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EBS

Hi UKexpat, last year you helped me update Emergent BioSolutions. I have another change but I don't want to edit directly because I'm asking on their behalf. I just posted a simple note on the company's discussion page, and if you can help that would be great. Thank you, Stellatarum (talk) 22:20, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

 Done--ukexpat (talk) 13:47, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
Thank you, very much! I will soon seek another change to this article, because the focus of the firm has changed slightly. I will work out the best update using third-party sources where possible and propose a change soon. If you have time available, I would welcome your help when the time comes. Stellatarum (talk) 18:43, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
Just leave a message here when you are ready.--ukexpat (talk) 18:45, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi UKexpat, I have now posted my second request, I am not sure that third-party sources are the best because it relates to the firm's description. However, I encourage you to see the request in this post and make the change or offer your suggestion. Thank you. Stellatarum (talk) 23:37, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

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You are invited to join the discussion at User talk:Senra#New editors. Courtesy notification, as I indirectly mentioned a recent good faith interaction of yours Senra (talk) 16:18, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

EBS lead section

Hi UKexpat, you had recently invited me to let you know when I had posted again about changing the lead section of Emergent BioSolutions. I did post in the thread above but I fear you may have not seen it. You may view the request here where I have received one reply although it was not extremely helpful. Your feedback or assistance here would be most appreciated. Stellatarum (talk) 23:37, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Wikimedia contact

A reader wrote in to Wikimedia Foundation noting that she had worked on the Jason Atherton article. As you know, there is no automatic process for reviewing to see if that tag is still appropriate. I assume the individual contacting is Lidiaopedia, would you be willing to provide some feedback? Obviously if it has been successfully cleaned up, the tag can be removed, if not, perhaps you could make some suggestions? I will point her to this discussion. I'll also point out that any responses may occur here--SPhilbrick(Talk) 15:56, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

I have reviewed and responded at Talk:Jason Atherton#Maintenance templates.--ukexpat (talk) 19:55, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
Thanks.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 15:23, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Priory School, Isle of Wight

As one of the editors who reverted the edits on Priory School, Isle of Wight last month, I would appreciate your views on my latest changes. I have tried to go back to before the large number of edits that introduced all the unencyclopaedic content, so I have tried to improve the tone, add back some of the content that got lost and improve the references. It will need more work, but I hope it is back in a sensible state. If you have any comments, do let me know. Thanks. Adamiow (talk) 23:21, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

Looks fine to me.--ukexpat (talk) 01:27, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
Thanks. Adamiow (talk) 12:07, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Mail call

You've got some. WormTT(talk) 15:52, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

And answered!--ukexpat (talk) 16:17, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
and another from me. Gtwfan52 (talk) 07:52, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Hey sock

Ukexpat, if we're socks, can you please beef up Plate wobbler for me? Thanks! Drmies (talk) 19:14, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

I think you may have something there - destined for FA I think!--ukexpat (talk) 19:16, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
Yep, the shortest FA ever. I think I've already covered the available sources exhaustively. Drmies (talk) 19:33, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

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StinkyKids

How do I go from draft to submission? Im confused. And how can I change my user name and keep my draft? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stinkykids (talk • contribs) 19:07, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Guess I Can't Do It

Hi, you answered my question about where to upload a one pg. article I wrote on a film. So, looking at "notability guidelines for films", I find I can't contribute my article, for I was in the film - actress Valora Noland. It was/is titled Sex and the College Girl, and has been much maligned by its current owners. If one buys a new house, you may not do what you like there, but must adhere to zoning restrictions and neighborhood standards. If one buys a film property, apparently one can do anything one wants, including slander it. Why would anyone want to degrade a decent film, especially the people who own it? I guess there are reasons, but they are not ethical.

Back in 1991 Jo Bob Briggs included it in his "Sleaziest" series, and his opening review was funny and mostly supportive. This is not a junk or X rated film, and it needs a friend to speak up for it.

I wrote a good pg, a plot summary and a two paragraph review, and am sad I can't contribute this. No one who acted in that film deserves to be slandered by the current marketing strategies.Kamitra1 (talk) 20:52, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

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Request Edit Queue

Hi Ukexpat. Since I am myself a PR person that often contributes to Wikipedia in a COI capacity, I prefer to avoid managing the Request Edit queue personally, but I processed a good 15-20 requests, mostly because nobody else is and some of them were months old.

YouSendIt (mine), Chevron, and a couple others are larger requests we would expect to take a while. But there's still a good 5 requests in the queue[1] that could be closed, where I prefer not to do those specifically for various COI reasons.

I saw your name on a couple Request Edit pages and I thought I would see if I could persuade you to help finish off the rest of the queue, where I cannot, except the larger ones that we might expect to stick around longer. CorporateM (Talk) 17:23, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

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Removal of post from Help Desk

Could you please explain why, in this edit, [2] you removed my post from the help-page without giving any reason? Thanks - Arjayay (talk) 15:40, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Oops, sorry that was an edit conflict and completely unintentional.--ukexpat (talk) 15:41, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
Fine - Accidents Will Happen - Arjayay (talk) 15:45, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Trying to update EBS

Hello Ukexpat, previously I contacted you, based on your suggestion, to ask when I had changes to the lead section of Emergent BioSolutions. I did this, however my message has since been archived. Meanwhile, another editor has commented on the discussion thread, though their responses have been unhelpful, disputing simple statements about the company while making contradictory statements. I am somewhat frustrated, and I would appreciate your input if I could have it. Thanks, Stellatarum (talk) 17:41, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Birth names

I agree that the birth name field should be used only when the birth name is different than the public name. However, the template page does not define what "different" means. For me, "Niall Campbell Douglas Ferguson" is different than "Niall Ferguson", and I think it is very useful to have that full, four-word name in the infobox by birth date and birth place. On the other hand, for, say, Mia Kirshner, who was apparently born just Mia Kirshner, it would be pointless to just record "Mia Kirshner" again in the infobox under birth name (also because it's possible there is a middle name out there somewhere). All Hallow's Wraith (talk) 21:23, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

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Please be sure to check if all the links are present in the Wikidata item before removing the interwiki links from Wikipedia. With this edit you missed out two language links kowiki and nowiki. I've corrected it on the Wikidata item now. Thanks. Del♉sion23 (talk) 00:37, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing that, I thought I had checked them all.--ukexpat (talk) 01:16, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 18 February 2013

Please help?

Hi ukexpat,Thank you very much and I'm sorry to bother you with this,but I really haven't a clue what I'm supposed to do next?!There are so many headings and I am hopeless with anything technical.Can you please help or any advice? Jason McRay 16:11, 22 February 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jason McRay (talk • contribs)

At the moment you will have to be patient while the draft awaits review. If there is something more specific that I can help with, please explain. Thanks.--ukexpat (talk) 16:17, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
(talk page stalker)I gave it a once-through for general editing and chipped in on the code, but the main thing that may need improvement is the sourcing. CorporateM (Talk) 20:44, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
My apologies again ukexpat,I didn't explain exactly what I wasnt sure about-It's just that when I got the email saying that a user talk page was created I had no idea what to do or what it meant(I swear i'm not lazy,I'm just brainless when it comes to following instructions).Thank you also CorporateM-very much appreciated,and I'm always open to any extra advice ye can give. Jason McRay 21:54, 22 February 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added byJason McRay (talk • contribs)

edit request

Please see edit request on Frederick Grinnell (biologist) talk page. Thanks for your consideration. Fgrinnell (talk) 15:16, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

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thank you for your response

Hi, It isn't that Mr. Heller isn't willing to have it distributed, he just wants the correct information available, which is why he went through it yesterday and corrected misinformation that was posted. We would like to keep the correct information posted for those who are searching for it, can you advise me on how to stop your admins from changing it back to the incorrect information?

Thanks, sandy Theweblady (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 19:52, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

As I said at the Help Desk, if you or Mr Heller use the article's talk page to discuss the edits that you think should be made, and provide reliable sources to support them, the changes will be made by consensus. What you cannot do is dictate what the article should contain or insist that it be protected in your preferred form.--ukexpat (talk) 20:13, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi,a question-you said that Mr. Hellers info had to be verified right? Mr. Heller went thru it and corrected the information so it was correct. Everything he corrected is in his the book he wrote that is listed under his references on the page-the book called "Ruthless". What can I do to show this is all validated and true?
Thanks!
sandy Theweblady (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 21:05, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
Strictly speaking that is a primary source and should be supported by reliable third party sources. As a start, the book should be properly cited using inline references, see Referencing for beginners.--ukexpat (talk) 21:11, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

question about talk page

hi, can you tell me where and how i would access the talk page to jerry hellers page? im in the process of working on the ref that are being requested..could everyone give me a few days of not taking it down so i can get them into place? and also plz let me know where the talk page is? i dont seem to be able to find how to access it..

thanks for all your help!

sandy Theweblady (talk) 08:13, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

The talk page is at Talk:Jerry Heller.--ukexpat (talk) 13:07, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

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Vandalism

Hi

My page was vandalized. I just tried to edit it and add new sources. Why was it changed?

Thank you

Colm — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mugs20 (talk • contribs) 15:22, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

I changed it because it did not comply with the manual of style, please see MOS:BIO; and be very careful when you throw around accusations of vandalism, particularly when long established editors are involved.--ukexpat (talk) 15:26, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Thank you

Hi

Thanks very much for your help. I was not referring to you when I spoke of vandalism-- I had just removed comments from the page talking about " see fat Colm Magner in this TV show etc etc". i know exactly who made the comments. My understanding was that Wikipedia records the ip addresses of editors. So I guess you do too!!

Once again, thanks for putting the page in its proper format!!

Colm — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mugs20 (talk • contribs) 15:32, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for your assistance. I am simply trying to create a professional page with enough links so that all the information is verifiable. I am trying to create links to articles that were written about me, not by me. The biographical information is all factual.
All the best, Colm — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mugs20 (talk • contribs) 18:14, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
Factual or not, you are strongly discouraged from editing the article. Please use its talk page to discuss the changes you want to be made. This is standard practice where you have a COI.--ukexpat (talk) 18:18, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
Don't know how to respond to Canoe 1967-- Don't see a place that says "reply" or "contact". But thanks to Canoe for uploading my photo, and Yes I own that photo. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mugs20 (talk • contribs) 20:00, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
Their talk page is at User talk:Canoe1967. As you are the subject of that photo, it cannot be "own work", as you did nor create the image yourself (unless you used a delayed shutter release). Usually a photographer retains the copyright unless it was a "work for hire" or the copyright was assigned to you by the photographer some other way. The best course of action is to provide evidence that you own the copyright following the process set out WP:IOWN.--ukexpat (talk) 20:06, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for your advice. But all I have been doing is ADDING outside sources to show that the information is legitimate. So what do I need to do now to have the big caveat above my name removed? Do I ask an outside source to verify all the information? If so, who do I ask to do that for me?
Of course I created the page, as thousands of actors and writers do. I simply want it to look professional. So please advise. Because now the page looks deeply suspect. And is there a time limit as to how long these notices appear on my page? How many more citations are needed before the note about ciations is removed? And who makes these decisions?
Thank you, Colm — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mugs20 (talk • contribs) 20:15, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

It's all very well thanking me for the advice but you do not seem to be following it! Edits by users who have a conflict of interest are heavily scrutinised for neutrality and other potential problems. That's why we recommend that you discuss your requested changes on the article's talk page. The maintenance tags at the top of the article (it is not "your page") are there to alert readers to potential problems and they will remain there until other users who do not have a COI determine that the issues have been resolved.--ukexpat (talk) 20:21, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

On the contrary, I was merely explaining to you that what I was doing today was connecting the page to outside verifiable sources. There is very little subjective analysis needed for that. And in fact it leaves less room on the page for any exaggeration or deliberate deception. If there is a rule that one is not supposed to edit any page which one has any connection to, that should be made clear. Also, kindly be specific and tell me what the issues of concern are. Clearly you put that notice on the Colm Magner page, so please explain specificaly what information on the page lead you to take that action. Because there is not one bit of information there that is not supported.
Also kindly tell me how other people go about making any neccessary changes. And again, who decides when these notices are removed? How many people decide? One? Two? More? Are you personaly making all decisions related to the Colm Magner Wikipedia page? And who are you?
Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mugs20 (talk • contribs) 20:42, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
There is no rule that editors with a COI cannot edit articles where they have a COI, but it is strongly discouraged, see WP:COI. I added the "refimprove" tag because the references do, indeed, need improving. I did not add the COI tag. Whenever I come into contact with a COI editor, I always ask them to use the article's talk page to request edits. That way it is easier for everyone. The maintenance tags can be removed by anyone if they think the issues have been resolved, but if another editor puts them back, discussion will have to take place. And no, I am not making all of the decisions regarding this article - I am one of thousands of editors working to improve Wikpedia. If you wish to garner additional views, please leave a message at WP:BLPN.--ukexpat (talk) 20:54, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

"There is no rule that editors with a COI cannot edit articles where they have a COI, but it is strongly discouraged, see WP:COI. I added the "refimprove" tag because the references do, indeed, need improving. I did not add the COI tag. Whenever I come into contact with a COI editor, I always ask them to use the article's talk page to request edits. That way it is easier for everyone. The maintenance tags can be removed by anyone if they think the issues have been resolved, but if another editor puts them back, discussion will have to take place. And no, I am not making all of the decisions regarding this article - I am one of thousands of editors working to improve Wikpedia." I live in a small town in Prince Edward Island. I am very aware of the term "Conflict of Interest".

At the moment, I am in New York.

Hello

My only objective today, regarding the Colm Magner Wikipedia Page, was to make the page as objective as possible by linking it to outside sources. Now that it is set up, (yes, I set it up) I would much rather leave the page to others to add to as they see fit. However, the reason I got on the page to begin with was because I noticed that some juvenile had been changing things and adding infantile comments like "watch fat Colm Magner in this clip"... Clearly one of the many envious morons I've encountered in my rather uneven career in the arts.

I suppose I could have asked a friend , or my wife, or my agent, to edit the page, but I decided against it.

Could you please indicate specifically how the references can be improved. I'd like to have them improved.

Also, I wasn't even aware of what the "articles talk page " was until this morning. We are not all computer savvy.

Finally, I am not sure it was you, but someone deleted the comment on the Colm Magner Page indicating that he had worked with "some of Canada's most innovative theater companies". Well, any research into those companies, and their cast lists, will show that I worked for them, and that many many people in the press have indicated that they ARE Canada's most innovative theater companies. So for someone who calls themselves an editor to randomly delete that quote, is , in my opinion, heavy-handed and irresponsible. It's also kind of silly.

This has been my introduction to the inner workings of Wikipedia. It's been...interesting...

All the best,

Colm magner — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mugs20 (talk • contribs) 23:45, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

The editing on the page of the individual below appears to have a connection to the editing on the Colm Magner page. I am curious as to why.

My feeling is that it is likely that unusual comments and edits made on my page were made by the individual whose page is referenced

Robert Bodrog

I would like to know why a page such as the one above, which has no citations, or reliable sources, has been left unedited by Wikipedia's editors. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mugs20 (talk • contribs) 00:29, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

My comments regarding the edits which I deleted from the Colm Magner page are referring to derogatory comments made by someone other than you, which I first discovered on the Colm magner Wikipedia page earlier today. I would like to discover who made the comments I deleted, like:

"watch fat Colm magner in this video"

and

("who says")

Regarding "who says", I believe I had already included links to the reviews of my play "The Scavenger's Daughter".

Please assist me in discovering who edited my page before you became involved.

Thanks

Colm — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mugs20 (talk • contribs) 00:38, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

We don't appear to be making much progress here so I suggest that you direct all further questions to the WP:BLPN noticeboard. I can, however, tell you that the vandalism was added by User:131.202.132.56 (see the history page at http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colm_Magner&action=history). I have also added a couple of tags to Robert Bodrog - you should not be surprised to see unreferenced articles on Wikipedia, there are millions of articles and it takes time to get to them all. We are all volunteers and there is no deadline.--ukexpat (talk) 01:25, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

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OPPO is the future you destroyed

Hi, my user is adamalitennis and I would just like to personally thank you for removing all the hard work and research that I made to the OPPO Digital wikipedia page. I will have you know that there are two types of people on wikipedia, those who build it for the greater good of information on the internet, and those who destroy it. I not only think that you destroy wikipedia, but I strongly believe that you destroy it for the sole purpose of annoying the wikipedia community at a large. Sincerly, Adam Adamalitennis (talk) 03:40, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

I didn't destroy anything. I removed material that was unreferenced, spammy and related to products that haven't been released yet - completely in accordance with Wikipedia policy.--ukexpat (talk) 05:29, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

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ISDA page

Please don't make any changes to ISDA page. Every word is copyrighted by ISDA where I work for and I am responsible for this page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prokurator (talk • contribs) 13:58, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

And therein lies the problem, we cannot accept copyright material and no one is "responsible for" or "owns" that page; see WP:COPYVIO andWP:OWN. I have reverted the page back to a non-copyvio version.--ukexpat (talk) 14:07, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
Please, don't make changes to ISDA page. I work at ISDA headquarter and all material on that page copyrighted to my company. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prokurator (talk • contribs) 14:31, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
My boss is crazy angry that our page showing old outdated materials. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prokurator (talk • contribs) 14:39, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
can you tell me exactly what wording you don't like?--Prokurator (talk) 14:43, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
Yes, anything that is a copyright infringement of material from the ISDA website. And please also read WP:COI - you have a clear conflict of interest.--ukexpat (talk) 14:46, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Colm Magner

Dear Ukexpat

Thank you for your information regarding the vandalism on the Colm Magner page. I agree with you that our discussion hit an impasse-- I asked on two occasions for specifics regarding what more could be done to improve the sources on the Colm Magner page and received no reply. I would think that if someone was very concerned about enforcing rules on Wikipedia that they would be capable of being very specific as to the reason why they put notices on a page.

Further, I indicated that I was wondering why the statement that Colm Magner had worked for some of Canada's "most innovative theatre companies" had been removed from the Colm magner page. There was nothing subjective about that statement at all-- Any search of any major press source in Canada (as well as a few international publications) would provide ample evidence that these are in fact considered by many major and well established theatre journalists to be Canada's most innovative theatre companies. And any search of the cast list of previous shows would show that I have worked with these companies on numerous occasions. So for an editor to remove those words from the Colm Magner page without doing their research indicates a lack of professionalism.

Thanks again for the info regarding vandalism. Now I have to figure out how to connect an ip address to a name.

All the best,

Colm Magner — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mugs20 (talk • contribs) 18:17, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Bradish Johnson

Ukexpat,

Two years ago you helped me produce my first two Wikipedia artices, on Stephen Whitney and Harry Whitney. I have recently submitted another article, this time on the 19th century American distiller and planter Bradish Johnson. Can you take a look at it, or do I need to let it find its way to a reviewer? Thanks for your help! Wildcatman99 (talk) 23:09, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

I would be happy to take a look, but probably not until Monday.--ukexpat (talk) 01:23, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks, Ukexpat! I'll try to help in any way I can.

I just have to find my way around first, and I think I'll be fine. Thanks again for welcoming me.

Philliesfan136 (talk) 03:00, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Re: Adding a picture

If you don't mind my asking, how would I go about replying to your response on my question in "Wikipedia: New contributors' help page/questions"?

Basically you mentioned there was no way for me to tell whether I could use the picture or not so I should not upload it. What I wanted to ask was if I could link the page that I found the pic at and we could determine whether I could use it.

If not, I was wondering if you could help me find an picture that is accurate for the article I wanted to update but was also was not copyrighted (and if not, a picture that I could provide the source/author of).

Thanks for your help to a noob to the site! It means a lot.

Philliesfan136 (talk) 03:06, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Just click the edit link to the right of your question, then below my answser, indent with a : for each level and type away. By all means link to the image you found and I will take a look, but don't hold out much hope. As for finding images, I am afraid that I don't have the time for that, but Flickr is a good source, if you use care to avoid images that are claimed to be owned by the Flickr user but really are not (a practice known as "Flickrwashing"!). BTW I am a bit of a Phillies fan myself, I live just down I95 in Delaware.--ukexpat (talk) 03:58, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Hi!

Hi!, my nickname was too long so I created this new account. How do I delete the other account? Thank you and may God Bless You! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kiribbati (talk • contribs) 18:28, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Brooke Fraser

Hi

I am a representative of Brooke Fraser's and using the name "apples and cider" have made edits to her page, specifically removing the line "Christian artist" from the introduction of her bio.

As I am sure you are aware, Brooke's Faith is central to her life. But she also makes it clear that she is not and never has been a Christian Recording Artist. This is a distinction she's been at pains to make clear.

As a songwriter under her married name Brooke Ligertwood, she works in this genre but her recording career as Brooke Fraser is not one in the realm of the Christian Music industry.

She has asked that we monitor this page to attend specifically to this matter and I note that you have been re-inserting the change. I am sure your intentions are good but just wanted to make you aware of why the changes are reappearing and will continue to do so at Brooke's behest.

Kind regards Paul McKessarApplesandcider (talk) 21:13, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

A few points as you appear to be misunderstanding how Wikipedia works: first, no-one controls the content of an article especially the subject of the article - content is decided by consensus, after discussion if necessary. This is an encyclopedia, not another web presence to be used for promotion etc, please see WP:OWN; second, you have a clear conflict of interest, so please read WP:COI - you are strongly advised not to edit the article directly, but to use its talk/discussion page to suggest changes that you would like to be made, providing reliable sources for any such changes; third, you should disclose you conflict of interest on your user page; fourth, if you had used an edit summary to explain your removal of this content, it would probably not have been reinstated. I hope this helps.--ukexpat (talk) 14:38, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

Sean Burke

I want it to state my kids and girlfriend not Leslie my EX wife since 2006. Put 'sean burke' into google search and up comes Spouse-Leslie, I want that removed NOT my girlfriend Christy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.26.191.149 (talk) 03:03, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

It will take time for the Google indexers to catch up to any changes. Before the material was removed, it had no source. Per WP:BLP we really need a reliable source for this.--ukexpat (talk) 03:39, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

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A bowl of strawberries for you!

I see you've been very busy at OTRS, keep up the good work SPhilbrick(Talk) 20:59, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for that, much appreciated. I am going to send you an e-mail with a question.--ukexpat (talk) 21:27, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

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Is an image of an 1858 illustration automatically copyright-free? It would be cool to add this illustration from the 1858 Leslie's to Bradish Johnson: Swill Milk illustration --Wildcatman99 (talk) 16:31, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

I am not an expert on copyrights, but I think that would qualify as {{PD-old}}. It would also be a great image for an article about swill milk, were someone interested in writing it...--ukexpat (talk) 16:35, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

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I'm not following why Boiler is in Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2013 February 28.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 14:34, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

If you compare the text of the article, particularly the Types section, it appears to be a word-for-word copy or close paraphrase of the PDF file that I linked to. The copyright notice at the end of the PDF does not permit commercial reuse.--ukexpat (talk) 19:45, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
I'll look closer. Now that I've looked closer, I have no idea what I was thinking when I asked. Kinda obvious, isn't it.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 20:11, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

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I see you were working with someone to deal with a logo at OTRS. 2012112210010145

I've been dealing with a lot of Logos recently, in short, I usually recommend that they not license them, as they can get better protection by filling out a non-free rationale. I find it easier to upload and fill it out for them than to tell them how.

If you don't mind, I'll jump in and do this.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 20:14, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

No problem, please do!--ukexpat (talk) 20:16, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
 Done Now to look at Boiler.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 20:25, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

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Bradish Johnson

I made some changes to the Bradish Johnson page, changing the wording and improving the citations in the "Woodland Described" section, as suggested on the DYK page. I also added the 19th century wood engraving image of Swill Milk production. Once again, a challenge by an editor has led me to check my facts, and find another layer of information in the process. --Wildcatman99 (talk) 21:11, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Yes, good stuff! I am keeping my eye on the DYK nomination.--ukexpat (talk) 00:15, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

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Horrie the Wog Dog

Hello Ukexpat,

I am writing to you to understand what your interest is in the Horrie The Wog Dog story and why you removed my edits on March 12th. Jim Moody (James Bell Moody) was my father and I was mortified when the book 'Animal Heroes' with this twist to Horrie surviving was published. It was done so without consultation with members of my family that where alive when the sad events took place and are still alive today. All the available evidence points to Jim's inability to accept the consequences of exposing Horrie's existence in promoting the original book by Ion Iddress. His sister and father and cousins, all pleaded with him not to take Horrie to Sydney. Jim did it anyway. He was given assurances by quarantine that if he handed Horrie in, he would not be needlessly destroyed. Parliamentary Hansard reports acknowledge that these assurances were given.

My father handed over Horrie in the belief that because he had shown no sign of illness in the 3 years he was living with my grandfather that he would be released and returned after appropriate health checks. The parliamentary report on question time goes on to admit that these assurances were given and were broken. The reason given was that the head of the quarantine station was not authorised to give such assurances and under the quarantine Act, officials were not required to give Jim any notice that Horrie would be destroyed. It is also documented in the correspondence in the National Archives that Horrie was not shot, he was gased. This also contradicts what has been placed on Wikipedia and subsequently copied by the Australian War Memorial, who I have also contacted.

I hope you can see my point that I don't want inaccurate information put up as fact. Ann Lorraine Bullen (nee Moody) Jim's daughter — Preceding unsigned comment added by Far-from-it (talk • contribs) 01:22, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

I have no idea how I came across that article, but I removed your first edits because they looked like unreferenced editorialising. Your most recent edits are better, but I removed your signature from the article and moved the reference down to the section about the dog's fate. The discussion of the two possible outcomes still needs more work to be encyclopedic. I will look at it tomorrow if I have time.--ukexpat (talk) 01:30, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

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thank you so much Ukexpat... i really wanted to put our organization/ company in wikipedia, but my page is always blocked or deleted— Preceding unsigned comment added by Michjan28 (talk • contribs)

Would you review my page?

Hi Ukexpat, thanks for the welcome and the magical table of hints -- that will come in handy!

I was wondering if you'd be willing to take a look at my user page article: User:Sebriscoe/Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

On the talk page, I explain that I most definitely have a conflict of interest, but I think I wrote it without bias. I wanted to get an editor's opinion before moving it to the main article space. I am not sure what justification, if any, I need to make that the organization deserves a wikipedia entry. The organization and its members do important work in public health in the U.S. Any guidance would be appreciated. Oh, and I put in a request on Wikipedia:Editor assistance/Requests page asking for the same thing this morning -- don't want to waste other editors' time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sebriscoe (talk • contribs) 21:58, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

I am sorry but I don't have time to review it at the moment. If you add {{Subst:Submit}} to the top of the article, it will add it to the queue for review.--ukexpat (talk) 00:16, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

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I noticed that you have contributed to article about shaft driven bicycles. I am working with shaft driven bicycles and I have noticed that number of such bike models are on the increase. The improvements in hub-gears has made drive shaft more tempting option, and lately drive shaft has been adopted in many electric hybrid bicycles (Biomega, Wayel for example) In my company we have created first commercial recumbent bicycle with drive shaft. There are atleast two commercialy used drive shaft systems in the market place. The other one is coming from the company Sussex (used by us, Dynamic Bicycles, Rugged Bicycles, etc.) and Chinese system from company whose name I do not remember now (Biomega and Wayel are using that one). Feel free to contact me if you want to continued discussion about the topic.

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Terrence Scammell page: WP:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard#OTRS email re Terrence Scammell

Dear Sir/Madame

Good evening, my name is Terrence Scammell. I believe my wife - Sheila Singhal Scammell has been corresponding with <redacted> Wikipedia in an effort to try and clear up the mystery of which Terrence Scammell is which on the Wikipedia page. I thank you for the efforts that are being made to try and resolve this.

I was sent a link to a page so that I could follow the progress of the group tasked with looking into the matter. After having read the correspondence I felt that I might be able to help with information germane to the discussion but was unable to make contact with any of the participants. I confess to not being very adept at following the intricacies of the Wikipedia correspondence protocols or computer correspondence protocols in general, which may explain why I was not able to communicate with anybody. I suspect, however, that I may simply not be allowed to make contact with the discussion group. It is somewhat frustrating to watch a group of people discuss who you are or might be and what to do about you without being able to add anything to the discussion. I would like to assure you that I am not annoyed but simply frustrated.

If there is some way you could possibly pass on the information I would like to relate, it would be much appreciated. It would appear that the intention is to create two separate pages for the two Terrence Scammells. One of the participants - ukexpat- opined that he did not know which of the two Terrence Scammells should use the current page as the starting point for one of the entries. I may be of some assistance here. The British Terrence Scammell, born in London in 1937, has very few credits and they are all in the 'Live Action' section of the page, with the exception of - 'This is my Father' which is one of my credits. The rest of the hundreds of entries in all the other categories belong to me, the Canadian Terrence Scammell born in Montreal in 1958. I have painstakingly gone through all the credit entries and can verify this. Which leads me to my second comment concerning the response by - Unscintillating - regarding independent verification sources.

He mentions a resume at - www.mensour.ca/Resumes/Scammell.htm - which has now disappeared. This site belongs to my agent - Kate Mensour - located in Ottawa Canada. I checked the site myself this morning. I can see why one would think that my resume has disappeared. You cannot find the actors by searching for them by name. If, however, you go to the site there are category listings at the top of the page. If you select - Directors - a photograph of me with my name will appear, if you select the photograph a biography of me will appear. So, the resume does still exist it's just a little difficult to find.

Generally speaking if one checks the entries and the productions are in the animation, documentary, video game or voice over field and originate or have co-producers in Montreal, Toronto or Vancouver you can be sure that they belong to me. The fly in the ointment is ,of course, that alot of these projects originate in Europe or the United States and they may not list their Canadian co-producers.

If there is anything else I can do to help resolve this matter I am more than happy to assist in the process. I can forward you resumes of my acting and directing work if that will help. Frankly, however, short of sorting through boxes of old contracts and sending them to someone to verify that I have done the work I claim to have done or getting signed and notarised statements from directors and producers verifying that I am who I say I am, I don't really know how else to try and convince people that I am me and that my 30 year career history is real.

Thank you again for all your help.

Sincerely,

Terrence Scammell

<redacted> — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.14.198.210 (talk) 22:39, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Mr Scammell, I am the person who has been corresponding with your wife. I will copy the message above to the relevant section at BLPN for others to see more easily. Please join in the discussion there.--ukexpat (talk) 00:23, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

some help please?

Surfing through, I found this article about David Rubio. I found what seems to be vandalism there but, by ... a bot?!! See in the "See Also" section where someone wrote "he was not born in America", contrary to the rest of the article's information. It is also an unsourced BLP article. --Leahtwosaints (talk) 23:37, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi Ukexpat, Thanks for the welcome. My employer has asked me to change his photo on his page as one of the edits he needs. I uploaded a new image, got the clearance into the Commons, but now cannot find instructions on how to make the change. I just asked the question in the Teahouse, but thought I'd try you as well.Thanks!Uplinkdave (talk) 16:14, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

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Thanks, I got the help I needed so fast, I couldn't believe it. All the best to you!Uplinkdave (talk) 16:35, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

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Thank you - not quite sure what I did to deserve it!--ukexpat (talk) 15:58, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

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DYK for Bradish Johnson

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Thank you very much for your observations on the above named entry.

We have taken your comments into account and have edited the page accordingly.

Would you be kind enough to let us have your observations so we may resolve any concerns. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.65.49.163 (talk) 15:14, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

The article still doesn't deal with the fundamental issue of notability per the guidelines at WP:BIO.--ukexpat (talk) 15:18, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

Creating article about company

Hi, How can i put our organization profile in wilipedia... ive tried a few times but always deleted.. plss help ...

Michelle 64.110.236.8 (talk) 14:54, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

The short answer is that your are strongly discouraged from doing this yourself - please see WP:COI and WP:PSCOI. If you want to try despite this advice, please use the articles for creation process.--ukexpat (talk) 14:57, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

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Will do, thanks Brion.--ukexpat (talk) 20:06, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
 Done, awaiting response.--ukexpat (talk) 23:42, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
Reply received - ticket:2013031110001788.--ukexpat (talk) 14:41, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

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Hi. I have declined your speedy on this because, as it now stands (it has been edited since your tag) I don't think it is excessively promotional. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 18:03, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

Fair enough.--ukexpat (talk) 00:31, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

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I live in the US, but thanks for the invite.--ukexpat (talk) 12:28, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

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Hi,

You queried my user name. I am Alison Rogers and creating a page for author Pauline Rowson hence my user name is arogerspr. Is that still OK to use?

Regards, Alison Arogerspr (talk) 14:51, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

I think it's borderline as it gives the impression that you are a PR agency or a single-purpose account.--ukexpat (talk) 14:56, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Louis Joseph Posner

I agree the article was highly promotional, but I think I was able to fix it with some drastic cutting. if the material is restored, let me know. DGG ( talk ) 17:26, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Terrence Scammell Disambiguation page

Dear ukexpat,

Hello, I hope you are well. I have had a look at the e-mail you sent me and the link to the disambiguation page for Terrence Scammell. I'm afraid the result is not exactly satisfactory. I have sent a reply to you via the Wikipedia Information Team so I won't go into the full particulars here. In short, however, the page you have created for the British Terrence Scammell continues to refer to him as 'a voice actor who commonly plays multiple roles in cartoons' which he does not. He is a stage actor who infrequently pays small roles in made for television movies. I am listed as a 'Canadian actor'. I am in fact the 'voice actor' 'who commonly plays multiple roles in cartoons'. This, however, is not the major problem. The reference page that you are using for the British Terrence Scammell, from 'Voice Chasers', not only attributes a list of credits for him that all belong to me, it also uses a picture of.... me! In fact the only thing on the page that doesn't belong to me is the erroneous attribution of the entire page to my British namesake. Sorry to be a bother, but I don't think we can call this 'mission accomplished' yet.

Cheers,

Terrence74.14.219.247 (talk) 01:06, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

I am in contact with the user who created the disambiguation page. We are working on it.--ukexpat (talk) 01:30, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

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Your notification to ImageTaggingBot

You might want to take a look at whatever procedure you're using when notifying users about deletion: I see three things wrong with this notice you left on ImageTaggingBot's talkpage. It doesn't have a section heading, it refers to the deletion of a userpage when it links to a user talkpage, and it got left for entirely the wrong user. --Carnildo (talk) 00:01, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

Using Twinkle - which left it for the bot because it was tagging a user page and a user talk page (same content), the latter which the bot had created by leaving the first message.--ukexpat (talk) 00:22, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

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I've nominated Hatem Bazian (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) for deletion. You've recently edited the article or participated in discussions on WP:BLPN. Just a courtesy message: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hatem Bazian (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs).

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Problem

My problem with the format of WP U2 persists and users at the TH couldn't help me. what do you suggest?   Miss Bono (zootalk) 19:20, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

In that case the folks who hang out at WP:VPT maybe able to help.--ukexpat (talk) 19:24, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

Darcy Ward

Thanks.

I got Reedy (talk · contribs) to redact it, too (via IRC). On the article, and HD. 88.104.28.176 (talk) 19:27, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

Good call.--ukexpat (talk) 19:28, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

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Samira Ali

Thank you very much for your help. I am new to wikipedia so apologies for any confusion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MrMJMoore (talk • contribs) 14:41, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

thanks

No problem. I have more to add to it, was just dying to sort out the referencing. Thanks for sorting that. Not sure if you are getting these messages. As i said, still getting used to using wikipedia.

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COI template for user pages...

Please check out the template I created as promised. Still needs documentation and what not, but I wanted to get consensus that it is a useful template first (I've had a lot of them called useless lately). Thanks! Technical 13 (talk) 17:11, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Looks good to me.--ukexpat (talk) 00:15, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
Awesome... There has been other discussion about it here if you are interested. :) I was thinking, that since there are already two templates, one for the article itself and one for it's talk page, and since this would possibly be a third, maybe a gadget could be created to allow people to click a couple of times and get all of them posted to the correct pages automatically and save time and confusion? What do you think of that idea? Technical 13 (talk) 15:36, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
Also a good idea, and maybe something that could be added to TWINKLE's functionality?--ukexpat (talk) 00:10, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
That would be fine by me if it was included with that... That would save from having to start from scratch and having yet another checkbox on the prefs page for people to have to check or be able to uncheck... Who is in charge of writing the Twinkle stuffs? Technical 13 (talk) 00:40, 7 April 2013 (UTC)\
See Wikipedia talk:Twinkle#Bugs and feature requests for feature requests.--ukexpat (talk) 00:45, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
If you are interested in following up on this idea, check out "Tag" suggestions on Twinkles page. Technical 13 (talk) 21:09, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Image help

Paste from commons: Folks, we have received an e-mail from an elderly reader who has some very early photographs of Waikiki and Diamond Head that may be of interest to the project. I have given standard advice about uploading but it may be too complicated for our e-mailer. Would someone be kind enough to volunteer to help this gentleman? If so, please e-mail me and we will take it from there. If an OTRS agent responds I will provide the ticket number. Thanks in advance.--ukexpat (talk) 02:30, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

If you have copies the images then you can upload them. The copyright holder would need to email OTRS at commons to license them. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:OTRS has most of the detail. If you upload them then make sure the rights holder sends the file names or urls so OTRS volunteers can find them. You may wish to re-write the form on the OTRS page and include the file names. Then just have the rights holder forward that form to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org You may be able to email OTRS yourself and link or attach the images. They will advise after they recieve your email.--Canoe1967 (talk) 05:48, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
Yes I know all that - I am an OTRS volunteer and the e-mail came in there! I don't have the images nor do I have time to assist this gentleman. What I would like to do is put someone in touch with him by e-mail so that he can e-mail the images to the helper, who would upload them etc. Thanks.--ukexpat (talk) 12:19, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Hawaii may help? Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mountains has more recent activity.--Canoe1967 (talk) 19:05, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

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Hello Ukexpat. Years ago, you helped me when I was creating the article Pete Snyder, then using the handle NMS Bill, when I worked for Mr. Snyder's company. I now use this current handle when I wish to make suggestions on a COI topic, and I no longer make direct edits per Jimbo's "bright line", but here once again I'd like to involve myself with this article. Mr. Snyder is now running for Lt. Gov in Virginia and, while I don't work for him now, I have contributed to his campaign, so I think it would be inadvisable that I edit. There's some very basic info missing from the article; would you be willing to look at what I've prepared (see here) and consider making these changes? Cheers, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 12:42, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

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UKExpat, help me understand what you're looking for on Richard W. Bulliet's page. You flagged it last November asking for "additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources." The references include the New York Times, Columbia University, Guardian newspaper, etc. He's a well-known author and educator, has sections on Amazon and YouTube, and has posted biographies from a dozen universities and newspapers. Please help me understand how these sources could be more reliable. And the photo of him that I posted was removed, I assume by you, despite the fact that I complied with Wikipedia's Image Use Policy. I shot the photo, I wrote the email granting public domain rights, etc., and it was removed. I'm confused. Peter Sheffield (talk) 00:47, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

I'm confused about your flag on Richard W. Bulliet's page

I probably should have seen this "Send me a message" button before I posted on your talk page.

See my comments there, please.

Regards,

PressReviewPeter Sheffield (talk) 00:49, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

I am not sure what you are referring to - I have never edited Richard Bulliet. The BLP sources tag was added by User:Plot Spoiler. Nor did I delete the image - I am not an admin here or on Commons so I don't have the power to do that. The image was deleted per this discussion at Commons: commons:Commons:Deletion requests/File:Richard Bulliet.gif. Hope this helps.--ukexpat (talk) 01:08, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks

Ukexpat, thanks for remind me. But i dont accept a newbie, who just read some article and with vanity started the discussion with this ! and saying this so this is certainly not correct!. Politsi (talk) 01:58, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

Welcome thanks

Thanks Ukexpat! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scottburton-ba (talk • contribs) 09:12, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

Would you please take a look at User:Dnikkir/Nicholas A. Basbanes

Hello,

I am working on an entry for the American author Nicholas Basbanes in my userspace (User:Dnikkir/Nicholas A. Basbanes) and I noticed in the history that you walked through and tuned it up.

Thank you very much.

I am working in my userspace because I feel as though I am thrashing around with this. Even with the copious notes on style that are provided, I sometimes feel as though I am slogging through mud.

May I ask you to look at what I, with the help of Technical 13, have done and ask that you give your opinion as to whether it is ready to be moved to a public space where other can help with it as well. I don't want it to be deleted out of hand because I've missed something that someone more experienced would see in a moment.

Thank you once again for your help. I am anxious to get my first entry up and hope that I am pretty close to ready.

Nikki Dnikkir (talk) 17:07, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

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