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::::If you think that's bad, go look at the actual name of the alt account I'm using right now. <span style="text-shadow:grey 0.118em 0.118em 0.118em; class=texhtml">[[User:MjolnirPants|<font color="green">'''ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants'''</font>]] [[User_talk:MjolnirPants|<small>Tell me all about it.</small>]]</span> 16:29, 11 April 2017 (UTC) |
::::If you think that's bad, go look at the actual name of the alt account I'm using right now. <span style="text-shadow:grey 0.118em 0.118em 0.118em; class=texhtml">[[User:MjolnirPants|<font color="green">'''ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants'''</font>]] [[User_talk:MjolnirPants|<small>Tell me all about it.</small>]]</span> 16:29, 11 April 2017 (UTC) |
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But no one has killed more people in modern times than the so-called "[[religion of peace]]". [[User:Cyrus the Penner|Cyrus the Penner]] ([[User talk:Cyrus the Penner|talk]]) 22:15, 11 April 2017 (UTC) |
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Bro, that page عمرئ is informative and it doesn't really need to be deleted ...thanks
Nabeel Gm 12:45, 31 March 2017 (UTC)∞😃 Nabeelgm 😃∞(Talk)
Jorge Segovia
Hey, I would like to make that wikipedia available. Just that... — Preceding unsigned comment added by JSegoviaPianist (talk • contribs) 16:20, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
- Hey JSegoviaPianist. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for you or anyone else to try to advertise themselves, their work, or to try to provide links to buy products, including albums. In order to qualify for an article on Wikipedia, a subject has to meet Wikipedia's standards for notability, which requires that the subject have received sustained coverage in reliable secondary sources. If a person cannot meet this standard, then they do not yet qualify for a Wikipedia article. TimothyJosephWood 16:23, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
- I answer here... please just listen to the music and let it go. 20.000 persons every month can't be wrong listening to my music on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/6DIidRzTS95J6etMpSyeg1
Ok, I will quit the link to the album
- "Letting it go" isn't really one of the options. If you are so very popular, then a Wikipedia article will surely be written about you at some point, once you have received substantial coverage in reliable sources. If you would like to advertise your music, you will have much better luck on social media, than on Wikipedia. TimothyJosephWood 16:35, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
Mhmm.. I appear in 5 articles, as far as I can remember... some of them are in spanish. Is this ok? Can you write please that I exist and just that? I am not making commercial music so I won't be popular never. But in the other hand, please look,
http://independentclauses.com/tag/jorge-segovia/
http://www.portaljovenclm.com/premiados.php?idc=70
http://es.paperblog.com/jorge-segovia-nos-deja-nuevas-referencias-3764381/
http://amsonata.org/artistas-sonata.html
http://j-musind.blogspot.com.es/2016/04/jorge-segovia-un-piano-de-otro-planeta.html
Can you please write something like hey, this musician exists and is alright..? :D 20.000 persons are listening to his music on Spotify every month. Maybe I am not Justin Bieber, but this is just contemporary piano. thanks in advance — Preceding unsigned comment added by JSegoviaPianist (talk • contribs) 17:02, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
- Blogs are not considered reliable sources for the purposes of Wikipedia, and sources like amsonata.org appear to be blatantly promotional.
- Wikipedia does not include articles to say that people exist, and existing does not qualify a subject for a Wikipedia article. If your music is so popular, than you will eventually get noticed by the kinds of media that write about your field, and will in turn better qualify for your own article. But until that happens, Wikipedia is not a means for you to promote yourself or your music. TimothyJosephWood 17:10, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
that is an important space where we can promote and make known our work and effort. They don't choose just somebody... https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=es&sl=es&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Famsonata.org%2Fartistas-sonata.html anyway, I will release my 30th album soon and I will promote it using the traditional magazines so I will be able to be in wikipedia. Didn't know this, sorry. On the other hand, 20.000 listeners on Spotify is great... but not enough... ok...
Dear TJW
Hey man,
how are you? hope u fine.
I uploaded this other one too , but it's just the translated version..
If you please could explain me how to insert a translation and PLEASE remove the speedy deletion note, I can add it instead of "copying" it from an article I wrote myself.
It's true, I am a noob at this, but help me then instead of mark it as a speedy deletion please.
Kind regards Skavlan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skavlan69 (talk • contribs) 16:51, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
- Hey Skavlan69. Both the article in Dutch as well as the article in English contain no sources, and appear to be original research. If this myth has been widely covered by reliable sources, then it may be suitable for inclusion on Wikipedia, and those sources should be included in the article to demonstrate that. However, if this is based on your personal research it is not appropriate because Wikipedia is a not a publisher or original thought. TimothyJosephWood 16:59, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
Help desk
Hello Timothy. Could you please check my question on help desk? thank you
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Help_desk#Please_help_me_to_submit_move_request
202.155.216.28 (talk) 20:37, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
- Done TimothyJosephWood 20:41, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
Can you please reply again? 202.155.216.28 (talk) 20:45, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
- I will reply shortly. Right now I have to attend to some offline things. TimothyJosephWood 20:46, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
Comment
Third party opinion request
This is a courtesy notification. I have placed a Wikipedia:Third opinion request regarding your recent edit of History of Norwalk, Connecticut. Have a nice day!——→StephenTS42 (talk) 16:06, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
- Sure. Or you could probably try to fix the things you think are unclear in a way that isn't written like a low-budget basic-cable documentary.
had not been spared the roaming's of nomadic hunters
...the vast North American continent
...no doubt piqued the hunt-and-gather instincts of archaeologists
None of this is encyclopedic language. TimothyJosephWood 16:17, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
Please comment on Talk:Reza Aslan
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Matt McAllister (The Chalkman)
This page is a work in progress. Please do not delete. Most information for this page will be coming from www.mattmcallisterart.com (which is a site owned by Matt McAllister) himself, his personal and professional Facebook pages, as well as my personal experiences I've had with him over the last 17 years of friendship. I'm new to Wikipedia and not sure the proper processes or How To's. Please bare with me as I continue to create and edit the page. I apologize if I do anything wrong or against proper procedure. Thank you Erik.Blackburn2 (talk) 17:04, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
- Hey Erik.Blackburn2. While a subject's official website can be used for some information on a Wikipedia article, in order to establish that a subject meets our notability guidelines an article needs to include references to reliable secondary sources. If these types of sources don't yet exists, then it may be too soon for the individual to have their own article. TimothyJosephWood 17:07, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
Thank you
There are newspaper articles and Radio appearances as well I can cite. Thank you for your help. Erik.Blackburn2 (talk) 17:09, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
Orphaned non-free image File:Santa Fe Group Logo 2017.jpg
Thanks for uploading File:Santa Fe Group Logo 2017.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).
Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 19:03, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
- Fixed TimothyJosephWood 21:35, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
Sources
Hey! Thanks for your input. I am using Wikipedia for the first time and have a difficult time with how it works. How can I cite sources? I have tried so many things and cannot get that part going. — Preceding unsigned comment added by House for sale (talk • contribs) 21:32, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
- Hey House for sale. You may want to check our our tutorial on referencing at Help:Referencing for beginners or take our interactive tutorial at The Wikipedia Adventure. TimothyJosephWood 21:34, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
Really?
I've been around Wikipedia for a while. If you want help in how to do things right, then I'm more than willing. If you don't then I'm not your fucking sergeant and I can't make you. If you happen to want to learn how things work around here and unfuck yourself then drop me a line.
- You think that was a little on uneeded side? —JJBers 02:39, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
- Yes I do. TimothyJosephWood 11:41, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
ANI
I'll be the first person to admit that I probably hang out at ANI more than I should, and there are definitely threads there that can benefit from the input of non-admin but experienced editors. But it's not necessary for any one person to comment on nearly every thread there, and none of us, not even admins, should reach the point where drama boards constitute the majority of our time editing. You seem to be quickly approaching that point, and some of your contributions seem a bit more geared toward arguing with others for its own sake, rather than making a contribution that actively moves the thread toward some kind of resolution. So, just a heads up that this trend is becoming...noticeable to others.
- Fair enough. I know what you are trying to say. I probably should have stayed out that US politics one - but it seemed so circular, I thought perhaps I could drill down further to what was driving it. I haven't even been over there yet today to see where it went - I'm almost afraid to look. Okay, here we go. There are currently 34 discussions over there. Many of my actual edits are in the JohnPackardLambert thread - where I am WP:Involved - which is what brought me back to WP:ANI in the first place. I tend to edit in the Football area - and when the Rugby thread opened up, I figured I should jump in there too (though, given that I chased the one editor away, maybe wasn't such a great thing) ... where a lot of my other edits are. So, I'm in 13 of the threads. Most of which I have nothing left to contribute. I feared it would be higher than 13! And I didn't seem to blow up the Snooganssnoogans discussion - hmm, I think I understand better where they are coming from too - I think is he working in good faith, but there's really a lot to look at.
- I've been here before (well, other than being WP:Involved. I tend to participate in other discussions when involved, and then ignore it when not involved. Though it's been a few years. Though, if I can be genuinely helpful, maybe I'll stick around. I've tried to make a couple of light-hearted jokes, but they've gone over like lead balloons - it's no fun when you have to explain every part of it in glorious detail.
- Thanks for the comment. The truth is that my real life will intrude soon, and I'll vanish for about a month or so - so you won't have to put up with me much more for a while! Nfitz (talk) 18:50, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
- Wait a minute. Read your post again. "Nearly every thread there"? 13 out of 34? I don't object to your overall comment, but I don't know why you'd say that. Nfitz (talk) 22:10, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
- Close enough. Ctrl-f sees you having 74 comments/mentions on ANI currently, while I myself have 20, including one thread I'm actually involved in off-ANI, and another I started myself. If you are particularly active user in certain areas, then it is likely you will wind up involved in an an ANI thread quite often, but if your primary purpose on WP is to contribute to threads you are uninvolved in on ANI, and do so in a way that does not move the particular thread toward any sort of conclusion, then those contributions are not helpful or welcome. TimothyJosephWood 22:25, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
- Close enough - it's less than 40%, it's an exaggeration. If I went to the 2016 US Election page and said "nearly everyone voted for Trump", I'd probably get an instantaneous block. Etiquette say Do not intentionally make misrepresentations. Apologise if you inadvertently do so. I'm struggling to see why didn't apologize? Not trying to be argumentative here. Nfitz (talk) 22:51, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
- Close enough. Ctrl-f sees you having 74 comments/mentions on ANI currently, while I myself have 20, including one thread I'm actually involved in off-ANI, and another I started myself. If you are particularly active user in certain areas, then it is likely you will wind up involved in an an ANI thread quite often, but if your primary purpose on WP is to contribute to threads you are uninvolved in on ANI, and do so in a way that does not move the particular thread toward any sort of conclusion, then those contributions are not helpful or welcome. TimothyJosephWood 22:25, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
- To be clear, if you continue on this unconstructive path, I will likely soon seek a topic ban from ANI threads you are not involved in off-ANI. TimothyJosephWood 22:28, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
- Help me here. In all good faith. Other than the diversion I shouldn't have gotten into on the Vandal redirects to Donald Trump thread, and the joke I made about not letting Americans edit articles about American politics (which appears to have bombed) what have I not said there in an uninvolved thread in a way that was not moving the thread along to a conclusion? I'm looking for guidance here. I won't contribute to any new threads for now. Also, where is the guidance on who should contribute to ANI and style-guide on how responses should work - I've looked for that a couple of times, and failed. I have no desire other than being constructive, helpful, and useful. Nfitz (talk) 22:51, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
- Take my advice when I say you are not being constructive, helpful, and useful. Go to WP:BACKLOG which is what I do when I need something to do, pick a category and try to chip away at it. TimothyJosephWood 23:07, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
- I would really like some help me to understand why? What for example was wrong with this or this (which I think is the ultimate answer, as that's a big range block). Or in particular this which I think needed to be said. Thanks for pointing me to WP:BACKLOG, I haven't been there in years. Looks like someone has made it a lot more usable! Nfitz (talk) 00:23, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
- If you would like help in contributing to the project, then I am more than willing. If you would like help in better contributing to ANI, then I am not, because ANI is not the project; the project is the encyclopedia. TimothyJosephWood 01:11, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
- I've been contributing to ANI and AN on and off for a decade. If there's an issue with the contributions I made like this, this, or this then I need to know about it, because it seems unlikely that in the next decade or two that I won't wander back in here, and see something that concerns me. If you've got an issue with my contributions, but can't explain what the issue is, then we have a problem. I think it's a personally reasonable question. Otherwise, I start wondering if you've all really got a secret list somewhere, and I've broken the union rules by not being an admin, being too nice and helpful to people, not willing to violate WP:5P4 and WP:5P5 on a regular basis! Obviously that's not really the case, but I think I have a right to know what the issue is. Nfitz (talk) 01:54, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
- If you would like help in contributing to the project, then I am more than willing. If you would like help in better contributing to ANI, then I am not, because ANI is not the project; the project is the encyclopedia.TimothyJosephWood 02:14, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
- I feel I'm in some bizarre comedy or something. You've taken an action here by warning me on my talk page, and I think you need to justify it. I've asked you to justify it, and you have not done so. If you were an admin, then this would be a violation of WP:ADMINACCT. Ironically, as you are not an admin, it is not a violation - though it does strike me as very odd indeed, and perhaps even uncivil. On the other hand, I appreciate the warning - there's 2 or 3 comments I should have made. However, I question the wisdom of the approach, particularly of a relatively new editor like yourself. I'm not entirely sure what's going on here. As a metaphor, I feel I'm standing outside a doors that says "whites only" on it. Nfitz (talk) 03:15, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
- I've been around here since 2008, and I assure you that I have come to recognize the difference between those who are here to argue and those who are here to build an encyclopedia. I strongly suspect that you are wrong and you need to fix yourself. TimothyJosephWood 03:29, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
I must have misread your edit history. Did you used to edit with a different account?I'm wrong about what? Fix what? Here to argue? I haven't been arguing (well, outside of the two threads there were I'm involved). I'm not arguing with you - I'm just asking for some explanation, which you flat out refuse to do (perhaps I'm arguing that you need to explain yourself more ... but it's not the argument I want). BTW just popped over to ANI.How come you criticize me, but no one seems to criticize contributions like [1] from others like User:EEng? How is that moving the thread along to a conclusion? I'm even more confused now ...Nfitz (talk) 03:39, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
- I've been around here since 2008, and I assure you that I have come to recognize the difference between those who are here to argue and those who are here to build an encyclopedia. I strongly suspect that you are wrong and you need to fix yourself. TimothyJosephWood 03:29, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
- I feel I'm in some bizarre comedy or something. You've taken an action here by warning me on my talk page, and I think you need to justify it. I've asked you to justify it, and you have not done so. If you were an admin, then this would be a violation of WP:ADMINACCT. Ironically, as you are not an admin, it is not a violation - though it does strike me as very odd indeed, and perhaps even uncivil. On the other hand, I appreciate the warning - there's 2 or 3 comments I should have made. However, I question the wisdom of the approach, particularly of a relatively new editor like yourself. I'm not entirely sure what's going on here. As a metaphor, I feel I'm standing outside a doors that says "whites only" on it. Nfitz (talk) 03:15, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
- If you would like help in contributing to the project, then I am more than willing. If you would like help in better contributing to ANI, then I am not, because ANI is not the project; the project is the encyclopedia.TimothyJosephWood 02:14, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
- I've been contributing to ANI and AN on and off for a decade. If there's an issue with the contributions I made like this, this, or this then I need to know about it, because it seems unlikely that in the next decade or two that I won't wander back in here, and see something that concerns me. If you've got an issue with my contributions, but can't explain what the issue is, then we have a problem. I think it's a personally reasonable question. Otherwise, I start wondering if you've all really got a secret list somewhere, and I've broken the union rules by not being an admin, being too nice and helpful to people, not willing to violate WP:5P4 and WP:5P5 on a regular basis! Obviously that's not really the case, but I think I have a right to know what the issue is. Nfitz (talk) 01:54, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
- If you would like help in contributing to the project, then I am more than willing. If you would like help in better contributing to ANI, then I am not, because ANI is not the project; the project is the encyclopedia. TimothyJosephWood 01:11, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
- I would really like some help me to understand why? What for example was wrong with this or this (which I think is the ultimate answer, as that's a big range block). Or in particular this which I think needed to be said. Thanks for pointing me to WP:BACKLOG, I haven't been there in years. Looks like someone has made it a lot more usable! Nfitz (talk) 00:23, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
- Take my advice when I say you are not being constructive, helpful, and useful. Go to WP:BACKLOG which is what I do when I need something to do, pick a category and try to chip away at it. TimothyJosephWood 23:07, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
- Help me here. In all good faith. Other than the diversion I shouldn't have gotten into on the Vandal redirects to Donald Trump thread, and the joke I made about not letting Americans edit articles about American politics (which appears to have bombed) what have I not said there in an uninvolved thread in a way that was not moving the thread along to a conclusion? I'm looking for guidance here. I won't contribute to any new threads for now. Also, where is the guidance on who should contribute to ANI and style-guide on how responses should work - I've looked for that a couple of times, and failed. I have no desire other than being constructive, helpful, and useful. Nfitz (talk) 22:51, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
- To be clear, if you continue on this unconstructive path, I will likely soon seek a topic ban from ANI threads you are not involved in off-ANI. TimothyJosephWood 22:28, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
If you would like help in contributing to the project, then I am more than willing. If you would like help in better contributing to ANI, then I am not, because ANI is not the project; the project is the encyclopedia. TimothyJosephWood 04:15, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
- (looks at watch ... Saturday night). You've been drinking, haven't you? I'll come back later ... Nfitz (talk) 04:32, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
- PS. I just struck out some of my earlier text, as I was pointed to Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Archive277#Review_of_EEng.27s_indefinite_block which counters my point quite effectively, and makes it clear that irreverent humour is not an issue - and also explains why no one dare criticize EEng - I wish I had the wit and sharp tongue of that editor! Also, despite my promise above not to contribute to new threads, I was over at ANI a few minutes ago looking at the new comments on the JPL case in which I'm involved - and did add a brief comment[2] so as not to waste anyone elses time to check what I checked, to find the whole thing already resolved - hopefully I don't got a lifetime block for this unconstructive, unhelpful, and useless edit ☺. Hmm ... I got the verb tense all wrong - implies I did the edit - sigh, I'll change that. Nfitz (talk) 06:48, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
- See, the thing you seem to be missing is that if you would like help in contributing to the project, then I am more than willing. If you would like help in better contributing to ANI, then I am not, because ANI is not the project; the project is the encyclopedia. TimothyJosephWood 13:29, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
- Listen, the fact that you are so willing to continue this thread and continue to argue with someone who clearly isn't arguing back is basically the problem, and is exactly the same problem that happened in the thread on the IPs talk page that needed to be closed three times before you would drop the stick. Sometimes arguing is necessary to do what we do, but what we do is build an encyclopedia and the arguing is incidental to that process.
- The fact that you want to cite ADMINACCT, which is not only irrelevant, but would be irrelevant even if I actually were an admin, shows that you need to either further familiarize yourself with policy, or refamiliarize yourself with it.
- Finally, if any user (new, old, admin, crat, Jimbo himself, doesn't matter) finds themselves in a position where they are contributing to drama boards more than they are contributing to articles, then they are wrong and they need to fix themselves. That's the point here, and you can take it or leave it, but I will not continue to argue about it because I'm here to build an encyclopedia, and not to argue. TimothyJosephWood 14:27, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
- The only reason I was still arguing about it, is that you were criticizing all my contributions, leaving me confused about what the issue was. I just wanted you to drill down the criticism more to be more specific, because I didn't know what the issue was with my comments. And as I genuinely want to improve, I was frustrated as I felt you were holding back on telling me something you knew.
- I felt I was involved in that IP thread Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive947#IP user blanking talk page, given my previous comments on that users' page. Perhaps that clouded my judgement. Both times I "reopened" it were edit conflicts as I was commenting as it was closed. Which I suppose is ironic, given I was asking it to be closed. I didn't pretend that my actions in the threads that I were involved in were entirely appropriate. It was the uninvolved ones I was looking on guidance for. I erred on how I tackled that issue. (and I still think that it's a big over-reaction for making a relatively tame joke about pudding on one's own talk page - and I think the 3-month block for repeating the tame joke is excessive). I still see value in what that IP was doing before they ran into trouble - and we can't build an encylopedia if we chase everyone away - and that's an issue I'm becoming increasingly concerned about. But I'm being defensive.
- I don't feel my article work has diminished - it's only ever been a trickle. In fact, I think I'd been more productive in the period before the ANI appearance. I've been around for years, I've never spent much time in the process side of things - well other than AFD, where my motive is generally to rescue material that I think should be here. If someone would close the JPL case that brought me to ANI in the first place, I'd likely disappear. I'm a big believer in "see something do something" (gosh, do we actually not have an essay on that?) so if I see something, I do something. (which is big incentive never to look at ANI at all if I don't feel I need to! :) ) It doesn't feel right seeing something where I can help (or at least think I can help) and not doing something.
it's only ever been a trickle
And that's probably the real problem. We have no shortage of people willing to comment on drama boards. But what we lack is people willing to take the article on their home town, their favorite team, or their personal hobby, and turn that into a featured article, people who are willing to ravage a library and fix an article until its done. I'm a pretty regular contributor at the Teahouse and the Help Desk, and I'm being serious when I say that I'm willing to help you unfuck an article until there are no fucks left to be undone. That's what we're here for. TimothyJosephWood 01:35, 6 March 2017 (UTC)- Oh, I do that from time to time - I've been trying to rescue Betty Thompson from AFD; I might do better if I had access to the Kitchener Record from before 1990. The article has some structural issues still though. Nfitz (talk) 02:50, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
- After reviewing my talk page to confirm that, in fact, it was not all just a dream, I'm moved to ask on what planet "no one dare criticize EEng", since if it really exists I'll fund a crash program for NASA to build a vehicle that will take me there. EEng 19:26, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
- I think you're looking for SpaceX. TimothyJosephWood 23:52, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
Mass creation thread
Sorry to butt in but on the topic of ANI, was my latest message there "not allowed"? DrStrauss talk 13:38, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
- Meh. No rush. In case someone does actually take issue with mass deletion, there's no problem in giving time for them to weigh in. I've definitely seen things that seemed more like common sense to me, end up inspiring spirited opposition from the community. This will probably need a mass AfD to fully resolve anyway, but I will definitely be keeping an eye on their account over the next few days. TimothyJosephWood 13:46, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
Please comment on Talk:Immigration and crime
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TeRra, Magazine
Thank you for your comment of my article. I think the magazine is being important role of the Asian contents, and the author is truly public figure. The magazine is now seeming on the beginning step, I don't want to agree with deletion, thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 11423vvvat (talk • contribs) 17:25, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
- Hey 11423vvvat. Unfortunately it does not appear that the website has received any substantial coverage in reliable secondary sources, which is what is required to demonstrate that a subject meets Wikipedia's standards for notability. Since it only began creating content in the last few weeks, this is not terribly surprising, and it may just be too soon for its own Wikipedia article. TimothyJosephWood 19:57, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
Thank you Timothy, yes, we will see the page and the magazine a little more what is going on. That is what you are saying, right? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 11423vvvat (talk • contribs) 07:44, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
Slow down
You do not need to be nominating pages for A3 speedy deletion less than 60 seconds after they were created (especially for articles that are obviously valid, as could have been determined via a quick google search... or turning on your TV). That's extremely bitey behavior, and isn't helpful at all to what we're trying to accomplish here. Don't do it again. — Coffee // have a cup // beans // 19:41, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
- Easy there. I was watching the page and removed the template as soon as content was added. I didn't tag and forget, and got a thanks from the author for my trouble. As to the validity of the page, that's slightly more complicated than it might seem at face value. The number is, at this point, original research and/or speculation, since it hasn't been assigned an EO number yet, and the issue of the title is complicated, since it apparently has the same long form name as EO 13769, which currently redirects there.
- Speaking bitey, we may need a WP:Don't bite the NPP essay one of these days, to remind admins to check to make sure they didn't take care of their own dirty laundry before chastising them for it. TimothyJosephWood 19:53, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
- That's not what A3 is for, or have you not read the policy itself which states:
"Don't use this tag in the first few minutes after a new article is created."
Or if that wasn't clear enough:"Consensus has developed that in most cases articles should not be tagged for deletion under this criterion moments after creation as the creator may be actively working on the content; though there is no set time requirement, a ten-minute delay before tagging under this criterion is suggested as good practice. Please do not mark the page as patrolled prior to that suitable delay passing, so that the wait does not result in the article escaping review at a later time."
Also, "biting" doesn't apply to editors who have been around as long as you have (and I'm pretty sure you know that), hence why such a ridiculous page will never exist. — Coffee // have a cup // beans // 19:59, 6 March 2017 (UTC)- Oh Christ. The tag was there for all of seven minutes. This horse was dead and this problem was solved long before you came across it and decided to fix something that wasn't broken. TimothyJosephWood 20:11, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
- That's not what A3 is for, or have you not read the policy itself which states:
Sidense Corporation Page Deletion
Hi, I wanted to know why the Sidense Corporation page was removed. It follows the guidelines and other company pages have some level of information on the products they manufacture. The products section was removed and resubmitted but it was deleted again. Please provide some guidance as to what is needed for an article to be approved. The page had 17 references so it is notable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Monaco2017 (talk • contribs) 20:38, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
- Hey Monaco2017. I'm only seeing where it was deleted once as being unambiguous advertising or promotion. Unfortunately I can't see the page currently since it was deleted, so I can't give terribly specific advice. But I can say that articles deleted in this way are usually so promotional that they would have to basically be 100% rewritten in order to satisfy Wikipedia policies, like that on neutrality in articles.
- If happen to be employed by, or otherwise personally connected to this company, you probably want to review our policies on conflicts of interest carefully, since we have pretty strict rules about that kind of thing.
- Definitely one option you might consider is making a request at Wikipedia:Requested articles/Business and economics/Companies, including the sources you have gathered, and then a volunteer can look into making the article. You can also try submitting an article through our Articles for Creation process, where they can be reviewed by volunteers who hopefully give more specific advice once they've evaluated the draft. TimothyJosephWood 20:47, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
Question on "indiscriminate listing"
Hello, I've been working on the page for the National Bar Association and I see you've been removing a lot- I'm new at this so I was just hoping I could get a little more insight on why & where I should begin to fix things so I can make it right before it all gets deleted again. Thanks for your help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kw1980 (talk • contribs) 21:22, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
- Hey Kw1980. First off, if you are affiliated with the organization you are editing about, and I strongly suspect that you are, you should carefully review our policy on conflicts of interest. As you can imagine, as one of the most visited websites in the world, just about every club, company and organization has, at some point, given an intern a laptop and told them to make our article "conform to their vision" for it.
- On the topic of indiscriminate collections of information, Wikipedia doesn't just record things that are merely true; we record things that are true and important. So while a listing of every past CEO or director of a company or organization may be appropriate for their official website, it's not really something that is appropriate for an encyclopedia, since it's simply more information than the reader would ever want to know. We usually gauge whether something is important by whether it's gotten coverage in reliable secondary sources, so a good rule of thumb is that if the only source you can find for it is the official website, then it probably belongs there, and not here. TimothyJosephWood 22:56, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
Mr the deletionist explain me WHY...
Mr the deletionist, Explain me why article like this is not speedy delete? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boubacar_Coulibaly_(footballer,_born_1985). I'll be very happy to have your opinion! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abd boubacar (talk • contribs) 14:42, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
- See WP:NFOOTY. TimothyJosephWood 14:55, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
- I read it, used Google and others, and there is no secondary sources
Your requirement is clearly not met I am sorry, Mr The deletionist: The criteria for deletion must be objective. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abd boubacar (talk • contribs) 15:06, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
- You're preaching to the choir. I totally agree that a lot of the notability criteria for athletes sets standards that are entirely too low, and we wind up with a lot of stub articles like that one which never ever end up being anything more than a stub. It's been a fairly controversial subject. TimothyJosephWood 15:11, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
Where are the secondary sources? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Abdoulahi_measure#Abdoulahi_measure — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abd boubacar (talk • contribs) 15:14, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
Where are secondary sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boubacar_Coulibaly_(footballer,_born_1985).
- Listen, if you think the article should be deleted, then nominate it for deletion, but the existence of bad articles does not justify the existence of more bad articles and beyond that, does not justify you trying to use Wikipedia to promote your personal pet theory. TimothyJosephWood 15:18, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
Mr. You nominated the article for deletion as I was writing it. It was a draft at its beginning. There are many articles poorly written without secondary sources. I can give you hundred examples here. I never promote or demote anyone. I never nominate any article too. It is up to you the Deletionist to nominated but there must be objective criteria. Otherwise it leads to confusion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abd boubacar (talk • contribs) 15:30, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
- Please stop making a new header with every new comment.
- If you know of hundreds of poorly written articles without secondary sources, then you should probably start nominating articles for deletion. Just because they exist doesn't make them worthy of keeping; it just makes them articles that haven't been deleted yet. Finally, for the second time, bad articles are not a justification for more bad articles.
- The objective criteria for your article and your behavior is that you appear to be the only person who has ever written about the subject, and Wikipedia is not a means for you to promote yourself. TimothyJosephWood 15:37, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
- I agree with you that the title was not very adequate. That is why you could not find secondary sources but I was writing about a similarity measure not about my self. You are just making a belief about pet. If you say that the article which was a draft I just begun writing was too poor I agree with you. It could be better if we finished the draft before we saved it the first time. I completely disagree about the COI your friends mentioned. In all Wikipedia people are writing about the people they know, their cities, their universities, etc... I do not think that is a conflict of interest because to write something you must know something about it. You and your friends are hard line deletionists. You think detecting bad intention where writer really do not have the Wikipedia coding skills because they are new users. If you continue like that many people will leave you the place. You will loose your job. You are promoting yourself in speedy deletion. I think you better give advise to volunteers rather than speedy delete or making false accusations. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abd boubacar (talk • contribs) 17:55, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
- Listen, I'm sorry you're mad that your article was deleted, but haranguing me isn't going to fix it. TimothyJosephWood 18:22, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
Listen, I'm sorry you're mad that... You are insulting now You lost your temper. Someone who cannot keep his temper cannot make obvious judgment. I could insult you too. I prefer not to fall as down as you: that is all. Now I know more about your personality. This personality is the source of your bad behavior.
- Oh no. I haven't lost my temper. For example, I haven't said "fuck" a single time. But it's been pretty thoroughly explained to you why your article was deleted. There's nothing wrong with my behavior, you're article should have been deleted, and it was. That's pretty much the end of it. TimothyJosephWood 18:37, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
- I was the one who told at the discussion section to delete it speedy because I think the title was not adequate. That is why it has been deleted. You are wrong. But I think you earn better giving advice than nominating for deletion. I wrote another article at fr.wikipedia.com with acronym as title and the editor who could not find more secondary sources with the acronym decided to change the title and then had many secondary sources. It is just a matter of experience. You do not accept to see your weak point. As long as you consider yourself as perfect you will not be able to improve yourself. That is what I wish for you. We wrote a lot of articles at the place of the deleted one. We gain experience. The consequences was very good instead my dear. It was not the end you thought. You lost your temper easily. We are here to criticize you. Either you listen or you continue as you are it is up to you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abd boubacar (talk • contribs) 18:54, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
- I choose to continue to do as I am. I'm good thanks. TimothyJosephWood 18:56, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
- I am sorry to waste your time then have a nice day. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abd boubacar (talk • contribs) 19:05, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
- I choose to continue to do as I am. I'm good thanks. TimothyJosephWood 18:56, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
For example, I haven't said "fuck" a single time.
Hah! But you have now! EEng 03:26, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
- You know you can talk about fucking all you want, you just can't call it fucking (especially at the ref desk). TimothyJosephWood 11:28, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
Kim Lane Scheppele
Dear Sir! I think, that it is the classical example of soapboxing: Kim Lane Scheppele. May I ask Your opinion about it?--Ltbuni (talk) 18:59, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
- I assume you're talking about the last paragraph. I mean, I spot checked the sources and they do seem to pretty well back up the claims. Was there a particular one that you had issue with? It's definitely political, but is a professional political critic (a professional soapboxer as it were), then it's probably appropriate to include some of their political opinions in the article, as long as it's cited as their opinions, which is seems to be. TimothyJosephWood 19:08, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
- I have many problems with this article.
- Firstly: we've been through this whole "Kim Lane calling things names" issue. A user, who is in close connection with her added her criticism into a series of Hungary related articles. He literally flooded everything with this staff.:
- I have many problems with this article.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Constitutional_Court_of_Hungary&diff=546673729&oldid=545745216#Controversy_over_New_Constitution
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Orb%C3%A1n_Government#International_Criticism_of_Fourth_amendment_of_the_Constitution
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Hungary#Domestic_reactions_and_subsequent_developments
- Her ideas are still there. Compared to those articles, this one gives nothing new, only libellous remarks on some people.We had a very heated argument in the past:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard/Archive_68#Constitution_of_Hungary
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Constitution_of_Hungary#Professor_Scheppele.27s_analysis_and_the_government.27s_supermajority
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Koertefa#Professor_Scheppele.27s_analysis_and_the_government.27s_supermajority
- The user then tried to create a "Canadian-Hungarian Democratic Charter" article in which he repeated everything of the abovewritten, but he was forced to merge and shorten this into his own article, the he tried to expand it with the Kim Lane's stuff, but then he was asked not to do so.
- Secondly: If she is allegedly an expert of the WHOLE East-European region, why is the cherrypicking? Why is this article dealing only with Hungary? Now it gives undue weight to the Orbán Constitution and it cites only weak counter-arguments, and not the tough ones, like this,
- I can prove that she is working for Hungarian political parties see this. This is still OK, but I question that she gave a professional analysis, when she criticized the Orbán-government. So if we leave this article here, I should say that her remarks should be qualified as "Personal opinions" or "Political stance". Given these previous events, I am afraid, but I am also sure there's going to be an edit warring, because many people see this as another effort of POV pushing... --Ltbuni (talk) 21:42, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
- It's actually a pretty common thing for an editor affiliated with X person or Y organization to go around adding links and references to their particular benefactor. See Wikipedia:Spam. This and this seem a little excessive, and even if she is truly exceptional...as in best in the world territory, it still seems unlikely that any one commentator should be given basically their own section in an otherwise unrelated article.
- If you have the diffs where this editor is systematically favoring this person in an inappropriate way, especially if they are edit warring to include the content, it may be something to take to WP:ANI or WP:ANEW, assuming of course, that yourself and others have been appropriately willing to engage in conversation about the problem, and the editor has been unwilling to engage at all, unwilling to engage in good faith, or unwilling to stop edit warring in the mean time.
- But having said that, her article in particular is exactly the place to put her views on things, and it's difficult to argue that her own views on her own article are undue. TimothyJosephWood 22:11, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
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- Four years of this and we'll need to make an entirely separate RfC category for Trump. TimothyJosephWood 11:41, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
Re this [3] You need to be going considerably further back than that. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 00:56, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
- I don't have anything against him personally, but I do think that the atmosphere on political articles is absolutely toxic, and I don't appreciate anyone actively contributing to that. Half these articles are probably going to be rewritten in ten years anyway. It's helpful to sometimes check articles like Watergate and remind yourself that it was still being edited last week. TimothyJosephWood 01:47, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
17:17:12, 9 March 2017 review of submission by Charlie Appleby
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Thank you for reviewing the article relating to Logiblocs. I am wondering what additional references you require compared to other commercial products like "Snap circuits" or "Knex" which also feature on Wiki? I can certainly tone down any areas that "read like an advert" although, again, these other commercial products could be viewed as adverts too. When a product has survived for 20 years and touched the lives of many, many children, parents and teachers in many countries, it seems a shame if it cannot be represented on Wiki.
- Hey Charlie Appleby. First off, I moved the draft to Draft:Logiblocs. It's a technicality, but that's the usual place for AfC submissions to go.
- Second, my main issue was not with the sources, but with the promotional language. For example:
Children love a hands-on approach
world's leading membership organization
Modern society is controlled by machines
- This kind of language is totally not appropriate for an encyclopedia. For better or worse, an encyclopedia is really supposed to be written in a fairly dry just-the-facts sort of way. It shouldn't try to "sell people" on how "machines control modern society" as if we are at the an expo at the world's fair. So as a general rule, if the language is at all embellished or colorful, it should probably be removed or replaced with something matter-of-fact. TimothyJosephWood 17:28, 9 March 2017 (UTC)
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- If only it was logistically feasible, I would totally support the institution of proportional topic bans, as in
From henceforth, editing on contentious political topics may only constitute 20% of your contributions to Wikipedia. The remaining 80% must be productive editing in topics unrelated to political brinkmanship.
- Oh boy would it piss some people off, but you wanna see WP:BACKLOG disappear in a few months? Wait till that editor really really needs to comment on how stupid that conservative or liberal is, but they've already used up their 20%. You're gonna see ref errors, orphaned articles and underlinked pages get fixed so quick it would cause server problems. TimothyJosephWood 14:04, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
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Thanks Tim for your helpful comments. Have resubmitted after encyclopediarizing the article. Hopefully anodyne enough now.
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- Charlie Appleby Definitely need to keep going. Looking at the edit's you've done, you did take out the things I mentioned specifically, but I wasn't saying those were the particular passages that needed taken care of, but rather those were the types of passages, and there's still plenty more there. TimothyJosephWood 17:07, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
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14:48:16, 13 March 2017 review of submission by Fortune Tigere
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Vikeke (talk) 14:48, 13 March 2017 (UTC) please update me on my review of the article I amended as you had requested. Vikeke (talk) 14:48, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
- Hey Vikeke. The references need to be formatted as inline citations, so it's clear exactly which content is supported by which references. For guidance on this see Help:Referencing for beginners. There also needs to be additional references included to demonstrate that the subject meets our general notability guidelines by receiving sustained in-depth coverage in reliable sources, or meets our more specific notability guidelines for musicians, by having for example, a single or album on a national music chart, or having won or been nominated for a major award. TimothyJosephWood 14:53, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
'Edit conflict' shortcut
Hi, please see Special:Diff/770276425 – you used WP:EC, which is 'Wikipedia:Edit count'; I have replaced it with H:EC → Help:Edit conflict. --CiaPan (talk) 13:38, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
- Ah good catch. Sometimes WP:WikiSpeak can be its own worse enemy. TimothyJosephWood 13:42, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
A cup of tea for you!
I just liked your series of edit summaries at the Teahouse...trying to get all the spellings right. Happens to me a lot. Enjoy. Lectonar (talk) 19:45, 14 March 2017 (UTC) |
- Yeah...all the education in the world can't protect you against typos, especially when you deleted half the comment you original wrote. TimothyJosephWood 19:53, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
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We got a reaction at the Pizzagate talk page...
And apparently, it was a pretty horrible one. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 13:14, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
- Ironically, if they kept it up they would probably be doing the project a favor, by getting the talk semi'd, and letting everyone move on to something productive. TimothyJosephWood 13:19, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
- I love a good edit summary pun. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 13:32, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
- That image...makes me feel dirty in places that shouldn't be dirty. TimothyJosephWood 15:21, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
- Let me guess, you've seen 10 Cloverfield Lane, right? After watching that I will never not get creeped out by Goodman smiling again. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 13:38, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
- That image...makes me feel dirty in places that shouldn't be dirty. TimothyJosephWood 15:21, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
- I love a good edit summary pun. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 13:32, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
Sabinoso Wilderness
I today created an article called "Sabinoso Wilderness" in my sandbox. Lo and behold, I find that on this very same day you had also created an article on the same subject.
Given that the Sabinoso Wilderness was created in 2009 and nobody previously had seen fit to create an article it is a rather amazing coincidence that we both had the same idea of creating an article on the very same day.
My draft article is longer and more comprehensive than yours, so I hope you don't mind that I replace your text with mine. The honor of creating the article is still yours. Smallchief (talk 13:24, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
- Smallchief. Hah. It's not a coincidence at all. I saw File:Sabinosa wilderness area managmeent plan. pdf.pdf on the latest file feed when you uploaded it to commons. I tried to find an article to put it in and created one when I realized no one had. I agree that your version is currently better, and you can feel free to replace. I will try to incorporate the sources from my version into yours, since that seems easier. Also, since no one else seems to have ever edited your sandbox version, there shouldn't be any issues with a copy/paste move. TimothyJosephWood 13:29, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
- Done. I added a sentence and reference from your text which added to my text. Otherwise we had said about the same thing and used about the same references. Now, I'll put some inks elsewhere so this won't be an orphan article. Smallchief (talk 13:52, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
- Smallchief The one thing that pops out is that, as far as I can tell, there still isn't public access, just that in Jan 2016 (per this source), the purchase was made with the intention of getting access, and BLM was doing assessments toward that end, which could take up to a year. I've not found anything that specifically says it has been opened. TimothyJosephWood 14:05, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
- Yeah, you're right. I'll make that change. Smallchief (talk 14:09, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
- Never mind. I see you've adjusted the text. Thanks. Smallchief (talk 14:11, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
I never said a "thank you"
But yes, thank you for "going in to bat" for me on the refdesk talk page debate. I cringed and retreated before the backlash, I had totally not anticipated it. You held firm, insisting that something needed to be done. I was hoping the problem was over, and it was, (or so I had hoped) until the latest question. The problem user has some notion of getting "paternity insurance", such is his dread, (for stats' sake, actuarial risk is less than 0.3% of ever occurring) but he fears any insurance contract to this effect will be deemed to violate public policy, hence his latest question on the matter. I know, from his past questions. At least the community seems to agree that the "no legal or medical advice rule" will be enforced on this matter, and I flagged the issue, and the question was hatted.
Anyways, don't fuss too much about the latest instalment - I'm really just posting this as a "thank you note". Your military training seems to show here, I suspect. Given the heat the discussion generated, I hope you don't mind me avoiding awarding you a "defender of the wiki" barnstar. I don't want to take any risk of inflaming things. :-) Eliyohub (talk) 13:33, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
- Tagging and hatting is probably the only way to go, and well, with the expectation that it would probably need to be abandoned if someone got the notion to edit war over the hat. Sometimes the only thing to do is let people be wrong and move on to something productive.
- But no problem at all on the support. Unfortunately, I suspect the ref desk will continue to be the wild west until such a point as Wikimedia actually gets sued over it for some reason or another. But, such seems to be the consensus. TimothyJosephWood 13:50, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
Timeline
Timothy, here it is; just edit to see the code. As I say, it still doesn't look right and needs numbers along the bottom; maybe with a little more tweaking.... DonFB (talk) 16:34, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks DonFB. I'll look into it more. I got waste deep in an article and may have lost track of time. TimothyJosephWood 00:09, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
- Hey Timothy, I just realized I didn't mention that my effort was on the original chart, from the article, not on your modified version. Presumably, shouldn't make a big difference in terms of the ultimate result, if using the negative sign offers a way to a solution. DonFB (talk) 05:13, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
Arbitrary subheader
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Holi is not celebrated in Tamilnadu
Dear TJW,
Unlike other parts of India (Particularly north) Holi is not celebrated anywhere in Tamilnadu and it is not a known festival. I have added disputes to your section of Holi Festival. Kindly revoke the data and update with the right information. immanueldc (talk) 10:58, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
- Hey immanueldc. First off, assuming you mostly just clicked through to the google books links which had no preview, unless you have actually accessed the source, or exhausted all avenues available to do so, it hasn't actually failed verification. In the case of a book which is not available online, if you haven't tried a library, then you probably haven't exhausted all avenues available to find the source.
- At any rate, I have simplified the short section and added a source that is available online. TimothyJosephWood 12:19, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
Letting you know
I removed a comment of yours, hope that you agree on reflection that was the right thing to do. [4] --Floquenbeam (talk) 20:30, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
- Meh. I'm indifferent. I do think this is exactly the kind of over-intellectualized incoherence that is pretty indicative of educated people taking amphetamines (social worker here). And I don't think there's anything wrong with friendly banter, but there's nothing wrong with removing it. I've been on both sides. TimothyJosephWood 21:15, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
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Had you done your homework, instead of jumping to conclusions (as usual) you would have noticed the original word used was "Algonkin" which came from an official State of Connecticut website http://www.sots.ct.gov/sots/cwp/view.asp?a=3188&q=392440. That it was properly cited at the end of the sentence and you ignored it has nothing to do with me! I can't stop thug editors from changing the spelling of words no matter how far back in time it happens. Tell me who do you think you are telling me or anyone else what to do? Instead of complaining so much why don't you pitch in once an awhile and help out. Futhermore please stop adding your comments or suggestions as a trailer to your edits. Read the rules. Have a nice day!——→StephenTS42 (talk) 19:28, 17 March 2017 (UTC)
comments or suggestions as a trailer to your edits.
That's called an WP:EDITSUMMARY.- Both spellings are acceptable, and both lead to Algonquin which is a disambiguation page, when it should lead to Algonquian languages or Algonquian language. I see you appear to have understood that with your latest edit. TimothyJosephWood 19:39, 17 March 2017 (UTC)
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Rainbow Kitten Surprise
Hello,
I just wanted to let you know that Rainbow Kitten Surprise would like their page to reflect the edits I made. I cited properly. May I ask why you undid my revision? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michaelrasile (talk • contribs) 19:50, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
- Hey Michaelrasile:
- Wikipedia isn't much concerned with what the band particularly wants.
- The content was blatantly promotional, and Wikipedia is not a means of promotion.
- The content is a copyright violation as it is copied and pasted from http://www.rksband.com/the-band. TimothyJosephWood 19:53, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
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Speedy Deletion
Why did you request a Speedy Deletion of my page "Criss Neo"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yianniz (talk • contribs) 12:56, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
- Hey Yianniz. The article was deleted because it was about a musician, but did not make any claim for why that musician is significant. In order to qualify for a Wikipedia article, a subject needs to have received sustained in-depth coverage in reliable sources. Simply existing is not sufficient to warrant an article, and if the subject has not yet received this type of coverage in reliable sources, then it is probably too soon for it to have its own article. TimothyJosephWood 13:01, 22 March 2017 (U
Kill yourself.
- You're adorable. TimothyJosephWood 13:18, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
I would welcome your opinion
Dear TJW, you were very kind to help me once before. I would like to ask you to look at the article I recently created Maxim Voznesenskiy. I accidentally submitted it before it was ready and it was understandably not accepted. It is now completed and I resubmitted it over ten days ago. I am anxious to know if is OK. I also wonder if I have created it in the right space. Many thanks for your time Dywana (talk) 16:04, 22 March 2017 (UTC)DywanaDywana (talk) 16:04, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
- Hey Dywana. I'll definitely say that having a sentence in the lead like
He creates his Art Jewellery like an artist with the very best paints in the world - precious stones
, is a pretty big red flag that there's gonna be some promotional language in the draft. Sure enough, there appears to be language throughout that sounds a lot more like someone is trying to flatter the subject rather than write an encyclopedia article.
- It may be helpful to check out WP:PEACOCK, as well as more explanatory guidance at Wikipedia:Writing better articles#Avoid peacock and weasel terms. TimothyJosephWood 16:15, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
Dear TJW thank you very much for your quick reply and your advice. I will look that up and continue working. I do hope my article will eventually be accepted. Have a good day/evening!81.38.145.27 (talk) 16:23, 22 March 2017 (UTC)Dywana81.38.145.27 (talk) 16:23, 22 March 2017 (UTC) Dear TJW I have edited the article once again having read the WP:PEACOCK which was very helpful. I have tried to remove anything "puffy". Does the article sound better now? Thank you Dywana (talk) 16:39, 22 March 2017 (UTC)DywanaDywana (talk) 16:39, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
- Hey Dywana. I have placed a number of cleanup tags on the article to indicate where there is problematic language. Some additional issues:
- You should remove the bold (i.e. '''Text''') formatting from the section headers. Headers should simply be enclosed in equal signs (i.e. ==Text==).
- Wikipedia articles should not contain external links in the body of the article. Where these links are needed, they should be formatted as references. Where they cannot serve as a reference they should be removed.
- Unless the official titles of things are explicitly formatted in all caps, (like, for example initialisms like FBI or OSHA), they should be formatted in sentence case, with only the first word capitalized just as with all proper nouns (see also Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Capital letters).
- I haven't really looked at the sourcing yet, but this should probably do it as far as tone and formatting is concerned. TimothyJosephWood 17:17, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
Thank you so much! I will study this and come back again soon. I cannot express in words just how much you are helping me and how much I appreciate it. You are great!!Dywana (talk) 17:29, 22 March 2017 (UTC)DywanaDywana (talk) 17:29, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
- No worries. Good on you for sticking out the learning curve required to really get a handle on writing articles for Wikipedia. It's a lot to learn sometimes. I'm still doing it myself after almost ten years here. TimothyJosephWood 17:32, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
I have gone over the whole article making the corrections you suggested and marked out for me so clearly. I do thank you for the time you invested in that, it was such a help. It is indeed a fascinating world of Wikipedia and learning to edit! I wonder what you think of the sources? Once again many thanks, and if I can ever be of any use to you, don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. I have fluent Russian and Spanish. Dywana (talk) 21:41, 22 March 2017 (UTC)DywanaDywana (talk) 21:41, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
- Dywana: Well if you're ever bored, you can always stop by Category:Articles needing translation from Russian Wikipedia or Category:Articles needing translation from Spanish Wikipedia, where there's never any shortage of articles that need expanded. So if you should ever find the time and motivation to help chip away at those backlogs you can consider it a favor asked and answered. Also, since you are multilingual, you may find a welcome place at Commons, which is a multi-lingual project, and can always use new contributors.
- As to the sources, I'm afraid I'm being "dad" at the moment, but I will try to look into it in more depth tomorrow morning. TimothyJosephWood 22:17, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
Thank you TJW that is a fantastic idea. I love translating. I will certainly find time to look into those categories and do some work. I will also look at Commons. You have inspired me! Dywana (talk) 07:46, 23 March 2017 (UTC)DywanaDywana (talk) 07:46, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
- Good morning Dywana. I've done a bit of cleanup. For future reference, inline citations are normally formatted like this:
Text text text.<ref>Reference 1</ref><ref>Reference 2</ref> Text text text.<ref>Reference 3</ref>
- Note that the period at the end of the sentence precedes the reference, and there is no space or punctuation in between references.
- There are currently two sections in the article that are entirely unreferenced, and that'll have to be fixed so that it's clear where the information is coming from, and so readers can verify the content. I have tagged both of these for cleanup, and also put a few more inline citation tags where there is either no source for the statement, or it's not immediately clear which source already in the article supports the content.
- One other tedious stylistic task that I overlooked earlier: generally unless someone is known by a mononym, like Pocahontas or Madonna, single name references to them in an article should generally use the last name as an identifier and not the first. So mentions like
In 1986 Maxim married
should be changed toIn 1986 Voznesenskiy married
, unless as I said, it is a case in his native language that he is commonly referred to mononymously.
- But overall, good job so far. Just a bit more to go. TimothyJosephWood 12:40, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
Thank you once again! Re. the first two sections without sources, as they are biographical, would a mention in the biography section of a catalogue suffice as a reference? Will work on the rest. Thank you for your encouragement. I am looking into the section on translating! Dywana (talk) 14:33, 23 March 2017 (UTC)DywanaDywana (talk) 14:33, 23 March 2017 (UTC) Re. the gift to the Queen can I use as a reference a letter from the LSO recognising the gift and sponsorship by Voznesesnkiy? As it is a matter of the Queen there are very strict protocols and I do not think there was any written publicity about the gift. Can I use a mention about it that was made in a catalogue (same question as above). Have a lovely day! Dywana (talk) 14:41, 23 March 2017 (UTC)DywanaDywana (talk) 14:41, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
- Dywana: Per guidance at WP:SELFSOURCE, self published material (even sometimes social media) is usually allowed for comparatively mundane personal details, but the reference should be sufficiently detailed that readers would be able to locate the source, for example, in the case that they requested a copy through an interlibrary loan. TimothyJosephWood 14:38, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
- Umm...presenting a specially made gift to Queen Elizabeth is getting a bit beyond "mundane personal details", which is usually things like birthplace, dates, education, etc. So you risk running afoul of the
unduly self-serving nor an exceptional claim
portion of WP:SELFSOURCE. My personal recommendation would be to try to find an independent source for the claim. The added benefit is that independent sources add to the claim of WP:NOTABILITY, while self-published sources do not. TimothyJosephWood 14:48, 23 March 2017 (UTC) - Hello again TJW. I have worked on the sources for the paragraphs you tagged and the sections requiring citations. I hope it is an improvement and would be happy to have your feedback when you have time of course. You have already worked such a lot with me. Many thanks Dywana (talk) 18:03, 27 March 2017 (UTC)DywanaDywana (talk) 18:03, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
- Hey Dywana. This may seem increasingly tedious, but kindof as we knock out really big problems we start to drill more down into smaller ones. Also, while I could probably fix all this myself without too terribly much trouble, a big part of RfC is not just getting articles published, but helping to teach editors how to make high quality artilces. So here we are.
- So a few things that still need to be fixed: There seems to be quite a bit of "generic homepage" citations, which aren't terribly helpful for readers. For example http://maximv.co.uk/home has not even a dozen words on the entire page. So you really didn't get any information from the homepage itself, and if the information actually comes from http://maximv.co.uk/history rather than http://maximv.co.uk/home, then the citation should point to that page specifically. That way readers wouldn't have to click around for maybe several minutes to find where the information is at.
- Second, when a references is repeated you should use a reference name to duplicate it rather duplicating the whole thing. See guidance at WP:REFNAME for the steps involved in doing this.
- Finally, although it's not absolutely required, it is highly recommended that citations be formatted with a citation template like Template:Cite web. This can be done manually, but it can also be semi-automated by (when editing on PC) by clicking "Cite" at the top of the edit window and using the drop-down menu to selection your template type. This helps make everything nice and uniform and also includes future options like adding archived versions if the source gets changed over the course of several years. Again, not required, but highly recommended. TimothyJosephWood 18:46, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
- Hi there TJW thank you for getting back to me so quickly. I have taken note of the corrections and you are quite right in saying that I should do them myself so that I learn for the future. I get great pleasure in learning how to do something properly, so I am very grateful. I hope to get to make the alterations asap and will get back to you once they are done. Dywana (talk) 21:03, 27 March 2017 (UTC)DywanaDywana (talk) 21:03, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
- Good morning TJW. Much as I try I have to accept defeat on the improvement of the format for citations. I have had no luck with the drop down template as it comes up that some bits of information are missing. I am really afraid of messing up all my citations which have cost me a lot of work and are in fact the most difficult part of the article. I have tried to repeat a reference but I am getting something wrong. I have read the help pages in great detail but I am stuck. I don't seem to be able to go forward. Perhaps if you would be so kind to just do one for me, so that I can see what it should look like, then I could do all the other ones. In despair! Dywana (talk) 08:30, 28 March 2017 (UTC)DywanaDywana (talk) 08:30, 28 March 2017 (UTC)
- Dear TJW I see that you have not been able to answer my latest communication above. I appreciate that you are very busy advising so many contributors and have already given me so much of your time. I am still hoping that you may answer but I will continue to try to sort out the template for a repeat reference and then hope to have my article accepted. I am very grateful and intend to do a translation for Wikipedia. If there is an article either in Spanish or in Russian that you are particularly interested in please let me know. With very best wishes Dywana (talk) 08:42, 30 March 2017 (UTC)DywanaDywana (talk) 08:42, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
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Next Balearic parliamentary election
Hi. I've reverted your page move at Next Balearic parliamentary election, because the reasoning you gave for the move (Move following the naming convention on Balearic parliamentary election, 2015. We do not normally use temporally sensitive qualifier...) is wrong. We actually DO use "Next" to refer to elections of uncertain date; in fact, it's a naming convention by itself (check at WP:NCGAL): For future elections of uncertain date, use a form similar to Next Irish general election. When the year of the election is known, titles like this should redirect to an article title with a year (e.g. Irish general election, 2016), since "next" is a moving target. It's true that it's likely that the election will be held in 2019, but electoral regulation in the Balearic Islands as well as the community's Statute of Autonomy allows for the regional government to call an election at any time, so under WP:CRYSTALBALL we can't take for granted that the election will be held in 2019. This is both convention as well as customary practice in Wikipedia. Cheers. Impru20 (talk) 16:03, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
- Huh. Well, I'll be damned. Thanks for catching my screw up Impru20, and for taking the time to leave a note and explaining everything. TimothyJosephWood 16:07, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
- You're welcome. I don't mind, since it was an obvious good faith mistake which just needed a little explanation (and I understand this may get chaotic for some elections which do indeed have fixed dates (i.e. in the US) or elections with fixed dates that, nonetheless, don't prevent "extra" elections from happening earlier (i.e. Murcia, Asturias, Sweden etc)). Nonetheless, I've requested the speedy deletion of the Balearic parliamentary election, 2019 article under the db-error template, as it could conflict in the future with a potential move of the page to such a link if the election is, eventually, indeed held in 2019. Impru20 (talk) 16:14, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
- Actually Impru20, it could conceivably be a plausible redirect. I see you're not a Wikipedia:Page mover, but if you ever decide to apply for that right, you can use it to override this kind of issue by doing Wikipedia:Page_mover#Round-robin_page_moves, rather than having to CSD them. Might be something to keep in mind. TimothyJosephWood 16:20, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
RFC's
Hello Timothy Joeseph Wood, I have a quick question for you if you have time. Is it fair to all parties if an editor goes ahead and makes the change that is being discussed at the RFC? Is that generally allowed? I am speaking of an RFC that no one has closed. Antonioatrylia (talk) 16:19, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
- Hey Antonioatrylia. I assume you're talking about Bikini Moon, given your recent revert there. With anything having to do with a living person, the safest bet is usually to maintain whatever the more conservative version of the article is, and enact the result of the RfC once there's strong consensus and sources for the content.
- As to the change itself, I think you're on the wrong side of this one, and we usually don't employ "award winning" type language since it comes off as pretty promotional in tone and doesn't really add much as far as actual information goes. TimothyJosephWood 17:01, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
Gryphon Investors
Hello Timothy, we put up a page for Gryphon Investors which was immediately tagged for speedy deletion. We immediately made changes to edit out anything that could be construed as an advertisement. Where do we go from here? Arsenl2017 (talk) 16:51, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
- Hey Arsenl2017. First off, if you happen to have a close connection with the subject of the article you should carefully review our policy on conflicts of interest, since failing to abide by those rules can definitely attract some unwanted attention.
- As to the article itself, it does look like you've done some work in removing some of worst of the promotional language, but one big problem is definitely that it currently only includes a single inline citation. In order to demonstrate that a subject meets our guidelines on notability, articles need to include references to in-depth coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject.
- One option that may work out here is that I can move the article to a draft for the time being, where you can continue to work on it without risk of it being deleted. Then you can submit it through our Articles for Creation process, where volunteers can review your submission, offer ongoing guidance on how to improve it, and eventually publish the article back onto the encyclopedia once it's clear that it's been improved enough that it doesn't run a significant risk of being deleted. TimothyJosephWood 17:13, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
Thank you, draft status would be just fine. Arsenl2017 (talk) 18:36, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
- Hey Arsenl2017. I've moved the article to Draft:Gryphon Investors. When you are ready to submit the draft for review click the blue button toward the top of the page which says "Submit your draft for reivew," and it will be added to the list of pending submissions. However, before you do you should take time to add references to the article that help to establish the company's notability, since it will almost certainly be declined with only two references. For more information you may want to check our our tutorial on writing your first article. TimothyJosephWood 18:51, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
Thank you. 8 references now. Arsenl2017 (talk) 19:47, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
Hello Timothy, I see that the Talk page for Gryphon Investors has been moved to DRAFT, but not the regular page. Probably for that reason, I don't see a Submit Draft button. Am I looking in the wrong place. Thank you for your advice. I read the How To article and it was very helpful. Hopefully, I have it squared away now.Arsenl2017 (talk) 20:09, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
OK, I get what happened. You nicely moved it to Draft. I kept editing the page but not in draft version. The page now has more than 10 references and is much more complete. Is it possible to move that into draft and replace the shorter version that is there? Sorry for the trouble. Arsenl2017 (talk) 20:38, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
- Part of this is probably my bad for posting here that I had moved the article to a draft rather than posting at your talk. Personally, I won't move the talk back because the current article is still pretty unambiguously promotional, but if a reviewing admin sees the article you have recreated and disagrees, then I'll certainly move it after a second opinion. TimothyJosephWood 22:29, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
Ok, so to continue editing, should I make all my changes on the draft version (wicked pain) or the 'other' version where there are already 10 citations? thanksArsenl2017 (talk) 00:29, 28 March 2017 (UTC)
- Arsenl2017 The version with more citations has now been moved to Draft:Gryphon Investors. TimothyJosephWood 01:24, 28 March 2017 (UTC)
Thank you. On the revisions. Learning. Arsenl2017 (talk) 01:30, 28 March 2017 (UTC)
Ping Notifications from Talk:Bond-dissociation energy
@Timothyjosephwood: okay! BEBOLD followed. Thanks.
Bkpsusmitaa (talk) 01:25, 28 March 2017 (UTC)
- Bkpsusmitaa, note the guidance at WP:BEBOLD, to be bold but not reckless. And if you are reverted, follow the steps in the bold, reversion, discussion process and discuss potential changes on the article's talk page, rather than engaging in an edit war. TimothyJosephWood 01:28, 28 March 2017 (UTC)
- Timothyjosephwood Understood the general idea and not resubmitted as an article. Entered the portion in the Talk:Bond-dissociation_energy.Thanks. Bkpsusmitaa (talk) 01:52, 28 March 2017 (UTC)
Thanks
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Hi Tim, thanks for the help in vetting my article twice. However, could you guide me along the way to making that post be accepted? that will really be of great help. Cryptoedwan (talk) 03:07, 28 March 2017 (UTC) |
- Hey Cryptoedwan. The draft currently in your sandbox is pretty promotional in tone, it's chock full of jargon, and is pretty evidently trying to "sell" the reader on the concept, rather than provide a neutral encyclopedic overview of it. I wouldn't at all be surprised if large portions are copy/pasted from somewhere, although wherever that would be is probably behind a pay wall, since open web searches don't find anything.
- However, having said all that (and as I just found), the draft seems to be a duplication of the existing article on Financial technology, and if there is content on the subject that should be added, it should be done there, and not on a new draft. TimothyJosephWood 17:16, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
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Hey Dywana. Sorry. I just didn't see your reply, since the thread was starting to get a bit buried. So I'll start this new one at the bottom to hopefully prevent that. So you are referencing like this:
Johnny told the devil "you son of a gun, I'm the best there's ever been."<ref>The Devil went down to Georgia. (1979) Charlie Daniels. ''Epic Records''.</ref> They engaged in a fiddle playing contest which Johnny Won.<ref>The Devil went down to Georgia. (1979) Charlie Daniels. ''Epic Records''.</ref> The story was later told in a popular song by Charlie Daniels.<ref>The Devil went down to Georgia. (1979) Charlie Daniels. ''Epic Records''.</ref>
Which gives you this:
Johnny told the devil "you son of a gun, I'm the best there's ever been."[1] They engaged in a fiddle playing contest which Johnny Won.[2] The story was later told in a popular song by Charlie Daniels.[3]
But instead of repeating the reference, you name it like this, and just repeat the name with a "/":
Johnny told the devil "you son of a gun, I'm the best there's ever been."<ref name="Daniels">The Devil went down to Georgia. (1979) Charlie Daniels. ''Epic Records''.</ref> They engaged in a fiddle playing contest which Johnny Won.<ref name="Daniels"/> The story was later told in a popular song by Charlie Daniels.<ref name="Daniels"/>
Which gives you this:
Johnny told the devil "you son of a gun, I'm the best there's ever been."[1] They engaged in a fiddle playing contest which Johnny Won.[1] The story was later told in a popular song by Charlie Daniels.[1]
So that it duplicates the same reference instead of repeating the whole thing. Hopefully this helps clear it up a bit and sorry again for not seeing your earlier reply. TimothyJosephWood 13:10, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
- Dear TJW thank you so much, that is a really clear explanation! I am travelling at the moment so will repair my references tomorrow. Have a wonderful day Dywana (talk) 09:42, 31 March 2017 (UTC)DywanaDywana (talk) 09:42, 31 March 2017 (UTC)
- Excellent TJW thanks to you I have been able to remove all the repeated references in my article. I am now very happy. How very neat it looks! I wonder if my article may now be published? Should I contact the editor who rejected it to ask for a review? What do you think?Dywana (talk) 10:03, 1 April 2017 (UTC)DywanaDywana (talk) 10:03, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
- Hey Dywana. I'll look over it in the next couple of days. I already added one tag where the source didn't actually mention the subject of the article, and so doesn't support the content. I'll try to evaluate individual sources now that we have gotten some of the bigger stuff out of the way. TimothyJosephWood 22:58, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
- Hello TJW thank you for the feedback. I await your evaluation of the individual sources and keep my fingers crossed. Of course, I am willing to correct anything where necessary. Once again thank you for your time, I can see that you are very busy. May all good things come your way! Dywana (talk) 11:13, 4 April 2017 (UTC)DywanaDywana (talk) 11:13, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
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strange social and cultural human atropologiche coincidences involving Western culture
As it happens, the economic crisis in Greece in 2011 the Union European guilt and then five years after in 2016 the output of Britain in the European union with Brexit then no coincidence Random Terrorism ISIS attack a dove reigns Paris pacifism and attack in London also where reigns religious anarchy and political symbol of the star Marian crest at 8 bits of masonry that has the current Pope Francis and look a bit in the white House during the vote of the Immigration President of the Donald Trump of America were united above it was the symbol of Sol Invictus that symbolizes Christmas there is some conspiracy futuristic what few crazy Want World Domination as a conspiracy in the Command humanity in the near future it soon investigate because of everything would keep account over the next few years. -- Mikinuzzu (talk) 18:29, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
- Quick! Put this on!. No time to explain! TimothyJosephWood 18:47, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
A kitten for you!
Thanks for your advise Timothyjosephwood!
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www.sealfit.com
How can this page www.sealfit.com get approved?
Please advise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikiseal123 (talk • contribs) 18:57, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
- Wikiseal123, since you are fairly blatantly trying to use Wikipedia to advertise for this product/company, the answer is it probably doesn't. Wikipedia is not a means of promotion, and we only keep articles on companies if they meet our notability standards and have been written about in depth by independent reliable sources. TimothyJosephWood 19:06, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
Please go to www.sealfit.com and write a proper page for this training system. thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikiseal123 (talk • contribs) 19:07, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
- No. TimothyJosephWood 19:15, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
BLPN
I didn't edit "promote" 4 times, did I? SPECIFICO talk 19:18, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
- Edit summary:
This was extensively discussed at BLPN. And your edit is against advice there. Do not reinsert. If you wish to push this, go back to BLPN with it.
- Actual statement on BLPN:
If it's important to add that she simply believes it, then add that, but I can't see any reason to remove it entirely.
- Yes. Rock solid consenus. And with a user who is so exceptionally meh about the whole thing they begin that exact same comment with
It's a distinction without a difference.
An on your own talk:
- Comment:
Please undo your last edit. Thanks.
- Response:
BLP violations must be removed immediately.
- Yes. I'm actually surprised you haven't already been given a barn star for standing up for the flagrant BLP violation that is whether to say "putting forth" rather than "promoting", and whether to say "she said" or "she said she believes". Bravo. TimothyJosephWood 19:35, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
A bowl of strawberries for you!
Many thanks for all your help! Dywana (talk) 11:15, 4 April 2017 (UTC) |
- Hey Dywana. I've left a number of notes in the draft in [Bolded text] specifying where there are specific problems with specific sources. TimothyJosephWood 12:43, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
- Hello TJW, here I am again. I have reviewed the references to the sources that were not working properly - my apologies for that. This is a big learning curve! I think they are fine now. I have removed the Sarianidi text for the time being, although it is interesting. I will try and get in touch with the museum to get more exact information, although there have been so many changes in that country. I may also try the university, but that will all take time, so I am keeping that text to add at a later date when I can source it properly. Thank you for creating the inlaid quote from the NYT, that looks very nice! I have also uploaded a photo on Wikicommons. So I now await your verdict. Many, many thanks!Dywana (talk) 18:29, 4 April 2017 (UTC)DywanaDywana (talk) 18:29, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
- Dywana, I tagged one last source in the article, since it appears to be related to the show, but doesn't mention anything about the subject being a part of it. I'm not...entirely sure how you got a picture of the subject that is an original work, but I'll admit it doesn't seem to exists anywhere else on the internet but here. So here it stays. I also did some general fixed. But overall we're pretty close.
- Thank you TJW for your attention to detail. The source 21 you tagged refers to the donations to the Kremlin Museums by Alrosa of items that were in the "Diamonds of Russia – the XXth century" show curated by Maxim Voznesenskiy in 2001, see ref 20. In the source article 21 it is mentioned that the donations came via Alrosa from Jewellery Theatre which was run by Irina Dorofeyevna and Maxim Voznesenskiy. I have edited the text a little in the hope of making it clearer. Can I remove your tag? Thank youDywana (talk) 10:30, 6 April 2017 (UTC)DywanaDywana (talk) 10:30, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
- Hey Dywana. Works for me. I've accepted and published the draft. One small problem remains. The article is currently an orphan and there are no wikilinks to it on other articles. That means that it's very unlikely to be found by interested readers. I looked to add some, but apparently the only place on the entire encyclopedia that Voznesenskiy is mentioned is on the main article. So you need to try to find related articles that probably should mention him, but don't, and add wikilinks to his main article. TimothyJosephWood 12:17, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
- Hello TJW, thanks for the good news and the extra pice of advice. I will bear it in mind, it is a very interesting observation. My warmest wishes Dywana (talk) 12:26, 6 April 2017 (UTC)DywanaDywana (talk) 12:26, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Sr. Aklesia Memorial Hospital is not Correct
Hi Timothyjosephwood,
Did you read the content of the wiki i created. It is the history of the Sister Aklesia and Sister Aklesia Memorial Hospital. Which doesn't do any advertisement.
You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Miki maine (talk • contribs) 16:06, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
- Hey Miki maine. Please note that Wikipedia is not a means of promotion. The article you have created is, intentionally or otherwise, overtly and unambiguously promotional throughout, besides being almost entirely a copyright violation, for being copied and pasted from the main website. Neither are allowed by Wikipedia. TimothyJosephWood 16:20, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
DYK for Sabinoso Wilderness
On 5 April 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sabinoso Wilderness, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 16,030 acres (6,490 ha) of Federal land in New Mexico's Sabinoso Wilderness are inaccessible without trespassing, because they are entirely enclosed in privately-owned property? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sabinoso Wilderness. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Sabinoso Wilderness), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Mifter (talk) 00:03, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
Please comment on Talk:Lithuania
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List of Legends of Tomorrow episodes
Hello, i recently created an article called List of Legends of Tomorrow episodes i was wondering if i cold add it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aidan0007 (talk • contribs) 14:17, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
- Hey Aidan0007. From the looks of it, the real issue is whether the section in the exisiting article is too long, and should be split off, and it looks like there is already a discussion about that happening at Talk:Legends of Tomorrow. So you should join in there, and try to reach a consensus with the other editors. TimothyJosephWood 14:19, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
Creating a fan page
Hi, me again, i was wondering if i could create an article for my fan page for the BlockManFilms YouTube channel (not created yet) my show is still in development and its a minecraft animated series. But i want to request for others who wanna make pages for there fan shows or whatever should have a wikipedia with sources that lead to twitter news or something like that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aidan0007 (talk • contribs) 14:30, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
- Hey Aidan0007. Wikipedia only covers topic if they meet our notability guidelines, which means that they need to have been written about in reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic. Since I strongly suspect that your fanpage has not had any such coverage, it is probably not appropriate for its own article at this time. TimothyJosephWood 19:22, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
Request on 19:19:21, 6 April 2017 for assistance on AfC submission by Josephgalasso
- Josephgalasso (talk · contribs)
- Draft:Andrew Radford ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
thanks...i'll try to send 2n sources, reviews etc.
j — Preceding unsigned comment added by Josephgalasso (talk • contribs) 19:59, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
hello timothyjosephwood, how do i go about w. next step re. references: references do not adequately show the subject's notability?
wiki page application for andrew radford (bristish linguist). thanks, joseph galasso
Josephgalasso (talk) 19:19, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
- Hey Josephgalasso. In order for your draft to be accepted, it needs to show that the subject meets our notability guidelines, which means that they need to have been written about in reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject. The only sources you currently have appear to be official bios, which are often very useful for raw information, but they don't count toward notability because they're not considered independent. What you need to find are instances where others have decided the subject is important enough that they took the time to write about him. Every professor at every institution ever has their own bio page, so that doesn't really say anything about whether the subject is more than a run-of-the-mill professor. TimothyJosephWood 19:26, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
19:27:16, 6 April 2017 review of submission by Imogen at Leeds Uni Library
- Imogen at Leeds Uni Library (talk · contribs)
- Draft:Leeds University Library's Cookery Collection ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Hi Timothyjosephwood, thanks for the feedback on my 'Draft:Leeds University Library's Cookery Collection'.
I think it is necessary to discuss individual items in a rare book or archival collection. Doing so illustrates the range and uses of the collection.
I also don't think it is fair to say that the discussion of things in the collection is 'most' of the article. I only discuss things in the 'Collections and Highlights' section. The Lead section, Designation section and Research Outreach section all show how the collection itself is an independent noteworthy thing. (The History section also talks about the overall collection.)
Yes, I use sources about individuals to inform the discussion of individual items in the collection. However, there are plenty of sources about the collection itself throughout - see references 2, 6, 7, 10, 13, 16, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57.
- Hey Imogen at Leeds Uni Library. This was a hard one, so I'll try to explain with an example. Something like this, may be perfectly appropriate:
Special Collections holds in the Cookery Collection four copies of Hannah Woolley’s The Queen-Like Closet. The earliest edition is from 1672.
- However, something this really isn't:
Woolley was one of the first women in England to have earnt a living from writing and selling books.
- The former is about the collection but the latter is about something related to the collection. Especially when that other thing has it's own article, content about that other thing should go there, and not on an article about a distinct, but related subject.
- Similarly, something like:
The study of food history can shed light on social and economic characteristics of past societies. Cookery books can act as sources for attitudes, practices, trade and linguistics from a range of historical periods.
- ..is completely off topic and not about the subject of the article at all.
- So I'm not necessary saying you need to mass delete whole sections of the article, but I am saying that many sections can probably been combined and condensed, and that there is a lot of fat (food pun intended) that needs trimming. You could say you have a well marbled article, and you need to work to make it quite a bit more lean. TimothyJosephWood 19:36, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
Request on 19:30:37, 6 April 2017 for assistance on AfC submission by Josephgalasso
- Josephgalasso (talk · contribs)
- Draft:Andrew Radford ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Andrew Radford: WP:NACADEMIC
Andrew Radford satisfies 5, by being appointed emeritus (distinguished) professor of Linguistics at Essex in January 2014, rated the 4th best uni for linguistics in the UK, also satisfies 6, having served as the Dean of the School of Humanities and Comparative Studies at Essex from 1997-1999, and one could add by being Head of Department at Bangor from 1980-89, and at Essex from 1990-3, 1996-7 and 2007-10. satisfies 3 by virtue of having twice been appointed as a member of the Linguistics Panel for the Higher Education Funding Council for England (in 1996 and 2000), in its 4/5-yearly review of research quality and output in all UK universities, where a panel of half a dozen or so leading experts in each field rates the research output of every academic in the relevant field in the UK (so, being on such a panel twice is a recognition of status)
please direct on next steps (e.g. any required verification on this, etc). thanks, j — Preceding unsigned comment added by Josephgalasso (talk • contribs) 20:43, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
ok. i'll send in several of his book reviews. would this do? he was also a cambridge university (trinity college) fellow.
joseph — Preceding unsigned comment added by Josephgalasso (talk • contribs) 20:11, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
would his cambridge university press page fulfill this requirement?
thanks, j — Preceding unsigned comment added by Josephgalasso (talk • contribs) 19:39, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
to timothyjosephwood:
Re. wiki page proposal fro Andrew Radford (British Linguist): for sources published, see link to Cambridge University Press (below):
what more should i provide re. reliable sources? please direct. thanks, joseph galasso
Josephgalasso (talk) 19:30, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
- Hey Josephgalasso. Actually, I pointed you to the wrong policy, what you need to read instead is WP:NACADEMIC. So what you need to show is that they meet one, or preferably many, of those criteria. I'm afraid the Cambridge link shows that he is a prolific writer, but it doesn't necessarily demonstrate that his writings have had a significant impact. TimothyJosephWood 19:52, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
Request on 20:19:45, 6 April 2017 for assistance on AfC submission by Josephgalasso
- Josephgalasso (talk · contribs)
- Draft:Andrew Radford ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
i am currently gathering book reviews for andrew radford--his several book-reviews for cambridge university press. do i then send them to you?
joseph
Josephgalasso (talk) 20:19, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
- Hey Josephgalasso. When you find more sources, you should try to incorporate them into the draft. If this is the first article you have written for Wikipedia, you may want to take the time to read over our tutorial on writing your first article, or consider taking our interactive tutorial at The Wikipedia Adventure. TimothyJosephWood 20:22, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
Request on 20:29:00, 6 April 2017 for assistance on AfC submission by Josephgalasso
- Josephgalasso (talk · contribs)
- Draft:Andrew Radford ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
ok. working on gathering his several book reviews. as you say, i'll then incorporate them in the draft. any specifics on how i should do this? thanks for your help. j — Preceding unsigned comment added by Josephgalasso (talk • contribs) 20:36, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
andrew radford:
also see Chomsky quote re. his work (below). he is a pioneer of the 'structure building' model of child language acquisition...
his research on language acquisition in the 1990s--was a pioneer of the structure-building model of acquisition in which children are seen as gradually building up more and more complex structures, with lexical categories (like noun and verb) being acquired before functional categories (like determiners and complementisers): this research resulted in the publication of an influential monograph on Syntactic Theory and the Acquisition of English Syntax in 1990 (Blackwell, Oxford), and numerous articles on the acquisition of syntax by monolingual, bilingual and language-disordered children. He also produced a number of authoritative books on Chomsky’s work on Minimalist syntax, and was commended for this by Chomsky himself in a letter to him on 26 March 1998, in which Chomsky said about his book Syntactic Theory and the Structure of English (CUP, 1997) that ‘It’s really a superb piece of work. I wouldn’t have thought it possible at this point, frankly. For me personally, stimulating me to rethink, page after page, and also new things I hadn’t really thought about or known.’ For the past decade, he has been researching the syntax of colloquial English, using data recorded from unscripted radio and TV broadcasts; he has produced a number of articles on this, and is preparing a research monograph on Colloquial English.
thanks, joseph galasso
Josephgalasso (talk) 20:29, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
- Hey Josephgalasso. The problem is that the Chomsky commentary, as far as I can tell, is from a personal letter, and wasn't published anywhere in any secondary sources. TimothyJosephWood 20:32, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
Please comment on Talk:Corey Stewart (politician)
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Teo Mora CV
Don't worry for that aspect. I do not touchnothing unless the uestion is solved.
If the page survives than I will remove most of these data and point to the few true contribution I gave.
You will have a minimalistic text-only page.Teo Mora (talk) 21:59, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
- Hey Teo Mora. I'm afraid this requires more time than I can commit at the moment. I will try to look more into it in the coming days. TimothyJosephWood 00:48, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
Hi there Timothyjosephwood, could I please get your thoughts on Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Rishi Aurobindo Mission School? Thanks! --TheSandDoctor (talk) 00:01, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
- Hey TheSandDoctor. In this case, my thought is that you should withdraw your nomination and instead nominate for WP:G11. My other recommendation is strongly that you should stop spamming user talks with every nomination you make, as this can be seen as a form of WP:CANVASSING. TimothyJosephWood 00:43, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
- Noted --TheSandDoctor (talk) 00:44, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
- MfD was withdrawn --TheSandDoctor (talk) 00:48, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
MfD opinion on Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Syntactic noise
Hi again! I was just wondering if I could get your opinion on Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Syntactic noise. Thanks! --TheSandDoctor (talk) 00:38, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
- Discussion closed. TheSandDoctor, you should take TJW's advice - notifying five editors of an MFD is borderline canvassing, and should be avoided. You're welcome to ask other editors for advice, of course, but not just blindly pick a half-dozen people to !vote on a deletion discussion. Primefac (talk) 01:01, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
- @Primefac: I have taken their advise and will no longer do that. To clarify, it is okay to ask one or two if a nomination would be appropriate or? --TheSandDoctor (talk) 01:04, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
- TheSandDoctor, it's one thing to ask a couple folks for advice (e.g. "should I nominate for deletion"?), but I would localize it to one particular location (maybe the page's talk page) and ping - that way the intended recipient(s) know who has been invited to discuss the page. Primefac (talk) 01:09, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
- @Primefac: Okay - thank you for the heads up and information --TheSandDoctor (talk) 01:10, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
- TheSandDoctor, it's one thing to ask a couple folks for advice (e.g. "should I nominate for deletion"?), but I would localize it to one particular location (maybe the page's talk page) and ping - that way the intended recipient(s) know who has been invited to discuss the page. Primefac (talk) 01:09, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
- @Primefac: I have taken their advise and will no longer do that. To clarify, it is okay to ask one or two if a nomination would be appropriate or? --TheSandDoctor (talk) 01:04, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
Question about user contributions
Hey man.If i go under tools and click on user contributions. It says some numbers that look like this (+1000). It says that next to my contributions. I created a page and it said a lot more than the others. What do these numbers mean. Onealjack123 (talk) 00:45, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
- Hey Onealjack123. I believe what you are referring to is the number of bytes (the digital amount of information) that is added or subtracted with each edit. One byte is kindof equal to one character, so that "zzzz" equals +4 and "zzzzzzzzzz" equals +10, while if you removed "zzz" it would equal -3. Hope this helps. TimothyJosephWood 00:54, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
Please comment on Talk:Erik Prince
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Legal Executive edits
Hello Timothy, I noticed you edited the legal executive (Hong Kong) section. I am currently teaching students in two legal executive programs at the University of Hong Kong- the reason for my edits The current information is incomplete and not uptodate The Chinese University of Hong Kong is no longer running the program. The Law society ran the exercise quite a few years back etc I am happy to provide the validation and chat regarding your concerns. Thomas — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.136.6.238 (talk) 16:15, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
- Hey anon. There is nothing wrong with updating information that is fairly objectively outdated, but the bit about detailing the courses is entirely too much like an advertisement to include in a Wikipedia article. Additional, we normally do not include external links in the body of articles. TimothyJosephWood 13:15, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
Monica Youn photo
Hi Timothy,
I noticed you uploaded another photo to my Wikipedia page? Could you substitute this one instead; I own the copyright and I authorize its use so there should be no problem -- I uploaded it to the Commons under a CC license.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SS032616MY_092L.jpg
Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vincentine (talk • contribs) 18:01, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
- Hey Vincentine. I see as I commented on your own talk you have been busy in the mean time. The only problem with your license is that you are the subject of the image, and so, unless you have a particularly large selfie stick, it is probably not "your work", meaning that you were not the person who pushed the button on the camera, and therefore the default copyright holder.
- Given that, you need to follow instructions here and legally verify with the Wikimedia Foundation that you are the owner and that you release it for public use. Note that this does not only release it for use by Wikipedia, but for use by the public, even and including commercial reuse and modification. TimothyJosephWood 18:36, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
- I want to step in to point out that the exif data says this isn't the work of Monica Youn and explicitly says it is only for PR and press use and not a Creative Commons use. So Vincentine please provide proof you own this picture's copyright. (Hope it's not annoying for me to step in here.) Cheers, Nesnad (talk) 18:54, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
- No problem Nesnad. The core issue as I understand it is who actually commissioned the photo. If the photo was not commissioned then the default copyright holder is the person who pushed the button. If it was commissioned then the person who did so is free to release it. If this is the case, it's pretty unquestionably better in quality than the current image, and would certainly be an improvement. But I won't personally add it until the details are sorted out, and will nominate for deletion as a copyright violation if they're not sorted out in short order. TimothyJosephWood 19:20, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
Yes, I commissioned the photo from the photographer, and paid her quite fairly for the transfer of copyright to me, so I am the sole owner of all rights to the image. I licensed it already under a CC license when I uploaded it to Wikimedia per the site's instructions. Do i need to do more than that? I'm not sure why Nesnad is asking for "proof" above and beyond what Wikimedia asks for. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vincentine (talk • contribs) 20:11, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
- Vincentine: As I indicated, you need to follow the instructions here. This satisfies the WMF's "burden of proof", so that if you are in fact not the copyright holder (as far as God is aware), we've still done our due diligence (as far as the law is concerned). TimothyJosephWood 20:37, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
I also don't understand why you removed the references to my third book and the ISBN and publishing info-- all are clearly documented from original sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vincentine (talk • contribs) 21:24, 9 April 2017 (UTC) I've also followed all the licensing instructions at the link listed above. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vincentine (talk • contribs) 21:28, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
Please comment on Talk:Cold War II
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Boca Raton Swat Deletion 04/10/17
HI there, you tagged our page for speedy deletion. We wanted to inform you that this is for a college project and it is of high importance that we complete this page. It will take us some time to complete. As this is a work in progress. LUPIA (talk) 19:03, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
- Hey LUPIA. While we appreciate your contributions, in order to qualify for a Wikipedia article, subjects need to meet our standards for notability, which requires in-depth coverage in reliable secondary sources. Normally I would suggest trying to include your content in the main article for the Boca Raton Police Department, but it doesn't look like the department has its own article yet. Overall it may be a better idea to start working on an article for the police department, and consider splitting off individual sections if they get too long. You may want to consider writing the article as a draft (which can be started by clicking on Draft:Boca Raton Police Department), which will allow you to work on the article without risk of being deleted while it is unfinished. TimothyJosephWood 19:14, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
Response to Semi protected edit request
I saw what you wrote to the anon at Talk:Wikipedia and got a little chuckle out of it. Sakuura Cartelet Talk 02:28, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
- Sakura Cartelet. Wikipedia is a very serious place and everything we do is of dire importance.
- ...Also, according to my very sophisticated calculations, as the likelihood increases that a ...less than helpful... editor is not in fact an idiot, but actually a child (we won't get into whether there's actually a difference), sometimes it's just better to have a sense of humor. Who knows, they may come back one day and actually do something productive. TimothyJosephWood 16:08, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
- Had it been me who came across that request first, I would have pointed out that I generally edit in nothing but a pair of questionably-stained tighty whities. And now you will never unsee that mental image, muah ha ha! ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 16:16, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
- Oh boy! TimothyJosephWood 16:21, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
- If you think that's bad, go look at the actual name of the alt account I'm using right now. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 16:29, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
- ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱUnderpants? TimothyJosephWood 17:02, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
- If you think that's bad, go look at the actual name of the alt account I'm using right now. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 16:29, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
- Oh boy! TimothyJosephWood 16:21, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
- Had it been me who came across that request first, I would have pointed out that I generally edit in nothing but a pair of questionably-stained tighty whities. And now you will never unsee that mental image, muah ha ha! ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 16:16, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
In response
But no one has killed more people in modern times than the so-called "religion of peace". Cyrus the Penner (talk) 22:15, 11 April 2017 (UTC)