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Point taken.
You're right. There's never an excuse to make a personal attack against an individual editor. So let me ask you a question your record of communication demonstrates you'll appreciate: Why can't the Australians teach their sons not to be dicks? Much love, Dan.—DCGeist (talk) 16:41, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
- This is now the second time this editor has referred to me personally as a "dick", and this particular instance was in the guise of an apology of sorts. Given that my initial edit summary was a vague attempt at humour, his responses seem out of proportion to say the least. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 23:11, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
- Fair enough. We Yanks iz (a) senzative abowt ower kimmand of Inglish and (b) too preocuppied with more important matters to appreciate any but the most unambiguous stabs at levity. I apologize for overreacting.—DCGeist (talk) 23:34, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
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Yes, you were within your rights, but you made no attempts to support your view or seek consensus and you simply started what could have easily degenerated into an edit war. And I believe that source you removed to be completely viable because what is being referenced is not in the content taken from wikipedia. Not a big deal though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by PEiP (talk • contribs) 02:40, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
- And herein lies the problem. If the only thing in the source I removed that wasn't cited to Wikipedia is taken as evidence, we have perhaps the flimsiest source I've seen in several years. That particular thing is the title of the page, which is something like "Prog-Archives", so all that demonstrates is that someone, somewhere along the line, believes that the band is a progressive rock act. To demonstrate the fallacy of using this as proof of anything bar an opinion, consider the bands listed on Metal-Archives - not all of the entries are for bands which have performed in the heavy metal genre for their entire careers (indeed some of them are for bands which have never performed in the heavy metal genre), and not all bands which have performed heavy metal at any given point are included. Thus, inclusion in that site simply demonstrates that someone thought they should be included there, and given what I found on the Prog-Archives (or whatever it was called) site, I strongly suspect they operate on the same basis.
- Indeed, I'm being charitable by not removing more of those citations. All that they demonstrate is people referring to the band very briefly as a prog act, which again only demonstrates that certain people believe it to be true. Mercifully, there was no attempt to re-insert the claim that the band plays "experimental" music, but even the idea that it plays "progressive" music is shaky. If we take bands such as Tull, ELP, Floyd, Yes and even Rush as being unquestionably prog acts and then we listen to 3's discography (as I forced myself to recently), we see precisely no similarities. One or two songs are comparatively long, but that doesn't make prog-rock by itself. What we see is moderately skilled alternative rock music with a pop sensibility. Yes, that's my opinion only, but until there's a source out there that can demonstrate where these similarities are, I'll stick to it thanks. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 03:45, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
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Nami
I did not add any thing improper to Kazutsugi Nami page or any other page. You must be mistaken about username etc....Jon Ascton (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 01:10, 7 February 2009 (UTC).
Who are you really ?
BTW Are you Nami's lawyer ? Jon Ascton (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 01:36, 7 February 2009 (UTC).
- Just a couple of examples of where you added unreferenced controversial material:
- here and here. There's also this edit, which is a bit more extreme. Each one of those edits made by you - or at least made by a person logged in as you - had the effect of adding unreferenced and controversial material to the article. Nami may ultimately be found guilty, but until that's the case, we can't say that he is. Consult the relevant policy guide for more information on this point, or ask me if you're unclear.
- I'm not "Nami's lawyer". I'm an editor on this website, and as a result I'm responsible at least in part for making sure that policies and guidelines are upheld. Moreover, I'm an admin here, too, which gives me added responsibilities in that and other areas. In other words, I've been around here long enough to know how the site and its policies work, and I'm happy to help you out if you're having difficulty as well. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 08:50, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
- You also may want to be careful about edits such as this and edit summaries such as this in future, too. The idea behind Wikipedia is to try to edit calmly and avoid calling people names. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 09:36, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
You are very much mistaken
I did not add any controversial info to ANY page Jon Ascton (talk) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jon Ascton (talk • contribs) 12:08, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
Let's make it clear
I only added " which he used to fool tens of thousands of people, defrauding away more than US$ 1.4 billion. " because it is there on almost all papers...please read it.
I never added "and attempting to take over the world" phrase, it was already there. I might have retained it while editing but under no circumstance did I put it there...
Nevertheless, I think you are right.
As about the other edits I made recently there was nothing scandlous about them. I REVERTED the name of images on SIKH page because someone had mistakingingly changed them, not knowing the difference between general text in page and image names ( please read it again )
Jon Ascton (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 12:17, 7 February 2009 (UTC).
- Close, but not quite. The links I've added (which we call "diffs") show - in red - precisely the changes that you made to the Nami article. So, in the first one, you've removed the term "allegedly" and argued in your edit summary that "that is beyond dispute". It is not "beyond dispute" at all. At present, Nami has only been accused of fooling these people. Yes, the evidence looks rather damning, but a court has not yet said "Nami fooled these people", so neither can we.
- In the second diff, you've added the claim that he "defrauded away" an amount of money. Again, a court has not said "Nami defrauded people of this amount of money", so neither can we. Until a court says that, it's not proven. The law and our policies are quite clear on the matter - until something is proven legally (rather than in the court of public opinion), it's an allegation and not a fact. Furthermore, when it is proven legally, we still need a reliable source to say that it was proven legally. In the same way as I can't go around claiming that you've done something nasty and illegal, neither can we write it about Nami or about any other living person.
- The third diff demonstrates the need to be careful when editing the articles relating to living people involved in controversial activities. The claim that Nami was trying to take over the world was not in the version you edited and was in the version you saved after you finished. There is also another diff in which your edit summary claims that you're removing a personal attack, but you end up inserting another one, so again be careful.
- The two other diffs I've pointed you to are different issues. Calling any other user "particularly dumb" as you did in the first of them is a personal attack, which is something editors are specifically cautioned to avoid. In the second one, the substance of your edit was very good indeed, but you referred to the previous editor as a "dumbhead", which is again a personal attack. Yes, the behaviour of other editors can be frustrating at times, but calling them names isn't a good idea.
- Hopefully this explains the position a bit more than it did before. Always remember that we have to be very careful when talking about living people - particularly those accused of crimes - and always remember to avoid personal attacks directed at other editors. That way, everyone will work happily together. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 13:21, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
Reply
First of all let me apologize for being rude.
I am guilty of removing the word "allegedly"...Guess I was wrong. I apologize again.
But for the rest me explain...
When I saw this article for the first time it read :
Kazutsugi Nami (波和二, Nami Kazutsugi?) (b. 19 May 1933) is a Japanese businessman. He was arrested on February 4, 2009 on suspicion of orchestrating a massive investor fraud and attempting to take over the world.[1] He has invented the Enten currency which he plans to use when freed to wipe out the Japanese yen. Nami believes he is innocent. He's a sly little man
Also, kindly note the word "sly man" at end which I removed. Moreover the article had a "tag" telling that it had something to do with spaceflight, I , understandably, removed that, too. This was what I meant I said in the edit summary. Jon Ascton (talk) 14:17, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
New Edits at Nami Article
Have made new edit at Kazutsugi Nami Article...have a look...and let me know if it is ok with you ? Jon Ascton (talk) 18:25, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
- Looking good to me. I know it can be annoying not to be able to add things which seem self-evident into articles, but it's ultimately for the best. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 20:50, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
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List of patter songs
Please do not keep reverting this article. What you are expressing is your point of view, and not an established fact. I read you comments on the talk page with interest but am not convinced by them. If you have a reference to support your claim then please provide it on the article's talk page. Blind reverting is not acceptable here and we work by consensus. The consensus is that it is a patter song. Thanks. Jack1956 (talk) 10:49, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
- No, what I wrote on the talk page is evidence. If there are criteria to make something a patter song, and this given song doesn't meet them, it's not a patter song. That's the way these things work. If you want it to be a patter song, you have two options. The first is to broaden the definition of the term so that it lets this (and presumably others) in, and the second is to demonstrate that it actually meets the definition as laid out already. Calling it "blind reverting" is false, since there is a clearly-articulated rationale behind it. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 21:19, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
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Western Civ
Hello, I had gotten an e-mail from one of Western Civ's fans asking why they don't have a wikipedia page. I remembered that there had been one at one point in time so I traced it back to you. I am not an active wiki user, so I do hope you forgive my lack of knowledge on how this works. I have read the reason for deletion and I have also read all of the criteria that must be met by a band to be considered notable. If I read the deletion log correctly I see that the reason for deletion was listed as "expired prod - borderline db-band" That said, I am including (as references) in this message links to their three published albums, a list of press garnered and links to some of their fan pages online. If you google the words "Western Civ" the band is the second and third return on google. I do believe that these elements are all examples of "Notability" [1] as Wikipedia defines it for music. Since the page "Western Civ" [2] is simply being used to redirect people to the "Western Culture" article at the moment, I do hope you will reestablish this page to it's original form, as a wiki for the band "Western Civ"
References: Link to Western Civ's published works: [www.cdbaby.com/all/westernciv ] Link to Western Civ's media press kit which includes 10 (of over 100) published reviews and articles about "Western Civ" as well as a partial list of FM stations that are playing Western Civ's music: www.sonicbids.com/westernciv
Links to Western Civ's websites: www.myspace.com/westernciv www.twitter.com/westernciv www.westerncivrock.com
Please let me know where to go from here. I'll be looking forward to speaking with you further.
Thank You, Lessaun (talk) 18:16, 26 October 2009 (UTC) manager, Western Civ <nowiki>Insert non-formatted text here<nowiki>Insert non-formatted text here</nowiki></nowiki>
- I'm hardly the most active user here these days either, but since you asked for a response it's the least I can do. Firstly, I'd point out that notability can and does evolve over time. A band may well not have been notable at the time the article was first added, but they may have become notable since then. If that's the case, there's no obstacle to an article being re-created.
- That said, we need to look at the criteria carefully. The golden rule, as you've probably seen, is that the band needs to have been mentioned in independent, verifiable sources. MySpace and Twitter pages, along with the band's main page, are not going to count here. Fan pages are a bit of a challenge too, since they're not the most independent of things. However, we're talking about some reviews and things as well, so we may still be in business.
- A quick skim of the reviews you've linked to suggests that they may qualify. Not being American myself, I can't speak for the scale of the newspapers etc mentioned, so we may still be in trouble if they're small local jobs.
- I'm not seeing any evidence of anything charting nationally or any massive tours, so we can ignore those parts of the criteria. The same goes for notable members.
- The fact that a number of radio stations play their music may also count. Again, I'll have to defer to someone who knows more on this topic than I do where the scale of these radio stations is concerned. I know that if I were to go for a drive here in Australia, I'd be able to choose from bigtime radio stations right the way through to local ones with not much range, so I'm hoping some of those listed are bigtime stations.
- Label-wise, we can probably agree they're not on a notable one.
- So, as for where we go from here, I'd say there are two options. The first is to re-create the article using the independent sources you have and hope for the best. The second is to wait longer and see what happens, particularly if the band continues along its merry way and becomes more notable. Frankly, I would be inclined to take the second option here, generally because you're the manager of the band and therefore have a bit of a vested interest in the article. I'm not saying you're lying or anything, of course, more just that it's better not to be connected in this way here.
- I'd also point out that the lack of a Wikipedia page is far from a terminal disease. Several of my favourite bands don't have pages, since they haven't yet cracked the bigtime (or the "bigenoughtime", if I can put it that way). By the looks of things, if Western Civ aren't there yet, they will be one day. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 22:57, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for responding. However, I am at a bit of a loss here still. The level of their notability is not really what I had questions about. There are many bands on wikipedia who have much less notability than Western Civ. The main thing I need is to know if you are personally capable of reinstating the Western Civ page that you deleted? I mentioned their notability to illustrate that they do indeed meet the requirements. I believe that you may have been mistaken in your assessment of the band's level of exposure, so to clarify I will give direct examples.
Only about 1.5% of Western Civ's fans are based in Australia so I would not expect you to know of the band personally, but they are doing well in the US. They have charted on the CMJ radio 200 charts (which is the #1 charting company in the US for the type of music Western Civ plays) and their last album stayed on the radio charts for over 6 weeks in the US. Just to list some of the nationwide major media outlets that have written about Western Civ we would need to include reviews from some of the largest newspapers in the USA including The Chicago Tribune (4 out of 5 stars), The Orlando Sentinel (4 out of 5 stars), The Baltimore Sun (4 out of 5 stars), The Sun Sentinel in Miami (4 out of 5 stars) as well as Magnet Magazine, Performer Magazine, Crawdaddy Magazine, Harp Magazine, CMJ Music News and others. Their most recent release "Shower The People You Love With Gold" was produced by Mitch Easter (Former Let's Active frontman and producer for REM, Pavement, Dinosaur Jr. and more.) Their tour history includes playing well known venues in New York City, Raleigh (NC), Chicago (IL), Austin (TX), St.Louis (MO), Muscle Shoals (AL), Cincinnati (OH), Ann Arbor (MI), Athens (GA) and so on... The radio play they have been getting in the US includes over 80+ FM stations all across the US and several outside of the US. Those 80+ FM stations consists of a variety of large, small and college radio stations.
The wiki page that had been posted under "Western Civ" originally was not created by me, so there is no conflict of interest in my request for it to be reinstated. Just out of curiosity, why did you need the wiki title Western Civ? It is still only being used as a redirect to the page "Western Culture." It would be much appreciated if you were to undelete the page. If you are not authorized to undelete it, please direct me to whom I need to speak with next. Like I mentioned before, I've never spent time on wikipedia as a contributor or even as a logged in user, so I am not certain of the intricacies involved in undeleting a page. But unless I am mistaken, the person who deleted the page is the person who can undo it. Am I correct? Thanks again for getting back to me.
Talk Soon, -Lessaun —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lessaun (talk • contribs) 20:28, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
- The argument that "there are bands here with less notability than X" doesn't really hold water. An article subject stands or falls on its own notability, rather than that of similar subjects. If there are less notable bands with articles, you're welcome to list them for deletion.
- As for reinstating a page that's been deleted, the short answer is that yes, I (and any other administrator, for that matter) can definitely do that. The long answer, however, is that the original page would have been deleted because it didn't demonstrate notability at the time and in the way it was written. Reinstating that page will simply risk the same fate befalling it again. Far better, surely, to create the page afresh and provide it with better legs to stand on. Ultimately, you're going to be better off speaking with another administrator to get it recreated if you want to take that path, since I don't really play an active role here anymore.
- As far as the notability itself is concerned, I hasten to point out that what I gave you before was a very quick assessment of where I felt the band stood in relation to the criteria. You of course feel differently, and it may well be that someone in a better position to judge would agree with you. If that's the case, the ultimate test is to write the article and see what happens.
- To your claim that there is no conflict of interest, I still feel that there is one. The original page was written by someone else, but that page was deleted. You - who obviously are very close to the subject - are asking about getting it re-created (either in the same form that it was deleted in, or entirely afresh). That's a conflict of interest.
- The deletion, moreover, was not due to a "need" (on my part or anyone else's) for the page title. The deletion was done because the article as it was written at the time did not demonstrate notability in accordance with the criteria at the time. If the article as it would be written now demonstrates it in accordance with the criteria now, then there's no obstacle to having the article. That's the way it works, as I said earlier.
- If the title "Western Civ" redirects to the article on "Western Culture", clearly that's a decision that's been reached by someone (not me, I should add) who felt that that was a good thing for it to do. Not being American myself, I can't be sure about this, but I'm aware that many universities teach courses on what you and I might call "Western Culture", but which are often referred to as "Western Civ". Presumably, the redirect was created so that any students looking for an article on "Western Civ" to see what sorts of things their course would cover would end up in the right place, rather than reading about a rock group. That being the case, perhaps a better solution would be to create the article for the band as "Western Civ (band)", thus ensuring that people end up at the right place when reading about the band. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 08:47, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
Actually, the page met all the requirements for notability at that time. That's why no one else had deleted it. (Their first album was released in 2005 and reviewed by major publications and played on radio in many US markets.) If it did not meet said requirements, in your opinion, then I would love for you to explain why in detail with examples. As per your statements, you are not American and not aware of the US publications and radio markets where the music industry is concerned. Thus making you a less than stellar source for making such decisions. I would recommend that in the future, you refrain from deleting articles when you are admittedly unfamiliar with the subject matter and thus the requirements for "notability" on the articles in that subject. The Western Civ article had not been deleted before you got to it because the other admins who had viewed it considered it to be viable. So I am not afraid of it being re-deleted. That is unless you are the one to do so.
To conclude our conversation on the matter: Will you reinstate the page at this point? If not I will go to another admin.
Thanks for your time, Lessaun (talk) 16:11, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
- No, the page did not "[meet] all the requirements for notability at the time". If it had done, there would have been no "Prod" notice ("This page is proposed for deletion for the following reason") that had been there unchallenged for five days. If the page had demonstrated the notability of the subject, either the notice would not have been added or one of the other editors would have removed it, explaining how it actually met the criteria as set out. Neither event happened, which suggests that the notability (even the notability that the subject may have had at the time) was not conveyed in the article. Admittedly, you're asking me to recall the text on a page I deleted more than a year ago, so my recollection is more than a little hazy. I am, however, familiar with the processes here, and that's why I know that notability wasn't demonstrated. The fact that I personally deleted it was simply due to the fact that I was the one checking the "expired prods" (notices which had been on articles for 5 days or more) at the time.
- I would counter your recommendation with two points of my own. Firstly, my policy at the time I deleted the article was that if there was anything indicating possible notability, I passed the case onto someone closer to the topic. This indicates that there was no possible notability on the page as written. I would point out here, as a side-note, that it would be quite possible to write an article about the President of the USA without indicating his notability, despite the fact that he is patently a notable individual.
- Secondly, your comments are coming increasingly close to making personal attacks. It's one thing to point out that I am Australian - a fact I don't deny at all. It's quite another to draw the conclusion that because I'm Australian, I'm suddenly incapable of performing duties which the broader community of this website felt I was capable of performing, and from that to imply that I acted improperly. The fact that you are making such implications returns to my initial feeling that you have a vested interest in the article being present on Wikipedia. I have explained three times now what I did and why I did it, however you don't wish to accept my points.
- In answer to your question - no. I will not reinstate the page as it did not demonstrate notability as it was written. You're welcome to consult another admin, as indeed I suggested some time ago. Any other admin, however, will be equally concerned by your closeness to the subject and the fact that the article did not demonstrate notability last time. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 19:57, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
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I've rejected your proposed deletion, because this is not an uncontroversial deletion - it's previously been to AFD - see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of European exonyms. As that was a while ago, and consensus may have changed, please feel free to list it at WP:AFD. Regards. Claritas (talk) 08:50, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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Team 639 Page Deletion
Hey! I'm a current officer on Ithaca High School Code Red Robotics Team 639, and I was recently perusing our web presence. Unfortunately, I found that (quite a while ago, March 2007) our page was deleted. The given reason was proposed deletion. I can't fathom any reason for deleting our page, especially since we are a FIRST Robotics Team (not alone here on Wikipedia) and already have a web presence at team639.org. It may be that the page was vandalized and beyond hope of recovery. I assure you that we now have a full-time web team which can maintain the page. The question is, can it be recovered/undeleted? I've only created my account just now to send you this message, but I imagine the most convenient way is for you to post something to my user page. Thanks for your time, please get back to me. Amcnicoll (talk) 01:40, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
Edit: Thanks, got your reply. I have found other teams with their own articles, but these tend to be more active internationally and what not than we are. Perhaps if we expand our volunteering and get more than a few articles in the local news, we'll give our own page another go. For the time being, it seems many other teams are appending a blurb to their high school's page... Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Amcnicoll (talk • contribs) 14:07, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
Deletion for userifying
Hi
The version 1.0 bot has started working again, although the article alert bot has not, and I have just found that there were some articles deleted after 7 days.
Growing self-organizing map which falls under the perdue of the Robotics project.
Is there any chance you can tell me please if there was any content in there and if it can be Userified for me to try and include in other articles or to be rewritten? If so there is a page ready at User:Chaosdruid/sandbox7
thanks Chaosdruid (talk) 17:42, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
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Thanks for the correction, that was a genuine copy paste error. I am not yet familiar with all this talk page and discussion thing on Wiki and hence I request that please delete this entry if you find it in wrong place. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Amboeing747 (talk • contribs) 12:28, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
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John Boardman Article
Hi. In 2004, why did you create an article on a unknown physics professor, entitled John Boardman in Wikipedia? Should all university professors regardless of their contributions be included in Wikipedia? Stevenmitchell (talk) 21:14, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
- I can see you're trying to fight the same battle on the talk page for the article. Considering that the man made significant contributions to the game of Diplomacy, I felt at the time that the article was justified. As you've been told on the talk page, there are other contributions he's made in other fields (ones I'm not qualified to assess). Of course "all university professors" should not be included in Wikipedia, unless they are notable in some way - either within or without their academic fields. The fact that you haven't heard of an article subject doesn't mean that the article should not exist - otherwise this wouldn't be an encyclopedia, would it? BigHaz - Schreit mich an 21:47, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
MSU Interview
Dear BigHaz,
My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the communityHERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.
So a few things about the interviews:
- Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
- Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
- All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
- All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
- The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.
Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your nameHERE instead.
If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.
Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.
Sincerely,
(Delivered by Kevin (talk) 00:59, 14 February 2012 (UTC) via AWB by request)
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Homage
Hello. Regarding the issue of whether to use a or an before the word homage, the site dictionary.com gives a specific example of this on the page that defines homage: "something done or given in acknowledgment or consideration of the worth of another: a Festschrift presented as an homage to a great teacher.". In some situations a is used before a word that starts with h (as on your user page...a historian) but in other situations an is the appropriate choice. This is reputable information, feel free to revert your edit on the Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid article. Great movie, by the way. Dk100 (talk) 04:33, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
- I know what the word means, yes. That doesn't change my point. The rule, you'll find, is that if the "h" is pronounced, the article is "a". If the "h" is silent, the article is "an". Thus, I can be a historian and watch a hologram for an hour in a hotel eating a hot dog. The American mock-French pronunciation of "homage" is the equivalent of the Monty Python routine about "an hoop". In other words, the edit stands. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 10:24, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
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Trivial data on Eurovision articles
Hi BigHaz, It has been noted that you have reintroduced data that has been removed from ESC 2010; ESC 2011; and ESC 2012 articles, after a discussion took place to remove these details. Both CT Cooper and myself have pointed out to Bleubeatle (talk · contribs), that these sections were never accepted as standard sections at all - there were simply mass added by another user under the radar without any consensus, which there should be for something like this. If you choose to edit an article regularly you should be keeping an eye on what is going on the talk page, which is used to allow improvements to be made, and if multiple editors are repeatedly removing a section, that is usually a strong hint that there might be something that needs discussion. These sections have been badly formatted with various problems including inappropriate links in the section headings (discouraged in MOS:HEAD), a one entry table that could be in prose, no written explanation on what these tables mean, and most importantly, no sources. As an established user I'm sure you are aware that it is requirement per the Wikipedia:Verifiability policy that content added to articles is sourced if it is challenged or likely to be challenged, which this is, and the burden is on those adding or restoring such material to provide sources. Could you please self-revert your actions - thank you Wesley☀Mouse 12:25, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
- The "discussion" to which you refer seems to have been a very minor one at best, and consisted of a couple of people saying that they felt the information should not be there. That's not necessarily a "discussion" in the proper sense of the word. I know entirely what a talk page is designed for, and would appreciate not receiving a lecture on the topic if that's all the same to you. I'm not going to say that the information as it is currently presented is 100% perfect by any means, which should hardly come as a surprise in a collaborative effort such as this. Were it not late and were I not unwell, I would have attempted to format the information better and make it more useful, verifiable and relevant, and I would contend that the second of those three criteria can be fulfilled quite simply by anyone who wishes to do so, rather than simply gainsaying the inclusion entirely. As I pointed out in my edit, and as I will say here as well, the inclusion of an award winner for Eurovision is exactly as notable as saying that Player X won the "Golden Boot" award after a given FIFA World Cup. It's an award given for a performance at a major event. End of story, as far as I can see. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 12:35, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
- They are also awards data that are currently covered on their respective articles. What should really have happened is each Eurovision by year article, should have had links to OGAE and Marcel award articles at the bottom of their pages in a "see also" section - this is the norm on most cases like this. As it has been pointed out, another user added these sections originally without seeking a consensus on the proposal of these new sections. Communication is a vital tool, and should have been done by the user who had originally added content without seeing if they warranted inclusion - it could be that the user was unaware of that procedure at that time. However, as this content has now been noticed, they have been removed accordingly, and in accordance to several policies that have been pointed out by CT Cooper (talk · contribs). Also, please avoid negative tones aimed at other user, like you did above stating that I gave you a "lecture"; when I never did such thing. Everything I wrote was in good faith, and explaining reasons why details had been removed. Wesley☀Mouse 12:43, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
- For want of a better description, it's your "tone of voice" to which I objected when I indicated that you were lecturing me. That may be the way that you normally interact with people online, and if so there we are, but it qualifies as a lecture in my book. With regards to my example, I would refer you to the article on the 2010 World Cup, the most recent edition of the tournament. You'll find that there is a section dealing with the "awards" given at the end of it, the team of the tournament etc. It's formatted slightly better than the list of awards at the conclusion of those three Eurovisions, but there it is. If you want to suggest to the people involved in those articles that those awards are better off being moved to a separate page linked by a "see also" section, then please do. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 23:40, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
- They are also awards data that are currently covered on their respective articles. What should really have happened is each Eurovision by year article, should have had links to OGAE and Marcel award articles at the bottom of their pages in a "see also" section - this is the norm on most cases like this. As it has been pointed out, another user added these sections originally without seeking a consensus on the proposal of these new sections. Communication is a vital tool, and should have been done by the user who had originally added content without seeing if they warranted inclusion - it could be that the user was unaware of that procedure at that time. However, as this content has now been noticed, they have been removed accordingly, and in accordance to several policies that have been pointed out by CT Cooper (talk · contribs). Also, please avoid negative tones aimed at other user, like you did above stating that I gave you a "lecture"; when I never did such thing. Everything I wrote was in good faith, and explaining reasons why details had been removed. Wesley☀Mouse 12:43, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
- Sorry, but it being "verifiable" isn't good enough. If editors are going to insist on it being there it needs to be sourced and sourced properly. WP:BURDEN, which is part of a core policy of this project, is pretty clear on whose responsibility it is here. I don't think the sections should be there and I have better things to be doing. As far as I'm concerned, lack of sources is grounds alone for removal, and content which isn't sourced will be removed. CT Cooper · talk 13:33, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
- So if there are no sources for these awards, why do we have a page which lists them at all, as there is at the present time? BigHaz - Schreit mich an 23:40, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
- Sorry, but it being "verifiable" isn't good enough. If editors are going to insist on it being there it needs to be sourced and sourced properly. WP:BURDEN, which is part of a core policy of this project, is pretty clear on whose responsibility it is here. I don't think the sections should be there and I have better things to be doing. As far as I'm concerned, lack of sources is grounds alone for removal, and content which isn't sourced will be removed. CT Cooper · talk 13:33, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
- Sorry if my tone sounded like a lecture, it wasn't meant to come across that way - I was merely trying to be helpful in explaining things. I didn't know at the time how experienced you actually are on here - my mistake. I understand your point of view in regards to the way the awards are listed on the 2010 World Cup article. However, on the nine Eurovision articles (yes, these data tables went back as far as 2003 upon further investigation); not one of the sections for Marcel and OGAE awards had a prose explaining what they were; so anyone viewing them with no knowledge of Eurovision, would start to wonder how these awards where determined, as they are never announced on the live shows. I wrote a little prose on the 2012 article - which is being used as an example towards a RfC on the layout style for these articles. Having a "see also" section would be more logical though, and again I've tested that idea out on the 2010 - 2012 articles for comparison during the RfC.
- In response to the question you put forward to CT Cooper, there are articles for Marcel Bezençon Awards and OGAE Awards, and they list all the winners, and has a handful of sources to cite what these awards are about. Having the details also appearing on Eurovision by Year articles (such as ESC 2010 etc) may be excessive - but that is just my personal opinion on the matter. Wesley☀Mouse 23:53, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
- So, at the risk of going further around in circles, I'll make my points one last time. If there are articles for the Bezençon and OGAE Awards which have their respective sources and explanations (the pages I referred to in my response to CT Cooper), we know that the information is verifiable, sourced and capable of being included in Wikipedia. Thus, CT Cooper's point is largely moot. "Lack of sources" is not something we're dealing with. What we're dealing with is information which needs to be included in the right way, just as post-tournament awards are in sporting events. The model of those articles seems eminently sensible - the awards themselves are included with links so that the curious can click to another page in order to find out who the devil Bezençon or OGAE is, just as people can do the same to find out exactly what a Golden Boot or a Fred Biletnikoff Award might relate to on pages that talk about someone winning either such thing. The fact that such information needs some surgery before it gets to that stage is hardly reason to remove it in the first place - otherwise there'd be plenty of articles that never got off the ground. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 00:20, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
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Brisbane Meetup Next: 11 February 2013 5-8PM - Drinks and light dinner at SLQ with Sue Gardner Last: 3 August 2012 |
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George Guidall deletion
Good day, BigHaz
I was looking for information on George Guidall, a narrator of audio books. I noticed that you deleted a page under that name back in 2007. I'm wondering if you happen to recall why that was done? (The delete summary wasn't clear to me).
I don't want to recreate the page if there is some reason why it shouldn't exist.
Thanks. Tacticus (talk) 08:53, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
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More reasons to keep
Hello BigHaz, long time ago you have expressed your views on Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_dictators. Now I have improved the related articles and lists with systematic findings based on published reliable sources from history and political science. However, two of them are currently submitted to Afds (by a Chinese Wikipedian who in the past has personally attacked me for my contribution to politics-related articles in Chinese Wikipedia). Your comments are welcome and appreciated: (1) Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_dictatorships (2)Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_modern_dictators_in_Latin_America. Thanks.--(comparingChinese Wikipedia vs Baidu Baike by hanteng) 15:27, 5 April 2014 (UTC)
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Hi from Wil
Hi BigHaz, I'm trying to figure out why people are walking away from the Wikipedia project, so I figured I'd just ask them. I noticed there was a big flurry of activity in your edits from 2006-2008, then relatively speaking, nothing. I also noticed what looks like a personal conflict at the top of this page around the time of your last smaller (but still quite large) grouping of edits. Did this have anything to do with your leaving? I'm trying to gather responses from some of Wikipedia's most prolific editors who have now largely walked away from the project. It would be nice if you could leave your experience on my talk page: Wil's talk page. If you'd like to respond privately instead, you can mail me at wllm@wllm.com. In any case, I wish you the best. ,Wil (talk) 04:25, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
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Proposed deletion of Playback (song)
The article Playback (song) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
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While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.
You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.
Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Ezaid Fabber (talk) 13:32, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
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"Several previous"The World Factbook actually does define "Several previous" to be 4-9. (see 1st paragraph here.) However, you're probably right to pull it as you did with this edit because it's probably irrelevant to the reader. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 14:36, 21 September 2015 (UTC) The Signpost: 23 September 2015
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Estonian Eurovision entries.I marked these as uncontroversial redirects as neither page had any references. Also, under criteria of WP:MUSIC it states that a song should have reached first, second or third position in a major music contest. In both cases the songs fell well short of that. Hence the uncontroversial redirect. Karst (talk) 16:46, 27 November 2016 (UTC)
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I undid your change to the native name of the island, because it was unsourced and the existing name was sourced to a government publication (although the ref was dead and I substituted another copy). I am no expert on this subject, and it appears you might be, so if you want to reapply your change I will not edit war over it, but please add a source showing the use of that version.-gadfium 01:18, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
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Your "Schreit mich an"G'day BigHaz. Perhaps by "Schreit mich an" you mean to say in German "Write to me", but you seem to have said something like "Step on me" or (figuratively) "Get to work on me". "Write to me" would be "Schreib mir". But this is not an error (if it is) to be anticipated from a de-4. Am perplexed. Wikiain (talk) 01:25, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
Speedy Deletion of AphmauHi! A page recently created called Aphmau, was deleted for not following the criteria of Wikipedia being that it was in violation of A7 and G11. I was wondering if you could put the code of the page into my sandbox, and tell me pointers on how I can make the article better. Specific pointers. This was my second article that I created on Wikipedia and I thought that I created one that was not in direct violation of Wikipedia rules. Please get back to me! Jamesjpk (talk) 16:18, 31 March 2017 (UTC)
Thank you for the consideration of this topic! (I'm sorry! 😀) Jamesjpk (talk) 01:22, 1 April 2017 (UTC) Code coming up. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 23:39, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
Deletion review for Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2017 April 4An editor has asked for a deletion review of Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2017 April 4. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Jamesjpk (talk) 02:33, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
CSD A10Please be more careful. The article Jacques Rivière has existed for a long time. Yesterday a troll, Nsmutte, created a copy at Jacques Rivièry. You deleted the long-standing article as A10 completely wrongly. Then the troll blanked the copy and got it deleted that way. So you just helped Nsmutte attack their new harassment target, Ubiquity. BethNaught (talk) 11:20, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
MasTrack Speedy DeletionHello User:BigHaz, I noticed that you had deleted a page that I created titled MasTrack, due to what you considered "lack of significance". MasTrack was one of the first companies to offer Telematics technology back in 1999, and if you feel I did not sufficiently describe this, I would be more than happy to elaborate. For the time being, please restore the page in which I had created so that I can edit it to meet your approval. Thank you. --AirportExpert (talk) 11:24, 5 April 2017 (UTC)AirportExpert
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Moved to the appropriate locationHey, i'm just writing you about my article you just deleted. The article you deleted was told to me to be revised and that's what I did following you guys nobility policy. I don't understand why it keeps getting deleted than again i'm trying to follow you guys guidelines as much as possible. Thanks for your time...— Preceding unsigned comment added by Youngthunder (talk • contribs)
Wiki page deleted retrievalCan i have my wiki page back because it has all of my info in it and i seriously need it before thursday when my project is due. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Khalil0329 (talk • contribs) 05:57, 3 May 2017 (UTC)
Userfy requestHi, could you please restore Aristocratic and royal writings and works to my userspace when you get a chance? I'd like to take a look at it. Thanks! Herostratus (talk) 23:06, 4 May 2017 (UTC)
About G1 vs non-EnglishConcerning your declining of this G1 nomination: I am well aware that merely not being in English is not a valid reason for G1 speedy deletion, but that only covers "coherent non-English material". Even in Portuguese however, that page is an incoherent mix of text snippets, copy-pasted from various unrelated websites. --HyperGaruda (talk) 09:38, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
Martin-Luc ArchambaultHi there, I understand why you deleted my page Martin-Luc Archambault on wikipedia. Although, I do believe this was a mistake. I would like to get the content back to be able to work on it, improve it and make the tone different for it to be conform to the rules of Wiki Commons. My email is tanya@ampme.com if you'd like to send the content to me. Thank you.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Tanyagauthiier (talk • contribs)
Deletion of 360 Fitness Superstore articleHello. I noticed the entry for "360 Fitness Superstore" has been deleted by you. Could you please communicate to me what specific copy was deemed too promotional, as compared to a business description utilizing information available publicly through data-based sources or reputable publications? I would be happy to provide (or request) a reformatted article based on the suggestions, along with removal of any sources deemed biased. Thank you. Fitnesschmedia (talk) 19:05, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
Bertinchamps BreweryHi there ! It recently came to my knowledge that you had deleted my translation of a French article about the Bertinchamps Brewery. First of all, as it was part of a school project, I would like to get the content back. Could you please leave it in my talk page? Secondly, I have to admit that I do not fully understand why you had to delete it, and it's all the more confusing as the French page still exists. It was only the description and history of a brewery that does exist in Belgium. Could you please tell me your reasons? Thank you! Kind regards, Justine-SL — Preceding unsigned comment added by Justine-SL (talk • contribs) 10:13, 14 May 2017 (UTC)
Leta Sobierajski is backIn the process of nominating Leta Sobierajski for a Speedy a7 I discovered that you actually already deleted this page after its previous a7 nomination. It appears that page creator @Weelarkobar: recreated the page within 24 hours of its deletion. nerdgoonrant (talk) 14:35, 29 May 2017 (UTC)
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Speedy deletion declined: Néstor IckHello BigHaz. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Néstor Ick, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Subject might be important/significant (see also Google News/Books hits for this subject) / use WP:PROD or WP:AFD instead to allow other editors to participate in this decision. Thank you. SoWhy 12:16, 9 June 2017 (UTC)
Open accessHello can you please get into the open access project instead of marking for deletion I think you help could be really important for the project Best Filippo Morsiani (talk) 16:43, 9 June 2017 (UTC)
Hello again BigHaz, It seams that many of your mark for deletion comes with a very similar not saying "Unreferenced article indicating that there is practically no open access in Bahrain. Therefore, a non-notable subject" what does it means precisely? 1 the articles are not un referenced at all, please take the time to scroll down to check... 2 the fact that there is little or no open access movement in a specific country is already of interest. As I was saying before please leave these articles alone while myself and the open access folk will edit and improve them, those articles are the skeleton of what the articles will become, this is the project page were you can have a better understanding on the subject. please read this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_United_Nations/Open_Access_Descriptions Filippo Morsiani (talk) 12:49, 15 June 2017 (UTC)thank you
Hi BigHaz, I understand your concern regarding the relevance of articles. We tried to ignite interest, by creating and disseminating articles on countries were open access unfortunately is not a thing yet, more than describing the policies and organization that exist. Anyway can't really say thank you for deleting them but I understand were you are coming from. Filippo Morsiani (talk) 09:42, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
El Chapo actHey buddy thanks for reviewing my article but you forgot to remove the template. THE DIAZ talk • contribs 02:07, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
Lady Red CoutureIn reference to Lady Red...I commented all over the place and do not know how else to defend it. All of the RuPaul queens have pages And the person has IMDB and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonny_McGovern has an entry. I do not get why the editors always are picking on me and things I enter. I was told that if it was someone else, things would be fine. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Photolarry (talk • contribs) 01:10, 13 June 2017 (UTC)
No you are wrong. IMDB is much more critical than Wikipedia. I can create a page but the likelihood of it staying live is low because they are more strict about creation of entries than Wikipedia is. And they fact check more. I do not know what else to say. I have given as much information as I can to defend this article. I even mentioned her partner on the show. And If you want a reference from RuPaul, message her/him. Also just google Lady Red if you want more info. I think there is plenty out there. I am not a professional editor. I live in LA and know many famous people. One of which is Lady Red and I saw she had no entry. So I created it. I was shocked that McGovern had it but she did not. They are on the same show and she is even mentioned in his article. I give up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Photolarry (talk • contribs) 01:43, 13 June 2017 (UTC)
New section again(Powerfulideas (talk) 04:32, 15 June 2017 (UTC)Thank you I removed the PROD you placed because somehow it had been recreated after the original PROD without my noticing it. It is now at the AfD above. TonyBallioni (talk) 05:04, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
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Independent Engineer: Proposed for DeletionBigHaz, thanks for taking the time to review my first article. While I understand your concern for a lack of citations, references are not readily available. Independent Engineer is a word of art and most people, who are not in the project finance world, do not know what an Independent Engineer is or what they do. The primary reason for me writing this article was that because Owner's Engineer incorrectly stated that an Owner's Engineer and an Independent Engineer are the same thing. That is like saying Cricket and Baseball are the same thing. The other issue is that an Independent Engineer is different than an independent engineer. An Independent Engineer is a proper noun for a specific type of engineering, and an independent engineer is an engineer who is on their own. So, I removed your proposed deletion, BUT I understand your concerns. Any suggestions on improving the article would be appreciated, but if you feel strongly about deleting Independent Engineer, then Owner's Engineer should be reviewed as well. Thanks. T Markell (talk) 20:38, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
New section a user opted not to createWhy you delete my page ? Jume deen khan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hamzaali557 (talk • contribs)
Question about a recently deleted articleHello BigHaz We created an article yesterday for Bit Source. Can you give me more information on why the article was removed and how I can make it non-promotional? We've had a lot of national attention because of our mission - which is to train ex-coal industry professionals to do software development. We are poised in the middle of this transition between an industrial and technological age and we are pioneering the transition of the workforce. That's what I wanted to highlight with the article - but I also wanted to include enough references to validate the legitimacy of the article. Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated. There are also some other organizations that are pioneering this transition as well as partner organizations facilitating the change - would including them in a history section be more informative? Thanks for your help! Also, if you are an admin is there any way you could send me a copy of the article I wrote? Thanks - Payton — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paytonmay (talk • contribs) 12:56, 16 June 2017 (UTC) ~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paytonmay (talk • contribs) 14:28, 16 June 2017 (UTC)
Tomato sauce (condiment)Thanks for approving the speedy delete. It is possible to retrieve the content on the talk page though, in the hopes of avoiding another cycle of the page creation? I am also going to make it a redirect to ketchup. Cheers! Savvyjack23 (talk) 19:31, 16 June 2017 (UTC)
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New Film Article Page Reviews.Hey, thanks for reviewing the film articles I created. I hope I did sufficient sourcing work, particularly in a few instances where my sources were limited. I was wondering if you'd be so kind as to review my other 2 unreviewed pages. (How does that work, out of curiosity? If you review and approve, nothing changes. Otherwise, if you disapprove, do you inform me that I need to improve it? Or just leave word on the page itself or its talk page?) I'd like you to examine A Woman, a Part. IMO, out of the 6 I've created thus far, it's my best work. I did my best to add the mixture of opinions in the Critics' Response section. The only section I didn't include was plot. I'm waiting to actually watch the film first before I compose that section, so as to avoid spoiling it for myself. ;) Otherwise, I feel the most confident about this one. Perhaps one of these days, I'll earn some barnstars or something. I haven't netted one of those since my days monitoring shows such as Top Chef. The last page is Letters from Baghdad. Not ashamed to admit this is probably my weakest effort. It's a documentary, so there's less coverage right now. But I gathered as much as I could to prepare a bare-bones stub page. Hopefully that groundwork was adequate enough, but that's why I wanted you to check it out and determine if it's acceptable enough as a stub or requires some more work to be, er, up to code I suppose. If you could take a look at those pages when you have some free time and review them, I'd appreciate it greatly. :D Thanks so much, and keep up the good work. I'm happy to be finally making more valuable contributions as opposed to just the occasional factual or grammatical edits in sporadic doses. I'll most likely be involved in film, awards, and cast/crew of said films, but in time broaden my efforts to American Idol and beyond. Take care, and let me know.--Cinemaniac86Dane_Cook_Hater_Extraordinaire 10:32, 18 June 2017 (UTC)
I don't think that you've ever got thanked for a routine administrative chore...@BigHaz: I doubt that you've ever gotten thanked for a routine administrative chore such as your speedy deletion of Rindler coordinates/Draft. But the effort of guys like you doing all of this essential legwork really are essential for the Wikipedia project to be successful. So thanks! I appreciate it!
Thank you and Question regarding your review of R.W. AllardHello, Thank you for your review of R.W. Allard. I would like to edit the "R.W. Allard" title, but I do not know how to alter the title of the page. Can you Advise? I want it changed to "Robert W. Allard (Geneticist)". Thanking you in advance. Steven C. Price 13:29, 19 June 2017 (UTC)
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