User talk:VintageVernacular

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Thank you, and much love to the welcoming committee, Tacyarg. VintageVernacular (talk) 14:42, 28 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

November 2022

Hello, I'm Mr.weedle. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions—specifically this edit to Z-Library—because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse or the Help desk. Thanks. Mr.weedle (talk) 23:23, 17 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not seeing the revert, did you hit a wrong button maybe? VintageVernacular (talk) 23:28, 17 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Rusalkii (talk) 19:17, 10 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Anarchism

Hi VintageVernacular,

I saw your work on articles related to anarchism and wanted to say hello, as I work in the topic area too. If you haven't already, you might want to watch our noticeboard for Wikipedia's coverage of anarchism, which is a great place to ask questions, collaborate, discuss style/structure precedent, and stay informed about content related to anarchism. Take a look for yourself!

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Feel free to say hi on my talk page and let me know if these links were helpful (or at least interesting). Hope to see you around. czar 03:23, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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I want to say, "Thank you," for coming into the Transexual->Transgender merge discussion. I was getting drowned in rhetoric, none of which included sources. Further, an enormous 'thank you' for doing something that none of the delitions seem willing to do -- read the sources. By my count, there have been twenty sources purported to drive the merge; of those (thanks in large part to your research), we know thirteen of them literally prove the opposite point. THAT is source-review worthy of a great Wikipedian. Thank you again. Cheers, Kevin/Last1in (talk) 01:40, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ignorant question

"It can be read through the Google Cache version if you're inclined." How do I do that? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 13:28, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Just append the URL like this:

https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://www.spectator.com.au/2023/11/wikipedia-at-war/

Or, more complicated, but sometimes quicker to do once you know how:

Put the URL in a google search, then when it comes up as a result, click the three vertical dots. Then under "more options", the down arrow. There should be a button that says "cached". VintageVernacular (talk) 13:31, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Brilliant! In case you didn't know, there are some paywalls that WP:EARWIG peeks through when you compare a WP-article to a url. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:40, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I would expect it maybe does that precisely because it's looking at Google's cached version. VintageVernacular (talk) 14:43, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe so. "Sanger highlighted the Covid vaccine and the Hunter Biden scandal as examples of topics with left-leaning bias and little debate." Little debate... Right... Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:46, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Appeal to Larry Sanger" is some kind of cliché at this point for any article critical of Wikipedia. Maybe it stems from some kind of celebrity-ism. VintageVernacular (talk) 15:07, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Use of New York Post

In this edit, you added in a reference to the New York Post which, per WP:RSP, is considered generally unreliable, especially for politics. It should not be used in any political article for any reason outside of its own article. I understand the edit reason you included, but you should then just reference the Intercept article itself.

The NYP reporting on another paper's article is not a reason to cite them. In fact, due to their tabloid nature and frequent misinformation in reporting, it is even more inappropriate to cite them in such a situation, because you can't trust that the NYP is accurately representing the article they are referencing. Silver seren^C 07:27, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah. I did confirm the donation date myself on the FEC's website so I knew they had this correct, but I went to look for a better citation as I was unsure it was enough that the Intercept reporter confirmed it. Funnily enough, your edit to remove it caused a brief edit conflict when I was trying to replace it with an Associated Press source. VintageVernacular (talk) 07:46, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]