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Replaceable fair use File:Caroline Kennedy, 1991 In Our Defense interview.png

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Replaceable fair use File:Bernice King at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, October 2011.png

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Replaceable fair use File:Bernice King speaks at the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial dedication on the National Mall in Washington.png

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Nomination of Arndrea Waters for deletion

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Kitty Pryde

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You uploaded an image of Kitty Pryde. The article seems to contain too many images of her, so some risk being deleted. See the discussion at Wikipedia:Files for deletion/2014 January 18#Kitty Pryde. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:07, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Non-free rationale for File:Martin Luther and Coretta Scott King wedding day, 1953.png

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Non-free rationale for File:Coretta Scott King, 1970s.png

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Non-free rationale for File:Coretta Scott young.png

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Non-free rationale for File:Jackie Kennedy and Coretta Scott King, 1968.png

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Replaceable fair use File:Coretta Scott King 1958.png

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Disputed non-free use rationale for File:Dexter Scott King 1968.png

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Disputed non-free use rationale for File:Yolanda King Human Rights Campaign, 2000.png

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Disputed non-free use rationale for File:Yolanda King at 16.png

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Disputed non-free use rationale for File:Yolanda King Smith College, 1976 Yearbook.png

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  • Sorry about all the notices, but non-free content should only be used where no free alternative exists or could be created and your uploads suggest you weren't aware of this. I would recommend familiarising yourself with WP:NFC before uploading any more non-free content, particularly points 1 and 8 of WP:NFCCP. January (talk) 16:34, 2 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Signature

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I noticed when I was replying to you at File talk:Coretta Scott King 1958.png that your signature was missing a </font> after it, which caused any text posted below your signature to appear in red (my reply came out red when I previewed it until I added this myself). If this is a custom signature in your preferences, I think adding </font> at the end should fix it. January (talk) 22:43, 3 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Martin Luther and Coretta Scott King wedding day, 1953.png listed for deletion

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File:Coretta Scott King, 1970s.png listed for deletion

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File:Coretta Scott young.png listed for deletion

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File:Jackie Kennedy and Coretta Scott King, 1968.png listed for deletion

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Replaceable fair use File:Dexter Scott King.png

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File source problem with File:Dexter Scott King 1968.png

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Replaceable fair use File:Yolanda King Smith College, 1976 Yearbook.png

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Replaceable fair use File:Martin Luther King and Yolanda King, 1964.jpg

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Replaceable fair use File:Yolanda King at 16.png

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Replaceable fair use File:Yolanda King Human Rights Campaign, 2000.png

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I'm done. Informant16
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I don't understand why you changed Aaliyah's image to that filtered low quality one. The image I used was HIGH Definition and the photographer Eric Johnson even released those HD pics of Aaliyah on his website to the public so there was no need to delete it. It wasn't "colored", it was high definition. I have all of the links http://www.loeildelaphotographie.com/2014/01/16/portfolio/23963/eric-johnson-aaliyah-by-miss-rosen --Datyger (talk) 09:16, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

From the way it appeared to me, the image was a variation of what I believed was the original coloring, that of the one I uploaded. Now that you've confirmed that the image was high definition and not some mere minor variation that you found, I apologize. I need you to understand that I was unaware of this and believed I was using the more common, original image. Whatever I can do to make it up, let me know. Informant16 24 August 2014

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Thank you in return. I had believed he had enough material for one and I was kind of interested in doing it, so I did. Informant16
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Thank you, very much for your contribution. The article looks even better than it did a few hours ago. If Wiki decides to not delete Asami Sato's article, I would love to work with you on creating separate pages for Bolin, Mako and Tenzin. G. Capo (talk) 03:58, 3 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That was the point that I don't think some of those opposed to keeping the page are realizing. This series was highly anticipated and reviewed throughout its entire run. I'm sure the other three will be just as easy, if not easier to create. Informant16 3 January 2015
I completely agree with you! I've created separate pages for Bolin, Mako and Tenzin. It's currently in its skeletal phase, with only the basic structure of the article in place. Feel free to edit as you see fit. G. Capo (talk) 22:43, 16 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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I split the positions onto another page. They are extraneous and it is already customary for politicians to have their positions on another page. Informant16 31 October 2015
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Will do. I didn't intend for there to be any misconceptions. I wasn't seeking to dismantle the edits of my fellow contributors but rather make room for content that was suitable for another page. Informant16 31 October 2015
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What additions are you referring to? I've gone out of my way to change it. Informant16 2 November 2015
The problem is that in many places the article text that was cited to the Leaming (2014) book, for example, used the exact words - or too close paraphrases of the original. Even though you did put citations for all of them, Wiki policy requires that we write our articles in our own words, not in the words of the source article, in this case Leaming's words. We are supposed to summarize what we are taking from sources, in our own words. This is my edit, some of which were copyvios, or close paraphrases. Also some are just trivial details that aren't adding anything significant and by including in the article gives the appearance of more importance than is reasonable.
So, one example is as follows - this is way too close, barely even paraphrasing. There are others that I either rewrote or just removed. I don't have time to check every source - it's the responsibility of the editor who is writing to make sure this doesn't happen. There also is a major question about whether a detail that might be appropriate for a book length biography is appropriate to include in a biographical article that has to cover a subject's entire life, and should include only things that are significant, so that we can keep the piece to a reasonable size.
They met at a seasonal party which he had driven down from New York to attend. your text
She met John G.W. Husted, Jr. at a seasonal party for which he had driven down from New York. Leaming (2014) p 22
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I don't get it. You come to me with this and I credit it for seeming legitimate, but then the page gets slapped with a disclaimer that its content only interest a particular group? This is my difficulty that I've been having a hard time understanding since last year. The same thing happened over at the John F. Kennedy, Jr. page, but nowhere else. What is with this monopoly on the immediate Kennedy family pages? I don't get it. Informant16 2 November 2015
Ok - I didn't put the banners on the page, as I thought I would start out by talking with you here and posting on the article talk page since potentially anyone editing there may have inadvertently contributed to the problem. But the banners are really not out of line, in my view, and are supposed to serve as a reminder that there are some issues on the page, and hope to attract people who are willing to put in a little time to look into it and correct it. There are two different matters: one is strictly a matter of form, as I've outlined here - we need to be super careful not to copy/paste or "close paraphrase" from sources. The second banner is about the issue of details - as I said elsewhere, this is more subjective than copyvio issues which are straightforward. We have to think when we add material whether it has significance to the subject's life or if it's just an interesting but ultimately insignificant detail, lest our article start to sound like a gossip piece or just be a collection of sourced trivia. As for other Kennedy-related pages, I haven't been over to John Jr's page recently, but I assure you any concerns over trivial detail goes well beyond Kennedy family pages - it is a concern everywhere.Tvoz/talk 03:39, 3 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
It just seems as if nothing I do is good enough to avoid these types of charges. I don't know why I should even bother since it just keeps popping up. I tried to change the information. I don't know what else I can do besides that. Informant16 3 November 2015
THey're not charges, and it's not meant to be personal. I know you put a lot of effort into editing, and it's appreciated. Avoiding plagiarism is essential -if you flag any questionable segments, I'll help with rewrite. Your call. Tvoz/talk 05:40, 3 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I just really want you to know that I don't try to do it and I've been trying to avoid it ever since then. I'm in no way trying to steal material from any sources. Informant16 3 November 2015
I don't doubt that, and I know it's sometimes difficult to avoid - if you flag any, or note on my talk page, I'll see if I can recast in different words. Tvoz/talk 20:48, 3 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Following my comments on the Jackie Kennedy talk page, I would respectfully suggest it would behoove you to take part (with some other editors') in bringing an article up to GA status for the experience and/or consider seeking an experienced editor to mentor you for a time. It is nothing personal. Kierzek (talk) 14:27, 16 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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It looks identical to the one above it. Informant16 23:55, 23 March 2016
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Informant, please stop edit warring over that awful cropped photograph. You may discuss the issue on the talk page--but that image is so awful that placing it in the article almost amounts to a BLP violation. Drmies (talk) 15:32, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

We have no other picture of her apart from the same one that is not cropped, where she is with her husband. I'm violating a rule by using a picture of the person the article is about, because somebody thought it looked bad? From what I recall, Wikipedia is supposed to a source with neutrality. Would it not appear that by expressing our views on an image, we are therefore violating that concept? Informant16 25 March 2016
We make editorial judgments all the time about which photo is best in a particular place, and sometimes that means using a photo that includes more than the subject of the article, or even none at all. Jonathunder (talk) 15:55, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
If that's the case and the consensus has been reached then I'll comply. I just have a hard time understanding how I'll get blocked for adding a picture without prior knowledge that there was an issue with it being used. Informant16 25 March 2016
I don't think you'll be blocked for your opinion about which image to use, but edit warring about it would lead in that direction. I'm glad to hear you don't intend to do that. Jonathunder (talk) 16:00, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It's the edit warring part, and you did not participate in talk page discussion nor explain your change in a summary. On a high-volatility article covered by two sets of discretionary sanctions. In addition, there's this edit, reverted by Meatsgains, which you reverted without commentary here (1R), though you then removed it here while changing the picture but then you reinstated it here again, which was reverted by JohahThunder here, whom you reverted here (2R). Drmies (talk) 16:10, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
That was a discussion I was not aware of nor checked for, because I was under the impression that there was no issue with my editing or that only a single user had conflict with my contributions. Informant16 25 March 2016
OK, that's fine. Now you know there were more. :) Thank you, Drmies (talk) 22:36, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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I thought so too at one point. Just feels as if 95% of what I do isn't wanted. Thank you for the compliment. Informant16 3 April 2016
You are very welcome. I think the 95% estimate is way too high and you shouldn't think so negatively of your contributions. Discussion and patience may be needed but I don't think any problems are insurmountable. Take care. Dr. K. 02:24, 3 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
That's the thing. I didn't think badly about them at all until I received feedback. I was under the belief that I was contributing but the consensus is that my edits are anything but good. That doesn't influence my opinion about them but it certainly does about how I'm perceived on here and why be somewhere you're not wanted? Informant16 3 April 2016
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WV, as of now I'm done editing that article. Also, those comments received attention to such an extent that they were on Fox News as was Trump's response to them. Informant16 1 May 2016
The content read as a backhanded way to say Cruz is not an American citizen, that made it gossipy and defaming, rather than encyclopedic. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 16:34, 1 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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I was unaware of the three revert strike rule and that giving actual information was a crime. I apologize for being productive. I will try to be less productive in the future. -Informant16 13 June 2016
Being productive isn't the problem; my concern is making so many reverts in quick succession without discussing the matter beforehand. Snuggums (talk / edits) 04:32, 14 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
But being productive is the problem. When I didn't add anything I didn't have these issues. Furthermore, my edits were reverted in quick succession by two different users who did not get this message. It appears to me that I'm being singled out for having written the disputed material, which was productive and thus has caused for that message to appear here. Informant16 13 June 2016
It's not so much about productivity...(what's the definition of that, anyway?), as we are not in a hurry to get anywhere fast. This is a long standing article, and for any big changes to be implemented it would be wise to first get a consensus on the talk-page. Cheers and happy editing. Lectonar (talk) 09:18, 14 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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My behavior at an article where I argued against what you had posted was not a serious attempt? Funny. I thought the same of your continued reverting of my edits to the Palin article. You did it about five or six times before I realized you believe that adding actual is a crime. I didn't think it was serious, as anything I posted was removed for the most part. I would almost call it WP:HOUNDING. Informant16 27 June 2016
Ok sure, whatever. If you want to discuss this further, feel free to address this issue on the Nora Dannehy talk page. Bonewah (talk) 17:21, 27 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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I've commented on the talk page. This really needs to be removed. It's against policy. Informant16 July 17, 2016

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Good work in Hinata Hyuga. I see you are trying to make it pass WP:Notability but it still feels lacking. Did you use this source? It says somethings about the character. If you still can't find sources, I would suggest moving it to your sandbox. Regards.Tintor2 (talk) 13:43, 19 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I'm trying to. I've got several more right now and I'll use that one if I haven't already. Informant16 July 19, 2016

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Presidential Timelines

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Great work on the presidential timelines! Ethanbas (talk) 02:48, 4 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Presidential timeline work update

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Hi Informant16, I'm wondering, what's your plan for working on the presidential timelines? Is there anything I can do now or in the future to make it easier for you to work on the timelines? What's your vision? Ethanbas (talk) 21:29, 27 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I started editing on Bush first so I'm going to finish that before I seriously pursue the others. Are you planning on making one for every president? Informant16 27 February 2017
I think so, but I'm taking it slow. I think that for older presidents, the timelines can be shorter than modern timelines like the Bush/Obama/Trump timelines. If you look at the timelines I've been creating for presidents like Coolidge, Hoover, FDR, Eisenhower, etc., you'll see I generally populate them with a few major events, and try to make sure each year has at least two events when I create it. I generally put down major events, stuff like Pearl Harbor, Black Thursday, etc. I don't think it's *necessary* for the older timelines to be super detailed in order for them to be useful to readers; besides, detailed timelines for 40 presidents seems unachievable for this year, or at least very hard. I've been trying to recruit other editors to work on the timelines, to no avail. Oh well; like I said, I think a limited timeline, say with less than 30 events, can still be useful, as long as the really major events are included and the writing is good. Ethanbas (talk) 05:36, 28 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe I should AfD one of my timelines so that people will come and work on it? :P Ethanbas (talk) 05:40, 28 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, I think after I publish Wilson timeline, I won't create other timelines. Maybe I'll do Teddy Roosevelt. But in general, it's too much work, and not enough value. I might be interested in creating timelines of foreign governments though! Ethanbas (talk) 04:00, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I agree. I'm trying to go backwards from Bush after it gets completed and it still isn't even halfway done. I was wondering what you would think of timelines on certain senators' careers. Informant16 3 March 2017
We'd have to fight on the precedent for writing a timeline on a senator's career. I think making say, a timeline of the premiership of Gorbachev has more precedent (because of US presidential timelines), and would probably survive an AfD, and also be higher value than a senator's career. Ethanbas (talk) 21:08, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I get what you're saying. I'm starting to lose motivation for the timeline though. Informant16 3 March 2017
Work on whatever your heart desires :) Ethanbas (talk) 08:04, 4 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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How do you write the presidential timelines?

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For example, I'm wondering where you come up with all the really old newspaper citations. In https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_presidency_of_Lyndon_B._Johnson, where did you get all the Chicago Tribune stuff? But also, I'm wondering where you find say, all the CNN links in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_presidency_of_George_W._Bush. Best, Ethanbas (talk) 04:36, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Google. Just type a day in and you should get some corresponding newspaper or article. I wish I could find some for a Lincoln one, but the Chicago Tribune won't go as far. Informant16 2 April 2017
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Primefac, Please note that talking with multiple people on the same sight about the same thing without trying to change the outcome, as otherwise I would have asked them to come over and say something, is not a federal offense under current US law. - Informant16 25 May 2017

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An editor deleted your edit to the Betsy DeVos page. I undid the revert, since if she wasn't Secretary of Education, any mention of her support for the Paris withdrawal would have been on page nineteen of her home town paper, if that. She was clearly using her position for a bully pulpit, so your edit was appropriate. Activist (talk) 08:39, 5 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Your stats here. Lots of red and nothing else is pretty good. People tend to get sucked into non-red areas after a while, so don't do that!!!! Ethanbas (talk) 19:46, 13 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Ethanbas:, I didn't even know any of that existed. So what are your thoughts on the progress of the presidential articles? Informant16 13 July 2017
Good work; I don't have any updated opinions from last time. I consider the work on the presidential timelines to be better for the world than work on most Wikipedia articles. Note that my co-conspirators have been working a lot on https://timelines.issarice.com/wiki/Main_Page since they kinda got kicked out of Wikipedia; you might get ideas for additional timelines to create for Wikipedia (you seem to like timeline work!). Ethanbas (talk) 22:09, 13 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Ethanbas:, I don't suppose you would be up for making the Timeline of the presidency of William Howard Taft? Informant16 13 July 2017
Nah; like I've said before, I've judged that I've started enough US presidential timelines or even made a few too many; there are simply things I consider more important to work on (if I had time; I work less on Wikipedia nowdays anyhow). I recommend starting timeline of Putin/Russia since 2000; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Russian_history#21st_century for the bit of relevant information. That's one example of something I would consider to be higher value; maybe I'll even start it. Ethanbas (talk) 03:10, 14 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Given the growing size of the Timeline of the presidency of George W. Bush I plan on dividing it into separate year-by-year articles, like the Timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama articles. While it will likely be a few days until I do this, I wanted to let you know in advance, as you are the current article's primary editor. Cheers. Drdpw (talk) 03:17, 21 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I would say this is unnecessary, although I would say we should do whatever Informant16 wants to be done. Dividing the article into 2 articles (for the 2 presidential terms) is a possibility; I am significantly against dividing it by year. Ethanbas (talk) 03:39, 21 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I would go by presidency, if someone were to ask me. Primefac (talk) 13:24, 21 September 2017 (UTC) (talk page stalker)[reply]
My main complaints against the year by year thing are two-fold. I wanted each year to be able to eventually stand as its own article, filled with information for each month and images, and I only see about three of those eight that might suffice in their current state. Two, what would this mean for the other timelines? If I were to add a full two years to the Reagan timeline, say for 1986 and 1987 and it became 300 bytes, would you want that split despite most of the years not having anything there or massively lacking? Informant16 21 September 2017
Informant16 is completely correct. I strongly oppose dividing the timelines by year, and will revert such a move. Ethanbas (talk) 02:57, 23 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Sorry. I've had little familiarity with removing content to another page. I appreciate the assistance. Informant16 24 October 2017

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I'm going to get blocked for adding content and leaving it in the same state that a user who deleted my additions made? I don't understand why you don't concede that was a bit much for bio article. Informant16 14 May 2018
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Given that your talk page has reached nearly 200,000 bytes, I recommend that you archive it by moving the page to User talk:Informant16/Archive 1 or maybe splitting that into 3 pages by copying and pasting discussions. Many users archive discussions when they reach 30,000 to 80,000 bytes and it is recommended that it be done at around 75,000 in order to prevent page lag (said page lag that I received when coming to this page). Please see Help:Archiving a talk page for more info about this.

Just a friendly tip since I definitely noticed page lag here. To list discussions, you can use the template that I have on my talk page. You can also auto-archive with multiple user scripts such as Lowercase sigmabot III (fully-automated) or OneClickArchiver (semi-automated). Redditaddict69 03:33, 7 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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I'm finished with this website. I have spent over a year as the sole contributors to most of the presidential timelines and while having a few articles outside of that where people have exercised some common sense in regards to how they treat my edits, disagreeing with one or two here but allowing most to remain or at least discussing the merit of them, the rest have been an ongoing headache showing that there is more defaming in contributing than rewarding in attempting. A few months back, I went out of my way to contribute to the George H. W. Bush article and received a flurry of nonsensical retorts about how my contributions were too much when they were smaller than those on articles of the same profession and then told I was vandalizing for leaving it in the way that the person who deleted what I wrote had left it in. Then I spend several days contributing to the Mitch McConnell article only for another user to appoint themselves the decider of all that is worthy of contributing and delete over 30,000 bytes of content while vaguely proclaiming it was a timeline when every single article on this site lists content in order of sequence and when it happened. It's too much a headache for a person that just wanted to add to the site and I don't see the trade off for being treated so poorly. I do think that moderators and other users on here should realize that there is a human factor involved and that one person trying to add to an article for the period of several days or weeks isn't someone that is merely exercising "good faith" edits. They are a person, who like myself at one point, believed they could make a difference on the website most people would go to first if they wanted to learn about a topic. But I don't expect Wikipedia to become Wikihumanity anytime soon. Just further down the path of turning users away by treating them like excrement. - Informant16 September 7, 2018

  • Uh... what is it something I said? Redditaddict69 20:03, 7 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Informant, surely there are better ways to handle an editorial conflict. I'm sorry you feel this way, but at the same time, if you basically increase the size of an article by 30% without much explanation, and if it looks like what you're adding are all single paragraphs citing single facts, positions, whatever, and nowhere does one see an overarching idea of why those individual things matter, IF, in other words, you turn articles into timelines and give no rationale for inclusion besides basic verifiability, you can expect others to take issue with that. Drmies (talk) 21:10, 7 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Drmies, I see that you deleted everything I wrote you. Very fitting. Anyway, the McConnell article had several sections. If I add sentences having to do with immigration in the "immigration" section, and add a summary, that would have stopped you from blanking out every single thing I wrote? This is why I quit. I'm done negotiating with deletionists. - Informant16 September 7, 2018

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Informant, I've taken a look at some of your other contributions to Wikipedia, and I really believe that you fundamentally misunderstand what Wikipedia is supposed to be. Please take a look at Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia that is supposed to provide a comprehensive-but-concise summary of the topic, and is not an indiscriminate collection of news reports documenting every single public comment ever made by the subject. For example, you filled the Joe Manchin and Susan Collins articles with inconsequential comments and actions, and then got upset when other editors objected. Please reconsider your editing philosophy. Orser67 (talk) 16:51, 29 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Also, as I mentioned at the Dwight D. Eisenhower talk page, please review Wikipedia:Article size and Wikipedia:Summary style. Orser67 (talk) 16:53, 29 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
As far as the Collins and Manchin articles are concerned, my contributions were made to eventually split the material into a political positions article. Please review the category "Political positions of United States senators" for nearly two dozen examples of these articles, just in case you thought I was the architect of making most of those. While I objected to some of the comments that were made on the talk page, I had no objections to making the Collins positions article and even created it myself, as that was always my intent. I'd recommend not assuming what mood I was in when I read comments on here or what my understanding of Wikipedia is. Please review Wikipedia:No personal attacks. "Comment on content, not on the contributor." The only material I kept was a summary of her positions (which is the norm for when someone has a political positions article) and in the "Senate career" tab added instances of bills that she sponsored becoming laws since I believed those would have more "lasting impact" than ones she had merely cosponsored. I only stopped on the Manchin article because I don't see the point in me adding a bunch of material and then having it removed because someone decided that it wasn't good enough for an encyclopedia that adds such trivial information as dates. I'd note that your reaction to the Eisenhower reverts is near identical to my reaction to the Manchin reverts, fundamentally not understanding why it was rolled back. User:Informant16 01:32, 30 November (UTC)
No, you are trying to obscure the issue here. It is clear from your talk page comments that you only split those articles because other contributors insisted that you do so. And there are many, many other articles that are still bloated because of your contributions. Orser67 (talk) 01:47, 30 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
And User:Display name 99 was more than justified in removing some of the things you added to the Joe Manchin article. Orser67 (talk) 04:06, 30 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Looking at some of your other "greatest hits", Informant, you have also added a whole lot of crud to article such as Strom Thurmond, Robert Byrd, Robert A. Taft, Mitch McConnell, and Jimmy Carter. I am grateful to various editors for removing some of the most unnecessary things you have added, though it appears that much of the bloat you contributed to Wikipedia is, unfortunately, still in place. Orser67 (talk) 06:25, 30 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I split the post-presidency of the Jimmy Carter article without anyone telling me to. When Display name reverted my edits, I didn't write half of an essay on his talk page or try to disparage his contributions to the entire site. You can look on his talk page. I complimented his contributions to the John Adams article. Looks like you discovered my magic ability to "write crud" and somehow have a majority of it stay. It takes for the person who won't add anything to any of those articles (barring Carter) to complain about the person who will. Informant16 11:17, 30 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I'm hardly the first to object to your editing philosophy; just looking at your recent history, I found plenty of examples of people who objected to your non-stop additions to various articles: here, here, here, here, and here. You did somehow manage to transform Strom Thurmond from an article with 26kb of readable prose to one with 117kb without much pushback, so congratulations on that I guess. Anyway, I really hope that you consider changing your editing philosophy to take WP:NOTNEWS more seriously, or that you stick more to political position and timeline articles where you seem to do a perfectly fine job. Orser67 (talk) 14:50, 30 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
And if you're determined to only edit Wikipedia with free, online sources, I recommend looking into getting a (free) JSTOR account from the Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library (they also have other resources that might be worth exploring). I think that if you engaged with sources other than news reports, you could get a much better understanding of what types of things do and don't warrant mentioning on Wikipedia. Orser67 (talk) 15:05, 30 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Hello. I have no immediate recollections of any interaction with you beyond the Manchin page. While I respect your contributions and while it appears that some of my edit summaries were a bit too harsh, I agree with Orser67 that you had a tendency to add excessive material to the article, making it more difficut to navigate and decipher the information that was actually important. I'm not at all familiar with your contributions outside of the Manchin article, but if you edit other articles the same way you do that one, I agree that it would be good to reconsider your general editing philosophy. Display name 99 (talk) 02:26, 1 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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