User talk:Stargat

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Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West

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I appreciate your interest in finding the middle ground on articles in dispute. I reverted your edit on "Obsession" both because of the hanging ref., and for the general clarity of the article, particularly if not read in full. However, I believe that the article lacks a similar(to that which you deleted) summary statement for the support of the dvd. Any suggestions? Altairah (talk) 07:01, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Stargat,

Nice cleanup of the prose.

Rebecca Kabat wrote to the IRS that: "The film 'Obsession' was produced by Castello Limited." (emphasis added) What do you suggest for a way to write that? And what do you think of IMDB as a source it in the lead? Also, to my literal mind, "movie" seems preferable to "film".

Thanks. -- davidz (talk) 00:15, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Clarion Fund

Hello,

Why did you remove the {{for}} template at the top of the article?[2]. -- davidz (talk) 00:09, 21 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

See my follow-up here. --Stargat (talk) 18:36, 21 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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davidz (talk) 20:39, 21 October 2008 (UTC) [reply]

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Nice edit.[3] Not sure about the significance of the prizes. -- davidz (talk) 19:06, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Obsession

Stargat, I am concerned that your edits of "Obsession" violate wiki policy. You may not realize this, but multiple sources/cites are encouraged on Wikipedia. The primary problem is actually a lack of citation. (See template Template:Onesource and Wikipedia:CITE for a better understanding) If you are going to remove valid citations, please at least make sure that the references left are archived: Wikipedia:Citing_sources/Further_considerations#Pre-emptive_archiving

Further, your understanding of quotation formatting seems limited. Please read Wikipedia:MOS#Quotations. (Specifically, block quotes.) I would appreciate your reseting the quotations correctly.

Whenever possible, preserve information in an article, don't delete it. (Read Wikipedia:Editing_policy#Preserve_information ) Removing redundancies of content is often not advised, instead improve NPOV by adding content with a different bias.

When adding references, many editors choose to use Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Invisible_comments inorder to point out a specific location of cited content. This is often done with a quotation from the source. As these are invisible, they are there for the convenience of editors only, and do not contribute to article content issues, such NPOV or weighting. Taking the invisible comments out makes more work for future editors.

Sorry for such a long addition to your talk page. We all make mistakes, and I can see from your contributions that you're working hard. I appreciated your deletion of IMDB as a source; they are indeed not a reliable one. I've meant to look for another reference for the international distribution. Were you unable to find one? Thanks for all your hard work, and feel free to ask any questions on my User_talk:Altairah Altairah (talk) 10:31, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nice editing with you. Altairah (talk) 08:15, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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U.S.-based articles

Please do not use styles that are unusual, inappropriate or difficult to understand in articles, as you did in Newt Gingrich. There is a Manual of Style, edits should not deliberately go against it without special reason. In particular, WP:STRONGNAT indicates that articles about U.S. subjects should use U.S. style (mdy) dates throughout. Thank you. Fat&Happy (talk) 00:25, 9 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Edit Warrior

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This is not true. You are the one who has disengaged the discussion and is reverting my changes. I have replied on your Talk page. Stargat (talk) 18:09, 14 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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