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Question on your reverting my edits
First of all, Thank you for taking time to put your thoughts (for reverting) on my page on Lingam article. But the source you mentioned 'Encyclopædia Britannica' (origin-UK) may not know the Hindu roots, heritage and culture and why we pray Shiva lingam. Their interpretation of Lingam is against our Hindu religion beliefs. Kindly reconsider my deletes, if you think, they should be on the page, atleast move them to the bottom of the page under beliefs/myths and not at the beginning of the article.
Thanks for your time.
Greetings and... "rolling way back"
Greetings again. Just seen the edit summary in which you refer to the possibility of rolling back to pre-sock version of Peninsular War. I personally think it's the best solution (copyvio is copyvio), and have no objection whatsoever, but maybe you'd like to mention it first to Baffle gab1978, a user who has done an amazing job on copyediting that particular article (although it's likely that much of that copyediting has had to be done on the content added by sock/socks...). Cheers! --Technopat (talk) 10:35, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks Pat, my head's swelling up now! ;-) .I've commented above in the section 'Turgeis socks'. I'm not sure how much copyvio text remains in the article since I don't have the book it was copied from, and while I'll be disappointed by a rollback to March 2013, if that's what needs to be done, so be it. Anyway, good luck to you both with the article, I'm sure it'll be heaps better without the copyvio text. :-) Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 17:23, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
- Charles J. Esdaile (2004). Fighting Napoleon: Guerrillas, Bandits and Adventurers in Spain, 1808-1814. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-10112-6.
- Charles J. Esdaile (1988). The Spanish Army in the Peninsular War. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-2538-9.
- Charles Esdaile (2002). The Peninsular War: A New History. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4039-6231-7.
- I think I got rid of most of it - as Moxy says, searching on the suspect text (anything from the socks) usually turned up the same text in Google books. I'm finished now, you might just take a look at what happens if you compare the current version with the February version before the socks. Dougweller (talk) 17:51, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
Ivar the Boneless
The passage you deleted talked about Imair as being described a leader of all the Norsemen in Britain and Ireland. The source cited as the Annals of Ulster. You removed the passage with the comment that the source did not seem to support the passage. I restored the passage with the comment "Annals of Ulster 873". The entry in the Annals for the year 873 clearly describes Imair as the leader of all the Norsemen in Britain and Ireland.Eroica (talk) 18:59, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
- I've replied at the talk page - the bulk of that edit was about what historians think about Ivar, Imar and the location of Lochlann, none of which is in the source. And the source is a primary one so we should be citing what historians say about it, right? Dougweller (talk) 20:40, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
I hate bothering you, he said, clearly indicating that's what he's doing, but...
there is now a request for arbitration at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case#John Carter which you might be able and/or willing to offer input, should you choose to do so. John Carter (talk) 00:10, 5 September 2013 (UTC)
I have a question!
Please respond to this thread. I need your advice on this, I created an article a few weeks ago titled: List of species rumored/believed to still be alive that was deleted by Administrator Future Perfect Sunrise. He and I are not exactly on good terms, although I do have his page on my watchlist. That is how I found you when you posted on his talk page that you blocked HistoryofIran from editing. I was planning to revive/recreate my first article, but under a different name. Is that allowed? Or will I be blocked if I attempt to do so? Just need confirmation. Regards. Keeby101 (talk) 06:40, 5 September 2013 (UTC)
I had no Idea that i did anything wrong on that article and how was it a violation? i changed the way another editor told me to, the change some of the material and I certainly don't want to be blocked from editing. ACase0000 (talk) 18:14, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
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Why did you write "we" and not "I"? We allow only one editor per account. Dougweller (talk) 18:24, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
I meant "I". It is only me (one person) on the account. At present, I am married, so sometimes forgetful in my usage, which I apologize for the confusion. I am the only one using the account now and in the future. Thank you. Publico2020 (talk) 19:11, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for your help. I am a new user, getting started in the last several months, and trying to learn how to use and contribute, edit, and work in Wikipedia as a volunteer and hopeful graduate to a higher-level of understanding its many features. . (Publico2020 (talk) 19:16, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
Some advice
I have been, perhaps unwisely, fixing references, rewriting and/or removing copy/paste violations of User:HistoryofIran. Would it be more economical time-wise to simply revert back before HistoryofIran's edits? --Kansas Bear (talk) 20:24, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
- I very much appreciate your work with this editor. It sort of depends upon how many other editors you are going to revert - if there have been any substantial edits you might want to let them know. It's something I've had to do before. Dougweller (talk) 20:38, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
- Ok. Thanks. --Kansas Bear (talk) 20:55, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
Someone is trying is vandalize Olympus Mons
Doug, someone hiding behind an anonymous IP address is trying to vandalize Olympus Mons. He added a short section without sources which, for all purposes, is a brief sentence about mountain climbing in Mars. I reverted his edit, and then he reverted mine. I reverted it back. If he (or she - though that gender is unlikely) reverts it again, can you kindly look at the matter? Titus III (talk) 05:37, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
- Ok, on my watch list now. Dougweller (talk) 06:41, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
Blocked from adding a newly released book on the list of science fiction novels and short stories.
Hi Doug,
I tried adding a newly released book to the list of science fiction novels and short stories but it was removed by you for copyright violations. I am the author of the book and I only added a one sentence blurb about the book on the Wikipedia page. Is it still possible for me to add the book to the list?
Sincerely,
Oliver — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oliver9658 (talk • contribs) 10:13, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
Dendrobieae
Can you tell me why Dendrobieae was deleted as part of a mass deletion of articles by user:Max Borin? I know nothing of the context surrounding these deletions. RJFJR (talk) 20:26, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
- It's simply routine to delete edits and articles created by sock puppets. It can be recreated by anyone. I wasn't the only Admin who deleted articles by a number of related socks. Dougweller (talk) 20:37, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
New Article
Hi, I am looking into creating an article on a grocery store/supermarket chain, and my question is: since the store has two different names which name should i use to create the article: Price Less Foods or Price Less IGA or use just Price Less? I thought since you seem to be an experienced user/administrator i would ask you for help. ACase0000 (talk) 05:51, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
- Always do a Google search with the 'site' command, eg "Price Less Foods" site:en.wikipedia.org" before you create an article. That will show you if we have a relevant article already. In this case we have Houchens Industries - what I would suggest is creating 2 redirects, one for each of those names (but not for "Price Less"). Sorry about that. Dougweller (talk) 09:56, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks for the help it is much appreciated, would you suggest creating a new section in Houchens Industries article to tell about the chain or just create a different article? which would be better? ACase0000 (talk) 14:24, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
- Definitely a section. Only an article if it becomes so large it overwhelms the main article. Dougweller (talk) 20:35, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
Thanks
Yeah- it's frustrating because edit warring is not my thing. Thanks for helping out with this one. Wouldn't be great if everyone lived by BRD? Cheers, Λuα (Operibus anteire) 18:16, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
Liberty Fund
Thanks. Just leave the PP as is. We will see what sort of article improvement proposals are developed. – S. Rich (talk) 21:25, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
Hello
Hi Dougweller, my name is Tomica. Since you are an administrator I would like if you could help me with something. Can you please transfer User:Tomica/Good Girl Gone Bad to the original article, Good Girl Gone Bad. I would be grateful. Cheers! — Tomíca(T2ME) 08:53, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
Need help with something.
As you can see here [1], Future Perfect thinks that his taste is more important than others, and it is not the first time he does things like that, i would like to make a vote where people can choose, how do i do that? --HistoryofIran (talk) 13:01, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
Edited
I believe you messaged me when I replaced Christian Mythology with Christianity. Christian Mythology is quite offensive and not an unbiased term. You say we're not supposed to edit to fit viewpoints, but Mythology is the atheist viewpoint of it -Dizzzer
- First, we actually have an article on Christian mythology which was the link. Secondly, Christian theologians write about the subject. This has nothing to do with biased terms, it's a term used by Christians as well as non-Christians and we have plenty of sources for it. The link was meant to go to the article, you can't just change it because you don't like an academic subject. Read the article. eg "George Every claims that the existence of "myths in the Bible would now be admitted by nearly everyone", including "probably all Roman Catholics and a majority of Protestants". Dougweller (talk) 18:23, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
- Dougweller, I would suggest you make an extra effort to be more neutral in your edits. Let me be clear that I agree with most of your reasonings most of the time. What I am saying is that - and perhaps you don't realize it - you have a lot more to give and contribute if you were not so adamant about confronting those who happen to hold views different from yours. Both views are necessary in the encyclopedia. What good would it be if it was a forum containing only those thoughts and ideas that only some editors believed, liked, or were comfortable with? Just some advise. Mercy11 (talk) 00:57, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks, but did you look a the user's talk page and his other edits? This was about an edit[2] where he changed Christian mythology so that it read Christianity. If he'd simply changed the link so that it went to Christianity, that would have been probably ok, but see WP:EASTEREGG. No one would have known that the link wasn't to Christianity unless they clicked on it or hovered over it. Where I did err perhaps is in not giving him that link, which I'll do now. And the subject Christian mythology is of course not about Christianity being a myth, right? I did miss one piped link there and I'll change it. Dougweller (talk) 06:39, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
- Ah, no, that link is ok as it is clear that it is Christian traditions that are being meant. Dougweller (talk) 06:43, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
- Forgot to ask, are you talking about my reverting him being not neutral? And we do have an editor with a problem here, as User:Favonian made clear twice. Dougweller (talk) 06:52, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
- Ah, no, that link is ok as it is clear that it is Christian traditions that are being meant. Dougweller (talk) 06:43, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks, but did you look a the user's talk page and his other edits? This was about an edit[2] where he changed Christian mythology so that it read Christianity. If he'd simply changed the link so that it went to Christianity, that would have been probably ok, but see WP:EASTEREGG. No one would have known that the link wasn't to Christianity unless they clicked on it or hovered over it. Where I did err perhaps is in not giving him that link, which I'll do now. And the subject Christian mythology is of course not about Christianity being a myth, right? I did miss one piped link there and I'll change it. Dougweller (talk) 06:39, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
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