Contents
- 1 My Awards
- 2 My DYK
- 3 Fame at last...
- 4 Were you aware?
- 5 LRB refs needed
- 6 Edit warring
- 7 Deaths in October 2012
- 8 Trax
- 9 Gursewak Singh
- 10 Talkback
- 11 Uses of rollback
- 12 Removing answered SPERs
- 13 Bernie Leadon
- 14 Reverted edit to Hajnal Ban
- 15 Eagles (band)
- 16 The Signpost: 09 March 2016
- 17 The Signpost: 16 March 2016
- 18 The Signpost: 23 March 2016
- 19 You are treading on a sensitive subject
- 20 The Signpost: 1 April 2016
- 21 Letters and numbers
- 22 Removal of fair-use photo
- 23 Disambiguation link notification for April 11
- 24 The Signpost: 14 April 2016
My Awards
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | |
I hereby award you this barnstar for your tireless contributions and upkeep of the Recent Deaths pages; your efforts are appreciated. Keep up the good work! Weatherman90 03:56, 8 June 2007 (UTC) |
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The Australian Barnstar of National Merit | |
for your efforts with Australian articles Gnangarra 00:22, 26 January 2008 (UTC) |
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | |
This is for your tireless contributions and work on the Recent Deaths section. I stride to make my edits like yours. Keep up the good work! Chandlerjoeyross (talk) 22:38, 5 April 2008 (UTC) |
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Death Star | |
This Death Star award is again for all your hard work on the Recent Deaths pages. Kiwipat (talk) 23:12, 10 January 2009 (UTC) |
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The Barnstar of Recovery | |
I am honored to award you this barnstar for your work in improving the article Kelley Abbey in the face of pending deletion. Your diligent WP:AFTER improves the project for all its readers. Great job! Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 19:45, 9 August 2010 (UTC) |
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The Original Barnstar |
For your excellent speedy deletion tagging :). Ironholds (talk) 11:57, 20 October 2012 (UTC) |
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The Original Barnstar | |
Good catches on the Sandy Hook article Amadscientist (talk) 12:49, 16 December 2012 (UTC) |
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The Teamwork Barnstar |
For excellent work objectively streamlining over-referencing at Victoria Leigh Soto. Jokestress (talk) 12:22, 15 January 2013 (UTC) |
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The Hard Worker's Barnstar |
For formatting the references on the annual "Deaths in XXXX" pages into a less-unwieldy more-efficient format, thus reducing pageload times. — Wyliepedia 03:36, 28 January 2013 (UTC) |
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The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | |
Nicos Anastasiades - Well spotted, he created eight such articles before I could get a block in! Ronhjones (Talk) 23:48, 27 March 2014 (UTC) |
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The Special Barnstar |
Your userpage is brilliant!, I had literally laughed out loud & I thought me laughing at 4am would be impossible but seems not :) |
HI! THANKS FOR THE FEEDBACK!
JackGann (talk) 07:11, 26 July 2014 (UTC)
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The Multiple Barnstar | |||||||
Thank you for fixing my linkrot on the Alan Henning page. --108.176.24.195 (talk) 02:05, 5 October 2014 (UTC) |
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The Original Barnstar |
Dylann Ceriani is a very good contribution that also solved an unpleasant problem. Thank you very much for your work on it. BDD (talk) 16:32, 11 July 2015 (UTC) |
Way to pounce! I went to do this exact edit a minute after you... stop reading my mind!
EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 01:16, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
My DYK
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Archive 1. Archive 2. Archive 3. Archive 4. Archive 5. Archive 6. Archive 7. Archive 8. Archive 9. Archive 10. Archive 11 |
Fame at last...
How does Wikipedia deal with a mass shooting? A frenzied start gives way to a few core editors. No mention of me though:). Nice diagrams, and a quick look at the page histories of shooting incidents will show a core of regular editors.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 17:30, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
Were you aware?
I assume that you have been made aware of this. But, in the event that you were not, I wanted to point it out to you and bring this to your attention. Your name was mentioned in this article: How does Wikipedia deal with a mass shooting? A frenzied start gives way to a few core editors. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 23:46, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
LRB refs needed
I'm still wading through the article, my focus is on their general history at the moment. However, could I get your help finding better sources for:
- "They have sold more than 25 million records" (total was last updated in 2007): The onlymelbourne ref is not reliable for charting or sales data.
- ""Reminiscing", written by Goble, was recognised by BMI as one of the most frequently played songs in the history of American radio, with more than five million plays. "Lady" has also accumulated more than three million plays. Goble is the only Australian songwriter ever to win a Five Million Air award from BMI.": O'Connor ref is not reliable for air play data.
If we can't get an RS for either of these then they should be removed from the article.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 09:04, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
- @Shaidar cuebiyar: I have tagged most of these with reliable sources. The problem is Reminiscing's Five Million-Air Award, which is mainly sourced to Goble's website (a primary source?) I'll keep looking ... WWGB (talk) 11:24, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
- Yeah, I see you're doing well – thanks for those. I'm muddling through the late 70s stuff.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 11:30, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
"Take It Easy on Me"
LRB were already in conflict with Birtles, Goble and Shorrock not getting along too well over "Cool Change" and "Reminiscing": read Kruger, here. Their internal politics is convoluted and difficult to simplify for clarity and concision. Much of what you say about "Take It Easy on Me" corroborates the turmoil extant between various members. I suggest putting a brief note in the main article, more in the album's article and the quote you've found in the single's article.
Currently I'm up to We Two Pty Ltd of 1987: which I believe to be the kernel of the future legal, media and emotional battles. I hope to maintain a neutral tone and present the various sides of the issues in an even-handed manner.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 12:25, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
Awards
- Aren't the RIAA Awards already in LRB's discography as certifications?
- Do you know anything about the BMI Awards? See here, they have ten songs awarded there but I can't see when or in what categories. Are these the same as the air play awards?shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 07:17, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
- Fair enough, I will remove the table and just add a hatnote.
- I have never found a comprehensive list of BMI Awards, including Million-Air Awards. They seem to be scattered throughout BMI news items. For example, here is a reference to the Three Million-Air Award for "Lady". May have to rely on secondary sources, where they exist.
- Is it worth including that "Lonesome Loser" was nominated for a Grammy? WWGB (talk) 08:53, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
- Yes, put it in a table with the other awards. I remember seeing that but then I got distracted elsewhere.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 09:09, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
More charting?
I've expanded the related discography article. Some of the additional charting (Europe & NZ) may be notable enough for the main article but I'll leave that for you to decide. I'm moving on.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 13:51, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
Edit warring
You probably didn't even know that the article was under a 1r rule. Technically you could have been blocked but we need to look at who we are sanctioning before we take any action. Viriditas was clearly more out of order in the way she addressed you and she has been warned. I'm sorry you were subject to such language. Regards, --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 10:31, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
Deaths in October 2012
Per this edit, I'm having trouble figuring out why you removed the cause of death and removed the {{cite news}} template. Your edit summary was not sufficient. Jolly Ω Janner
- @Jolly Janner: I restored the cite but not the cause of death: "natural causes" is not a specific cause of death like heart attack, stroke etc. WWGB (talk) 10:08, 17 December 2015 (UTC)
- That sounds fair enough reasoning, but we should probably have a way to inform readers or (more importantly) editors about this. Would save people such as yourself a lot of time cleaning up after other people's mistakes. It definitely wasn't obvious to me. Jolly Ω Janner 10:12, 17 December 2015 (UTC)
Trax
I don't want to get into any edit war. I wrote the original article, but upon your edit decided that where the model is made is important and moved it to the lead paragraph. Where models is made IS important (e.g. they are not made in Australia ! ).--Cstevencampbell (talk) 04:03, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
And additionally, I did not remove informative material from the body of the article. I reorganized it. The only bit leftover stated that the models were "detailed" which is covered later anyway.--Cstevencampbell (talk) 04:10, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
Oops! I see you started the article, though I think I have more edit space on it. I apologize.--Cstevencampbell (talk) 04:12, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
Yes, the "Edits by User" tool says I've written 71 % of the Trax article.--Cstevencampbell (talk) 04:18, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
Gursewak Singh
Gursewak Singh is a martyr in India's fight against terrorism. He lost his life battling against terror attack on India's air force base at Pathankot near India-Pakistan Border. He really deserves an article on Wikipedia. Atrebute PokeFan (talk) 09:55, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
- He took a bullet doing his job. That is neither martyrdom nor notable. WWGB (talk) 10:24, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
Talkback
Message added 09:55, 4 January 2016 (UTC). You can at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
Re:euniversity WannaBeEditor (talk) 09:55, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
Uses of rollback
Hi there and thanks for reverting a recent series of my edits, which I know might have looked odd. But I think that mass undoing of edits (with sensible edit summaries), by using rollback and without giving an edit summary is odder still. Thanks. Uanfala (talk) 09:15, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
- @Uanfala: I flagged the first two reversals of Peter Austin as inappropriate,[1] [2] after that I figured the point had been made that you were making unwarranted edits. You need to move a page before you start making redirects. WWGB (talk) 11:08, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
- Of course, not moving the page first was a bit inappropriate of me. But still, I think it was clear that this was going to happen. I don't really know what the point was of reverting it all. What I object to (and that's why I'm wasting your time with it) is the unquestioning assumption that editors are being pointlessly silly. Cheers. Uanfala (talk) 13:04, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
- On second thoughts, I'm wondering whether pre-emptively disambiguating a link even without the intention of moving the target is a bad idea after all. Especially for common names. Why should this be a bad idea? Why should it be "inappropriate" to make sure there are fewer wrong links or links to disambiguation pages in the future? Sorry if there are guidelines about that – I haven't come across them yet. Uanfala (talk) 13:25, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
Removing answered SPERs
Hey there, saw you removed many answered SPERs from Talk:Deaths in 2016. Can I ask why? I understand there are quite a few, but butchering the talk page history seems inappropriate. --allthefoxes (Talk) 04:42, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
- Threads are archived after one month, so there is no need to delete the entries. --allthefoxes (Talk) 04:44, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
- @Allthefoxes:. Before I address your specific concern, let me make a couple of comments. First, I am well aware of the archiving process, having edited Wikipedia for almost 10 years. Second, if you plan to work collaboratively with other editors, it is not helpful to accuse them of "butchering" a page. I take exception to your use of that term to describe my actions.
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- With regards to removing completed edit requests, there are precedents for such actions. At Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism: Revision history you will see that editor requests are routinely removed once the issue has been addressed. I see no benefit to the project to maintain an edit request when it has been addressed and resolved satisfactorily. Regards, WWGB (talk) 08:36, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
- A pages talk page is not the same as an administrative noticeboard. In general, talk pages should not be deleted, but archived ala WP:TALKCOND. SPERs are still discussions, and they should be preserved. Declined requests are still valuable for those who might be interested in making the request valid, and again, they are still a discussion. I apologize if I was rude. --allthefoxes (Talk) 15:43, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
- With regards to removing completed edit requests, there are precedents for such actions. At Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism: Revision history you will see that editor requests are routinely removed once the issue has been addressed. I see no benefit to the project to maintain an edit request when it has been addressed and resolved satisfactorily. Regards, WWGB (talk) 08:36, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
Bernie Leadon
If he was only a guest, how do you explain his page stating he's a founding member ? The Eagles page also list him as a founder. Mlpearc (open channel) 21:27, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
- Founding member yes. Current member no. No evidence that the Eagles consider him a current member. Randy Meisner is also correctly described as a founding member, but is not a current member. WWGB (talk) 21:36, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
Reverted edit to Hajnal Ban
Hello, I have a question about the change you reverted on Hajnal Ban. The article title has "cms", which should be "cm". I have been fixing incorrect SI notations (kms, k.m., kgs, cms, etc.) on many pages, but in this case I added the [sic] notation because I did not believe it was appropriate to fix the typo, since it is the title of an article. After reviewing MOS:QUOTE, it seems it would be appropriate to simply fix that typo without using [sic]. Which approach would you recommend? Thanks! Just a guy from the KP (talk) 12:03, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
- If anything must be added, I much prefer changing the title to "cm" rather than adding "sic". Really, I think the "error" is so minor that correcting it seems a little pedantic. Regards, WWGB (talk) 03:22, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
Eagles (band)
I have reverted the edit on the Eagles article because it is not an official announcement. We should not make a definitive statement other than what is said, which is basically just an opinion (I don't think...) expressed on the day in an interview, and may well change on a different day. Hzh (talk) 17:34, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
- (talk page watcher) Agreed, good call. Mlpearc (open channel) 17:38, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
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You are treading on a sensitive subject
There are several places in Wikipedia about China. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Taiwan/Archive_23#.22sovereign_state.22 is one. The dead were from the People's Republic of China, hence the flag. However, the word "China" is in dispute because the People's Republic of China has had a decades long crusade to rid the internet of the Republic of China and wants to call them Taiwan.
It is not my fight but I simply want to be a good and neutral Wikipedian and not a stooge of either government. Whiskeymouth (talk) 05:58, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
- The Wikipedia article is called China. That's good enough for me. WWGB (talk) 06:02, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
Also see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Chinese_civilization/DiscussRM
Also see the top of the China article. It says for the Republic of China, see... Again, this is not my battle, but I merely know that it is contentious. Whiskeymouth (talk) 06:06, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
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Letters and numbers
Did you notice this diff is 26 bytes long? InedibleHulk (talk) 02:12, April 7, 2016 (UTC)
Removal of fair-use photo
I wonder about your removal of the photo here. Do you think the Non-free use rationale provided under the file is invalid and if so, why? It looks fine to me. If you think it is invalid, please contest it under the file and request a file deletion. The photo was uploaded more than a year ago by User:The Almightey Drill, had been in the article since then, and it doesn't look like any of the large number of editors that had edited the article before your removal considered it questionable (based on a fast check of edit summaries+article talk). Regards, 62.107.213.141 (talk) 12:59, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
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