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Natalia Antelava

Thanks for the heads up, but I only created a redirect. I had no input into what happened to it after that. :) In any case I've restored it back to the original redirect for now. I might add the deportation incident to 2012 in British television or something if I can find more information. Cheers Paul MacDermott (talk) 10:56, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

Re:Talk:Gabrio Zandonà

But...don't worry. ;-) In this lesson I learN. a) "blp=yes" in the banner if the person is living; b) it's not necessary "living=yes" in BioWP if BLP is yes c) listas don't match accent. See you at the next. ;-) --Kasper2006 (talk) 07:08, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Steven Kanumba

PanydThe muffin is not subtle 08:06, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Short Stack

I have reverted your recent edit to this article, the addition of Category:Living people. memphisto 08:08, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Again, it is a biography. It is about living people. Therefore, category:Living people. If it isn't added, it goes into Wikipedia:Database reports/Potential biographies of living people (3) and then it gets added. Bgwhite (talk) 08:11, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
Please don't add this category again, it is only for articles about individuals, not any other entity. memphisto 08:18, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Martin Armstrong Trying to edit his profile page

Hi Bgwhite, just to let you know that I have knowledge that 'Caesar..' is Mr Martin Armstrong himself, trying to edit his own page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_A._Armstrong. His desire is to place his version of the story and then prevent any edits from being made. He is attempting to use content from his autobiography PDF, but is not aware of the copyright approval process.

I have directed him to the following links already, but he is not willing to listen (or even read the pages apparently, because if he did then he would understand what is occurring).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:An_article_about_yourself_is_nothing_to_be_proud_of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Autobiography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee

He believes he is being unfairly vindicated by having his edits rolled back. His plan is to dump on wikipedia in his upcoming movie :(, he did not listen to my careful explanations.

I just felt you should know, since it is likely that he will keep trying to re-edit. I will also tell Famspear as well. If you care to contact me I can give you more background on what I know (assume you can read my email address from my wikipedia profile. Regards, Warren — Preceding unsigned comment added by WarrenJames123 (talk • contribs) 09:30, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

I have no idea if Ceasar is Armstrong or not. The stuff that was added by ceasar was essentially to remove what was already written and put a confused mess in its place. No reason was given why/what Ceasar did, so I reverted.
If he is Armstrong, he can edit the article, but is strongly encouraged not to edit. Only sourced material will be added. Bgwhite (talk) 09:40, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
I have proof that it's him, as I have been in correspondence with him and I can forward you whatever you need to know. If you read his essays, you will probably note that a confused mess is his usual writing style. He is doing it because he believes (1) that the page is his property, and (2) that he has the right to include whatever links and content he wants. I do not care either way, it's just that until he gets advised in an official capacity, his edits will most likely continue. regards, Warren.

Rola (model)

Please stop removing the external links from the article. Japanese entertainers are unique in that they may not have an official website, but they have blogs and other social media pages which are the only ways they exist independently on the Internet. The subject's personal blog and Twitter account, for which she has some notoriety for, should remain on the article.—Ryulong (竜龙) 18:50, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Hey Ryulong, haven't seen you for a bit. I haven't bugged you for awhile, so I guess it's fair play for you to bug me. There is no reason to have twitter. Blogs can be allowed if it is their only web presence and are controlled by the individual. I'll try and remember to keep the blogs, but I'll still remove twitter. Bgwhite (talk) 19:05, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thank you for editing and correcting the articles I created yesterday. You're really a master editor! Gazifikator (talk) 07:01, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

If my high school English teachers could see that statement. Thank you. Bgwhite (talk) 20:34, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

A neat new gadget you might find useful

I recently asked on Village pump (technical) if someone could write a script that would allow the corresponding talk page or main page to be displayed when viewing articles in a category. User:Equazcion was kind enough to build it. The script can be found here. The script also shows in red if the corresponding page has not been created yet. I have found it to be very useful and wanted to share it. Kumioko (talk) 14:00, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Bgwhite. You have new messages at Drmies's talk page.
Message added 19:57, 3 May 2012 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

I doubt they'll foul up the AfD, but heads up nonetheless. Drmies (talk) 19:57, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

New Pages update

Hey Bgwhite/Archive 7 :). A quick update on how things are going with the New Page Triage/New Pages Feed project. As the enwiki page notes, the project is divided into two chunks: the "list view" (essentially an updated version of Special:NewPages) and the "article view", a view you'll be presented with when you open up individual articles that contains a toolbar with lots of options to interact with the page - patrolling it, adding maintenance tags, nominating it for deletion, so on.

On the list view front, we're pretty much done! We tried deploying it to enwiki, in line with our Engagement Strategy on Wednesday, but ran into bugs and had to reschedule - the same happened on Thursday :(. We've queued a new deployment for Monday PST, and hopefully that one will go better. If it does, the software will be ready to play around with and test by the following week! :).

On the article view front, the developers are doing some fantastic work designing the toolbar, which we're calling the "curation bar"; you can see a mockup here. A stripped-down version of this should be ready to deploy fairly soon after the list view is; I'm afraid I don't have precise dates yet. When I have more info, or can unleash everyone to test the list view, I'll let you know :). As always, any questions to the talkpage for the project or mine. Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 23:24, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Please explain so I can learn

Hi. I'm very new here, and am doing my best to learn as quickly as possible. I'm wondering if you could please explain why you removed the theater and radio credits from this article? Jane Booker. (Well, it's really just a list.) Thanks. Tlqk56 (talk) 21:30, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

There's no rush getting back to me. Aside from this list about an actress, I'm working on articles about children's books and their writers. I'm probably most proud of Alice Dalgliesh and Beezus and Ramona and the rest of the books in that series. One I started from scratch is Doris Gates. (I've since learned why to use the Show Preview button!) I have been directed to the Teahouse, and they are fantastic there. I was curious about the change you made, not protesting it or anything. I'm just trying to learn as much as I can so I do things correctly. I think I'll stay away from BLPs from now the on, the hurdles seem almost insurmountable to me. Thanks for your time. Tlqk56 (talk) 14:46, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

Hello!

Thanks for the "hello". I started out on Wikipedia mostly creating and editing articles related to Japan and film, but after I began patrolling new pages on the same topics, I got more involved in AfDs, sniffing out hoax pages, and other fun stuff. I too hope I don't only get associated with horrible pages, but Jeremy Ladell Murph was a doozy (what I don't understand is why other editors, some of who added categories and other things, didn't mark it for deletion from the start). I don't remember Jessie Frease, but all these pages are becoming a blur these days. Michitaro (talk) 12:18, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Finally!

Well, congratulations – you're finally a true editor! The vandalism was certainly mild compared to some of the stuff I've gotten, which is certainly mild compared to some of the stuff others have gotten, but it was vandalism nonetheless. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 09:38, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Yes! I'll take it as a special present for my wiki birthday. I'm finally a true editor. Sniff, this make me so happy. Bgwhite (talk) 18:52, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Hello me ???

I generally don't talk to myself (singing is another matter, however). It's amazing what some people (mostly anons) will do. ;-) Carlossuarez46 (talk) 18:52, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

If you can...

Would you please look over the newly posted article Nahum Zolotov. It is a translated article and can use some help. Thanks Drkup(IMJ) (talk) 17:45, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks again - one more, Gabriel Talphir this one was written by our intern MalkaKlein (talk) 09:48, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
Also, could you please fix the title on the page Lilian Klapisch. 'Lilian'in the title should be changed to 'Liliane'. It should already be spelled correctly elsewhere. Thanks again. MalkaKlein (talk) 11:30, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
Howdy intern Malka Klein. Don't know if I should say condolences or congratulations on your internship.... people at the museum are on the weird side :). I cleaned up Gabriel Talphir and did the move on Lilian Klapisch. I have a question on Talphir. The wikilinks you have for his birth place were Stanislaw, Galicia. The wikilinks both go to disambiguous pages because there are more than one Stanislaw and Galicia. When I first saw Galicia, I thought of Spain. I put some more specific wikilinks in, but could you make sure I got them right. There were a few Stanislaws and they all have changed their names since 1901.
Also, I had to look you up. Looks like you are a research assistant at Tel Aviv University. At the university where I work, a research assistant is a graduate student who is getting paid to be a student. Internships and research assistant, looks like I'll be calling you Dr. Klein in a few years. Bgwhite (talk) 22:08, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
I will let Malka speak for herself. I was wondering if you will be attending the Wikimania 2012, I will be presenting - all being well - and would be happy to meet you.Drkup(IMJ) (talk) 18:58, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
No. No money for it. I would really love to actually see and talk to people I've only typed to. I hope they put a video of your talk up as I'd like to see what has been done in a year and also what you are doing in the non-English side. I didn't know you are working on Chinese articles. Bgwhite (talk) 21:19, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Comics bibliographies

I noticed that you removed the {{WikiProject Biography}} template that I had added to the bibliography articles for comics creators. In making sure that all the articles in the comics creators work group are properly tagged, I discovered that some of the bibliography articles were already part of the project as List-class. We should be consistent by having them all classified the same, so I don't understand why you would remove the ones that I added, when similar articles such as Dan Abnett bibliography and Neal Adams bibliography are still part of the project. Can you provide a reason as to why they should not be included? Fortdj33 (talk) 16:12, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

Generally, bibliographies do not need WP biography on them. They are not about the person, but they are are a list of books, magazines and works. I used to put the biography banner on the talk pages, but several editors have said not to do this. If you go to almost any bibliography (William Faulkner bibliography, Mark Twain bibliography, C. S. Lewis bibliography, Alan Moore bibliography), WikiProject biography is not included. Bgwhite (talk) 21:07, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
Ooops, forgot to say... add the listas parameter to the first banner, which should be WP bibliography. All the banners after will use the same listas. It doesn't work the other way... if you add listas to the last banner, that is the only banner which will use listas. I forgot to do it on some of the ones I edited yesterday. I'll do it right on the two you listed above. Bgwhite (talk) 21:11, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
Ooops again. Make sure DEFAULTSORT in the article is set. Also have DEFAULTSORT and listas be: Moore, Alan, Bibliography. The commas actually have a big importance. This way the bibliography will be right after the author's article in any categories or lists. Bgwhite (talk) 21:19, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the clarification. There are actually only 17 bibliographies tagged as part of the comics creators work group, 3 of which you have already fixed as described above. I updated the other 14, removing any biography banner, and making sure that the bibliography banner was at the top, with the listas formatted correctly. Fortdj33 (talk) 23:53, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
I just edited an article, List of cartoonists. The biography banner is appropriate as it is a list of living and dead people. I removed the listas from one of the banners and added it to the biography banner. No matter where the biography banner is located (it should be first), all the other banners will use biography's listas. But, there is the case of the 3rd Tuesday after a full moon where listas goes in reverse :) Bgwhite (talk) 23:58, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

Seven years of not eating rats

                        – Edgar, King Lear, Act III, Scene IV


You didn't have to go around eating rodents, but somehow you managed to survive seven years here on Wikipedia. Thanks for your years of service! MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 03:19, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Fixed that code

Try

span.updatedmarker { background-color: transparent; color: #006400; } strong.mw-watched a { font-weight: bold; }

That should work. --Elen of the Roads (talk) 03:39, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Indents

Firstly, thanks for all your compliments on my scripts. I wish I could've figured out why those red links didn't work for you, but I'm glad you like LiveDiffLink (it's my favorite :)

I wanted to comment though on your edits like this one: [1] -- It's generally frowned upon to edit other people's indents this way, because they've usually indented a certain way for a reason. Not every added comment requires an added indent. Indents are intentionally not added when people want to show that they're not replying to the person directly above them. See WP:INDENT for examples. Let me know if you have questions about it. Thanks. Equazcion (talk) 07:52, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Ooops, that was actually a mistake. I meant to remove the indent all together on yours as it had nothing to do with anything above. The one just above you clearly needed another indent as it was a reply. I deal with with mostly new users all day long where indenting is not used or misused. It's a habit to fix the indenting as 99% of the time it is wrong. On a side note, while in the middle of typing this, my dog got down from my lap and went to the door. I went to let her out, she sniffed the air, turned around and peed on the carpet. You want a dog? The cat script that didn't work actually wouldn't work for me anyway. I do alot of copy-paste into AWB. The copy-past included your addition, which isn't part of the article's title, so AWB would bomb. My intention is to try it out in a drop drop menu, so I could run it when I didn't need it for AWB. I was going to add it to cactions.js in my vector.js. Cactions adds a nice drop-down menu at the top where any script can be added. The original has a bug for vector where "svars" wouldn't work. svars is the user customizable menu that is set in monobook.js. So I've modified mine to add scripts that I wanted. Bgwhite (talk) 08:14, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

New Page Triage prototype released

Hey Bgwhite! We've finally finished the NPT prototype and deployed it on enwiki. We'll be holding an office hours session on the 16th at 21:00 in #wikimedia-office to show it off, get feedback and plot future developments - hope to see you there! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 03:32, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

Talk:Riddhi Sen

Attend please: Talk:Riddhi_Sen#Contested_deletion.21 --Tito Dutta ✉ 13:10, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Heads up, replied your post in that page! --Tito Dutta ✉ 19:35, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
Attend talk page please! --Tito Dutta ✉ 18:22, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

Quay Dollaz Afd

Hi! The tag for the Afd had been removed from the above article. I replaced it by a "cut & paste" from an earlier version. If that is not correct procedure, could you correct. Thanks! Stormbay (talk) 22:17, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

That is the correct thing to do. Bgwhite (talk) 22:20, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Iain Johnston

Your PROD was deleted by the article's author - s/he added some extra content but still not enough IMO to make it notable. I have AFD'd it now. Zanoni (talk) 06:27, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

the miniature barnstar

miniature
barnstar

Very nice comments on the DoD talkpage.. if there is sufficient interest I think there is a flaming DoD in the works, which is sorely needed, OH, AND THE THING YOU NEED ! yeah, enough said, that one is cool ! you need it ! I should do that one tomorrow I think, or soon. Penyulap ☏ 21:40, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

can I ask a favour ? the last one or two words here is there an alternate version you could think of that has broader appeal ? Penyulap ☏ 11:37, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Drmies Doughnut of Doom

I have changed the format into a barstar format, as it was mucking up the section below, revert it back to the thumbnail image if you think I mucked it up too much. Cheers, --kelapstick(bainuu) 22:37, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Bgwhite. You have new messages at Sitush's talk page.
Message added 08:31, 16 May 2012 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Sitush (talk) 08:31, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Oops.

I've just tagged Jack Douglass for AfD - for some reason I don't quite understand, I got the impression that the article had already been deleted as a PROD and had been recreated with the PROD tag still there, so I removed the tag and slapped an AfD on it instead. But of course it hadn't been deleted (well, it had, as an A7 several months ago) and your PROD tag was very much current. Apologies for being all confused. I think it's probably best to let the AfD discussion happen now that it's been created, even though it was unnecessary of me to create it in the first place. --bonadea contributions talk 08:50, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Heads up!

Attend talk Riddhi Sen please! --Tito Dutta ✉ 20:21, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Tony Deon Sims

Hello Bgwhite. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Tony Deon Sims, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: The article makes a credible assertion of importance or significance, sufficient to pass A7. Thank you. ϢereSpielChequers 13:15, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

How in the world does an actor who has played "busy boy" and "student" claim any importance when everything else was a hoax? Bgwhite (talk) 17:01, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
"best known for portraying Jason Malvo on Degrassi: The Next Generation" is clearly an assertion of importance. If you think that it is a hoax then please tag it as such. You tagged it as A7 not G3, and whilst it may be an obvious hoax to you, I'd have to look it up. ϢereSpielChequers 18:27, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
You obviously did not take a look at the talk page before declining like you are supposed to. I spelled out how there is no record of a Jason Malvo. 90% of the article wasn't a hoax. I would have gotten yelled at if I tagged it as a G3. Bgwhite (talk) 05:34, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
How about deleting what is obviously factual errors and renominating it? --kelapstick(bainuu) 05:59, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
I'll have to remember that for next time. I have already put it up for AfD with people voting for delete, so I'll just let it run its course. Bgwhite (talk) 06:03, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

AWB error

I noticed that when assessing bio-banners your AWB seems to accidentially "loose" the United States WikiProject banner. Is this a misapplied setting or a AWB bug? Agathoclea (talk) 11:57, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

It wasn't AWB error as I manually did for some reason. Could you tell me the names of the articles. Bgwhite (talk) 05:40, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
Nina Hartley is one that I can quickly find. Agathoclea (talk) 06:13, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
Sorry, I forgot to answer you. Why is WP US needed? Was she connected to the U.S. government or represented the U.S. (Olympic athlete for example). WP United States has as the scope, "...dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to the United States, with an emphasis on subjects with regional and national significance". Hartley doesn't fall into this area. She may fall into WP California as she was born, lives and works in California. She is already a member of 6 WikiProjects (Biography and "Actors and Filmmakers" are separate WikiProjects). She doesn't fall inside WP United States' scope. Bgwhite (talk) 05:00, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

Your edits at D B Kulkarni

You edited, language English field from citations in the D B Kulkarni article. Is the language field to be mentioned only when non-English language sources are used, could you please link relevant policy. Yogesh Khandke (talk) 18:33, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

This is the ENGLISH Wikipedia. All references should be in English and are assumed to by default. Not only is this common sense, it is easy to find. Try looking at the source of the template for instructions on how to use a template, ie Template:Cite#Language. Bgwhite (talk) 21:07, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
Thanks. Yogesh Khandke (talk) 21:53, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

Your edits at Frank Weyzig

Hi, thank you for cleaning up the page. As you probably may have noticed i'm new here at writing pages. Sorry about all the extra external inappropriate links that I used. I will learn eventually. I had another issue on another page I did Born For Bliss and this one has been deleted!? Probably because I did the same thing there and maybe because of a wrongly chosen username. I applied for a username change already. Any suggestions on how to avoid things like this in the future? Thank you for your time. Forbliss (talk) 09:34, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Utah's At-large congressional district

Why was this kept as a Redirect, not a separate article? At this change, you wrote "Keep as a redirect per discussion via WP Utah," but I don't know where that discussion is/was. Can you direct me to it, please? Thanks.—GoldRingChip 01:46, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

I'll ask the same question I asked before. What does a separate page provide that isn't included in the current page?
The current page is a featured list. Current page complies with Wikipedia readability rules which none of the at-large articles currently do. Current page offers all the same information at-large page would. This also complies with merging two pages when one, large page contains the same exact information as the smaller page. We are also talking 16 years, not a long length of time or multiple times an at-large was created for some states. So, why a need for a separate page? Bgwhite (talk) 04:47, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
Can you please direct me to the previous discussion so I can see both sides of the issue?—GoldRingChip 12:59, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
It was on another person's talk page. Three of us in agreement over an objection. Objection was because every other state had it this way, which is not valid. Again, why a need for a separate page that duplicates information? Bgwhite (talk) 21:15, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
I'm not sure which way is better. That's why I'm curious to see what the discussion was before.—GoldRingChip 12:54, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

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AWB issues

Hi, you've made a few AWB edits that i've undone; the {{lifetime}} template does default sort + birth/death years, there's no reason to delete it and replace it with individual templates. Thanks. --KarlB (talk) 22:28, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

DEFAULTSORT is a REQUIRED parameter for all biographies. The lifetime template is semi-depreciated and not to be used (see talk page). Bots will also replace this parameters. Bgwhite (talk) 22:51, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
Oh, I add defaultsort manually. Keep your uncalled for comments about AWB away from the edit summary. Bgwhite (talk) 22:53, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
um ok. I don't think you need to be snippy. Your edit summary says "Add DEFAULTSORT using AWB", so naturally, I assumed AWB did it (and the result was an error - two sort keys). In any case, if you delete lifetime, don't forget to add the year of birth/death categories. Also, I'm not sure if you know this, but DEFAULTSORT is created by lifetime, so if you don't touch lifetime, it will create birth/death/DEFAULTSORT - so I'm not sure why you keep saying it is REQUIRED - lifetime puts it in, so I think it was already there. Finally, I read the talk page - it is not deprecated; there are some voting for it to be deprecated, but there is no clear consensus.--KarlB (talk) 23:11, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
Then try not to be snippy too. I said semi-depreciated as the use is discouraged and bots will replace it. Rich Farmbrough said why. The talk discussions were from 3 years ago. You will not find any of the main documention that say to use lifetime. You will find WP:NAMESORT, Wikipedia:Categorization and Wikipedia:Categorization of people mention to use DEFAULTSORT. Old templates die with new "updated" versions. It is amazing how many people think priority is still used in WikiProject Biography and it was removed from the template in 2009. Infobox will undergo a dramatic "upgrade" in a year or so... Can't "wait" for that. Bgwhite (talk) 23:34, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Wallace Wilson

The article is a hoax, we are just waiting a few more days for WP:PROD to take effect. There has been no response from the author. -- P.T. Aufrette (talk) 23:35, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

I add that information as persondata and defaultsort are required information on articles. Prods are contested and AfDs are votesdto keep, so irregarless of the status, add them anyway. Banners on talk pages alert the editors that the article has been Proded, AfD or other alerts. For WikiProject Canada, this is their list and the banner is how it is done. Bgwhite (talk) 23:49, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
It's pretty clearcut. The Canadian Parliament website has a complete list of all MPs and Senators, past and present, this person simply isn't there. There is no record at other sources, the "Ministry of Provincial Railways" doesn't seem to exist, and worst of all the author has not bothered to respond in the past five days, despite having made a couple of other edits in the meantime (so it's not a case of being offline). I've moved the article to the author's userspace. -- P.T. Aufrette (talk) 23:59, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
A notice was already posted a few days ago (not by me) at Wikipedia talk:Canadian Wikipedians' notice board, so I think the notification process you mentioned has already been undertaken. -- P.T. Aufrette (talk) 00:03, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
It doesn't matter if it is a clear cut case. When I or anyone else comes by, it isn't clear cut because we don't have a crystal ball. But it doesn't matter. I still do my work and other do their work... adding cats for example.
No, it isn't on the page I was talking about because the banner was never added. It is an automatic process when a banner is added. What you mention is a talk page where somebody has to manually bring it to discussion, which is rare. Some people may not have the talk page on their watchlist, but are looking at the other page. Long story short, don't remove valid meta-data. Bgwhite (talk) 03:16, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For your contributions regarding those biographies...great work! →TheSpecialUserTalkContributions* 08:02, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

No permission yet, alas

Hi. :)

There's no sign of permission, for the Israeli artist articles that we were talking about earlier. I've removed the content for now (making sure that there's enough that there won't be any hyperzealous A7 tags!) and am bringing the list to you in hopes that you can, as you suggested, help with rewrites.

These are the articles identified:

I had planned to relist them, but honestly this seems better given the tremendous backlog at WP:CP. They could wind up being blanked for a very long time! At least this way, there's an article to be read. You can work on them at your leisure, if you're still willing and able to help.

Thanks! --Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:18, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

No problem. I'll help the Museum people to re-write them. I'll alert Drkup and Allison about it also. They have a new intern, so hopefully the same problem won't happen. I have a feeling that saying Oi Vey would be in order. Bgwhite (talk) 17:48, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
Drkup and Allison seem to have made it through with the permission this time. :) The articles in this list are all restored. Since the permission was liberal (for the descriptions of the artist list), this opens up the possibility of future material being added from the list. To avoid this problem coming up again, I have created a simple template that can be used to acknowledge the authorization for future content at Wikipedia:GLAM/IMJ OTRS. Besides verifying permission (to prevent copied material being discovered and removed at some later point), it'll help ensure that reusers do not violate the rights of the museum, since they released the material under CC-By-SA only. Is there somewhere within those project pages to note the existence of the template, can you help put it there? It will work for future additions or retroactively for preexisting content. :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 11:54, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
Thank you both for your help. I see the texts have been restored and the template updated with the permissions. Drkup(IMJ) (talk) 18:32, 22 May 2012 (UTC)


New Page Triage/New Pages Feed

Hey all :). A notification that the prototype for the New Pages Feed is now live on enwiki! We had to briefly take it down after an unfortunate bug started showing up, but it's now live and we will continue developing it on-site.

The page can be found at Special:NewPagesFeed. Please, please, please test it and tell us what you think! Note that as a prototype it will inevitably have bugs - if you find one not already mentioned at the talkpage, bring it up and I'm happy to carry it through to the devs. The same is true of any additions you can think of to the software, or any questions you might have - let me know and I'll respond.

Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 13:16, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

Talk back

Hello, Bgwhite. You have new messages at Pine's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Pine(talk) 07:15, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

Talk back

Hello, Bgwhite. You have new messages at Pine's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Pine(talk) 18:45, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

suicide methods

I have proposed this Talk:Suicide_methods#Suicide_prevention.2Fhelpline_template.2Fmessage.2Fnotice.21, which needs a consensus. I think, when 150000 visitors are reading this article per month, I feel a good number (20%–30%?..guess) are reading that/those articles to learn how to commit suicide.
I am not sure if they will add it, but can you tell me where shall I start the proposal–village pump idea? --Tito Dutta ✉ 00:29, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Wimpy Canadians

You want to know how wimpy this Canadian is getting? It was probably 10 °C (50 °F) this morning, and I was actually cold, I had to break down and put on a (light) jacket. The horrors of Australian winters, you have no idea, we actually had to close the pool this week, if I want to go swimming I will have to brave the beach now! --kelapstick(bainuu) 09:05, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Leonardo Omar Onida page

Hi Bgwhite, why you deleted related items in Leonardo Omar Onida page? He is the founder and artistic director of Ottobre in Poesia festival so i thought was very useful to put the link in Leonardo page; and also the picture that was under related items title, why have you deleted it (maybe) from my upload in commons too? --Stefiro (talk) 09:08, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

I didn't remove the "Ottobre in Poesia" links is in the article. There is a wikilink and also link in the External links section. Having it in the external links and a related items section is redundant. I didn't delete the photo from commons... I don't have the authority, plus I see no reason for its deletion. I removed it from the article as it ended up being the only thing in the "related items" section. With the infobox taking up 2/3 of the page, adding the photo made the page look cluttered. You can add the photo back if you feel the need, but leave out the redundant "Ottobre in Poesia" link. Bgwhite (talk) 06:22, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
Ok, i agree with you and I dont' know why there isn't the photo on my upload in commons... mystery! I will check later.

For the section external link there is the link of the official page of Ottobre in Poesia, and it is ok as you wrote me, but in the section related items was the link to the wikipedia of October in poetry. For this reason I left the two links in two different sections, because one was the official website of Ottobre in Poesia so external link to wikipedia, and the other link the connecting to the wikipedia page of October in poetry. You had not noticed? You think it's best to leave the page as it? Thank you so much --Stefiro (talk) 20:35, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Help with References

Hello! I'm new here. I need to know if the edits I made to the article Jessicka here --> [2] are resources from independent authors and third-party publications? Are Art Slant,[3] Juxtapoz,[4] Supahcute,[5] Coagula Art Journal, [6] & Hi- Fructose [7] all reputable 3rd party Art (information) sources? If so can my edits be left on the article Jessicka?

I am getting a bit of static from another editor and I need a neutral 3rd party. I don't know any other way to go about this as I'm in the process of ready all of the wikipedia rules and guidelines. Thank you, Lifespan9 (talk) 20:16, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

A couple of caveats. I see you are having an "issue" with another editor. I have no idea what is going on, so I'd like to stay out of that. Second, I'm not an art expert. The sites hifructose, coagula and supahcute are definitely not reliable sites. They appear to be blog sites that have no editorial control. From what I can see, artslant and juxtapoz are reliable sites as both are magazines that have been around for awhile. Bgwhite (talk) 00:01, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

Sophie Sumner

I noticed the article had been converted to a redirect, though not done by me I support it as an alternative to a AfD, would you object to me reverting it back to a redirect ? Mtking (edits) 03:33, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

I have no problem with a redirect. What the sockpuppets will do is another story. Bgwhite (talk) 04:02, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

Looking for Help

Hi Bgwhite, a warm welcome for helping me out. I respect ur commitment towards Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. I’m thankful for reminding me the very basics of writing article on Wikipedia that external websites may be usd as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. I admired ur suggestion that the part is crucial and should be written in my own words. This was my first article and I could not stand by the policies and guidelines strictly. As a result, the article was deleted. I studied hard in collecting references and other evidences for the article entitled “Dinesh Kumar Mani”.

I need ur help in reinstatement of the article maintaining decorum of Wikipedia. Maharathi (talk) 06:47, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

I responded on your talk page as you also requested admin help. I didn't want an admin responding after I had left a reply. Bgwhite (talk) 07:54, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Dear Bgwhite

I'd like you to review the article at User:Maharathi/sandbox and invite your valuable suggestions and feedback to improve the article. Maharathi (talk) 01:43, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

Gergely Bobál

I have removed the {{prod}} tag from Gergely Bobál, which you proposed for deletion. I'm leaving this message here to notify you about it. If you still think the article should be deleted, please don't add the {{prod}} template back to the article. Instead, feel free to list it at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. Thanks! KTC (talk) 02:35, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

Punctuation

Hi. Just saw this AWB edit that you made and noticed that you moved the reference outside the parentheses. Per WP:REFPUNC, it is actually appropriate to have reference inside that type of punctuation. Just curious whether moving the ref was something you did manually, or whether it is inbuilt in AWB (in which case I will take this up with AWB's developers)? Cheers, Jenks24 (talk) 01:12, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

It is manual. Actually per WP:REFPUNC, Chicago Manual of Style and Butcher's... All references follow all punctuation except for two cases. One exception is that references can be after a dash, example is born 1999[10] - died 2009[11]. Second exception is for parentheses. References should be after parentheses except for one situation. In the case where two references are used to source separate things inside the parentheses, the references go inside the parentheses. For example: (born 1999[10] - died 2009[11]) or the example used in REFPUNC, (Korean: 김정은;[10] Hanja: 金正恩[11]). There has been a running battle in talk pages on what to do when the reference pertains to only one piece of info inside the parentheses. One group aheirs to Chicago. Another group follows other Style guidelines and adds the ref to the specific info.
So... If the reference applies to both dates, the ref goes outside the parenthesis. If the references applies just to a birth or death date, placing the ref inside or outside is acceptable on Wikipedia. 90% of the time I see it, the ref applies to both dates. Bgwhite (talk) 02:52, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
Sorry it's taken me a while to get back to you. Anyway, while I cannot speak to CMoS and Butcher's, I don't think you are correct in regards to WP:REFPUNC. It says "where a reference or other footnote applies only to material within a parenthetical phrase", so even if the ref is for both the dob and dod (which was not the case for Fred Fanning), it should still be inside the parens. I would kindly request you stop making these changes unless (a) you check the ref to make sure it is referencing more than just the info in parens, or (b) you get the MoS changed. Best, Jenks24 (talk) 07:45, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
NEVER NEVER NEVER tell me to do something that is not in MOS or has even been agreed upon. Try reading the darn thing and stop telling me what to do. Never just half quote... "where a reference or other footnote applies only to material within a parenthetical phrase"... try reading the rest of the quote, "placing the tag within the closing parenthesis may be appropriate." It MAY be appropriate, but not always, which was what I was first saying. Default is outside except for MAY be appropriate.
I will continue putting refs outside parentheses when only one date is inside. I will continue to put refs outside the parentheses when the ref applies to everything inside.... That is MOS. That is Chicago. That is Butcher. I quote, "Relative to other punctuation, the [note] number follows any punctuation mark except for the dash, which it precedes Though a note number normally follows a closing parenthesis, it may on rare occasion be more appropriate to place the number inside the closing parenthesis". Guess what, it says after the parenthesis except on rare occasion.... just like your half quote. There is no settled MOS guideline on what to do for that rare occasion if the ref applies to part info in the parenthesis. Just great, a newly minted admin going around telling what people to do, use half quotes, failing to read the entire MOS page and not looking up past talk pages message. Bgwhite (talk) 08:03, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
Woah, OK, clearly I missed the "may" in the MoS page. But I think you might be overreacting here, I never told you to do anything – it was a request – and I don't see what me going through RfA at the moment has to do with anything (as for "newly minted", you can still oppose if you wish). I've seen this issue brought up fairly often at FAC and I admit that I just assumed the people quoting it there knew what they were talking about and, as such, I only skimmed the MoS for the quote I thought I wanted. I apologise and would like to thank you for correcting my faulty assumption. Lastly, you might want to think about the tone you use in conversations; yes, I made a mistake and you were in the right, but people are fallible and yelling at them in all caps for making a mistake is rarely, if ever, a productive way to interact. Ultimately, of course, the decision is yours – just something to consider. Sincerely, Jenks24 (talk) 08:56, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
You failed to read the article. You failed to read the talk messages. You only 1/2 quoted. Looks like you skimmed what I was writing. You told me to stop making certain edits. That is five failures. Looks like you could have cared less what was written elsewhere about this subject and had blinders on... looked like you couldn't have cared less what I or others had already written. This is a total and complete failure on your part and was pissed about it. You are an admin now and you completely messed up handling this situation, that is what I was getting at by being "newly minted". The greatest virtue of anybody is apologizing after making a mistake. Thank you for the apology. I've seen your work and you will make a great admin. Bgwhite (talk) 09:11, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
Again, I would like to stress that I didn't tell you to do anything. I also did not skim your reply, I read it in full, but concluded (incorrectly in hindsight) that you were incorrect. I'm not sure what you mean by "failed to read the talk messages", but I agree with the other two – I should have read more thoroughly and quoted in full. I appreciate that you still have faith in me after this. Best, Jenks24 (talk) 09:22, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

RE:-Proposed deletion of Aanchal Kumar

She is a super model. If u delete her on the grounds of her not being famous and stuff well then what has carol garcais done to deserve a page.Anupama verma has been copied completely from just a single blog yet she gets a page? I think we should keep the page and sooner or later more people will pitch in and in no time we will have a full fledged page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Boseritwik (talk • contribs) 07:30, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

All article should meet the notability requirements when the page is created. It cannot be given "time to grow". It doesn't matter what other articles have been created. Each article must stand on its own. If you have problems with other articles, then nominate them for deletion. Bgwhite (talk) 07:39, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

Can you please help with one rewrite

Raffi Lavie had a nice text from the Biennale announcement. It was erased. Can you help rewrite it so it can stay. It was: He was a key figure in the “Want of Matter” style that developed in the 1970s, so called due to its adherence to inexpensive, ascetic materials such as plywood, and the use of collage; a style associated with urban, secular, local values untainted by the narratives of ideology.[1]

The synthesis of scribbled line and collage is unique to Lavie's work. It has been compared to the work of American artist Cy Twombly.

Observing Lavie’s works, two qualities stand out: the child-like painting, and the obsessive erasure of images via scribbling, carving, and generous color strokes. These practices are connected to his perception of the periphery’s double role as an actual place and as a spiritual dimension. The acts of erasing and starting anew are closely related to Lavie’s cultural heritage as an Israeli and a Jew. Working from within a scopophobic tradition, far-removed from any center, he created an idiosyncratic language, specific to the place, its needs, and desires.[2] Thanks Drkup(IMJ) (talk)

Yea, I see where it was removed for copyright reasons. I'll rewrite the sections and also see if there is some other sources available. It shouldn't be a problem to fix. I'll get it done latter this evening your time... I'm finally caught up with my Wikipedia backlog. Besides my daily work, I actually have time to do things again. Bgwhite (talk) 06:20, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
Well, I wrote up a new paragraph with new references. It adds in some new material. Not sure if it is ok or not. Any comments? Bgwhite (talk) 06:06, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, we'll make an Israeli art critic of you yet!Drkup(IMJ) (talk) 19:59, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

Ethiopian names

Hi Bgwhite - regarding this edit - are we going back to sorting Ethiopians via the patronymic, or should I continue to sort on the first personal name? SFB 12:26, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

You didn't set DEFAULTSORT in the article, so that started me digging... That was actually shocking because you made a mistake. You don't make any mistakes on the gazillion articles you create. Oh, I wish that was true of other editors. I really wish I could understand Brazilian and Ethiopian nuances better. For non-Arabic Ethiopian names, the default is patronymic, but it is not always the case. If I can't figure out what to use, I fall back on default as I have no evidence to do otherwise.
What piqued my interest in this case is you added alternate names in persondata and the refs also used the alternate name. The IAAF ref treats Regassa as a surname and sorts on it. This isn't unusual as I've seen them make mistakes not only on Ethiopian, but Asian names. Ethiosports ref also used Regassa as a surname. I'm not familiar with this source (it looks unreliable). Lastly, all the refs were dropping Mootumaa. Why? Add up everything and it appeared not to be patronymic.
I've been looking around at other sources to figure this out. Some sources do and don't drop Mootumaa. I've found a few that do treat it patronymic.
FYI... Both Google and my DNS provider both say bahrainathletics.org is infested. Bahrain at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics uses Dalhan Nezar as Dejenee's name as it comes from the refs. Some refs use Dejene and not Dejenee.
Arrgh, I guess I there is not a clear cut way to treat his name, little alone spell it, so I go back to default. Bgwhite (talk) 23:32, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

Dr. Joe Vitale.jpg and other pics

Hello Bgwhite, I have permission to upload File:Dr. Joe Vitale.jpg, Bert Martinez on Fox News.jpg, Money For Lunch.jpg and Bert Martinez on Money for Lunch Set.jpg. Furthermore and email was sent to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org. What should I do next upload different files or wait?

(Amyxcell (talk) 17:59, 28 May 2012 (UTC)) 5/28/12

As long as there is no evidence on the page that OTRS says it is ok, then it is a copyright violation. You just cannot use copyrighted material found on other websites without written permission. I do not belong to OTRS. Until OTRS grants permission, the photos come down. Bgwhite (talk) 23:03, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

Proposed Deletion of Everyone's Goin Thru Somethin

Article was completely change with all new content - thanks

(Amyxcell (talk) 21:07, 28 May 2012 (UTC))

Huh??? I never did a Prod on whatever that is. Bgwhite (talk) 22:57, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

Proposed Conflict of Interest COI in Pricing Partners

Hi Bgwhite, I am sorry to bother you, but I saw that you put back the COI tag on the page Pricing Partners and I do think this is appropriate. I have removed it but maybe this was too strong. Can we talk to see how to progress on this issue. I am not affiliated to Pricing Partners, I am not working there, I am not either a shareholder of this company. It turns out that I follow this company because I am enthusiastic about it, but I honnestly do not think this is a conflict of interest. I have put trusty source for this page. So can you help me on this subject? I thought by creating a talk page on Pricing Partners, this would help. I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks, --Paul.cabot (talk) 02:59, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

I answered at Talk:Pricing Partners SAS. Bgwhite (talk) 05:24, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
Bgwhite (talk) 05:22, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

Hi BgWhite, thanks for the explanation but do you agree that the references given are reliable and confirmed what is said written in this page? Everything is real and not changed from reality. So do you agree the page is ok or if it is not the case, can you tell me what to do to improve it? Many thanks --Paul.cabot (talk) 07:13, 29 May 2012 (UTC)


Designer's Barnstar

The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
For such a great talk page layout, I just had to emulate it Dkriegls (talk to me!) 06:08, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

FYI

I have no issue with the redirect on Sophie Sumner, however according to WP:BLPPROD (and the template {{Prod blp/dated}}) the requirement is that the source is a reliable one. Mtking (edits) 06:25, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

Actually no. This was the case until last September or so. They keep changing it, so who knows what is up with it at any moment.
For putting a BLPPROD, "To place a BLPPROD tag, the process requires that the article contain no sources in any form (as references, external links, etc.), which support any statements made about the person in the biography. Please note that this is a different criterion than is used for sources added after the placement of the tag."
To remove the tag, a reliable source is needed. Bgwhite (talk) 06:29, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
Oh, some more models, er, "contestants" were created today. Oh joy. Bgwhite (talk) 06:30, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
  • To quote directly:
"To be canceled, this process requires the presence of at least one reliable source that supports at least one statement made about the person in the biography. Do not remove the {{prod blp}} until the biography has at least one such source."
However, point two of the same policy says:
"2. however, in borderline cases, such as where a source of arguable but questionable reliability has been added, the biography should be listed instead at Articles for Deletion."
In short, if there is a source in the article but its reliability is being questioned, unless there is clear consensus that the source is not reliable, an AfD is preferable to a BLPPROD. Salvidrim! 06:47, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
Huh? The original problem was that a BLPprod was put up when a source was in the article. It was not about removing the BLPprod. The source was IMDb. IMDb is an unreliable references, however it cannot be BPLproded with an IMDb source. The template:BLP IMDb refimprove should be added instead. Bgwhite (talk) 06:58, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
Theoretically I believe there is consensus that IMDb is not a reliable source; as such, a BLPPROD would be a perfectly valid option. But I may be wrong if consensus has recently changed on IMDb's status. Salvidrim! 07:01, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
Yes, there is consensus that IMDb is unreliable, which is why I said it was unreliable. However, you cannot add a BLPprod if there is an unreliable reference, there has to be no references. You cannot remove a BLPprod by adding an IMDb reference, because it is unreliable (which I think is a little contradictory and a great loophole that editors exploit). I think there is some miscommunication... You can't add a BLPprod if there is an unreliable ref. You can't remove a BLPprod if an unreliable ref was added. Bgwhite (talk) 07:16, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
Hm, reading into it a bit more, you're completely right. I had misread the distinction between the sourcing criterion for tagging and untagging respectively. Entirely my mistake, sorry for the bother, and thanks for the explanation! Every day is another learning experience. :) Salvidrim! 07:22, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
No problem. It is a very common misinterpretation. It also didn't help that it kept changing back and forth from "no ref" to "reliable ref" for several months this past summer. I personally think there has to be a reliable ref, else tag it with a BLPprod. The problem with Wikipedia is that you finally think you have a handle on the rules, the rules change on you. Bgwhite (talk) 07:32, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

Inusa Dawuda

Hi; I am the writer for the Inusa Dawuda article and I am a bit confused as to why primary sources are not considered as valid as sources from third party sources. As a librarian, primary sources are considered more credible than third party sources. The information that this article lists is the artist's official biographical information written by publicists for his web presence via websites and other artist biographical web resources. This information is not from my mind or head, but from the artist's official information which I formatted for the wikipedia article. Please consider removing the neutrality and references warnings from the page. I can work with the artist on locating more references and resources to verify statements throughout the piece. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Diviness (talk • contribs) 01:19, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

WP:SOURCES says it better than I could. Essentially, Dawuda could put anything on his website and there is no way to corroborate the information. Unfortunately, I've seen it way too many times where the primary source is waaaay off when talking about themselves. A great example is Yahoo's CEO just stepped down because he lied about his college degree. In theory, a 3rd party sources, such as a newspaper, has checked the facts. Bgwhite (talk) 06:15, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
Okay; fair enough. So could you please tell me what we (Mr. Dawuda and I) need to do to get the warning messages off of his page? He is a bona fide musician; all the information is fair and true. I will add references to online magazine articles that confirm various statements in the article. Is there anything else we need to do. Please tell us and we will do it. Thank you. Diviness (talk) 03:00, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
One of the first lines in the sources link I gave is, "Verifiability, and not truth, is one of the fundamental requirements for inclusion in Wikipedia." So, unfortunately, everything maybe true, but it has to be verifiable. I don't doubt he is a musician and he should have a Wikipedia page per the requirements. I removed two of the tags at the top of the page. You removed some of the puffy words (smooth, beautiful, etc.) and you added two good refs (sort of, see further along). I still left the BLP tag, as some sources still could be added because I removed the unreliable ones. I removed the Champion Records ref, not because it is bad, but the information was on the front page and will eventually disappear. Could you add the permanent link for the Champion Records ref. It is a good article with a notable subject. Bgwhite (talk) 05:23, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
I removed some blogs refs and interviews. General blogs, especially anything blogspot, should be avoided. Interviews are the same as a personal website references, can't be used to talk about 3rd parties, how well a record did, etc. Otherwise, it is a real good article. I removed the BLP reference tag as there is enough refs. I hope you write more articles. Bgwhite (talk) 03:02, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

Okay, great. Will do. I will add the permalink for the Champion Records reference asap. I will continue to add sources to replace the unreliable ones. I will also continue to edit the content to tighten it. Thank you in advance; your help and support is much appreciated. Diviness (talk) 13:43, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

Hi; I just want to let you know that I've tightened up the content more on this article, and I've added more references for a total of 12. Would you be able to check the article to make sure it is okay? I would really appreciate it. I've been working hard to get those last 2 flags off the article. Thank you. Diviness (talk) 11:02, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

Hi; I'm writing to ask if you could remove the last 2 flags on the biographical article for Inusa Dawuda. I have sourced the article with 12 credible (I believe) references. Thank you. Diviness (talk) 04:05, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING; THANK YOU SO MUCH. Diviness (talk) 01:49, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

  1. ^ Raffi Lavie at 53rd Venice Biennale, 2009
  2. ^ Raffi Lavie at 53rd Venice Biennale, 2009
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