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Request reason:

@JamesBWatson: I have absolutely no idea what is going on. I have never and never will abuse multiple accounts. What was the account that I am a suspected sockpuppet of? Use CheckUser to confirm this. I have dedicated over 1 year and countless hours of my time to make Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons a better place and to improve its content, and would be incredibly upset if that journey had to end right now. MB298 (talk) 23:12, 29 June 2016 (UTC) ::p.s. @Another Believer: I guess that was why the Red Cap Garage image was deleted... MB298 (talk) 23:12, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

Accept reason:

It still seems to me that this account may well be a sockpuppet, but following discussions with other administrators I am persuaded that there is an element of doubt, and we have to give you the benefit of that doubt. I apologise once again for the time it has taken to resolve this. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 14:08, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

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p.s. @Another Believer: I guess that was why the Red Cap Garage image was deleted... MB298 (talk) 23:12, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

Also with the West Virginia elections: I have done nothing but help improve the content and quality of Wikipedia, which includes creating articles for many of the West Virginia gubernatorial elections. When I saw they had been deleted, I lost a sense of determination and confidence in seeing all that work gone to the article graveyard for no reason other than "created by blocked user in violation of block". It is hard to describe how disheartened I feel in seeing that an innocent user is accused of something completely against the policy of Wikipedia, something that I would NEVER even consider doing. MB298 (talk) 23:23, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

@Bbb23: @Winkelvi: I was investigating into the reasons of my block and came across Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Kbabej/Archive; I am not sure if this was related to the block but as Bbb23 pointed out, CheckUser confirmed I am completely unrelated to Kbabej. MB298 (talk) 02:17, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
Checkuser only confirmed that there was no technical link between the accounts, which is all it can do. Also, I'm curious as to how you found Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Kbabej/Archive, as I see no obvious link from here to there - though I'm sure there's an innocent explanation, if you'd care to offer it. Anyway, I've just declined an unblock request at User talk:Kbabej, so I'll leave this one to someone else. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 10:58, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
  • MB298, when I ran a check against you on June 7, 2016, I had technical data for you from about March 10 to June 7. I also had technical data for Kbabej for March 30-31. Based on that check, technically it was clear that you were two different people. Because of this block, which I too assume to be be based on Kbabej, I've rerun a check against you through the present, as well as Kbabej's data for June 28 (his latest unblock request). The technical data is consistent with the last check, both yours and Kbabej's. The two of you are editing from different states. Each of you is editing from the same state you were the last time. Your other technical data hasn't changed. Kbabej's other technical data has also not changed. Boing! is correct that a CU cannot rule out the possibility of socking, but in my experience the quality of the data demonstrating no relationship varies. Here the quality is very high. I don't know what triggered James's block a few weeks after the CU, but I have no authority to override the block. There would have to be some sort of administrative or community consensus that it is unjustified. There are also WP:UTRS and the arbitration committee, but those procedures should be invoked later rather than sooner. Thus far, things don't look good for you because Boing! apparently agrees with the block. All I can suggest is that you play out the unblock procedures and remain civil and respectful (James and Boing! are very good administrators).--Bbb23 (talk) 14:00, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
@Bbb23: @Boing! said Zebedee: I entered the search term "MB298 sockpuppet" and it was the fifth or sixth result that came up. I recall in October there was another sockpuppet investigation involving me, Kbabej, and CookieMonster755, which proved me to be unrelated to both. MB298 (talk) 14:48, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
OK, seems reasonable, thanks for clarifying - I'll probably have a word with Bbb23. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 14:51, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
I'll have a word with Bbb23, and the two of us can discuss what evidence we each have, and I hope come to an agreement one way or the other. Unfortunately, I won't have time to that for a while, but I'll get onto it as soon as I can. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 16:43, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
@JamesBWatson: That would be great, I don't really care how long it takes as long as the matter is looked into. MB298 (talk) 22:04, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
Well, I hope it doesn't take too long. Having read what you have said below, I still think that the evidence for sockpuppetry looks very convincing, but whichever way it is, I would prefer it to be cleared up as quickly as possible, even more so if it turns out that I am wrong than if I am right. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 11:24, 2 July 2016 (UTC)

I'll say a few things here:

I have been editing Wikipedia for over three years now. First, I edited anonymously (with different IPs as they changed over time; evidence can be found on User:MB298/Miscellaneous#IP address history). This account was created on March 24, 2015, and I edited the article Mayotte. Since I hadn't clicked the "keep me logged in for up to 30 days" box, I was logged out and revered to editing anonymously under IPs for well over a month, using 50.53.90.161 (before March 30) and 50.53.96.140 (after April 1). I decided to create article Panamá Oeste Province (was started by another user in June 2015), however needed to log in to do that. A draft article was created on May 9, 2015, although was declined due to a lack of citations. I have been editing almost exclusively on this account since then (I still occasionally edit anonymously; generally because I am feeling too lazy to log in on a mobile device; then I will generally state "This is MB298" before the edit summary). As Bbb23 pointed out, Kbabej and I are editing from different states (I am unsure of the specific state Kbabej is editing from, but I am from Beaverton, Oregon).

I have been investigated as a possible sockpuppet twice that I am aware of; both times by Winkelvi. The first was in Oct. 2015 (can be seen here; I was known as "Mr.Bob.298" at the time (I shortened it to MB298 shortly after). The evidence given was that both Kbabej and I were interested in Oregon-related topics; which for me, due to being a resident of the State of Oregon, wouldn't be surprising (I joined WikiProject Oregon in Sept. 2015). At the time, Kbabej and I had 7 articles in common, now report here shows 27 in common. Of those, 3 are commonly edited Wikipedia pages, including the Participants page for WikiProject Oregon. The rest are mostly minor edits I made to the pages of generally politicians, as I am interested in politics and political matters. I wouldn't describe myself as a content creator.

I was investigated again earlier this month; again by Winkelvi. Winkelvi strongly believed I was a sock, however checkuser run by Bbb23 confirmed unrelated to Kbabej. Winkelvi made some convincing points, including the articles in common, described above. He/she pointed out some old versions of Kbabej's user page, including this; which states, "My name is Konrad and I live in Portland, Oregon. I have always been a fan of Wikipedia and started writing articles in June of 2013 as I search for information and don't find an entry.

My interests:

memoirs
fundamentalist Mormon sects
psychology
politics
genealogy
abnormal behaviors
My projects:

Susan Ray Schmidt
Brent W. Jeffs
The Advocacy of Jack & Trudy Collins section on Suzanne Marie Collins

"

I only regularly edit articles on one of the options on Kbabej's interest list, which is politics. I have edited some articles on fundamentalist Mormons, including Brent W. Jeffs, which was one of Kbabej's projects as stated on that page; however it was removing persondata template, which has been deprecated since 2015, and changing the template {{reflist}} to include the 30em parameter, which splits the refs into two or more columns; something I do often; and looking through Kbabej's contribution list can find zero instances of that type of edit. I very rarely edit on articles related to psychology, genealogy, memoirs, or abnormal behaviors. Most of my edited articles I edit once or twice and do not visit again.

In that diff, Kbabej states he resides in Portland, OR, which is close to but not including Beaverton. Evidence proving I was residing in Beaverton at the time that userpage was displaying is shown through IP address lookup here.

In the same investigation Winkelvi states that, "Suspected sock account was created on March 23, 2015, after Kbabej was blocked indefinitely and in-between the creation of Kbabej socks Garden of Edith and ID man12 ID. The MB298 sock account was not used, for more than six months, until October 6, 2015. MB298 is obviously another one of Kbabej's many sleeper accounts." As stated above, I reverted to IP editing for about a month and a half, but edited Flag of Quintana Roo on 8 May 2015, as proven here; and have continued editing using near exclusively (see above for explanation) this account ever since.

Winkelvi also makes a point in this paragraph: "Additionally, I think it is very important to note that Kbabej requested the standard offer on March 30, 2016 at his talk page. The reviewing admin, PhilKnight stated in his decline reason, "Before we go any further, I want you to provide a complete list of accounts that you've created". Kbabej replied with the following accounts: AndyGibsonSon, Cagepanes, Garden of Edith, Gibsonson27, Helpmechoose54, ID man12 ID, Kittykane UT, LDS_FLDS, Lgbtq pride, OpusDayNotDei, PDX er1. Conspicuously left out of the list is the sock account being reported here. Kbabej stated in his standard offer/unblock request, "When I evaded, it was because I believed my blocking to be an oversight and I wanted to still contribute. I realize that evading was wrong, and I have committed to no longer trying to go around Wikipedia rules.... I am sorry for the evading I've done; it's taken time away from other editors...I would like to...earn the trust back from the people I've disappointed." If the result of this SPI is yet another block of another Kbabej sock (and I believe it will be), it's obvious Kbabej is not true to his word, as evidenced by what he said in his unblock request as he intentionally left off the account being reported here from the list of socks he knew he created when his request for standard offer was being considered. If this does end up as another sock block, I think it's time to see something more permanent done so that Kbabej can never ask for another standard offer/unblock, because of his complete dishonesty. Time for a community ban?"

The reason Kbabej left me out of the sockpuppet list is simple: because I am not a sockpuppet. At the time, it is unlikely Kbabej was even aware of me; I was most likely first brought to his attention as a result of the June investigation.

I agree with Winkelvi: I do believe, given his long history of socking, that Kbabej should remain blocked for the time being. It is possible he has used another sock account since March, however that account is definitely not me.

Also ping @Mike V: @Salvidrim: @PhilKnight: as stated to be familiar with Kbabej and sockpuppets related to Kbabej. MB298 (talk) 00:00, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

this also shows Kbabej stating he contributes using Google Chrome on Microsoft Windows. I use Safari on Apple (the only evidence I have to prove this is uploaded images File:Slither.io gameplay.png and File:GTA San Andreas iOS gameplay.jpg), but several of my uploaded images on Commons have metadata showing I used Photos 1.3 to edit the file; which comes automatically installed on Apple computers.

Kbabej also states he uses Show Preview button, which as seen on some of my older contributions (such as at Bentor) I wasn't using it.

As seen here Kbabej states he is of Scandinavian ancestry. I am of German ancestry, as seen at User:MB298/Userboxes.

MB298 (talk) 00:13, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

MB298, I think your analysis is helpful. The pings of so many other editors, not so much.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:36, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

I'm inclined to unblock this account, particularly as they have been patient and understanding. Any objections? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 10:20, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

@Ritchie333: I have now sent an email to User:Bbb23, giving my reasons for believing it is sockpuppetry, together with a few comments on arguments against that. I am willing to send you a copy of that email, to help you assess the situation. Let me know if you would like me to do so. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 11:17, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
I was pinged but the ping was deleted without comment. My contribution to the matter, which was removed by Kbabej, was to point out the similarity in both editors' adding of an overabundance of irrelevant genealogical information to biographical articles. Many of Kbabej's articles consisted almost entirely of this kind of content and were deleted. I considered it a rather broad hint for any potential sockpuppeteers to tread carefully. My duck sense has always been rather triggered by the situation. It's probably a coincidence that both editors are friends with AnotherBeliever, who I consider a friend. Unrepentant socking isn't good for the wiki, however, it's possible that neither is the relentless pursuit of this matter. I'm otherwise neutral on the outcome of this as I have not been active enough lately to have an opinion. Valfontis (talk) 02:05, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
@Valfontis: – I do recall doing that once, on Don Vaughan (landscape architect); in which back in December I added some irrelevant genealogical content to biography. You reverted that, and I learned from the mistake; which I haven't done since. Most of the other biographies I have created (e.g. Denis Amici, Anna Peterson, Denny Doyle (politician), John McKibbin, Patrick Sheehan) contain little to no genealogical content, at most a mention of their parents. MB298 (talk) 02:37, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
@Valfontis: Since my username was pinged above and mentioned again later, just for the record, I do know User:Kbabej in real life, but I do not know the identity of User:MB298. ---Another Believer (Talk) 03:18, 5 July 2016 (UTC)
@Another Believer: as the result of a block, most of the images I have uploaded in the last month or so were deleted. MB298 (talk) 05:30, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
As I am currently unable to edit outside of this talk page, you could find an image of the Red Cap Garage (I don't recall the source of the original, but most likely Yelp or Flickr) and upload it under fair use. MB298 (talk) 05:32, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

Waiting...

I am sorry you are having to wait so long for this to be resolved. I just thought I would let you know that you have not been forgotten. Discussions are taking place, but I'm afraid there are still differences of opinion. I hope it will be sorted out before too long. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 18:42, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

@JamesBWatson: – No problem. I am just glad the matter is being investigated. MB298 (talk) 23:49, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
@JamesBWatson: and @MB298: My apologies that I was not paying attention when all this went down. Had I been tuned in, I would have expressed my apprecication for MB298, who at the pages related to that occupation at the Malheur Natl Wildlife Refuge has been exactly the sort of editor I like to interact with most. Not that (s)he always agrees with me, just that I can always count on meaningful (and succinct) BRD from this ed. NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 16:24, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

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housekeeping suggestion

MB298, would you mind if I combined your new section and indented it as a comment/reply under the original one Scott started? That would be consistent with WP:MULTI, and will preserve comprehensibility when these threads get archived. Else your thread which ambiguously mentions "the above thread" might get separately archived far from each other, producing nonsense and a lost and valuabe cross ref (thanks for adding that). NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 16:27, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

@NewsAndEventsGuy: sure, that would be fine. MB298 (talk) 17:46, 29 August 2016 (UTC)
OK, thanks for speedy reply. I'll take care of it. NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 17:48, 29 August 2016 (UTC)
Done, I confess I went beyond my proposal and put some words in your mouth that elaborate. Where you said "see" I changed that to "The same subject is being discussed at". Just thought that would make it even more clear for folks. If you object, I'll happily change it back to your original. NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 17:54, 29 August 2016 (UTC)
@NewsAndEventsGuy: no really, that's fine. MB298 (talk) 17:56, 29 August 2016 (UTC)
I figured, still thought I oughtta check. Thanks, happy editing. NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 18:04, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

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'nuff said. Thanks for your attention NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 02:56, 2 September 2016 (UTC)

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Hi, The image I uploaded the other day and you moved to commons? Its got a copy vio problem. I have asked for speedy delete on the local wiki, can you do the same at the commons? (I don't know how). Meanwhile, a 100% free alternative is to just use the FBI-only vid, which I have already done, and substiuted at LaVoy Finicum NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 19:15, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

@NewsAndEventsGuy: thanks, I thought the image I'd transferred was from the FBI video (that's why I added PD-USGov-FBI). MB298 (talk) 23:27, 9 September 2016 (UTC)
a basically identical pic from the shorter 100% FBI vid can be found here -- File:LaVoyFinicumJustBeforeBeingShot.png. I'm going to seek speedy delete of the first one... and one you moved to commons. NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 23:56, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

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RE: Luke Bryan EP

I redirected on behalf of users Eric444 and TenPoundHammer, as the EP was not notable due to not charting, and did not receive notable reviews or attention. --Jack Gaines (talk) 22:04, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

@Jack Gaines: Thanks for the clarification. MB298 (talk) 22:06, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

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... for assessing so many Trump related articles, and for many other contributions to Wikipedia. ---Another Believer (Talk) 01:54, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

No problem. MB298 (talk) 03:49, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

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Your rationale: Castle has enough write-in access to hypothetically be elected President; McMullin does not. This is simply not true. 322 electoral votes > 270 electoral votes. McMullin has enough write-in access to win. JC · Talk · Contributions 01:10, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

@JCRules: sorry, I was unaware of that. MB298 (talk) 01:11, 3 October 2016 (UTC)
Well, it's good we cleared this up. JC · Talk · Contributions 01:12, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

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Hi, User:MB298.

My name’s Chris, and I’m a reporter with The Washington Post. I’m working on a story about edits being made on Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump’s Wikipedia pages during the 2016 presidential election cycle. I'm interested in interviewing some people of the Wikipedia community who have contributed edits to the pages.

I saw you’re a participant of the WikiProject Donald Trump project, and I’d like to ask you some questions about your participation thus far.

Please let me know if you’re interested in talking. You can ping me on here or send me an email: chris[dot]alcantara[at]washpost[dot]com. If you are working with anyone else who is editing these pages, feel free to pass my contact information along.

Thank you for your time, and I look forward to your response.

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Questions for Washington Post story

Hi, User:MB298.

My name’s Chris, and I’m a reporter with The Washington Post. I’m working on a story about edits being made on Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump’s Wikipedia pages during the 2016 presidential election cycle. I'm interested in interviewing some people of the Wikipedia community who have contributed edits to the pages.

I saw you’re a participant of the WikiProject Donald Trump project, and I’d like to ask you some questions about your participation thus far.

Please let me know if you’re interested in talking. You can ping me on here or send me an email: chris[dot]alcantara[at]washpost[dot]com. If you are working with anyone else who is editing these pages, feel free to pass my contact information along.

Thank you for your time, and I look forward to your response.

Cheers, Chris — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chriswapo (talkcontribs) 20:16, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

Transfermarkt

Since most of its content is user-generated, Transfermarkt is not a reliable source. Please don't cite the website in articles, like you did with Atkin Kaua and Timothy Bakale. Thank you. Sir Sputnik (talk) 15:51, 9 October 2016 (UTC)

Alright, thanks. I wasn't aware. MB298 (talk) 18:25, 9 October 2016 (UTC)

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I've added to the description of File:Musee-national-interior-MCB.jpg. Thanks for the reminder! MCB (talk) 21:32, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for doing that. MB298 (talk) 23:41, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

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@BU Rob13: I've recreated the West Virginia gubernatorial ones; the others remain deleted for now. MB298 (talk) 23:15, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

Could you please explain what is too complex about this logo to meet PD-logo? It is basically stars, circles and text. Bcharles (talk) 17:54, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

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Virginia gubernatorial election, 1859 fixes needed after disambiguation of linked page

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Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/The 50,000 Challenge

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Beaverton superintendent

I notice you changed the superintendent at Beaverton School District but left a <ref> unchanged, including the |accessdate=January 8, 2009, which makes it look like someone looked at the BSD website back in 2009 and found that the superintendent was Don Grotting. Hope I've explained this well enough so you can figure out how to fix it. If not, reply here and I'll try to explain better. Thanks! YBG (talk)

Democratic primaries page

Yeah hey
The page just looked weirdly formatted to me at that part so I just shifted it down one row to make it look better. But maybe it just looks that way on my end. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.255.53.105 (talk) 00:45, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

2016 US Presidential election

I would like to remove third party candidates due to the chances of winning. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NHL36 (talkcontribs) 01:15, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Mark Callahan

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Donny Trump listed at Redirects for discussion

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Tom McCall

I see your point, but can you find a better picture for the infobox other than the current one? I was thinking that the well-taken picture of him reading under the lamp can represent him (and his legacy) better than the lower-resolution of his close-up. That is, until we can find a better, free-use picture. --AsianHippie (talk) 05:42, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

@AsianHippie: There are a few more possibilities, see commons:Category:Tom McCall. I'll leave the lamp one in place for now; however it would be nice to have it cropped to focus more on McCall himself. MB298 (talk) 05:47, 12 November 2016 (UTC)
That's actually a good suggestion. I'll get on that in the near future. I just think the current pic doesn't do him justice. Thanks for your suggestion. --AsianHippie (talk) 06:00, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

Reflist is uppercase

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Thank you very much for your help!

I really appreciate your warmth, kindness, and welcomes. Ramires451 (talk) 02:09, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

No problem! MB298 (talk) 02:09, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

New deal for page patrollers

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Barnstar

Thank you kindly. No trouble at all - now I've figured out the trick it's really quite simple. As for the challenge, I hope to participate a little more myself, but we'll see...finding time to actually create content is rather difficult at the moment.

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Just so you know

The bogeyman is going to sleep at your house tonight. 2602:306:3357:BA0:6948:4648:B9A:94E4 (talk) 06:03, 20 November 2016 (UTC)

I take that as a compliment. Only the best and brightest bogeymen would choose to sleep at my house. Maybe I'll invite him in to have some tea and chat. MB298 (talk) 06:04, 20 November 2016 (UTC)

15:33, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

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DYK for Mark Callahan

On 27 November 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mark Callahan, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that 2016 Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Callahan once ran for the Oregon House of Representatives under the Green Party label in order to siphon votes from the Democratic candidate? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mark Callahan. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Mark Callahan), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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18:07, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

Deletion discussion about Jim Francesconi

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SC Senate

Hi, thank you for your work to help edit election pages. I just wanted to say I'm reverting your edit on the SC Senate election page this year, as I don't believe alliances are pertinent enough to elections to have it be in the infobox. Thanks for editing! PalmerTheGolfer (talk) 23:53, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

Invites?

Well thank you kindly for that but I'm just a little unsure, does this mean what you say and is this just a link so that I can get involved, or is this some special secret invite to join the freemasons or some secret society, do I have to wear a funny hat? By the way that Moreno feller, he sure is a stickler, is there really a right and a wrong way like that, who makes the rules? — Preceding unsigned comment added by LikkerdySplit (talkcontribs) 05:32, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

@LikkerdySplit: Nope, if you want to join all you have to do is put your name in at Wikipedia:WikiProject Mississippi/Members. MB298 (talk) 05:35, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Righty-o then. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LikkerdySplit (talkcontribs) 05:40, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

19:30, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Twitter

Regarding your comment to me on the 2018 D.C. mayoral election page - I disagree. I find Twitter to be a reliable source. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bdavid1111 (talkcontribs) 14:54, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

Well, according to Wikipedia guidelines, it isn't. Please read WP:RS. MB298 (talk) 16:00, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

Arliss Sturgulewski image

I'm missing the point of that. I have a number of high-quality photos I took of Sturgulewski in 2013. You could have just asked, instead of dragging down the quality of an article which clearly needs improvement with a low-quality, out-of-focus, out-of-context crop which renders the caption irrelevant. See Abdul Fakir and compare that crop with the original image for perhaps the worst example of a really bad practice. I would have uploaded many of my photos already if not for the fact that practices such as this fuel awareness about protecting my intellectual property from abuse. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 22:50, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

Yuhrup listed at Redirects for discussion

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Reference errors on 16 December

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20:33, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

1796 presidential election

If 7 different people received electoral college votes in 1796, then please update that Wikipedia article as well, because it certainly doesn't indicate that.

@Littlebum2002: My mistake, I mean 1792. MB298 (talk) 06:38, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
try again, that election was unanimouslittlebum2002 06:43, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
@Littlebum2002: Prior to 1804, presidents were elected in a different way, all ballots were for president and each elector voted twice. Scroll down to the electoral vote tally for 1792 and look at it. MB298 (talk) 06:44, 20 December 2016 (UTC)


Gotcha. Well then you were right, it was 1796. I'll update the article accordingly

Nomination of Talk:Christopher Suprun for deletion

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Just a note, I've moved the discussion to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christopher Suprun, since this is about the article, not the talk page. clpo13(talk) 23:22, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

HI Percentages

Hi, I'm Palmer The Golfer, a Political but and avid Wikipedia editor. I saw on HI Senate 2016, you changed percentages from 70 to 73, and 21 to 22. While I know this was not intentionally misleading on your part, but your numbers do not correlate with % from HI Sec of State. If I am wrong about anything, please feel free to message me! Thanks!!:)PalmerTheGolfer (talk) 00:03, 21 December 2016 (UTC)PalmerTheGolfer PalmerTheGolfer (talk) 00:03, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays

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Please comment on Talk:Hope not Hate

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Nomination of Esther John (faithless elector) for deletion

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Nomination of David Mulinix for deletion

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Nomination of Levi Guerra for deletion

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