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Tags not showing

For some reason, the tags you added to Schillaci (horse) are not showing up on the article page, which rather defeats the object. Any idea how to fix this?  Tigerboy1966  19:03, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the prompt reply and explanation. Tigerboy1966  19:47, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

Dear DI2000

I tried to edit the articles "European Australians"and "Australians" yesterday but I believe that you yourself deleted all the changes that I made.

Because the Australian government itself has stated that Asians make up 12% of the population of Australia and because you also have to take the numbers of the indigenous population as well as other non-Europeans into consideration, I feel it is wrong to claim that European-Australians make up 91% of Australia's total population. If Asian-Australians make up 12% then that means no more than 88% are of non-Asian origin. Add to that the numbers of indigenous and other non-European peoples and the figure would be even LOWER ( LESS than 88%) So please don't be racist! You have to take the number of Asian-Australians, the indigenous population as well as all other peoples of non- European origin into account. DON'T BE RACIST!!!HS123 (talk) 10:50, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Dr Karl

If you do not know Dr Karl please leave his page to people that do! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Phyllis Diller (talk • contribs) 01:06, 27 October 2012 (UTC)


It is an unpopular forum so get your facts — Preceding unsigned comment added by Phyllis Diller (talk • contribs) 02:13, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

confused

I'm confused by "How not to use this Userpage 1.Do not delete or otherwise play with any of the existing messages on this user page!"

Do I delete and play with the existing messages because I'm instructed this is how not to use the Userpage, or do you really mean "How to use the Userpage" and I shouldn't delete or play? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.234.202.90 (talk) 09:59, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

Prem Rawat

Hi, I see you reverted my format change of the date of birth of this subject. Would you care to check the discussion on the talk page, [1]? There is a problem with new versions of Internet Explorer which causes some number strings to be converted to Skype phone numbers. I hope you might agree that it is better for information to be readable, even if MoS has to be temporarily ignored. Rumiton (talk) 05:12, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

Not hearing from you, I have reverted this change back to a manually input date. It should only be until a fix is produced for the new Internet Explorer version. Rumiton (talk) 13:28, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

On October 10th, 2012 you removed edits I made to the Fay Gale page in which I added a section on her personal life and added information on the Center at Adelaide University named after her. The note cites copyright issues but most of this stuff has never been written about before and was written by me from personal knowledge. Mjgale 10:55, 13 November 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mjgale (talk • contribs)

Help with script

Hi, I'd like to enlist your help in writing in a particular functionality in my Sources script. I have arrived at this result using adapted code. However, it is beyond me to work out how I could code up this part of the script to switch correctly-named sources into either italicised or non-italicised forms when these are parts of citations not employing citation templates – in other words, to substitute "[''table'']" for "[table]". I reckon it's different from the "newWord" technique successfully employed in this array. In addition, I'd be interested in restructuring the script by ejecting the tables/dictionaries, and it would be great if you could advise. Of course, if there are other ways to streamline the code, I'd be please to learn. There is some documentation as to the aims and principles at User:Ohconfucius/script/Sources. Cheers, -- Ohconfucius ping / poke 08:42, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

Will try to take a look at it over the next few days, circumstances permitting. Dl2000 (talk) 04:35, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
(-: Looking forward to it! -- Ohconfucius ping / poke 08:03, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
Just started to look at the scripts. Will drop comments into your script talk page, though this looks like a heady challenge, indeed. Dl2000 (talk) 03:56, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

Date fixes on List of Ordinances and Acts of the Parliament of England, 1642–1660

Hi. I noticed that you corrected the date formats on List of Ordinances and Acts of the Parliament of England, 1642–1660 but the corrections included amending the quoted titles. I believe the manual of style says date formats in quoted material should be preserved to match the original. Was your edit made using an automated script? If so, do you know of a way to hide quoted dates so they are not picked up the next time the script is run? Regards. Road Wizard (talk) 15:30, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

No

TonyC123 (talk) 03:15, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

Rollback

Hi there. You rolled back my changes to the first line of an article I recently edited. I do believe that the article is written in Australian English and I put the marker there to let other users know of the fact that it's in Australian English. Please contact me if there's anything I can do. Drizzcool (talk) 21:19, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Article on Monica Bellucci

The other day I made changes to the page for actress Monica Bellucci that have since been removed, with the moderator citing a lack of citation. The citations are at the bottom of the page and have been for years. The disputes over Bellucci's birth year have been ongoing and are not resolved because of the lack of credibility associated with tabloids and the continuing confusion. The page contains links giving her birth year as 1968 that have not been removed. For accuracy the 1968 birth year and the debate over her actual year of birth should be included. 137.148.169.112 (talk) 23:48, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Union Populaire/row

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Victims Compensation Tribunal

Hello, I noticed, a bit late, your work at the very problematic Victims Compensation Tribunal. Well done and thank you!. Superp (talk) 21:07, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback. Dl2000 (talk) 04:15, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

New Zealand's Got Talent image

Hi there. On New Zealand's Got Talent, you've twice changed the address of the main image file to make it comply with a standard format - changing New Zealand's Got Talent Logo 2012-Present.jpg to New Zealand's Got Talent Logo 2012 – present.jpg. This breaks the image file. I assume you have something automatic set up to do this - could you please stop it from changing the image code on the NZGT page? I'm not sure if the image file can be changed, but if so, that would be the thing to do, rather than changing where the file points to. Thanks! Robyn2000 (talk) 04:55, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

Took a look at this and updated so that it is far less likely that any "-Present" text in a file name will be changed. Dl2000 (talk) 00:21, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

Howell Elvet Lewis

Hmmm... could you please explain?--94.65.31.5 (talk) 13:28, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

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Alex Reid vs The Ordinals

I saw you added some tags to Alex Reid that removed ordinal suffixes, such as 24th December. I'm fine with it, as I always use DD MM YY, though I fell for conforming to the numerous other examples in the article (as I would resist changing aluminium in a British English article). However, I'm wondering why WP doesn't just convert these dates anyway, localized to the user/preference, or barring that, default to standard form. The same could be asked of measurements, where {convert|882|ft|1|m|abbr=on} must be explicitly used, but I digress. — VoxLuna ☾ orbitland   22:02, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

Reversed edits

I'm responding to your message "Please do not add or change content, as you did to Adélard Fontaine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad%C3%A9lard_Fontaine), without verifying it by citing reliable sources" that was sent after I made certain edits to this article.

I have documentation, but it is not online. I see that the birth date correction has been reversed, but no source for the original was given. How can this discrepancy be resolved, and what steps should I take for the addition, also undone, of later life information?

70.82.93.25 (talk) 03:08, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Template:Canadian politics/party colours/National Government

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DYK for Dick Beddoes

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:05, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Rosie and Jim editing

You asked for evidence of an accurate statement by myself - a member of the production team of Rosie and Jim for several years.

I provided this evidence. You then rejected this evidence, which you claimed still didn't provie anything, in spite of the fact that it did.

Unless you are asking for documentation regarding the puppets which will have been burnt around 1994 (I witnessed this event - I can vouch for the only copy of the documentation needed to back up this statement being destroyed as being of no further use at the time), then I fail to see what other proof could be provided.

You are refusing evidence to back up a statement and then alleging that it's a load of codswallop, when the evidence to prove my statement is right there before your very eyes.

As my brother has frequently said, Wikipedia moderators are rejected editors for Encyclopedia Britannica for one reason - they're not fit to run an encyclopedia if they do not hunt for proof of whatever kind or format.

Unless you are wishing to bring a smidgen of common sense into this . . . issue, shall we call it, and realise that you have committed the cardinal sin of editing an encyclopedia, then I see little point in taking this discussion further. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.25.244.68 (talk) 00:52, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Where to begin... maybe read WP:OR a few times? WP:V? WP:ABF? WP:DFTT?? Take it to Talk:Rosie and Jim. Dl2000 (talk) 04:17, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

R&J2

I have read it a few times - it asks for no original research as Wikipedia cannot be a primary source, therefore any references outside are the primary source, Wikipedia is the secondary source.

On my second attempt at adding this information, I provided a photo linked on a secondary website which I did not have a hand in the creation of (apart from taking the original shots that the two episodes were in - I was the camera operator on the series for the first 4 series). Therefore, I provided a primary source of (pictographic) information as a reference (to which the difference I was drawing the reader's attention to would be obvious). Totally within those guidelines you asked me to read.

In future I will conduct any further discussion on this subject on the talk page of the article, as you requested. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ‎176.25.244.68 (talk • contribs)

Proposed deletion of Sidney Allinson

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Template proliferation

I've been contemplating the issue of perpetual maintenance of the spellings, and coming to question the desirability of the various templates ({{Use Australian English}}, {{Use Canadian English}}, {{Use Indian English}}, {{Use Irish English}}, {{Use Jamaican English}}, {{Use New Zealand English}}, {{Use Pakistani English}}, {{Use South African English}}).

The above templates are basically a splintering off of articles employing spelling variants almost identical to mainstream British spelling – use of the script on any of them would not create odd-looking results. There is now the tendency to go into even smaller and smaller language-article groups, like {{use Hong Kong English}} and potentially {{use Singapore English}}. Now I understand that there are national sensitivities wrapped up in the use of 'Use British' template, but and think it may now be desirable to merge all of the above templates, as well as {{Use British English}}, into one template, to facilitate maintenance. I would propose that instead of templating by language group we used function-based tagging (such as going back to using {{EngvarB}}). The identifying template, although less easily parseable as an instruction to use appropriate spelling, would unify all the disparate tagged articles, and would not trigger nationalistic sensitivities. Your thoughts? -- Ohconfucius ping / poke 03:41, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

National variants can sometimes matter. {{Use Canadian English}} is neither entirely UK nor US, and definitely should not be merged to either {{Use British English}} or {{Use American English}}. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Spelling#English spelling comparison chart highlights some of this. Also, the national variants don't merely involve spellings but word choices e.g. football in the UK would tend to be considered "soccer" in Australia, especially distinct from Australian rules football. Common noun issues can also be nation-specific e.g. Australian Labor Party vs Labour Party (UK). Merging the templates may make it more difficult to identify the sort of word choice issues that scripts cannot practically handle. The number of langvar templates seems to be reaching a plateau anyway; your script spelling fixes could simply fall into something like A/B/C for each template. Dl2000 (talk) 04:38, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
Yes, sorry, I didn't mean to include Canadian in among the templates to merge. My script does cater for the Canadian and Oxford variants, and although I had originally stated there would be a US spelling version, there are currently no plans to extend the repertoire. beyond the three. -- Ohconfucius ping / poke 08:12, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
I'm a bit nervous of the consequences of spreading the scope of these templates. It's a culturally sensitive issue, but I do believe en.WP needs to keep to the more standard varieties—for international cohesion and comprehensibility if for no other reason. Tony (talk) 08:46, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
Indeed. I just noticed this, and I don't think we need or want to go there. It's getting bad enough now that people are beginning to challenge the substitution of{{Use British English}} or {{EngvarB}} for {{Use Australian English}}. -- Ohconfucius ping / poke 08:50, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Template:Test2

Hey there, I was wondering why you added in that "offensive balloon" in that template? Was there a discussion somewhere to add that? I guess I'm used to it not having it, but it seems to lighten any comment. Was that the effort? So for new people, they don't get so turned off? Mostly I'm curious :) --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 03:46, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

{{Test2}} seemed a bit empty without an icon. It seems to be a less official template than something in the {{uw-test1}} series, so it seemed WP:BOLD to touch that up a bit. However, the icon can go if significant objections are raised. Dl2000 (talk) 04:38, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

Nanny of the Maroons

Erm... I think you have the wrong person... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.193.41.70 (talk) 23:29, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of Sidney Allinson

The article Sidney Allinson has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

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Notice

Hi, I realized that you did this edit, but can you please not do it anymore? It is considered to be counter productive and is not welcomed in the community. However, if you will give me a good reason behind it, I might suggest you something... I thank you in advance for understanding!--Mishae (talk) 04:22, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

Various MoS you say? So, I read the MoS, but there is no mentioning of editors are suppose to obey it. From what I can see its optional. Not to mention that the article was bot-generated therefore your edits are counter productive and in a near future might provoke edit warring! I'm saying it as a fact, just a heads up.--Mishae (talk) 04:23, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
Would anyone mind if this discussion and the one at User talk:Mishae were merged together? Ryan Vesey 04:32, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
No problemo... preferably over there which seems to have more action than here. Dl2000 (talk) 04:52, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Nomination of Sidney Allinson for deletion

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Hisamudin Yahya article

Dear DI200,

The article on Mohd Hisamudin Yahya is really interesting and factually accurate. However, the title of the article contains spelling error. Can you please help to change it to the correct title which is Mohd Hisamudin Yahaya and not Mohd Hisamudin Yahya.

Thank You. Hope to see you again. Kucingbiru13 (talk) 15:00, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

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Spartak Zlatibor voda (talk) 08:30, 13 March 2013 (UTC)== FC Spartak Zlatibor voda ==

Dear sir,

i understand Your politics about companies profiles and editing it is ok. Firstly, i think Wikipedia is great service and big database of proven informations. That is reason why i want to our football page on Wikipidea web have proven informations about us.

Few months ago i change/edit president name..because Borislav Banjac never been president of club, all existing time od FC Spartak Zlatibor voda, president and owner is Mr.Dragan Simovic. Curent crest of club on Wiki page isnt official...Yesterday i tray to edit head coach name, some more fact about our players etc etc..but didnt allowed.

ok..as i said i understand politics..companies didnt allowed to edit..but i want to talk with page editor to check facts which i want to edit.

All this activities will been because i know Wikipedia is proven source of informations, lot of people around world take and use informations and for us isnt good if informations about us is not true.

I hope we can find solution to doing that.

Kind regards, Misko Jovovic

Head of marketing and communications FC Spartak Zlatibor voda — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spartak Zlatibor voda (talk • contribs) 08:08, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

Hate it for you but the Mandylor page is correct @ 1962 Buy a background check if you think otherwise! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.141.126.166 (talk) 23:34, 12 March 2013 (UTC) Spartak Zlatibor voda (talk) 08:30, 13 March 2013 (UTC) Thanks DL2000

Transfermarkt have proven facts for football clubs and players ( not 100% fresh updates )

Djordje Despotovic page on Transfermarkt http://www.transfermarkt.com/en/djordje-despotovic/profil/spieler_167316.html

cup game in season 2011/2012, Napredak - Spartak ZV 0-2 Despotovic scored two goals http://www.transfermarkt.com/en/napredak-krusevac-fk-spartak-zlatibor-voda-subotica/index/spielbericht_1148964.html

cup game in season 2012/2013, Mladenovac - Spartak ZV 0-1 Despotovic scored goal

http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/fk-mladenovac-fk-spartak-zlatibor-voda-subotica/index/spielbericht_2265301.html

if You want i can scan offical paper from club archive,that paper was made after evry game and signed by referees and Serbian FA member

regards

You done a Mistake

Neethane En Ponvasantham is a Flop movie, Sellak98 (talk) 17:31, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

Backwards date

Please refrain from making test edits in Wikipedia pages, such as those you made to Singles, Rarities & Remixes, even if you intend to fix them later. Your edits do not appear to be constructive and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment again, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Dl2000 (talk) 16:24, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

THIS IS A MATTER OF OPINION. SPANDAU BALLET IS THE ONLY BAND I EVER SEEN WHERE ALL THE DATES OF THEIR ALBUMS RELEASES ARE BACKWARDS. MAYBE YOU LIKE IT THIS WAY BUT IT DOESN'T READ CORRECTLY.

Example, the album was released on October 21 2012, that's the proper way to say it, NOT the album was released on 21 October 2012. Ever hear anybody talk that way for real? Check the thousands of other album releases on Wikipedia and see what I mean. So don't tell me my edits weren't constructive. You're not the boss! When I get time, I will change them again!

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Australian English in Myponga Reservoir

Hi! I was wondering why you re-added the maintenance templates here. As a speaker of Australian English and a strong advocate of dmy dating - I can't really see what's wrong with the article. I'm probably missing something, so if you could let me know what's up, that'd be great. Or - it's a pretty short article so maybe you could have a look yourself to see if you can fix the issues? ~ Riana ⁂ 04:49, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

  • The templates are not visible on the face of the article, and are there for maintenance purposes. The underlying principle for both templates is the same, please refer to documentation at {{Use dmy dates}}. They are necessary for individual articles' status to be tracked, and their 'correct' date formats and English code-spelling variants to be maintained. Some have also pointed out that their existence at the top of the edit window has the benefit of reminding other contributors what date format and which code is expected at any given article. It in no way implies that editors like yourself do not meticulously ensure that is already the case with individual articles, but overall such tagging benefits the corpus of articles so tagged going forwards. -- Ohconfucius ping / poke 05:49, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
    • Hi Ohconfucius, I see, so the point is more "please keep using dmy and Australian English", not "dmy and Australian English are not currently being used in this article, so please fix it"? Great - that makes much more sense, I re-read the article 3 times to try to figure out where dmy and Australian English weren't being used! I feel a bit silly now but thanks for your explanation :) ~ Riana ⁂ 05:54, 2 April 2013 (UTC)


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Irish English

See Talk: Anne McCaffrey#Irish. I see that you are Canadian but you may have a useful reply. --P64 (talk) 17:54, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

Wikidata

Hi!

Regarding these two edits: 1 & 2. There's currently a RFC underway at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Wikidata Phase 2. Just because Wikidata inclusion is now possible doesn't mean we should treat it as default just yet. I would hold off making edits like that until the RFC is finished and a clear consensus has emerged. Thanks! Gabbe (talk) 22:00, 24 April 2013 (UTC)


Andy Whitfield

Apologies. I do not check the talk pages of every single page that I edit because the notion of that is ridiculous. I thought the missing birth date was nothing more than an oversight or possible undetected vandalism. I thought nothing of it being disputed since, in my opinion, a trusted source had it listed as a set date. I shall refrain from making an edit on this page again. Thricecube 04:56, 27 April 2013 (UTC)

James Magnussen information

DI2000, I did not introduce wrong information on James Magnussen Wikipedia page, especially concerning the height. And it is not vandalism as you mention, as you will see below. For your information in Canada, here is the latest information published April 26th (3 days ago) after an interview given by James Magnussen himself before the Australian Swimming Championships currently held in Adelaide, South Australia.

"While he has changed mentally, Magnussen has also changed physically: he took six weeks off after the Olympics, and grew three centimetres." “I have put on a little bit of weight but my skin folds are lower. I’m leaner, but I have got a little bit more muscle and a little bit taller.”

More information here: http://www.theroar.com.au/2013/04/26/meet-the-new-james-magnussen/ ... as well as on multiple other Australian web sites.

He is indeed now 1.97m tall now, from 1.95m which was his height at the Olympics last year. So please revert the changes.

Thank you. LL — Preceding unsigned comment added by Landreau5 (talk • contribs) 00:10, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

DMY tag

Hi DI2000, Can you please explain why you tagged Calliotropis ambigua with a DMY requirement? — Ganeshk (talk) 21:03, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

That's because it was merged/redirected from Solariella ambigua, whose version prior to becoming a redirect had at referencing in that format. That ref is now merged in, to demonstrate the "unaccepted" status synonym. Dl2000 (talk) 01:28, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
What is the proper way to format a date? Can you point me to a MOS page? Thanks. — Ganeshk (talk) 02:09, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
Ganeshki, unfortunately several rules have to be applied. mdy (February 3, 1980) for US-related articles (except some military articles), and for articles that are not related to an anglophone country and already use mdy, or are chosen that way by the early editors. dmy (3 February 1980) for articles related to other anglophone countries (except that Canada can be either), and for articles that are not related to an anglophone country and already use dmy, or are chosen that way by the early editors. Tony (talk) 03:06, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
MOS:DATE has more info, however in the Solariella/Calliotropis ambigua, the merging admittedly complicates matters. Of the core formats, dmy seems to be evident from the now-merged Solariella content. Dl2000 (talk) 03:31, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
Thanks Tony1 and Dl2000. Does this look right now? — Ganeshk (talk) 02:37, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

RfC:Infobox Road proposal

WP:AURD (Australian Roads), is inviting comment on a proposal to convert Australian road articles to {{infobox road}}. Please come and discuss. The vote will be after concerns have been looked into.

You are being contacted as a user who participated in previous discussions proposing the deletion of {{infobox Australian road}}, this RfC does not propose that.

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Saskia Garel

Yeah... see, the article already has a citation. Obviously you didn't even check it before putting back the INCORRECT birthdate for Saskia. The citation (that I did not put there, it was already there) confirms she is not 35, but rather is in her 40's. So, thanks for calling my information "incorrect" and my edit "vandalism" and for putting the article back to being incorrect.

You might believe she was born in 1977, I on the other hand know her personally. And I read the citation that confirms she is 43 years old. You might want to put that back if you actually care about wikipedia having accurate information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.238.70.87 (talk) 20:35, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

Roger Rousseau

Hi, you have created the stub about Roger Rousseau, and i'm trying to get in contact with his family, about his service during WW2. You've add "Envoy Roger Rousseau headed 1976 Olympics (obituary)". Toronto Star. 28 September 1985. pp. A20. as a ref, and the Toronto Star doesn't show any online archive before 2008, so i was wondering where did you found the source, maybe i could find there any useful information ? - Pony. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.50.96.20 (talk) 03:15, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your kind help, --Pony — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.50.119.172 (talk) 08:21, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

Lee Priest

The information I added is factual and based on the internet site I provided. Stop your arbitrary and capricious editing if you ever want people to take your "work" seriously. - Squad — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.163.18.9 (talk) 23:13, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

Fair Go!

Strewth!


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Tracked Hovercraft

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Ahhhhhhhhhhh Maury Markowitz (talk) 22:31, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Dynamite by Taio Cruz

Hello. You had no right to delete the info I'd added to the page for the song. Below are reference links you can add:

http://jodiarias.indepthstory.com/taio-cruz-dynamite-ringtone-plays-during-the-closing-arguments-of-the-jodi-arias-trial-lol/

http://cnn.veezio.com/v/video_object:youtube.com:video:iv6ENOaczTg/taio-cruz-song-interrupts-arias-trial — Preceding unsigned comment added by TTerri (talk • contribs) 21:58, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Eleanor Farjeon

Is her own autobiography not a reliable source? The game was also described in Eleanor Cameron's The Green and Burning Tree (Little, Brown 1985) -- should I use that instead? Until then, I'm putting that information back in and using A Nursery in the Nineties as my source as planned.

By the way, you're supposed to add the "citation needed" tag to things that need them on articles, rather than delete the part you think needs the citation. Please check the Citation needed page, it tells how to use it in case you weren't aware of it. More on fact templates & how to use them here. --Bluejay Young (talk) 19:15, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

You said: "Regarding the added paragraph, the main problem was that it did not include a reference (see WP:V, WP:CITE). Please ensure such content is traceable to a source; secondary sources (e.g. Cameron as you mention) are usually better than primary (autobiography) - although it may be ideal to reference with both. Dl2000 (talk) 19:22, 26 May 2013 (UTC)"
One of the things about Wikipedia is that people will put stuff in, then find the book or magazine it was cited in and come back and re-edit their entry. I am by no means the only one who does this. A simple "citation needed" tag is all that is necessary when you find uncited material. You don't have to go to all the trouble of deleting it. --Bluejay Young (talk) 20:37, 26 May 2013 (UTC) (copy to my talk page)

Your behaviour

To keep things short: Before judging users you don't know better get your facts straight! Genres in infoboxes are delimited by a comma. And showing me the way to the welcoming page while I'm active since 2011 is simply outrageous. Your revert has been reverted and in the future you better check Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums/Album article style guide LordRapture (talk) 17:57, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

The user warning you received regarded the unexplained deletion of tags, particularly the refimprove tag, not the genre changes (which you've finally and reasonably explained with MOS:ALBUM). You failed to use the edit summary, therefore you did not justify how the referencing was improved, something editors should be aware of after a few years. Dl2000 (talk) 22:18, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

Granuator Again Added unexplained, uncited and unverified contents to Kashi Math

Hi Dl2000, Even after you already gave final Warning to Granuator. He Still adding duplicate, unexplained, uncited and unverified contents to Wikipedia Page Kashi Math. From all above his intention is clear that,he again wants disruptive editing and vandalism on Kashi Math

Kindly take an Action Against Him.

Regards Spedian (talk) 18:33, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

resolved invalid date formats?

Hello DI2000. I think your edit summaries regarding edits like this one are misleading by simply pointing at WP:MOSNUM. What does "resolved invalid date formats" exactly mean? I see nothing wrong with the use of {{date}} in any article, and the practice does not contradict any guidelines. Moreover, the template's page does not discourage its use. Can you please provide a valid explanation? Thanks.--Jetstreamer Talk 21:29, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

First, the "invalid date formats" usually refer to all-numeric date formats that are clearly not supported by WP:MOSNUM, e.g. "10/11/12" (now which date is that?) or "02-06-2013" (non-supported construct), or "2013-6-2" (which should be 2013-06-02 with leading zeroes). However, my bad on not seeing what the {{date}} wrapping was doing, namely rendering "{{date|2013-6-2}}" to "2 June 2013" so the edit summary didn't apply in that particular case. Note that this situation isn't seen that often in the articles, and as you mention the MoS doesn't directly deal with that situation. That said, the use of {{date}} within a reference template may "not contradict any guidelines" but there are other problematic aspects to doing that - first, the {{date}} documentation recommends "template is probably best used internally in other templates", so there is at least a mild discouragement to its use within articles. Also, what is being accomplished by using "{{date|2013-6-2}}" that couldn't be done by simply substituting the template to show "2 June 2013" (or writing that out directly)? The {{date}} template doesn't include additional special capability such as microformatting, hidden categorisation or autoformatting. Also note the Wikipedia:Transclusion costs and benefits essay - editors may object in cases where there are increasing numbers of nested templates that don't provide functionality beyond writing basic text, Now in conclusion, I'll try to leave the {{date|###}} constructs alone unless there is syntax damage, a wrong date result, etc., unless some consensus arises in the future to substitute things out. Dl2000 (talk) 03:01, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
Re the above edit, it seems transformation was not complete: for example, it turned "<ref name="First foreign CEO for Biman">{{cite news|title= First foreign CEO for Biman|publisher= bdnews24.com|date= {{Date|2013-3-18}}|url= http://bdnews24.com/business/2013/03/18/first-foreign-ceo-for-biman|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/6H9wFulSU|archivedate= {{Date|2013-6-5}}}}</ref>" into "<ref name="First foreign CEO for Biman">{{cite news|title= First foreign CEO for Biman|publisher= bdnews24.com|date= 2013-3-18|url= http://bdnews24.com/business/2013/03/18/first-foreign-ceo-for-biman|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/6H9wFulSU|archivedate=5 June 2013 }}</ref>". Possibly problem with the missing zero? I have now rectified it. Regards, -- Ohc ¡digame!¿que pasa? 06:31, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

Graham McRae

Hi spotted your edit reversal on the article about Graham McRae and found another IP addressee has reloaded the information. Have tagged the article with a cite ref in the hope that they will look at their own talk pages and correct their ways. I'll continue to monitor the article and tidy it up in a week or so if they don't. Keep up the good work and congratulations on your 100,000th edit. NealeFamily (talk) 04:09, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

I want to Upload Three Images of our Swamijis for Kashi Math

Hi Dl2000, Can you please help me in uploading three images of our Swamijis for Kashi Math. I have the URL of the images. And I feel, images can be used fairly.

URLs are: http://kashimath.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Madhavendra-Thirtha.jpg http://kashimath.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Sudhindra-Thirtha.jpg http://kashimath.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Samyamindra-Thirtha.jpg

Thank you

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Kashi Math

Hi Dl2000, In Kashi Math all the added information are removed. Can you please Check, What is the exact issue?? Regards Spedian (talk) 19:05, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your help DI2000

Thanks for your help in correcting the Patricia O'Callaghan entry. You are correct about Youkali of course. Thanks again. Carlofantom (talk) 07:26, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

Use dmy dates: Why?

Can you please explain why you think this is a helpful edit? The article that you added the {{use dmy dates}} template to has no dates that would be affected by the template. All of the dates in the article are years without a month or day included. —David Eppstein (talk) 23:31, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

Given that this was tagged for 2 years, it is usually helpful to restore per template documentation, unless there is good reason to remove, which you have now provided. Some of the earlier versions might have also involved specific dates, however there is probably no point to retag this. Dl2000 (talk) 04:06, 13 July 2013 (UTC)
I'd just say that given the ultimate aim is to ensure that all Wikipedia articles have consistently-formatted dates, it would be necessary for any automated or semi-automated effort to rely on the existence of these tags to ensure completeness of the maintenance work. In other words, unless some other way is found to ensure compliance, all WIkipedia articles will be tagged with either {{use dmy dates}} ov {{use mdy dates}} sowhere down the line. Also given that the template – invisible on the face of the article – has been there for two years, it's not desirable to remove it any more than it appears unnecessary to have it from an in-article point of view. -- Ohc ¡digame!¿que pasa? 07:07, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

July 2013

What did was just change the birthdate from this format 29 May 1975 to the simpler way May 29, 1975. I wasn't trying to mess up anything or nothing like that. I just thought the birthdate was a little backwards or odd for the readers. If you understand what i'm trying to say.71.180.91.32 (talk) 21:13, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

See WP:STRONGNAT - for that article, it is the normal and "simpler" format to use. Hope this explains things better. Dl2000 (talk) 23:50, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

Misuse of rollback rights and user warning

Information icon Hi DI2000, I would like to inform you that this warning that you placed on 71.180.91.32's talk page was inappropriate. This IP is a trusted user, and of course, humans do make mistakes sometimes, so I will not blame anybody for this incident. The IP's edit is a good-faith edit, and thus you should not use rollback rights to revert it. Furthermore, it was not a test, as the warning said, and neither is it vandalism. In future, please use Twinkle's Rollback [AGF] instead to revert these good-faith edits. Thank you. ✉→Arctic Kangaroo←✎ 06:26, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

Lynton Crosby ‎

Please keep an eye on this page as it looks like there's a mini campaign to rv sourced material. Thanks, Ericoides (talk) 07:45, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

Will try to monitor what I can, when I can... Dl2000 (talk) 02:54, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
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