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John Smith VC .
John Smith's VC medal was in the Brian Lane Collection of Indian Mutiny militaria, and was sold by Sotherby's on 1 Dec., 2017.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.171.111.130 (talk)
- Wikipedia has over 200 articles on people named John Smith. Admittedly only a few of them could have served in the Indian Mutiny; but it would still help if you could give a link to the relevant article. Also, can you provide bibliographical details of the auction catalogue and lot number, or a web link to the lot page for the medal? Maproom (talk) 18:56, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
National Fascist Party
Hi, I fear that I need your help in solving this (senseless) dispute about this logo's size.
- 1. A few months ago, Beyond My Ken and I had a brief confrontation regarding the size of the National Fascist Party's logo and we agreed to use a 120px size. He proposed it first and I supported his choice, even if the previous version of the logo was quite larger (160px, as you can see from this previous version of );
- 2. A few weeks ago, he unilaterally decided to reduce the size, using 75px, without any consensus and, when I reverted his edits, he accused me of advertising a fascist party;
- 3. After an edit war, of which I regret, I was inconclusively reported by BMK to the Administrators' noticeboard, and we started a discussion on the apposite talk page. Other three users partecipated in the discussion, two of them supported 120px, one of them supported 100px;
- 4. Yesterday (and today too), he decided to switch the size to 100px, asserting that there's a consesus. I think there isn't a consesus, but I'd like to have your opinion about it.
Thank you. -- Nick.mon (talk) 09:20, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
- The image display, like a thumbnail in the text body, is usually a default, viewable but not overwhelming other parts of the article. This ought to avoid disputes about what appears to look best to editors and provide a reader with information that can be clicked to enlarge if they wish. The last point is crucial. These disputes are not unknown, but it is recommended to be careful where one advances theories of page design (maybe not articles about fascists). ~ cygnis insignis 17:07, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
- cygnis insignis, thank you! But if there's no consensus regarding this edit, how can we keep the previous version, preventing further edit wars? I'm not new to Wikipedia, but I must admit that I'm not a great expert in these stuffs. We're waiting until other users will express (or clarify) their preferences, but anyway, I'd like to listen to your opinion about the dispute's results. It could help. -- Nick.mon (talk) 20:19, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
Why New Zealand is not a federal state for no reason like Australia?
Please Explain and get your answer, please! I hope you may understand what's going on with my question. Cyberllamamusic (talk) 15:29, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
New Zealand I think this a federal country, not a unitary country, unlike Australia. I hope New Zealand will be a federal status country by the near future amen...
- This was also posted to Wikipedia:Teahouse#Why New Zealand is not a federal state for no reason like Australia? Please only post in one place. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:04, 4 May 2021 (UTC) Hello (talk) I already removed my post on teahouse that's your argument solved up. Hello, Editor assistance. You have new messages at PrimeHunter's talk page.
You can at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
Hello, I want to talk again about why new Zealand is a unitary state not a federal state like Australia? please explain the underlying cause! Cyberllamamusic (talk) 09:12, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
- It is usually considered rude to remove a post if someone has already taken the trouble to respond to it, especially as you do not appear to have read it. The Teahouse editor explained to you that the proper place to ask your question was at the ref desk. The Teahouse and Editor Help are for questions on how to use Wikipedia, not general knowledge. Curdle (talk) 10:09, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
Why LIthuania is semi presidential republic not parliamentary republic?
Please explain the oddities why Lithuania is semi-presidential, unlike Estonia and Latvia which is both parliamentary. Lithuania is supposedly a parliamentary republic so the baltic tigers have synchronous them. I hope that prime minister Lithuania will be more powerful than the president. I think it is wrong to be a semi-presidential republic for Lithuania, but even know that Estonia and Latvia are both parliamentary not semi-presidential. The only problem is why baltic trio countries the 2 are parliamentary but the 1 is only the semi-presidential please explain to us! make us know about the baltic tigers regarding the government systems. Cyberllamamusic (talk) 09:26, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
- As above; The Teahouse and Editor Help are for questions on how to use Wikipedia, not general knowledge. Curdle (talk) 10:10, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
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i cant log in 76.184.170.171 (talk) 10:28, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
Dispute page deletion
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An article I wrote was deleted on 11th December 2019 by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:RHaworth User:RHaworth and/or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:%C3%9Ejarkur [[2]]
I have no idea why this person would make the decision to delete my article -
Draft:Dominic Hassall (dentist)
It was written by me about a world-renowned dental educator and professor so that people who are interested in his work can learn more about him and find his papers and research. I fail to see why the user who deleted the article has deemed the page to be 'unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view'
It seems quite an unusual and destructive activity to autonomously patrol Wikipedia looking for articles to delete. Perhaps Wikipedia should be looking at the credentials of these people.
I would like the article to be restored as a draft so that I can review it and make any changes that may have triggered such an excessive response from this person.
Flowonline (talk) 11:48, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
- Flowonline, hello friend. The article was deleted by RHaworth for WP:G11 (unambiguous advertising or promotion). That means that the article was not written from a neutral point of view, and would require a complete re-write to make it sound factual, neutral, and encyclopedic. To obtain the deleted draft text, you can try posting on his talk page, or posting at WP:REFUND. Or you can try writing the draft from scratch, taking care to make the draft sound as factual and neutral and possible. You should avoid using words like "world-renowned". Hope that helps, good luck. –Novem Linguae (talk) 11:57, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
- This is forum shopping by a paid advertiser. Asked and answered at Wikipedia:Help desk#Deleted article. DuncanHill (talk) 13:21, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
Addition and changes to Dave Smukler article by his daughter
I have a few additions/changes
1. Dave Smukler died on February 22, 1971 - I am his daughter. One of the wires in his pacemaker broke triggering a massive heart attack when he was standing in line at the Los Angeles International Airport.
2. I found a letter from my dad, Dave Smukler, that said he wanted to go into the army because of what was happening to his race (Jews) in Germany.
3. He was the West Coast Division Sales Manager for Bridgestone Tires.
4. Dave Smukler was not only the West Coast Commissioner for Pop Warner Football, but he also coached a team, The Reseda Rams, when I was a child.
5. In the Hall of Fame, there are two paychecks that Dave Smukler gave back to Bert Bell when the Eagles were having monetary struggles.
Karen Smukler Hudson (Dave Smukler's daughter) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.164.20.9 (talk) 18:29, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you for doing the right thing and asking for another editor to modify an article for which you have a conflict of interest. That said, I recommend that you first make your request at Talk:David Smukler and then return to this page if no one responds to you there. But before you do that, please know that Wikipedia requires that information be supported by citations to reliable, published sources (see wp:SOURCES). When you make your request on the Dave Smukler talk page provide appropriate sources for any fact you want added. Unfortunately, there probably isn't one for (for example) your father's letter explaining why he joined the army. Butwhatdoiknow (talk) 05:08, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
Editor's edit summaries (language, tone)
Hey all, good morning.
I'm concerned by Sparkle1 (talk · contribs) and the tone they use in edit summaries. This has been in the back of my mind for a while, and I've stopped myself from making a big thing about it, but I think maybe we've got to a point where a little advice is needed. I'm not an admin so my actions are limited.
- . Use of the phrase "stupid new inclusion" and "cancerous" here - [3]
- . Removal of a large amount of content without a summary here - [4]
- . A run of edits on Leeds Council election articles using somewhat theatrical language here [5] which I did mention in the project page here [6] where I tagged Sparkle1 without their input to date.
At the beginning of the month they had some back and forth on their talk page with very harsh and uncooperative language ("I am completely not interested") here [7].
I would like to ask if I'm right to be concerned by their tone and language, whether I am being too "soft" in being concerned here? They seem to be very constructive editors in some ways but there are moments of conflict and temper that I now think might need guidance in dealing with. Once I've posted this here, I'll put the link on their talk page. doktorb wordsdeeds 06:13, 17 May 2021 (UTC)