but not on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is a tertiary source: it's supposed to sit on top of and collate existing secondary research. Imbecile was an article that involved a collation of points about imbecility that constituted an original attempt to give an overview of the area. I salute your attempts to do that, but that is a scholarly effort that should be performed somewhere else prior to the establishment of an area such that it is appropriate to have a Wikipedia article about it. I personally greatly disagree with the sentiment that 'something is better than nothing'. esperant 02:17, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
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The information is all sourced. You may not like the sourced information but that's really beside the point. TMZ is a legitimate source as she was interviewed on TMZ as shown here [6]. And going to the article and referring to everyone's edits as crap is completely and totally unacceptable. Your editing conduct is disrespectful. 173.0.254.229 (talk) 18:47, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
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Sorry. My mistake to shortcut the process. I will paste the two articles together as I should have done. Borock (talk) 22:14, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Jokestress I do work for Save the Rhino but the reason for editing the Save the Rhino page was because we became aware that the information was very out of date and therefore misleading about us and I think people do read this page to find out about the organisation. The major changes were the Trustees/Patrons who have changed significantly. I did add in some more links and formatting but I appreciate that it needs to be monitored. If Wikipedia reverses the changes what should I do? In addition I tried to add links to the rhino species pages as the website appeared as an information source on some but not all of the rhino species pages. Perhaps we are not allowed to do this which I would understand. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.220.43.118 (talk) 12:44, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
A kitten for you!
For the great job you are doing. I keep running into pages you have edited and thinking "that's good..."
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- Thanks, Guy! Jokestress (talk) 03:01, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
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Hi! I noticed you in the edits on Clint Catalyst - you certainly have a lot of editing experience! The main picture on the article (which has an archived permission ticket) has been moved to Wikipedia Commons by a bot, and another image from the article was recently deleted. I'm picking my battles here, so I'm not worried about the second image, but as far as the main picture's status goes...I tried to fix it myself, but didn't understand - what needs to be done for it to go back to normal status? Right now, it's not showing up on the Facebook page anymore because of it. Thanks in advance! Feather Jonah (talk) 01:30, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
- Sorry, I don't deal with the image people any more. It's a nightmare. I limit myself to adding images I made myself or images from before 1920. Jokestress (talk) 03:55, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
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I just wanted to say thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mathnarg (talk • contribs) 06:40, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks for the note and barnstar below! Jokestress (talk) 13:25, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks
Thanks for your support. I appreciate it. --RJR3333 (talk) 03:34, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
- You're welcome. It's difficult if not impossible to have a productive discussion about revisions and expansions in this topic area because of a handful of editors who think they WP:OWN these topics. I would urge you to be extremely cautious in interacting with any of them, as they will attempt to get you blocked or banned because you propose changes to "their" materials. Eysenck had some good materials about definitional problems surrounding this topic, which should be in the article. Please keep trying, but I recommend remaining civil and trying to reach consensus before adding materials to articles. You will find these editors to be very, very difficult to work with. That's why the article has had no substantive expansion or improvement in years. I don't want to see you get blocked or banned, which is a very real possibility. If you'd like help with something, let me know. We are trying to retain editors these days, as we are all allegedly here to build this into the sum of human knowledge. I don't want you to get discouraged or forced off the project because of this. Jokestress (talk) 03:52, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
- Could I ask you to review my contributions to the underage/pedo project. Because I've been accused of bias by both sides. One of the editors accused me of having a bias in favor of it being 18 (which I don't understand, because my position is actually that it should be 16) and two (Malke2010 and off2riorob/youreallycan) have accused me of having a bias that it should be 16. Do you see either bias in my edits?--RJR3333 (talk) 04:06, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
- The best thing you can do on these articles is to propose changes on the talk pages based on a citation in a published source. Your opinion on the definition is not relevant, as that's the problem with someone like Flyer22. We are supposed to represent the range of verifiable information from published sources. There is no one "true" answer, as our goal here is verifiability, not truth. Eysenck and others have pointed out that even among "experts," definitions are so variable that comparing studies is compromised. The terminology in this area is all over the place, and the best we can do is show the range of information in the published sources. Some of your edits appear to conflate a number of issues surrounding definitional axes of age, puberty, and consent. Stick to the sources to back up any proposed changes. Otherwise you will find this process to be more tedious than it will be otherwise. Jokestress (talk) 04:55, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
- But could you answer my question about whether either of these biases are shown in my edits?--RJR3333 (talk) 06:13, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
- Several of your edits appear to constitute original research. Any changes to these controversial topics need to be quotations for reliable sources, with the exact citation formatted per our guidelines. I would not add anything on these topics unless you are quoting or carefully summarizing a previously published reliable source. If you have a specific diff you'd like me to review, please provide it. Jokestress (talk) 06:21, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
- Ok, but what I'm asking about is bias. Do you see a bias?--RJR3333 (talk) 06:38, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
- I see some issues with how you present some definitions, some of which indicate you support certain views. If your edits only support one point of view or you actively seek to censor the full range of published information, I would classify that as a bias. I am reluctant to call out editors for bias unless there is a long pattern of problems, as is the case with someone like Flyer22. To me, it appears you are acting in good faith to expand and clarify materials, but some of your edits and arguments need to be more firmly grounded in policy. If you have a specific edit or series of edits you'd like me to review, please provide them. Jokestress (talk) 06:50, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
- http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Age_of_consent_reform&offset=&limit=500&action=history In the beginning off2riorob/youreallycan said "you appear to have a level of bias that is so opinionated as to be unable to contribute" to the age of consent/age of majority articles "in a neutral tone or in a manner beneficial to their content" because he said I was to biased in favor of the age of consent being 16 (at least that's what I think he meant based on my patters editing the article back in September 2011 and earlier but this other user says now that I'm to biased in favor of it being 18, which I think may partially have happened because I was being careful to avoid the earlier opposite bias. In the history of my editing this article do you detect either bias. --RJR3333 (talk) 07:13, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
- This is an excellent series of edits. This series appears to remove some historical context and is not as good. I do not see any bias in any of those edits, though. They all seem solidly based on references, though I did not look up each one. Jokestress (talk) 09:03, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
- http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Age_of_consent_reform&offset=&limit=500&action=history In the beginning off2riorob/youreallycan said "you appear to have a level of bias that is so opinionated as to be unable to contribute" to the age of consent/age of majority articles "in a neutral tone or in a manner beneficial to their content" because he said I was to biased in favor of the age of consent being 16 (at least that's what I think he meant based on my patters editing the article back in September 2011 and earlier but this other user says now that I'm to biased in favor of it being 18, which I think may partially have happened because I was being careful to avoid the earlier opposite bias. In the history of my editing this article do you detect either bias. --RJR3333 (talk) 07:13, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
- I see some issues with how you present some definitions, some of which indicate you support certain views. If your edits only support one point of view or you actively seek to censor the full range of published information, I would classify that as a bias. I am reluctant to call out editors for bias unless there is a long pattern of problems, as is the case with someone like Flyer22. To me, it appears you are acting in good faith to expand and clarify materials, but some of your edits and arguments need to be more firmly grounded in policy. If you have a specific edit or series of edits you'd like me to review, please provide them. Jokestress (talk) 06:50, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
- Ok, but what I'm asking about is bias. Do you see a bias?--RJR3333 (talk) 06:38, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
- Several of your edits appear to constitute original research. Any changes to these controversial topics need to be quotations for reliable sources, with the exact citation formatted per our guidelines. I would not add anything on these topics unless you are quoting or carefully summarizing a previously published reliable source. If you have a specific diff you'd like me to review, please provide it. Jokestress (talk) 06:21, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
- But could you answer my question about whether either of these biases are shown in my edits?--RJR3333 (talk) 06:13, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
- User:Flyer22 has threatened to topic ban me. What should I do? --RJR3333 (talk) 15:12, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
- I wouldn't worry too much if you are being conscientious about working toward consensus and sticking to good sourcing. She resorts to things like sockpuppetry and other disruptions from time to time here. I recommend reading WP:COOL and and focusing solely on article content. Do not comment on her actions, don't try to "win" if she accuses you of some nonsense or brings up past conflicts. Her ongoing behavior will lead to another block for her or worse if she persists in bothering you. Ignore her as much as possible and focus on improving articles. If she starts to annoy you so much that you are tempted to respond in kind, take a break, work on other topics, etc. She won't be here forever. Jokestress (talk) 15:49, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
- If she does nominate me for a topic ban or report me for stalking her will you defend me and try to get other users to? --RJR3333 (talk) 19:01, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
- Not if you keep WP:CANVASsing everyone you can think of. Please stick with improving articles and don't sink to her level of sockpuppets and tattling and canvassing for support. You are making things worse. Jokestress (talk) 03:16, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
- The best thing you can do on these articles is to propose changes on the talk pages based on a citation in a published source. Your opinion on the definition is not relevant, as that's the problem with someone like Flyer22. We are supposed to represent the range of verifiable information from published sources. There is no one "true" answer, as our goal here is verifiability, not truth. Eysenck and others have pointed out that even among "experts," definitions are so variable that comparing studies is compromised. The terminology in this area is all over the place, and the best we can do is show the range of information in the published sources. Some of your edits appear to conflate a number of issues surrounding definitional axes of age, puberty, and consent. Stick to the sources to back up any proposed changes. Otherwise you will find this process to be more tedious than it will be otherwise. Jokestress (talk) 04:55, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
- Could I ask you to review my contributions to the underage/pedo project. Because I've been accused of bias by both sides. One of the editors accused me of having a bias in favor of it being 18 (which I don't understand, because my position is actually that it should be 16) and two (Malke2010 and off2riorob/youreallycan) have accused me of having a bias that it should be 16. Do you see either bias in my edits?--RJR3333 (talk) 04:06, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
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Nice work updating Tam O'Shaughnessy. Bearian (talk) 14:02, 25 July 2012 (UTC) |
Thanks, Bearian! Jokestress (talk) 08:56, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
Eat muhr brgrz
Nice rewrite on the LGBT section of CfA Fasttimes68 (talk) 02:56, 3 August 2012 (UTC) |
- Thanks, Fasttimes68! Jokestress (talk) 03:08, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
- Oh my. I just read your user page. Make that a soy burger. Fasttimes68 (talk) 21:23, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
- As long as it's real cheese, not vegan... Jokestress (talk) 21:30, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
- Oh my. I just read your user page. Make that a soy burger. Fasttimes68 (talk) 21:23, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi, your edit here combined the WSJ and Guidestar references, and now the convenience link is the same for both. I tried fixing it a couple of times without success. Can you give it a try? Thanks, 72Dino (talk) 22:47, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
- Those are bulleted because an editor said on the talk page the article had citation overkill. It's a standard style thing we do on those occasions. Jokestress (talk) 23:58, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
- No, the bullets are fine. It's just that when you click on the convenience link to the WSJ article it takes you to a PDF of the Form 990 instead of the article "Chick-fil-A's Long Christian Heritage." 72Dino (talk) 00:27, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
- Ohhhh I see - fixed. Thanks! Jokestress (talk) 00:32, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
- No, the bullets are fine. It's just that when you click on the convenience link to the WSJ article it takes you to a PDF of the Form 990 instead of the article "Chick-fil-A's Long Christian Heritage." 72Dino (talk) 00:27, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
Smiles for you!
Just came around to say Hi :). Regards and Happy Editing! TheGeneralUser (talk) 21:30, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks, buddy! See you around! Jokestress (talk) 22:06, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
Thank You!
Dear Jokestress, I did not know about the rule and I promise to follow it,(I don't know to many but it only put in stuff I know or read). I don't know how to put refrences yet, but I look up that. The Gravity Falls info was from the Gravity Falls Wiki on the Wendy page. I am sorry and I wont put anything made-up or un-mention.
- 'Hopes and praise'-Mattfan12059 :)
- 'Hopes and prays'-Mattfan12059 :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mattfan12059 (talk • contribs) 23:40, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
Thank You for Responding!
Thank you for responding! Have a good night! -Mattfan12059 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mattfan12059 (talk • contribs) 02:46, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi Jokestress :). I recently came across these two articles, The Scissor Fits and The Oregon Song and have found them to barely meet the Wikipedia stub requirements, although not fully. Both the articles have been on Wikipedia for almost 4 years since the end of 2008, but hardly any major article development or improvement has been done in both the articles. Also both the articles do not have any reliable sources and references, none so far. I am not sure if theses articles should be tagged for deletion. As you are an experienced editor, i have requested your help for article building, development and improvement if it is possible. I have also posted about this issue on Wikipedia:Notability/Noticeboard. Regards! TheGeneralUser (talk) 12:46, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
- Hi TheGeneralUser. The former fails Wikipedia:Notability (music) and the latter appears to be a hoax created by a sockpuppet of a banned user. I prodded both articles. Thanks! Jokestress (talk) 13:05, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
- Hey Jokestress! Thanks for your quick reply :). Looks like these articles can't be improved anyways will eventually get deleted as one already has. Good decision for tagging the articles, i would have probably also done the same, but i needed to review it from another experienced editor . Thank you for your help! TheGeneralUser (talk) 19:16, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
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Pregnancy from rape
I just want to say, you've done a very nice job cleaning up the article. --Mr. Vernon (talk) 06:13, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks, Mr. Vernon! Jokestress (talk) 06:27, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
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Agh, so sorry - I don't know what I was thinking (considering I live and breathe this stuff anyway!) Theopolisme :) 05:04, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
Thank you
Thanks very much for your formatting and referencing help here at the article Donkey puncher! Glad to see we share a mutual interest in research of logging and steam power. ;) Cheers, — Cirt (talk) 23:38, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks, Cirt! I grew up near a rail line, and my home town had a factory with the last operational steam engine in its industry. Don't know too much beyond that, though. I came to the topic from a disambiguation page I created. Those things sound dangerous! Jokestress (talk) 23:59, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
- Heh, indeed. And great idea on the disambig. ;) — Cirt (talk) 01:24, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
- Glad you caught the double entendre... Jokestress (talk) 02:41, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
- My pleasure. I'm a big fan of writing about freedom of speech and improving articles relating it and freedom of the press, just not necessarily what the speech itself might be describing in all instances. ;) — Cirt (talk) 03:54, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
- That is exactly why I am here. Perhaps at some point soon we can examine some extremely controversial topics where moral panic reigns. Jokestress (talk) 04:02, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
- My pleasure. I'm a big fan of writing about freedom of speech and improving articles relating it and freedom of the press, just not necessarily what the speech itself might be describing in all instances. ;) — Cirt (talk) 03:54, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
- Glad you caught the double entendre... Jokestress (talk) 02:41, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
- Heh, indeed. And great idea on the disambig. ;) — Cirt (talk) 01:24, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi Andrea :). Hope you're doing good! I recently came around this article Bagatayam Waterfall and i think it currently does not meet the basic minimum requirements for a Wikipedia:Stub. The article only has a external link to flicker website of a picture and a external map link. There are no other reliable sources and references. If possible can you have a look at it and see what can be eventually done ? I believe your help will be invaluable . Regards. TheGeneralUser (talk) 20:06, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
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A Puppy for you! :)
Thanks a lot being a Faithful Companion and a Good Wikifriend :) TheGeneralUser (talk) 10:09, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks, TheGeneralUser! Jokestress (talk) 20:36, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Editor review/TheGeneralUser (2) Your review is required and will be greatly appreciated :)
Hi Jokestress ! I have started my second editor review at Wikipedia:Editor review/TheGeneralUser (2). I will be greatly delighted, thankful and valued to have your review for me regarding my editing and possible candidate for Adminship. As you are a experienced and long term Wikipedian so i have asked for your kind review. Take your time to review my editing and give the best review that you can :). Feel free to ask me any questions you would like to on the review page itself. It will be a great honor to have you review me for which I will truly feel appreciated and helpful! I always work to improve Wikipedia and make it a more better place to be for Everyone :). Regards and Happy Editing! TheGeneralUser (talk) 20:28, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
- Do you plan to disclose your real name? I do not support anonymous/pseudonymous users obtaining enhanced editing privileges. Jokestress (talk) 20:36, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
- Sorry for any misunderstanding Jokestress, but i am not asking to vote on an RfA. And i believe every user has the right to be Anonymous and they are not required to disclose their personal identity if they do not wish to do so as also given on Wikipedia:Username policy. It's your wish if you want to review me or not and i am not forcing anyone to do it, it was just a kind request. Thank you. TheGeneralUser (talk) 20:46, 4 September 2012 (UTC)