User talk:Poltair/Archive 1

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Wimbleball lake

Hi, I only came across the lake because I've been doing Category:Rivers of Somerset for Wikipedia:WikiProject Somerset - you are welcome to join us. I got the photo from Geograph which are licensed under creative commons so we can reuse them on wikipedia (crediting source etc as appropriate).— Rod ^talk 20:46, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Jade Goody

I see you have spent a bit of time on Jade Goody's page. Have you nothing better to do - why concern yourself with what that inbred idiot is doing? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.163.182.47 (talk) 23:54, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

My contributions to Jade Goody are predominately reverts of vandalism, and removing comments similar to yours above. Why don't you register and make some constructive edits to wikipedia? Poltair (talk) 19:25, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Taylor v. Connex South Eastern Ltd

Hello Poltair, on the quotefarm tag, I think that it's actually good practice to put in extended quotes from some judgments: I agree that usually that's not right, but with legal cases it's good practice: like you would find in a cases and materials book that law students would use. :) Wikidea 21:17, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Sussex Centre for the Individual and Society (SCIS)

This is a fully sourced article about an institution that has received a lot of media interest and is thus clearly notable. What is the exact (detailed) problem here? Put another way, if this is not in full conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, what changes can be made to make it so. I think this is an important and notable topic and needs to be made in a format that it acceptable to all and of encyclopaedic value [SCIS Info] —Preceding unsigned comment added by SCISInfo (talk • contribs) 23:05, 29 May 2008

and a full fledged WP:Coatrack. Toddst1 (talk) 00:49, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Deletion review for Sussex Centre for the Individual and Society (SCIS)

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Sussex Centre for the Individual and Society (SCIS). Since you nominated this article for deletion, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Toddst1 (talk) 14:01, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Peace process: pseudoscience

See my message on FT2's talk page and suggesting of mediation process. I think there are some important lessons to be learned from recent incidents, and would value your input. Let me know on my talk page. See also the points I discussed with Guy. Peter Damian (talk) 06:03, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

NLP: Trying again

Articles for deletion: NLP Modeling

Identifying reliable sources

I've left a note on the NLP talk page describing the problem of identifying reliable sources for possible pseudoscience. Any help appreciated. Peter Damian (talk) 15:05, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

PS I liked the list of NLP pages you have in your talk space. Very useful, and shows the extent of the problem. Peter Damian (talk) 18:29, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm working on it in my own little way;) Poltair (talk) 18:50, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Not at all. Charles Faulkner was my favourite, but with stiff competition. Peter Damian (talk) 18:53, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Oh yes Faulkner. The last sentence caught my interest -

The session was entitled Metapatterns: The Biological Basis for How NLP Works.[40] He raised questions, such as: “How does NLP work?” “Is there scientific evidence for its effectiveness?” and then revealed a biological basis for all NLP models[40]

Sadly the link now returns a 404 error :) Poltair (talk) 19:03, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Actually I have found an abstract [1]Poltair (talk) 19:07, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Chill

Dude, pick your battles - through out your life... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.24.24.150 (talk) 21:37, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Nomination for next deletion

Worldview and working model of neuro-linguistic programming

Duplicates almost everything in the original article and what it doesn't duplicate is just hot air and blather. I'm staying away from AfD nominations for the moment in case of further blocks but will support anything you suggest. This one is a real stinker. Best Peter Damian (talk) 18:02, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Clean Language

I de-prodded Clean Language. See my explanation on the talk page.

Richard II

Thank you for your kind words. It seems likely to go through any time soon now; I'm glad it's being appreciated! Lampman (talk) 22:08, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

hi

thank you for it and also ı would like to add a photo of uffculme but ı dont know how can ı do ı need an account for it..thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.120.213.213 (talk) 21:32, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

No problem. In the toolbox on the left there is a link to Upload file. You should find everything you need to know. The photo will probably have to be one you have taken yourself, and are willing to give free use of. I'm not sure if you need an account, but if you want to do more editing here it is probably a good idea. Poltair (talk) 21:38, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

thanks

thank u ı will have an account. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.120.213.213 (talk) 21:43, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

brett salisbury

brett salisbury was an all american football player and his book has been published, i bought it. modeling claims are legit, i live in sweden, ive heard the name. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.13.166.11 (talk) 15:52, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Who cares? Poltair (talk) 19:51, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Thomas Beelen

I declined speedy deletion, but you should feel free to prod or nominate it. There were some statements of notability, and although they are somewhat weak, I try to be more cautious with speedy deletion. Thanks! Plastikspork (talk) 23:54, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Ed Thigpen passed away January 13th 2010 in Copenhagen

Hi Poltair,

I can confirm that my father passed away peacefully yesterday at 12:15 PM (13-01-2010) He was briefly in the Hospital and his suffering there was very short, and he passed away peacefully in the company of his family.

- Michel Thigpen

 hello@michelthigpen.com

TheThigpens (talk) 16:54, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi Poltair,

It is only good that you question something that is not confirmed. And I thank you for that. I also thank you for your kind words. Live well and happy

Sincerely

Michel Thigpen —Preceding unsigned comment added by TheThigpens (talk • contribs) 00:31, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Point problems, please!

So, please point me the problems that the article has so I can fix it. I hope your answer.*FranklinG* (talk) 19:33, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Doubt and Thanks

I have a recurring question for a long time and I think you can help me. I wanted to do an article on a singer is not as well known, but do not know if I can. Is it allowed to do that on Wikipedia? I hope your answer.

PS: I'm seeing the errors that the article has Mallu Magalhães and soon begin to edit it. Thanks for the suggestions for revision. Bye *FranklinG* (talk) 20:33, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much!*FranklinG* (talk) 22:21, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Another question

Hi Poltair, I start to re-edit the article Mallu Magalhães, but I have a doubt about the references: if I have two or more parts of an article that talk and / or not of the same subject, I put the reference in those shares or another way of putting the same reference in different places? I hope your answer. Bye.*FranklinG* (talk) 20:10, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi. Mallu is a girl.*FranklinG* (talk) 17:46, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Eternity of the world

Notes

  1. ^ Physics I, 7
  2. ^ Tiziano Dorandi, Chapter 2: Chronology, in Algra et al. (1999) The Cambridge History of Hellenistic Philosophy, page 50. Cambridge.
  3. ^ Lang, Helen, "Introduction", p.2 in Proclus (2001). On the Eternity of the World. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0520225546. 
  4. ^ Simplicius, in Arist. de Caelo, 6, b, etc., 72; in Phys. Ausc. 257, 262, etc., 312, etc., 320.

External links

• "On The Eternity of the World" by Thomas Aquinas from the Internet Medieval Sourcebook

St Austell

Hi Poltair, re your edit of St Austell, the fact that the new St Austell civil parish is urban in character is not my "opinion" but is a fact that can be ascertained by looking at a map. 'Urban', 'rural' and 'coastal' are not subjective geographic terms (unlike, say, 'picturesque' or 'beautiful'). In this case I omitted a source (though I've added it now) but even so it would have been more constructive to add a {{citation needed|date= XXX}} tag and dropped me a line on my talk page rather than simply deleting the sentence. Best wishes, Andy F (talk) 10:36, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

PS After posting the note above, I noticed that the map on the article page shows the CP boundary closely following the outline of the urban area. That map is drawn from up-to-date mapping by Cornwall Council - see http://mapping.cornwall.gov.uk/website/ccmap/ using the 'Government' overlay. Best wishes Andy F (talk) 14:42, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

I have replied more fully on my talk page Andy F (talk) 22:38, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

ANI

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.Cebr1979 (talk) 18:28, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

DYK

I guess you need to do a QPQ for your DYK on Sheila Florance for it to be accepted. --BabbaQ (talk) 11:48, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for helping me

Hi! I have edited my new page for "Hamed Shakernejad" and have added some sources. But I will try to make it better. Thank you for your support! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mahdiaboo (talk • contribs) 13:01, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

Biography of Shakernejad

Hi!No problem. I have added his biography From a Famous iranian website and its translation near his videos and sounds,and I hope this sources will be fine for you. Thank you for your attention to me, and best wishes for you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mahdiaboo (talk • contribs) 14:24, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

The World Before the Flood

Thanks for doing that one so promptly. Regarding the "old master tradition", there doesn't seem to be an obvious way to reword it although it's not entirely necessary. Once I get around to giving William Etty the WP:TNT treatment, the articles on the individual works won't need such an extensive background section, but at the moment the bio is so bad (my removing the actual lies from it has left it a gutted shell) that I don't want to be directing readers there for background detail. – iridescent 22:16, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

My pleasure. Ah, now I understand why William Etty is so short. I was surprised as there seemed to be plenty of material out there. There wasn't any real problem with the "old master tradition", it was just that I spent hours checking the sources that I had to find something; otherwise it might look like a rubber stamp job, which it wasn't! Best Poltair (talk) 22:46, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Sheila Florance

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Sarah Lancashire

Thanks for the review. I have glanced over your comments and intend to get back to the article within seven days. Eshlare (talk) 12:28, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

I've thinked I've addressed everything. Let me know if there are any further issues raised by the restructuring.

Eshlare (talk) 14:30, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

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Dave Arch

Hi and thanks for getting in touch. I am a bit confused as I have only added a paragraph to the beginning on Dave's entry and this wasn't copied from anywhere. The content on the page does seem to have come from his website but has been there some time and it wasn't me that added it. I do know Dave (not closely) and offered to add an updated paragraph to his page. How should I go about resolving any issues? Elaine. — Preceding unsigned comment added by El41neC (talk • contribs) 22:46, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Your de-prod

Hello. I am unclear on what basis you deprodded this article, finding the subject notable. Thank you. --2604:2000:E016:A700:E80C:C0E0:D0EF:8ADF (talk) 22:49, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

okay. thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by AWG97 (talk • contribs) 16:04, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

Thank-you Note

Thank You very much for the appreciation. AWG97 (talk) 19:54, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

Editing article on Adam Cohen (journalist)

HI, I'm a brand new editor to Wikipedia and chose for my first editing foray to augment the article on Adam Cohen, journalist and author. I noticed that you made some edits yesterday (April 11), including making certain listed dates more understandable to people around the world (e.g.,April 2017 instead of 2017-04). But I am curious what triggered your interest in this article. I also saw that you changed a cite, noting that the source was in the appendix of a cited report. All good. I'm just curious how and why you came to this article. And thanks, by the way, for your edits!

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Reference errors

Hi in this[3] edit your change introduced several errors - for example using the "author" property for lists of authors, when it should name just a single author. Not sure if you're using software for this but if so, it seems buggy! Alexbrn (talk) 14:04, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

Are you sure? I changed author to vauthors to correct CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list errors and I added |display-authors=etal where there were CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. errors. I also corrected a CS1 maint: Archived copy as title error. These were all done manually and I didn't see any errors following my edit. Poltair (talk) 14:14, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

No! I was interpreting the diff in reverse. Silly me! Sorry I will fix! Alexbrn (talk) 14:27, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

Phew! Thanks. Poltair (talk) 15:01, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

Harold Cole

I am an Australian and a member of my family was one of Coles victims, he is mentioned in much of the "Cole " literature and archival material. I wonder if you would share with me your interest in Cole and whether you have more material than appears in the wikipedia report. I am putting together a biography of my relative -rather more slowly than I would wish. I am not sure of the protocol of making contact with you but would be willing to share my email address with you for direct contact if you agree. Ministersson (talk) 07:52, 10 August 2019 (UTC)

Hello @Ministersson:. I am both sorry and fascinated to hear that one of your family was a victim of Cole. His victims were extraordinarily brave individuals. My interest is in the WWII escape lines and Cole was part of that story. My sources are probably fewer than what you already have; I have the Airey Neave books and Brendan Murphy's book on Cole, Turncoat. Poltair (talk) 16:02, 10 August 2019 (UTC)

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Reviewing new (draft) article

hello Poltair,

Could I please ask you to review and comment on this draft article? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Hanoch_Senderowitz

Many thanks, Uw0v5033 (talk) 16:52, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

@Uw0v5033: I'm sorry but I am not an Articles for Creation reviewer, but you might want to check that your references are complete, and improve the layout of the Scientific interests and publications sections. Poltair (talk) 19:02, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

@Poltair: Thanks, I will check all the references and the layout. Thanks, Uw0v5033 (talk) 19:06, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

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