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Lila Cockrell
I am a Texan, and Lila Cockrell was a lifetime registered Republican. I do not understand the obsession to delete history from people’s mind. I do certify she was a registered Republican. Gabrielmelissa2015 (talk) 04:44, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
- You need to provide a reliable source that states that she was, indeed, a Republican. You cannot just say she was a Republican without any evidence backing it up.
- @Gabrielmelissa2015: I see that you have provided such evidence. I accept your source as reliable, just please in the future provide such a source before adding material into articles. Thank you. SkyWarrior 04:57, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
SkyWarrior: 1. which what authority do you delete or modify information? 2. Before deleting an article, shouldn’t you provide a reliable source to dispute?
- I accept that the source you provided is reliable enough to claim that Cockrell is a Republican. I will allow your addition of that fact in the article to stay. However, her political affiliation should not be mentioned in the very first sentence, as we typically don't do that for politicians. I have instead moved the information to the "Political career" section, where it best belongs. SkyWarrior 05:28, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
Wikipedia podcast
Hi @SkyWarrior, hope you're all good. I'm writing from a podcast production company in the UK and we're making a documentary series about Wikipedia and the people who work on it. I was looking at the George Michael page to see who was working on it after his death was announced and came across your name. I'd love to talk to you more to hear what it's like working on a constantly changing situation as new news comes in, especially on such a big figure - and especially on Christmas day! Would you be happy and available to talk to me sometime? Thanks Wearecrowd (talk) 10:15, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
- Hello @Wearecrowd, thank you for the message. Unfortunately, I am uninterested in providing an audio/video interview at this time.
- I am, however, willing to answer some questions over email; you may email me using this link; please be aware that I may not respond to any emails immediately; at this time, I am most likely to respond to emails between 8pm and 2am ET. SkyWarrior 00:58, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
- Ok, thanks very much. I might well send you over some questions. Cheers Wearecrowd (talk) 07:15, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
Territories of the United States discussion
Greetings! I see at Talk:Territories of the United States#Merger proposal 2 that User:Delasse wants to merge Insular area and Territories of the United States into Territories and insular possessions of the United States. According to WP:MERGEINIT, targeting a non-existent destination is a perfectly reasonable thing to do in a merge proposal. Reverting Delasse's unilateral page move until there is consensus for the merge makes sense, but I also see that you have closed the merge discussion and asked them to propose a page move instead. Moving to the proposed destination would not make sense if a merge is not happening, so it seems this creates a catch-22 where the question we are trying to get consensus on cannot ever be discussed. So, I'm writing to ask that the procedural close be reverted so that editors who participated in the first merge proposal can weigh in; I expect the second merge proposal will be more popular since it takes the comments of opponents into account. Thanks! -- Beland (talk) 20:00, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
- I have made a comment here. I will not be reverting my procedural close, for reasons stated at Talk:Territories of the United States. SkyWarrior 01:50, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
Needing to provide sources even though they’re already there?
[1] But they’re already there. Why should I provide a source when it’s cited already? Xfhxzf (talk) 18:34, 3 November 2021 (UTC)
- @Xfhxzf: Please point to the exact source that claims Green died of skin cancer as opposed to liver cirrhosis. Either I'm missing something or you didn't read the articles properly. Throast (talk | contribs) 22:19, 3 November 2021 (UTC)
- Yeah. Although the sources do say he had skin cancer, it was in remission when he died. The sources in the article state that only liver cirrhosis caused his death, not anything else. SkyWarrior 01:39, 5 November 2021 (UTC
- OK, Skywarrior, Throast I misread it, the cited sources said he had skin cancer but beat it, but this article that wasn't cited did say the cause of his death was skin cancer. So that was a miss. Xfhxzf (talk) 02:12, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
- @Xfhxzf: It actually doesn't, they do phrase it kind of weirdly though. Someone scanning the article might conclude that he died as a result of the cancer but further down, they do elaborate that the cancer went into remission and he died of cirrhosis instead. Please be thorough when you read sources before editing BLPs, especially in regards to personal information. Throast (talk | contribs) 10:47, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
- OK, Skywarrior, Throast I misread it, the cited sources said he had skin cancer but beat it, but this article that wasn't cited did say the cause of his death was skin cancer. So that was a miss. Xfhxzf (talk) 02:12, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
- Yeah. Although the sources do say he had skin cancer, it was in remission when he died. The sources in the article state that only liver cirrhosis caused his death, not anything else. SkyWarrior 01:39, 5 November 2021 (UTC
Thanks for the correction.
I assumed Talk pages were removed as addressed or as no longer applicable (since they’re always archived in history) so that new active conversations wouldn’t get lost at the bottom. I apologize for my misunderstanding. Kdmckale (talk) 20:11, 6 November 2021 (UTC)
- It's fine. Please see WP:ARCHIVENOTDELETE for more information. (Although, with how little is on that talk page, it should just be left alone and not archived). SkyWarrior 20:13, 6 November 2021 (UTC)
I found this when I started researching it more: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Archiving_a_talk_page I agree it is very little, just VERY old in some cases. I just didn’t want latter conversations to get missed. 🙂 Kdmckale (talk) 20:17, 6 November 2021 (UTC)
- Understandable. Just so you know, though, archiving talk page posts is not the same as removing it from the talk page; it's a whole different and (somewhat) complex process. SkyWarrior 20:24, 6 November 2021 (UTC)
Oh yeah yeah…I got that now with my research and what makes Talk pages different from regular pages and why one has to archive Talk pages instead of doing what one would do with a regular page. 🙂
Do you know if all Talk pages append new conversations to the bottom? I’m just wondering because a descending sort would lessen the need to archive even more. --Kdmckale (talk) 21:06, 6 November 2021 (UTC)
- Yes, all talk pages put new discussions at the bottom; this is how the system is programmed and is generally expected this be done. SkyWarrior 00:44, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
Apology
Hi,SkyWarrior! I'm here to talk about your recent removal of one of the edits from this IP. I would first like to state that I do NOT know who wrote this. This IP is for the Homer High School and I appreciate the removal of whatever my classmates wrote. I understand Wikipedia is a shared resource and profusely apologize for whatever transgressions this school has done. I am a freshman here at HHS and use Wikipedia a BUNCH but have never edited it before, so sorry if I'm doing this wrong! Anyway, I was wondering if you know anyone who could block edits from this IP? I have never heard a student here say anything really productive, and i think it would be good in the long run. Honestly, I'm a shamed I am sharing a school with someone who thinks adding that someone's from "big pp land" to a article about presidents. Well, kkep up that good work and thanks for spreading the wealth of knowledge on the internet!
Thanks, Raiden Skorski-O'Donnell from HHS
74.123.241.8 (talk) 00:34, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
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I made an account! Thanks for removing my classmate's post!
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