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How goes it, my friend? I have missed you. I often think of you and your lovely [[Rolling Stones]] mosaic! What are you working on currently? I have several projects in mind ranging from BIG, like [[Jeff Beck]], [[Eric Clapton]], possibly difficult ones ([[Ronnie Lane]], and some of those outstanding [[session musician]]s. Lately, I've been working on building unreferenced articles-- I invited you to that group didn't I? Let me know on my talk page what you are doing, OK? hugs of course, --[[User:Leahtwosaints|Leahtwosaints]] ([[User talk:Leahtwosaints|talk]]) 16:03, 23 May 2013 (UTC) |
How goes it, my friend? I have missed you. I often think of you and your lovely [[Rolling Stones]] mosaic! What are you working on currently? I have several projects in mind ranging from BIG, like [[Jeff Beck]], [[Eric Clapton]], possibly difficult ones ([[Ronnie Lane]], and some of those outstanding [[session musician]]s. Lately, I've been working on building unreferenced articles-- I invited you to that group didn't I? Let me know on my talk page what you are doing, OK? hugs of course, --[[User:Leahtwosaints|Leahtwosaints]] ([[User talk:Leahtwosaints|talk]]) 16:03, 23 May 2013 (UTC) |
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it was nazi germany's motto but dianna wrongfully removed, what is your opinion need a third party view in the Talk:Nazi_Germany#Motto [[User:Peterzor|Peterzor]] ([[User talk:Peterzor|talk]]) 08:43, 24 May 2013 (UTC) |
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Hello, Moxy. You have VG work / Help index & WP:SET at Wikipedia talk:Help index's talk page. LittleBen (talk) 15:04, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
Sarnia article
Hi, Moxy,
You gave me my Barnstar for getting Sarnia to GA status. I've tinkered with it off and on for the last six months and wanted to get your opinion about whether or not it is of FA quality. I looked at Hamilton, which is FA, and thought Sarnia was at least its equal. Let me know what you think.There can be only one...TheKurgan (talk) 15:24, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
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Québec/Neuville Airport
Hi,
I have seen your {{undue}} banner at the top of the Controversy section. How should we fix this problem to your satisfaction? By adding material, removing some, by trimming both Oppose and Support sub-sections. I'd be happy to discuss it on the talk page. Regards. Bouchecl (talk) 06:28, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
Hello, Moxy. Some things (here and here) that might interest you. Regards, CsDix (talk) 22:16, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
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Re Joan Crawford YOB
Does this 1910 census extract from April 1910 giving young Lucille's age as 5 count as a valid source? Cassin (misspelled as Casson) was her stepfather's surname. Anyway I updated the talk page and tweaked the lede for what I think is a fair compromise. Yours, Quis separabit? 01:32, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
re
I will refrain from editing that article within the next 48 hours unless someone else suggests I should edit. However when the 48 hours is up if the only people who reply are you and me, than we are responsible for the article and therefore need to make the changes with the new datta. If no one responds on the talk page, within 48 hours Iwill change the article, cause that's the right thing to do. If you want to help me change it fine. IN other words I need a consensu within 48 hours, hopefully it involves more than 2 people but we cant rely on that Nottruelosa (talk) 02:50, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
remisunderstanding
Its not a threat all I am saying is that if no one else helps us out within 48 hours we need to be creative and come up with a solution ourselves Nottruelosa (talk) 03:01, 5 March 2013 (UTC). If other people have a problem with that they can help us change it. If no one does we are entirely responsible for its content as it has been abandoned but all but 2 people Thank you Nottruelosa (talk) 03:01, 5 March 2013 (UTC).
Your opinion is requested
In a dispute regarding an alleged case of closed paraphrasing here. Please not the most recent version of the article, which is in the table at the very bottom of that discussion. Thank you. Nightscream (talk) 03:42, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
Precious
Multiculturalism in Canada
Thank you for quality articles on Canada and its cultural diversity, such as Aboriginal peoples in Canada, for your efforts to improve accessibility, for constructive help to the Manuals of style, - repeating: you are an awesome Wikipedian (4 May 2010 by Extra999, 10 October 2010)!
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:04, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
List of awards and nominations received by Santana
Hello Moxy,
I found your name at the Latin Music taskforce. As this nomination page seems to be stalled, I am wondering if you have an interest in reviewing it for featured list status? Regards.--Tomcat (7) 13:45, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
Assistance with Moagim
Hi Moxy, About - User:Moagim contributions
I see you've had some discussions with Moagim about unilateral editing decisions and I'm wondering if you could look at his recent actions on a number of War of 1812-related entries. He's citing WP:NOR to remove the word "Decisive" from various entries' outcomes (entries where the presence or absence of the word has been long settled) and is also going back and adding cites to justify the remaining "American victory" or "British victory". TIA Natty10000 | Natter 18:50, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
- User:Rjensen would be the best guy to ask about the War of 1812 edits (I have informed him of this talk). I am more concerned with hes copy and pasting - like this - Moxy (talk) 18:59, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
- Many thanks. I'll follow Rjensen's talk page and discuss with him on the matter. Natty10000 | Natter 19:57, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
- Ok I had to say something ...see Talk:Battle of Lake Erie.Moxy (talk) 20:24, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
- Many thanks. I'll follow Rjensen's talk page and discuss with him on the matter. Natty10000 | Natter 19:57, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
Thanks -- awesome
I agree, you are an awesome Wikipedian, and you understand how to deal with things so they get done rather than get talked about. I don't mean just the WikiProject suggestion, either. Yes, the film could have just been moved at any time, and allowing other editors to weigh in, even if it does seem clearly notable, is being part of the community, so waiting was reasonable.
Thanks! -68.99.89.234 (talk) 06:01, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
- Thank you for the comments :-). I see there is an objection that is well argued. :-(Moxy (talk) 06:04, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
- Certainly appears well-intended. And raises an issue that I don't know about, that I should include all the various country releases as that is part of the notability. I need to get back to using WikiProjects more! -68.99.89.234 (talk) 06:08, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
- I dont think you have to worry about it our goals are on your side with this one.Moxy (talk) 06:13, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
- I think a well-intended discussion can lead to a better article, so I'm fine with disagreement. Sometimes they move in unfortunate directions, but they can still be useful. -68.99.89.234 (talk) 07:03, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
- I dont think you have to worry about it our goals are on your side with this one.Moxy (talk) 06:13, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
- Certainly appears well-intended. And raises an issue that I don't know about, that I should include all the various country releases as that is part of the notability. I need to get back to using WikiProjects more! -68.99.89.234 (talk) 06:08, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
- Thank you for the comments :-). I see there is an objection that is well argued. :-(Moxy (talk) 06:04, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
Infoboxes:
I've archived the debate [1]. Nothing more productive was going to come, and the majority approved the motion that info boxes are not always necessary. Seems a good compromise. Giano 19:11, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
Contact
Dear Moxy,
We are a group of Harvard students looking to get in touch with some wikipedia contributors to understand what their motivations are. I was wondering whether you would be available to talk to us for a quick chat? Thank you very much for your help. Looking forward to talking to you. Best — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ccombette (talk • contribs) 14:50, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
Reason I want File:Bfs lp corr.JPG image deleted
FYI, because of an editing dispute regarding articles related to The Beatles, I have publicly quit editing Beatle related articles. For that reason, I am also trying to delete images I contributed to Beatle related artiles. Because I have publicly quit editing Beatle related articles, it is not right to go back to those articles and delete images so that is why I am deleting the fair use rationales from the image pages to hasten the deletion of the images from Wikipedia. Steelbeard1 (talk) 13:25, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
- BUT - the way you have done it has not changed anything. The image will still be used in the same manner. So what you can do is remove it from all affiliated articles (orphan it) then simply place {{orfud}} on it - see Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#Files F5. Orphaned non-free use images.Moxy (talk) 16:59, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
Re:Minority official languages
Greetings Monxy. First of all, thank you for your advice. As for debate, I am aware of all problems second editor speaks. However, I do not think we need to create a collective prejudices-if I'm a bad person, it's because I'm a bad person, not because I am from specific region. But I do not give it too much importance :) . I'll try to sort it out with other involved editors (they recommend me that you maybe can have comment based on previous practice). However, I am currently traveling around Croatia and Bosnia so I do not have to much time to deal Wikipedia unfortunately. Once again, thank you for your advice and all the best.--MirkoS18 (talk) 22:09, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
Canadian Alaska...
I've heard both, usually babble in the news forums, but as far as actual citable things, a certain Ms Palin shot her mouth off about this when/after Obama won, and she wasn't alone; she backed down once she realized "we" were more "socialist" than he is.......it's a fringe view, not very citable other than one or two idiot politicians and if anything it's in letters to the editor. But it's not a notable "movement" at all.Skookum1 (talk) 02:11, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
Apologies
Ok so I would like to apologize for my earlier comments to you. Sometimes it is hard to not take stuff personally on Wikipedia. My comments pertaining to Canada came from an ongoing joke I had with an ex-girlfriend who believe it or not was, Canadian, so with that being said, sorry. Zdawg1029 (talk) 01:22, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
Re: template size
Hello. You have a new message at PartTimeGnome's talk page. – PartTimeGnome (talk | contribs) 21:35, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
Shortcut box at WP:AE
Hello Moxy. I'm asking about this edit of WP:AE. You stated you were moving the shortcuts to the header, but the net effect of our changes is that the separate box for the shortcuts has disappeared, the one created by {{shortcut}}. Since the use of a box to display shortcuts is widespread, can you consider an update that will restore the box? The current version of the noticeboard says 'WP:AE' in very small print that will easily be missed. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 17:02, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
- Hello my new friend - is this better? Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement.Moxy (talk) 18:15, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
- Thank you. That does restore the shortcut box. Somehow I was used to seeing it by the upper right corner of the red box, as in this version. Perhaps that was my own quirky preference. AE does have the problem of too much 'front matter'. We should have a UI expert to advise us. EdJohnston (talk) 18:22, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
- this version sandwiches the red box on my screen. That said it could be put in that red box like at User:Moxy/Sandbox. What do you think is best?Moxy (talk) 18:29, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
- When you put it inside the red box it is highly visible. That version (User:Moxy/Sandbox) would have my vote. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 18:38, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
- this version sandwiches the red box on my screen. That said it could be put in that red box like at User:Moxy/Sandbox. What do you think is best?Moxy (talk) 18:29, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
- Thank you. That does restore the shortcut box. Somehow I was used to seeing it by the upper right corner of the red box, as in this version. Perhaps that was my own quirky preference. AE does have the problem of too much 'front matter'. We should have a UI expert to advise us. EdJohnston (talk) 18:22, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
best selling album........please help
hi im getting my edits reverted on mj history past present and future album,,,,,,,on best selling album list I could use some help from another editor like yourself, it is cited for 20 million in sales but keeps getting taken off the list,,,,please help,,,thanks,,,--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 12:29, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
http://fanofmusic.free.fr/index.php?m=Charts&s=BestSellers&p=BestSellers&Act=121 ....what about this,,,,--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 14:51, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
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User talk:EscapeX
Hi there,
Just to let you know that there's an edit war happening again at List of songs recorded by Michael Jackson... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.175.220.114 (talk) 17:49, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
User talk:86.175.220.114
Hi,
Just wanted to let you know that the IP user has started an edit war again. EscapeX (talk) 18:12, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
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Thanks for the barnstar and for letting me know that you are up to help me!! :) Miss Bono (talk) 17:30, 2 April 2013 (UTC) |
Wikiproject U2
Hello Moxy, i have already message the editor on the list of members but I only got response from PjoeF. I don't know what else to do. :( Miss Bono (zootalk) 18:51, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
- It takes time to get replies - most not here everyday. You could mention your revival attempt at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Council.Moxy (talk) 18:56, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
Re: personal info
Thanks for the advise. Can you contact with some admin and make sure they deleted the former info form my history??? Miss Bono (zootalk) 19:56, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
- I was asked already to look into that. I don't think it's that big of a deal to have it in the history still; you're not a minor, and that's an awful lot of history to remove. Moxy, what do you say? Drmies (talk) 20:08, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
- Cmt: I have at least removed the old User and User-talkpages; that should be enough, I think. Lectonar (talk) 20:12, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
Miss Bono (zootalk) 20:21, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
He can help!
This user create the WP U2 page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Smithcool But he never responds to my talks. Can you help me? Maybe he can fix the problem Miss Bono (zootalk) 19:39, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
WP:WikiProject U2 and User:Miss Bono...
You seem to be the project member with the most knowledge of how wiki's work. Would you be willing to take User:Miss Bono under your wing so to speak. She seems to be a really inexperienced editor and seems very excited, and I think that is great. However, her use of all caps in section titles, canvassing her questions in multiple help services within minutes, posting to user pages (such as mine) when she doesn't get an immediate response is starting to get a little tiresome. I think that she will receive being asked to calm down and give people time to respond from a fellow project member better than a member of the help resources asking her to do so. I'm afraid it might discourage her more coming from me, and I hope to avoid that. If you have any questions, I have your talk page here on my watchlist for a bit and I'll keep an eye open for a reply. Thanks Technical 13 (talk) 19:43, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
- Would have no problem in helping her out....tell her (she will see this i hope) to come talk to me at anytime for any reason. Great to see someone so excited to be here - have not seen this in some time. I do hope we are in the same time zone its 3:45 est for me right now.Moxy (talk) 19:48, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
- Problem solved. Don't worry Technical 13, I won't pissed you again.
Miss Bono (zootalk) 20:26, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
- I don't mind you asking advice. I think I speak for most of the volunteers at the Teahouse and the Help desk when I say we're happy to help you with whatever we can, all I am personally asking is that you remember that we are helping other people as well, and sometimes it may take us quite some time to respond if we get tied up into researching a question another user has asked. I encourage your enthusiasm, and simply request you be virtuous in the amount of time you give the volunteers to respond. Thank you. Technical 13 (talk) 20:43, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
Re: Edit conflict
Could you please check if it's okay right now, and sorry for the inconvenience. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 20:37, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
Very well! I have got to go now… and I leave the field "free" … for now :), Cheers. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 20:48, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
WP U2 membership lists
Hello Moxy.
Do you know the reason why there are two pages for members list: Wikipedia:WikiProject U2/membership list and Wikipedia:WikiProject U2/Members? I'm preparing a roll call for asking members to update their status. Thank you.
Note: I've changed Wikipedia:WikiProject U2/membership list by adding a couple of sections and by reshowing former/inactive/blocked editors. You did a very good job with it.
Cheers. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:44, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
- Update: Wikipedia:WikiProject U2/Members appears to be for subscribing to the project Newsletter… but I could be wrong. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:54, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
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I hereby award you the U2 Barnstar for your efforts in helping Wikiproject U2. Congratulations! Miss Bono (zootalk) 18:13, 5 April 2013 (UTC) |
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What's Next
I am willing to do something for WP U2, but I don't know where to start?? I need some help :P Miss Bono (zootalk) 19:10, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
Spam
Hello, I honestly thought that the Library template was a good addition to articles. But I will stop this anyways. I'm sorry about it. --Cephas (talk) 00:43, 13 April 2013 (UTC)
American film portal
I created Portal:Film in the United States WhisperToMe (talk) 18:16, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
Hey!
WP U2've been missing you. Are you Ok? Miss Bono (zootalk) 15:27, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
Removed selected item from Portal:Massachusetts
Hello. I appreciate your enthusiasm in adding the bombing to the selected articles for Portal:Massachusetts, however I have undone your change. That article is not a GA or FA, and moreover is highly unstable as the situation is still developing, and therefore the article is unsuitable for inclusion in a (Featured) Portal. I have little doubt that the article will make GA in a few weeks/months once all of this is over; it can be reinserted then. Sven Manguard Wha? 21:01, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
Decade portals
Hi, Moxy!
I noticed you removed the 2010s portal. I have restored the portal, and will present the following concerns.
- 1. 2010s content *is* inherently related to this subject. As you may understand people group things, events/etc by decade and have decade nostalgia (1970s/1980s/etc) - so it is important to group things by decade and link them together.
- 2. Just because it is unfinished doesn't mean it should be removed. Substantial amount content exist (purge the cache and eventually you will see several things in the "article" space, etc.) and I expect for the Wikipedia community to fill in the blanks. One has a right to start an incomplete article (as long as notability is proven, etc.) and expect the community to fill in the rest.
- Wikipedia:Portal_guidelines#What_content_to_include does say "Do not create a portal if you do not intend to assist in its regular maintenance." but I do that by finding new "featured articles" when browsing and adding them in when needed, but I expect that other Wikipedians are able to do the same. Plus, say if somebody creates a clearly viable portal subject and then disappears of the face of the planet, does it mean the person shouldn't have made the portal? I say that is not the case.
- 3. If you go on other language Wikipedias, notice that the French Wikipedia has their decade portals up and running well, and events, TV shows, etc. are tagged with these decades. This means the French Wikipedia has progressed further than the English Wikipedia in this matter, and we need to catch up. Having these portals, even if incomplete, linked furthers this progress. Removing them harms this progress.
- I've created other portals lately, doing a substantial amount of the work, and then saying "Hi, ABC Wikiproject! I made ABC Portal!" - That is to tell the project that they need to fill in the rest.
Thank you, WhisperToMe (talk) 22:31, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
- Would really be best to add content to the portal before its placed all over in unrelated unlinked articles - its red link heaven only 1/3 of the boxes even have info - its embarrassing to say the least. I can help you fix the disheveled portal if you like as I have created hundreds of them over the years. How many have you done like this?Moxy (talk) 23:06, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
- If you want to fix the portal content, please do. Part of the problem is that portals are supposed to highlight the "best content" but I prefer to wait until I find the "best content" and I don't want to make all of the decisions for the portal - if someone has a better article idea, I want him/her to add it. As for some of the ones I've made that are incomplete...
- Portal:Beijing
- Portal:Shanghai
- Portal:Geneva
- Portal:1970s->Portal:2010s
- Portal:Film in the United States
- Portal:Television in the United Kingdom
- Portal:Islands
- And personally I feel that if I don't start these portals, other Wikipedians won't think "we have to start these portals" - I want to encourage Wikipedians to finish them, to get the idea "make and finish these portals," to have the types of portals that the French have. If these portals aren't linked, I think they'd never get done. If they are linked and are "embarrassing" Wikipedians will be forced to finish them.
- WhisperToMe (talk) 23:12, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
- Will work on these over the next few days - dont what to see them delete for being unpopulated - we have had this problem recently. Your expecting lots of work to be done by others in these portals - portals are complicated and the average editor does not mess with them.Moxy (talk) 23:19, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
- Thank you very much. :) Is there a way to make it easier for average editors to add entries to portals? I did notice that making them is complicated, so I try to add in the portal skeletons, the Wikiprojects, the commons links, the links to other portals. Then try to add as many featured articles or good articles as possible, as I know those are the choicest ones (for American film I had to increase the number of articles in the portal to accommodate more). For Biographies I also add the choicest ones if I find any. I don't have experience with DYK so I usually leave those blank. There was one more I made recently that I added to the list, Portal:Islands. If you think I should just add any old article if I don't find good featured or good articles then I could just do that. WhisperToMe (talk) 03:19, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) Whisper, you say portals are suppose to highlight the best content of the decade, how is it possible to do that to the 2010 decade portal when the decade isn't over yet? Technical 13 (talk) 10:17, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
- Hehe! It's a work in progress :) - We just wait for the event and pounce on it when it happens :) WhisperToMe (talk) 17:31, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) Whisper, you say portals are suppose to highlight the best content of the decade, how is it possible to do that to the 2010 decade portal when the decade isn't over yet? Technical 13 (talk) 10:17, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
- Thank you very much. :) Is there a way to make it easier for average editors to add entries to portals? I did notice that making them is complicated, so I try to add in the portal skeletons, the Wikiprojects, the commons links, the links to other portals. Then try to add as many featured articles or good articles as possible, as I know those are the choicest ones (for American film I had to increase the number of articles in the portal to accommodate more). For Biographies I also add the choicest ones if I find any. I don't have experience with DYK so I usually leave those blank. There was one more I made recently that I added to the list, Portal:Islands. If you think I should just add any old article if I don't find good featured or good articles then I could just do that. WhisperToMe (talk) 03:19, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
420
Hi, unsure why you have deleted my addition re 420? Thought more background was important - the police code myth was very prevalent - and was explained well in edison's book. I am not a wiki expert but tried to link and give a reference as per wiki guidelines. Thanks. Robert Vohotek. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rvohotek (talk • contribs) 16:58, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
- In 99.9% of cases, you may not copy and paste text from other sources into Wikipedia. Doing so is a copyright violation and may constitute plagiarism. Always write the articles in your own words and cite the sources of the article. Copyright violations are often speedily deleted. SEE ALSO Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing.Moxy (talk) 17:01, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
420 redux
thanks.. I thought the quote was fair use. I read the link you sent about paraphrasing and re wrote. THanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rvohotek (talk • contribs) 17:13, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
WP: U2
Hey Moxy. I just made this and I was wondering where in WP:U2 space it has to be. Please, reply in my talk page Miss Bono (zootalk) 15:12, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
Thanks a lot and I am sorry for the bothers. Hope you are doing great Miss Bono (zootalk) 15:26, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
Best wishes, Moxy, and all the best for you. Miss Bono (zootalk) 15:30, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
- I found this other:
Template:U2_Collaboration_Barnstar to add to WP:U2 Miss Bono (zootalk) 15:34, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
This is For You
Have I gain myself the trust and respect of the community?? I didn't know that. Thanks again Moxy. Enjoy your brownies Miss Bono (zootalk) 15:51, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
new userbox for WP u2
hope you are doing great. take a look at this: I think you know what it has to be done. I don't know how to do the proper thing yet. Greetings! Miss Bono (zootalk) 15:47, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
April 2013
We could use your involvement in here. This discussion has gone nowhere for months. I only recently got myself involved in it again, and I still lack the skills for handling this efficiently.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Jewish_diaspora#Neutrality_issues
Evildoer187 (talk) 20:50, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
Next month
I will be able to visit the website next month. I am concerned about the vandalism in your page Miss Bono (zootalk) 14:10, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
- Ok I understand - no access now. As for vandalism - its just what happens when you edit lots and lots of pages....some people get upset. I find it best to let others handle the vandalism as there is no need to feed the trolls.Moxy (talk) 14:18, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
- What do you suggest, to stop editing pages?? Miss Bono (zootalk) 14:37, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
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Take a look at this when you have some free time. i am not good enough doing this kind of BIG stuffs yet. I hope you are doing great. Take care, friend. I owe you so much. Miss Bono (zootalk) 17:55, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
Montacute House pictures
Thanks for your comment about images on Talk:Montacute House/GA1. Can I suggest you put this on Talk:Montacute House as I don't think many people will be watching the GA review page and more people are likely to see it on the general talk page. I've never used the multiple image template and some of the other editors are likely to have comments about the images as there has previously been some discussion about image sizes etc.— Rod talk 10:10, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
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Hello Moxy
I have revamp the barnstar for WP U2. Feel free to check it out anytime. Can I ask you a question?? Miss Bono (zootalk) 12:58, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
- I participate in Wikipedia:WikiProject Council that helps ALL projects.Moxy (talk) 14:59, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
Clean start
Saw the notice about you at the admin desk....I see your having some problems. Have you ever thought of a mentor to help you algone the way? See Wikipedia:Adopt-a-user- that is designed to help new and inexperienced users by pairing them with more experienced Wikipedians. If you have any questions pls just ask.Moxy (talk) 23:51, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
- 'Um, this one time.... on Wikipedia....' (smile) Thanks, I'm not as new or inexperienced as everyone is making me out to be. They're trying to trip me up though, but I won't budge. They just need to pump the brakes. I've been editing on Wikipedia since 2007. Their judgments are just clouded by the fact I use an IP and historically they tend to be trouble-makers I guess. I'm standing up for all the IPs who are actually good editors perhaps... GO IPs! Hehe. Nah, but yeah, I appreciate the offer/interest! There are just some individuals intent on causing problems, but I'm ignoring them. (Which has actually made it worse, so maybe I should rethink my strategy?) I'm more concerned about how I want no contact with these editors who are clearly in violation and yet nothing is done to them. So they make up stuff I'm doing wrong that holds no water. I've actually been pissing in the wind lately on here, and I'm due for a break just to stay sane. I don't want the toxic to rub off on me. This site has been nothing but angry jealous passive-aggressive bullies recently who enjoy provoking specific editors. (My observations, of course.) Oh well, take care... P.S. No matter how many clean starts I make, there will always be humans on here starting drama. It's the way of the world! (sigh) 99.129.112.89 (talk) 00:13, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
African admixture in Europe
there is a user SpaniHard, who is vandalising the article, im pretty sure its a sock puppet of GreekPost (who turned out to be a sock puppet himslef). please check in to it. I have only added info from the quoted study, since GreekPost likes to distore the info the studies he "quotes" Daufer (talk) 14:17, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
Hallo Moxy, someone is vandalising the article again by deleting entire passages and manipulating info in the article, all is sourced; yet the user keeps deleting it and manipulating the info. Please look into it. Daufer (talk) 21:13, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
Your user page layout.
Hello Moxy, I was wondering if you could move your floating flag to the bottom corner and set it behind all of the other stuff in the sidebar (like what I have done on Miss Bono's talk page and user page). I would be happy to help you with the HTML/CSS coding to do so (or you can just copy what I did on Miss Bono's). Thank you. Technical 13 (talk) 14:56, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
- Sure move the flag at will...was just a copy and paste for me ...have no clue about the coding.Moxy (talk) 22:02, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
- Done Technical 13 (talk) 22:33, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
PC article
Thanks. I'm going to take a wikibreak but if this editor can't play nicely with others then maybe he shouldn't be here. Dougweller (talk) 20:59, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
- I am here all week ...if any more problems I will jumpin.Moxy (talk) 21:54, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 05:27, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
Dear Moxy:
What is it that you wish to know about the so-called contested editing of the leading sentence of the introduction to the Political Correctness article, and the substantiating image? I say so-called, because neither Mr Dougweller, nor North8000 have bothered to reply directly to a direct question: How are the sentence and the image wrong? I ask, because these fellows have complained exclusively about those two things, and have refused to be specific and give examples of how the editorial work is incorrect; i.e. verifiability. In my experience of Wikipedia, such are the complaints of page-owners and gate-keepers.
Let me know, here, in the article page.
Best regards,
Mhazard9 (talk) 18:36, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
- The image is not related (as I motioned on the talk page). The text is not bad to me but did make a huge run-on sentence even longer. Moxy (talk) 20:26, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
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Canada demographics
You are most welcome! - PV
Haiti and Latin America
I am quite familiar with the literature on Latina America, having a degree in Latin American studies. You pointed to one source that was cited at Hispanic and Latino Americans that refers to Haiti, but every other cited definition in that article excludes it. Including Haiti within the definition of Latin America is a distinctly minority position among scholars, academics, and even dictionaries. Here are a few sources:
- "Latin America". The New Oxford Dictionary of English. Pearsall, J., ed. 2001. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; p. 1040: "The parts of the American continent where Spanish or Portuguese is the main national language (i.e. Mexico and, in effect, the whole of Central and South America including many of the Caribbean islands)."
- [2]: "Haiti is an anomalous country. Geographically, it is in the Caribbean, and by extension, the Western Hemisphere. But it is not part of Latin America, much less Anglo-Saxon America."
- [3] "Haitians, who are identified as black Caribbean immigrants and not Latinos . . ."
- Humes, Karen R.; Jones, Nicholas A.; Ramirez, Roberto R. "Overview of Race and Hispanic Origin: 2010" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
"Hispanic or Latino" refers to a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish or Portuguese culture or origin regardless of race.
- "American FactFinder Help: Hispanic or Latino origin". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
For Census 2000, American Community Survey: People who identify with the terms "Hispanic" or "Latino" are those who classify themselves in one of the specific Hispanic or Latino categories listed on the Census 2000 or ACS questionnaire - "Mexican," "Puerto Rican," or "Cuban" - as well as those who indicate that they are "other Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino." Origin can be viewed as the heritage, nationality group, lineage, or country of birth of the person or the person's parents or ancestors before their arrival in the United States. People who identify their origin as Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino may be of any "race".
1990 Census of Population and Housing: A self-designated classification for people whose origins are from Spain, the Spanish-speaking countries of Central or South America, the Caribbean, or those identifying themselves generally as Spanish, Spanish-American, etc. Origin can be viewed as ancestry, nationality, or country of birth of the person or person's parents or ancestors prior to their arrival in the United States.
- "Latino: People with roots in the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking Americas. This broader term, mostly used in the United States, is sometimes used as a replacement for Hispanic. http://csuchico-dspace.calstate.edu/handle/10211.4/222
- http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/mexicanamerica/glossary.html (Defining "Hispanic" as meaning those with Spanish-speaking roots in the Americas and "Latino" as meaning those with both Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking roots in Latin America.)Goodsdrew (talk) 16:02, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
- I personally dont care - and agree there are many arguments for your point as see at... Samuel P. Huntington (31 May 2007). The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World O. Simon & Schuster. p. 136. ISBN 978-1-4165-6124-8. but to the world as a whole - as in with research and statistics it is part of that world.. and has been for a long time. Got to look at what data is out there over time ...not just recent racial views. William O'Leary; Eugene Vandrovec; Gary Lewis (1975). Family Planning Statistics, 1965 to 1973: Africa, Asia, Latin America. U.S. Department of Commerce, Social and Economic Statistics Administration, Bureau of the Census, International Statistical Programs Center. p. 47. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
Other Latin American countries known to have programs but for which no data are available are Bolivia and Haiti
.Moxy (talk) 20:23, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
Changes to the Harpy Eagle article
Greetings and felicitations. I noticed that you reverted my changes to the Harpy Eagle article, which consisted of four basic items:
- Corrections to capitalization ("global warming" and "climate change" are not proper nouns))
- Alphabetization of the categories (for the sake of convenience and ease of future editing)
- Changed the size of one image (per Wikipedia:Image use policy#Displayed image size)
- Moved images from the side of a section to a gallery at the bottom of the same section
It seems from your comment ("rv why would you do that? pls read over WP:Galleries before moving images out of the proper place") that your objection is to the last item. I moved those images because as the article stood (and now stands again) the images and the {{clear}}
template at the bottom of the "Popular culture" section create a significant amount of white space in that section when the article is displaying in windows of approximately 1200 pixels or more. The gallery and the resizing of the last image eliminate that (IMHO unsightly) white space, while keeping the images in the appropriate sections.—DocWatson42 (talk) 08:08, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) I agree with Moxy that the images should not have been moved into a gallery at the bottom. However, I think it should have been a partial undo and the other changes should have been kept. User:DocWatson42, I would suggest it is likely okay, and in the best interest of the article to put just those non-controversial changes back but don't move/change any images. I'm on a 1280×800 resolution laptop atm, but would be happy to check it out on one of the higher resolution university computers tomorrow. Happy editing! Technical 13 (talk) 11:21, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
- I'll wait. ^_^ I use a 1600×1200 monitor, but I want to check the article on a larger one, using a modern browser.—DocWatson42 (talk) 12:19, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
- Fixed - here - Will be honest here - did not notice the other edits ...when scrolling only when as far as the gallery/ You are correct - not all should have been reverted.Moxy (talk) 14:19, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks. ^_^ I checked the article as it is now (though not my version of it) in Firefox 18 and Google Chrome 26 on a 1920×1080 monitor, as well as my own (under Firefox 2 <sweatdrop>), and in all three cases the last two images in the stack intrude into the "References" section, even with the last image being at the default thumbnail size. The "References" are interfered with until the browser window is c. 1100 pixels wide. I won't pretend that a gallery is the ideal solution, but IMHO it is the best available option.—DocWatson42 (talk) 23:09, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
- I moved a comma (per MOS:LQ), and the "Adult in Belize" image up one paragraph, as it was protruding slightly into "Popular culture" section. Other than that it looks good.—DocWatson42 (talk) 06:37, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
Barbara Ann Scott images
Hi Moxy - Do you know why the images from this article were deleted? I didn't see any notice on that page before they disappeared, so I never saw the deletion rationale. As photos created before 1949 they ought to have been in the public domain in Canada. Pburka (talk) 11:35, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
- See Wikipedia talk:Canadian Wikipedians' notice board#Copyright in Canada. -- Moxy (talk) 13:51, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
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Hello moxy
I need an information favour. For this page Wild_Honey_(U2_song) Hope you can help. I need as more as you can get. lol. Thanks in advance, and best wishes... Miss Bono (zootalk) 16:20, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
Thank you very much again Moxy. Peace and Cheers!! Miss Bono (zootalk) 17:10, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
take alook at this User_talk:Theroadislong#Wild_Honey Miss Bono (zootalk) 17:16, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi Moxy
I see you have dropped me a note about the images on the World War I article page. You suggested I read the 'Location' section of the 'Images' page which I did. It left me more confused than ever - i.e. "Images can be staggered left and right. However, they should avoid sandwiching text between two images that face each other". I'm not sure how many images there are in this article (at least 25); I could not see any that "faced each other". Nevertheless, my original intention was to reduce the ugly patches of white space - on my screen at least - that was displayed, the whole page was a mess. So, I tried to stagger the pics. Indeed, my edit summaries said as much about said white space.
If you know of a better solution, I would like hear of it.
Regards
RASAM (talk) 16:39, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
edit warring?
why do you warn me of edit warring, also am going to make another edit without reverting on the nazi germany article Peterzor (talk) 18:22, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
am using the talkpage see Talk:Nazi_Germany#The_Core_Contest.2C_Peer_Review.2C_Good_Article_nomination
see Talk:Nazi_Germany#The_Core_Contest.2C_Peer_Review.2C_Good_Article_nomination Peterzor (talk) 18:41, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
Welcome - thanks
Hi Moxy,
Just wanted to pass on my thanks for the helpful welcome message. Much appreciated. Shazster (talk) 06:20, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
GBooks
I asked a while ago about accessdates in the Gbooks tool, haven't gotten a response yet - looks like the user is mostly inactive. But one of your recent edits on my watchlist flagged another issue with the tool: use of very specific publication dates. These are great for news sources, etc, that are published daily, but usually for books you would only cite year, not the ymd (in whatever order) that the tool seems to produce. Thoughts? Nikkimaria (talk) 17:45, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
- I agree no need for full pub dates - I remove the accessdate by hand (as there useless for books in my opinion) I will now also trim down to just the year by hand (doing History of Canada next). Would be great if the date parameter had the option of just year with no months or days- and accessdate removed entirely. Perhaps User:LeadSongDog could help they just made Template:Gbook and may know more about coding then we ever will - perhaps a new tool if the old tool maker is gone.Moxy (talk) 18:18, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
- Really I just modified the existing code from Template:PMC. It wasn't a very creative effort, I'm afraid. If you're looking for someone to adopt an existing tool, you might ask at wp:VPT. LeadSongDog come howl! 01:18, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
Hey Moxy!!
Can you sign my guestbook. I would really enjoy to have your signature there. The link for it it's User:Miss_Bono/Guestbook Thanks!!! Miss Bono (zootalk) 18:33, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
Foxy Moxy!
How goes it, my friend? I have missed you. I often think of you and your lovely Rolling Stones mosaic! What are you working on currently? I have several projects in mind ranging from BIG, like Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, possibly difficult ones (Ronnie Lane, and some of those outstanding session musicians. Lately, I've been working on building unreferenced articles-- I invited you to that group didn't I? Let me know on my talk page what you are doing, OK? hugs of course, --Leahtwosaints (talk) 16:03, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer
it was nazi germany's motto but dianna wrongfully removed, what is your opinion need a third party view in the Talk:Nazi_Germany#Motto Peterzor (talk) 08:43, 24 May 2013 (UTC)