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2013

A cup of coffee for you!

Thank you for bringing peace to the world. Just a few days ago, human history was a long record of many wars, injustices, and senseless killings. Human history is still this, but at least now the list is one entry shorter. Congratulations on being one of the few people to ever have kept a war out of the history books. Blue Rasberry (talk) 01:36, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind words--and I do love coffee! --ShelfSkewed Talk 04:34, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

Good work! Media coverage:

• The Daily Dot
• PC World
• Yahoo News Andreas JN466 03:32, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Ho-ly ish! I particularly noticed the comment in the Daily Dot story that I "decided...for no apparent reason, to delve into the article's sources." If anyone cares how I got into this, it was as a result of checking and correcting ISBNs from Category:Articles with invalid ISBNs. It was the purported Oxford University Press book that I singled out in my AfD nomination that set me off. I have never had any difficulty tracking down a book from that publisher, so I dug a little harder, expanded my search to the article's other sources, and then started looking for any sources that would support the topic of the article. That's how it happened.--ShelfSkewed Talk 04:36, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. I guess hoaxers should learn to omit ISBN numbers then ... :) Well done. I had a similar case once: [1][2] Another one: do a Google search for Erica Feldman hair straightener and then read section 4 of [3]. The real inventor was Madam C. J. Walker. "Ian Gutgold" is another name widely credited on the Internet with that invention. That name too was originally inserted in Wikipedia as a joke, but stuck around for long enough to get all over the Internet. Cheers, Andreas JN466 05:48, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Two more mentioning you, from Israel and Finland: [4][5]. I reckon this story will go round the world ... Andreas JN466 05:56, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

+1, good work. VegaDark (talk) 05:01, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Nice detective work! Your discovery also made it to the Netherlands. One of the larger national newspapers, Volkskrant, published an article titled "On Wikipedia a war raged for 5 years that never existed.".--Wolbo (talk) 00:54, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Bicholim conflict

Hi, you sent me this notification, because you assumed that I created that article. Well, I didn't create that article. You should have checked the contributors list. I only nominated it for c/e, and even I didn't know that it was a hoax. I hail from Mangalore, not Goa. So, I am not really an expert on Goan history. But I am an honest person, and my conscience prevents me from doing such things. I used to contribute to Wikipedia to spread information, not misinformation. That article was probably the cynical work of a prankster. I had no idea that this is how it appeared to you, or else I would have clarified this earlier. Regards, Joyson Prabhu ^{Holla at me!} 13:02, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

I am capable of reading an edit history, and I was aware that you were not the creator of the article. I was following the guidance at WP:AFD: "While not required, it is generally considered courteous to notify the good-faith creator and any main contributors of the articles that you are nominating for deletion." (Emphasis added.) I left notices not just for you but for several other editors who had made multiple or substantial edits to the article. I was not trying to imply that you were the originator of the article, or that you were in any way aware of or complicit in a hoax. I was attempting to draw the attention of as many interested editors as possible to help determine whether the article was, in fact, a hoax. I'm sorry if I caused you any distress, but that was far from my intention.--ShelfSkewed Talk 15:33, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Sorry for my irrational behaviour! I wasn't thinking straight. I actually got paranoid and over-reacted, because of a follow-up comment by another user. Joyson Prabhu ^{Holla at me!}

Yes, that would have put me on my guard as well. I hope no one else mistakenly points a finger at you. Believe me, I did not expect this thing to become such a big deal. Best, --ShelfSkewed Talk 17:25, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Great work. Thorough, and courteous too. The project can use more editors like you. I found out about your discovery through an article in TechCrunch. Reference-checking on Wikipedia is a wonderful thing. -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk, how I edit) 14:46, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Sherlock Holmes of Wikipedia

	Sherlock Holmes of Wikipedia
	You deserve this barnstar and the title for your research and detective work at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bicholim conflict. Best, Tito Dutta (talk) 14:17, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

I'm not sure my investigative or deductive capabilities are any match for Holmes's, but I appreciate the thought. Cheers!--ShelfSkewed Talk 15:38, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Best regards from Cologne (Germany)! I read about you :

http://web.de/magazine/digitale-welt/internet/16958948-gefakter-wikipedia-eintrag-bleibt-5-jahre-unentdeckt.html#.A1000018

--Neun-x (talk) 20:56, 4 January 2013 (UTC) (25.000 Edits in over 10.000 articles in de.wikipedia.org)

Now in The Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2257482/The-war-Wikipedia-fooled-years-Bicholim-Conflict-article-elaborate-4-500-word-hoax.html?ito=feeds-newsxml I think this is now itself a notable topic qualifying for a Wikipedia article. ;) Andreas JN466 08:45, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

You got mentioned by the Daily Mail

I looked and nobody mentioned it yet on your talk page but I just wanted to give you a heads up in case you hadn't seen it, you got mentioned by the Daily Mail in the UK for busting Bicholim Conflict hoax. The article is here in case you want to read it. I'm sure you're hearing it a lot but nice job on doing all the research and uncovering the hoax. Cat-fivetc ---- 11:10, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the link. (And equal thanks to Andreas/Jayen466 who also notified me, above.) I don't even know how to react anymore. There were other WP hoaxes that evaded detection longer. Did they receive this kind of attention? I'm certainly not unhappy about other editors saying nice things about me, but since I'm about 90% gnome, I'm hoping this will die down soon. Regards,--ShelfSkewed Talk 19:15, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

I sympathize but it doesn't seem to be dying down [per [6] and this, both of which mention you by name. If it's any consolation the tone of all the articles mention you but seem to be focused more on how could Wikipedia have a hoax up for 5 years (and put it up for FA status). Don't worry though it will pass and you can get back to stealing socks (not to be confused with banning socks which is for admins) or whatever it is you gnomes do. Cat-fivetc ---- 21:30, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

My apologies, according to Wikipedia:Gnome you guys don't steal socks, you sit on dairy products. Cat-fivetc ---- 21:36, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Reminds me of that old elephant joke: Q: How do know if there's an elephant in your refrigerator? A: Footprints in the butter. For the record, my derriere is dairy free.--ShelfSkewed Talk 22:30, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

How do they know you are from "Missouri"? Your user page only mentions "Washington"! Did they take your interview? --Tito Dutta (talk) 21:44, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

The first line of my user page says that I live in Webster Groves, Missouri. Perhaps you were looking at the userbox for my alma mater, Washington University in St. Louis? No one has asked me for an interview yet<knocking on wood>.--ShelfSkewed Talk 22:30, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Also here. 122.161.17.134 (talk) 18:49, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

And in Swedish newspapers, if you’re interested. --Lundgren8 (t · c) 22:49, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

And The Indian Express. 五代 (talk) 10:40, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

[7], Just because. Till 14:51, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Daily Mail Reporter (4 January 2013). "The war that never was: Most elaborate Wikipedia hoax ever as 4,500 word article on 'Bicholim Conflict' - a fictitious fight for Goan independence - fooled site for FIVE YEARS". Daily Mail. Retrieved 7 January 1013. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help) A lesson well learned. Thank you for a job well done. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 20:21, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

.. and also in Italian newspapers :-) --Maxbeer (talk) 15:30, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Nobody has mentioned the Times of India and Republika (Indonesia) yet ... I told you this one would go around the world. Took about a week, but it got there. Andreas JN466 03:40, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

• FYI, I co-authored a write-up of the story and its spread through the world's media here. Best, Andreas JN466 02:33, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Interesting story, although I'm not sure it's entirely fair to use an incident like this to flog Wikipedia in particular. As others have pointed out, hoaxes can be found throughout human history. The only difference here is the medium. If this prompts closer scrutiny of other articles, though, I suppose that can only be good thing.--ShelfSkewed Talk 05:21, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you! A job well done!

	Order of merit from the Bicholim Conflict
	I'm from Missouri, and you've got to Show Me. — ShelfSkewed 7&6=thirteen (☎) 20:25, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Fictitious or not, I will display it proudly. Many thanks!--ShelfSkewed Talk 21:11, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

You're welcome. Given the Portugese Indian provenance of the escutcheon, it was a perfect fit. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 21:16, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

"Cyfarchion!"
Communication—one of the most Cogent Constituents of my Continuance in this Cyberspace known as "my Wikipediaworld", is the Camaraderie between editors such as you two Chums.
"Diolch yn fawr!"
 – Gareth Griffith-Jones – The WelshBuzzard – 13:42, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Brilliant Idea Barnstar
	For your help in deleting the Bicholim conflict JayJayWhat did I do? 22:16, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Thank you kindly. This is going to give me a swelled head: Next I'm going to AfD the Main Page. Have you seen that thing? It's just a collection of random information, and it discusses several living people and not a single reference!<Do I really need a smiley here?>--ShelfSkewed Talk 05:21, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Nice one! It certainly fails BLP as it stands... On the other matter, though, with 15 sources already it's surely got it's own notability by now.(my apologies; Andreas has already noticed this. Moonraker12 (talk)) And what about book deals? Anyone asked about film rights? The story has everything! WikiGnome uncovers fake story going back years; I'm thinking...The Hobbit meets All The President's Men. It'll be huge! Moonraker12 (talk) 14:36, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Athens

Hey again and a happy new year!If you look again in the Athens climate section http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens#Climate the monthly values have been changed again.I ve noticed this keeps happening a lot.Could you please restore it again?I would hate to create a mess again!Also is it possible to lock the article or the climate section at least?It keeps on happening again and again and it is really annoying.Thank u!

 Done--ShelfSkewed Talk 04:53, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Stone Age (band)

The French band Stone Age does exist and has its WP entries in French, Spanish and Japanese languages :

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Age_%28groupe%29

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Age_%28banda%29

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B8_%28%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%29

Here are the 4 albums of the band on Allmusic : http://www.allmusic.com/artist/stone-age-mn0000624490

and the official website of the band : http://www.stone-age.fr/eng/disco.html

Disambiguation pages at en.wikipedia are for navigation to information available on the English Wikipedia. For a topic to be listed it must either have an article or be supported by the content of another article. An entry without a blue link is not useful. First create the article, then list it on the disambiguation page. Regards,--ShelfSkewed Talk 22:51, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Not any box-office Film, Bloodlines

• '13:45, 2 April 2012 ShelfSkewed (talk | contribs) moved page Bloodlines (2005 film) to Bloodlines (film) (Simplify)'

A tag was placed on Bloodlines (2005 film), requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a redirect to a nonexistent page. There's other work with that title, before and since. --88.111.47.108 (talk) 02:53, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

Nightingales

Good job on the Nightingales article! I've been waiting for years to see this get written on here. I remember that show from back in 1989 and all the controversy it caused. OGBranniff (talk) 10:52, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for the kind words. I remembered the show only vaguely myself, but I created the article to resolve a disambiguation issue I thought needed to be improved (i.e. the UK series owning the plain title Nightingales). I'm glad you found the effort worthwhile for other reasons. Cheers!--ShelfSkewed Talk 13:46, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

Bodhidharma a.o

Thanks for the fixes on Bodhidharma and Zen lineage charts! Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 16:37, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

Ovid

Okeh, I see it down there now. But a person looking for it, thinking it was singular in Ovid and possibly not remembering Ovid as the author, would, I think, look at the lit. section and give up. I certainly did not think to scroll down past all the music stuff to find it. Can't we make it more "findable" for the kind of user I'm thinking of?Kdammers (talk) 06:05, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

I thought I'd replied to this last night, but I must have been a little sleepy and forgot to save. Is the See also addition an acceptable solution? Regards,--ShelfSkewed Talk 16:33, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Disambiguate

Hello Shelf skew, Can you Disambiguate: Blue Bloods to Blue Bloods (TV series). in the article Corbin Bleu. And Source here: http://www.tv.com/shows/blue-bloods/family-business-2557904/. And write it in the Acting career. Better to complete the article. Thank you for your contributions in Wikipedia. Greetings. --37.106.109.181 (talk) 05:05, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

I have dabbed the link. As for adding a mention of the appearance in the main text, I don't think it's really necessary to note every minor role in an actor's bio. Regards, --ShelfSkewed Talk 05:10, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Ok, no problem with that. Because I do not see any interest in this article. I hope to be a good article. Thank you for the service. --37.106.109.181 (talk) 05:22, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Sorry for extra work

Hi ShelfSkewed, sorry for messing with DAB link to thin blue/red line articles. I will defer to your expertise. --Malerooster (talk) 17:49, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Not a problem. Use of the (disambiguation) redirect is an odd-seeming but useful guideline that many editors are unfamiliar with. Cheers!--ShelfSkewed Talk 17:52, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Category:Articles with invalid ISBNs

Aha! So you're why these are getting fixed faster than I'm fixing them ;-)... Thanks for the help, and hopefully we can get this down to a more manageable size soon! If you are so inclined, please feel free to edit User:Storkk/Nontrivial ISBN Issues - which I think should probably end up in WP-space at some point, if I can figure out how to format it better... It might save duplicated effort. Or don't, however you prefer. All the best, Storkk (talk) 20:17, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

I've been working on these for about 8 or 9 months; the category used to have almost 17K pages. My strategy has been to fix the easier errors and leave the harder ones alone, and then sort through those difficult cases and come up with a plan to deal with them--in other words, kick the can down the road. But I've been coming around to the point of view that even these harder ISBN issues don't need to become a headache. Including an ISBN with a reference is entirely optional and not essential for nailing down a source. So if an ISBN is so broken that it is no help in finding or verifying a source, perhaps the best course of action is to just remove it. Like the nice lady in the loan commercial says: Problem solved. --ShelfSkewed Talk 21:37, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Ah, I had only checked about 1k of your edits, sorry for the misunderstanding. My philosophy is a little different regarding invalid ISBNs, seeing as it was the search for one that uncovered the Bicholim conflict nastiness... and now just looking that up, I feel enormously stupid, seeing that you were the one that found it. I'll just slink away now, after paying you huge respect for finding that one - that is, after all, why we do this. Storkk (talk) 11:23, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Please don't slink anywhere. I'm very happy that someone else has taken an interest in cleaning up those ISBNs; my motivation comes and goes, and I'm glad that progress is being made even when I'm not working on them. And you're absolutely right that a bad ISBN can signal a more serious problem. But a fraudulent source is a really exceptional case. The Bicholim conflict sources are the only ones I've encountered among the thousands of refs I've fixed. Unless, that is, some of those tough ones that I chose to leave alone for the time being are actually made up--so keep up your examination of those toughies. Regards,--ShelfSkewed Talk 14:37, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your work

Sorry for my weak English.

I send you my tiny tribute for your search Bicholim Conflict.

--81.172.79.18 (talk) 18:00, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

I'm not sure which article you are referring to, but I am glad I was able to help. And your Inglés is certainly superior to my Español. Cheers! --ShelfSkewed Talk 18:41, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Merge discussion for List of books about philosophy

An article that you have been involved in editing, List of books about philosophy , has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going here, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Anthrophilos (talk) 18:05, 18 February 2013 (UTC) Anthrophilos (talk) 18:05, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Got Dumas Malone?

Hi ShelfSkewed, thanks for your comment on the Thomas Jefferson talk page. I noticed you fancy yourself as a book collector who has a lot of books (no really, a lot) :-) and was wondering if you possessed Dumas Malone's six-volume biography of Thomas Jefferson. If you do it would be nice to see someone use it (more often) to cite various items on the Thomas Jefferson page. If you possess it but are not inclined to research and citation work would it be alright if I inquired with you about items in the future? I spend most of my time providing citations and adding bibliographies to the various pages that need them but don't as yet have his works. Currently I am getting the Jefferson bibliography in order. It was a mess and still needs more attention. Sometime in the (hopefully near) future I intend to buy the six-volume work by Malone. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 21:20, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

I regret to say that I can't be of much help in that area. My collecting interests are primarily in American fiction. I do have a good reading library of history books, but very little that is highly specialized or hard to come by. I do wish you good luck with your project, though. Regards,--ShelfSkewed Talk 05:00, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Talk:Fly High (answer)

I answered on Talk:Fly High. I'm not a native English speaker. So, I hope you understand.--이형주 (talk) 15:09, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

NHL Series Soundtracks

The unknown users vandalized the NHL Soundtacks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.209.63.83 (talk) 05:05, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

Get Over It

Just have.--Launchballer 13:56, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

Works for me. Cheers!--ShelfSkewed Talk 14:01, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

The IP's are back!

ShelfSkewed, those IP's who vandalized the NHL Soundtracks returned on March 22 & 24 2013!----

Regarding your edit on Because of You

I noticed that you had reverted one of my edits on Because of You regarding the fact that Because of You (Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson song) is a redirect to Because of You (Kelly Clarkson song). You are correct in the fact that they both point towards the same article; however, "Because of You (Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson song)" redirects to a specific section in "Because of You (Kelly Clarkson song)", and thus should be listed separately on the disambiguation page "Because of You". Reverting that edit as good faith would only serve a purpose if the link Because of You (Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson song) was listed in Because of You (Kelly Clarkson song), which it is not. If you do not feel this is correct, please cite to me part of MOS:DAB that states otherwise; I was just looking at it, and did not see such a thing stated in it. Steel1943 (talk) 05:56, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Copied and replied to at Talk:Because of You.

Barnstar

		Civility Award
		Just wanted to personally say thank you for your very fair and civil initiation of this discussion at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Disambiguation pages#Redirect listings for cover versions. Also, thanks for citing a policy for my side that I didn't even think of mentioning: WP:DABREDIR. Your initiation of this discussion was not heavily opinionated, and showed both sides of the discussion clearly. Anyways, here's to hoping this gets figured out once and for all! Cheers! Steel1943 (talk) 04:56, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

Thank you! That was unexpected, but I really appreciate it. Now I wonder if we'll get any feedback. I frankly expected opinions to come down on both sides since there are some editors who think that notable covers should have separate articles anyway. We'll see. --ShelfSkewed Talk 05:05, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

Happy Wikibirthday

I was doing a search about the hoax of Bicholim conflict, when I saw that is your Wikibirthday. Happy Wikibirthday!--Innocenti Erleor (talk) 14:33, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! Hard to believe it's been seven years... --ShelfSkewed Talk 14:38, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

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The Creator (book)

Dear ShelfSkewed, thank you for fixing the title of The Creator (book) since it is not a novel but a poetry book. There is another book titled, The Shape by Dejan Stojanović, which may need to be renamed. The titles as The Shape and The Creator are very general and therefore cannot be created as such (since other articles with the same name already exist). Maybe The Shape article should also be The Shape (book) and if you agree, please rename it. The article is at [8]. Best regards, Mountlovcen8 (talk) 20:33, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

 Done--ShelfSkewed Talk 04:15, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you

for fixing my Till I Loved You disambiguation page; however, please leave the Higher Ground link up as I fully intend to create that article as a non-redirect.--Launchballer 16:36, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Why insist on the link before the article is created? Write the article first.--ShelfSkewed Talk 16:39, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

To get an orphan template slapped across it? I'll be on it shortly, but that's some nasty catch 22 situation right there.--Launchballer 16:44, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Any experienced editor who tags an article as an orphan without giving its creator a chance to create the links should be trouted.--ShelfSkewed Talk 16:49, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

I'll bear that in mind.--Launchballer 17:03, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Discussion on Ashkenazi Jews talk page - should Sholem Aleichem be in the collage

Hi :-) Due to the fact I saw you interested in the topic, I thought you might want to take part in it.

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Please take part in the vote and state your opinion on the topic. Thank you! 90.196.60.197 (talk) 15:52, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

May 2013

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Peter Rodgers Organization

Have you gotten any sort of communication regarding this article? Q ^{T C} 19:39, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

No. I just went there to disambiguate a link, and I haven't heard anything else about the edit or the article.--ShelfSkewed Talk 20:30, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

Weird, I got contacted through LinkedIn by some lawyer about some supposed edits that I made on their page, but since I haven't even visited it till today and you were one of the only recent editors I was trying to figure out what the heck they were talking about. Since as far as I can tell, there hasn't really been anything on there of note. Q ^{T C} 21:28, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

That is very strange. Could it have been some kind of phishing expedition? Or perhaps it's a practical joke by someone whose vandalism you reverted? Both of those seem pretty implausible, and I'm out of guesses. Anyway, if anyone contacts me, I'll certainly let you know.--ShelfSkewed Talk 21:54, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Brilliant Idea Barnstar
	Thanks for your contribution to 'Nusrat Jehan Academy (main campus)' page. Rashid Mubasher Talha (talk) 05:20, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

It was really only a tiny contribution, but I thank you for your kind gift.--ShelfSkewed Talk 05:27, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

"Unlink correct"

Hi. The various concepts in JoJolion and its parent series are often named after musical pieces or artists. Therefore, "Born This Way" and "Going Underground" are proper links as they are directing people to the namesake.—Ryulong (琉竜) 16:09, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Okay.--ShelfSkewed Talk 19:16, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

As the guy who re-arranged Beautiful People to accommodate the bands,

I'd like your opinion. Chartarchive.org aggregates the two Beautiful People as the same band (copied ref from "Turn Up the Music"). Is this enough to show that the two groups are the same?--Launchballer 22:27, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

I looked at that earlier, too, and I just couldn't decide. I also saw that in most sources the '90s band is referred to as just "Beautiful People", but the 2012 cover group is sometimes shown as "The Beautiful People". So I made the choice to treat them as separate bands unless and until someone comes up with a reliable source that demonstrates that they are the same act. Do you have any information (other than the Chartarchive page) that suggests that they are they same? I looked around a little and didn't come up with anything.--ShelfSkewed Talk 03:55, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

I don't have any information other than chartarchive.com which says anything about the 2012 cover group! I suggest we expand the hatnote to say "Beautiful People are also a cover group who had a #100 hit with Turn Up the Music".--Launchballer 11:35, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

I didn't notice until you mentioned it that you had shortened the hatnote on the band article. As long as the hatnote either points to the dab page or mentions both of the other possibilities (don't forget the Norwegian band), users will have a path for navigation--so whichever you think is best.--ShelfSkewed Talk 14:00, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

I reckon they're the same people and so does the only available source. I've merged the articles, but if you find any evidence that says otherwise, feel free to revert.--Launchballer 14:47, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

That's fine with me--as I said, I wasn't sure. But I am going to edit the hatnote to point directly to the Norwegian band. With only one additional use it's the same amount of clutter at the top of the page and it saves users a click.--ShelfSkewed Talk 14:54, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Please help page Miracle (Paula Seling and Ovi song)

Hello, I saw that you help to add a cover for Paula and Seling song page in 2010, Playing with fire, please cand you put this single official cover to this page Miracle (Paula Seling and Ovi song), and if you can, help edit the page, describing the composition, critical reception.

Thanks a lot, I speak in the name of Paula manager, means a lot for us. Miracle Official Image 2A02:2F0E:D25F:FFFF:0:0:4F74:D76D (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 20:52, 3 March 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:2F0E:D2EF:FFFF:0:0:4F72:C6ED (talk)

My WP entry

Hi, ShelfSkewed!

My Wikipedia entry is a little out of date, but obviously I don't want to violate community standards by editing it myself. You've edited it a bit in the past, so I thought I'd drop you a note and mention the updates that I think might be relevant, and leave it up to you whether they're worth making. Hope that's appropriate.

Here's what I'd suggest adding/changing:

• I've added the New Yorker to my list of credits. Here is an article that appeared in the magazine, and here is a second piece that appeared only as online content.

• I've written another book: How Not To Kill Your Baby.

• According to the WP entry for Abraham Cronbach, I signed his Jewish Pacifist pledge in 1942. That was decades before I was born! I suspect it was a different Jacob Weinstein who gets the credit for that. (Unless I am an immortal being with a very bad memory, which I suppose I can't rule out.) Might make sense to de-link the "Jacob Weinstein" in that article from my WP page, and perhaps create a page for the other Jacob Weinstein. I suspect it was the one who occurs about 2/3rds down this list of Great Chicago Rabbis of the 20th Century, but I can't find a definitive source to prove my theory. These excerpts from the book "Rabbi Jacob J Weinstein, Advocate of the People" are the closest I could come, but in the absence of more context, I don't think they're definitive.

• The entry for Dennis Miller Live includes a list of the show's writers. Each writer's name is hyperlinked to the relevant article -- except for mine. Might be worth linking my name to my article.

If you think any of these changes are worth making, thanks in advance for making them. And if not, thanks anyway for considering them!

With best wishes, Jacob Sager Weinstein (talk) 13:35, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

I fixed the last two requests. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 01:20, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

Great-- thanks! Best wishes,Jacob Sager Weinstein (talk) 10:15, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Added all your books. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 20:54, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Missing Wikipedians

Hey, ShelfSkewed,
Just wanted to let you know I added your name to Wikipedia:Missing Wikipedians. Feel free to remove your name if you return or don't want it listed. You're missed! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:24, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

Glad Tidings and all that ...

FWiW Bzuk (talk) 19:46, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

2014

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StL Wiknic 2014

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A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	You've already gotten a bunch of well-deserved kudos for the Bicholim conflict matter, but it is a great example of the important and largely unsung work of verification that more Wikipedians should be doing. So here's more kudos! Gamaliel (talk) 18:45, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

Merry Merry

To you and yours

FWiW Bzuk (talk) 15:46, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

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	Thanks for your contribution about norwegian wood Xinchi M (talk) 13:43, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

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2017

Proposed deletion of The good doctor (phrase)

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Ways to improve The Ties That Bind (Jeeves and Wooster)

Hi, I'm Insertcleverphrasehere. ShelfSkewed, thanks for creating The Ties That Bind (Jeeves and Wooster)!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. Note that IMDB is sometimes useful for certian things, and for external links, but it isn't generally considered a reliable source

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse.

— Insertcleverphrasehere ^{(or here)} 10:26, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

Your signature

Please be aware that your signature uses deprecated <font> tags, which are causing Obsolete HTML tags lint errors.

You are encouraged to change

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to

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Respectfully, Anomalocaris (talk) 09:45, 28 November 2017 (UTC)